Coldplay News

Coldplay have today announced another show to add to the forthcoming summer US tour, this time in Irvine, CA on 15th July. Tickets will be available next week though official outlet Live Nation. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good afternoon. We're pleased to announce that Coldplay will be playing at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California on July 15th. Tickets will go on sale on March 23rd at 10am PST from here.   The discussion thread for this new show is here in the Cold

Coldplay have announced a new show in July at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY. you can discuss this forthcoming show at the new thread in the Coldplay Live forum here. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good evening. We're pleased to announce that Coldplay will be playing a show at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY, USA on Monday July 27th. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (May 29th) at 10am EST from here. Anchorman.   They are likely to be playing the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater which is an outdoor

Coldplay have announced another west coast US show for this coming July. They will play the Sleep Train Amphitheater in Sacramento a day after they have played the Shoreline Amphitheater in San Francisco. This just in from Anchorman:   Good afternoon. We're pleased to announce another show for Coldplay's upcoming North American tour. The band will play at the Sleep Train Amphitheater in Sacramento, CA on Tuesday 14th July. A presale for tickets will begin at 10am (local time) on 27th Feb, from h

Coldplay have announced an extra date on their forthcoming US Tour 2006.   The band will play at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA on 7th February 2006.   Pre-sale is yet to be officially confirmed.

Coldplay will visit New Zealand following their eleven arena shows in Australia next March, promoter Chugg Entertainment confirmed today. The band will play at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Wednesday 18 March 2009 with tickets going on sale to on Monday 22 December from www.ticketmaster.co.nz. The show will be part of their Viva La Vida world tour, in support of their new album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends.   New Zealand missed out on Coldplay's last world tour, rumoured to be because

Coldplay have announced yet another festival headline slot of 2011 with the news that they are to play this year's Main Square Festival in Arras, France on 3rd July. This date is exactly two years and a day since their last performance at this festival. Catch all the latest discussion and previews to this new festival date at the Coldplay Live forum now. [thanks coldplay12]   This brings the total number of 2011 festivals that Coldplay will play thus far to NINE, spread over eight countries and

As we posted earlier today, the anticipated official announcement of the new Coldplay 'Live 2012' concert film has been revealed today on Coldplay.com. [You can discuss the latest on this announcement at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash, LeonieArienne, FixYou*]   The disc will include footage from Coldplay's shows at Paris's Stade de France, Montreal's Bell Centre and the band's Pyramid Stage headline performance at Glastonbury 2011. Coldplay's Live 2012 will be released by Parlophone on CD/D

Coldplay.com have announced a second date in New Zealand, with another show at the Vector Arena, Auckland on Thursday 19th March 2009. Tickets for both shows go on sale from ticketmaster.co.nz on Monday 22nd December at 9am local time.   New Zealand missed out on Coldplay's last world tour, rumoured to be because Auckland lacked a decent venue for them to perform in. They have performed there previously at the 2001 Big Day Out. Their last New Zealand performance was at the Auckland Showgrounds i

Coldplay have just announced another two tour dates for 2009's itinery - in Singapore and Hong Kong.   This comes 24 hours after Dubai media sources published news that Coldplay were heading to Abu Dhabi for the first time, although that date is yet to be officially confirmed. Chris Martin told sources he was looking forward to playing in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi and urged fans to get their tickets early to avoid disappointment. "It will be amazing and we can’t wait," he said when contacted

This week at Comic-Con in San Diego, Coldplay will debut a new six-part comic series that tells the story behind the last album, Mylo Xyloto, as announced by the official site this week. It was rumoured on the messageboard back on 30th June that this would happen, and now it has finally been confirmed.   It has captured the imagination of the media too. One example out of 64 sources (and counting) so far was from Rolling Stone, who reported: The series will be published by Matt Groening's Bongo

This just in from Anchorman at the official site:   Good morning. Yes, we have another two big outdoor shows to announce for next summer. On Monday 31st August 2009, Coldplay will be playing at the Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy. A few days later, on Friday 4th September, they'll roll into Barcelona, Spain to play at the Estadi Olimpic. Tickets for the Udine show will be available on Tuesday (Dec 16th) from ticketone.it, while the Barcelona show will be onsale from Wednesday (Dec 17th) from liven

After weeks of speculation, Coldplay have confirmed they will be playing five UK dates this summer in support of their forthcoming as-yet untitled third studio album.   Coldplay will be perform their biggest UK headline shows to date when they begin their 2005 world tour with a series of outdoor concerts this summer. They will play two nights at the 30,000 capacity Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium in London, two nights at the 25,000 capacity Reebok Stadium in Bolton [pictured left], and a night

Coldplay have today added more concerts to their ever growing list of European dates for next year. This just in from Anchorman:   Good morning. We're pleased to announce that Coldplay will be playing the Stade de Suisse in Bern, Switzerland on Wed 2nd Sept 2009. Tickets for the show will be available from www.ticketcorner.com from Monday (Dec 15th).   We can also announce that a second show at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, Holland has been confirmed, after the first one sold out. The second gig will

Coldplay have tonight announced the tracklisting for the forthcoming album, Mylo Xyloto . Discuss the official tracklisting now at the Mylo Xyloto subforum. In total there are 14 songs, most of which were already mooted for the record, but M.M.I.X. is a previously unknown track (if you were not aware, MMIX is Roman Numerals for 2009 - do you know the significance? Does it even stand for 2009?) Read on after the jump for the graphic containing the complete tracklisting.   DLIBYH is indeed Don't L

Coldplay have today announced yet another festival headline slot of 2011 with the news that they are to play this year's Heineken Jammin' Festival in San Giuliano Park, Venice, Italy on June 9th. Catch all the latest discussion and previews to this new festival date at the Coldplay Live forum now.   This brings the total number of 2011 festivals that Coldplay will play thus far to ELEVEN, still with a possible confirmation of Glastonbury to come. The confirmed festivals are spread two continent

Coldplay have revealed that they will play a free gig in Barcelona. Speaking to Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1, frontman Chris Martin revealed that the band were set to announce details of the show soon.   Coldplay had recently announced that they would play two free gigs in June, one in New York and one in London around the release of new album 'Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends'.   "We're doing a concert in Madison Square Garden for free, which no one's ever done before because it costs, lik

The band has just announced plans to film their two sold-out shows in Toronto in March. The shows will be shot in HD for a future Coldplay DVD.   "Several of our all-time favourite gigs have happened in Canada so what better place to film our shows," said Chris.   Making this news even more exciting is the fact that the band will allow five canadian fans the chance of a lifetime - to film the show themselves.   Five fans will be chosen via the Coldplay Fan-Cam Contest with Global Television begi

Another lead on the talkthetour.com issue has popped up, this time from PitchForkMedia. Here is a snippet of what they had to say:   Coldplay? More like Coldpretentious! If you thought those guys were annoying, just wait until you hear this:   Coldplay will launch yet another North American tour early next year, but we can't tell you all of the dates just yet. Why? In order for this allegedly top secret information to be revealed, fans must flock by the thousands to a new website launched by the

COLDPLAY have announced two UK arena shows for 2003.   The group, who recently completed a sell-out tour of the UK, play Manchester M.E.N. Arena on April 14 and London Earls Court on April 16.   Tickets for the shows are on sale from 9am on Saturday (November 9).

Coldplay have announced big UK shows for September 2009. Chris Martin called up BBC Radio 1 to announce that Coldplay are playing a string of stadium shows in September. "It's like a dream come true," said Chris about the dates on the radio just now. The dates are as follows:   Saturday 12th September - Manchester LCCC Wednesday 16th September - Glasgow Hampden Park Saturday 19th September - London Wembley Stadium   Tickets for all three shows go on sale at 9.30am on Friday 28th November. They w

Coldplay have announced yet another festival headline slot of 2011 with the news that they are to play this year's Where The Action Is festival in Gothenburg, Sweden on 28th July. Catch all the latest discussion and previews to this new festival date at the Coldplay Live forum now. [thanks Rodan]   This brings the total number of 2011 festivals that Coldplay will play thus far to TEN, spread two continents and nine countries (Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spai

Last.fm is celebrating a decade of scrobbling with a data haul encompassing the last decade of music – and Coldplay have come out winners, it has been revealed by MusicWeek in the past few days.   Coldplay have been crowned as the most popular act on the platform over the last 10 years while Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit was the most popular track. British music dominated both artists and tracks of the last decade, with half of the Top 10 Best Artists of the Decade hailing from the UK.   A

Coldplay will perform as part of the Live On Letterman webcast series, presented by AT&T, in a live concert from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 8pm Eastern Time, the official site and CBS have confirmed today. You can catch up on all the latest discussion on this new event at the messageboard now [thanks the_escapist]   The webcast will be shown live and/or on-demand across the world at http://cbs.com/late_night/liveonletterman. It will also be broadcast o

Coldplay has announced a further two songs via Prospekt, 'Famous Old Painters' and 'Glass Of Water'. As always, the Wiki pages have been updated to reflect the updates.   Friday 26 October 2007 - London The self-imposed deadline looms and new songs have arrived. Famous Old Painters and Glass Of Water. It's as if the pressure is a catalyst. The pressure to finish has triggered a new writing surge. However, the deadline still stands...   With two new songs to explore and record, there's a lot of e

Michael Jackson's London gigs could be replaced with a series of tribute concerts - with stars such as Justin Timberlake lined up to perform. Bosses at the O2, which had been due to host 50 Jacko dates, have started approaching artists to fill the gap. And they have been inundated with pleas from fans to stage tributes to the superstar, according to The Mirror.   Top acts such as Coldplay and Take That are also understood to be among those approached. It is feared the promoters of the Michael Ja