Coldplay News

There are dozens of ex-music bosses around the country drowning their sorrows in the boozer over how they “almost” signed a huge band. Pop history is littered with examples - The Beatles were initially ignored, David Bowie struggled for years to get a deal and Simon Cowell even turned down Take That. Now Alex James from Blur has revealed he is in the bungling music bigwig’s club for failing to sign Coldplay when he had a record label for a short time in the late Nineties.   “I went to see Coldp

Since Tuesday's exclusive release of Coldplay's new video for 'Life In Technicolor ii', even more blogs and media sources have today watched and inwardly digested the puppet video and posted online reviews. Here are a few picks from today:   Coldplay have unveiled their new video for the Prospekt’s March EP track, “Life In Technicolor ii,” the sequel to Viva La Vida’s instrumental opener. The Dougal Wilson-directed clip begins with a Punch & Judy-esque show being performed for nursery school

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   January 22, 2009 - submitted by Jessamacar, Australia Q. Dear Oracle, Can Chris do flips like in the LITii Video clip or is that why they used puppets??? from jess The Oracle replies: Supple as Chris is, he doesn't do flips or the splits but that's not why puppets were used. On the subject of the video, there have been a few more questions... Crew members in the video aren't modelled on the real crew so no, you can't spot Roadie #42.

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

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

Since yesterday's exclusive release of Coldplay's new video for 'Life In Technicolor ii', blogs and media sources have watched and inwardly digested the puppet video and posted online reviews. Here are a few picks:   Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no denying that the new Coldplay video for Life In Technicolor II is pretty great. The video makes for the coolest puppet show ever. We love the sound guy (er, puppet) manning the boards over at the snack table. The puppet show performance is complet

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   January 21, 2009 - submitted by Simon, Netherlands Q. Hi Oracle, is it true that Coldplay's fifth member made an appearance in the new Life in Technicolor ii video? The Oracle replies: Indeed it is. One of the chaps holding a video camera is wearing a cream sweater, similar to Aran style and that is Phil Harvey.   January 21, 2009 - submitted by Taylor, United States of America Q. Dearest Oracle, In the new video for Life in Technico

Want to be in a crowd of 30 watching Coldplay's Chris Martin play an exclusive acoustic set at XFM? Clear January 29th in your diaries folks…   Want to see the frontman of the world’s biggest band play one of the world’s smallest gigs? Chris Martin heads over to XFM Towers on January 29 to play an exclusive acoustic set to 30 competition winners.   To be in with a shot of being one of the lucky few, keep checking back over the next couple of days. Competition details will be revealed very, very

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,

Coldplay have been added to the list of performers at the 2009 BRIT Awards, joining the likes of U2 and Kings Of Leon who will also play on the night.   Coldplay are also poised to cap their record-breaking comeback at this year's Brit Awards after being nominated for a leading four awards. They were nominated for Best Album, Best Group, Best British Single and Best Live act after this year's nominations were announced at Camden's Round House in London, Tuesday. This year's nominees were voted b

Coldplay's video for Life In Technicolor ii is now on YouTube! The video aired on UK's 4Music earlier tonight and it is now available via Parlophone's official YouTube channel and also Coldplay's website. You can see it in the first post of the LiTii thread here and you can find download links here, and also screenshots in the Coldplaying Gallery here [thanks Lore & sebile]   Did you notice a cameo appearance from Phil Harvey? [thanks melanieau]  

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

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

A reminder that Coldplay's new video for Life in Technicolor ii will premiere tonight on 4Music and Channel 4 (UK). Coldplay earlier announced that the track would be Coldplay's next UK single.   The track will be released on 7-inch vinyl and digital bundle on Monday February 2nd. The B-side of the 7-inch will be The Goldrush, a song which is previously unheard, unreleased and unperformed. As well as that track, the digital bundle will contain Life In Technicolor ii (Live @ The O2, London). Here

Coldplay's new video for Life In Technicolor ii airs for the first time later today and the Sun have revealed more about its inceptions. Here's the article:   Chris Martin shows who pulls all the strings in Coldplay – by using puppets in the band’s latest video. The frontman revealed his artistic side by suggesting model lookalikes of the band for the promo for Life In Technicolor II. A source said: “The puppets were Chris’s idea. The band wanted to do something funny and light-hearted. The vide

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   January 19, 2009 - submitted by Anita, Switzerland Q. Dear Oracle, just read that Coldplay hasn't win any NRJ award expect from a special price. Do you know what price this was? And do you know who was voting for get these awards? Only people on the NRJ website or was there also a jury? I anyway think they are the best band in the world ;-) Anita The Oracle replies: They won the Music Award d'honneur - an special honorary outstanding

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

Want to be in a crowd of 30 watching Coldplay's Chris Martin play an exclusive acoustic set at XFM? Clear January 29th in your diaries folks…   Want to see the frontman of the world’s biggest band play one of the world’s smallest gigs? Chris Martin heads over to XFM Towers on January 29 to play an exclusive acoustic set to 30 competition winners.   To be in with a shot of being one of the lucky few, keep checking back over the next couple of days. Competition details will be revealed very, very

It is the classic dilemma for English-speaking rock stars at foreign award ceremonies - try your acceptance speech in the local language and risk looking foolish, or stick to English and look arrogant.   Chris Martin stopped worrying about looking foolish long ago, so did not hesitate to attempt to show off his language skills at the NRJ Awards in Cannes - the French answer to the Brits or the Grammys. He began by saying something along the lines of: "Ma Francais comme voiture cassee" - a shaky

Coldplay failed to pick up any awards they were nominated for at tonight's NRJ Awards in Cannes, France, but Chris Martin did pick up the NRJ Music Honors Award on behalf of the whole band. He also played a solo piano version of the new single 'Life In Technicolor ii' towards the end of the ceremony. Below is the first available image of Chris's performance. Speaking in French afterwards, he said, "Mon français est comme une voiture cassé...c'est long (my french is like a rusty car, it's take ti

Thanks to the official site you can now see what each member picked as their inspirations ahead of next months Grammy awards. Here's Anchorman:   The Grammy Awards 2009 have produced a special image of Coldplay, which is made up from the titles of songs that have inspired the band. We thought you might like to see a hi-res version of image, as well as the songs each member picked.   Click here (right click, save as) to download the hi-res version of the image (~2Mb) and click here to read and di

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   January 16, 2009 - submitted by NED, United States of America Q. I want to know how to get songs that are only on exclusive singles... I cant find any way to get ahold of songs like "a spell a rebel yell" since that came only w/ a magazine subscription. PLEASE ANSWER! ned The Oracle replies: Sadly the only way you could get that song was on the Violet Hill single that was given away with the NME paper (but it wasn't subscription only

More evidence that Twitter is hitting the mainstream - Coldplay have joined.   Twitter has been getting a lot of news coverage in 2009. Hans Kullin has written a great review of how journalists used Twitter after the Hudson River plane crash yesterday (including how a Twitpic (Twitter picture) led news reports.) Coldplay joining (and promoting their presence) could see Twitter usage increase yet further. Announcing the Coldplay Twitter profile in their latest Coldplay Messenger email, they say:

Chris Martin will perform solo at the forthcoming French NRJ Awards in Cannes this weekend. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good morning. This coming Saturday night (17th Jan), Chris will be performing Lost? at the 2009 NRJ Awards in Cannes, France, where Coldplay are up for two awards (Best International Album and Best International Group). As he's playing the acoustic version of the track, it'll just be Chris and his trusty piano.   As previously announced, the awards celebrate the top

The Boxer Rebellion's new album is currently outselling the likes of Kings Of Leon, MGMT and Coldplay on the US version of iTunes, even though it is a self-release.   Despite the success, 'Union' has been barred from entering the Official UK Charts this Sunday (January 18) - because the band have only released the album digitally. The band, who were signed to Alan McGee's Poptones label but currently have no record deal, self-released 'Union' on January 11. Unexpectedly, the album, and its lead