Coldplay News

Ahead of the Chris Martin sessions and radio appearances, starting at Radio 1 today, and ending on Saturday at Radio 2 with Jonathan Ross, the Coldplaying Toolbar has been updated to include all the stations Chris will appear on. Not all stations will work for everyone (often due to restrictions) but its a neat way of switching from station to station as Chris Martin switches from studio to studio.   Download and install the toolbar from: coldplaying.ourtoolbar.com - and here are all the radio s

Tixdaq has closed the books on 2008 and compiled the first ever in-depth analysis of the UK live music scene based on a detailed study of over 1m concert and festival tickets that were resold in 2008. Tixdaq EVP Steve Machin says “we’ve created the first definitive census of the UK live music sector, as seen through the lens of the resale market”.   Highlights from the report show that Take That sold the most tickets in 2008 but Coldplay was the highest value artist leading a field dominated by

Following today's announcement that Coldplay and The Killers are to play a one-off gig at London's O2 Shepherds Bush Empire together in aid of the War Child charity on 18th February, Coldplay.com have just announced that the War Child ticket sale moves to 5pm (GMT) tomorrow instead of noon. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good evening. We've just been alerted that our batch of 200 tickets for the War Child show will now be available from 5pm tomorrow (Thursday), rather than 12noon as previ

Coldplay's Chris Martin will be playing an intimate zoo session for Absolute Radio on Friday 30th January from 1pm (GMT), and it will be available to watch online for those who missed out on the competition. This just in exclusively to Coldplaying from Absolute Radio:   From 1pm (GMT) on Friday 30 January, you can watch Coldplay's Chris Martin live in a solo webcast session at Absolute Radio. Visit absoluteradio.co.uk/coldplay to get the page bookmarked, don't forget to stick the date in your di

Coldplay are set to headline this summer's Roskilde Festival in Denmark on 5th July, it's been announced.   The performance will mark the first time the band have played at the festival since 2003. Additional acts at this year's Roskilde, which will take place from July 2nd-5th, are to be announced shortly.   Meanwhile, Belgium's EEN-website (national broadcasting service) have confirmed that Coldplay will headline Rock Werchter on 3rd July this year. Performing alongside Coldplay at the 35th e

Coldplay and The Killers are to play a joint gig together to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the charity, War Child.   The concert will take place at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on February 18th following both band's attendance at the BRIT Awards. Tickets for the event cost £50 and will be available via a lottery system. Hopefuls will have five days from 9am on Friday (January 30th) in order to register for a chance to buy tickets. Registration will close on Tuesday February 3rd at 5pm. A

Coldplay's Chris Martin will be playing an intimate zoo session for Absolute Radio on Friday 30th January... and you could be there. Visit their website to enter to win a pair of tickets by answering a simple multiple choice question. This competition closes on Wednesday 28 January 2009 23:59 (GMT). Here are the competition details from them:   Chris Martin, frontman of Coldplay, will be visiting One Golden Square and playing an intimate Zoo Session for the station. We can't wait! Now, we're not

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   January 27, 2009 - submitted by Jonathan, United States of America Q. If Coldplay are British, why when they named their song "Life in Technicolor" they spelt it the American way and not the English way? The Oracle replies: You can opt for a British spelling with a u but Technicolor is usually spelt the American/trademark way.   January 27, 2009 - submitted by Andrew, United States of America Q. If I were to write a book, do I have p

Coldplay.com have caught up with Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland in an online interview direct from the studio where Coldplay are currently working on some new ideas with Brian Eno. You can discuss this interview at the Coldplay forum here. Here's what Jonny had to say this afternoon:   Hello Jonny, what are you up to? I'm in the studio.   The Bakery? Yes. We pop in all the time, but this is the first time we've been back doing a little bit of stuff with Brian.   Mr Eno? Yeah. It was enjoyabl

The official Coldplay site has a pair of tickets to win to see Chris Martin at the intimate acoustic session at Absolute Radio this coming Friday. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good morning. As you know, Chris is playing a very intimate acoustic session for Absolute Radio this coming Friday (30th January). Well, the kind folks at Absolute have been in touch to offer Coldplay.com one pair of tickets to give away. Our winner will need to be available to go along to the session in London on

Coldplay have opened up another competition following the release of the new Messenger edition, No.10 Vol.1. Here are the details:   Following our ridiculously popular Christmas competition (congrats to Lorenzo in Alessandria, Italy, who bagged the rare signed promo album), we've got another giveaway for you. We're going to get the band to sign a copy of the Life In Technicolor ii 7-inch. If you'd like to win it, then simply email your details to [email protected] before January 27th. Ju

Coldplay Messenger has published Number 4 Volume 1 earlier today. Here are some of the best bits:   Yesterday evening Coldplay.com launched a contest for you folks to create a video for Lost? (the acoustic version of the upcoming single). As Prospekt explained in his brief, you can "use any medium you like: animation, Claymation, stop motion, video camera, super 8, comic strip, photography" to conjure your video. We'd just like them to be creative, original and imaginative. The maker of the best

There are Nine days until Grammy nominees are announced.   Grammy voters may be challenged when it comes to naming a best rock album at the 2009 ceremony, which is set for Feb. 8. The reason: Three-time winners of the best rock album Grammy, the Foo Fighters, will not have a release in contention this year.   How much does Grammy love the Dave Grohl-led band? The Foos will be performing at the Dec. 3 nomination announcement, so you can bet the act will get nominated for a single or two. But the

Radiohead are known for helping invent a sub-genre of indie rock (the falsetto-laden, space-age ballad), while Coldplay have described themselves as “incredibly good plagiarists.”   Both make excellent yet similar music, and both stand a chance at bringing home the Grammy for Best Album next week at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Radiohead are nominated for In Rainbows, the album they released after emancipating themselves from their old record company, EMI. Coldplay are nominated for Viva la Vi

Coldplay's Chris Martin will be appearing on Steve Lamacq's evening show this coming Friday (30th January), and has also been confirmed to appear on Jonathan Ross's Saturday show the day after, following Wossy's tweet on his Twitter account. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good evening. Following our previous announcements of Chris's upcoming appearances on Absolute, XFM and Edith Bowman's Radio 1 show, we can now confirm that he will also be going into BBC 6Music on Friday (Jan 30th) from

Coldplay's new single 'Life In Technicolor ii' has climbed up to 5th position in UK Airplay Charts ahead of its official release next week, Nielsen Music Control has confirmed. Nielsen Music Control monitors music broadcast on over 700 radio and television stations across 18 countries worldwide and over 1000 record companies worldwide use the Nielsen Music Control services.   The track will be released on 7-inch vinyl and digital bundle. The B-side of the 7-inch will be The Goldrush, a song whic

Coldplay's Chris Martin will performing ANOTHER acoustic session in London on Thursday 29th January, this time at Capital Towers (Capital Radio). Here's the information that has just been released:   We've held some pretty amazing sessions inside Capital Towers over the last few years, but ladies and gents, they don't come much bigger than this one. Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin will be performing at Capital on Thursday 29th and we're giving you the chance to be there!   We've got seven pairs

Coldplay's Chris Martin will be playing an intimate zoo session for Absolute Radio on Friday 30th January... and you could be there. Visit their website to enter to win a pair of tickets by answering a simple multiple choice question. This competition closes on Wednesday 28 January 2009 23:59 (GMT). Here are the competition details from them:   Chris Martin, frontman of Coldplay, will be visiting One Golden Square and playing an intimate Zoo Session for the station. We can't wait! Now, we're not

MAX and Channel [V] are thrilled to present Coldplay's Viva La Vida Australian tour in 2009. On their last concert tour of Australia in June 2006, Coldplay sold out a total of ten arena shows, playing to more than 100,000 people, garnering rave reviews and leaving rapturous fans in their wake.   To celebrate Coldplay's return to Australia they're giving you the chance to catch them at one of their Aussie shows. All you've got to do is simply register to enter and tell them: In 25 words or less,

Following the release of Coldplay's new video in midweek, attention now turns to the digital bundle single release at the end of the month. Here is DigitalSpy's review of 'Life in Technicolor ii'. I don't think they like it. (3/5 stars):   The original 'Life In Technicolor' appeared as a hushed instrumental intro to last summer's Viva La Vida LP. Imbued with a distinct world music vibe, it was an intriguing opener that captured Coldplay at their most serene. The track was revisited at the album'

Coldplay will be appearing on German TV show Wetten Dass..? this coming Saturday night (24th Jan) on TV channels ZDF, ORF2 and SF1. The show begins at 8.15pm (local time) and the band will be performing Viva La Vida at about 8.45pm. For more info, click here.   Wetten, dass..? (German for "Wanna Bet..?") is a German language game and entertainment TV show. It is the most successful television show in Europe. The shows are broadcast live six to seven times a year from different cities in Germany

Coldplay's Twitter jumped into life today when Prospekt added the following entry: The band are back in the studio for a couple of weeks with Brian Eno...   Pitchfork weren't far behind with this article published a short while ago:   When it was first announced that Brian Eno was working with Coldplay back in 2007, some people overreacted, pissed their egghead idol was lowering himself to Chris Martin & Co.'s level. But now, a couple years later and with Viva la Vida and The Prospekt's Marc

7digital have now made available short previews of the B-sides to Coldplay's forthcoming single 'Life In Technicolor ii'. 30 second previews of the tracks 'The Goldrush' and 'Life In Technicolor ii' (live at the 02 in London) are online and you can hear them both here now.   Coldplay were earlier pleased to announce that Life In Technicolor ii would be Coldplay's next UK single. The track will be released on 7-inch vinyl and digital bundle from January 30th. The B-side of the 7-inch will be The

Coldplaying reported yesterday that Radio 1 would be making a Coldplay announcement today - and we were right about a third London acoustic Chris Martin session! Edith Bowman has announced that Chris and his guitar will be in the studio with her for an hour next Thursday (29th January) between 1pm and 2pm (GMT), for a chat and 'a singalong'.   Later on today you should be able to listen again to today's announcement, which Edith made at about 2pm - about an hour into her show - she also played

For the third week in a row, US album sales have fallen to a new low, with SoundScan – which has logged the market since 1991 – detecting just 5.9m last week, a decline of 5.7% week-on-week, and 15.4% below same week 2008 sales of 7m.   The deepening recession hits hardest at the top of the chart, where country singer Taylor Swift’s Fearless holds sway for a seventh straight week, albeit with sales of just 63,000 – the fourth lowest number one tally of the SoundScan era. Coldplay are still the t