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Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has confessed to something musicologists and fans alike have thought for years - the rockers borrow heavily from Radiohead.   During a free Coldplay show in London on Monday night (16Jun08), frontman Chris Martin went so far as to joke about the fact, suggesting to fans that his band's God Put a Smile on Your Face sounded an awful lot like Radiohead's 2+2=5. He then quipped, "Sorry, we shouldn't be talking about plagiarism. Ignore that!"   It isn't the first time M

London, Oct 8 (IANS) After working with Australian pop star Kylie Minogue, Coldplay are eager to work with Beyonce Knowles.   The group has finished working on a song with Minogue, but it won’t feature on their forthcoming ‘Lost’ EP (extended play) because it is not ready for release, reports ananova.com. Guitarist Jonny Buckland said: ‘The Minogue song won’t be on the (forthcoming ‘Lost’) EP as it’s still not finished.’ He added: ‘We’d like to do something with Beyonce too. She’s a fantastic p

Coldplay begin their Australian tour tonight (23rd) in Brisbane. Check the Coldplayer for updates and exclusives from the tour.   For more information on the support band, Youth Group, click here   Source: coldplay.com

Coldplay kicked off the European leg of their Twisted Logic Tour last night (26th Oct) with the first of 2 visits to Antwerp. They open and close the tour at the Sports Palace. There have been changes in the set with a couple of new songs added and new production lights and visuals. The complete setlist was:   Square One Politik Yellow Speed Of Sound X&Y God Put A Smile How You See The World White Shadows The Scientist 'Til Kingdom Come Ring Of Fire Don't Panic Clocks Talk Swallowed In The S

You smashed all your piggy banks, took on three extra paper routes, and forwent hot lunch for a whole month. And now, at last, the moment you saved for has finally arrived: Tonight, Coldplay launch the second go-round of their "Twisted Logic" North American tour.   The massive 33-date stretch will take Chris Martin and his mates through pretty much every major American metropolitan area and across the U.S.-Canadian border a mind-boggling six times. Let's hope the border patrol believes in making

A reminder that Coldplay and All Their Friends -- including Shearwater, Santogold, and possibly you-- are set to launch into orbit, hopefully with magic balls (pictured) on Coldplay's world tour in support of their fourth album.   The tour kicks off tonight (July 14) in Los Angeles and takes the band across North America, the UK, Europe, and Japan. Don't forget, to celebrate their tour beginning, Coldplay are offering a free download of a new song not included on Viva la Vida or Death and All Hi

Slipknot have knocked Coldplay from the top of the European album charts - their new LP All Hope Is Gone has debuted at number one, according to 3news.co.nz.   The masked rockers' new reign means Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends has been pushed into second place, with Welsh soul star Duffy moving down one spot to third with Rockferry. The Verve score the only other new entry in the top five with Fourth, while the soundtrack to movie musical Mamma Mia! slips two spots to five.

Abba’s greatest hits compilation Gold, first released in 1992, has become the oldest disc to top the UK album chart.   The record, which has made it to the top spot on four previous occasions, knocked Coldplay’s Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends down to two.   1. (2) 'Abba: Gold - Greatest Hits' 2. (1) Coldplay: 'Viva La Vida' 3. (4) Duffy: 'Rockferry' 4. (-) Kid Rock: Rock N Roll Jesus' 5. (3) Basshunter: 'Now You're Gone' 6. (6) Ting Tings: 'We Started Nothing' 7. (5) Sharleen Spiteri:

The future seems cloudy for struggling music label EMI, reports various internet media sources this weekend. The home of Coldplay, The Beatles and Pink Floyd is seeing a change at the top of its management. This at the same time its private equity owner is at risk of losing control of the label to Citigroup.   On Monday, the CEO of its recorded-music division, Elio Leoni-Sceti, said he would step down at the end of the month. The company also said it would promote Charles Allen to the position o

Hundreds more staff face the axe at Coldplay's label EMI as managers prepare to present a five-year plan to investors to persuade them to pour more money into the troubled music group, the Times Online are reporting today. More discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.   Charles Allen, chairman of EMI Music, is this week expected to lay out his vision to Guy Hands, the financier whose Terra Firma investment vehicle owns the music group, home to Coldplay and the Beatles back catal

A planned break-up and a £2billion loss in value threatens the UK major label, EMI   A letter filed by the Citigroup bank in New York has revealed that Terra Firma, the company that bought EMI in 2007, now values its acquisition at £2billion less than they paid for it. On the eve of the credit crunch, Terra Firma paid £4.2 billion for the record label that Coldplay, Robbie Williams and Lily Allen call home.   And according to various internet sources this morning, it is believed Guy Hands tried

An industry outsider has been named as the new chief executive of EMI music.   He is Elio Leoni-Sceti, formerly head of Europe at household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser. The 42-year-old has worked at Reckitt - whose products include Dettol and Nurofen - for the past 16 years.   He has no experience of the record industry but interim executive chairman Guy Hands says he has every confidence in him. "His career achievements and outstanding leadership qualities are ideally suited to ensuring EMI i

Coldplay have landed a clutch of nominations for this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards, which will take place at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena on November 6th. Amongst the categories Coldplay have been named in are Best Live Act, where they will go head-to-head with rock heavyweights Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Best UK/Ireland Act, where they will face stiff competition from chart sensation Adele, who herself has been nominated for numerous EMAs this year. You can discuss this awards cer

Coldplay have announced the support acts for their upcoming Latin American shows. They are as follows:   Feb 14,15,16 @ Santiago Saiko www.saiko.cl   Feb 20,21,22 @ Buenos Aires Brian Storming www.brianstorming.com.ar   Feb 26,27,28 @ Sao Paulo Papas Da Lingua www.papasdalingua.com.br   Mar 3,4 @ Mexico City Volovan www.myspace.com/volovanmty   More on this story here [thanks YoL]

Ocesa, the production company that have been tasked with managing coldplay's Mexican tour, have today via Twitter announced that a second Mexican date has been confirmed. According to their website, the second concert will be on the 7th March and the presale for the new date will be on November 4th and 5th. [thanks Pris]   In Colombia, tickets for the Bogata concert are no longer on sale on tuboleta.com. However, they've changed it to ticketexpress.com.co and tickets are still available online f

Coldplay have tonight (Thursday) launched a slightly new look website which includes a new Studiofeed#1 YouTube video. This video clip is from their Beehive studio - if you listen carefully, you'll hear parts of music that may form part of their next album.   Interestingly though, the link button to the news page now shows a newspaper with letters "MX" and "UFO". For those interested in Roman numerals, MX is the equivalent of 1010, or for those wishing the LP5 was here already, 10th October. But

Coldplay have crowned their comeback by leading the field in the shortlist for this year’s Q Awards as the nominees were announced today.   Among their haul of four nominations in the annual celebration of the year’s greatest music is a chance of winning the title of Best Act In The World Today, a prize they last won in 2005 as they basked in the glory of X&Y. To land the trophy in 2008 they face competition from Oasis, Muse, Metallica and Kings of Leon.   Coldplay also compete in the prized

Big Champagne has compiled a list of the most popular music artists on Twitter, headed by Britney Spears with 995,807 followers at the point the chart was compiled, reports MusicAlly.   The rest of the top ten is made up by John Mayer, Diddy, Coldplay, Sara Bareilles, A Fine Frenzy, Soulja Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Heidi Montag and Ashlee Simpson. It’s interesting to compare this new list with the Top Bands on Facebook list we published in January, whose top ten was made up of Rihanna, Coldplay, Lil

Coldplay, Wilco, Widespread Panic, Oasis, the Black Crowes, Jimmy Cliff, Death Cab For Cutie, the Allman Brothers Band and Franz Ferdinand lead the lineup for the fourth Austin City Limits Music Festival. The event will be held Sept. 23-25 in the city's Zilker Park.   More than 130 bands are confirmed for the festival's eight stages, including Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, the Arcade Fire, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Buddy Guy, Jet, Dierks Bentley, Gov't Mule, the Black K

Nominations for the Brit Awards 2009 won't be revealed until 18th February 2009 but already people are talking on which group will pick up the gong after the success in 2008 of Coldplay, Take That and Radiohead.   Current market leader with Paddy Power in the betting for Best Group are Coldplay at 11/10, followed by Take That at odds of 6/4. You can be a bit more adventurous with your wager if you fancy backing an outsider and take Glasvegas at 20/1 or Last Show Puppets at 50/1.   Betting Odds (

Coldplay have now left Chile, but read what they had to say about Chile, a tour in South America in 2008, exclusive Latin America TV footage, free Santiago ticket giveaway and the 'fantastic' Chilean fans who gave Coldplay a warm welcome to their country:   Coldplay in Chile, everything a success Coldplay may return to Argentina in 2008 Chris Martin says Chilean fans are ‘Fantastic’ [Press Conference Video] Coldplay will return to Chile again for “a massive concert” Exclusive Coldplay Latin Tour

So far, they've turned down multimillion-dollar contracts from the likes of Gatorade, Diet Coke and the Gap for the commercial use of their songs.   But Coldplay, the best-selling British band, is now giving a helping hand to the United Way of London and Middlesex. Coldplay gave the fundraising agency permission to use the song Fix You in a promotional video for the United Way's campaign to raise $6.85 million for 40 local organizations that help the vulnerable.   "It's not often that a major

Channel 4 has confirmed a stellar line-up of artists for its 4Music Presents... series over the last summer and into the autumn.   Channel 4’s head of music, Neil McCallum, has commissioned Eyeworks UK to produce a series of one-off specials, which will include acts from the UK and international music scene to premier as 4Music Firsts on the 4Music channel, as well as repeats on Channel 4.   Among the artists booked for the shows are The Verve, Alicia Keys, Kings Of Leon, James Morrison, Will Y

Music biz buzz is that Coldplay will come out of self-imposed exile to headline the Main Stage at next year's T In The Park 2008 festival.   Chris Martin wants to unveil the next studio album - the first since X&Y in 2005 - at Balado. They'll follow up with a European arena tour. An insider said: "Two years ago, Coldplay staged their own open air gigs at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow.   This time, they want to be part of the whole summer festival vibe and T In The Park would be automatic cho

Coldplay will be only the third Musical act to appear on Comedy Central hit   Comedy Central Tuesday announced that Coldplay will perform on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Wednesday, June 25 at 11 p.m. ET, marking just the third musical act to appear on the network’s hit program. Coldplay’s performance will then be available online the following day at www.thedailyshow.com   The group’s appearance comes just after the release of its latest album, “Viva La Vida,” and ahead of its North American