Coldplay News

Chart-topping Sheffield band The Arctic Monkeys are leading the shortlist for this year's Q Awards, with a total of four nominations.   The Mercury Prize winners are in the running for Best Album, Best Live Act, Best Track and Best New Act, which sees them up against Lily Allen. Muse are next in line with three nominations, including Best Album for Black Holes and Revelations. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 30 October.   Muse's Best Album rivals include Kasabian (Empi

Coldplay have just been nominated in the Best Live Act category at this year's Brit Awards, along with Mumford and Sons, Muse, The Vaccines, The Rolling Stones. They are also nominated in the Best British Single category for Princess Of China. More on this news is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash]   Singer Emeli Sande has capped a stellar rise over the past 12 months with four nominations for the 2013 Brit Awards. The star, who had the best-selling album in the UK in 2012, is up for best

Coldplay nominated for best single and album of the year at Mexico's Premios Oye Awards   Yesterday it was announced via the official site that Coldplay have received two nominations for this year's Premios Oye awards in Mexico. Up for Song of the Year, 'Life In Technicolor ii' received a nomination, while the Prospekt's March EP was nominated for Album of the Year.   Both nominations were in the general English subcategory, including nominees U2, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. Mexico's

Link   The Echo Awards is a German music award event which is held annually, where the year's winners are decided by the band's sales from the previous year. Coldplay has received three awards from all their nominations. This year they’re nominated for Band Rock/Pop international (with album Ghost Stories), but they will not perform at the ceremony. Germans can watch it live on March 26 on ARD (German TV channel) at 20:15 German time. Other nominated bands in this category are: U2, The Co

Former Brit winners Coldplay have four nominations in this year's Brit Awards, for British Group, Album for X&Y, Live Act, and British Single (Speed of Sound).   James Blunt is up for British Male Solo Artist, Album, Pop Act, Breakthrough Act and British Single while the Kaiser Chiefs have been nominated for British Group, Album, Live Act, Rock Act and British Breakthrough Act. The band have enjoyed both critical acclaim and chart success with hits like I Predict A Riot and Oh My God.   KT T

Oasis have returned to the musical spotlight with five nominations for the 2005 Q awards, the organizers said on Tuesday.   Coldplay, were nominated for four awards (Best track, Best album, Best live act and Best act in the world today), while singer James Blunt, American group Green Day and Irish rockers U2 received three nominations each.   Coldplay will be looking to take the Best Album category having won the title for "Parachutes" and "A Rush of Blood to the Head" in 2000 and 2002 respecti

Such is the extent of the Viva La Vida era that Coldplay have received nominations in the same awards two years running - for songs from the same album. Today it was announced that Hype Williams' video for Viva La Vida has been nominated for four awards at this year's MTV VMAs. It's up for Best Rock Video, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. Relive the video that was released last year here at the Coldplay forum. [thanks mimixxx]   You may remember that almost a year ago Co

Coldplay have been nominated for German music award 'Echo'. The band are nominated in the category 'Group of the year (international)' along with fellow nominees:   - Bon Jovi - Coldplay - Depeche Mode - Rolling Stones - The Black Eyed Peas   A jury will decide on the winner and the basis for the decision is the question of the band with the most successful album in Germany between the 01.03.2005 - 15.02.2006, that means, best chart position (media control).   More on this here

Coldplay's video for Viva La Vida is officially in the running for a Much Music Video award on 21st June. Coldplay will be in Canada but will be performing the second night in Vancouver on that day. Here is Anchorman with the latest nomination details:   The nominations for this year's Much Music Video Awards were announced this evening and we're pleased to report that Viva La Vida has been nominated in the International Video of the Year - Group category. The MMVAs take place live in Toronto, C

The 17th Annual MuchMusic Video Awards Sunday June 18th, 2006 LIVE on MuchMusic, Star!, Citytv, CitytvHD & 104.5 CHUM FM   MuchMusic unveils the People's Choice Nominations for The 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards.   Now it's time for fans nationwide to decide which artists deserve a nod by casting votes for their favourites in four crucial categories. Viewers can weigh in via text messaging and online. Results will be revealed Sunday June 18th during the MMVA frenzy.   Favourite International G

Coldplay have been nominated twice in the Billboard Awards 2013 in the Top Duo/Group, Top Rock Artist and Top Touring Artist categories. The awards ceremony takes place on May 19th airing on ABC. More on this news is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash]   Up against Coldplay in the Top Duo/Group are: Fun., Maroon 5, Mumford & Sons and One Direction. In the Top Rock Artist category they compete against Fun., Gotye, Mumford & Sons and Bruce Springsteen. In the Top Touring Artist group

Coldplay are nominated in 3 categories for the Billboard Music Awards, which will be held on May 17th in Viva Las Vegas. The Ghost Stories era has not seen the traditional award success that the band are so used to. As the band gear towards their seventh album (release date unknown), this may be the final opportunity for the British four piece to win an award for their under-stated record.   The categories in which Coldplay are nominated for are listed below:   Top Rock Artist Bastille Coldp

Coldplay have been nominated for 3 categories at this year's Digital Music Awards (DMA05).   The categories are 'Best Rock Artist', 'Best Music Community' (for the Coldplayer) and 'Best Single' ("Speed of Sound").   For more details on how to vote for Coldplay click here To vote for Coldplaying.com at the same awards click here

Coldplay and Duffy lead the Ivor Novello nominations this year with three each. The awards - which honour the best in British song writing - take place in London on May 21.   Both are up for Best Selling British Song award along for Mercy and Viva La Vida. Coldplay will also compete for the Album Award for for Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. Coldplay's final nomination comes in the Most Performed Work category, again for Viva La Vida. The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff b

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2009 nominations have been announced, with Coldplay, Ne-Yo and Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro landing three apiece.   With domestic and overseas artists nominated in all 15 categories, the awards on May 30 will be something of a test for the international sector, which has been losing market share in recent years.   Franz Ferdinand, Britney Spears and Katy Perry are up for two awards, as is local hip-hop artist Kreva. Perry will be making the trip to perform at

Having dominated proceedings when the Grammy nominations for 2009 were announced a year ago, British acts are hard to find for next month’s ceremony in Los Angeles. Last year Coldplay were nominated for seven awards and this year the band make the shortlist again with nods for best rock performance for Life In Technicolor II, while the same track wins them a nomination for best short form video. Here's the confirmation from Anchorman:   Good morning. We're pleased to report that, last night, Col

Voting has now ended in the MTV Australia VMA Awards 2006. Coldplay are nominated in the following categories:   Album of the year Viewers choice award   The Awards ceremony takes place on 12th April 2006 on MTV at 7pm [Thanks Nik]

Nine UK acts nominated for the MTV Asia Awards 2006 in Thailand…   Franz Ferdinand and James Blunt are leading the British nominations charge at the MTV Asia Awards 2006 with two nods each.   In the international categories, the Scottish art-rockers are up for best rock act and best video (for Do You Want To) and Blunty has been nominated for best male and best breakthrough artist. It’s a good year for the UK contingent, picking up nine nominations in all.   Robbie Williams will compete with Ja

MTV Networks Africa today announced the contenders for the first ever MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain (MAMA). Selected by an independent voting ‘academy’ of 150 music professionals and opinion formers from 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the nominations for the MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain showcase the wealth of musical talent that Africa has to offer, and provide the ultimate vehicle for young Africans to salute the African and international artists that rock their worlds.   The nom

Coldplay are up for a nomination at next month's Ivor Novello songwriting awards.   Last year's songwriters of the year, Coldplay, are up for most performed work with Clocks, alongside Jamelia's Superstar and Sugababes with Hole In The Head. Will Young, Dido and cult act Belle and Sebastian will compete for the accolade of 2003's best song at next month's Ivor Novello songwriting awards. Young's Leave Right Now and Dido's White Flag are shortlisted for best music and lyrics in a song.   Dizzee

Coldplay have been nominated for Best Band in the Virgin.net Music Awards 2005.   You can vote for Coldplay in this category here [please don't let Green Day win anything else this year]   For full details of all categories, nominees and details on the awards click here

Music legends The Who are being awarded a Lifetime Achievement award for live music.   The band will be given the gong at the inaugural Vodafone Live Music Awards next month. Presently on a comeback world tour, The Who's venerable rockers have shown they can still draw huge crowds. There are no plans yet to extend the tour to Australia, though there have been persistent - if unsubstantiated - rumours about the veterans playing at the next Big Day Out.   Nominees for the other titles at the Vodaf

Tickets for the majority of Coldplay's upcoming North American Viva La Vida tour dates 2009 are on sale throughout this weekend following two days of presales.   The official ticket outlet for this tour is LiveNation. To check on all the dates and to buy tickets, click here. If you're looking for general help, ticket swaps or see who else has got tickets for the shows etc, please visit our discussions in the Coldplay Live forum here, or click on one of the discussion links below:   July 10th - P

REM are the top secret headliners of a charity show in London, and not Coldplay as rumoured by many fans.   As previously reported, Razorlight and Jamelia are among the stars who have signed up for the show at the London Hammersmith Apollo (September 14), which is in aid of Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair campaign. NME has revealed that the "very special headline artist" is the American band. A similar event in October 2002 at the London Astoria saw Chris Martin, Noel Gallagher and Ms Dynamite perform l

Coldplay's record company has denied rumours that the band's new album could be their last.   The story rumbling around on the Internet today is that lead singer Chris Martin thinks the album, 'A Rush of Blood to the Head', is so good he's willing to quit while he's ahead and end the band on a high.   But when Radio 1 spoke to their record company they said the group had signed a five album deal, so there is no need to worry just yet.