Chart round-up: rascals and raconteurs on the rise
Zing! It sounded dodge acoustic at Glasto but Dizzee Rascal’s ‘Dance Wiv Me’ (video) is new at one on the singles chart proper this week, after topping the downloads last week»
Coldplay News
Chart round-up: Elephants, Foxes, Ne-Yo
This week’s chart round-up arrives a little later than usual in the day as DiS has been busily Spring cleaning… again, we’re doing that a little later than we perhaps should’ve. Anyway»
Chart round-up: 'bed-wetters' dominate, home and abroad
Bravo, Coldplay: the bed-wetters, so we’re led to believe, have triumphed on two fronts, topping the albums and singles charts this week»
Chris Martin is a 'pinhead'. Not THE Pinhead. But a pinhead nonetheless
Chris Martin - pictured with that Whiley woman having a word; probably something about hummus - has been called a 'pinhead' by the Fox network's Bill O'Reilly»
Coldplay crack the Billboard Hot 100
Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', the title track of their new LP, has gone to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart stateside»
Chart round-up: departed members
The top ten’s duller than a dead man’s cock this week»
A Week in Drowned in Sound: 15/06/08
A run-down of what's been on the site this week... »
New Coldplay album: miss The Simpsons to hear it online
Want to wrap your ears around the new Coldplay album some days before its official release? Head to their MySpace right now»
Coldplay confirm December dates
Coldplay - whose new album Viva La Vida... is released on June 12 - have announced details of a December tour»
Watch: new Coldplay video
'Violet Hill' gets itself a video»
Coldplay like living with their grandmother
Well, it was either that headline up there or Coldplay won’t be ‘doing a Radiohead’. Which as well as being slightly tiresome in itself has already kind’ve been used, so we have this, news that Coldplay won’t be ditching EMI disguised as a semi-humourous jibe. Stirring stuff»
Coldplay announce US, UK, Canadian dates
Resigned to the fact that Coldplay are - like those 'PUNK ROCK '77' shirts people buy from Topman - going to be everywhere this summer, DrownedinSound takes a glance at the band’s tour schedule for 2008 and at least feels a glimmer of respect for such a colossal undertaking»
Chart Round-up: Madonna journeys south
Spare a thought for Madonna's veteran flaps; they've been dislodged from the number one spot by Scooter this week»
Coldplay want to be cool
We dinnae mean it literally, Chris. Coldplay’s frontman has told the BBC that he wants his band’s new record to make them hip in the playground»
Coldplay's new single downloaded by over 600,000 in 24 hours
Over 600,000 people downloaded Coldplay’s new, free single ‘Violet Hill’ within the first 24 hours of its release, according to label EMI»
Reviewed: Coldplay's 'Violet Hill'
From the sounds of ‘Violet Hill’ this isn’t going to be the album where Coldplay look down from atop their piles of dough, go into a headspin and start rapping in non-sequiturs about the Congo or filling their bodies with silicone and junk»
Coldplay: not quite 'doing a Radiohead', plus album tracklisting
Successful indie-rock sorts Coldplay are to make a new track available as a free single, starting from tomorrow»
Lie lounge: Jo Whiley blunder causes Coldplay split confusion
Mackerel-voiced radio DJ Jo Whiley caused murmurs of slight concern to ripple through that percentage of the male population that insists on strapping babies to their chests and coffee mornings nationwide when she announced that Coldplay singer Chris Martin had left the band»
Viva la Vida: Coldplay's new album gets detailed
Coldplay’s new album is released on the 16th of June. Intrigued?»
Boring music sends you to sleep: report
Hoteliers Travelodge have carried out their own survey into the pre-sleep bedroom habits of weary Britishers. Sexy results? No»
Details: Coldplay's new album will be bullied at school
Yesterday, news that Chris Martin’s new sprog had been christened made the majority of the world’s news pages. Seems his wild flair for nomenclature has crept into his professional life, Apple, 3, and Moses, 1, now joined by Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, as Coldplay ready their fourth album»
Coldplay, Timberlake and more sign up for launch of Facebook's iTunes-integrated music service
Social networking upstart Facebook is coming for the last thing that MySpace holds dear, today revealing the introduction of a new, iTunes-affiliated music section»
From Capdown to Coldplay: 13 years of Fierce Panda
Indie label of some standing Fierce Panda are celebrating their 13th birthday with a compilation - The Bakers Arms Dozen.»
Shiner for you: man beaten for singing Coldplay
Drowned in Sound has a new hero. A woman at a karaoke night in Seattle embarked upon a violent rampage after one of the bar's patrons launched into a reindition Coldplay's 'Yellow'.»
Coldplay talk Timbaland: R'n'b producer expected to work on new album
R'n'b supremo Timbaland is expected to work on the new album by indie-pop heavyweights Coldplay...»
Coldplay announce singles box set
Coldplay are to re-release their singles to date - 14 of them - in a fancy box set...»
Q Awards nomination announced: strap yourself in for a flood of mediocrity!
This year's nominees for the annual Q Awards, the award ceremony offspring of dad-rock bible Q magazine, have been announced. Whoa, there, Q - way to get radical on our arses...»
Coldplay to concentrate on family life for as long as five years...
Coldplay singer Chris Martin has said that the band's current priorities centre upon their families, and that it may be a long time 'til the band returns with new material...»
Paltrow backs Jay-Z at Albert Hall gig
Jay-Z was joined on stage at his Royal Albert Hall date last night not only by Coldplay singer Chris Martin, but also Martin's wife, Hollywood A-lister Gwyneth Paltrow...»
Martin's a mack daddy? Coldplay singer to work with Jay-Z
Coldplay singer Chris Martin - he just recently bought a new house with his wife, y'know (I read it in thelondonpaper) - is among a group of vocalists expected to appear on Jay-Z's forthcoming album...»
WIN! Glastonbury CDs and DVDs
Julian Temple’s Glastonbury film was released earlier this year to great critical acclaim, and DiS has three copies of the movie that’s kept me in the festival loop this summer, as well as its soundtrack, to give away to our readers...»
Fierce Panda calls time on singles
Idlewild, Placebo, Embrace, Hundred Reasons, Coldplay... all have benefitted from Fierce Panda's series of (often) one-off singles. Sadly for seven-inch collectors, though, the label is to cease said operation...»
Rock, like, rocks...
Axe-manglers and fret-fondlers rejoice! It seems that rock is, once again, the supreme force in contemporary music...»
Music revenue fell in 2005
Hi. We're The Financial Times...»
New festival for the UK
While tickets for 2006's festivals sell out one after another in the absence of Glasto this summer, Mean Fiddler Managing Director Melvin Benn has announced that a large new festival is to emerge...»
Coldplay "illegal" gig update: no fine for BBC
Coldplay's recent performance at Abbey Road, recorded for Radio 2, might have landed the BBC in hot water: the studio has no live entertainment licence... UPDATED!...»
Coldplay announce Abbey Road 'gig'
Coldplay, so often happy at home in enormo-domes about the globe, are to play London's Abbey Road Studios next week...»
Middle-of-the-road overload: Martin hooks up with Stipe for charity
Chris Martin and Michael Stipe, singers in the mightily MOR bands Coldplay and REM respectively, are to team up for a charity record to raise money for Hurrican Katrina victims (anyone see Horizon last night? Shit be messed up)...»
Kaisers ready to romp home at NME Awards - nominees in full
The nominations for this year's NME Awards makes for some mighty fine readin' if you're one of them Kaiser boys - the band are up for no fewer than (*counts, rapidly*) six awards...»
2005's biggest sellers: Blunt owns all our arses
Twelve months ago it was so peaceful, so tranquil, daytime radio airwaves. Yes, we had Westlife and their spawn, delivering ballads to mums about the land, but they were easily ignored; also, we had the enduring Robbie, remaining chirpy and cheeky alongside the new batch of made-by-telly stars. Then, suddenly, Blunt.»
Christmas number one odds slashed, Editors singer disses Nizlopi
Bookmakers have narrowed the race for Christmas number one down to two songs: Nizlopi's 'The JCB Song' and X-Factor winner Shayne Ward's 'That's My Goal'. The latter single isn't even released until tomorrow...»
Driving Miss Paltrow: Martin crashes car
Now, your regular driving-to-the-office type o' guy sometimes has a wee shunt, and nothing's said. But Chris Martin's not a regular driving-to-the-office type o' guy, so... »
Coldplay in progression shocker
Coldplay's Guy Berryman has told 6Music that the band's next album, their fourth, will be a substantial progression from their previous three long-play releases...»
Gervais bags Bowie and Martin... maybe
Ricky Gervais has roped David Bowie and Coldplay's Chris Martin into appearing in his second series of Extras....»
Martin's losing his marbles: Coldplay to go country?
Coldplay chief Chris Martin has told The Daily Star that he's got a country album just waiting to get out of him...»
Q nominations: Oasis storm the shortlists
Oasis are shortlisted for a whopping five nominations at this year's Q Awards. They've made their way into the running for the Best Track, Best Live Act, Best Album, Best Video and Best Act In The World Today gongs...»
Kaisers lead Mercury race
Kaiser Chiefs are the favourites to scoop this year's Mercury Music Prize, according to bookies William Hill...»
MTV announces Video Music Awards nominees
The powers that be at MTV have released the nominees for this year's Video Music Awards, to be held in Miami on August 28th. Green Day lead the field, with a number of predictable artists making up the numbers...»
Bits of news for all o' yous
Wow! Another sexy, tasty round-up with more information than Stephen Hawking munching on an encylopedic dictionary.»
The Chartoons! Is this a weird week for pop?
You can almost smell that it’s half-term and people have broken up for study leave. DiS tackles this weeks charts, so you don't have to.»
Reasons to love Coldplay #1: Martin attacks EMI’s ‘Corporate Evil’
Following the widely reported fact that EMI blamed a profits and share slump recently on Coldplay failing to deliver a new LP on time, lead singer Chris ‘mental’ Martin has responded by saying "Shareholders are the great evil of this modern world.»
Celebrity news spew: Chris Martin, Britney Spears, some ol' troll...
Celebrities are great, especially when they're rubbish...»
Glastonbury 2005 - bands, bands, bands....
Following on from the not-so-surprising two-hour sell out of Glastonbury this year, names for the event are now being confirmed, quasi confirmed and largely thrown about like confetti at a drunken wedding.»
X-Rated: Coldplay name album & single
Plus, Doves, Elbow, Interpol, Morning Runner, and Supergrass, announced as support for UK & Irish dates.»
Coldplay go supersize
Everyone's favourite 'bed wetters' announce stadium shows including two at the most inaccessible place known to mankind, That's right - Crystal Palace. Fantastic.»
EMI suffers cash slump: blames Chris and Damon
Shares in one of music's 'big four', have dropped by around 15% after it issued a profit warning due to disappointing sales and delays to two key album releases in 2005.»
Coachella Festival: full line-up includes Cocteau reunion...
Full festival line-up and a few surprises!»
Martin embraces the gift of giving
Fresh from helping out R&B starlet Jamelia, Chris Martin has put his songwriting skills to work on behalf of Yorkshire long-time-no-see indie rockers Embrace.»
Coldplay play the fools
Being a dad goes to Chris Martin's head somewhat...»
Video Thrills the Radio Stars: Music DVD Sales Double
High-profile DVD video releases from the likes of Coldplay, Robbie Williams and U2 have pushed sales of the format up by 95% over the last year.»
Coldplay and Outkast Win Top Grammy Awards
Coldplay have scooped the "record of the year" award at the US Grammy Awards»
Fierce Panda to release star-studded decade compilation
King of the indie Indies, Fierce Panda, has announced details of its ten-year celebration compilation.»
Suspected criminals The Darkness slate daddies-to-be Coldplay.
"I like the songs but they have an inadequate guitarist. He wouldn't cut the mustard in Whitesnake."»
Coldplay Had Planned Cash Collaboration
Coldplay were hoping to collaborate with the late Johnny Cash, says singer Chris Martin.»
Timbaland To Work With Coldplay?
Maverick hip hop producer Timbaland has grown tired of the genre that he's done so much for, and has gone on record as saying that the only band he wants to work with is... wait for it... Coldplay!»
Pop Eats Itself: EMI Loses £180m But Stares At Warner Music
EMI Group plc, the music-based retail corporation today posted yearly drop in profits upwards of £180m, at the same time as announcing that it had made a ‘firm offer’ for the music arm of Warner Bros.»
MTV Awards Winners In Full
The MTV Awards ceremony hits New York. We yawn. OK, so here's this year's list of nominees and winners (in bold). As usual the UK was woefully overlooked, represented only by Coldplay, Radiohead and suprise winners Duran Duran, who picked up a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award. »
Mercury Prize: This Year's Nominations (contain ur excitement)
The nominations for the Mercury Music Prize - "the best in British music" - this year have been announced. Prepare to be shocked and stunned, or something.
Up for the "album of the year" award are the following:
Athlete - 'Vehicles & Animals'
Floetry - 'Floetic'
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In Cold Blood: Chris Martin In Trouble
Well, well, well, apparently even the nice boy of British music has his wild side… Coldplay’s Chris Martin has been arrested in the land of kangaroos for allegedly smashing a freelance journalist’s car window. Photographer Jon Lister, alleges that Martin demanded he erase pictures of th»
T In The Park: some bands are going to play it, you know
Although nothing has been officially announced as such, whispers are going round as to who's playing Scotland's annual big music festival thing, T In The Park. As shouted about elsewhere, REM and Coldplay are confirmed as headliners. Jolly good! Coldplay first played the festival in one of th»
Feeder to hit the Euro arena circuit
Not only will Feeder join Coldplay for their UK arena shows, but they have just been confirmed as special guests on the entire European Coldplay tour this Spring. These shows follow Feeder's own massive sold out UK and Ireland tour that started a week ago in Dublin, ending on March 12th»
T 2003: Coldplay + REM
The 10th Anniversary T in The Park line-up is slowly but surely being announced.. Taking place on July 12th + 13th, headlined by REM (13th) and dem whores Coldplay (who recently announced they'll be headlining V2003). Also *rumoured* to be playing are: iDLEWiLD, »
Surfers Against Sewage release CD compilation
Surfers Against Sewage are set to release their first ever CD compilation entitled ‘Planet Water’ featuring 11 tracks from some of the UK’s finest bands. Robbie Williams, Coldplay, Feeder, A and Faithless make up just some of the artists featured on the CD. Each song has been donated to »
V2003: Headliners Announced
Organisers of V2003, the UK's premier commerical rock festival (where everyone gets loads of free try-outs and perfume supplements and stuff) has announced it's two headiners... They will be Coldplay and Red Hot Chilli Peppers. The event will take place on August 16th and August 17»
The Brits: The Nominees
Gee, this is exciting news... another load of safe bands get another load of awards based on what, we're not quite sure... The annual multinational back-pat fest, otherwise known as the somecompanyorothersponsored Brit Awards, have just announced their nominees for the event on Februar»
Coldplay: Outrageous Behavióur!
Firebombs at the ready, someone thinks it's clever covering Sigur Rós in their homeland! The eNMEy have reported this shocking news. If it wasn't enough that Coldplay are signed to one of the biggest companies in the world and go on about Fair Trade through the utterly pathetic means of scribbling a»
Make Trade Fair: Do Your Bit
Tomorrow night a mini-revolution takes place at the London Astoria and for £20 you get to see some big stars play acoustic sets, raising money and awareness about issues which face people in poverty around the globe... If you didn't already know this is a sick, twisted, cruel, harsh world. People far far f»
Coldplay Back In Their Place
Back nearly two years after their last single success with 'Trouble', chart crooners, Coldplay return to the scene with a new single and album. August 5th will inevitably see the band return to the pop charts with their first single since 2000, entitled 'In My Place'. The single »
Coldplay "Rush" New Album!
Coldplay have confirmed that their eagerly awaited new album "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" will get a UK release on August 26th. The US release will follow a day later. The first single has been confirmed as live favourite "In My Place", but no precise release date has been decided. The album »
Coldplay doing all sorts
Our old friends Coldplay have announced all kinds of events they will be taking part in. Firstly, they've completed their long-awaited second album, 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head', hopefully to be released around August or September. It will contain live favourites such as 'In My Pla»
*** Glastonbury Fully Sold-Out ***
All tickets for this years Glastonbury Festival are now sold out. The Festival office has confirmed all tickets are sold, that no further tickets will be on sale. Tickets will not be on sale at the gate. If you don't have a ticket but wish to see the Festival, you will be able to watch it on BBC T»
Farm Aid Cancelled
The scheduled FARM AID Foot & Mouth benefit show, which was due to feature appearances from COLDPLAY, ASH, TOPLOADER and REEF has been cancelled. A statement has been issued, blaming the "horrendous events in America" for the cancellation. The statement reads: "Due to the horrendous events in America we h»
Warning: Farmers are EVIL?
Vegetarians call for boycott of Farm Aid concert The Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (Viva!) pressure group wants bands and fans to boycott Farm Aid, a charity concert organised by Michael Eavis, held in aid of farmers hit by foot-and-mouth. Campaigner Becky Smit»
Cold Won't Let Sly Play With Them
Brit stars Coldplay have refused a request for one of their songs... from actor Sylvester Stallone. The star wanted to use the song 'Trouble' for his new movie, titled Driven. Coldplay drummer Will Champion told MTV that "We met him in LA and he asked us if he could use the sing»
Grandaddy To Play In The 'Cold' US
Coldplay have confirmed highly rated band Grandaddy will be support for their delayed US tour. The band, currently heading their own US tour, join Coldplay on 30 May and do a 16 date tour, finishing in New York on June 27. The tour will allow the band to continue spreading the word about last year's release»
Coldplay battle for an Ivor
One of the most prestigious music awards recognising talent and achievement in music - The Ivor Novello Awards - has pitted Coldplay up against S Club 7 and Bob the Builder to win Best Song Musically And Lyrically. The choices are not as odd as it may seem as these awards rely h»
Baby Spice likes to rock SHOCKER
Emma Bunton AKA Baby Spice, set to topple Hear'say from the top of the charts this Sunday with her new single 'What Took You So Long', has claimed to be an indie fan while trouncing the new Ash and Feeder singles in this week's chart telling NME.com: "I hope it's not the death of indie, because I'm a massive fan »
T In The Park lineup announced
The lineup for this years T In The Park fetival, which takes place in Balado, Nr Kinross on the 8 and 9 of July, has been announced. Stereophonics will headline the main stage on 8 July, and Texas will headline on the 9th. Other bands playing the main stage include Placebo, David Gray, Coldplay, Beck and Toploade»
Coldplay on life on a major: like living with a grandparent, apparently
What's this? Coldplay going against the grain again? One minute they're giving away their music through popular music mags, the next they're not ditching the Big 4 for indie dominance»
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