Coldplay News

Coldplay earlier this month announced details of a huge tour of North America, which will begin in Portland, Oregon on July 10th and will conclude on 9th August in Tampa, Florida. General tickets for most shows are now on sale. However, the presale continues today via Live Nation for three more of the shows, namely Carson, The Woodlands (Houston) and Tampa.   To check on all the dates, go to the Live Nation site here and if you're struggling for pre-sale passwords or just want general help (or l

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: #42 reports back from a magical night in London   Discuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks svenky & coldplay12] and also the Coldplay Live - War Child thread here [thanks jenjie   Well bugger me - we made it! Obviously, now it's done it seems like it was nothing, but going into it, it felt like there was a lot of potential for trainwreck. We've done a complete lap of the planet in just over a week, a bunch of awards show

Lionel Richie has revealed that he would love to team up with Coldplay.   The 'All Night Long' singer admitted that he hopes to meet the band at tonight's Brit Awards. "I’d love to work with Coldplay, that could happen. It would be great," he told The Sun. The singer, who has previously duetted with Enrique Iglesias and Dutch jazz artist Trijntje Oosterhuis, added that he would like the British rock act to contribute to his next record. "If they could do something on my next album that would be

Coldplay may have been left humiliated after their Brit Awards snub, but they certainly know how to bounce back in spectacular fashion, report the Daily Mail.   After losing out in four categories last night despite selling millions of albums and Grammy success, the group hot-fotted it over to the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire for the War Child charity’s 15th birthday. They performed a string of hits from Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends much to the delight of the crowd, which included Sienn

Coldplay performed with Take That's Gary Barlow, The Killers... and a special appearance from U2's Bono... all on the same stage at the same time!   Coldplay rushed from the BRIT Awards, from which they left empty-handed despite being up for four prizes, across London to perform at a charity show for War Child at the 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire. They were firstly joined by Gary Barlow - who had played their hit single 'Greatest Day' at the BRITS earlier - for a rendition of the boy band's classic

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher tipped Coldplay to clean up at the BRITs - even joking they'd be crowned Best New Female, report the Daily Record.   The Oasis frontman made his prediction on Johnny Vaughan's Capital FM Breakfast show - on which Liam's All Saints wife Nicole Appleton was guest presenter. He first tipped Coldplay - who were up for four BRITs - for Best Album, saying: "I'd go with the Ting Tings, but who do you think'll win? Coldplay. They win everything. They'll even win the Best Ne

Coldplay were snubbed at the Brit Awards with the band leaving empty-handed despite being nominated for four gongs.   Although the group bagged a handful of Grammys they failed to live up to their hype on this side of the Atlantic. Their latest album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends topped the global sales chart last year with 6.6 million copies. But it lost out to Duffy's Rockferry while the title single also missed out to Girls Aloud's The Promise.   While their commercial success is

Coldplay's Chris Martin tonight has the opportunity to add to the three shiny new Grammys on the mantlepiece of his lavish London mansion. But refreshingly, the rock superstar with an A-list Hollywood wife has not lost sight of the most important people in the band’s incredible success — the fans.   In the year that has gained the band gongs and sales records all over the world, Chris plans to give away a FREE live album to people who go to their huge shows this summer. He hopes the gift will th

Following six rounds of daily voting, Coldplay's single Viva La Vida has made it to the Brits 2009 shortlist to appear at the awards ceremony later today. However, the work doesn't finish there. This from Anchorman recently:   It's been announced that Viva La Vida has made the final five for the Best British Single at the Brits. Thanks so much for all of your votes which helped to get it there. We'd be very grateful if you'd take the time to vote for the track, to help it win. To vote, please ca

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   February 17, 2009 - submitted by Milan Miric, Serbia and Montenegro Q. Dear Oracle, I know that many fans will ask this question,but given that I am from a country a bit far away and the post is REALLY slow, I just wanna make sure that my postcards made it to the band, and if they did, what the impressions were... Me and my friends sent about 4-5 postcards and one of them, the most authentic one was a picture of the guys as the girls

Coldplay and Welsh singer Duffy will be hoping to add to their Grammys success as they head the field at the 2009 BRITs on Wednesday night with four nominations apiece. Organizers have highlighted the global impact of British music in 2008, underlined by a flurry of Grammys, the industry's most coveted honors, earlier this month.   In the wake of those awards, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger hailed "a great period for home-grown talent," telling the Sun newspaper: "What's so refreshing is t

The Brit Awards 2009 - ITV1, 8pm   The Brits have a cruel history of sending big names home empty-handed. Last year Leona Lewis was tipped to clean up — she left with nothing. Lily Allen was favourite to land a clutch the year before — she didn’t. And Craig David famously earned nine nominations before leaving with a scowl and a promise never to return.   This year word is filtering through that Coldplay could be the most high-profile casualty yet. A Brits source said: “Coldplay are buzzing abo

If you've been MIA today and haven't yet heard the 'Postcards From Far Away' Project news - it's that the feedback that Coldplay fans have been waiting for since sending out postcards from around the world is now online. Watch the video of Coldplay reading fans' postcards now at www.coldplaying.com/postcards. There is also a short story behind the delivery of the postcards, which comes courtesy of Coldplay's fan liaisor, Debs Wild:   Ok so now we have the video, I can talk about the day if you l

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   February 16, 2009 - submitted by Jean, Canada Q. Respected Oracle, During the Twisted Logic tour, at the conclusion of "The Scientist", one could hear an added part that was, in fact, a recording of "The Scientist" played backwards. If you take this recording, and play it backwards, it sounds exactly like "The Scientist" from the album. Can you explain how Coldplay pulled this off? The Oracle replies: I'm not sure how you mean pulled

Coldplay have announced the support acts that will join them on tour during February and March, as they visit Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi. Here's Anchorman, who says Mercury Rev [pictured] are ace, with more details:   We're pleased to announce the roster of support acts for Coldplay's upcoming shows in February and March. The full bills are as follows (click on the names to visit their MySpace and hear some tunes):   Australia 1. Decoder Ring 2. Mercury Rev 3. Col

Coldplay's "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" was the top-selling album worldwide in 2008, industry figures showed Monday. The group's fourth studio album sold 6.8 million units worldwide, said the London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the recording industry worldwide.   "Viva La Vida" sold more downloads than any other album in digital history within a month of release, the IFPI said. Earlier this month, Coldplay, who describe their

UK Bookmakers have suspended betting on the Brits amid fears that the result could have been leaked. They took the unusual action after a flurry of bets in just a few hours were placed on veteran rocker Paul Weller to win Best Male Solo Artist at various William Hill shops.   Each bet was around £50 and was placed at different branches around London, making them virtually untraceable. Weller's odds have now been cut from 5/1 as an outsider to 1/5 as the favourite. Other major bookmakers, Ladbrok

Coldplay played the fourth night of the 2009 Viva La Vida tour before heading back to the UK to play the War Child Gig in London. They were at the Kobe World Kinen Hall in Osaka on the second of two consecutive nights there. The setlist changed slightly... Speed Of Sound was moved into the acoustic session.   More on this concert including reviews, videos and pictures here onwards [thanks yumi]   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Yellow Cemeteries of London Chinese Sl

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   February 12, 2009 - submitted by oscar, Guatemala Q. Dear Oracle!! How may Grammys has Coldplay won in 10 years of career? The Oracle replies: They have won a total of seven Grammy Awards. Apart from last week's three (see news for which awards they received) they gained one for Parachutes (Best Alternative Album). Another year they collected two, one for In My Place (Best Rock Performance...), the other for A Rush of Blood, (Best Al

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   February 13, 2009 - submitted by Jean, Canada Q. Dear Oracle, At 1.45 of "42" (the song), one can hear something that sounds like somebody saying "Patrick". It struck me right away but I never found a meaning to it. Then, upon my first listen of "Prospekt's March", I shockingly noticed a similar sounding "voice" at .09 of "Rainy Day"... that's when I realized that "42" and "Rainy Day" are both Track #4s on their respective albums. Th

Reviews of Coldplay in Japan are at a premium but there are some stunning pictures of the band rocking the Saitama Super Arena a couple of days ago. A selection of them are below (click more), and the full album is at Flickr here [thanks me_vs_everyone182]                    

Flash and Live Nation have announced that tickets for Coldplay’s first Middle East performance in Abu Dhabi will be on sale on February 15.   They will perform at Emirates Palace Hotel on March 28. Tickets will be available online at ticketingboxoffice.com and boxofficeme.com. A limited number of offline tickets will be available at Virgin Megastores. The four-member British band just won three Grammys for their fourth album Viva la Vida.   Tickets: Coral standing, Dh295 Diamond standing, Dh7

Tickets for the majority of Coldplay's upcoming North American Viva La Vida tour dates 2009 are on sale throughout this weekend following two days of presales.   The official ticket outlet for this tour is LiveNation. To check on all the dates and to buy tickets, click here. If you're looking for general help, ticket swaps or see who else has got tickets for the shows etc, please visit our discussions in the Coldplay Live forum here, or click on one of the discussion links below:   July 10th - P

The Sun are the latest UK media source to offer you a chance to see two of the planet's greatest rock bands play at a one-off gig in aid of War Child. The Killers and Coldplay are coming together on Wednesday, February 18 for an exclusive gig at the newly renamed O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, in front of just 2,000 lucky music fans.   Tickets to the show, taking place immediately after the BRIT awards, have sold out - but The Sun have managed to get our hands on not one, but TWO pairs to give away

Coldplay fans get excited - ninemsn have got the ultimate Coldplay prize to give away... they're giving you the chance to score a double pass to see Coldplay and attend a 'Sound Check Party' (in your city) where you’ll get to see the band preparing for their performance, take a tour around the back stage area and meet the band.   With seven Grammy nominations and 120,000 tickets sold for their 2009 Australian tour, Coldplay is one of the must see concerts of the year! For your chance to win this