Coldplay News

Detroit rules in "Coachella," a concert movie compendium of performances from the six years that the Coachella Music & Arts Festival has thrown up its many tents in Indio, Calif.   With Tennessee's Bonnaroo given more to jam bands, and the Burning Man preoccupied with personal expression rather than rawk-and-rawl, it's left to Coachella to carry the torch -- sometimes literally -- for the music itself.   In a film that's not short on fine performances, the two best come from the reunited Sto

Coldplay are definitely NOT splitting after the release of their second album, worldpop can exclusively reveal. Despite inaccurate reports on other music websites, a spokesperson for the band told worldpop 'the comments that you may have read elsewhere are totally flippant and were taken out of context. For the record, Coldplay are not splitting!'   Chris Martin and the band are currently putting the finishing touches to their second album which has now been given a tile of A Rush Of Blood To Th

Coldplay's "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" was the top-selling album worldwide in 2008, industry figures showed Monday. The group's fourth studio album sold 6.8 million units worldwide, said the London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the recording industry worldwide.   "Viva La Vida" sold more downloads than any other album in digital history within a month of release, the IFPI said. Earlier this month, Coldplay, who describe their

Coldplay are now streaming their forthcoming new album 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' IN FULL on the band's MySpace page here.   The album is not officially released until next Thursday (June 12), meaning that fans will be able to hear the album in its entirety almost a week early. Head to the Coldplay MySpace page to hear the album in full.   EMI boss Guy Hands boasted it was "the most anticipated album of the year", to which Alexis Petridis responded that, at the very least, Viva

If you went to this show you will probably be interested in several good threads that have appeared here and here. If you didn't go, take a look - there are interesting goodies inside.   [Thanks angelfish23 and imaginarydiva]

Coldplay is to allow one of its songs to be used for an advertisement for the first time.   The band, led by Chris Martin, who is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow, has steadfastly refused to allow its music to be used for marketing purposes so far. However, it is now permitting charity Cancer Research UK to use the song “Fix You” on a forthcoming campaign.   Paltrow’s father, the director and producer Bruce Paltrow, died in 2002 of pneumonia and complications associated with a recurrence of ca

Get a free MP3 to celebrate the first night of the tour   From Coldplay.com: Our tour begins tonight in LA. To say thank you to everyone who's bought tickets and supported us, we're giving away an MP3 of a new track called Death Will Never Conquer. Click here to get it.   What do you think of the track, and would you like to hear it live during the tour? Let us know your views here [thanks Jpw48]   Lyrics:   If sweet death should ever conquer me Let me know boys let me know If you hear him comi

Taking the stage as the last billed performance after Justin Beiber and Ariana Grande's rousing "Love Me Harder", Coldplay delivered one surprise after another. The band strolled out to a crowd riled into a frenzy chanting "Manchester", following an unexpected video montage of musicians declaring their solidarity with the city. Grande came out with the band some 2:35:00 minutes into the 3-hour show.   All predictions as to the setlist were only partially right. Then again, no one could have see

The latest edition of the Coldplay.com Ezine has arrived, you can download your copy here.   Issue 18 is packed with all the latest on the band, plus an exclusive in-depth interview. This time round you can enjoy news on Chris Martin's collaborations with both Jay Z and Ricky Gervais, an X&Y World Tour round up, a fantastic Make Trade Fair competition and a superbly interesting Q&A with Coldplay Tour Photographer Penny Howle.   There is also word on an end of year Christmas present from

This issue features:   - An interview with Matt McGinn from the Coldplay crew - Guy Garvey of Elbow, interviewed by Chris Martin - A special Oxfam/Big Noise feature, which explains how money generated is spent , to coincide with Oxfam's digital download launch. - A round of all latest news and the new site.   Download the Ezine (.pdf) from the official site here.

LONDON — In 2002, Chris Martin [pictured] went to Haiti. What he saw there — proud-yet-poor people facing overwhelming odds — has remained with him ever since. And it's made watching the footage streaming out of the earthquake-ravaged nation over the past few days even more difficult.   "I went there to do a project with Fair Trade, so I was on about 15 farms in Haiti, and Port-au-Prince, these places you're seeing on the news," Martin said. "Sometimes when you see things like this on the news,

Outside Line, a London-based media & PR company are still working with Coldplay, Coldplaying.com can exclusively reveal. You may remember their recent work on the official Coldplay site. One of the companies in Outside Line's group, 'Now Play It', have recently worked with Coldplay on their downloadable music tuition site, www.nowplayit.com. You can check it out here [thanks Chris]   Now Play It' is a new and exciting way to learn and play your favorite songs. This unique video service featu

There is an entire Coldplay show up on AOLmusic.com now. The band performed for AOL at an exclusive show a few weeks ago.   You can get to it directly here   [thanks Lisa]

Each Thursday this summer on BBC 6 Music, Steve Lamacq will be catching up with Coldplay's Rhythm Section as they travel around the world.   Will Champion and Guy Berryman will take turns to call into the show and fill Lamacq in with where they are and what they've been up to that week. From big events like Glastonbury and Live 8, to record shopping in Albuquerque, New Mexico or eating out in Japan, The Rhythm Section Diaries will give us a unique glimpse into the touring life of Coldplay.   Liv

Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof announced on Tuesday that he has organized a star-studded sequel to the landmark 1985 concerts that raised hundreds of millions of dollars for famine relief in Africa. But this time, Geldof said he's interested in raising awareness instead of money.   Instead of two shows, though, Geldof has lined up five shows for the July 2 Live 8 event to shine a spotlight on the issue of poverty in the developing world. Among the stars on board are U2, Mariah Carey, Coldplay and

Coldplay played a brief live television show on August 4th at the studios of, Canadian music channel Musiqueplus in Montreal.   The eight-song set, punctuated by frontman Chris Martin addressing the small invited audience in French, came ahead of today's (August 5) release of new single 'In My Place'. The band are entering a week-long battle with 'Pop Idol' loser Darius Danesh to hit the top spot on the UK chart.   Coldplay opened their show with 'Politik', the first track on new album 'A Rush o

The UK-based music magazine 'Record Collector' features Coldplay on the cover of their new issue.   Their '21st Century Collectables' special includes illustrations of worldwide rarities and there's also a feature on the Top 100 millennium collectables. There is a large feature on Coldplay, plus a full discography of every type of release across the world.   The issue goes on sale on Thursday 19 January.

Coldplay is on the cover of the latest issue of Ireland's "Hot Press" entertainment magazine with the headline "Help! Coldplay on the Brink." You can view a small thumbnail of the cover over at Hot Press's website.   Hot Press usually posts their features online, so the article may soon be available on their site (for subscribers only).   [Thanks cranguy]

Coldplay will be appearing on the cover of next week's Radio Times in an exclusive souvenir edition. And not only will Coldplay have its own cover - the top TV magazine is producing an incredible eight covers in total to mark the occasion of the biggest gig in 20 years - Live8.   Other bands to have their own cover include: U2, Paul McCartney, Sting, Bob Geldof, Annie Lennox, REM and Joss Stone.   Coldplay also talks exclusively to Radio Times in the 10 page Live8 special feature. Don't miss t

Coldplay grace the cover of this month's Billboard magazine, as you can see by the image. The following excerpt is from the article that will be released on 17th May 2008 (this Saturday).   05/17/2008 - The album that will put the new EMI under its greatest global scrutiny to date is also 2008's most eagerly awaited release.   EMI Group chairman Guy Hands says, "Right across the world, this is the most anticipated album of the year." Just as "Viva La Vida" is a bold musical statement by a group

Click here to see a crazy Coldplay interview from Japanese program Diago [thanks Cris_Santos]  

Coldplay feature on both the ‘Glastobury’ DVD and accompanying CD ‘Music From Glastonbury The Film’. The CD is available to buy through Amazon.com with the DVD following on July 17th.   In 1970, a young farmer named Michael Eavis opened his 150-acre farm to 1,500 people for the weekend who paid one pound each to watch a handful of pop and folk stars perform…and the Glastonbury Festival was born.   Julien Temple, (The Filth and the Fury), has spent the past few years collecting footage from every

Grey's Anatomy is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American primetime television medical drama - and a new Coldplay song was featured on it. ABC announced the song as 'Death To All His Friends' but it is in fact the new album track 'Lovers In Japan'. No official announcement was made that this song would be used.   "Lovers In Japan" Lyrics (aka Greys Anatomy Song)   ..we got carry our way over on the rooftops lets get married All of a sudden we just hurry So come over just be patient and d

Coldplay will be musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 4th (next Wednesday). The show airs at 12:05am on ABC. You can see the official show listings here here.   It is likely that Coldplay will play Violet Hill in what will be their second live performance, following our announcement that they will performing the new single 'Violet Hill' at the MTV Movie Awards on June 1st. The MTV Movie Awards will air live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.   More on Coldplay on

Coldplay kick things off with the release of the new album by joining Jo Whiley (10am-12.45pm, weekdays) for an exclusive interview on June 12. Last month Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland personally delivered a copy of the new single, Violet Hill, to Jo, who was the first to play the track.   Four days later BBC Radio 1 is to present Coldplay live from Brixton Academy, London. The whole gig will be broadcast live on Radio 1 on a specially extended Zane Lowe show from 7pm, on Monday, June 16.   Th