Coldplay News

The December edition of the Coldplay E-Zine is now available online. This month's edition includes an exclusive interview with Embrace’s Danny MacNamara and insight into one of the band’s busiest years yet.   Download the E-Zine here

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin dedicated the band's recent hit 'In My Place' to their newest high profile fan, Gwyneth Paltrow, at the band's second Wembley show last night (October 21), say nme.com.   The Hollywood actress was in the audience at Wembley Arena to hear the dedication midway through Coldplay's encore. However, she was not the only woman singled out by the frontman - Martin also dedicated songs to his mother, who was also in the crowd.   The band were in ebullient mood throughout t

Coldplay has been forced to postpone the start of its North American tour by two weeks due to unspecified "production delays which mean that the show simply won't be ready" for its planned June 29 kick-off in Philadelphia.   The itinerary will now begin July 14-15 in Los Angeles; it was to close Aug. 4 in Chicago but will instead wrap that day in Boston. Tickets for the scrapped dates will be valid for the new ones, but refunds are also available at points of purchase. You can discuss the update

The lead singer of a Norwich band has complained that global music stars Coldplay are in the way of his recording timetable.   James Leeds, who also writes the songs for city four-piece Cord, has spoken to his international icon, Chris Martin about the delay. A late decision by Coldplay to record three more songs for their third album put a spanner in the works for Cord because both bands are using the same producer, Danton Supple.   But despite a direct plea from James, two months later they ar

Coldplay delayed the start of their concert in Barcelona on Saturday (September 6th) to watch England play football against Andorra, Gigwise are reporting today.   The band were able to watch the game because the Palau Sant Jordi arena, the site of their concert, is next door to the Olympic Stadium. “The band were chuffed when they realised they were playing next to the England match and had to get tickets," a source told the Sun newspaper. "They even postponed their show by an hour so they coul

What do we expect of a sophomore release? This is an important question when considering the release of Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay's follow-up to 2000's outstanding Parachutes. Is a maturity of songwriting and diversity expected? Can confidence be assumed? Is the disc considered in vacuum, or does the looming shadow of a breakthrough debut cloud the view?   It can safely be said that Coldplay is cultivating a unique style, and they have grown into it further in Rush: lilting, high male

Chris Martin has denied rumours that Coldplay are to take up residency at London's O2 Arena, DigitalSpy are reporting today.   The frontman told Absolute Radio that he had doubts about Coldplay's ability to follow in Prince's footsteps and sell out the arena for 21 consecutive nights. "He sold out 21 nights," Martin commented. "I don't think we could. You can't do that unless you've got impeccable facial hair. With my facial hair we could probably sell out five nights."   Other acts rumoured to

21st Century Leaders Foundation and its Whatever It Takes campaign are proud to announce a licensing partnership with the Wildcat Apparel Group Inc (Wildcat Apparel), the company responsible for the success of the Retro Sport brand, to benefit charitable organizations across the globe.   To date, the Whatever it Takes licensing campaign has raised over $1,000,000 to create and sustain charitable projects that tackle key global development issues including poverty alleviation, environmental cons

A young Blackpool artist's student work is turning heads at a top London gallery after being shortlisted for a prestigious national award.   Student Danielle Chappell, 24, saw her work, Linear Rhythm, chosen from more than 1,600 entries for the final of the Nationwide Mercury Prize art competition. Students across the country were set the task of coming up with a work that linked the worlds of art and music.   The best are currently on show at The Gallery at The Hospital in London's Covent Garde

If rapper Lil Wayne was expecting his latest LP, Tha Carter III to spend a second-straight week as the US nation's best-selling release, he definitely underestimated the sales prowess of Coldplay. Here are several reasons why:   Coldplay Dethrone Lil Wayne To Score Second Consecutive #1 Debut Viva la Coldplay! Brit Crew Dominates Charts Coldplay Cruises To No. 1 On The Billboard 200 Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” Continues Big Sales Trend Coldplay tops charts Coldplay's 'Viva' tops charts Coldplay’s

The American band which accused Coldplay of stealing their music has admitted that the allegations might be unfounded.   Creaky Boards, a little-known US group, had claimed that Coldplay's latest single, Viva La Vida, was taken from a song they wrote last year. In a video posted on YouTube, the video sharing website, the group's singer said that The Songs I Didn't Write bore a "striking" similarity to Coldplay's new single.   Andrew Hoepfner pointed the finger firmly at Chris Martin, saying tha

Coldplay have revealed they are disappointed with only releasing three albums.   The band have said that compared with The Beatles' work rate, they are a lot slower and are starting to panic.   "We just love being creative," bassist Guy Berryman said. "When we're out on the road, it's amazing to play live but we're really missing what we do best, which is creating. We've been together for almost ten years now and we've only made three albums."   Speaking to BBC 6 Music, he added: "When you look

Coldplay are slowly narrowing down the material for the follow-up to 2005's X&Y.   According to the band's official website, the group assembled in late June to sort through the songs they've been working on with producer Brian Eno in a five-hour, no-holds-barred meeting.   "Brian drew up a list of all 25 pieces of music that have been worked on during this session," the June 29 diary entry from "Prospekt" says. "The four band members, Brian, Markus (Dravs) and I all shared our thoughts on e

A behind-the-scenes documentary of Coldplay's world tour has been put on hold because frontman Chris Martin is too busy to edit the footage.   The Clocks rocker commissioned his film-making best pal to shoot over 600 hours of film as he followed the notoriously publicity shy group as they toured their X&Y [pictured] album. But Martin insists he must be involved in putting the TV documentary together, and is currently to busy to go into the editing room for an extended period of time.   An in

Chris Martin thinks Peter Crouch could be responsible for Coldplay's first ever number one hit.   He has said that if England win the World Cup, he will write a song especially for the lanky striker. And Chris had a treat in store for his fans at the Isle of Wight festival last night - he did the Crouch robot dance live on stage.   Chris, who is married to screen siren Gwyneth Paltrow, has already written some special words for the beanpole footballer. The curly-haired singer incorporated the l

Media outlets have reported that UK band Coldplay have scrapped their entire upcoming album due to lack of inspiration and in-fighting - however, the reports fail to tell the whole story.   A posting made by band insider, Prospekt, on Coldplay's official website has been selectively edited by some media outlets, with quotes manipulated to imply that the band members were arguing due to tension over the recording sessions.   The correct quote, as posted on their website on June 29, states:   "One

Coldplay and Welsh newcomer Duffy are set to dominate this year's BRITs, following the announcement that both acts are tipped for four awards each. But the critics' darlings of last year Elbow and the US west coast folk band Fleet Foxes have made the final step into mainstream acceptance as they were listed among the nominees revealed at the awards launch party at London's Roundhouse.   The prevalence of Coldplay at this year's event, which takes place on 18 February, mirrors their remarkable do

It’s been eight weeks and Coldplay’s album ‘Viva la Vida’ or ‘Death and All His Friends’ (also simply known as ‘Viva la Vida’) their fourth studio album is currently at no.3 in the UK Charts.   The album has been the number-one-selling album in 36, yes, 36 countries around the world! In the United States, this album has sold 316,000 copies in its first day (some American artists can barely do this in a week, for example American pop rock singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson’s last cd ‘Bittersweet Wo

Coldplay commander Chris Martin pounded the cobbles of north London in full military regalia while filming his band’s latest video.   The quartet shot a promo for forthcoming album Viva La Vida in and around their Chalk Farm HQ. French revolutionary politics and dress feature heavily in Coldplay's new direction. See an image below.   More on this story here [thanks mimixxx]  

Coldplay, Feeder, Robbie Williams, Faithless and A have donated tracks to a new CD compilation made by the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) organisation.   'Planet Water' - available to buy online and in selected shops - features a mixture of singles, new tracks and rare b-sides from the bands, many of who have previously performed live to raise money for the charity.   The full tracklisting is follows: Robbie Williams - 'Phoenix From The Flames' Republica - 'Faster Faster' Kosheen - 'Dangerous Wate

South Leicestershire radio station HFM is holding a 24 hour radio marathon on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th may 2008 to raise cash for Cancer Research UK.   Coldplay's Chris Martin has donated a signed picture disc for us to auction on-line on e-bay to boost the fund. It was presented to the band in recognition of achieving four times platinum sales of their X & Y Album in Singapore, that's in excess of 60,000 copies! There were only four of these ever made, so it's a real collectors item fo

Coldplay have two new entries in this week's US singles top 40 charts. The title track 'Viva La Vida' signs in at 15, becoming the highest new entry of the week, while 'Violet Hill' debuts at 40.   Coldplay's album "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" recently went up for pre-order from Apple's iTunes store, and those who made the pledge for the album got immediate access to the title track. Viva La Vida (individual track), is now available for purchase on iTunes at a price of €0.99. The

The pioneer of digital music, today announced the winners of the "2006 Napster Awards," the first awards to honor artists and songs for accomplishments in digital music.   In contrast to other music industry awards, the Napster Awards are determined by the actual listening behavior of music fans who subscribe to Napster's industry-leading subscription service and play over one billion songs each year.   Presented to the artists and songs that enjoyed the highest number of plays in the service be

Coldplay downloads have broken through significant sales milestones in the States to underline a new era of multi-million-selling singles.   According to Joseph Murrells - the late musicologist whose Book Of Golden Discs was the first volume to track worldwide million sellers - The Beatles’ I Want To Hold Your Hand is the biggest selling single by a UK act in America, with sales of more than 4.9m there. Viva La Vida by Coldplay is chasing hard, and races past the 2m mark, with sales last week of

An Australian schoolteacher has been threatened with legal action by a member of rock band Coldplay after mistakenly taking the taxi he had booked.   Jacqueline Hall, from Brisbane, was accused of deliberately taking drummer Will Champion's cab when it pulled up outside her home in Kennington, south London. Champion's solicitors sent Hall, 31, a letter accusing her of a criminal act after she dropped a written apology through the musician's letterbox.   "To be called a criminal is terrible," Hal