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Friday, September 03, 2010

If we take out of the equation some of the pretty droll and one sided articles written by The Telegraph and MTV for example, about Chris Martin's surprise performance at the Apple Keynote convention on Wednesday, there are actually some interesting reads about the use of technology and the link to the music industry. Following the convention it appears that Coldplay's Ping social network account has gone viral, and there is this article by the Irish Times, who suggest that EMI Music chiefs might be looking on as technology appears to be leaving them behind... not good when arguably their biggest artist, Coldplay, link up with the market leader in mobile consumer electronics, Apple. Here is the article:There were probably a few EMI Music executives who choked on their spuds on Wednesday, as they watched a prize asset, Coldplay's Chris Martin, play for Apple boss Steve Jobs and an audience of millions. Martin performed a new song, Wedding Bells , at the latest Apple extravaganza to launch new stuff, an event that will receive more coverage than the release of most EMI albums this year...

Thursday, September 02, 2010

MTV got the wrong end of the stick today by suggesting that Coldplay's new song was a subconscious way of telling the media of the current state of Chris Martin's marriage to Gwyneth Paltrow. In their online article, they suggested that it points to an "imminent split" and that Chris is "goofing on the press". Wedding Bells was first heard live on the South Bank Show last September and the couple are still together. One could argue that the article is just another cheap shot at an easy target. Read on for their missive. Meanwhile back on planet Earth you can discuss here what you think Wedding Bells is really about and how it fits into the Coldplay and LP5 story.It's the bane of any celebrity couple's public existence: The near-constant barrage of tabloid stories proclaiming that one or both of the famous duo are cheating, about to file for divorce, have a wandering eye, are pregnant or refuse to have children.In the case of Coldplay singer Chris Martin and actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who have two children together and have been married for seven years, allegations of marital strife have dogged them for years. And while neither have deemed it necessary to respond to the persistent drumbeat of break-up rumors, their silence and the rarity of paparazzi spotting them together has helped stoke the tabloid press speculation...

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Apple CEO Steve Jobs used a performance by Coldplay's Chris Martin and a video of Lady Gaga to help launch new Apple music products during the company's annual media event earlier today (September 1st).After rolling out a new lineup of iPod models, Chris Martin took the stage to perform Wedding Bells on piano, as well as Viva La Vida and Yellow, at the end of a press conference for the company's new products at the Yerba Buena Centre in San Francisco which was also screened live on TV screens at The Brewery in east London. Introducing Wedding Bells, Chris who was wearing a white Flaming Lips t-shirt, joked: "This is a new song called 'Coldplay 2.6' and it has a lot of new features, it features seven different kinds of chords and even a new one that our closest rivals have no idea about," before adding: "This could be the only time you ever hear it. It could go terribly wrong but we'll see what happens."We now have some more lyrics for Wedding Bells which you can read after the jump. You can catch up on all the discussion at the Coldplay forum, and also a recap on the setlist/videos/pictures in the Coldplay Live forum. You can also download various bits and pieces from Chris Martin's performance in the Multimedia forum. You may be required to login/register due to the high amount of traffic the messageboard is receiving so many thanks for your patience. [Thanks to everyone who has posted videos, pictures, download links and deciphered lyrics!]

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

A quick reminder that voting for the Digital Music Awards 2010 has already opened following a one year haitus for the awards. Coldplaying.com needs your votes in the Best Fansite category. To vote for us click here. It's easy - you can either register to vote or use your existing Facebook account to vote for Coldplaying - every vote counts in the extremely competetive Fansite category - and your votes for Coldplaying are much appreciated! Please remember that you are allowed to vote each day - not just once.We hope to build upon our 54th place in 2003, 44th place in 2004, 36th place in 2005, 11th place in 2007 and 4th place in 2008. Please pledge your support to Coldplaying.com and by casting your vote for the site before voting closes on 27th September. Thanks for all your support so far during 2010!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

A new song featuring Jay-Z [pictured] and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has emerged online. Most Kingz is a previously unreleased cut from Jay-Z's latest album, Kingdom Come, but never made it as a beat was never found. Pieces of the verses ended up on the Grammy Family freestyle on Hot97 w/ Funk Flex in 2006 as well as Coldplay's Lost (remix).The track is included on a new 'Invasion Radio 2k10' mixtape by Green Lantern. According to 2dopeboyz, the track is the product of the same session in which Martin and Jay-Z recorded Kingdom Come's 'Beach Chair', but because the Brooklyn rapper could never find a worthwhile accompanying beat, 'Most Kingz remained unreleased.You can hear the track online now at the Coldplay forum and also download it via Mediafire [thanks mimixxx, rouz7, maria_shiver]

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Check out the brand new first (and possibly last) alternative Coldplaying LP5 blog entry from Roadie number 44: #44 succumbs to the impatientRead the full entry and discuss this blog at the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks NumbersGirl AKA R#44]So even though you all are fully aware by now that the band has not been in the studio recently (not in its entirety, anyway), you still whine about the lack of reports from the lovely Roadie #42. What exactly is it that you would like him to report, I wonder? 'Hello. I'm here to report that the band isn't in the studio right now. Goodbye.' I don't think so. And he has been ordered to take a break anyway...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

They may be the best of friends now, but Jay-Z believes things would have been different if he'd met Coldplay's Chris Martin when they were teenagers. More on this is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.The rap mogul says it would have been a different story if the two had met when in their formative years. "That's a different scenario. He couldn't walk through Marcy [a housing project in Brooklyn, N.Y.]. I was a different person then. I wasn't open to the world and to cultures. I would have been, 'Yo! Who are you? Give me your money', the rap star told Q magazine (via the Daily Mirror).He added, "You couldn't have a guy like Chris walking through Marcy. He'd have to get robbed. At best."

Monday, August 23, 2010

Former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows owes his new band name to Chris Martin. I Am Arrows, whose debut Green Grass is out this week, was created over a pint with the Coldplay singer, the Daily Star writes. Andy is the latest in a long line of drummers turned singers including Phil Coll'ins, 59, and Dave Grohl, 41.Andy, 31, said: "I was in a pub with Chris and I told him I was doing my own thing. He asked what I was going to call it. So I said: 'My name, Andy Burrows'. But he said bluntly: 'That's crap, you can't do that, nobody would be interested'. I was never any good at band names as a kid and it was absolutely no different as a grown-up, sat next to Chris telling me my ideas were crap. I wanted to name it after a film called Kingshot ' that proved unpopular ' then Bandy Arrows."

Friday, August 20, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)August 19, 2010 - submitted by Kathryn, United States of AmericaQ. Does the band plan to still have the C stage on their next tour? The Oracle replies:Well you know me well enough to know that I couldn't and wouldn't reveal any future plans but what I will say is that the past couple of tours had a segment of the show set aside where the band would leave the main stage to perform for the audience further back. I can't imagine them not continuing to find a way to do this but it's not set in stone and of course if it was - I wouldn't say!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)August 17, 2010 - submitted by Rebeca, PortugalQ. Aloha Mr. Oracle, My head made up a question weeks ago. I really like to read Roadie #42 and when I read "Roadie #42 and the Texas cable massacre" (or something like that) I didn't understand what happened on that video. And, though I have read that thousands of times I still don't catch it. Could you please explain it to me or am I too stupid to get it? Oh and I would like your opinion to something really important: I'm writing a book and I still haven't got an idea for the name of the main character. He's just a regular British boy so I thought that I could call him Will (my favourite name), but that name is sooo used in books and films... what do you think I should call him? ps: I'm sorry for my English!The Oracle replies:Blog #55 is called "#42 and the Texan cable massacre" and shows Chris knock out the cable from Will's guitar which cuts its sound. You call that character anything you like Rebeca, Will sounds just fine to me. Yes there are many characters named that but there are a lot of men called that too.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Sun today rounded-up Coldplay news nicely with an article that continues the Universal publishing deal theme as well as a little insight into what has been happening between recording sessions. Here's what they had to say earlier today:Coldplay have never been in better shape - financially or physically. Except for frontman Chris Martin's ankle injury, that is, after I showed him on his holibags in the US yesterday wearing a protective boot. The band have just signed a huge publishing deal for future songwriting, which is one of the biggest in music industry history. Chris, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion agreed their first contract in 1999 with BMG Music Publishing, before releasing first album Parachutes. Now, with their fifth record due next year, they have penned fresh terms with Univeral Music Publishing - who bought out the other outfit and are the biggest firm in the business. No one will officially reveal how many years the deal is for or how much it's worth. But the lads, who always split their earnings equally, should easily trouser a few million quid each.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Voting for the Digital Music Awards 2010 has opened following a one year haitus for the awards. Coldplaying.com needs your votes in the Best Fansite category. To vote for us click here. It's easy - you can either register to vote or use your existing Facebook account to vote for Coldplaying - every vote counts in the extremely competetive Fansite category - and your votes for Coldplaying are much appreciated! Please remember that you are allowed to vote each day - not just once.We hope to build upon our 54th place in 2003, 44th place in 2004, 36th place in 2005, 11th place in 2007 and 4th place in 2008. Please pledge your support to Coldplaying.com and by casting your vote for the site before voting closes on 27th September. Thanks for all your support so far during 2010!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Coldplay has extended its publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group to cover future song writing. Financial terms or the length of the contract was not revealed. Universal has been the band's publisher since 2007 when the music major acquired BMG Music Publishing, the group's original publisher. More on this is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.Caroline Elleray, current head of A&R, Universal Music Publishing U.K., had originally signed the multiple Grammy-winning four-piece to BMG Music Publishing in 1999. In a statement, Paul Connolly, president of Europe and U.K., Universal Music Publishing, hailed the band as "all that's great about music today."Connolly went on to say: "They're incredibly talented, they write fantastic songs, and they deliver amazing shows to their fans. They've sold over 50 million albums worldwide and their huge success is entirely deserved. We're obviously very proud to be Coldplay's publisher so it's great that we've been able to extend our relationship with them in this way".

Thursday, August 12, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)August 11, 2010 - submitted by Svenky, FranceQ. Hi Oracle ! It's true or not? From twitter: "Chris Martin wrote the song Yellow after a family holiday to Osaka in 1996". Thank You, SvenThe Oracle replies:Yellow wasn't written until 1999 so no that's not at all true. There wasn't a family holiday in Osaka either! The twitter page you saw will have absolutely no connection to anyone in the band so is not a trusted source of information. God only knows where people get some of this stuff from in the first place...

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Just two days to go before the English Premiership starts - join the SIXTH Coldplaying fantasy league now!You can now join the new 'Coldplaying VI' Fantasy Football League at http://fantasy.premierleague.com and create your own team, then use the code 128001-38219 to join the Coldplaying league. Previous teams can be re-registered with the Coldplaying league by simply logging in and refreshing your settings. Please ensure you have registered a team and joined the Coldplaying league 11.30am (BST) on Saturday 14th August 2010 to start gaining points from the outset.Additionally, the I Know The Score league for 2010/11 has also launched. Use your fantasy league login the add the code FCD8B-ZJS to join. (restricted to 50 entries - first come first served). Please ensure you have made your first predictions by 15th August.For full details on how to register for both leagues, creating teams and some of the new features, click here into the News & Sport forum.

Sunday, August 08, 2010

Natalie Imbruglia's latest album "Come To Life" has flopped, peaking at number 67 on the ARIA music charts, selling a meager 750 copies in its first week. The album features three co-writes with Coldplay, tracks called Lukas, Fun and Want. More discussion on the album flop is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.In February 2009, The Sun claimed that Imbruglia was collaborating with Coldplay. It was later confirmed by Chris Martin himself and people involved in the recording process that he had worked with Imbruglia on a "string of tracks". The song "Lukas", produced by Brian Eno and Rik Simpson, has been confirmed to be left-off from Coldplay's recording session for the album "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends".In a March 2009 interview, Chris Martin regretted letting the song go, although at the time of the interview Coldplay fans didn't know which track he was referring to. "A bit annoyingly we've given Natalie the best Coldplay song of all time," he said. "Half of me wishes we still had it. But she sounds brilliant on it."

Thursday, August 05, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)August 5, 2010 - submitted by Ethan, United States of AmericaQ. Greetings Oracle, This message is directed at Phil or Dave, a response from either or both would be equally desirable. I have a question regarding the abysmally awful state of documentaries about Coldplay. I've seen nearly every one of them, as far as those that are available here in the U.S., and not a single one of them is of any quality or credibility to reflect that of the band. Please advise if possible. Thank you, and best wishes. EthanThe Oracle replies:You are entitled to your opinion of course and whilst you'd like a response from Phil or Dave, you're stuck with me. After all it's my name at the top of the page ;) So in reply I direct you to the best documentary by far (in my honest opinion) and hope this appeases you Ethan.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Coldplay's final video of the Viva la Vida era has been nominated for best Breakthrough Video at this year's MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). More on this is at the Coldplay forum here [thanks clisaj]In this category Coldplay will be up against Dan Black (Symphonies), Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def (Stylo) and The Black Keys (Tighen Up). If Coldplay win this category, it will be the fourth award for the Strawberry Swing video. Back in October 2009 at the UK Music Video Awards Strawberry Swing and video makers Shynola were awarded an impressive three category wins, including the coveted Video of the Year award, best animation in a video and best rock video at the ceremondy at Odeon West End cinema in Leicester Square, London.

Monday, August 02, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)August 2, 2010 - submitted by Helmut, AustriaQ. Servus Oracle, have you experienced the same: If somebody is yawning next to you, even you're not really tired it catches you as well and you have to yawn?! Why is this? ThanksThe Oracle replies:Fascinating isn't it? When I was younger I used to think that the other person yawned because the yawner had sucked their share of air with their yawn & they then had less oxygen to breathe! Ah how I loved my theory... Anyway there's some interesting articles on the contagiousness of yawns... Maybe you can decide what you think after reading some of them?August 2, 2010 - submitted by Em, United States of AmericaQ. Hello Oracle! In response to Nikolina, Sweden from 30th July, it may be of interest that there is a LRLRL swappage project happening where fans can send CDs to those who have none. All they have to do is go here and put their names down! Hope that is of use for Coldplay fans who want to help share the love!! Sorry this isn't a question! xoxoThe Oracle replies:Not a question but a very informative submission. Thanks to the three other fans who also sent these details.

Sunday, August 01, 2010

More fan reviews of Coldplay roadie Matt McGinn's new book are now available online as Coldplayers finish reading their copies. The very latest discussion on the book release is at the Coldplay forum now. Thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed the book. If you want to be in with a chance of your review appearing on the main page all you have to do is write a fairly sizeable review and post it in that thread. Here are the most recent reviews...I had a reading marathon last night. I wasn't feeling well so I went to bed early and then I made the mistake to continue reading with the book and just.couldn't.stop. Matt has a great ability to describe things from his perspective and makes you feel like you were actually there. It's cute to read he's a person who is "star-struck" easily and I loved all the little addressings to the reader like "for you anoraks still reading" etc. Matt leads you so well through time from the beginnings in a small van to the big machinery that Coldplay is now. The description of his typical day and of what has gone wrong wasn't boring it all!!! There's a story involving a cameraman which felt like the description of a movie's action scene! (It isn't life or death - but close). Oh and all his comparisons to movies made me smile more than once. What he writes is never boring and even the Glossary is soooooo funny! [thanks SueDeNimes]