Coldplay News

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   September 4, 2009 - submitted by Heide, United States of America Q. Oracle, you don't answer much questions about Will so hopefully you answer this: I recently saw a video on youtube of the boys performing "Billie Jean" in Munich, Germany. In the video Chris gave the mic to Will to sing but he would not until Chris begged him. I have to ask why? Is he shy or does he not like singing? It can't be since he's in the band! Thank you Orac

Coldplay's Viva La Vida stadium tour arrived in Spain as they played at the Estadi Olimpic in Barcelona. No major changes to the usual setlist, except for the addition of a 'rhyming song to the acoustic set which acted as an intro to Death Will Never Conquer. There were media interviews with fans in the queues as well as a Spanish review - you can watch the video here at the Lavanguardia.es website. Several twitters and Spanish media articles complained of bad sound problems, although our Coldpl

Coldplay are apparently filming tonight's Barcelona concert for a live DVD, Spanish media newspapers are widely reporting this morning. 63,500 tickets for tonight's concert at Barcelona's Olimpic Stadium have been sold since April and the venue is now a total sell out.   According to the sources, the filming process will take place with a sophisticated camera system that includes a very high crane installed outside the stadium to capture aerial views of the show.   It is as yet unknown whether t

Will Champion sat down with Swiss website tagesanzeiger.ch before the show at Bern's Stade de Suisse on Wednesday and talked about the rehearsals before a big tour and the relationship to his band's multi record label EMI. Here is the online interview. Thanks to Larry for the translation.   "Bund: Do you have diligently practiced before your big tour or is a band like Coldplay not in the need of doing that anymore? Will Champion: We find out how a song should sound in order to let it work live,

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   September 2, 2009 - submitted by Jaclyn, United States of America Q. Dearest Oracle, Were any of the members of Coldplay's children in the Life in Technicolor ii video? The Oracle replies: No, all the little people (and big people apart from Phil Harvey) in that were extras/actors.  September 2, 2009 - submitted by Jordan, Australia Q. Is the Oracle gay? The Oracle replies: At Manchester's Pride festival on Sunday just after seein

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   September 3, 2009 - submitted by Caitlin, United States of America Q. Dearest Oracle, The fans of Coldplay who read #42's blog have no clue as to what he/she looks like. Have any of the boys, crew, or even you met him face-to-face? Sincerely, Caitlin The Oracle replies: Yes, yes and yes; some fans will have seen him also without realizing...   September 3, 2009 - submitted by Michelle, Canada Q. Hi Oracle, Following up from yesterday

Coldplay's Viva La Vida stadium tour arrived in Switzerland as they played at the Stade de Suisse in Bern. No major changes to the usual setlist. Coldplay had a few friends present at the show - rain, thunder and lightning. The Coldplay-shaped puppets were last seen saying "hooray for Udine" and "going for the Bern" - see those pictures after the jump.   [discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)   Setlist: (unconfirmed)   Life In Technicolor Violet

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   September 1, 2009 - submitted by Sean, United States of America Q. Dear Oracle, I know that Elbow has been supporting Coldplay in the last few weeks and I was wondering, are Chris Martin and Guy Garvey friends? If so how long have they known each other and is it possible they'll collaborate in the future? The Oracle replies: They get along well and have known each other for quite a while now not just from Elbow playing as special gue

This just in from Anchorman (below). More discussion on this breaking news is at the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks mayurshikotra]   Good morning. We're pleased to report that, on Friday 18th Sept, BBC Radio 1's Jo Whiley show will broadcast a Coldplay interview, a special Live Lounge performance from the band and 60 minutes of highlights from the Glasgow Hampden Park show. Jo's show starts at 10am and you'll be able to listen online, wherever in the world you are.   You can listen to the R

Jay-Z is set to play a show at the London Roundhouse venue between his forthcoming support slots for Coldplay. The rapper, set to release new album 'The Blueprint 3' on September 11, will headline the Camden venue – a relatively intimate gig by his terms – on September 17.   The show will come following gigs with Coldplay in Manchester and Glasgow (12 and 16 respectively) and will come before two shows supporting them at London's Wembley Stadium (18th and 19th).   Jay-Z's new single, 'Run This T

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour arrived in Italy as they played at the Stadio Friuli in Udine. No major changes to the usual setlist - thanks to Coldplayzone for blogging the set in real time. Miller was seen filming the aforementioned balloons and crowns choreography, and the final verse of Violet Hill was dedicated to the Italian people. During the acoustic stage Chris Martin commented how much Italians like making love!   [discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the ne

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   August 17, 2009 - submitted by Karen, United States of America Q. Dear Coldplay, A question, and a heartfelt thanks to you... I'm wondering why you selected my grandmother's (Barbara Moseley) dance video for your song The Hardest Part? I have loved your music since the beginning, and was so happy when you chose her video for so many reasons I can't explain here.. I will forever be in your debt for bringing her back to me in this way.

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour finished the mini stint in Germany last night as they played at the newly named Reitstadion Riem in Munich. One change to the previous setlist - Green Eyes (with Chris on vocals) replaced Til Kingdom Come. Meanwhile Chris Martin forgot the lyrics to 'The Hardest Part' [thanks SueDeNimes & nancyk58]   [discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Yellow Glas

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   August 28, 2009 - submitted by Tamara, United Kingdom Q. Dear Oracle, Who wrote the "Hello Coldplaying!" sign in the live photoblog? :D The Oracle replies: Anchorman wrote it in response to an email he received asking folk what they wanted photos of.   August 28, 2009 - submitted by Emily, United States of America Q. Hi Oracle! On the live feed of a Coldplay concert on coldplay.com it mentions that for dinner the band ate beef bourgi

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued through into Germany last night as they played at the newly named Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. The official Coldplay site provided fans with pictures and live blog updates before and during the concert - you can relive the blog discussion in its entirity at the Coldplay forum here (warning: 160+ pages!!). One change to the previous setlist - Til Kingdom Come (with Chris on vocals) replaced Green Eyes. Shortly before the show the Roadies removed the

LOS ANGELES - Green Day may be 22 years old but that doesn’t mean the band has grown up. And just because they have eight studio albums, three Grammy Awards and a handful of number one hits doesn’t mean they follow the rules, either. “Las Vegas! Get off your (expletive expletive)!” Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong instructed just moments after he stepped onto the stage on Friday. “Stand up! Stand up!”“ This is not a (expletive) slot machine, this is a (expletive) Green Day show!” he yelle

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   August 26, 2009 - submitted by John, United States of America Q. Why do the guys do runners after concerts? The Oracle replies: If the guys have an onward journey to make to catch a flight or whatever, the runner enables them to leave the venue without getting stuck in concert traffic. Given that there are thousands of people all leaving at the same time, the roads can prove to be very busy so they get a head start to avoid congestio

For Coldplay.com's latest competition announced through the latest edition of The Messenger released today, they're offering you the chance to win a new Coldplay laundry bag, similar to that which has been handed out to the band and crew. The official site have managed to snare one to give away to you, and have it signed by the whole band.   To be in with a chance of winning the bag simply send your name and address to [email protected] before Wednesday September 9th. One entry per perso

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued through into Germany last night as they played at the Hannover Stadium in Hannover. Roadie #42 was back tweeting again before the show, from the pre-flight boarding lounge to the stadium stage itself - see those pictures and captions after the jump. Speed Of Sound was again omitted from the setlist, and Death Will Never Conquer returned in place of Til Kingdom Come and was sung by Will Champion on the acoustic stage. The curtain fell after they played LIfe

More excellent reviews of Coldplay's concert at the Hannover Stadium, Hannover, Germany (25th August 2009) have been posted at the Coldplay Live forum, that didn't quite make the main review article in time this morning. Here is the first set, of just some of the many:   Hey guys, we had a great time yesterday. arrived at the venue at 1.30 pm and there weren't too many ppl there at that time. when the doors opened at 4.30 pm, it was sort of terrible, tho. everyone went a bit mad and was pushing

The official Coldplay site will this Thursday (tomorrow!) be providing fans with pictures and live blog updates ahead of the band's concert at the former LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany in the evening. Here's The Messenger with more details:   Hello again. Tomorrow (Thursday, August 27th) Coldplay.com will be heading out to Dusseldorf for another live photoblog. We'll be backstage at the Esprit Arena, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the build-up to the gig, plus pics from the show, as it h

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   August 25, 2009 - submitted by Pauline, France Q. Dear Oracle, (sorry for my bad English) What is the difference between the song Don't Panic and Beautiful World? Somewhere the song is called Don't Panic but somewhere else it's called Beautiful World!!! But when you listen at them, they are the same song!! Very strange ... Thank you Oracle The Oracle replies: It's not strange Pauline; it's a mistake. Don't Panic is the name of the t

With brooding rockers White Lies supporting Coldplay at several of the current stadium shows, Coldplay.com called up frontman Harry McVeigh to find out a bit more about them, in another exclusive official interview with a support act on the road.   Hello Harry, how are you? I'm good, thanks.   How have your first three shows with Coldplay been? They've been great. I've been very impressed by the number of people who've turned up early to see the support bands play. It's really flattering. It's a

More excellent reviews of Coldplay's concert at the Olympiastadion in Stockholm, Sweden, have been posted at the Coldplay Live forum, that didn't quite make the main review article in time yesterday morning. Here are some of the reviews posted online at Coldplaying:   I'm a little late here but whatever. I did also attend the show this saturday and it was amazing! It was the first time for me since I didn't get tickets last time they were here (No money was one of the reasons :/). This time I go

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   August 24, 2009 - submitted by Jen, United States of America Q. After reading about all these huge venues, I'm afraid that my hometown Coldplay concert must have been blah for the band. There were only 13,000 people. Do they hate doing small shows? The Oracle replies: That's a pretty small capacity for this tour to be honest but don't worry because they love playing smaller venues too. The stadium shows are gonna see the band perform