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Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: #42 reports back from the BRITs   Discuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks _Tash]   New Year's Day is often referred to as “guaranteed first hangover of the year”. For the British music industry, I’d hazard a guess that the day after the BRIT Awards sees a hilariously impressive spike in the number of email accounts set to auto-respond with “I’m not in the office today”.   Somewhat disappointingly - or indeed not, I find myse

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: #42 reports back from a magical night in London   Discuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks svenky & coldplay12] and also the Coldplay Live - War Child thread here [thanks jenjie   Well bugger me - we made it! Obviously, now it's done it seems like it was nothing, but going into it, it felt like there was a lot of potential for trainwreck. We've done a complete lap of the planet in just over a week, a bunch of awards show

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: #42 has no idea who Susan Boyle is   Discuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks Zeya]   Three days off in a row is a phenomenon practically unheard of in the touring world. The fact that we're so unused to the idea of spending this much time away from the show whilst still "on tour" means that the phrases "long time no see" and "what did you do in the break?" are being bandied about with ridiculous regularity at the Pittsburgh

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: #42 finds festivals a bit of a pain in the Arras   Discuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards.   So then, festival season is upon us once again. Roadies tend to look forward to festivals like school-kids look forward to exams. A tour like this is a very long-term experience where all of the challenges and snags get worked out and smoothed over with time. Festivals mean taking that huge intricate show that requires a full day to constru

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: In which #42 has a Pulp Fiction moment and meets Steve Jobs   Discuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks Pris & Zeya]   Greetings from scorching Sacramento, folks. It's beyond warm here and we're well into "living in an oven" territory. We arrive in the early evening and do what all good Brits do when confronted by weather warmer than "overcast with regular drizzle" - that is, we walk around pulling at our collars discussin

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: #42 and the two chopper strategy   Discuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks Pris]   It's somewhat reassuring that 15 months into a tour, things are still moving on enough to keep life interesting. The stadium shows are approaching, which means that preparations and disaster avoidance are well under way in all departments. As a little taster, the Los Angeles show is a big outdoor venue. More specifically, The Home Depot Center

As part of Coldplaying's Erasmus boat trip excursion for Coldplay's Christmas Lights video last month, Coldplay roadies Matt McGinn and Miller, along with fifth member Phil Harvey were able to provide some excellent online Q&A to Coldplayers who were on the boat (and some who weren't). In the final installment of our Q&A session, last but not least to answer our questions is popular roadie Miller, who answers questions on soundchecks, online future of Coldplay, instrumentation and much m

"Viva La Vida" is the second song to emerge from forthcoming album "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (June 17), an album that The Sun's Gordon Smart's wrote is "as heavy-going as the Bible but as ultimately as rewarding." But the majesty that is Coldplay couldn't prevent a plague like the massive fire Sunday morning at Universal Studios -- the site of the awards -- and the world appeared unchanged when lead singer Chris Marin sat at the end of the stage to herald the end of the song.  

The music industry calls declining CD sales a shift in the market. But what do you expect in a world in which attention spans are short, a song is better than an album, and a ringtone is better than a song? Thankfully, there are still artists who have something to say and refuse to sing in sound bites.   This year, the cadre of old-fashioned troubadours who wanted more than a hit single included icons such as B.B. King, Willie Nelson and Mavis Staples as well as newcomers like the Black Kids and

What have top-selling international rock bands like Coldplay, the Foo Fighters and REM got in common? They are all doing their bit to help save cash-strapped Oldham Rugby Leage Club.   The driving force behind the extraordinary fundraising venture is 41-year-old Graham Lambert. The former Inspiral Carpets’ guitarist read about the Roughyeds’ financial woes in the Advertiser last year and decided to use his new job to help out.   Now working as an events manager for SJM Concerts, Graham is regula

Reviews of Coldplay in Japan are at a premium but there are some stunning pictures of the band rocking the Saitama Super Arena a couple of days ago. A selection of them are below (click more), and the full album is at Flickr here [thanks me_vs_everyone182]                    

British band Coldplay rocked fans from around Southeast Asia with an highly energised and electric performance in Singapore.   Fans travelled from neighbouring countries for the soldout concert Monday night, Coldplay's only Southeast Asian stop on their Twisted Logic 2006 world tour.   Frontman Chris Martin could not stand still as he and the rest of the Grammy-award winning band performed songs mainly from their latest "X&Y" album including chart-toppers "Speed of Sound".   Read the full re

Strong ticket sales for Coldplay (tickets | music)’s upcoming North American tour have led the British rock sensations to add repeat performances in a number of cities, as well as a new stop in Milwaukee.   Two-night stands are now set for Vancouver, British Columbia; Toronto; Uniondale, NY; and Chicago, tickets for all of which are on sale now. Meanwhile, tickets for a new March 19 engagement in Milwaukee will hit the box office Saturday (12/3), as will those for previously announced stops in L

Coldplay say their children stop fame getting the better of them, writes the writes the Mirror this weekend, who also state that Chris said the band "plan to make an announcement about their future in the next few days - but it is unlikely to be a split." [Discussion in the Coldplay forum now). They continue... Dad-of-two Chris said: "We played Wembley Stadium and I was like, ‘Wow, we are big rock stars’. But at six o’clock in the morning the kids were like, ‘Get me some pancakes. And I was like

Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland are visiting Absolute Radio for an interview with Christian O'Connell, which will air on Wednesday 26 October between 6am and 10am. Absolute will have space for a very, very limited number of fans to attend this interview too - and you may be given the chance to put your question to Coldplay. Just submit your question [bY THIS SUNDAY!] including why you're a fan deserving of a ticket! Please note that you must be available to attend Absolute Radio during the day-t

If you thought the Paradise video was a wrap in Johannesburg last Saturday night, think again. Chris Martin was spotted at Charing Cross station earlier today with a camera crew and wearing that elephant costume again. Here's what Coldplayer dansmasta has just reported back to us in the Paradise sub-forum:   Hello, I dont really post that much but today I got off the Tube at Charing Cross station to be met by Chris Martin in an elephant costume right by the escalators! CRAZY! It's the first time

Coldplay have landed two GRAMMY nominations, with Mylo Xyloto competing for best rock album and the song Charlie Brown battling for best rock performance, it has been announced today from various media sources, including Coldplay's official site. This takes Coldplay's total career GRAMMY nominations to 26. Mylo Xyloto co-producer Markus Dravs is also up for Producer of the Year. The 55th annual Grammy Awards are to be staged in Los Angeles on February 10. Read the full discussion leading up to n

Coldplay have raised more than $800,000 (£500,000) for charity by selling off their graffiti-covered wall which featured on the sleeve of the Mylo Xyloto album. Phil Harvey confirmed the sale on Twitter this week, saying: "Take a bow Coldplay fans. An incredible £610,000 raised so far from the Mylo art sale."   Coldplay displayed the large piece, a collaboration with street artist Paris, at Proud Galleries in London ahead of an auction in aid of Kids Company, a charity which helps at-risk child

Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto is challenging Adele’s 21 to become the fastest-selling album in the UK this year after opening with more than 95,000 sales., according to Music Week today in a review of early music sales for this week. They continue:   Coldplay are certainties to debut at number one this coming Sunday with what will be their fifth chart-topping album out of five releases. They begin the week by outselling nearest rival Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds by nearly four copies to one, acco

Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto is enjoying its greatest demand at retail since it debuted at number one in the UK in October with the band's X Factor appearance last weekend lifting week-on-week sales by 132%, according to the MusicWeek website.   MX currently stands as the week’s third top artist album of the week having sold 86,808 units up to the end of business on Wednesday, according to Official Charts Company Data. That is more copies than in any entire week since the album debuted at number one s

Coldplay are among the acts expected to appear in "an elegant mash-up of British music" to close the London 2012 Olympic Games, according to Digital Spy this weekend. Music director Kim Gavin said that the August 12 ceremony will be a "fabulous" collection of contemporary stars, as well as classical composers such as Elgar and Holst. (More on the possibility of Coldplay at the Olympics closing ceremony at the messageboard now [thanks coldplaymom])   "Without saying we have booked anyone, it goes

Coldplay made some significant strides in the online world this week as their newest video for the song Princess of China, featuring Rihanna, was released on June 2nd, writes Billboard this week. That causes Coldplay to make a big jump on Billboard's Social 50 chart, rising 30-22.   The Social 50 chart ranks the most popular artists on YouTube, Vevo, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, using a formula that blends weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with weekly artist page views and weekl

Stephen Fry [pictured] has Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to thank for his role in the new Sherlock Holmes sequel, the film's director has revealed to the Press Association this week. Chris is an avid fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, and thought TV presenter and raconteur Stephen would be perfect to play the sleuth's brother Mycroft in Guy Ritchie's film Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows.   At a press conference to promote the film with Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law, who play H

The Pierces have been announced as support to Coldplay at the iTunes Festival at The Roundhouse in London on 22nd July, so say Entertainment Focus online. Coldplay’s Guy Berryman co-produced The Pierces hit album You & I, which recently entered the charts at No.4, and which was partly recorded in Coldplay’s studio in north London.   Meanwhile, staying with the iTunes festival, Apple has launched the new, free iTunes Festival London app, which allows iOS users to watch a live stream of the 31

As 2008 winds down, the rumour mill for Glastonbury 2009 is already in full swing, with a host of famous names predicted as potential headliners for the world-famous festival.   eFestivals are speculating that Neil Young will be one of the main headlining acts, whilst Virtual Festivals are backing Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, and the recently reformed Blur to fill the three headline spots. Other bands rumoured to be appearing are Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, The Specials, Klaxons, Lily Allen and