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Voting is now over for the Coldplaying Chrismas Competition...   Coldplay Christmas Prestent won with 87 votes, Happy Holidays 2nd with 84 votes, and Parachutes at Christmas in third place. Prizewinners will be emailed shortly. Look out for a new competition in the new year!

The Abandoned Pools competition has now ended.   The correct answer was Elaine Cassidy, who starred in The Scientist video with Chris Martin. The winner was Carlos Rios from Florida, USA, who wins the CD.

www.coldplay.org - the sister site to coldplaying.com has just been announced.   Hosted soon - Continuous Coldplay downloads available in recognised format.

The $1.36 campaign aims to testify that small actions can lead to big differences. All funds raised through this campaign will go to the Sponsor A Child program through which we will be in direct communication with an impoverished child who needs our help. Each month a minimum of $28.00 USD (click here for a currency converter) will need to be raised to support Zali, as well as Zali's community. We believe we can achieve and surpass this goal.   Money will go to "programs that focus on early ch

DEADLINE: December 16th (Saturday) 00:00 CET   1.a voting in both categories isn't obligatory, you may whether vote in albums or in songs contest or in both 1.b you HAVE TO list min. 50 (max. 100 songs/albums) (NO COMPILATIONS, NO LIVE ALBUMS OR BEST OFs!! EPs allowed) (!!!) - every list which contains more or less than the norm is invalid* 1.c you have to (when you'd like to vote in both categories) post 2 lists: one with your top 50-100 songs, another one with top 50-100 albums 2. you may choo

DEADLINE: 15th OF OCTOBER ***SUNDAY***   it means you have 5 weeks to vote - post a list of minimum 25 and maximum 50 favourite Coldplay songs in order (1st, 2nd, 3rd...27th etc.) - the song doesn't have to be released, it also can be an unreleased live recording (Marianne, Ladder To The Sun) or cover (Ring Of Fire, Here Comes The Sun) - songs which have more versions (Talk, How You See The World, Brothers and Sisters) count as 1 song. no difference between for example HYSTW v.1 and v.2. you can

The Digital Music Awards 2005 are upon us, and Coldplaying.com has taken its usual place in the voting line up.   We hope to build upon our 54th place in 2003, 44th place in 2004, and 36th place last year. With the global success of X&Y and the recent world tour, there is a possibility we can do even better this year.   Please pledge your support to Coldplaying.com and click here to vote for the site or click on the banners you see around the site. Every vote counts and is appreciated. Plea

The Digital Music Awards 2005 are upon us, and Coldplaying.com has taken its usual place in the voting line up.   We hope to build upon our 54th place in 2003, 44th place in 2004, and 36th place last year. With the global success of X&Y and the recent world tour, there is a possibility we can do even better this year.   Please pledge your support to Coldplaying.com and click here to vote for the site or click on the banners you see around the site. Every vote counts and is appreciated. Plea

The Digital Music Awards 2005 are upon us, and Coldplaying.com has taken its usual place in the voting line up.   We hope to build upon our 54th place in 2003, 44th place in 2004, and 36th place last year. With the global success of X&Y and the recent world tour, there is a possibility we can do even better this year.   Please pledge your support to Coldplaying.com and click here to vote for the site or click on the banners you see around the site. Every vote counts and is appreciated. Plea

'Spraycan Soul' on the Coldplaying forums is piecing together a map of Coldplay fans across the world! This should give us a picture (literally!) of how diverse Coldplay's fanbase is. It's a lovely little project, in which your help is needed. Simply post where you are from and your favourite Coldplay song.   You can post here On the CPing app (Links are below), select 'Browse' > 'Coldplay : The band, the music' > 'Coldplay' > 'CP Fans around the world'   Here's a picture of the m

DEADLINE: December 16th (Saturday) 00:00 CET   1.a voting in both categories isn't obligatory, you may whether vote in albums or in songs contest or in both 1.b you HAVE TO list min. 50 (max. 100 songs/albums) (NO COMPILATIONS, NO LIVE ALBUMS OR BEST OFs!! EPs allowed) (!!!) - every list which contains more or less than the norm is invalid* 1.c you have to (when you'd like to vote in both categories) post 2 lists: one with your top 50-100 songs, another one with top 50-100 albums 2. you may choo

DEADLINE: 15th OF OCTOBER ***SUNDAY***   it means you have 5 weeks to vote - post a list of minimum 25 and maximum 50 favourite Coldplay songs in order (1st, 2nd, 3rd...27th etc.) - the song doesn't have to be released, it also can be an unreleased live recording (Marianne, Ladder To The Sun) or cover (Ring Of Fire, Here Comes The Sun) - songs which have more versions (Talk, How You See The World, Brothers and Sisters) count as 1 song. no difference between for example HYSTW v.1 and v.2. you can

The $1.36 campaign aims to testify that small actions can lead to big differences. All funds raised through this campaign will go to the Sponsor A Child program through which we will be in direct communication with an impoverished child who needs our help. Each month a minimum of $28.00 USD (click here for a currency converter) will need to be raised to support Zali, as well as Zali's community. We believe we can achieve and surpass this goal.   Money will go to "programs that focus on early ch

We have a major announcement on the way, related to our on-going feature, Coldplaying Asks Coldplay. To be one of the first fans to see the announcement (on Monday 1st June), keep an eye on the 'latest news' section of our new mobile app.   We're very excited!   Click here to download the Coldplaying app for Android devices Click here to download the Coldplaying app for iPhone & iPad

The Digital Music Awards 2005 are upon us, and Coldplaying.com has taken its usual place in the voting line up.   We hope to build upon our 54th place in 2003, 44th place in 2004, and 36th place last year. With the global success of X&Y and the recent world tour, there is a possibility we can do even better this year.   Please pledge your support to Coldplaying.com and click here to vote for the site or click on the banners you see around the site. Every vote counts and is appreciated. Plea

A new music festival catering for up to 90,000 people over three days is being planned for Swansea's Singleton Park. Promoters say established international and Welsh artists will play indie, rock and dance music on multiple stages at the event next July.   They say the aim is to develop Fflam - Welsh for flame - into Wales' answer to Scotland's T in the Park. The event has been welcomed by Swansea Council which said it would put the city on the "music festival map". The festival, which will ru

Interested in working for the largest Coldplay fan-site around? Check out the roles below and see if you have what it takes to join the Coldplaying team.   Coldplaying is an unofficial Coldplay fan-site with the largest user base, most followers and the only English Coldplay forum with active members. Our team is a hard-working and passionate "family" that devote a lot of their time to the band. The team and I are looking forward to a massive expansion of staff in 2017! We are looking for:

The $1.36 campaign aims to testify that small actions can lead to big differences. All funds raised through this campaign will go to the Sponsor A Child program through which we will be in direct communication with an impoverished child who needs our help. Each month a minimum of $28.00 USD (click here for a currency converter) will need to be raised to support Zali, as well as Zali's community. We believe we can achieve and surpass this goal.   Money will go to "programs that focus on early ch

The thread on the Coldplaying forums, allowing you to ask a question to Chris, Guy, Will, Jonny and Phil has been open for over a day and the response we've seen is phenomenal. Plenty of you have posted a mixture of questions, many creative, curious, to the point, funny or even some strange ones!   Visit this link for info on how to leave your question or vote   Here are the current standings: (Thanks to Jc90 for the summary)   Number 1 Originally Posted by PrincessofChina "This one is not

DEADLINE: December 16th (Saturday) 00:00 CET   1.a voting in both categories isn't obligatory, you may whether vote in albums or in songs contest or in both 1.b you HAVE TO list min. 50 (max. 100 songs/albums) (NO COMPILATIONS, NO LIVE ALBUMS OR BEST OFs!! EPs allowed) (!!!) - every list which contains more or less than the norm is invalid* 1.c you have to (when you'd like to vote in both categories) post 2 lists: one with your top 50-100 songs, another one with top 50-100 albums 2. you may choo

DEADLINE: 15th OF OCTOBER ***SUNDAY***   Final week of voting:   - post a list of minimum 25 and maximum 50 favourite Coldplay songs in order (1st, 2nd, 3rd...27th etc.) - the song doesn't have to be released, it also can be an unreleased live recording (Marianne, Ladder To The Sun) or cover (Ring Of Fire, Here Comes The Sun) - songs which have more versions (Talk, How You See The World, Brothers and Sisters) count as 1 song. no difference between for example HYSTW v.1 and v.2. you can indicate

DEADLINE: 15th OF OCTOBER ***SUNDAY***   Final week of voting:   - post a list of minimum 25 and maximum 50 favourite Coldplay songs in order (1st, 2nd, 3rd...27th etc.) - the song doesn't have to be released, it also can be an unreleased live recording (Marianne, Ladder To The Sun) or cover (Ring Of Fire, Here Comes The Sun) - songs which have more versions (Talk, How You See The World, Brothers and Sisters) count as 1 song. no difference between for example HYSTW v.1 and v.2. you can indicate

Thanks to all those who voted, you can now see the countdown of your favourite Coldplay songs, live as it happens. Altogether, 88 different Coldplay related songs were voted for. You can see the results counting down to 25th place today. 24th to 1st tomorrow.   Join the countdown here   [thanks Ondes Martenot]

You have voted 'The Scientist' as your favourite Coldplay song, our biggest poll has revealed.   In 2003, "The Scientist" won multiple MTV Video Music Awards for Best Group Video, Best Direction, and Breakthrough Video. It was also nominated at the Grammy Awards for Best Music Video: Short Form. The single cover features drummer Will Champion, art-directed by Sølve Sundsbø.   The music video for "The Scientist" was very popular with its reverse narrative. A similar concept was previously used fo

Coldplay's 'The Scientist' was recently voted fans favourite in an all time list of Coldplay tracks.   Now we're polling the top 10 again in our latest poll for visitors to the site - do you agree with 'The Scientist' or maybe X&Y's 'Fix You'? Or even 'Don't Panic' from Parachutes?   You can vote for your favourite Coldplay song here