Ghost Stories

Coldplay in Japan - Ghost Stories tour As we near to the penultimate venue in Sydney on June 19th of the Ghost Stories tour, Coldplay completed a marvelous show for screaming Japanese Coldplay fans today in the electric Dome City Hall in Tokyo. Those who listened to the live stream earlier would of heard the insane atmosphere of thousands of screaming fans, which made it sound like a stadium tour, rather than the intimate tour it actually is! Setlist The setlist Coldplay performed in Japan w

Coldplay - Magic. In a series of articles on the Ghost Stories tracks, under a month since the full album release, we move on to the second track of the album, Magic, after Always in My Head was summarized recently. We will delve into the realm of live performances, fan reaction, the music video and Guy Berryman's influence on the song!     The magical track from Ghost Stories was announced with the album details as the first official single on March 1st. Magic was available to download as

Coldplay - Always in My Head Ghost Stories has been out in the big wide world for just over 2 weeks. For those who have immersed themselves in the emotional Ghost Stories, it may feel like an age away since the iTunes festival in March showcased some of the new material. Coldplaying.com will look back at where it began for each Ghost Story, the fan reaction, live performances and more.   Today, we start off with Always in My Head, which surprisingly appeared at the start of their appearance a

A Sky Full of Stars physical single release Coldplay's 2nd single from Ghost Stories, A Sky Full of Stars is set to be released as a physical single later on this month. It was already confirmed to have a June 30th release date in the UK but that was as much information as we could get. This morning, Warner music (who own Coldplay's record label) have now confirmed, A Sky Full of Stars will be available in Germany supposedly from 20th June. The tracklisting can be seen below. No US release date

Ghost Stories review - Official Coldplaying review by the community     It has been a whole week since the new Coldplay album, Ghost Stories has been available worldwide. While we have all been absorbed into the band's latest effort, we will take a detailed analysis with many thanks to the Coldplaying community who have been asked over the past week to submit their reviews! So without further ado, we will start off with the beautiful opening track, Always In My Head.   Always in My Hea

Coldplay on The Voice USA - Ghostly illusions!   The final show of The Voice USA took place late last night on NBC and Coldplay were one of the live features of the show. Chris Martin appeared as an adviser to contestants on the show earlier on in the series through 3 episodes. The humour we love Chris for made Chris a very popular figure on the show and there were no doubts the producers of the show would pull out all stops to get Coldplay to play on the final show!   I'm sure most of us re

Coldplay on TV : The making of Ghost Stories documentary   Up late night watching TV yesterday?! if you were in the UK, you could of seen the making of Ghost Stories followed by the Ghost Stories film itself in full, featuring Ink, Midnight and O which were omitted during the NBC version of the film. Elsewhere, if you did not have access to Sky or are outside of the UK, many of us later on Monday evening watched the live stream of the iHeartRadio album release party which was posted on our Twi

Coldplay album sales : The past, present and future With the release of Ghost Stories, Coldplay are set to score a sixth UK number 1 album in a row, only one behind the seven The Beatles accomplished from their debut, Please Please Me in 1963 to Revolver in 1966 and set to be one in front of fellow UK band, Keane, who also have a perfect run of number 1 albums in the UK! Coldplay have also enjoyed a 100% album number 1 record in Norway. In the US album market, Coldplay are about to achieve thei

Ghost Stories launch : The day before the big release!   The Ghost Stories launch : one moment we have all been waiting for since the Midnight video was bestowed upon us months ago which may seem like an eon for some! The new Coldplay album of 2014, Ghost Stories will finally be released on Parlophone records in North America and the UK on May 19th, with the album already released in Australia and in various European countries such as Austria and Belgium on Friday just gone.   Ghost Stories

Chris Martin interviews - "Ghost Stories" album launch period   Photo by Sarah Carroll/AMP Radio   Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin is doing the rounds in various interviews supporting the Monday release of new album, Ghost Stories.   Chris Co-Hosts with Carson Daly on 97.1 Amp Radio   It was announced on short notice that Chris Martin would be Co-Hosting a radio show in Los Angeles. AMP 97.1 Radio to be exact with the regular DJ, Carson Daly. The audio of all three parts to the intervie

The tracklist above for the deluxe edtion of Ghost Stories which appeared online shortly after the album announcement   The three additional tracks Coldplay recorded exclusively for US retailer, Target, All Your Friends, Ghost Story and O (Reprise) were found online earlier today and are in circulation. US Coldplayers, you can pre-order the deluxe version here. As Target do not deliver outside of the US, there is no way to purchase the additional tracks at this moment but there may be more inf

The time we have all been waiting for has finally arrived! We can hear Ghost Stories in full on iTunes.   Sit back, watch the brilliant visual effects and enjoy this magnificent album!   Listen to the stream on iTunes:   Coldplay - Ghost Stories   google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2178348667918002"; /* Bottom of article */ google_ad_slot = "9323411377"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //-->    

A few weeks ago, there were strong rumours on Twitter that Another's Arms was available to download on the Indonesian iTunes page and there was a popularity bar showing, this was accident and reports suggested it was quickly taken off by Apple. One twitter user posted a clip, of which was apparently the studio version of Another's Arms but it was a low quality recording and could of been an edit of the live iTunes version. Fast forward to just a week ago and a credible Twitter fan page uploaded

With just over a week until the release of Ghost Stories in European countries (16th May) before the North American and UK release on 19th May, this may be the last week of sanity before album info starts pouring out around the release!   This week, there isn't really anything planned apart from later on when Coldplay are confirmed (thanks to broadwayworld.com) to appear on the Jimmy Fallon show on NBC in America later on tonight. (10.30pm Central time, US)   Keep your eyes on here and the Co

10 years of Coldplay album releases - Coldplaying.com. The highly rated sixth studio album from Coldplay, "Ghost Stories" is about to be released! We will take a look at the hype that surrounded each album release within the last ten years, taking a trip down memory lane and talking about events before each album's release and the tracks which were heard while waiting in anticipation for the album, some unexpectedly appeared, others leaking and some which felt like a lifetime before they arrive

Many Coldplayers woke up (or are about to wake up!) this morning to news that the 2nd single off Ghost Stories, A Sky Full of Stars has been released! The hyped single has already reached #1 on the iTunes charts in over 70 countries within a few hours of release. This is also due to the large amount of pre-orders for Ghost Stories which was apparent when Midnight was released and has grown even more since.   Our Dutch compatriots have A Sky Full of Stars at #1 and Magic at #2! With 'ASFOS' out

Since the announcement of Ghost Stories, A Sky Full of Stars has been heavily rumoured to be a single, originally as the third single after they release Another's Arms which was listed by Amazon on their pre-order list for Ghost Stories shortly after the announcement. Another's Arms was shown to have a release date of April 28th while A Sky Full of Stars was listed to be released on 12th May, a week before the album release. These dates were quickly taken down by Amazon.     (Thanks to Tash

Surprise! Just as the 86th Academy Awards (Oscars to you and me) were wrapping up and most people with common sense were heading to bed (or were already there), Coldplay‘s new album Ghost Stories was made available on iTunes to pre-order. Join the evolving discussion at the Ghost Stories sub-forum now.   Nine tracks make up what was previously known as just 'LP6', including the experimental 'Midnight,' the video for which premiered last week, and new single 'Magic,' available as a download when

Mark Poston, the Managing Director of both Parlophone Australia and Warner Bros. Records Australia held an online interview with The Music Network website, in which he gave a clear indication that Coldplay would be releasing new material soon. [thanks gai]   It's not much, but given the relative quiet on LP6 news, something is better than nothing. You can discuss this snippet at the LP6 sub-forum now. The article read: What are some of the projects on the cards? With Parlophone, we’re kicki

The new cover of the March 2014 issue of Q Magazine has been revealed - and shows a feature which is likely to become the first article of the LP6 era.The cover, below/after the jump, simply reads, "Coldplay - Q gets inside their triumphant return."This issue - Q332 - is out next Tuesday (28th January).More as we get it... [thanks @remco1993]

Word around the campfire is that Coldplay have been spending some time in an LA recording studio recording their long awaited follow up to 2011′s Mylo Xyloto report radio.com and various other US radio franchises today. More discussion on this is at the LP6 sub-forum now.   That should be great news for the Coldplay's fanbase whose appetites have been stirred up by 'Atlas,' their recent Golden Globe and Grammy-nominated track from the The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack.     Radio.com

An article has emerged online from Montreal-based Canoe Francais seemingly giving new information on Coldplay's forthcoming sixth album.The article, written in French has been translated and suggests that the album (which we currently call LP6) will be released as early as May or June of 2014, with sounds similar to that of second album 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head'. Read on for the nearest translation (and if you speak French, we'll add that below too).Discussion on this is at the LP6 thread in

Backstage at Wednesday's Brit Awards after picking up the prize for 'Best British Live Act', BBC Radio 2's Jo Whiley caught up with Will Champion and Jonny Buckland, who spoke briefly about plans for what would be Coldplay's sixth studio record. Asked about new material, Jonny hinted that there is a theoretical album in the works. Will went on to say: "Me and Jonny have been going into the studio just noodling; we go in and noodle for an hour and then go get a cup of tea or coffee! But no... the

Despite rumours to the contrary, Coldplay will not, in fact, be taking a three-year break now that they've almost finished their extensive world tour behind last year's Mylo Xyloto, writes Ology in their blog already previewing Coldplay's sixth studio album. Read on for the rest of the article...   As clarified by NME, Chris Martin recently told an Australian audience that they'd be away for three years. (Translation: it'll be another three years before Coldplay writes, records, releases a new

Coldplay have hinted that they already have a name for their next album - according to Chris Martin during a pre-recorded radio interview on the Kyle and Jackie O show for Australia's 2DayFM that took place on the day of the intimate gig, 15th November.   Speaking about the difficulty of pronouncing Mylo Xyloto when the question about LP6 was asked, Chris Martin told 2DayFM: "The next one we're releasing is much easier to pronounce." Then, when asked the next album's title, Chris replied: "I ca