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More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 4500! questions now answered - submit yours now!)   August 1, 2013 - submitted by Mahnoor, Pakistan Q. Dear Oracle, I saw a GIF yesterday,which showed Coldplay crying and they were wearing their Mylo Xyloto clothes.Could you tell me whether that was real and if it was,why were they crying? Thank you, and Happy Birthday Will The Oracle replies: The picture is real but without the context you would get the wrong idea. They're not crying - they a

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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 4000! questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 16, 2013 - submitted by Theo, Australia Q. What did the hypnotised on the 24th of December have to do with Coldplay? The Oracle replies: You mean the hypnofeed. The hypnofeeds aren't meant to be related to Coldplay. They are random and actually we don't really want any clips linked to the band. The 24th of December - Christmas Eve - was chosen because it was from The Nutcracker which is a

Chris Martin spent the weekend taking in the sights and sounds of Glastonbury on June 30th and then performed the next day at a charity event called 'A Curious Night At The Theatre' on July 1st held at London's Apollo theatre.More discussion and photos/videos/tweets on Chris at these are here and here respectively at the Coldplay forum [thanks chommy_16, jeremyy, Tash, Wabbit, gai & wisna]At Glastonbury, according to Daily Mirror, the Rolling Stones, who headlined, booked out 10 rooms at Bab

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. 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 recent spate of fans meeting members of Coldplay near the Bakery and Beehive is no fluke, writes Placebo88, the latest Coldplayer to meet Chris Martin in and around their London studios (7th June). (Update: ColdplaySheffield met them too on 11th June!)   So far during May and June, Coldplayers CJWG, oliv, danny_sivo, PakitoGarvi, cuponcito, ColdplaySheffield and Placebo88 have successfully ventured near to Coldplay HQ, coming back with various photos of Chris, Will, Jonny, Guy and Phil, as

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

In the latest of our LP6 build-up articles, we focus on the news that Will Champion has given hope to a 2014 album release, telling Coldplayer mayurshikotra near the Bakery recently that it may be released next year. Will also said that the song 'Car Kids' had not been discounted at this stage.   mayurshikotra said on the messageboard: "Got there just before 12. There were people coming in and out of bakery and beehive. About 20 min of waiting I saw a bike come in to the bakery drive way. I loo