Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:50:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/ Coldplaying.Com en-gb http://www.coldplaying.com/images/logo.gif http://www.coldplaying.com/ helpdesk7@coldplay.org http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6810 The Pet Shop Boys are set to release a Christmas EP featuring a Coldplay cover, they have announced. The pop veterans played their version of "Viva La Vida" across this summer's festival circuit. It will feature alongside their take on "My Girl" by Madness, as part of the five-track collection. The tracklisting also features "It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas", "All Over The World" and "Viva La Vida"/"Domino Dancing"/"My Girl" (Our House Mix). "Christmas" is out on December 14. [thanks mimixxx] Meanwhile, in the final part of the Mirror's exclusive series with Barry and Robin Gibb to coincide with the release of The Ultimate Bee Gees CD and DVD, Barry has revealed that out of the current crop of musical talent, there are a few bands which excite Barry Gibb more than Coldplay, saying that he'd love to work with Chris Martin. "I love them," he says. "The kind of songs they write are very much like Bee Gees songs." Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:50:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6809 More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!) November 6, 2009 - submitted by Sara, United States of America Q. Hi Oracle! I'm curious to know if the daily Exhibition Room entry is selected from the current day's submissions, or from all the submissions sent in so far. Or what. Thanks. The Oracle replies: Apparently the Curator will choose from all submissions; given it will only display on weekdays yet you can still submit at weekends, that makes sense. Seems we have a competitive Curator; there's already gloating since over 600 entries in less than 24 hours beats the number of questions I receive. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:24:14 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6808 Chris Martin is denying cheating on wife Gwyneth Paltrow after a story surfaced that he was canoodling with actress Kate Bosworth. Star magazine reported that the Coldplay lead singer was spotted making out with Bosworth, but a source close to the couple backs Chris, adding that while the couple has issues, Kate Bosworth is not one of them. "Chris did not hook up with Kate in public or private," the insider told Fox411. "Chris has enough to deal with his work, his children and Gwyneth. He is not adding an affair with another A-lister to his list of things to do." The source says Paltrow is also brushing off the story as best she can. "Chris pretty much laughed off the accusations and even Gwyneth was fairly unaffected," says the source. "She trusts Chris would not cheat on her in such a blatant, public manner." Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:32:21 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6807 Coldplayzone recently published an interview online with Nikki Rosetti, the producer of Coldplay's first releases - Safety EP and The Blue Room EP. Artist, musician and painter, Nikki, told them about her history with the band with delight and a touch of nostalgia: "I told everyone, 'watch out for this band, they're going to be huge", she said. Here is the interview article below: You’ve been the producer of the two Coldplay opening musical publications, that is Safety EP and The Blue Room EP. That was the moment of the band birth and baptism. And you were there. How did you meet Chris, Jon, Guy and Will? We were recommended to the band by friends of theirs. Most of the bands who came to us, did so by word of mouth or from record labels developing bands. So you set to work at once. Was it hard? Was there enough material to work on or was everything under definition? The songs were all written, although I recall all the band members trying out keyboard parts or harmonies and so forth. We recorded the basic tracks pretty much live, then overdubs that worked, were added, but very few. Some keyboard parts, vocals and harmonies, maybe some guitar. Getting Jonny's guitar effects set up right took some time... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:35:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6806 Forget the Rock Band video game, software is being developed that not only recreates Beatles performances, it allows the Fab Four to play other artists' music in their own style... which means you could be hearing a Beatles version of Coldplay songs in the near future! Fancy some tickets to a live performance by the Beatles – with Jimi Hendrix on guitar? This could become a reality thanks to Zenph Studios, a North Carolina company that is developing software which not only recreates famous musicians' performances, it also learns the "DNA" of their style, letting them perform music that they never played before. Zenph is best known for their "re-performances" of works by Glenn Gould, Art Tatum and Rachmaninov. On those albums, the company's software memorised the original musicians' performances and then recreated them on computerised pianos, in state-of-the-art recording studios... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:46:40 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6805 More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!) November 4, 2009 - submitted by Jacob, United States of America Q. Was Chris Martin ever associated with a band called "The Pectorals"? I was watching "Cash Cab" the other day and there was a question involving Chris and a band called that. Thanks! The Oracle replies: How funny that Pectoralz came up as a question on Cash Cab! Ha! Pectoralz was an alter ego boy band project that Coldplay used to have some fun with when they first started. It wasn't serious and they didn't perform any gigs under that name nor was it ever a consideration to be Pectoralz over Coldplay! Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:43:22 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6804 More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!) November 3, 2009 - submitted by Ben, United States of America Q. Hey-lo Oracle person, If I cover a Coldplay song and it is slightly successful, would I have to pay royalties on said song? How would I go about that? Or does Coldplay not even care? The Oracle replies: Gosh, I admire your self-belief and confidence and maybe it's a good thing to consider such things but you may be a little ahead of yourself here Ben. Anyone can do a straight cover of another's song; it's when you sample sections of a song it becomes a more complicated legal issue. There are mechanical licenses available for such purposes too but I would strongly suggest you get legal representation (assuming you haven't got a manager/label etc.) if you intend to release a cover. The fact that you did not write the song means that you would not get any money from the publishing income generated. Coldplay are signed to a publishing company who would collect those royalties. There is a long process to go through before then though. For instance you'd have to record it, get some kind of release, receive some kind of promotion/radio play and then sell it and hope people buy it... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:25:20 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6802 Paris Hilton must've had a day off yesterday. The celebrity gossip world instead were running a story on Chris Martin allegedly seen publicly making out with Kate Bosworth at a U2 concert - US mag Star is publishing this story even though there’s no physical proof that this happened. But Chris Martin’s rep was quick to shoot down the silly rumors, saying, "This story is entirely untrue." Another source says on the contrary, Chris and Gwyneth are "more than fine. She may have been in the same room with him," they continue, "but he is not having an affair, was not kissing her or holding her hand." Star Magazine ran the story (which is no longer available on their website!), claiming the pair were allegedly spotted kissing in the full glare of the public eye at U2’s Vegas concert two weeks ago. "I couldn't believe my eyes," an eyewitness told the mag. "There was Chris totally making out with Kate in front of other people. At first I thought it might be Gwyneth, but when she came up for air, it was clear the woman was Kate!" Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:16:43 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6803 As previously reported here on Coldplaying a few days ago, the news that Ocesa, the production company that have been tasked with managing coldplay's Mexican tour, have announced that a second Mexican date has been confirmed by Coldplay's official site. Full discussion on this new concert date is at the Coldplay Live forum now. Here's Anchorman confirming the news: Good afternoon. We're pleased to confirm that Coldplay will be playing a second show in Mexico City on Sunday, March 7 at Foro Sol (the night after the previously-announced show). Tickets go on sale on Wed, Nov 4 at 11am local time, from ticketmaster.com.mx. For details of all the Latin American shows, please click here. According to Ocesa's website last week and also via Twitter, they too confirmed that the second concert would be on the 7th March with tickets on sale on November 4th/5th. [thanks Pris] Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:30:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6801 Remember rsvp@coldplay.com over at the official site? Well, some of the Coldplayers who sent in an email to that address over the past few weeks have been the lucky recipient of the following email, below. If you have received this email, let us know at the Coldplay forum what digital art submissions you have made... [thanks coldplayisawesome, I Bloom Blaum, Nikki84 & The Escapist and everyone else who has contributed to the threads!] Hello, You're one of a select band of Coldplay fans who sent an email to rsvp@coldplay.com. Thank you very much for doing that. We wanted you to be the first to know that we're about to launch a new feature on Coldplay.com called The Exhibition Room. It's a digital art gallery, which will feature submissions from Coldplay fans. The gallery will launch on Thursday November 5th - and we'd like one of the RSVPers to supply the launch Exhibit. The Exhibition Room will display all of the following: animation; graphics; home video; claymation; illustrations; paintings; photography; music videos; short films; anything that you can upload. It can be about/of anything you like... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:53:52 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6800 Rivers Cuomo made Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" 'significantly nerdier' when Weezer covered it in New York City on Wednesday (Oct. 28) night, that is according to ChartAttack anyway. Here's what they had to say about the Coldplay cover performance: According to Stereogum, Cuomo, clad in a geeky track suit, performed the Grammy Award-winning tune before the rest of Weezer joined him on stage for the show at the P.C. Richard & Song Theatre. Cuomo clearly isn't that familiar with the song, since he had a music stand with the lyrics to "Viva La Vida" set up in front of him, but he made sure to do a lot of hand-waving a la Chris Martin... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:56:13 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6799 Last week, BBC America launched their own music section, Tunes From the Thames, and they've included several top 10 lists featuring the best of British pop music. First thing they go and do? Launch a scathing attack on BBC's fellow coutrymen, Coldplay, whilst boringly comparing them with UK compatriots Radiohead. Never been done before, we're sure. Anyway, below is the article that will infuriate many Coldplay fans. Way to go, BBC America! You can discuss this at the Coldplay forum now. The most potentially controversial list is the Top 10 Current British Artists in the U.S. After much hand-wringing, Coldplay and Radiohead were selected as our top two biggest UK artists. In that order. But that begs the question: should the imitator (Coldplay) really triumph over the originator (Radiohead)? Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:49:20 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6798 More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!) November 2, 2009 - submitted by Will, Australia Q. Oracle, I was reading the other day that to choose who was the singer for Coldplay Chris, Guy, Will and Jonny wrestled. They did this because they knew that the singer would get all of the publicity. Is this true? Thanks a lot. The Oracle replies: There's no truth in that whatsoever. November 2, 2009 - submitted by Jordan, New Zealand Q. Hey Oracle! I was looking at the cassette tape for Ode to Deodorant, and it has Phil's number on it. Could I still contact him on it, or is he guilty of false advertising after all these years? Thanks! The Oracle replies: The only thing Phil's guilty of is changing his phone number many years ago so, no, you wouldn't be able to contact him on the cassette's out of date info. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:41:24 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6797 Any way you look at it, Brian Eno is one of the preeminent producers and thinkers of our time. Indeed, the once prolific Eno's own output has slowed considerably since the 1970s and 80s, in part due to these extracurriculars and of course thanks to his ongoing work with U2 and Coldplay. He spoke to Pitchfork online, in which he mentions his work with Coldplay on several occasions... Pitchfork: In some way you bore the brunt of similar suspicion and ire when you agreed to work with Coldplay. It even forced people to miss that you made a good record together. Brian Eno: Well, again, there are ways of playing it safe, and for me playing it safe would be to-- since I don't really need the money-- to work with only sort of critically respectable, obscure, experimental indie bands. Everyone would say, oh, that's fine. I would be that kind of producer who does that kind of thing. But when I met Coldplay and got to know them, I so much liked those people and I so think that they really want to do something. Again, it's like U2 were. They are hungry to do something else. And they will. I'm sure they'll turn out to be a great band. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6796 Wembley Stadium has suffered another huge pre-tax loss of £31.1million and is not expected to break even until 2014, which means Coldplay will probably have played there on a second consecutive world tour before Wembley manages to pay off its rebuilding-cost debts. According to the Daily Mail today, accounts released by the home of England football for the year to December 31, 2008 revealed the massive losses, which followed a £53.3m pre-tax loss in 2007. The 90,000-capacity ground, rebuilt for £800m and reopened in 2007, made a pre-tax operational profit of £5.9m in 2008. But Wembley had to pay out £26.2m in interest on its £300m outstanding loans. It also wrote off another £10.8m in ‘signing fees’ adding up to a pre-tax loss of £31.1m. Stadium chiefs are optimistic of increased revenue this year, with 2.5million people flocking to the stadium since March for 34 events including football matches and concerts by Coldplay, U2, Take That, Oasis. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:04:06 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6795 More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!) October 30, 2009 - submitted by Lauren, United States of America Q. Hey Oracle, I just saw the new pictures from the Great Penny Howle and I knew that she took a bunch of pictures of the boys back in the X&Y days, but was surprised to see pictures of hers from Wembley. So I was wondering, is she or was she sort of like the bands official photographer? Is she good friends with the band. All her stuff is brilliant by the way. She's one of my favorites! The Oracle replies: Penny was the much loved and respected official tour photographer during the X&Y tour. They invited her back to take shots at Wembley as they do have a great rapport together. Penny has a knack to get intimate shots without being intrusive. Given the close proximity to the band while she works, it's amazing that you almost don't notice her being there. I agree it was great to see her work again. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:47:31 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6794 More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!) October 29, 2009 - submitted by Alison, Australia Q. Hi Oracle, I was lucky enough to be at the U2 show in Las Vegas recently, and to my great delight,at the end of Beautiful Day, Bono broke into a bit of "Lights will gu-u-u-u-uide you home...." , which was the highlight of the show for me :-) It didn't occur to me on the night, but I was wondering if Chris was at that show? The Oracle replies: Actually Alison, Chris was at that show yes. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:30:57 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6793 Ocesa, the production company that have been tasked with managing coldplay's Mexican tour, have today via Twitter announced that a second Mexican date has been confirmed. According to their website, the second concert will be on the 7th March and the presale for the new date will be on November 4th and 5th. [thanks Pris] In Colombia, tickets for the Bogata concert are no longer on sale on tuboleta.com. However, they've changed it to ticketexpress.com.co and tickets are still available online from worldwide locations. According to Lastfm, prices are: Platinum $305.000 $355.000 $395.000 (€106 €124 and €137); V.I.P. $172.000 $197.000 $232.000 (€60 €69 and €81); Preferencia $75.000 $98.000 $120.000 (€26 €34 and €42) [thanks Aleluvscp & Faust] Meanwhile, over in Brazil, ticket prices have finally been announced for the two concerts - they range from 160-600 (Brazilian reais, approximately $90-345 US dollars, not including ticket fees.) The layouts for the concerts in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo can been seen after the jump. VIP areas in Rio de Janeiro hold 4000 people and in Sao Paulo there are 5000 available. The exclusive pre-sale for tickets to the Brazilian shows begins this Saturday, 31st October at midnight local time, for Citibank customers: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:20:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6792 The Sun today has published an article about festive songs, revealing that Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has a belter of a Christmas song which has been burning a hole in his MacBook for more than 12 months now. More discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum now. Chris Martin was part of the last non-X Factor Christmas UK number one five years ago with the reworked Band Aid single, Band Aid 20. He's also the kind of bloke, The Sun continue, who is partial to a novelty reindeer jumper... so they're 'writing a letter to Santa' to ask if he can persuade Chris to release it. Even bookies Paddy Power back Chris Martin. A spokesman said: "This year is probably the weakest list of contenders we've seen for the Xmas No1 in a long time. If anyone could write a classic Xmas song from the current crop, it's surely Chris Martin." Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6791 Posted on the forums a few days ago, here is a strange article from Hollywood Today focussing on alleged quotes by Chris Martin with respect to dying early and his Jim Morrisson comparisons. A morbid article, just in time for Halloween 2009! HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 10/25/09 — "I think I’ll die at 42", Chris Martin says about what he calls his number. Chris would sign his name ‘Jim Morrison‘ on his mails to me. Jim Morrison being the epitome of rock god, excess, mystic poetry as well as my favorite male rock star, who passed away at 27. I like him the way my imagination divies, tho he was a drunk, lewd and weird with his woman, I can overlook it as I didn’t have to really know him. There’s no real comparsion between Chris and Jim beyond they are both very good at what they do. Chris signing his name Jim Morrison, was just one of his charms... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:25:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6790 More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!) October 28, 2009 - submitted by Hannah, United States of America Q. Oh, Magnificent Oracle, Have Roadie #42 and Anchorman been furloughed due to a lack of funds? I'll gladly pay for my copy of Leftrightleftrightleft if it means they can have their jobs back! Kisses to all! -H The Oracle replies: Well Roadie #42 took a little holiday but not a hiatus so he will be writing again from the Latin American tour. It's not usual for him to blog but maybe if there's anything to tell he'd let us all know. Anchorman is still posting news regularly... October 28, 2009 - submitted by Brooke, United States of America Q. Have the band ever performed Amsterdam live in Amsterdam? The Oracle replies: They most certainly have yes but not every time they perform live there; much to the disappointment of many fans so I hear! Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:11:56 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6787 In the second of two consecutive appearances at the 2009 Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, Chris Martin once again played alongside violinist Davide Rossi, with a slightly tweaked setlist at the Shoreline Amphitheater last night. This was the last remaining (advertised) Coldplay-related performance until next year's Latin America tour in February/March. Wearing the same beanie hat and red t-shirt from the night before, Chris's setlist was: Dock of the Bay (shortened with new lyrics), Clocks, Lost?, My Love Will Not Let You Down (Bruce Springsteen cover), Yellow, Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin cover), Viva la Vida and Earth Angel (The Penguins cover). There is lots more discussion on the second Chris Martin performance including fan reviews, photos and some new videos at the Coldplay forum here and here onwards. [thanks Caroline_Was_Here, SueDeNimes, Italian Plastic, Svenky, clisaj, Mimixxx, Jayzo, maria_shiver, ling333, polkahard, dry_pretzels, and all other contributors over the last two nights] Hey, you guys I just got back and it was amazing! I took a ton of pics and got lost? and viva la vida recorded. I spotted Chris right when I got into my seat because he was watching Gavin Rossdale perform! He kept looking at me because I was wearing a Life in Technicolor Coldplay shirt! Chris was very charming and said he was wearing his beanie because he had a disastrous hair cut and he said balloon boy was under there and they had interviews to do haha. I got it recorded when he talked about how all parents have thought about putting their kids in a balloon. I have a picture of Gwen Stefani, Kingston (her son) and Chris all sitting together watching that is so cute! [thanks Caroline_Was_Here] Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6789 An interesting article on the subject of peer envy has been published today in the Daily Mail, from a college cohort of Coldplay's, way back when at University College London: The Coldplay concert is what pushed me over the edge - standing in the middle of a 70,000-strong crowd who were all singing Yellow while giant sun-coloured balloons bounced on their heads. It was at that point I had something of a life crisis. If there's one thing that annoys me about Coldplay, it's not their dodgy lyrics, their maddening worthiness, or their homemade clothes - it's their success. Their bona fide hanging out with world leaders and marrying Hollywood starlets success. You see, it could have been me. Well, not the whole musical genius, rock god stuff, but the high-achieving, general greatness. For once upon a time Coldplay and I were at college together. We started our adult lives knowing the same people, hanging out in the same grim Camden pubs and stalking the same library corridors... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6788 More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!) October 26, 2009 - submitted by Louise, Denmark Q. Who is J? The Oracle replies: There are 2 people whom Chris refers to as J. Jonny Buckland and Jay Z so it will be either of those depending on where you heard him say it... October 26, 2009 - submitted by Will, Australia Q. Hello Oracle, I was wondering did Coldplay ever make a song or sing lyrics along the lines of "There she goes, there she goes again, right back round the bend?" I heard it on a horse racing ad in Australia and it sounded like Coldplay. Thanks The Oracle replies: I would imagine the song you're looking for is There She Goes by The La's. The lyric is There she goes, there she goes again, racing through my brain... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6786 Chris Martin once again played without Coldplay in the US last night, this time at previously announced 2009 Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, CA. Alongside, was Davide Rossi, the violinist influential during the Viva era. Davide tweeted after the show, saying, "Me and Chris rocked the Bridge School... amazing experience and dulcis in fundo jamming at the end with Neil Young... what a night!" Sporting a beanie hat and red t-shirt, and back up with violin from Davide Rossi, Chris played Clocks, Lost?, Yellow, My Love Will Not Let You Down (Bruce Springsteen cover), Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag, Viva la Vida and Earth Angel (The Penguins cover). There is lots more discussion on this new Chris Martin performance including fan reviews, photos and some new videos at the Coldplay forum here onwards. [thanks SueDeNimes, Italian Plastic, Svenky, clisaj, Mimixxx, Jayzo, maria_shiver, ling333, polkahard, and all other contributors] I was there tonight! Just got back not too long ago, actually. That setlist looks just about right. I was hoping he'd play for longer. He did some instrumental piece before Clocks, but I'm not quite sure what it was. It had tinges of Amazing Grace to it, but it was excellent... Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:55:00 +0000