Coldplay News

Live updates from London's O2 Arena in the UK are filtering through from those in the venue at the first of three consecutive Coldplay concerts tonight. Keep up- to- date with them all here onwards. Times are GMT (local time). So far, here's a summary (most recent first):   11.24pm: no offense to brit's god knows how I love this country but the crowd was very dull, band left quickly so no stalking tonight. got a setlist [thanks Chavi & Carlaatje]   10.33pm: [back for good and lit II] (Londo

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   December 11, 2008 - submitted by Jeronimo, Argentina Q. Hey Oracle, i have a very used up question, but i wanna hear the answer from you (since it's the first time i've entered Coldplay's webpage and this oracle thing i found it nice) even though i have my own opinion about it here it goes: why do you think people, media, etc. compares Coldplay with Radiohead repeatedly? i have real devotion for Radiohead and still in this past years

Coldplay have won the award Mejor Artista Internacional at Premios 40 Principales 2008, held yesterday in Spain. Another acknowledgement for the band of Chris Martin following the double platinum reached in Spain with the album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends.   Coldplay didn't attend the awards ceremony due to their current UK tour but Will Champion thanked those supporting Coldplay via video link, wishing them 'Feliz Navidad'. You can watch the official video of the awards ceremony

You’ll almost certainly know by now that US ‘axe-hero’ Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for plagiarism. He claims that Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’ (an EMI recording) stole from his 2004 track ‘If I Could Fly’ (a Sony recording), reports musicindustryblog.wordpress.com.   This was becoming a PR disaster for Coldplay and a couple of videos on YouTube comparing the two songs were each getting a couple of million views. In short the controversy was generating a lot of online buzz. Some commentators wer

Coldplay played the second of two consecutive concerts at Manchester's MEN Arena as they continue through their UK leg of the Viva La Vida tour. Same setlist as last night's concert.   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Speed Of Sound Yellow Chinese Sleep Chant 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version) Talk (techno version) The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano) Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental) Viva La Vida Lost! Green Eyes (a

This just in from Anchorman at the official site:   Good morning. Yes, we have another two big outdoor shows to announce for next summer. On Monday 31st August 2009, Coldplay will be playing at the Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy. A few days later, on Friday 4th September, they'll roll into Barcelona, Spain to play at the Estadi Olimpic. Tickets for the Udine show will be available on Tuesday (Dec 16th) from ticketone.it, while the Barcelona show will be onsale from Wednesday (Dec 17th) from liven

Two hours after whipping a demographic-straddling crowd into a care-free, communal frenzy last night, the obvious pleasure they reap from performing was reflected in the masses who merrily filed out of the venue repeatedly bellowing the "whoa-o-oah" refrain from the title track of their fourth LP, Viva La Vida.   This was date number 72 of a world tour, which won't reach its climax of for another nine months - yet there were no signs of fatique, from the get-go it was clear just what a labour of

Next year's Glastonbury Festival is still over six months away, but already the rumor mill is buzzing about potential headliners. Three big names are being bandied about: Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen and the reunited Blur, reports Music Radar.   Current speculation is that Coldplay would headline the Pyramid Stage on Friday 24 June, with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - a longtime 'must-get' for festival organizer Michael Eavis - topping the bill on Saturday night and Blur - whose big

Coldplaying's Coldplay-filled playlist has won the opening match of the quarter-finals of Absolute Radio's Rock-Off forum competition against the Official Muse Forum, we are happy to announce tonight.   Coldplaying won by 64% - 36% after 24 hours of fierce voting - our next match will be against either the The Strokes or Green Day fansites on 16th December 2008 - more details nearer the time. Thanks to everyone who has voted for Coldplaying, and a special thanks to Anchorman and Debs Wild at the

Coldplay played the first of two consecutive concerts at Manchester's MEN Arena as they continue through their UK leg of the Viva La Vida tour. No surprises in the setlist, but Coldplay continued with Yellow balls and Chris Martin with an extended rendition of Back For Good from Manchester's very own Take That!   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Speed Of Sound Yellow Chinese Sleep Chant 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version) Talk

Chris Martin has told NME Radio he is planning to watch Blur's reunion gig at London's Hyde Park next July.   Speaking to NME Radio's Neil Cole yesterday (December 10), Martin reminisced about the first time he saw Blur live, when the band supported REM in 1995. He said: "I saw them play before REM in 1995 and it was incredible. It was so incredible, in fact, that there was steam coming from the moshpit and I'd never seen that before. And I thought: 'God, not only do they play great music but th

Coldplay have today added more concerts to their ever growing list of European dates for next year. This just in from Anchorman:   Good morning. We're pleased to announce that Coldplay will be playing the Stade de Suisse in Bern, Switzerland on Wed 2nd Sept 2009. Tickets for the show will be available from www.ticketcorner.com from Monday (Dec 15th).   We can also announce that a second show at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, Holland has been confirmed, after the first one sold out. The second gig will

Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends is no.7 on Rolling Stone's Best Albums of 2008. Here's what they had to say about the album:   During the sessions for Viva la Vida, Chris Martin consulted a hypnotist to help with the pressure of writing the Great American Rock Album. And it worked. Coldplay got ambitious, calling in Talking Heads and U2 producer Brian Eno, drawing on exotic instruments like Indian tablas and the Persian santur, writing about world events instead of their own

Coldplay.com have once again pledged official support for Coldplaying in our Absolute Radio Rockoff quest - this time against Muse Official in the quarter-finals. This just in from the official site, thankyou again Anchorman & Debs!   Good evening. Following their victory against Keane in the last round, the forum of Coldplay fansite Coldplaying.com is now up against the official Muse messageboard in theAbsolute Radio Rock-Off. Once again we'd like to lend them our support in their quest for

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   December 10, 2008 - submitted by Marcos, Portugal Q. Dear Oracle, thousands of people are very very dessapointed with the winners of Lost? video contest. Did you know that the winner was posted in youtube before the contest started???? Did you know that both videos have been done by professionals???? Why COLDPLAY have done a fan video competition if the winners are not fans????? we really really don't understand how the winner has be

Coldplay'S Chris Martin delighted thousands of fans by praising their singing as his band rocked the SECC last night.   The singalong to Fix You prompted Martin, pictured, to tell the fans: "Your singing is fantastic. You should collectively audition for the X Factor."   The band's second show at the venue in days included a raft of hits and favourites such as Yellow, Strawberry Swing and a techno version of God Put A Smile On Your Face. Source: dailyrecord.co.uk

Coldplay played the second of two non-consecutive concerts at Glasgow's SECC in Scotland as they continue their UK leg of the Viva La Vida tour. Same setlist as Saturday - no Cemeteries of London but the yellow balls that were seen during the X&Y tour returned during Yellow...!   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks Yellow In My Place Speed Of Sound Chinese Sleep Chant 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version) Talk (techno version) The Hardest P

IQ magazine's December issue will contain a world exclusive behind the scene report on Coldplay’s Viva la Vida World Tour, entitled Life, Death And Butterflies., Coldplaying can exclusively reveal today.   Life, Death & Butterflies is a 16-page feature chronicling the Viva la Vida tour, sanctioned by Coldplay’s management and published by international live music business magazine IQ. Including exclusive interviews with management, key production personnel, booking agents, promoters and supp

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   December 9, 2008 - submitted by Daniel, United States of America Q. I'm unashamed to admit to the Oracle that I need help. Maybe I've turned deaf, but what is the difference in the original Lovers in Japan and the Osaka Sun mix? (other than Chris yelling Ooooh! right after each chorus). Oh, and thanks for the show in Philly. It was just as incredible as I knew it would be. And more Saturday shows would help so much with being in scho

A statement from the band   "With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond publicly to his allegations. If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him. Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write or have any influence upon the song Viva La Vida. We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future end

Further to this afternoon's European stadium tour annoucement, Coldplay have now added a further date in Dublin. Here's Anchorman to tell us the rest:   Good afternoon. Coldplay have just announced a concert at Dublin’s 40,000-capacity Phoenix Park on 14th September 2009. Tickets priced €76.50 (including booking fee) will go on sale this Monday (Dec 15th) at 8am from the following outlets:   In person: from 100 Ticketmaster outlets nationwide 24hr hotlines: ( ROI ) 0818 719 300 ( NI ) 0870 243 4

Guelph, ON, - Coldplay has awarded the silver medal in their "Lost!" Music Video contest to Martin Buzora and Black Fawn Films for their entry "Revolution 1789", reports guelphnow.ca.   The video starring Peter Higginson was filmed on Saturday, November 22nd on a farm just outside of Guelph. Pick-up shots and editing took place within the week and the video was online at the video-sharing site You Tube by the next Monday, December 1st; the contest's deadline. "The film turned out to be an unbeli

This just in from Anchorman at the official site:   Good morning. We're very pleased to announce that Coldplay will be playing some outdoor shows in Europe in August 2009. The confirmed dates are below.   Tickets for all shows go on sale on Friday 12th December, apart from the Dutch gig, which is onsale now.   Sun 16th Aug - MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark - [www.billetlugen.dk] [discussion] Wed 19th Aug - Koengen, Bergen, Norway - [www.billettservice.no] [discussion] Sat 22nd Aug - Olympic Stadium,

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   December 8, 2008 - submitted by Josh, United States of America Q. When coldplay "ditch" there current outfits in 2009 ( Because they smell says Chris) Is there a way I could get a hold of any of them. It would be such an awesome part of musical history! Please answer, You'd make my day. ;) The Oracle replies: By the time they "ditch" them I would imagine one of two things happening. Either the outfits will fall apart when you get hol

The music industry calls declining CD sales a shift in the market. But what do you expect in a world in which attention spans are short, a song is better than an album, and a ringtone is better than a song? Thankfully, there are still artists who have something to say and refuse to sing in sound bites.   This year, the cadre of old-fashioned troubadours who wanted more than a hit single included icons such as B.B. King, Willie Nelson and Mavis Staples as well as newcomers like the Black Kids and