Coldplay News

Check out coldplay.com for a new newsreel entry: Band make another radio show   Good morning. We can confirm that the second of Coldplay's radio shows for London station Xfm is now available to listen to online, here. During it, the band attempt to telephone their arch enemy Mr Simon Pegg. Sadly, he refuses to take the call.   Anchorman

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Coldplay are to play an exclusive concert for Radio Two to be broadcast live by the BBC station.   The Parlophone act have agreed to perform at the BBC Radio Theatre in London on Saturday, August 30 when they will perform tracks from their current album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends as well as other material. The concert, which will be broadcast live by the radio station between 7 and 8pm, is the latest tie-up between the band and the BBC for the new album. In June they performed a f

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

We've talked about green graffiti. Now get ready for "reverse graffiti" or 'clean tagging'. Popularized by British artist Paul Curtis, the idea is to stencil what you want to say by pressure-washing onto dirty cement. Sounds like a great idea. I mean, how can you get in trouble for actually cleaning the sidewalks?   Some rogue advertising using this reverse graffiti could get Coldplay and a Canadian cell phone company in a bit of trouble from Montreal authorities. The name of Coldplay's latest a

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

Miley Cyrus may join Coldplay on tourTeen sensation Miley Cyrus may join musical giants Coldplay on tour.   The ”Hannah Montana” star recently revealed her love for the band’’s frontman Chris Martin. “My ideal man is a 16-year-old Chris Martin. But my mum says I have terrible taste,” the Daily Express quoted her, as saying.   Now, Martin has revealed the admiration is mutual and has reportedly lined her up to perform with the band at some shows of their current world tour. “I like her. She seems

Coldplay are pleased to announce that they have confirmed four more US shows. Furthermore, Coldplaying can exclusively reveal that Duffy will provide support for at least the Washington and Philly shows. The new dates are as follows:   Wed Oct 29 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Gardens (on sale Fri August 15 at 10am) [tickets] [discussion] Fri Oct 31 - Washington DC - Verizon Center (on sale Fri August 15 at 10am) [tickets] [discussion] Sat Nov 1 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center (on sale Mon Aug

It’s been eight weeks and Coldplay’s album ‘Viva la Vida’ or ‘Death and All His Friends’ (also simply known as ‘Viva la Vida’) their fourth studio album is currently at no.3 in the UK Charts.   The album has been the number-one-selling album in 36, yes, 36 countries around the world! In the United States, this album has sold 316,000 copies in its first day (some American artists can barely do this in a week, for example American pop rock singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson’s last cd ‘Bittersweet Wo

Coldplay have finished their one hour set in Tokyo. No word on setlist yet but we have pictures courtesy of Summer Sonic below. See the full set of images here [thanks mimixxx]  

Setlist   01. Life In Technicolor 02. Violet Hill 03. Politik 04. In My Place 05. Viva La Vida 06. God Put Up Smile Upon Your Face (2008 Version) 07. Fix You 08. Yes (2nd Half) 09. One of the world flower --> Japanese song 10. Yellow 11. Lost! 12. 42 13. Speed Of Sound 14. Scientist (Acoustic) 15. Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic by Will Champion) 16. Talk (Remix) 17. Clocks (with Alicia Keys) 18. Lovers In Japan 19. Death And His All Friends   Below are pictures from Cold

Liam Gallagher prefers being a stay-at-home dad these days, but he’s not lost his rock’n’roll swagger.   "I can still have it drinking or whatever. But yeah, I’ve mellowed, but not in the sense of liking Radiohead or Coldplay. I don’t hate them. I don’t wish they had accidents. I think their fans are boring and ugly and they don’t look like they’re having a good time."   Liam doesn’t like any contemporary bands. “Not interested. I play the Beatles, the Stones, the Kinks, Neil Young, the Pistols.

Season ticket holders at the Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA have today been made aware of a new Coldplay show later this year on 29th October 2008. Nothing has been confirmed yet by either coldplay.com or gillettestadium.com but we will post more news on this (and other new dates) as we get it.   In the meantime, read the latest on this exclusive Coldplaying news here [thanks kellykell9]   So, back to this past Monday when it was more than just a rumour that Coldplay was in town. The quartet, b

Check out coldplay.com for a new newsreel entry: Hear Coldplay host their own radio show   Good morning. Coldplay recently recorded a radio show for London-based alternative music station, Xfm. As well as playing everything from A-ha's The Living Daylights ("woah-oh-oh-oh") to Du Hast by Rammstein, they talked between songs. You can hear it here. But not here.   Anchorman

The new episode of the Clash Podcast is now available for your listening pleasure featuring Issue 28 cover stars Coldplay.   Clash Magazine talked to Chris Martin and Guy Berryman of the band on the eve of the release of the release of ‘Viva La Vida’, their fourth album which has gone on to top the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Clash talked to the guys about their hopes for the new album, the expectation awaiting their return, fatherhood and ghostly encounters.   Episode 8 - Coldplay   A

Pendulum is due to launch a brand new website with an exclusive download of Coldplay’s ‘Violet Hill’- remixed and rehashed!   The Australian pillars of drum and bass have caused riots with their cover of Coldplay’s ‘Violet Hill’ on Radio 1’s Live lounge. The new track completely alters the original ‘Violet Hill’- adapting its slow pace into a violent eruption of beats keeping in touch with Coldplay’s melancholy spirit throughout the original single.   Just one week ago the boys played their ve

‘Sing’ was the first song “plagiarised” for Viva La Vida admits Coldplay frontman. Plus: "Beyonce's better than The Strokes, Muse, Arcade Fire and us!".   Coldplay’s Chris Martin has admitted that ‘Sing’, a song that featured on Blur’s debut album ‘Leisure’, was the first song to provide inspiration during the making of new album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’. “Sing was the first song we plagiarised for the new album”, said Chris.   The revelation came as Coldplay took over DJ duti

The dream is a familiar one for anyone who has ever picked up a guitar, switched on a keyboard, or plugged in a microphone: the chance to open for one of the biggest bands on the planet, in front of ten thousand screaming fans, at a sold-out arena.   Boston-based OurStage band The Luxury got that chance when they they were chosen by fans on a local radio station to open for mega-stars Coldplay at a sold-out TD Banknorth Garden. The Luxury, with their thick layers of driving piano, swirling guita

Check out coldplay.com for a new newsreel entry: Voting opens for Q Awards. Who wins? You decide   Good afternoon. We have been informed that the voting for the awards of alphabetically-monikered UK music magazine Q is now open. If you would like to vote for The Monkees, ELO or, indeed, Coldplay, then click here for the full lowdown.   Anchorman  

UK fans can have their say and decide who should walk away with the trophy for Best UK Video at the MTV Video Music Awards.   Coldplay, Estelle, Leona Lewis, Duffy and the Ting Tings have all nabbed nods in the category, and MTV are calling on the British public to vote for their favourites. Coldplay picked up the nomination for their video Violet Hill, while Estelle's collaboration with Kanye West, American Boy, won her a nod. Leona's Bleeding Love video, Duffy's Warwick Avenue and the Ting Tin

Setlist   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Viva La Vida Yes 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing Chinese Sleep Chant - B Stage God Put A Smile On Your Face - B Stage Speed Of Sound Yellow - Full Band Lost! The Scientist - Acoustic Death Will Never Conquer - Acoustic -- Politik Lovers In Japan Death & All His Friends/The Escapist   Chris screwed up the beginning of "Death and All His Friends": "All winter we got married...Aw, FUCK."   chris said the boston fans were better than all

HARTFORD - Whether playing center stage, playing on the two side ramps that stretched into the crowd or playing a mini-acoustic set way in the back of the arena, Coldplay lived up to all the hype it's been getting these days and totally conquered the capacity crowd Saturday night at the XL Center.   The band offered plenty of dazzling eye candy throughout its 90-minute performance, from laser lights and floating video globes to showers of confetti butterflies, which all added to the aura.   Ul

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:

Setlist:   LIT Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Viva La Vida Yes 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing Chinese Sleep Chant (side stage) GPASUYF (side stage/techno version) Square One Hardest Part (again half of the song and Chris w/piano only) Yellow Lost The Scientist (acoustic in crowd) Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic in the crowd)   Encore:   Politik (with piano interlude) Lover in Japan DAAHF/The Escapist   There was no surprise encore but there was the usual one consisting of Politik, lovers in J

Coldplay.com caught up with Jonny Buckland before the second Toronto show. Here is the interview:   Hi Jonny, how are you? I'm good, thanks.   How's the tour going? Really well actually. From it starting at Madison Square Garden - well I suppose that wasn't really a start so much as a false start - it's gone really well. The shows have been getting better and better, I think. I hope so, anyway.   Does that tend to happen? Yeah. But we didn't start from quite as bad a place as we have done in the