Coldplay News

European Commission says labels that are home to Coldplay, Blur, Kylie Minogue and others must be sold off   Universal Music has been given the green light for its £1.2bn EMI takeover by the European Commission, but will have to sell off labels, such as EMI's iconic Parlophone label, that bring in nearly a third of the British company's revenues – including recordings from Coldplay, Pink Floyd and David Bowie – in order to gain approval. (Read and discuss the full story at the Coldplay forum now

Coldplay are the first act confirmed for Capital FM's Summertime Ball 2012 at Wembley Stadium, according to the radio station this morning. This event currently clashes with Coldplay's first date at the Etihad stadium in Manchester as part of the Mylo Xylotour, however it is expected that Coldplay will open the Summertime Ball during the day and then travel to Manchester for the evening concert. More on this new event is at the Coldplay Live forum now (which we expect Coldplay.com to confirm soo

WikiColdplay has compiled a comprehensive and up-to-date database of Coldplay’s setlists for previous tours.   You can find the setlists of all their gigs, tv appareances and radio broadcasts performed during their career (from 1998 to 2008).   For all the setlists here [thanks Jenjie]

Coldplay holds at #1 on Billboard's album chart for the second week with Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. But the big news is that, in just two weeks, Viva La Vida has sold more downloads than any album in digital history.   The old record was held by John Mayer's Continuum. Viva La Vida sold 66,000 downloads this week, bringing its two-week total to 354,000. Continuum has sold 353,000 downloads since its release in September 2006.   The rest of the all-time top five albums with the mo

Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" world tour -- which will land in North America, Europe and Japan -- is set to begin at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center on June 29 and extend well into next year, Billboard.com can reveal.   Save for the Pemberton Festival in Vancouver on July 27, Coldplay will play arenas in North America, the U.K. and Europe on the tour’s first leg. Some North American dates will go on sale May 16-17, but the majority go up June 14, the weekend before "Viva La Vida" is released. Ticket

Coldplay have set a new audience record at the Sydney Entertainment Centre as part of their “Twisted Logic” tour through Michael Chugg Entertainment.   The British band played to 12,490 fans on Wednesday June 28, breaking the previous record set by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2000.   Source: http://www.themusic.com.au

The Beatles, The Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Men At Work, Michael Jackson and Beyonce remain the only artists in chart history to score simultaneous number one singles and albums in the UK and the USA, after Coldplay are knocked off the US singles perch.   Coldplay looked to be in with a chance of joining this most exclusive of clubs but lose their leadership of the US singles charts, even as their blockbusting fourth studio album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends conti

When you think about it, Coldplay owe a lot to Canada. They were all influenced by Neil Young and love The Arcade Fire, to the point of once singing an excerpt of "Rebellion (Lies)" at a gig. Ron Sexsmith toured with the band when they were supporting A Rush Of Blood To The Head and in turn, Chris Martin contributed to Sexsmith's single, "Gold In Them Hills." The British band's most recent release, X&Y, reached #1 in Canada and a "buzz" gig held in Toronto sold out in one minute.   Further s

Coldplay have sold a staggering 8 million albums (Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, X&Y) in Europe last year as part of a list of million-selling artists in Europe from British acts this year.   The BPI reports that Robbie Williams was the top seller with 12 millions from three albums (Greatest Hits, Intensive Care and Rudebox) and James Blunt’s debut Back to Bedlam was the biggest individual seller with 5 million.   OK Computer by Radiohead, released in the summer of 1997, sold 3 mil

Coldplay have decamped to New York to continue recording their third album.   The band flew out earlier this month with producer Ken Nelson to a top-secret studio to record more songs for the follow-up to A Rush Of Blood To The Head. It's their third studio session after demoing the album in Chicago and recording in London earlier this year.   A source told NME.com: "The group have been in London working at various studios and now they've flown out to the US. It's still very much early days but

Coldplay shot the video for their forthcoming single ‘Fix You’ last night (July 4) at the end of their gig in Bolton.   As the band closed their 95 minute set at the Reebok Stadium singer Chris Martin surprised the crowd by announcing that TV cameras were in the venue to film their next video and he urged the audience to act as extras for the shoot before the four-piece performed the track twice.   Despite poor weather conditions and a 15 minute delay at the start of the show owing to severe tra

The whirlwind of activity recently began last weekend, when Coldplay holed up on a Los Angeles soundstage to shoot a video for X&Y's the first single, Speed of Sound.   Details were hard to come by, but it is known that the clip was helmed by Mark Romanek, famous for stark videos like Jay-Z's "99 Problems" and Johnny Cash's "Hurt," and shooting took place on several large sets equipped with huge LED light displays.   Source: MTV

Coldplay Shop in the UK have revealed the full extent of the tracklisting for the new album, 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'. This includes Chinese Sleep Chant and The Escapist.   The album will be available from June 12 in both Gatefold Wallet (limited edition) and Jewelcase Version. The tracklisting is as follows:   More on this here [thanks Stefan-C8]   Tracklisting: 1. Life In Technicolor 2. Cemeteries Of London 3. Lost! 4. 42 5. Lovers In Japan Reign Of Love Lov

Coldplay have been short listed for 4 awards at this years Carling NME Awards. The awards they have been shortlisted for are:   Best UK Band Best Video The Scientist Best Album "Rush of Blood to the Head" Best Single "The Scientist"

Coldplay have been shortlisted for Best Group and Best Album for ‘A Rush of Blood To The Head’ as well as Best Rock and Best UK & Ireland Act at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards.

Voting is now open for unknown acts to join the bill on Coldplay's upcoming "Viva La Vida" tour of North America.   Coldplay have announced details of a contest for six summer concerts, appealing for aspiring groups to submit video performances to their local radio station - which they have done in droves. Support roles are required for concerts in Chicago, San Jose, Philadelphia, DC, Boston and Hartford.   The members of Coldplay will then judge the three videos that receive the most votes acro

Voting is now open for unknown acts to join the bill on Coldplay's upcoming "Viva La Vida" tour of North America.   Coldplay have announced details of a contest for six summer concerts, appealing for aspiring groups to submit video performances to their local radio station - which they have done in droves. Support roles are required for concerts in Chicago, San Jose, Philadelphia, DC, Boston and Hartford.   The members of Coldplay will then judge the three videos that receive the most votes acro

Coldplay rounded off the first day at Glastonbury 2002 with a set showcasing songs from their new album.   Frontman Chris Martin thanked the audience for making the festival so special as they watched the band headline the Pyramid Stage. He said Coldplay had effectively been preparing for this concert for 25 years.   Chris was in good humour on stage, apologising several times for not being Rod Stewart - who is due to play at the festival later in the weekend. He also jokingly referred to the st

A Guitar once owned by rocker Noel Gallagher and autographed by a host of pop stars is up for sale - for just £795.   The Takamine electro-acoustic guitar bears the signatures of the Oasis songwriter, Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin and lots of other top artists like members of rock group Idlewild, Ms Dynamite and Lou Rhodes.   All the artists signed the guitar after appearing alongside Manchester rock band Oasis at the Oxfam Make Trade Fair concert in October 2002. The guitar was auctioned on

Coldplay singer Chris Martin has again been accused of attacking a photographer after leaving a London restaurant with pregnant wife Gwyneth Paltrow.   A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed it was investigating the incident, alleged to have taken place on Wednesday night in Knightsbridge. "An allegation was made about an attack in the area," the spokesman said.Mr Copetti told the Sun newspaper he had been taking pictures of the singer and his wife outside the San Lorenzo restaurant when Mart

Fresh from Live8, Coldplay arrived on a rainy night in Bolton to prove they have made it as one of the world's biggest rock bands.   With his make poverty history campaigning, front man Chris Martin has already proved his credentials as one of the most politically motivated performers in modern pop.   Last night he came to the Reebok Stadium to prove he could cut it in the rock stakes too.Just six years ago this mild-mannered foursome stumbled on to the British music scene as one of the most unl

Coldplay's new single 'Life In Technicolor ii' has climbed up to 5th position in UK Airplay Charts ahead of its official release next week, Nielsen Music Control has confirmed. Nielsen Music Control monitors music broadcast on over 700 radio and television stations across 18 countries worldwide and over 1000 record companies worldwide use the Nielsen Music Control services.   The track will be released on 7-inch vinyl and digital bundle. The B-side of the 7-inch will be The Goldrush, a song whic

2 million people downloaded Coldplay’s new single ‘Violet Hill’ while it was available as a free download, it's been revealed.   The song, which is the first off the band’s new album ‘Viva La Vida’, was uploaded onto the band’s website last Tuesday (April 29th). Had the song been chart eligible it would have outsold last week’s Top-40 four times over. The song, which was released officially on digital-download today (May 5th), is no longer available to download for free.   As previously reported

Coldplay has debuted the first single off their upcoming album X&Y, but not on the radio -- the song is only available as a Cingular ringtone.   The British band has made a 30-second sample of Speed of Sound available through Atlanta-based Cingular Wireless' ring tone store. The sample was made available nearly a week before the song's radio debut Monday and nearly two months before the album's Capitol Records release June 7, the Seattle Times reported Wednesday.   The ringtone debut may sig

Coldplay's newest single, Speed of Sound, looks set to be the most downloaded track in iTunes history, according to EMI Music.   The track, released on the iTunes Music Store last week, currently ranks at the top of the chart in every international market, writes Digital Music News. The single is currently only available in digital format. According to Digital Music News the decision to release the track online rather than as a CD-single "confused" EMI Music UK & Ireland chairman Tony Wadsw