Coldplay News

Coldplay have received 2 nominations in the MTV Asia awards for 'Favourite Rock Act' and 'Favourite Video' - In My Place. The ceremony will take place on January 24th at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Vist the link below to register and then vote.   http://www.mtvasiaawards.com/Asia/Nominees/

On the eve of Coldplay's UK album release, Andy Gill the outspoken Independent 'journalist' who arguably hasn't got enough work to do has launched a scathing attack on the band, calling them "Pompous, mawkish, and unbearably smug".   Brian Eno also features heavily in the scrabblescore-rich article, Gill saying, "One can only wonder how many musclebound oafs were required to carry the cheque that persuaded Eno to produce Coldplay's new album. I mean, given his rarefied cultural tastes, surely it

Courtesy of coldplay.com:   COLDPLAY RECEIVE DOUBLE GRAMMY® NOMINATION Coldplas earned two Grammy® nominations for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Performance By Duo or Group With Vocals for the single "In My Place."   courtesy of mtv.com:   BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL --Aerosmith "Girls Of Summer" --Coldplay "In My Place" --Creed "My Sacrifice" --Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott "Hero" --3 Doors Down "When I'm Gone" --Tonic "Take Me As I Am" --U2 "Walk On

Coldplay has received an apology from former Creation Records boss Alan McGee, who once branded the band "music for bedwetters".   McGee, who has signed legends including Oasis and Primal Scream, admits he misjudged the popular mood when he voiced his comments.   He said, "It was an off-the-cuff, bizarre Northern (English) remark really. I don't get off on their music, but eight million people do, so good luck to them."   More on this story here

U2, Coldplay and The Killers have all recorded songs for a new weekly music service which will benefit HIV-infected people in Africa. This will be launched next month.   Each issue of RED(WIRE), which will cost $5, includes an exclusive song from a major artist, as well as a musician the charity hopes to promote. The service will launch on World Aids Day (December 1st) with The Killers' Christmas collaboration with Sir Elton John and Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant, entitled 'Joseph, Better You Than

Hype ahead of Coldplay's set in collaboration with Davide Rossi (Viva La Viva album collaborator and violinist) is gathering pace after a special message via the official site direct from the London studios. You can follow the benefit concert as it happens around the world Coldplay forum now. Here's Anchorman with the very latest from London:   Good evening. We're writing this from a studio in London, where Coldplay are recording their appearance on tonight's Haiti Now fundraiser (their song -

Glee creator Ryan Murphy has revealed some of the artists who will be featured in upcoming episodes. Speaking to E! News, Murphy said that Coldplay and Bryan Adams had refused permission to use their tracks, but revealed that Lady GaGa will be covered soon. Glee returns to the US on April 13 on Fox and continues in the UK on Mondays at 9pm on E4.   "We're doing an episode that's a tribute to theatricality," he explained. "We reached out to Lady GaGa and she said, 'Yes, I'd love to be a part of i

Coldplay have turned down the use of their songs for the second time in a month, when it was revealed today that according to Idolator the band refused to approve the use of the sample to the song Lost for rap artist B.o.B.   Because it didn't make his forthcoming album The Adventures Of Bobby Ray album, the clip has already seen the light of day and you can download the MP3 now. This refusal comes just weeks after Glee creator Ryan Murphy confirmed to E! News that Coldplay had refused permissio

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

Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI) is back at the top of European Top 100 Albums, part of a resuming EMI double that sees Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" (Virgin) lead Eurochart Hot 100 Singles for a fifth week.   The Coldplay album had ten consecutive weeks atop the pan-European sales list until Slipknot's "All Hope Is Gone" (Roadrunner) debuted at the summit last week. "Viva" rebounds with the help of climbs of 3-2 in Italy, 5-3 in Greece and 6-5 in Ireland

Coldplay have delivered a deadly blow to Bono’s U2 after first week sales in Australia revealed that Viva La Viva figures had romped in over No Line On The Horizon sales.   The U2 album debuted at number one in Australia today with a not too shabby showing of 29,963 sales in the past week. Coldplay Viva La Vida sold 41,041 units in week one in Australia. That is a major gap between the two in-battle superacts.   Bono brought the Coldplay vs U2 battle into the public arena when he called Chris Ma

Chris Martin backtracked on his promise to "reinvent the wheel" with Coldplay's next album when he realised his band would be foolish to dramatically alter their winning songwriting style.   Following Coldplay's headline performance at the 2003 V Festival in England, singer Martin pledged to bury their "soft rock" sound and work on an album of songs which would cement their status as pioneers of music.   However, with the impending release of their long-awaited third LP X&Y, Martin has been

Expectant dad Chris Martin and the rest of the band knows how to relax during recording for the third Coldplay album - they play football in between sessions.   Chris, Jonny, Will and Guy took time out from recording the forthcoming platter to kick a ball around and careless Chris even managed to hoof the ball over a wall adjacent to the north London studio, and had to climb over to retrieve it.   An onlooker says, "Chris and his mates looked like they were taking it seriously. But David Beckham

Coldplay shocked their followers yesterday by releasing a snippet of 'All I Can Think About is You' and finally releasing the track at midnight!. Besides being played in Tokyo recently, the studio version of the song had not yet been heard and was long anticipated. The song, which builds from a rolling bassline to a hypnotic climax has received praise from all, some even stating it is their best song in years. The lyric video directed by I Saw John First begins with an animation referring to evo

The single 'What If' has been released.   The Dutch import CD includes the exclusive Tom Lord Alge mix.   Track Listings 1. What If (Tom Lord Alge Mix) 2. How You See The World (Live From Earl's Court)

Opal Limited, a company created by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers, has just released a companion app for Coldplay's new track "Hypnotised". The app was released on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store on June 9th but fans only realised the quiet release today.   Upon opening the app, the user is greeted with a text written in typical Coldplay fashion - not an uppercase letter to be seen!      This suggests that the band may play Hypnotised live at each of their concerts to coincide with t

Coldplay have revealed the first details of their new album including a number of songs up for consideration for the final track listing.   Writing on their official blog the band announced that they had just returned to the studio after a month off. They wrote: “The plan has always been to make a short record. No more than 42 minutes. 9 songs (give or take).”   The songs which might make it to the final cut include ‘Lost!’, ‘Cemeteries Of London’, ‘Violet Hill’. ‘Poppy Fields’, ‘42’, ‘Yes!’,

Coldplay have today unveiled the video for their new single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall'. The video, which you can watch either on Coldplay.com or via their YouTube videos channel, , shows the band playing across various backdrops sprayed with colourful graffiti. Let us know what you thought of the video at the ETIAW sub-forum now (the best comments will be published here on the main site).  Rolling Stone said of the video: "Chris Martin has said that the graffiti of the early hip-hop movem

Coldplay has released the video for Paradise this morning on via the ColdplayVEVO channel, following 'furious editing' by Mat Whitecross and the gang in the last couple of days. The video was filmed in Cape Town, the Karoo and Johannesburg. It was confirmed on Monday by Chris Martin on Zane Lowe's BBC R1 evening show that this was the second video for Paradise after the first one, directed by Hype Williams, was scrapped. [Download the audio to that interview]  In the end, Coldplay, recently o

While Spotify has always had the essential Coldplay anthems, it has been missing some unappreciated gems such as Gravity and Moving to Mars. Today they have added the remaining singles and EP's on their discography! Every Teardrop is a Waterfall EP Several singles and EP's were missing from Spotify especially those from the X&Y-Era. The Every Teardrop is a Waterfall EP has been added which contains the Single Version of Major Minus and of course Every Teardrop, but the EP also contains qu

Coldplay are standing tall at the top of the European albums chart - Viva La Vida is the most popular disc for the third successive week.   The band held off competition from Welsh soul star Duffy's Rockferry, Amy Winehouse's Back To Black, and Madonna's Hard Candy. They all remain at second, third and fourth place respectively for another week.   The only new entry in the top five is Icelandic rockers Sigur Ros' Meo Suo I Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust. Meanwhile, Duffy remains atop the European si

Coldplay hold the top spot on the Billboard 200 for the second week in a row.   Coldplay's new album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, is at No. 1 again this week, and has also become the top selling album released this year worldwide (by sales). Total sales stand at 2,763,280.   That puts Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III in at No. 2. The hit album has been on the chart for three weeks, debuting at No. 1. The chart is determined by airplay and sales data.

An interesting Coldplay remix has been posted here   [Thanks dj exit]

Coldplay have pulled selected items of tour merchandise on their current US jaunt, because in the words of Chris Martin, it is "crap".   The band felt the quality of some items on sale was substandard, which led to the removal of the goods from merch stalls at the concerts. "We were in the dressing room in L.A. looking at some of the stuff and much of it, especially some of the t-shirts, looked terrible." Frontman Martin is quoted as saying.   "We put so much work into our music. The same qualit

Coldplay has extended its publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group to cover future song writing. Financial terms or the length of the contract was not revealed. Universal has been the band’s publisher since 2007 when the music major acquired BMG Music Publishing, the group's original publisher. More on this is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.   Caroline Elleray, current head of A&R, Universal Music Publishing U.K., had originally signed the multiple Grammy-winning four-piece