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The 51st Annual Grammy Awards take place on February 8 in Los Angeles and Radiohead's Thom Yorke is fronting a new advertisement campaign to promote this year's Grammy Awards, NME is reporting today.   Yorke, along with other stars including Stevie Wonder, Rihanna and Lenny Kravitz, is appearing on posters and in TV adverts in the run up to the ceremony, which takes place in February. Coldplay and Kanye West are also rumoured to be featured in the campaign.   Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' is nominat

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Stars rumoured to be appearing at the February 15th event include Coldplay, pop diva Madonna, reunited boy band and Take That.   Meanwhile, confirmed are Oasis, and brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher are reportedly locked in a bitter feud - over who will sing at the Awards.   The brothers have agreed to perform at the star-studded bash next month, but didn’t decide who would take lead vocals on the song they perform. A source told Daily Mirror newspaper: “It’s hilarious. They’re both really keen t

Winners at last week’s Brit Awards have seen their album sales rocket since the event.   Those pesky Kaiser Chiefs have seen sales of ‘Employment’ go up 64% while Kanye West has enjoyed the biggest boom with an incredible 85% more sales. Other stars whose sales have soared include Paul Weller with 59% more sales and Coldplay and KT Tunstall who have both benefited strongly.   As the beeb reports, HMV predicts that this weekend’s chart will be dominated by Brit winners.

UNIVERSAL CITY, California — So who was the story at the 16th annual KROQ-FM Almost Acoustic Christmas festival this past weekend?   Perhaps the White Stripes, who had the perfect color scheme for the occasion and whose songs made it into multiple sets (Jack Johnson tossed a few "My Doorbell" verses into "The Horizon Has Been Defeated," while Coldplay's Chris Martin inserted "I'm going to Wichita/ A seven nation army couldn't hold me back" into "Speed of Sound").   Or maybe it was Jack Johnson,

Coldplay's long awaited comeback single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall', takes a sample from Australian 1970s songwriter Peter Allen's single 'I Go To Rio', the band have confirmed on their recordings page for the new single. The track was released in 1976 on Allen's fourth album 'Taught By Experts' and has since been covered by a number of high profile artists, including Peggy Lee. Listen to both tracks together at the Coldplay forum now.   Allen, who died in 1992, enjoyed a successful music ca

Two years after having played in Chile for the first time, Coldplay are attempting to go back to the country to deliver the Viva La Vida tour. However, similar to that of AC/DC and Metallica, they have been denied the use of the national stadium.   This comes just months after more speculation from Latin American sources that successfully predicted the last tour. Chile, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina are likely to be included in any Coldplay itinery, with the possibility of additions such as Perú

IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - July & August 2006   The summer has proved a sales hit for a variety of acts as Keane's second album picks up its first Platinum Europe Award, both of Shakira's recent albums clock up their first million, and industry superstars Coldplay and Madonna each have albums selling more than four million copies across Europe.   Coldplay's debut title Parachutes has now sold over four million copies across the continent. This brings the group's tally of Platinum Europe A

Coldplay Scribbles Scribble 5 8 October 2002   Just when I thought that I didn’t get enough Coldplay in my system...something new pops up and totally makes me scream like a bleep...man oh man! This week is so good! Ah!   The miscellaneous parts comes now...please enjoy the insanity.   (KINDA SAD) RANT: There’s a program that’s taped in the Bay Area in California called Live At The Fillmore, in which a local TV station showcases and does a video expose on up-and-coming bands that play at The Fill

Singer-songwriter James Blunt's 'Back To Bedlam' was the biggest selling album of 2005, according to official figures.   The former soldier, who was virtually unknown this time last year, outsold returning stadium rockers Coldplay, whose third studio album 'X&Y' finished second.   Robbie Williams' latest LP came third , while Kaiser Chiefs and KT Tunstall finished in the top 10 with their debut albums.   The top 10 UK albums of 2005:   1. James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 2. Coldplay - X&

The Orchard, the world's leading distributor and marketer of independent music, and Fierce Panda Records, the legendary UK-based indie label, today announced that only weeks after signing their first-ever digital distribution deal and partnership with The Orchard, Fierce Panda artist Coldplay has hit the top of the charts on iTunes.   For two weeks, Coldplay's 1999 EP, "Brothers and Sisters," was iTunes' second most downloaded album and it has remained in the top ten for more than four weeks.As

The band that brought us the tick of "Clocks" will now bring us annoying cell phone rings.   Coldplay struck a deal with cellular provider Cingular to debut a 30-second portion of "Speed of Sound" from its upcoming X&Y album starting yesterday. The preview, which comes a week before radio gets the track, is hitched with a massive marketing campaign to put Coldplay graphics on the Cingular web site, give the band premium placement on the provider's ringtone purchase pages and even spam cellua

Lest anyone have any doubts, romance is still very much on the mind of Coldplay bandleader Chris Martin.   As the English quartet played a rare intimate club gig at Metro Friday night, Martin's wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, sat in the balcony, enthusiastically cheering her husband on. He frequently looked up at her -- especially during the hyper-romantic hit "Yellow" -- and she responded by lighting up like a schoolgirl, gazing back adoringly and leaning closer to him every time he turned her w

Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto has smashed a new digital record in landing the Number 1 spot in yesterday’s Official Albums Chart, the Official Charts Company can confirm today - the new studio album scored the biggest one week digital albums tally of all time in the UK – becoming the first album to top 80,000 downloads in a week as it did so. 'Mylo Xyloto' tallied just over 83,000 digital sales last week, on the way to totalling 208,000 copies overall. [Discuss this and other latest MX chart news from

Coldplay, Duffy and the Kaiser Chiefs will all perform on the Top of the Pops Christmas special, it's been announced.   The winner of this year's X Factor Alexandra Burke, Girls Aloud and Dizzee Rascal will also appear on the show on Christmas Day. As previously reported on Gigwise, the BBC cancelled the Christmas show earlier this year because of falling viewing figures. But the corporation later reinstated it, along with a New Years special.   Burke will perform her cover of Leonard Cohen's 'H

Portugese Music publication Blitz has Coldplay on one of their early (not confirmed) artists at this years 'Rock in Rio' Festival on June 1 in Portugal.   Rock In Rio: 30 DE MAIO - Lenny Kravitz / Sheryl Crow / Delfins / Skank 31 DE MAIO - Kiss / The Cult / Xutos & Pontapés / Jota Quest 1 DE JUNHO - Coldplay / Oasis / David Fonseca / Cansei De Ser Sexy 5 DE JUNHO - Metallica / Machine Head / Moonspell / Tihuana 6 DE JUNHO - Alejandro Sanz / Ivete Sangalo / Anjos / Just Girls   Click here to

Coldplay are being lined up for two massive outdoor gigs on the banks of Loch Lomond.   West Dunbartonshire Council is in discussions with promoters about bringing the world-famous band — to Balloch Park on July 2 and 3 next year. The gigs would attract around 80,000 music fans over the weekend and would take place just a fortnight after another supergroup, REM, perform on the Bonnie Banks.   Talks are understood to be at an advanced stage — but the plans could be scuppered by the police. Forces

Coldplay are to perform their biggest Irish headline show to date with a June concert in Dublin, it was confirmed today.   The band will play Marlay Park on June 22 as part of a series of outdoor gigs in Ireland and the UK this summer.   The concerts will kick off Coldplay's world tour and will coincide with the release of the band's much-awaited follow-up to 2002 chart-topping album A Rush of Blood to the Head.   They will also perform at London's Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium on June 27 and

Fellow fansite, Coldplay France have been told by Phil Harvey, the band's creative director and fifth member that Coldplay will visit France, before the end of 2015! Rumours of a European tour this November/December have been rife and this is set to happen, as Coldplay are close to the release of their seventh record.   Coldplay performed a few shows in Stade De France, Paris during their Mylo Xylotour in 2012, which ended up as the famous filming location for 'Coldplay Live 2012'.   An arena

Coldplay's X&Y and is set to become one of the fastest-selling albums of all time after hitting the shops today.   Industry experts are predicting that more than 400,000 copies of the band's third album will fly off the shelves this week, sending it straight to number one. X&Y, which was leaked on to the internet last week despite unprecedented security measures, could become the second-fastest selling album since records began in the early 1990s.   UK retailers are predicted to shift 10

Promoters hope so...   Oasis, Coldplay and U2 could all be set for residencies at London’s O2 Arena if the venue get their way.   All three bands are expected to release new albums at some point in 2008 and bookers for the O2 are already said to have made enquiries.   The London Paper reports that Oasis are already in talks about their residency which will follow their seventh studio album in the spring. David Campbell, European Chief Executive of the venue’s promoters AEG, says that all three

Coldplay are confirmed as performers at the Global Citizen Festival in New York, this September! The band haven't played live since the BBC and NRJ music awards, in December 2014. Chris Martin has billed himself and his band-mates in for the charity concert as a 'last resort', because of other acts, such as Rihanna pulling out of the concert for various reasons. Here's the official line-up, which was rumoured a day before the announcement:     To summarize: Coldplay will perform a short

Coldplay are set for a collaboration with top rap producer Timbaland after Chris Martin confessed to being a huge fan in an interview.   Chris told rock bible Rolling Stone that he'd love to work with the rap mogul and the magazine's editors were thrilled when they contacted Timbaland and discovered he's Coldplay's number one fan.   Timbaland said, "Coldplay are my favourite, favourite group right now. I can do it anytime. I'd clear anything to work with Coldplay."  

Coldplay's album seems set to become the best-selling album pre-sale ever released in the history of Apple's music store   Coldplay have taken an unusual iTunes record, with new album Viva La Vida set to become the best-selling album pre-sale ever released in the history of Apple's music store, Apple insiders inform. Not just that, but Coldplay's new collection is also set to beat the best ever first week iTunes album sales record on a global basis, a record currently held by Jack Johnson's Slee

Coldplay are today reportedly being paid a whopping £1.2million ($2.4million) to play the Summer Sonic festival in Japan later this year. If they gig for 75 minutes on both nights, they will trouser a jaw-dropping £8,000 ($16,200) a minute.   News of their payday has been spreading around the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. One industry insider there said: “They say there is no money left in the industry but this shows the cash is still there for the top acts. It’s like football or