Coldplay News

Two rock bands bound for Belfast this December are battling it out for the fastest-selling album of 2008. Coldplay and Kings of Leon are fighting it out to be the biggest band in the world.   Kings of Leon released their new album, Only By The Night, at the start of the week and are already seeing sales heading towards the 250,000 mark. The band, who headlined Glastonbury and Oxegen this year, play the Odyssey Arena on Saturday, December 20. Tickets for the show sold out within a few hours. The

How did Coldplay become the biggest band in the world? Take four unassuming London uni students, create anthems with soaring high notes and add guitars and lashings of emotion.   You are a bit perplexed. You know the song Yellow and that other one, the slow, sad one with the bit where the vocalist goes all high and vulnerable as he sings about a scientist. Or something. You're pretty sure there's a celebrity actor connection and maybe an oddly named child, too.   Coldplay ­- that's it. Yeah, yo

The current tour of Australia is underway and they have so far played Brisbane and Sydney. This coming Monday (3rd July) the popular TV programme ‘Enough Rope with Andrew Denton’ will be showing an exclusive with Chris.   The show will be transmitted on ABC at 21.35 (local time). If you are unable to watch the show, they have an official website with archived interviews available as videos, audio and transcribed text, so check http://abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/ for more information.   There will a

Coldplay, David Bowie and the Bee Gees are among a list of 25 musicians doing battle for a new best song award at the Brits, Radio 2 has announced.   Presenter Davina McCall unveiled the nominees on her Monday afternoon show and then asked listeners to vote for their top five hits. All of the singles have been performed by a British act since 1977.   The five will be named at the Brits nominations on 10 January and the winner at the awards on 10 February. The award has been introduced to celebr

For those who missed it, Coldplay is one of the bands featured in their "backstage scrapbook" in a recent issue of Blender magazine.   For the article and exclusive pictures from the magazine, click here   [Thanks CaptainOats]

It all started on the 25th, when all of us (from coldplaybr) went to the airport to try to see Coldplay arriving. After 3 hours of waiting and a lot of anxiety and crossed information, we got to know that the band had already left through an alternate exit.   I went, along with Ana and Edu (people I met at the airport), by car to the hotel, to try to get there before the band, but no luck. As soon as we arrived we were informed by a group of girls that were already there that the band had arrive

MTV's satellite music channel has applied for permission to stage a one-off "unplugged" concert in the famous Cango Caves - starring Coldplay.   The Oudtshoorn municipality has been approached by a company called Hunta Entertainment.   According to council documents, there is a moratorium on events in the caves after damage caused by a succession of Passion plays and concerts in the past.Council officials at first recommended that the application be turned down "to keep the conservation integrit

Another Coldplay interview is available and online. This time from Clash Magazine. It starts like this:   The eyes of the world are watching. The airwaves are waiting. It’s been three years since the four mild-mannered stadium lords last came out survey their lot.   But as the glorious summer dawns on 2008, their vast empire has begun to excitedly scurry in preparation of their emergence since the first assertive noises emanated from their self-enforced creative exile. Finally stepping up once m

Sonic 102.9 FM will announce two concerts on Monday morning — at 7 and 7:30 a.m. But, according to a hint on Sonic's Twitter, Coldplay might be one of the announcements. "Could they be headed to E-town? http://tinyurl.com/8wq9dw" reads the post - directing readers to the LiTii video.   In an interview last year, guitarist Jonny Buckland said the band would reschedule the missed shows. "I think we'll definitely be replacing those in the new year," he says. "I'm not sure exactly when, to be honest

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Pop stars beware. The new owners of major record label EMI have warned artists they could be dropped if they do not work hard enough for the company.   Guy Hands, chief executive of private equity group Terra Firma, which agreed to buy EMI in May for 2.4 billion pounds ($4.9 billion), has written a memo to staff calling for "fundamental change" in the way it does business.   "There is no reason why we should not be more selective in whom we choose to work with," Hands wr

THE actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband, the Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, arrived in Scotland yesterday for the wedding of their daughter Apple’s godfather.   Paltrow, 32, who has starred in Shakespeare in Love, The Talented Mr Ripley and Sylvia, wore a light pink jacket and dress and appeared relaxed and happy as she carried her 14-month-old daughter into the church.   The toddler, wearing a white dress, almost stole the bride’s thunder as she ran up and down the aisle. The actor Simon

Coldplay had to cancel their show in Atlanta - but surprised fans by playing an impromptu gig in the car park next door!   The band are currently on a North American tour in support of their second album 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head'. However, their scheduled date at the outdoor Atlanta Masquerade Music Park (September 14) was pulled after freak weather conditions blew the roof of the stage and rain poured all over their equipment.   In an attempt to leave fans who had travelled with some memory

La Sicilia, the Italian newspaper today unveiled more details about Coldplay's trip to Italy where the band has been filming the video for their new single, Violet Hill, taken from the forthcoming album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, due for release on June 16.   According to the news article, Coldplay were guests at Villa Angela in Taormina, residence of Jim Kerr, lead singer of Simple Minds. Coldplay returned to the region where they previously played to 2000 people in concert in

More tour rumours on a forthcoming Coldplay Latin America tour are sweeping the community this morning. The latest as yet unconfirmed story that has developed today is that sources in EMI Colombia say Coldplay will indeed be touring Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela in February 2010 to complete the full Viva La Vida Tour. Furthermore, specific details have emerged about the possible itinery for next year:   Coldplay had scheduled a concert in Bogota (Colombia) for November

Mat Whitecross making Jay-Z - Coldplay music video   More Coldplay video news on the horizon, as betweentheeyes.co.uk have published details of another possible collaboration with the Lovers in Japan, Lost! , Dancing Politicians and Bigger Stronger director, Mat Whitecross, to film a new video for Lost+ featuring Jay-Z [pictured]. Here is the blurb:   "Mat W has just jetted out to New York with BTE producer Ben Pugh to shoot an exciting collaboration between Coldplay and Jay-Z on a new music vid

There are raised eyebrows in the Oasis camp over Coldplay’s decision to release their new album on a Thursday.   Coldplay hope their upcoming Viva La Vida will topple Oasis’ 11-year reign with Be Here Now as the fastest-selling British record. But the Manchester band’s team believe Coldplay are stealing their idea to do it. Be Here Now sold almost 700,000 copies in the first three days of sale in 1997. Oasis [Pictured, Noel Gallagher] released it on a Thursday — rather than the usual Monday — w

The band Coldplay is photographed in an alleyway outside the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” studio in Hollywood this month. From left, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion, singer-keyboardist Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland:   Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay, signs an autograph for a fan outside the “Jimmy Kimmel LIve” studio in Hollywood:     Fans wait their turn to meet Coldplay singer Chris Martin outside the “Jimmy Kimmel LIve” studio in Hollywood:     Guy Berryman, left, and

Here’s some snippets for the current issue of Q Magazine - out in stores now!   Q’s 50 Essential Tracks To Download This Month. 9) For You Coldplay   Delicate flipside to Shiver and one of Chris Martin and co’s finer non-album moments, dug up for a luxurious, vinyl-only boxset for all their singles. Available on: Single 1999-2006 [Parlophone Album].     The 100 Greatest YouTube Moments   #46The Chris Martin Comedy Hour Keywords: Gervais, Martin   Coldplay’s singer holds his own against Gervais

Chris Martin is on the cover of the December 2008 issue of Q Magazine, which you can preview here and purchase via their website as it’s subscription only. The edition in the shops has Jonny Borrell on the cover. Every new subscriber this month will receive a copy of the ‘fantastic’ new Razorlight album Slipway Fires.   In addition, to celebrate Coldplay winning the 'Best Band In The World Today' Award they are also giving you the Coldplay gift pack 2CD and DVD! Here is the Chris Martin intervie

In today's issue of Rolling Stone magazine, there's a small blurb about Coldplay and their upcoming summer tour, which gives some new information about the forthcoming tour and more immediately, tonight's show at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. Here's the excerpt from the magazine:   "We're going to make the set list a little longer, throw in some extra songs and figure out ways to reach the last row," says Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman of the band's three-month trek through mostly o

British supergroup Coldplay charmed Australian fans with a tribute to the Socceroos and a Shane Warne [pictured] joke when they opened the Down Under leg of their world tour in Brisbane.   Engaging frontman Chris Martin donned a Socceroos' scarf and marvelled at Australia's sporting credentials as Coldplay last night won over 12,000 enthusiastic fans at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.   "As English people we just have to ask is there anything you can't do?" he said. "The answer is 'no'."  

Coldplay has given Sweet Relief an amazing gift for auction - two front row tickets to the SOLD OUT show on 28 February, 2003 at the Tweeter Center in Camden, NJ.   You'll be close enough to touch the band from your seats in CENTER PIT ROW P1. To make this auction even more awesome, the band sent along a DVD version of "The Scientist" which includes video, interview, photos & live version of "Lips Like Sugar" The cover insert is signed inside by all four members of the band in black permane

Victorians have snapped up Sound Relief concert tickets with 60,000 selling in the first three hours. The original ticket allocation for the March 14 concert at the MCG has sold out but more seats have been released.   Sound Relief spokeswoman Reegan Stark said there were still thousands of seated tickets available for the concert, which will raise money for bushfire survivors. All standing tickets have been sold, Ms Stark said. Overwhelming demand for the $75 tickets caused delays on Ticketek's

Coldplay want to headline Slane this year, the Irish Daily Mirror are writing today. Coldplay are reported to be in talks with organisers over an 80,000 capacity show at the famous music Mecca. The Mirror continued:   Coldplay stole the show at last summer's Oxegen festival when they thrilled fans with a dynamic performance of their biggest hits. Now the stars want to join the elite cast of big names who have headlined the event over the years.   Now the stars want to join the elite cast of big

Don't worry, they're not in pieces yet. Coldplay will feature in next month's Blender magazine, which will go on sale from 24th May.