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Coldplay were back in Vegas, for the first time since 2011, where they last performed at the 2011 iHeartRadio festival. Coldplay were on the center stage again for a brief but exhilarating show after their wonderful show in Los Angeles the other night.   Firstly, i'm sure he needs no introductions around here but he's gonna do one anyway!       Coldplay's setlist at the star studded festival was condensed, which was inline with the pop based festival in which artists would only play for 4

Chris Martin :"We're just pawns in Dynamo's game. He's probably been writing our songs for years". A new episode of hit TV series in the UK, Dynamo : Magician Impossible saw Coldplay on the receiving end of Dynamo's magic tricks! The famous magician who has wowed many celebrities over the years, including Chris Martin almost 10 years ago, visited The Bakery, Coldplay's studio in London... Guy appears to be missing and Chris Martin questions Dynamo with "What the f**k have you done with him"? to

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Chris Martin features on U2's fifth track from their new album, which caused a shockwave after the iPhone 6 conference on Tuesday when it was added to the library of 500 million iTunes users, for free!   Chris was present at Apple's conference and applauded Bono and co as the Irish band played live and announced their unique album strategy for 'Songs of Innocence'.'Iris (Hold Me Close)' is the U2 track which features Chris Martin on the backing vocals. The song itself was raising questions fro

Flowing in the Dark - New Xylobands revealed!   It was a core part of Coldplay's Mylo Xylotour when they won the hearts of millions. It may be assumed to be part of history as Coldplay take a break from the gigantic stadiums they were so accustomed to touring in favour of smaller, intimate venues for their Ghost Stories show, such as the upcoming LA show at the Ace Hotel on 17th September but they are here to stay and seem certain to be involved in future groundbreaking Coldplay concerts!  

Chris and Jonny interviewed as Coldplay are set for Las Vegas return!   The official Coldplay website announced the band's return to Las Vegas, at the iHeartRadio music festival, on September 19th and 20th. For information on how to get tickets, please refer to the iHeartRadio festival official website. Coldplay have an extensive history in Vegas, with their first appearance almost 12 years ago on 7th September 2002. The iHeart music festival is a pop oriented festival in which bands usually o

Chris Martin solo gig on 6th August.   Chris Martin is due to play a private show in New York City on Wednesday 6th August. The audience will consist of under 200 of Chris' closest family and friends, with two lucky fans to having the chance to see Chris in an even smaller surrounding than the already intimate Ghost Stories shows, this time with our charismatic frontman will going solo, with possible guest appearances in the offering or just simply belting out Coldplay classics!     US res

Coldplay are set to appear on Dynamo: Magician Impossible   Call it true, we will be watching Coldplay on late night TV later this year, as the band are set to appear on Dynamo : Magician Impossible, due to be aired in the UK later this autumn. Steven Frayne, who uses the alias, Dynamo for his talent as a magician/illusionist, is from Bradford in the UK and he rose to fame through various TV show appearances such as the Jonathan Ross show, Soccer AM and has appeared in various TV commercials f

Zach Braff on Chris Martin Following the release of the new song, Wish I Was Here from Zach Braff's Soundtrack, by Cat Power and Coldplay, director Zach Braff has released an exclusive commentary for every track appearing on his new film, Wish I Was Here . Zach mentions that the title track is his favourite on the entire tracklist and on the subject of Coldplay's involvement on the soundtrack, he talks about making a decision with Chris to choose female vocals on the song, to compliment the sty

Coldplay at the Royal Albert Hall - 1st July - initial reaction. The band have just completed a breathtaking setlist at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where we have seen a re-arranged setlist to the Japan and Sydney shows of recent. The starstruck crowd in the few thousand capacity theater saw the likes of The Scientist, Don't Panic and Everything's Not Lost make a return to the setlist and Jonny took center stage on the vocals during Don't Panic, a moment that will live long in the memories

Coldplay's mesmerizing show in Australia! The band set the bar even higher once again earlier today in Sydney, Australia, as Coldplay completed their penultimate venue of the Ghost Stories tour in style!The event was streamed live via a radio broadcast posted by the official Coldplay page yesterday. The main setlist, minus the second encore was only 13 songs long, which puzzled many fans who were listening in, until after A Sky Full of Stars to which the radio broadcast had ended! Little did we

Chris Martin duet with Avicii   Chris mentioned during the Kevin and Bean interview last month, before the release of Ghost Stories, that a song he has written will be released as a duet next year. The duet in question is confirmed to be with superstar Swedish producer, Avicii, who co-produced with Jon Hopkins, Coldplay's 2nd single off Ghost Stories, A Sky Full of Stars.   Avicii has been in the studio, recording his 2nd album with American producer, Nile Rodgers. Nile had posted on his off

Coldplay on MTV . Japan were ready for their last taste of Coldplay this year presumably, at the MTV Video music awards, as revealed beforehand. Coldplay performed both singles from the latest album, Ghost Stories during the award ceremony, which also featured Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus. View the gallery below of the boys playing Magic and A Sky Full of Stars.   [soliloquy id=25519]   A photo of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, a Japanese singer, next to Chris Martin also surfaced! (thanks gai)     vimn

Coldplay live on Japanese TV   The band made an appearance on a Japanese music station earlier on, a day after their wonderful Ghost Stories tour date in Tokyo. The information, suggesting Coldplay will be playing live on TV in Japan, came from this article, courtesy of Coldplayer, gai. A video of Viva La Vida and A Sky Full of Stars appeared online shortly after, which you can watch below!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoF4JBSItfA   Coldplay live on MTV Video music awards 2014    

Coldplay concert in Japan   As the small and triumphant tour comes towards an end, with only 3 locations left, the Coldplay concert in Japan, Dome City, Tokyo is the next date on the calender, today at 11am UK time, 6am Eastern US time! There had seemed to be confusion over the timezone's but gai on the forums has clarified, see the time of the show in your timezone!   Coldplay, previously live in Japan within a more open venue than Dome City   Listen live   The radio stream is Japan

Coldplay London tickets sell out Tickets to see the Coldplay concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London on July 1st as part of their intimate Ghost Stories tour went on sale at 9.30am UK time this morning. The demand was very high as predicted. If you think back to how fast stadium tickets sold out for the Mylo Xyloto tour, it would be accurate to predict there will be tens of thousands of fans trying to snap up the tickets for only a few thousand spaces. There was a series of tips posted on th

Coldplay on Graham Norton show - Friday 30th May A very tounge in cheek title as Chris and Jonny provided Coldplayers with some Friday night humour. The band's appearance on The Graham Norton show was pre-filmed, so we knew beforehand that the interview would involve Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland in addition to the full band performing A Sky Full of Stars live.   A star studded sofa full of guests on the night included : Legendary actor Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt who stars beside Tom in their

Ghost Stories sales - Coldplay dominate the world album charts Its been a week and a half since the new Coldplay album, Ghost Stories has risen to the fore to be crowned as the fastest selling album of 2014 in the US and the UK, probably in most of the world actually! It has been well publicized on our own Twitter and Facebook pages in addition to the official Coldplay one, that the band achieved their sixth UK #1 album on Sunday! More on that shortly but what we have been waiting for is the Bi

Coldplay in Paris - live streaming The band will be playing their next show of the intimate Ghost Stories tour tomorrow in front of ecstatic French fans at the Casino De Paris, in Paris! The rest of us can listen to the gig online, through NRJ French radio! The broadcast will start at : 8.30pm GMT+1 / French time, 7.30pm GMT / UK time and 2.30pm EST / US time. Photo by Concertlive^Going to see Coldplay live in France tomorrow? Please tell us your experience after the show here. Upcoming Coldpla

Coldplay at Big Weekend, BBC Radio 1 festival in Glasgow It was 9.55 PM in the UK, 4.55 PM in the US (eastern time) and Coldplay were about to step on stage to one of the most explosive gigs they have ever done! Glaswegian fans have a high reputation for being very involved during festivals and gigs and today was no exception! Coldplay wasted no time at all pulling out the big hitters from the word go starting with a closer to a few previous shows, Paradise. The song then transcended into Charl

Coldplay on the Ellen show   The band treated us to Magic and A Sky Full of Stars which were played live yesterday on the Ellen Degeneres show on NBC. The suggested interview with Chris Martin which was originally planned for last week then apparently moved to yesterday's show, was not aired. The reason for this is unknown so the top interview this era so far remains with Zane Lowe's personal interview with the Coldplay frontman. You can watch Coldplay perform Magic and A Sky Full of Stars bel

Yesterday, it was thought a stream of Coldplay's new album, Ghost Stories would be available to stream a week in advance, it was a likely but hopeful prediction and a few fans on our forums mentioned previous recent albums, such as Turn Blue by the Black Keys were streamed from around 8pm GMT and in the end, it was exactly what happened with Coldplay! Swarms of Coldplayers gathered around their online streams or radio's to listen to the Zane Lowe show on BBC Radio 1 around 2pm EST, 7pm GMT as th

With the release of Ghost Stories in North America and the UK is just over 1 week away, Chris Martin will feature in an exclusive interview this week, Wednesday 14th May to be precise, on the Ellen Degeneres show to talk about the upcoming album. More information will arrive soon for the show times and links for non US coldplayers!   In the meantime, we can reminisce on a previous appearance from the band on her show during the Mylo Xyloto era, which featured a hooded Chris during a very fun r

Coldplay have announced on their official website earlier, a prize draw to win pre-sale ticket codes that enable you to purchase tickets for the Royal Albert Hall show in London on the 1st July, before the general public! UK Coldplayers, You can pre-order "Ghost Stories" below to be automatically entered into the draw.     Full terms and conditions can be found here   And here is the quote from Anchorman on the official Coldplay site :       Good morning. We're pleased to report that an

As previously reported, Coldplay will play live tonight in New York. They have already played an earlier setlist at 5PM Eastern US time which added because of the insane demand for the show!   Thank you to jc90 on our forums and the associated Instagram accounts for the setlist information and images and videos.     Credit to associated instagram accounts and r/coldplay for setlist   Setlist:   Always in my head   Charlie Brown   http://instagram.com/p/noWs9MoRci/ http://instagram.com