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On the 26 September, Virgin Radio will be flying a listener and a friend from a secret location in the UK to Munich... with Coldplay. Yes, with the band themselves!   When you get to Munich you'll be given an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour to see what goes on backstage, have a bit of dinner while you're there, then you'll have the chance to sit in on their sound-check before the show.   Naturally, you'll get to see the Coldplay gig, who have become legendary for their energetic and passionate

In the first of two contests featuring Capitol’s From The Capitol Vaults Vinyl Campaign, prettymuchamazing.com have a copy of Coldplay’s X&Y on vinyl to give away along with a $25 Amazon Gift Card (redeemable for millions of items — including MP3s). Here is the info:   Prize: 1. Coldplay / X&Y (2 LPs, gatefold jacket, 2-sided posted) 2. $25 Amazon.com Gift Card   How to win: Leave a comment here. Include your name (on field provided) and email address (on field provided). No witty comm

The Digital Music Awards 2008 are already upon us, and Coldplaying.com has taken its usual place in the voting line up, in the Best Unofficial Music Site category.   We hope to build upon our 54th place in 2003, 44th place in 2004, 36th place in 2005 and 11th place in 2007.   Please pledge your support to Coldplaying.com and vote for the site by clicking on the banners you see around the site. Every vote counts and is appreciated. Please also tell your friends, even if they don't listen to Coldp

The Coldplaying.com/CCC Shop now has unofficial "Viva la Vida" tour clothing up for sale - including t-shirts (various colours), hooded sweatshirts, baseball jerseys and tank tops. We have had a lot of interest so far - order now to guarantee delivery before the next leg of the tour begins!   All net proceeds from the sale of the merchandise benefit Oxfam International (Oxfam Unwrapped). Visit CCC Shop to see the stock and make your purchase.   Some of the design thumbnails are below, visit the

The Digital Music Awards 2008 are already upon us, and Coldplaying.com has taken its usual place in the voting line up, in the Best Unofficial Music Site category.   We hope to build upon our 54th place in 2003, 44th place in 2004, 36th place in 2005 and 11th place in 2007.   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. Please also tell your friends, even if they don't list

One day to go before the English Premiership starts - JOIN NOW!   You can now join the new 'Coldplaying III' Fantasy Football League at http://fantasy.premierleague.com and create your own team, then use the code 5846-2067 to join the Coldplaying league.   NEW: You can also join the 'I know the score' league here using the code FD026-UPW   Please ensure you have registered a team and joined the Coldplaying league 11.30am (BST) on Saturday 16th August to start gaining points from the outset.   Fo

The Coldplaying.com/CCC Shop now has unofficial "Viva la Vida" tour clothing up for sale - including t-shirts (various colours), hooded sweatshirts, baseball jerseys and tank tops. We have had a lot of interest so far - order now to guarantee delivery before the tour begins!   All net proceeds from the sale of the merchandise benefit Oxfam International (Oxfam Unwrapped). Visit CCC Shop to see the stock and make your purchase.   Some of the design thumbnails are below, visit the CCC shop for the

Starting on August 1st (7am CST) Isara Charity founder and webmaster, Patrick Kirk Gillock (PK), will be attempting to break the world record for the longest continual karaoke singing by an individual (39+ hours). The event will be a much needed fundraiser for Isara Charity Projects, which are funded by clicks and/or donations.   Much like Isara Charity and its website, the karaoke world record attempt will be as interactive as possible with its online audience. Not only will current and new mem

20 days to go before the English Premiership starts - JOIN NOW!   You can now join the new 'Coldplaying III' Fantasy Football League at http://fantasy.premierleague.com and create your own team, then use the code 5846-2067 to join the Coldplaying league.   Please ensure you have registered a team and joined the Coldplaying league 11.30am (BST) on Saturday 16th August to start gaining points from the outset.   For full details on how to register, create a team and join the Coldplaying.com league

2008 Concert Volunteer Application - Support Oxfam at Coldplay shows!   A reminder that Oxfam America are still looking for volunteers to help out at Coldplay shows in the US - there are still spots available for most Coldplay US shows - starting THIS MONDAY AND TUESDAY at The Forum in LA. Fill in the form here for your application. If you wish to apply to more than one concert please fill out one application per concert.   An Oxfam America organizer will respond to you as soon as possible and

1 month, 14 days to go before the English Premiership starts - JOIN NOW!   You can now join the new 'Coldplaying III' Fantasy Football League at http://fantasy.premierleague.com and create your own team, then use the code 5846-2067 to join the Coldplaying league.   Please ensure you have registered a team and joined the Coldplaying league 11.30am (BST) on Saturday 16th August to start gaining points from the outset.   For full details on how to register, create a team and join the Coldplaying.c

1 month, 11 days to go before the English Premiership starts - JOIN NOW!   You can now join the new 'Coldplaying III' Fantasy Football League at http://fantasy.premierleague.com and create your own team, then use the code 5846-2067 to join the Coldplaying league.   Please ensure you have registered a team and joined the Coldplaying league 11.30am (BST) on Saturday 16th August to start gaining points from the outset.   For full details on how to register, create a team and join the Coldplaying.c

COLDPLAYING DOT COM EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT! 25 PAIRS OF VIP PASSES TO BE WON!   Coldplay will be performing live on NBC's TODAY Show on Friday, June 27th at the Rockefeller Plaza, NYC. Courtesy of NBC Universal we would like to extend 25 lucky Coldplay fans on Coldplaying.com, two VIP passes each to the concert on Rockefeller Plaza.   VIPs are required to arrive no later than 6:30am the morning of the concert to 35 W 48th St. From there they will be escorted into a special pen up close to the s

COLDPLAYING DOT COM EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT! 25 PAIRS OF VIP PASSES TO BE WON!   Coldplay will be performing live on NBC's TODAY Show on Friday, June 27th at the Rockefeller Plaza, NYC. Courtesy of NBC Universal we would like to extend 25 lucky Coldplay fans on Coldplaying.com, two VIP passes each to the concert on Rockefeller Plaza.   VIPs are required to arrive no later than 6:30am the morning of the concert to 35 W 48th St. From there they will be escorted into a special pen up close to the s

Courtesy of the producers of 'The Escapist', we recently ran a competition to win five pairs of tickets to the special preview of the film on 15th June in London.   Coldplay contributed a titular song to the upcoming British prison escape thriller (in cinemas 20th June). Joseph Fiennes and Dominic Cooper star alongside Brian Cox in the film, which tells the story of a daring prison break, masterminded to enable an inmate to visit his sick daughter. We asked:   Q. The lead actor of The Escapist,

Courtesy of the producers of 'The Escapist', Coldplaying.com exclusively has five pairs of tickets to give away to the special preview Of 'The Escapist' on 15th June in London!   Coldplay have contributed a titular song to the upcoming British prison escape thriller 'The Escapist' (in cinemas 20th June) and the producers have given us ten tickets to a special preview of the film in London on Sunday 15th June. To stand a chance of winning a pair you need to answer the following question:   Q: The

Courtesy of the producers of 'The Escapist', we have five pairs of tickets to give away to the special preview Of 'The Escapist' on 15th June in London!   Coldplay have contributed a titular song to the upcoming British prison escape thriller 'The Escapist' (in cinemas 20th June) and the producers have given us ten tickets to a special preview of the film in London on Sunday 15th June. To stand a chance of winning a pair you need to answer the following question:   Q: The lead actor of The Escap

Courtesy of the producers of 'The Escapist', we have five pairs of tickets to give away to the special preview Of 'The Escapist' on 15th June in London!   Coldplay have contributed a titular song to the upcoming British prison escape thriller 'The Escapist' (in cinemas 20th June) and the producers have given us ten tickets to a special preview of the film in London on Sunday 15th June. To stand a chance of winning a pair you need to answer the following question:   Q: The lead actor of The Escap

If you haven't already heard of it, How We See The World is a benefit album comprised entirely of music by members of Coldplaying.com. All proceeds from the sale of this album will go to the Oxfam Unwrapped program. For full details of purchasing and queries visit the messageboard [thanks TracieMorgan]   Here's how to order your copy:   1) The Coldplaying Charity Club shop (For Hard Copy) 2) eMusic - eMusic works with subscription plans. There is a free trial and then a monthly fee for either $9

Have you got a personal website crying out for fresh content, a MySpace page that needs jazzing up or a Facebook entry lacking that something to set it apart?   Then check out the widget that lets you put Coldplaying headlines on YOUR site. It's easy to install, updates every time we publish a Coldplay news article on the site, and it allows your users to click a link for the full story and pictures.   All you need to is click here and follow the instructions to configure your own widget. Then j

Coldplaying Charity club/How We See The World CD MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld   Visit the MySpace page and check out some of the songs from the upcoming CD, and put in a friend request while you're there. Currently the CCC has 1100 MySpace friends... and growing! More on this here   If you haven't already heard of it, How We See The World is a benefit album comprised entirely of music by members of Coldplaying.com. All proceeds from the sale of this album will go to the Oxfam

Have you got a personal website crying out for fresh content, a MySpace page that needs jazzing up or a Facebook entry lacking that something to set it apart?   Then check out the widget that lets you put Coldplaying headlines on YOUR site. It's easy to install, updates every time we publish a Coldplay news article on the site, and it allows your users to click a link for the full story and pictures.   All you need to is click here and follow the instructions to configure your own widget. Then j

Have you got a personal website crying out for fresh content, a MySpace page that needs jazzing up or a Facebook entry lacking that something to set it apart?   Then check out the widget that lets you put Coldplaying headlines on YOUR site. It's easy to install, updates every time we publish a Coldplay news article on the site, and it allows your users to click a link for the full story and pictures.   All you need to is click here and follow the instructions to configure your own widget. Then j

Further to our call for your favourite albums of 2007, the results are now in and you can see the countdown to number 1 here   The results for the top sixty are expected throughout the day today.   [Thanks erin]  

TODAY 29th of December - 00:00 GMT - 23:59 GMT Who's in? Sign up here   RULES!   - you create a new account (obviously with some creativity) - on "the alias day" you only can use that alias account (e.g. Ghost of Albie), you CAN'T post with your original account (e.g. Ondes Martenot) - your alias account will last only for 24 hours (whole day), you can't use it after, it's against the forum rules - you won't know who who's alias is - NO BASHING!: swearing allowed but NO BASHING other members, yo