Coldplay News

"Coachella," a documentary on the Coachella Valley's most important two-day tourism event, arrives at the Regal Palm Springs Stadium 9 on Tuesday for a one-night-only screening of a film that is generated raves.   Variety calls it, "An excellent overview of the ambiance and showcased talent at arguably the best annual U.S. rock festival."   The film, which premiered Thursday at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, features some of the most important artists to play in the Coachella Valley Music a

With more than 90 bands on five stages,it's hard to sort out all the great acts at the two-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.   Coachella, in a nutshell: The rock fest's two-day lineup embraces both popular bands (Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails) and emerging acts (The Bravery, Eisley, The Futureheads). Since it lasts a full weekend, many attendees camp on site, Woodstock-style.   Why it matters: Big things can happen at this little summer fest. Last year's most talked-about Coachella perf

Boring, bankable, inoffensive, easily duplicated - is Coldplay the ultimate 21st-century rock'n'roll band?   Big numbers sure come cheap these days. A year ago, New York's discerning culture filter The Village Voice awarded Coldplay a hefty 7.5 rating for their third album, X&Y, at the end of a review that was nothing less than damning: "Precise, bland and banal, their sensitivity emotionless and their musicality never surprising, they're the definition of a pleasant bore - easy to tune out,

We predict a riot the next time Kaiser Chiefs run into Coldplay - well, a small tiff, at least...   The Kaisers' Simon Rix [pictured], whose band picked up the Best Album trophy, took a swipe at Coldplay's Chris Martin, saying the frontman hogs the limelight.   Simon said: "I don't wanna cause a rift but I hate what Chris did at the Brits. He said he was going to let the drummer speak and then he took over the mic completely. He's out of order. Sounds like Mr Martin's fair trade ethics doesn't

How sweet - Coldplay dedicated a song to the man that held them off the number one slot last night, when they played to a dead sweaty and heaving Forum.   Chris Martin dedicated 'Trouble' to PlayLouder Single Of The Week winner Darius Danesh, saying: "We got beaten by Darius which is fair enough because he's better. We don't mind being beaten by him because he's more handsome than us. This is for him."   It's true as well. He is better. The band also found time to drop a few cover versions, incl

An interesting little article has popped up showing what music the oldies are into - and it includes Coldplay believe it or not - in large quantities as well.   You can read the article here

Coldplay played their penultimage US show at the Honda Center in Orange County, CA, last night, as they neared the end of their second US Viva La Vida tour leg. No surprises for this show... but the setlist showed that Life In Technicolor ii could be on the cards...   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Speed Of Sound Cemeteries Of London Chinese Sleep Chant 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version) Talk (techno version) The Har

Coldplay, Pixies and Primal Scream are amongst the artists set to feature in a new exhibition.   Talking place at London's Barbican Art Gallery, 'Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design Since The Sixties' will include album covers, poster campaigns and pop videos spanning 1960's psychedelia to 1980's new wave to 1990's dance music as well from today's music. Amongst the items on display will be Peter Blake's cover for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', Spiritualized's '

You can download Coldplay: Speed Of Sound (KarlG remix) from his site karlgunton.com.   It’s the Coldplay remix that ended the main arena gig at Global Gathering 2005.   And like tk the cat says - hearing Coldplay remixes is like having gin with lucozade! [Thanks tk the cat]

From coldplay.com:   We can now confirm that the new single will be backed by two exclusive songs. 'One I Love', which has been in the live set since the band came back from recording the album, and 'I Bloom Blaum' will form the rest of the tracks on the In My Place single.   Listen in to Radio 1 tonight (Monday) between 8pm and 10pm, as Steve Lamacq will be airing the songs for the first time on his Evening Session, or try www.bbc.co.uk/radio1

A new remix of Coldplay's Violet Hill, courtesy of prettymuchamazing.com, has surfaced online.   Download - Violet Hill [Cryptonites remix]   Meanwhile, prettymuchamazing has also shared their views on Lost and Life In Technicolor. Here's what they had to say:   “Lost” sounds like more typical Coldplay fare, with a strong piano backbone and Chris Martin’s smooth crooning. However, I cannot confirm whether or not this is the acoustic version of the song (that comes with the album pre-order on iTu

Rumours are flying across the interweb that the new Coldplay album is entitled 'Zero Theory' and that the tracklisting is as follows:   1. Square One 2. Talk 3. Something Ain't Right 4. Fury 5. Till Kingdom Come 6. Blasphemy 7. What If 8. Echo My Name (I Can't Believe You're Gone) 9. X&Y 10.The Hardest Part 11.Deja Vu   Only time will tell - in the meantime click here for more information (and a poll).

Here's an interesting little article courtesy of AOL Radio Blog previewing Coldplay's next album, expected to drop at the end of the year at the earliest. The article, which doesn't feature anything you didn't already know of LP5 (in case you were wondering), focuses on the anticipated contrast between the hispanic Viva la Vida to the church recordings and the stripped-down acoustic sound expected in next release...   Back in April 2009, while still on the road for their 'Viva La Vida' world tou

Coldplay, Lily Allen and Susan Boyle rule the roost when it comes to combined Facebook, Twitter and YouTube followers, according to Famecount this week. Coldplay have 3.8 million Facebook fans, 2.8 million Twitter followers and more than70,000 YouTube subscribers according to Famecount.com, the world's first online media measurement service. More discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks mimixxx]   It gives the band a Famecount index of 57.9 per cent, making them just over

Kanye West has pulled out some crackpot rants over the years - but his Coldplay theory could be one of the biggest talkers yet. The rapper, producer and fashion-daahling-designer believes Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Guy Berryman are as good as - if not better - than The Beatles. More discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum now.   Kanye said: "America has, and probably always will, dominate music across the globe but it's always been the British who pull out that very spec

Coldplay's 'The End of Decade Clearout Sale' auction in which the band are Still selling anything from vintage guitars to mud-spattered wellies has so far made more than £150,000 for charity, reports the Independent. The sale still has several hours to run and could rake in a further £50,000, with one of guitarist Jonny Buckland's Telecasters set to sell for in excess of £5,600.   Coldplay decided to sell much of their stage equipment in an "end of decade clearout sale" to raise money for the Ki

Coldplay have admitted that they are "excited" about the prospect of scoring their first ever number one UK single this weekend.   Early sales of Viva La Vida, the title track from their fourth album, suggest that the band could finally shoot to the top of the singles chart on Sunday. The song was available to download before this week to those pre-ordering the band's album. Chart rules prevented it from counting towards the top 40 until Monday.   Guitarist Jonny Buckland is hoping Coldplay can

Coldplay refused to speak to one another before they began work on their new album - because they'd fallen out with each other, ContactMusic are claiming this morning.   Frontman Chris Martin admits he and his bandmates were at a stalemate when they started to work on Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends in 2006. But the four musicians managed to enlist the help of superproducer Brian Eno [pictured], who Martin credits with helping to get their sound - and relationships - back on track.   H

[as previously reported]   9PM - 10:30PM Often compared to the super groups U2 and Radiohead, Coldplay has managed to lure its own audience of admirers and a die hard fan base. Since the debut album Parachutes, this British alternative rock group has received a multitude of accolades including Grammy Awards and a string of Billboard 100 chart topping singles.   Catch melodies, social and political driven lyrics and most notably powerful, energy-driven live performances are just a few reasons for

Chris Martin has revealed being named the best British act by a top music charity means a "huge amount" to the group writes the Belfast Telegraph today. Coldplay will receive the honour from Nordoff Robbins at the 2013 O2 Silver Clef Awards ceremony on June 28th.   "It means a huge amount to us to be named Best British Act by Nordoff Robbins," said Chris. "Nordoff Robbins is an organisation that lies very close to our hearts. They provide life-changing music therapy for thousands of people each

Back in March, Coldplay's Toronto Performance was filmed for a potential DVD release. In August it was announced this footage would be televised; As previously reported, Spain is the first country to air the concert on Canal, Friday 8th December, at 1205-1305h.   There will be further territories showing the 58 minute programme. Dates and details to follow here at Coldplaying.com.   More on this here [thanks mandymcnabb]   Transmission setlist [thanks Cris_Santos]:   1- Square One 2- Politik 3-

22.00 - 01.00 BST   Monday 27th August "Tonight Coldplay is the Main Event from Glastonbury 2002. We continue Festival Focus with live tracks from Reading 2002. Plus Session Tracks from the Dick Dale and Blueboy."   Listen live: http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/   More on this here [thanks Froggitty]  

From £3.5m for the Stones, to considerably less for Rick Astley, booking a favourite act for your own intimate gig is now all the rage,   There is still some talent that won't get out of bed and on to a plane for large sums of money though. Coldplay were offered £500,000 to sing at a birthday party at Cliveden, but even the lure of a chopper to get them there and a large donation to their favourite charity wasn't enough to get them out of the studio.   Read the full article here

According to popular Norwegian online record store website platekompaniet.no Coldplay's Prospekt's March EP cover will look like this (below, left). The Viva La Vida (Prospekt's March edition) cover artwork was revealed via Amazon ten days ago (below, right):     The Prospekt's March EP cover features another painting by Eugene Delacroix, a detail that was officially confirmed by Chris Martin on 3rd October. And Davide Rossi (Italian musician and violinist featured on Viva La Vida Or Death And

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin revealed the band was "really nervous" before its homecoming gig at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on Saturday night. It was the band's first UK show this year, and Martin told the 50,000-strong crowd he did not know what to expect, writes the free Press Association.   "It feels like we have been away for a long time. The four of us were feeling really nervous about coming back home but you have given us a better reception than we could possibly have asked for. "It is