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Chris Martin grew up hearing a lot of hymns, and it's a musical influence that shows through particularly clearly when his band Coldplay performs in concert.   Like the church songs of Martin's devout upbringing, Coldplay's music is often stately and solemn, with an uplifting undercurrent meant to inspire. It's grown more pronounced with each of the band's four albums, and it was evident in the soaring sing-alongs throughout the English quartet's performance Saturday at XL Center in Hartford.  

Setlist:   -Life in Technicolor -Violet Hill -Clocks -In My Place -Viva la Vida -Yes -42 -Fix You -Strawberry Swing -Chinese Sleep Chant -God Put a Smile Upon Your Face (Techno version) -Square One -The Hardest Part (Partial) -Yellow -Lost! -The Scientist (Acoustic) -Death Will Never Conquer (Will Champion on vocals) encore -Politik -Lovers in Japan -Death and All His Friends -The Escapist (Exit music)   They played a techno version of God Put a Smile Upon Your Face...and about the first half of

Yesterday was one of the busiest days in the Coldplay 2008 calendar so far, with three interviews and the release of the new Viva La Vida video. Here is a reminder of all the interviews and useful links:   eTalk [pictures] [discussion] [watch video] [download video]   Tanya Kim and Ben Mulroney of eTalk sat down with Chris Martin and Johnny Buckland of Coldplay at the eTalk studios in downtown Toronto yesterday. At first they joked about Ben Mulroney's hair, which set the tone for a wickedly fun

The Viva La Vida music video is now available via the official Coldplay site. There appears to be 2 versions:   Version 1 (directed by Hype Williams, bottom left) [youtube!] Version 2 (cover version, made out of love for Depeche Mode and the genius of Anton Corbijn, bottom right) [youtube!]   Let us know what you think of the videos here and don't forget to vote for your favourite in the video poll! [thanks DGrzechu, Arazmire, Ekmi & Lore]  

Check out coldplay.com for a new newsreel entry: NPR radio inteview   Good evening. On July 25th, in the fine city of Philadelphia, National Public Radio's David Dye interviewed all four members of Coldplay for his World Cafe programme. We have learned that this interview will be broadcast on Friday, August 8th on almost 200 radio stations worldwide. Click here to find out which station local to you will be broadcasting it. Alternatively, you'll be able to listen online between 2pm and 4pm Easte

Coldplay's Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland appeared yesterday on Canadian TV programme eTalk and confirmed that as of yesterday the band have finished working on some songs that will be released in EP format sometime in March next year.   The full interview is now available via the Much Music website - view all the videos here. More on this news here [thanks Space Cadet]   Meanwhile, during Coldplay's interview on 102.1FM The Edge, Jonny Buckland [pictured] confirmed that the new video for the s

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 Upon Your Face (B stage) Speed Of Sound The Hardest Part (Part) Yellow Lost! The Scientist (Acoustic) Death Will Never Conquer (Will on vocals) ----- Politik The Hardest Part (Piano Version) Lovers In Japan Happy Birthday (to Will Champion) Death And All His Friends   And Chris played "The Hardest Part" twice...one somewhere near the beginnin

Coldplay dropped by MuchMusic’s MuchOnDemand on Thursday before they stepped on stage at the Air Canada Centre for the second night of their sold out shows in Toronto. The band is currently touring in support of their fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, which was released earlier this year.   After tonight’s show, Coldplay heads to the United States for three shows before embarking on a number of International dates. The Viva la Vida tour is set to wrap up in Munich o

Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI) starts a sixth week atop European Top 100 Albums, while Kid Rock moves into a third week at No. 1 on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles with "All Summer Long" (Topdog/Atlantic/Warner Music).   The Coldplay album moves back to No. 1 in the United Kingdom, France and the Belgian region of Wallony, as U.K. sales to last weekend climb to 768,000.   "Viva" falls 1-2 in Germany, Switzerland and Finland and 1-4 in Greece, but is still No.

This just in:   Unfortunately, Chris Martin will not be coming to the Edge studios today. He is ill and will be replaced by Guy Berryman. Guy and Jonny will visit 228 Yonge to chat with Dave Bookman today at 6pm. This does not effect tonight’s show at the ACC.   More on this here [thanks scruffz & mimixxx]

Setlist   1. Life In Technicolor 2. Violet Hill 3. Clocks 4. In my Place 5. Viva La vida 6. Yes 7. 42 8. Fix You 9. Strawberry Swing 10. Chinese Sleep Chant 11. God Put A Smile On Your Face 12. Speed of Sound 13. Yellow 14. Lost! 15. The Scientist 16. Death Will Never Conquer 17. Talk (Remix) 18. Politik 19. Lovers In Japan 20. Death And All His Friends/ The Escapist 21. Don't Panic 22. The Dubliners   They played WARNING SIGN for us at the Sound Check Party!!! It was absolutly unbelievable!! TH

It took a teen superstar to finally knock reigning champs Coldplay off the top of the Canadian album charts, reports jam.canoe.ca.   15-year-old singer Miley Cyrus's new effort "Breakout" debuted at No. 1, selling 27,000 copies, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. In Canada, the "Mamma Mia" soundtrack was held steady at No. 2, while Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" drops from No. 1 down to No. 3, after spending five consecutive weeks at No. 1.   Meanwhile, t

Pendulum earlier today performed their single The Other Side and a cover of Coldplay's Violet Hill - drum 'n bass style.   You can listen to the cover at the radio 1 website here - let us know what you think!   More on this here [thanks squareone13]

Parlophone’s Coldplay, who reclaimed the albums chart crown this past Sunday, are likely to make it a seventh week at the top with Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends.   Polydor’s Abba best of Gold – Greatest Hits, which narrowly missed out on returning to number one last weekend, is the Coldplay album’s closest challenger again, with A&M/Polydor act Duffy’s Rockferry close behind.   The band have now spent six non consecutive weeks at number one with their fourth album, which also top

Setlist:   Life in Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Yes Viva La Vida 42 Fix You Chinese Sleep Chant (band playing close together, right side of stage) God Put a Smile Upon Your Face (techno version, right side of stage) Speed of Sound Yellow Lost! (regular version - not acoustic) The Scientist (acoustic, b-stage beside sound booth) Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic, b-stage, Will on vocals) Talk (remix) Politik Lovers in Japan Death and All His Friends The Escapist (outro) -----------

Coldplay is coming to the eTalk studios in Toronto this Thursday afternoon, July 31st, and they're looking for fans to be in the audience.   Anyone interested should email: [email protected] or call directly on 1-866-460-4797.   Hosted by Ben Mulroney, the show is Canada's premiere entertainment news source. Covering all fronts of the entertainment world, eTalk delivers the dish on movies, music, TV, DVD, fashion, trends, soaps and gossip. Mulroney, aided by reporters from across the country,

Fresh from topping the album and singles charts, Coldplay will come to Radio 2 to play an intimate gig in the BBC Radio Theatre in London on 30th August 2008.   If you would like to attend this free event, then please call phonelines on 03700 100 200. Lines will be open from 1720h today, and will close at 1900h on Friday 1 August 2008. Tickets are free and will be allocated at random. You can apply for a maximum of one pair of tickets per household, and you must make your own way to and from the

Anticipation builds up in the rows and rows of people waiting for the End. As in Coldplay; the group credited with providing the raison d'être for the Pemberton Music Festival.   It's almost 10:20. The re-scheduled start time was 10:10. Every time any movement occurs on stage there is roar. Then: release.   There is almost a sense of relief when the cascading waves of guitar rain down and the band kicks into "Violet Hill." The first single from the group's new album Viva La Vida. The stuttered t

Coldplay have returned to top spot in the UK album charts, after being unseated by Basshunter’s “Now You’re Gone” last week. Meanwhile, R&B singer Ne-Yo is so busy producing mega-hits and touring that he was caught unaware of a significant achievement - usurping Coldplay’s hold at the the top of the single charts. New single Closer unseated Coldplay's single Viva La Vida last month.   Fans who recevied a physical copy of the single Viva La Vida found a little surprise everyone thought the si

'Revista Veja', a Brazilian Magazine, interviewed Chris Martin after Coldplay's soundcheck in San Jose last week - and promptly gave Latin America fans the news they'd been waiting for since early 2007 - a trip to South America around March 2009.   Which leaves us all wondering if Coldplay have double-booked Australia and South America by mistake or whether it's part of the same tour leg. Chris Martin spoke to Nova 96.9FM (Sydney radio station) the day before the San Jose show in which Chris sai

‘As If Nothing Had Happened’, the new album by Carla Bruni, the wife of French president Nicholas Sarkozy, has replaced Coldplay at the top of the French album chart.   Bruni’a much critiqued record outsold Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends’ in its first full week of release. Bruni married president Sarkozy in February just months after they were first spotted together.   The ex-model has been linked to rockers Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton in the past.  

Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Viva La Vida Yes 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing -- Chinese Sleep Chant God Put A Smile Upon Your Face -- Speed Of Sound Yellow Lost! -- The Scientist Death Will Never Conquer -- Talk (Remix Video Interlude) Politik Lovers In Japan Death And All His Friends / The Escapist -- Green Eyes The Dubliners   scientist acoustic in the crowd with chris martin refusing beer. great show. he smelled the cup and made a face and gave it back.   We got

Tickets for the first confirmed concerts in the revamped Point Depot sold out within ten minutes of going on sale at 9am this morning.   Coldplay sold out two concerts in the new venue renamed The O2, with queues of fans forming outside Ticketmaster outlets around the country in the early hours of the morning. Paudie O'Shea from Caherciveen, Co Kerry was first in the line outside Ticketmaster in Dublin’s St Stephens Green Shopping Centre at 7.30am. “I’ve never seen them live and I really want to

Tickets for Coldplay’s new date on December 21st at the new O2 Arena in Dublin went on sale at 9am this morning - by 9.06am looking for any one isolated ticket was unsuccessful - in layman’s terms, it was sold out.   And just as we predicted, Coldplay (or rather Ticketmaster.ie) immediately added a second date for the next Night, Monday 22nd and that one was gone by 9.10am.   So not one, but two dates sold out in ten minutes; 34,000 tickets quickly snapped up; and at a cost of €61.15 (including

Coldplay.com have published some excellent photos from the first shows of the Viva La Vida tour, at the Forum in LA. Thanks to Gregg Watermann for the amazing snaps. You can view every single one of them here