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Check out the 1999 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Supporting Catatonia, 13th April '99 We couldn't believe that they had spirits on their rider. Jack Daniels makes your voice gravelly. JMB   More on this star here onwards [thanks Fixed]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

Check out the 1999 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Blue Room - EP 25/10/1999 This is our first release on Parlophone Records. David Doublit’s photography was used for the cover, and the EP really spurred us on to make a full-length record. GB   You can discuss this star here onwards.  

Check out the 2000 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   V2000 - Aug 19, 2000 This was one of the first big gigs we'd done in England after the release of Parachutes. The first time we'd heard people singing along to songs other than Yellow. W x   More on this star here onwards [thanks doritji]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

The World Cup has lessons for everyone (apart from the key tip that cynical diving can gain a result). Twenty to 30 years ago there was a handful of elite teams, a slightly larger second tier who could occasionally trouble them and a large swathe of enthusiastic but outclassed performers who made up the numbers and dreamt.   These days the largest group is the second-tier where, thanks to the globalisation of skills and opportunities, most of them can regularly match it with the elite, push them

Check out the 2002 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   In My Place Video 05/08/2002 This video was shot in the recently de-comissioned Saatchi Gallery. This song was the first single from Rush of Blood To The Head. Sophie Muller shot it and the two characters in the background are Faith Holmes [Video commissioner] and our make-up artist! GB   More on this here [thanks sylvia]

More content has been added to the new Coldplay.com site. This time reminiscing back to 2000 when Coldplay supported Muse on a tour of the UK.   More on this here   [thanks lolalola1]  

Check out the 1999 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   First Incarnation Of Coldplay.com Oct '99 Phil was in personal contact with every user. Are you still 'aboard', Ravenwood? JMB   More on this star here onwards [thanks fixed]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

Check out the 2001 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   First Gig in NYC - 16th Feb. 2001 "Chris had a sore throat, but because it was our first gig in New York we didn't want to cancel. Two songs in Chris had completely lost his voice and we had to get someone from the audience onstage to sing Yellow. After that we had to give up and leave the stage." JMB   More on this here [thanks ColdplayBirdsFly]  

Check out the 2005 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Balloons.. Sept./05 "We started dropping huge balloons on the audience. They always end up on the stage for Chris to burst. Tempers have been known to fray when the balloons haven't been blown up enough. It's very important to get balloon pressure correct." GB   More on this here [thanks ColdplayBirdsFly]    

Check out the 2007 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Singles box set - 26 March 2007 Vinyl rules O.K! Having your music on vinyl makes it seem a) Better and b) Much better Plus if you have seen SHAUN OF THE DEAD, this will come in handy if zombies ever attack. CM   More on this here [thanks Joyhannah]  

Check out the 2000 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   First Headline Tour - 2.10.07 We started this tour in Cambridge. Playing in what felt like massive venues, on our own was an amazing feeling. Some of the places, we’d played on the NME tour, some of the venues were the ‘bigger brother’ of ones we’d played in the past [Wolverhampton: Little Civic / Wulfun Hall.] Amazing! WC   You can discuss this star here [thanks alio]    

Check out the 2000 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Headlining Shepherd's Bush Empire - 22nd October 2000 This was our biggest headline show so far and the first time we encountered 'famous' people - Kylie, Natalie Imbruglia and Liam came along! This freaked us out a lot. GB   You can discuss this star here [thanks fixed]    

Check out the 2005 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   When Kylie got sick and couldn’t be at Glastonbury, everybody was gutted and so we decided to learn ‘Can’t Get You Out…’ and play it for her. First of all it’s fun to pretend to be Kylie in a song and second of all it goes down better live than all our other songs put together. So, we owe her one! As we also do for Lou Reed at the Isle of Wight, who let us play ‘Perfect Day’. CM   You can discuss this star here [thanks alio]  

Check out the 2005 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Nightswimming - 28 Sept 05 Chris and Michael Stipe performed 'Nightswimming' in the middle of the concert in Atlanta, Georgia. This was unannounced and the audience went bananas for REM's incredible frontman! GB   More on this star here onwards.   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

Check out the 1999 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   25th Feb 1999 - 1st Steve Lamacq Session We were really nervous about playing - the idea of so many people listening to us play live on the radio was so alien. GB   You can discuss this star here onwards [thanks o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o]  

The Spaced, Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz star snubs Coldplay during their second Residency show on Xfm. “He probably doesn’t like us”, says Chris.   Simon Pegg refused to take Coldplay’s calls as the band attempted to “raise the comedy levels” on their second Residency show last night. Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland and Guy Berryman tried calling the Brit star as one of the band’s own jokes – something about two Nuns and a bar of soap - fell flat.   Musing on why Pegg didn’t pick up, Chris said

Second London show starts dramatically   Arcade Fire continued their week of intimate London gigs with their second show at St John’s Church tonight (January 30) and were watched by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.   As previously reported, the band kicked off a week of gigs to showcase new album ‘Neon Bible’ last night (29). Beginning the show right in the middle of the sold out audience, the band performed ‘Wake Up’ without amplification to give the show a unique start.   Moving to the main sta

Check out the 2001 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Bottling at WHFS - 28 May 2001 We had only been in America for a few days and we were playing these massive radio festivals. Most of the crowd were there for Aerosmith, Staind and Korn so they weren't so into the Coldplay thing and we spent most of our 15 minutes on stage in Washington avoiding bottles and CDs and other well aimed missiles. CM   More on this star here onwards.   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates,

Phoenix FM ran a number of top 20 shows in 2005 and broadcast the most popular ones on the internet. They are running more polls this year, with the most popular ones having another show on the station in the coming months.   As last year, some of the most popular polls will be counted down in a special radio broadcast, streamed live, by Phoenix FM in the summer of 2006. The Coldplay poll promises to be the biggest poll undertaken yet.   To select your 10 Coldplay songs, visit http://www.redpeng

Coldplay are featured three times in an British music poll.   Oxford rock band Radiohead have seen their 1997 masterpiece OK Computer voted the third best British album. Britpop veterans Oasis have demonstrated their place in music lovers’ hearts by securing first and second places in the new chart.   The Gallagher brothers’ 1994 debut, Definitely Maybe, came top in the poll by music magazine Q and retailer HMV to find the 50 “Best Ever British Albums”.   Read the full list here

Thanks to all those who voted, you can now see the countdown of your favourite Coldplay songs, live as it happens. Altogether, 88 different Coldplay related songs were voted for.   Join the countdown here   [thanks Ondes Martenot]

Here’s a picture of Chris with Ash frontman Tim Wheeler at their secret warmup gig on 8th June 2007 in readiness for their Isle of Wight appearance. Photo by Keria Vallejo Photography. [thanks madxy]  

As reported recently, Coldplay performed a private acoustic session on 1st February in San Francisco.   More on this is now available:   Trouble Live Exclusive Pictures Live 105 Website

They may be megastars, but it seems those lads from Coldplay really are just Mr Nice Guys.   Excited fan Angie Paspaliaris waited outside the Adelaide Entertainment Centre until 12.15-ish yesterday, when the fellas made their not-so-hasty exit.   Apparently Chris Martin, right, came out and chatted, signing autographs for about 10 minutes. "He took the time to make sure everyone got what they wanted, all the time being humble and saying thank you to us," Angie says."He is left-handed, and one g

Missed out yesterday? This is it, your final chance to grab tickets to one of the concerts of the year, Coldplay.   In conjunction with Triple M and the New Zoo crew, John Blackman, Jane Reilly, Scott McBain and Cosi - there are two more gold double-passes to win.   (Coldplay performs at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre TONIGHT). For your chance to the seats, take note of today's Coldplay codeword: YELLOW. Then, listen to 104.7 Triple M's New Zoo between 8-8.30am today to find out how to win. G