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Looking back to the days of the younger Chris feels like we are on the Coldplay nostalgia all over again! From being called as the sexiest vegetarian with the curly hair, Chris still remains to be the most humble and down-to-earth musician until today. See how Chris has changed over the years in photos:   2000     Source: Tumblr   2002     Source: inquisitr.com   2005     Source: people.com   2008     Source: thesun.co.uk   2011     Source: aceshowbiz.com   2014     Sourc

It's been a wonderful year in 2014 as Coldplay returned with their sixth album Ghost Stories. The band were taking a break from their usual world conquering stadium tours, in the favour of downsized and more intimate venues, where Chris, Jonny, Guy and Will could see the 'whites of peoples eyes'. The stage setup was elegant and the decor reflected the album's theme to a tee, which Coldplay are masters of since their French revolution inspired fourth album.   You can view the HD photos of Coldpl

Rave reviews from Coldplayers who were in attendance on Saturday, at the BMW Welt, for the band's penultimate Ghost Stories show, including a gallery from the performance and exclusive audio from the concert!   Our featured reviews are from luci&lia and Cheeetaz on the forums and they both give a very detailed view of their experience. Have a read through.....   Coldplay at the BMW Welt, Munich Review by luci&lia   There must have been some good ghost bringing me back to my com

At the World AIDS Day (RED) concert at Times Square, New York last night, Chris Martin, along with the likes of Bruce Springsteen had their chance to become the frontman of U2 for one show only! The Irish band's lead singer, Bono is still in recovery from his bike accident a few weeks ago and his close friends, Chris and 'The Boss' helped to create a memorable show in the name of a very important cause. Read about the build up to the event hereU2, with Chris Martin as their temporary frontman in

The Coldplaying.com Live 2014 gallery is now online! Hundreds of pictures, showing highlights of the band's live shows from the past year as they travelled across many major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, London and Paris for their Ghost Stories 'mini tour' are now online for your viewing pleasure!   Relive the intimate shows in picture form before the Ghost Stories Live 2014 film set is upon us later this month. Many thanks go to the amazing Coldplayers on the forums who have posted the

A Sky Full of Your Stars! For the next project, after the wonderful lyrics hunt before the release of Ghost Stories, Anchorman on the official Coldplay social pages has instructed fans to upload their creative pictures of their A Sky Full of Stars, confetti star! This stems from the confetti which has been Coldplay's traditional trademark through live shows, this era with white star shaped confetti during the climax of the 'crowd jumping' second single! Also, the Target commercial/advert where

Coldplay at the Royal Albert Hall   We will have a look at the highlights, fan reviews and media from the Coldplay fans who saw the Magic before their eyes as the band completed their final venue of the intimate Ghost Stories shows. This was the setlist for both shows....     It was however, worth every moment for those who were even lucky enough to go and see both shows! The first show can heard and downloaded here, recorded from the Absolute radio stream most of us who couldn't attend th

Coldplay live 2012 The Coldplaying gallery has been updated with 10,000+ images from Coldplay's 2012 live performances! The gallery, upon competition, will have over 128,000 images with 950+ galleries! One of the biggest galleries online, dedicated all to Coldplay!   2012 was the year we saw Coldplay's groundbreaking Mylo Xyloto tour in full swing. Jason Regler's invention, the Xyloband was the focal point of the tour, lighting up stadiums across the world in spectacular style! For Mr Regler

It has been a few days since Coldplay released the official music video for 'Magic' and we have received an overwhelming positive response. over 60% of our forum users have voted the video 10/10 while another 27% have voted either 8 or 9 out of 10! The perfect figure is even higher on our website poll.   Have something to say about the music video? Do you rank it high up with other Coldplay videos like Paradise, Fix You and Scientist or are you disappointed in the approach of the video?  

Sean Penn's Help Haiti Home Gala, which took place on Sunday (12th January) at the Montage Beverly Hills, saw Chris Martin spend $650,000/£395,000 on a painting of a heart shaped balloon, by the British street artist Banksy. Full discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash, walewein]Chris and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow were amongst celebrities who attended this star-packed evening. Chris Martin left the gala with the 39 x 48' wood panel. The Heart Balloon is a variation of the New

Coldplay played a secret gig at the Ring O'Bells pub in the Somerset village of Compton Martin near Blagdon, England last night (16th December) to an audience of a hundred people in an apparent warm-up show for the forthcoming Under1Roof gig on Thursday.The setlist according to photos was: Yellow, Clocks, The Scientist, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, Viva La Vida, Charlie Brown, Paradise, Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall and Christmas Lights.Full discussion on this secret event is at the Coldplay

Chris Martin and Michael J. Fox performed together on stage at a fundraiser for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, on 9th November at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. Full discussion on this event is at the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks gai, Tash, coldplaii13, Charlie B]   Wrote The Wall Street Journal in review:     "This weekend's fundraiser for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research pulled out all the stops. Usually people race out o

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 5200! questions now answered - submit yours now. Also via Twitter!)November 14, 2013 - submitted by Anna, United States of AmericaQ. Hello Oracle!!! I've asked you this question multiple times and you never answer. I REALLY want to know the answer to this question so please tell me: Where did the band get their name from?The Oracle replies:I wasn't ignoring you, the reason I didn't reply is because that question has been asked several times - the

Chris Martin gave a solo performance at LA's Hotel Café on Tuesday night (5th November) during a low-key set, and unwittingly put on a comedy show to boot. More discussion on this performance is at the Coldplay forum and also the multimedia forum where you can download the best and latest versions of the songs performed. Read on for reviews, photos and videos... [thanks jeremyy, teernabh5, gai, wabbit, Coeurli, wisna, 563JD, play, Comicforce]Writes ContactMusic: "Chris can be seen in one video s

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 5000! questions now answered - submit yours now. Also via Twitter!)   October 31, 2013 - submitted by Anna, United States of America Q. Greetings mighty Oracle, Can you tell me why the Don't Panic single was never... popular I guess? Eg. it's not on the website. Can you tell me about Without Parachutes? Is Harmless the only new song on it? When was it released? All that. The Oracle replies: Don't Panic was not a single; it was released in a fe

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 5000! questions now answered - submit yours now. Also via Twitter!)   October 24, 2013 - submitted by Saakshi, India Q. Hey Oracle! Can you please confirm the date when Mylo Xyloto released? Was it 19th October or 24th October? Also, which is your favourite song from the album? I'll be very glad if you answer my question. Thank You, Saakshi The Oracle replies: It depends what territory you live in. For example, the release day for albums in Ja

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 5000! questions now answered - submit yours now. Also via Twitter!)   October 17, 2013 - submitted by Cindy, Indonesia Q. Hi Oracle :) I was just wondering about the instrument Will used in Up In Flames-- what is its name? It sounds so unique! :D The Oracle replies: Will is playing electronic drums on that track - nothing more exotic than that I'm afraid.   October 17, 2013 - submitted by Frances, United States of America Q. Hello Oracle! I

Tinie Tempah recently gave a video interview with NME to discuss his second album 'Demonstration'. In the interview, Tinie talked, amongst other things, about working with Chris Martin. [thanks Open, Politik]   During the interview Tinie said said: "One of the people I really wanted on the record was Chris Martin. I went to his studio, and played him a lot of the record and played him the record I could 'hear him on' and he gave me all this feedback on what he thought, what he really liked, and

First a quick reminder that...Chris Martin was a surprise stage guest for Jay-Z during a show at the O2 Arena in London on Friday night (October 11th). Full discussion on this latest performance is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks wabbit, gai, Tash, mayurshikotra, macky, LdySpace & PrincessofChina]Jay-Z was joined by Chris during his second night at London's O2, to perform 'Aint No Love (In The Heart Of The City)' together. You can watch a clip of the duet below:http://www.youtube.com/watch

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 5000! questions now answered - submit yours now. Also via Twitter!)   October 10, 2013 - submitted by Erika, Italy Q. Dear Oracle, nice to talk to you.. I've just discovered that Coldplay, on 16th July 2000 were in Misterbianco (Catania) at Sonica Festival when they had knew about their last album's success in UK. Is that true? I grew up in a town near there, and I'd be very curious to know it (I was 2 and I wouldn't have been able to go there h

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 5000! questions now answered - submit yours now. Also via Twitter!) try on glasses online October 3, 2013 - submitted by Lou F, United Kingdom Q. Hi Oracle, I came across a wiki page article today that talked about Coldplay working with Radiohead during the late 90s before OK Computer. I don't believe it's real. But it's rather amusing. Just wanted to clarify, this didn't really happen, did it? The Oracle replies: There is no truth in that wi

The Bakery visits appear to have begun again, with this story by PrincessofChina on Monday (30th September). Present were Will and Jonny, Guy (not pictured), Phil and techies Dan Green and Matt McGinn - so we assume Coldplay are now progressing with LP6 again following some time off. Chris was in Los Angeles. If you haven't heard about the latest fan visit, read on... write my paper Sooooo.. I went to the Bakery on Monday and THIS happened. I still can't really believe it. I've been there befo

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 4700! questions now answered - submit yours now!)   August 23, 2013 - submitted by Ethan, United States of America Q. Dearest Oracle, Could you please tell me more about the song You Only Live Twice. I stumbled upon it and I don't know much about it! Warm regards, Ethan The Oracle replies: There's not a lot to tell except that it's a Bond theme cover from the film You Only Live Twice. It was written by John Barry - the band have been longstand

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 4700! questions now answered - submit yours now!)   August 15, 2013 - submitted by Stefanie, Germany Q. Hello dear Oracle, I was just asking myself the question whether the guys work in the studio from Monday to Friday and have the weekend off. Or do weekdays play any certain role - I mean creativity isn't fixed to certain times and days. The Oracle replies: Ooh Stephanie/Stefanie questions today! This isn't the same for everyone but actually

Chris Martin attended the 9th Annual Authors Night at The East Hampton Library on Saturday (10th August) in East Hampton, New York. You can see the photos of Chris at the foot of this article - and more discussion is also at the Coldplay forum now [thanks wabbit, soss, gai & Tash]   The event, says the official Hampton website, was founded in 2005 by Alec Baldwin and Barbara Goldsmith. Originally featuring just a handful of diners and a few hundred attendees, the event has since expanded to