Ghost Stories

Take a look at a brand new clip, exclusively from the director Jonas Åkerlund's website, showing the set of 'True Love' video, with Chris Martin and featuring actress, Jessica Lucas. (thanks MayurShikotra for posting this on the forums)   Behind the Scenes of True Love (stream only available through the website link)   Let us know what you think of the 'True Love' official video a few weeks in. Has the novelty worn off or has the message sunk in and your love of the video is stronger than ever

KROQ have announced themselves as a host for Coldplay's show at the Ace Hotel Theatre on Wednesday 17th September, with Beats music. US residents can win tickets by listening to the rock radio station, KROQ this week.   From the KROQ website KROQ and Beats Music present a special evening with Coldplay, September 17th at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Downtown LA! Listen to KROQ all this week every-hour, on-the-hour between 9am and 6pm for your chance to score tickets. Be caller 20 at 800-

The original video for 'A Sky Full Of Stars' surfaced online earlier today on the Chinese video streaming site, Sohu.com. It's the originally filmed video to Coldplay's 2nd single from 'Ghost Stories' which was shown within the shop window on the (pictured above). According to Chris Martin, the 'original' video, which was made before the one we all know, on the streets of Sydney, was "messed up" and they "didn't get it right". If the leaked video is anything to go by, I like Chris' version

Chris Martin performed for satellite radio station Sirius XM on August 10th and delighted us all with a mixture of old Coldplay classics and new 'Ghost Stories'.   For the first time, a video clip of Chris playing the closing track from the standard edition of 'Ghost Stories' has been released. The emotional expressions from the frontman are a joy to watch and for 'O', this may be the finest version of the song so far. Another memorable live version of 'O' was on the 'Ghost Stories' film but

Coldplay's 'True Love' video - Coldplayer Reactions. The official video for Coldplay's 3rd single from 'Ghost Stories' was unveiled a few days ago. The wacky video, featuring Chris Martin in a sumo suit, with his dream of becoming a dancer at the big ballet received a generally positive response. Praise was given for the fun and humourous nature and the moral of the story, while there was criticism given for the visuals not matching to the feel of the song itself. Let's start off with the stat

Coldplay on BBC Radio 1 playist   Coldplay's 3rd single from Ghost Stories, True Love has been added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist in the UK for the upcoming week commencing 18th August. Every Coldplay song released as a single has been added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist and very few have failed to make the A-List. The Hardest Part, Strawberry Swing and Life In Technicolor ii were the few which reached only the B-list.   Below, you will see the list of Coldplay's recent runs within the Radio

Coldplay's acrobat inspired video for True Love on the way!   Chris Martin let out a few secrets for the band's upcoming True Love music video last evening, during an interview for Fuse.TV. The official video for Coldplay's 3rd single will be ready either today or tomorrow. This should mean the upload we are all waiting for is imminent as Chris revealed the acrobat theme within the video.   Chris revealed the inspiration for part of the upcoming music video was from two Russian acrobats. Whi

7th Coldplay album will be the 'completion of a story' & more plans.   Before this week, we knew very little of Coldplay's next album other than the band were set to be working in the studio more after their round of intimate shows for their 6th album, Ghost Stories. The early pre New York solo show interviews didn't reveal much on the new material front, with the interviewers focus being on Chris' personal life, the New York show and his musical influences. This changed as the other day,

The meaning of A Sky Full of Stars & more Chris Martin chat!   Another day and another bunch of Chris Martin interviews to bring. Could get used to this! Today's radio escapade brought an interview with station 103.5 KTU H20 Wireless, Sirius XM hits 1 and 95.5 PLJ on the Todd Show.   Chris Martin's time at 103.5 KTU started with the question of which celeb would he like to meet. Having met many celebs, the only person he mentioned was basketball legend, LeBron James, that's if Chris didn

Coldplay recording next 'project' with a new tour to follow Chris Martin, after his wonderful solo performance at The Box in New York last night, brought the morning sunshine to the Elvis Duran show earlier today with a light hearted interview in which Chris tells us how his solo show makes him realise how much he loves the band. The Elvis Duran interview was capped off with a performance of A Sky Full of Stars and Viva La Vida. A visit to Fresh 102.7 NY was also on the cards, including a meet

Intimate Chris Martin show at The Box, New York. Chris Martin completed an absolutely wonderful solo show for just hundreds of lucky fans at The Box theatre in New York on Wednesday 6th August. The one off Chris Martin gig had been planned for weeks and the venue, time and further details had been kept under wraps until the last moment. The concert was filled with Chris' family and friends and with fans who were lucky enough to get tickets through the New York radio stations promoting the event

New Coldplay material as soon as November?!! November 24th, according to @DomenicaMena on Twitter (thanks @ColdplayAtlas) is the date to which Coldplay are 'confirmed' to be promoting music, coinciding with the planned return of U2 and Adele. Mila Fürstová stated on Twitter that True Love is the final single from Ghost Stories. There are suggestions based on this of new Coldplay material on the way, with a surprise seventh album as a possibility! A stand-alone single or a release similar to Pro

Chris Martin streaming on live radio.   The upcoming secret show will not be Chris Martin's only live event next week! Chris is set to appear on US radio station, Fresh 102.7 on Thursday 7th, one day after his live and mainly family and friends show in New York. Fresh FM describe the event as "an acoustic performance of some of Coldplay’s songs from their latest album “Ghost Stories” for a select crowd of lucky fans". This Chris Martin performance is likely to be streamed via Fresh 102.7. There

True Love - Coldplay's heartbreaking love story   The fourth track off Coldplay's emotional album, Ghost Stories, has a distinct sound and feel from the previous fun and upbeat track, Ink. The tone change is reminiscent of Fix You proceeding White Shadows. The ending of the latter with the haunting organ sound provides a great transition to the anthemic ballad, while in probably the most cohesive Coldplay album to date, the start of True Love is a more of quicker transcend into darker side of t

Next Coldplay tour in a 'couple of years' & more revelations   Chris Martin has been a busy body with several interviews since the announcement of the Coldplay Las Vegas festival appearance a few days ago. Today, he has been involved in four interviews with various US radio stations. Y100, Radio 104.5 Philadelphia, The Kevin and Bean show and 104.3 MYFm (which airs on Monday). Coldplaying.com will bring you the breakdown and the links to listen to all interviews! We will start off with the

Ghost Stories sales so far!   It has been also two months since Coldplay released their sixth studio album, Ghost Stories to the world of excited fans. The band's latest effort is a very open and honest offering, from Chris Martin's personal lyrics and has been given a mixed reception, with many fans praising the immersiveness and emotional feel to the album. A few critics, as Chris expected, did not take to the new album.   Commercially, Ghost Stories sales have matched expectations or have

Ink - Catchy, fun and upbeat!   For next article in the series, after we looked back at the rise of first single from Ghost Stories, Magic and Guy's creative brilliance, we move on to one of the more uplifting tracks from Coldplay's new album, Ink. The highly rated third song from Ghost Stories has a fun side to it that contrasts to the tracks that proceed it within the album. Catchy, fun and upbeat, Ink summarized in a few words.     Ink is reminiscent to Strawberry Swing in the build of

Two delightful Chris Martin interviews on UK radio. Our charismatic and witty frontman was back to the usual rounds of light hearted chat before the London shows recently. During the Ghost Stories era, Chris and the band have not done a great deal of interview, in comparison to the previous two eras which is inline with the lower key release for Coldplay's sixth studio album. Chris Martin on BBC Radio 2 - with Steve Wright g Chris Martin visited the BBC headquarters, where he recently ha

Coldplay's final bow on the Ghost Stories tour After a very successful opening night at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday, Coldplay would repeat the feat once more, for the last time on the short and intimate Ghost Stories tour. Tuesday's show was astonishing, while Wednesday was set to be even better, with many fans from Coldplaying attending the show! I (Sparky/Marc) was one of them, heading to my first show since taking over Coldplaying from April . Myself, like many other fans, couldn't get

True Love is Coldplay's next single from Ghost Stories!   After speculation that True Love, along with Ink, are the most likely candidates for the next Coldplay single, True Love will be the 3rd single to be released from Ghost Stories. The dark heartbreak theme from the fourth track on Coldplay's new album will be a contrast to the current 2nd single, A Sky Full of Stars, released worldwide two days ago. The release date for the single or EP release is unknown at this time but its to believed

A Sky Full of Stars EP.   Anchorman, on the official Coldplay website has announced that the forthcoming single release of A Sky Full of Stars, scheduled for June 29th in the UK, will be released worldwide on Sunday 28th June as part of an EP and will contain a radio edit of Coldplay's 2nd single in addition to the previously unavailable tracks outside of the US from the Ghost Stories deluxe edition sold by US retailer 'Target', which includes All Your Friends, Ghost Story and O (reprise).  

A Sky Full of Stars (Avicii edit)   Swedish superstar Avicii's edit of the Ghost Stories track, A Sky Full of Stars, which he produced alongside Paul Epworth, surfaced online, revealing what the energetic, EDM inspired track would be like if the Swedish producer had it all his way! The chorus is full blown EDM, opposed to the mixture of styles Coldplay wanted, to fit into the sound of Ghost Stories.   ^ Chris Martin and Avicii in the studio   A notable inclusion within the Avicii's edit wa

A Sky Full of Stars official video Since arriving in Australia earlier on this week, the boys have been busy recording the video in the streets of Sydney, in which 250 fans had a chance to be part of. It was hinted that the A Sky Full of Stars official video would be ready shortly after the making of it, pointing towards a more simpler and fan oriented production, opposite to the Magic video which was very structured and acting oriented. After the band completed their successful Australian leg

Coldplay in Sydney - 50th Max Sessions performance. The band performed a wonderful show for the hundreds of delighted Coldplay fans in Sydney, Australia, on June 18th. The intimate gig which was positioned in between Coldplay's two live shows in Toyko and Syndey for the Ghost Stories 'mini tour', was aired on Foxtel, an Australian TV channel, on Saturday just gone. Many Coldplayers have been looking for the show since then, with the full show not appearing on the net until today! Many thanks to

A Sky Full of Stars video shoot. Coldplay have arrived in Sydney, Australia, ready for their next leg of the Ghost Stories tour. The band are also due to play the '50th Max sessions' show on Wednesday, more on that at the end of the article.   Phil Harvey sent out a tweet yesterday, asking for fans to meet on Australia St, in Sydney for the A Sky Full of Stars video shoot the following day at 11.30am local time.     Many fans were queuing up hours beforehand! (thank you to Stephen Heffe