Coldplay News

In honuor of the upcoming GRAMMY awards show the Recording Academy is releasing a 22-track record featuring the nominees for this year’s Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album.   The album, out on January 22nd, features the Coldplay track Charlie Brown and tracks from other artists like Bruce Springsteen, The Black Keys, Gotye, Katy Perry, Frank Ocean, H

As this album captures beautifully, when Coldplay are live you just cannot help but love them!"   Few live albums present an accurate picture of what a live concert is really like, writes Altsounds in the latest online review of Coldplay's Live 2012 film. Johnny Cash achieved it with ‘At Folsom Prison’ and so did The Who with ‘Live at Leeds.’ The secret to success when releasing a concert in purely audio format is recording the entire thing; fan interaction, cheers and gasps of the crowd and le

Last.fm is celebrating a decade of scrobbling with a data haul encompassing the last decade of music – and Coldplay have come out winners, it has been revealed by MusicWeek in the past few days.   Coldplay have been crowned as the most popular act on the platform over the last 10 years while Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit was the most popular track. British music dominated both artists and tracks of the last decade, with half of the Top 10 Best Artists of the Decade hailing from the UK.   A

Coldplay have landed two GRAMMY nominations, with Mylo Xyloto competing for best rock album and the song Charlie Brown battling for best rock performance, it has been announced today from various media sources, including Coldplay's official site. This takes Coldplay's total career GRAMMY nominations to 26. Mylo Xyloto co-producer Markus Dravs is also up for Producer of the Year. The 55th annual Grammy Awards are to be staged in Los Angeles on February 10. Read the full discussion leading up to n

Coldplay have raised more than $800,000 (£500,000) for charity by selling off their graffiti-covered wall which featured on the sleeve of the Mylo Xyloto album. Phil Harvey confirmed the sale on Twitter this week, saying: "Take a bow Coldplay fans. An incredible £610,000 raised so far from the Mylo art sale."   Coldplay displayed the large piece, a collaboration with street artist Paris, at Proud Galleries in London ahead of an auction in aid of Kids Company, a charity which helps at-risk child

Coldplay's Live 2012 concert film has now been released worldwide. It documents the Mylo Xyloto world tour, which has been seen by more than three million people since it began in June 2011. The disc includes footage from Coldplay's shows at Paris's Stade de France, Montreal's Bell Centre and the band's Pyramid Stage headline performance at Glastonbury 2011.   Last week, Coldplayers around the world watched the Live 2012 cinema screening ahead of the physical release, and this article focuses on

And he's playing... a drummer!   Will Champion may be swapping the stage for the small screen after reportedly bagging a spot on the upcoming new series in fantasy show, Game Of Thrones. (Full discussion on this new article is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash])   You know your show is a big deal when you need to cast a drummer and Will Champion shows up. While there are few other details about his character, Entertainment Weekly reports that he is expected to make an appearance in the thir

DJ Chris Evans has this morning announced on his breakfast show that Coldplay will play three UK concerts in December, in Glasgow, Manchester and London. Listen back to the announcement on BBC Radio 2 here (fast forward to 2h20m30s). The exact dates according to Chris Evans are as follows:   3 December - Glasgow 4 December - Manchester 9 December - London   It is not clear yet whether these shows are linked to charity events or are standalone Coldplay shows as part of the ongoing Mylo Xylotour,

Coldplay's Live 2012 concert film to get a special one-night-only release in cinemas   Live 2012 - Coldplay's first live concert film for nine years, is to get a special one-night-only release in cinemas around the world, it has now been confirmed on the official site. More than 50 countries will screen the full feature length film on Tuesday, 13 November. Confirmed listings and links to book tickets can be found at coldplay.com/cinema now.   Discussion: Are you going to a screening at your loca

On 19th November, Coldplay will release Mylo Xyloto Live, an in-depth and interactive audio-visual companion piece to Live 2012, the band’s new concert film which follows them on the acclaimed Mylo Xyloto world tour that has been seen by more than three million people.   Created and designed especially for the iBookstore, the Mylo Xyloto Live eBook tells the inside story of the band’s world tour, via interviews with all four members and many of their closest touring personnel and collaborators.

According to various cinema websites across the world, you can see the Live 2012 film exclusively in movie theatres for one day only on November 13th. 'First come, first served with tickets on sale worldwide at the end of October' is the message that has been given out.   So far to date Coldplayers have found listings at cinemas in the UK, US, Argentina, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, France, Lithuania, Denmark and Bulgaria, with more shows expected to be listed across the world closer

A conman has been spared jail after scamming Coldplay fans for tickets that never existed, the Lancashire Evening Post are reporting this week. James Shevlin, 51, has a "disgusting" record for fraud, dating back to the 1970s and has served a prison sentence after cheating a pub landlord out of his identity and livelihood. We reported on this guy back in early September.   But a judge at Preston Crown Court today ruled the public would be best served by handing Shevlin a suspended sentence to all

Coldplay are to hold an original exhibition of their artwork for charity, and they're even going to put some special pieces up for sale   Coldplay are to swap the UK's stadiums for an art gallery, as they exhibit original album art from their latest album Mylo Xyloto, various sources are reporting today including Gigwise, following official confirmation via coldplay.com. The exhibition will take place at Proud Galleries in London next month, and all of the money raised will go to the Kids Compan

The Hurts Like Heaven music video was released online at 3pm (GMT) on 8th October 2012, and since then you have been reviewing the video and voting on our 0-10 sliding scale poll. Below are the latest poll results and many more comments in addition to the ones we posted earlier.   The video tells the tale of two lovers on an alien planet who rebel against a dictatorship. The visual is presented as a comic book, in support of Coldplay's upcoming comic series about a character named Mylo Xyloto,

Coldplay's Christmas Lights song from 2010 will be featured on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 3, according to sources at the Huffington Post this week. It is currently unknown who will be singing this song. More on this is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash]   According to Hypable, the album will hit stores on 4th December, 21 days before the big day. The album, the third "Glee" holiday CD, will include some contemporary Christmas songs mixed with classics. The reported tracklis

Chris Martin will take over from Keith Urban on Australia's 'The Voice' during Coldplay's Australasian tour next month, if the headlines in today's Herald Sun are to be believed. Here's what they had to say when reporting the story... [You can discuss the latest on this announcement at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash]   Herald Sun: It's the job that has been linked to almost every musician here and abroad and now a new frontrunner has emerged in the hunt for a Keith Urban replacement on The

Coldplay have posted a 30 second teaser trailer on Twitter for their "Hurts like Heaven' music video due on Monday. "The next single from Mylo Xyloto will be 'Hurts Like Heaven'," they tweeted last night. "Full video coming on Monday - watch the trailer now..."   The clip features comic book style animation set to a futuristic dsytopian storyline and does not feature the band. Digital Spy described it as: "The futuristic animation contains flashes of neon, which have become the band's trademark

A Latin American tour announcement moved a step closer last night as it appears that Vevo (a reputable source given that they control Coldplay's video channel on YouTube) revealed new tour dates online through their own website and mobile site. While the venues are the same as those previously rumoured back in mid-August, there are still discrepancies over the dates (see screenshots below/after the jump).   There has been no official word yet on the exact dates, but the countries most likely to

As we posted earlier today, the anticipated official announcement of the new Coldplay 'Live 2012' concert film has been revealed today on Coldplay.com. [You can discuss the latest on this announcement at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash, LeonieArienne, FixYou*]   The disc will include footage from Coldplay's shows at Paris's Stade de France, Montreal's Bell Centre and the band's Pyramid Stage headline performance at Glastonbury 2011. Coldplay's Live 2012 will be released by Parlophone on CD/D

Coldplay's tour DVD 'Live 2012' (AKA #ColdplayFilm) is to be released on 16th November and directed by Paul Dugdale, according to reports out today ahead of the official announcement, also expected soon. The DVD is expected to feature footage from the Paris, Montreal and Glastonbury concerts. Read on for the said article, that originated from the Side-Line music magazine today. More on this news is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash & wabbit]   On Friday november 16 EMI will release the

European Commission says labels that are home to Coldplay, Blur, Kylie Minogue and others must be sold off   Universal Music has been given the green light for its £1.2bn EMI takeover by the European Commission, but will have to sell off labels, such as EMI's iconic Parlophone label, that bring in nearly a third of the British company's revenues – including recordings from Coldplay, Pink Floyd and David Bowie – in order to gain approval. (Read and discuss the full story at the Coldplay forum now

Swedish House Mafia have announced their new album called 'Until Now', and the record, which will be the trio's second compilation, will feature two tracks by Coldplay.   The 22-track record will be the group's second LP and follows on from their hugely successful 2010 effort 'Until One'. The album will feature Coldplay's 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' and 'Paradise'. A collaboration with Tinie Tempah 'Miami 2 Ibiza' will also feature on the album as well as Usher and Pendulum. The group will r

Coldplay is currently at No.1 on Billboard's latest ranking of top-grossing tours with a hefty box office total ($99.7 million) reported from the 2012 North American and European legs of the world tour supporting "Mylo Xyloto," the band's fifth studio set released last October. The tour launched that same month in Europe and continued through the end of the year, but did not resume in 2012 until mid-April with the kick off of the first North American leg.   Billboard continue: Edmonton hosted th

Even the 2005 single Fix You, which was not performed on Sunday night, gets a massive chart jump   Following their performance at last Sunday’s Paralympics Games closing ceremony (September 9th), Coldplay look set to dominate this week’s UK Official Singles and Official Albums Charts, according to the Official Charts website today. [thanks Tash]   According to today’s Official Charts Company’s sales data, the band currently have nine tracks in the Official Singles Chart midweek Top 100 and all f

You didn't have to be a Coldplay fan to realise that starring in the closing ceremony of the Paralympics would be one of the crowning performances of Chris Martin and co's careers, writes the The Mirror in a review of Coldplay's performance at the Paralympic Closing Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in London last night (9th September). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from these shows at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. You can rewatch the entire Closing Ceremony again vi