Coldplay working along "brutal" producer on their new album

Coldplay band recording for new album, is this working alongside a "brutal producer Marcus Dravs.

Singer 'Viva La Vida' began to working for his latest fifth album along Brian Eno, but he advised that they also draft in someone else to help them edit their work, which led to the group hiring Markus Dravs, on the recommendation of Arcade Fire singer Win Butler.

Chris Martin frontman of the band said: "We'd just met with Bran Eno and he said, 'We also need another person, because I like to do the sort of sowing of the seeds, the more abstract stuff, but we also need a woodchopper guy who's gonna organise everything.

Win said 'You should try this guy Markus. He's wonderful and he's extremely talented, but he's brutal. 'This is terrible' or 'this is great'. He's extreme"

Coldplay: Special Christmas Concerts Have Ended

Special Christmas concerts have ended to the Coldplay in help of homeless charity Crisis.

Across the country plummeting with temperature, in the UK their are thousand homeless folk when the season of winter seriously it is the big problem of this guys life and death both.

Coldplay have hooked up with homeless charity he is now eager to help.

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The band have performed two concert after returning with thier festival themed new single 'Christmas Lights', their band perform only UK concert 2010, Coldplay did not disappoint.

Fans enjoyed to seems Take That member Gary Barlow in Liverpool. 'Christmas Lights' joining in a interpretation the singer remained onstage for a quick rendition of 'Back For Good'.

Coldplay have assure that the charity's work can be expanded.

Coldplay Guitar Heroes for iPhone

For the Guitar Hero App for iPhone avtivision are releasing new song packs and iPod touch including three song packs from Motorhead and KISS, plus a pack including songs from Band of Horses, Coldplay and Nada Surf.

In game store available for purchase through the app, the songpacks will contain the following tracks:

Song Pack featuring Band of Horses, Coldplay and Nada Surf • Band of Horses – "Laredo" • Coldplay – "Life In Technicolor II" •Nada Surf – "Weightless"

KISS Song Pack • "Love Gun" • "Lick It Up" • "I Love It Loud"

Motörhead Song Pack • "Iron Fist" • "Ace Of Spades" • "Overkill"

After 6 Music is saved Coldplay ecstatic

Fans for supporting their campaign to save BBC 6 Music from closure Coldplay have thanked, insisting they are "very pleased" to have achieved their aim.

Bosses at the alternative station announced plans to shut the station earlier this year in a bid to save money.
But the news infuriated stars including Lily Allen, David Bowie and Jarvis Cocker, who all backed a campaign to stop 6 Music from being pulled.
The station will now stay open after the corporation's chairman rejected proposals to close it earlier this week - and the Yellow hitmakers are ecstatic at the news.
In a post on Coldplay's official website, the band writes, "You might remember that, earlier this year, the BBC announced its plans to close 6 Music, the wonderful radio station which plays a crucial and unique role in British music. We're very pleased to report that the BBC Trust today rejected the station's planned closure. This was largely due to the enormous public opposition to the plans. So, we'd like to offer heartfelt congratulations to everyone at 6 Music and a big thanks to all of you who took the trouble to contact the BBC Trust and voice your opinions."
Former Pulp singer Cocker, who has his own show on 6 Music, also expressed his joy at the announcement, saying, "It's great that everyone's finally agreed with all the arguments to keep it on air. The BBC should be proud of 6 Music it provides something that can't be found anywhere else on the radio. It's been a pleasure to be involved with the station and I'm happy that it'll still be here to do what it does best play music that would otherwise go unnoticed on mainstream radio."

Coldplay constantly watch audiences during gigs to refine song lists

English alternative rock band Coldplay constantly watch their audiences during concerts so that they can figure out which songs they are enjoying, and finally complicate their set list.
If the ‘Fix You’ hitmakers see people getting restless during certain songs, they axe the track from subsequent gigs.
“In some songs all you can look is a clear doorway and you can hear the crowd singing so you think, ‘Greatful, this song is great.’ And then it’s when the light all starts getting blocked and everyone’s going to the bathroom. Then you’re like, ‘OK, that song’s out,’” Contactmusic quoted frontman Chris Martin as saying.
The quartet, presently regarded as one of the world’s longest bands, started the UK leg of their world tour last weekend. (ANI)

'similarities' Coldplay in new creative over music video

The band's promo for Strawberry Swing is accused of using virtually same idea as singer songwriter Dan Gallagher's clip for Something Else.

So soon after settling their plagiarism lawsuit with Joe Satriani, Coldplay have been caught up in yet another creative dispute. According to singer-songwriter Dan Gallagher, there are "striking similarities" between the music video for his song, Something Else, and theirs, for Strawberry Swing.
While Coldplay will breathe a sigh of relief it's the video, not the music under scrutiny, it's far easier to equivalence two gimmicky video clips than two songs' subtle chord structures. And as Gallagher pointed out in a statement, there's no doubt that his and Coldplay's music videos offer "an painful lot of similarities". Or rather, one big similarity: they both gig people interacting with animated chalk-boards.
"I think it's unfair that Strawberry Swing will likely be nominated for numerous awards and is being universally acclaimed as groundbreaking, when (Something Else director) Owen Trevor had virtually the same idea at least a year before," Gallagher said.
Of course, whereas Something Else is a low to mid-budget video using mostly white chalk, brick walls and few props, Coldplay's video is a suitably razzle-dazzle, blockbuster affair, with superheroes, super villains, costume changes and a vivid interplanetary finale. Also: giant squirrels.
Unlike Satriani (and Yusuf Islam), Gallagher concedes that Coldplay probably never saw his video. "I can't say they copied me," he admitted. But when he wrote to the band's arrangment, their glib response was not quite a denial. "I'm afraid the creative on the video was written by (production company) Shynola, not Coldplay," their reps resultedly replied.
Shynola, who have created music videos for Blur, Beck and Radiohead, have not commented on the alleged similarities.

'reach copyright settlement' Coldplay

Coldplay have reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with Joe Satriani after the latter accused the band of copying one of his songs.

Satriani sued the band last year claiming that they used "substantial, original portions" of his 2004 song If I Could Fly on their track Viva La Vida. But legal sources told Billboard that a financial settlement between the two parties may have been reached, and Coldplay would not be needed to admit any wrongdoing.
When he originally launched legal proceedings in Los Angeles in December, Satriani said: "I felt like a sticker went right through my heart. It hurt so much. The second I heard it, I knew it was If I Could Fly.

"Almost instantly, from the minute their song came out, my email box flooded with people going, 'Have you heard this song by Coldplay? They ripped you off man'. I mean, I couldn't tell you how many emails I received. Everybody noticed the similarities between the songs. It's pretty obvious."
Coldplay had initially responded by saying: "If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental and just as surprising to us as to him."
As well as Satriani, Yusuf Islam, the artist at one time known as Cat Stevens, is also reportedly considering taking action against the band for the same song. It is alleged that his 1973 song Foreigner Suite bore resemblance to Viva La Vida. Little known US band Creaky Boards have also accused Coldplay copying their song, again claiming it bore a resemblance to Viva La Vida.
Coldplay, led by Chris Martin, is one of the world's top-selling pop acts. The Viva La Vida single, taken from the album of the same name, was number one in both the US and UK Singles Charts. The album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends also hit number one in the US and UK Album Charts.

Coldplay return to UK over 'nervous'

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has revealed the band was "really nervous" about playing the UK leg of its world tour, which started on Saturday.
The group played its first UK gig of this year at Manchester's Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
Martin said, "It spirits like we have been away for a long time. The four of us were feeling actually nervous about coming back home,"

Their Viva La Vida tour began in June 2008 and will wrap up on 19 September.
In June it was announced that rapper Jay-Z and Girls Aloud will both appear at Coldplay's final tour dates at Wembley Stadium.
Martin said the crowd of 50,000 had "given us a better response than we could possibly have asked for".
He added: "It is a bit like when Stefan Dennis went back to Neighbours he didn't know what the reaction would be.
The band closed the show with Life In Technicolour II, and gig goers were handed a free live album as they left the arena.
They are also scheduled to play Dublin on Monday the 156th date of their tour.

Coldplay Intense polished show

On the final performance of the Coldplay group its current US Tour which ends tomorrow in Tampa, Grammy winning Brits Coldplay gave an intense polished show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Friday.

Coldplay may be best known for every thing specially for the heart tugging ballads and mid tempo pop, but their live show transformed softer moments into booming rock songs that are more intense than on record. “Cemeteries of London” played like a modern version of a traditional folk story that swelled to a rhythmic conclusion. “Fix You” created a church-like atmosphere that built to a climax during which Martin twirled like a ragdoll and shuttered as if shot with bullets. And as on the “Viva La Vida” album, “42” morphs from launched piano intro into a spastic rhythmic romp.

At the end of “Strawberry Swing”, the band members weren’t static either they said “God Put a Smile on My Face". Martin sat alone in the centre of the amphitheater for “Hardest Part” as drummer Will Champion echoed his vocals from the stage. Champion proved an indispensable sideman (the Richards to Martin’s Jagger) hitting his kit like a determined wind up toy and singing along throughout the night. He pounded the tympani and bass drum as Martin sprinted back to join in on “Viva La Vida” and “Lost!” They abandoned the stage again for the edge of the lawn where mandolin, resonator guitar, and harmonica set the pace for an acoustic break that included Champion on vocals and guitar and a sincere cover of “Billie Jean.”
The group of the Coldplay took the stage again flashing stark white light on its audience for “Politik” and flying multi colored butterfly confetti into the crowd. Which closes “Viva La Vida,”at the “Death and All His Friends,” fittingly finished the set. Yet the massive hit “The Scientist” was saved for an encore. The triple bill made for an incredibly consistent show capped with Coldplay’s tireless headlining set.