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NBC News, some of those placards stated that they felt the group is an LGBTQ “propagandist” that undermines “faith and morals.” Throughout their years together, the members of Coldplay have been outspoken about their support for various groups of people, including the LGBTQ community. Sometimes, the singer of the band, Chris Martin, will speak about issues that are important to him and his group mates while in concert. He has also been known to, from time to time, wave a rainbow flag or wear items that identify him as an ally.A post shared by Coldplay (@coldplay)This support is in contrast to the views of some conservative Muslims around the world.

Coldplay recently performed a cover of ‘The Astronaut’ by Jin of K-pop boyband BTS during their Tokyo concert on November 6.The new acoustic cover is the first time Coldplay have performed the song without Jin on their ongoing ‘Music of the Spheres’ world tour, which kicked off in March 2022.“We’re going to play a song that we gave to Jin. We’ve never played this before on our own, maybe we’ll never play this again,” teased Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.“This is Jin’s song.

Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis has responded to the most recent news about the festival’s headliners saying they’re “untrue”.Yesterday (November 4), reports emerged that suggested Madonna was to headline next year’s festival at Worthy Farm alongside Dua Lipa and Coldplay.However, in a statement posted to social media today (November 5), Eavis quelled the rumours, saying they were still working on the final line-up.Eavis wrote: “As always, there is much speculation and excitement about who is playing at Glastonbury. We are working on the line-up day and night at the moment, but it’s still changing every day.“The story about our confirmed headliners is untrue.

Madonna will reportedly headline Glastonbury Festival next summer alongside Dua Lipa and Coldplay.As noted in the Mail on Sunday, Madonna will reportedly close the festival on Sunday night, with Dua Lipa headlining on the Friday and Coldplay, who have headlined the festival previously in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016, set to headline on Saturday.No performers for the 2024 festival have been officially announced as yet. Fans however have already been speculating over whether Madonna could headline Glastonbury 2024 after organiser Emily Eavis recently shared an image from a ‘Celebration Tour’ concert in London.

Coldplay are calling on their fans to add their voice to a new single.The song ‘One World’ is set to feature on their forthcoming new album ‘Moon Music’ which the band say they “have nearly finished”.In an Instagram post the band wrote: “Hello everybody. We hope you are all ok in these wild times.

Griff has debuted her upcoming single ‘Astronaut’ which she collaborated with Coldplay‘s Chris Martin on.The singer played the song at her first sold-out headline show at EartH in London following a run of festival appearances and stadium shows as opening support for Coldplay and Ed Sheeran. She used the intimate gig to showcase her upcoming project.Per The Line of Best Fit, Griff played ‘Astronaut’, a track that will be released early next year.

Coldplay are counter-suing their former manager, Dave Holmes, just under two months after he sued them over a contractual dispute.According to The Times, the band claim Holmes owes them damages of over £14million and allege that he took out two loans from Live Nation that they had no knowledge of.They claim that Holmes borrowed $20million (£16.3million) from the promoter in 2015 at an interest rate of 2.72 per cent a year before allegedly taking out a second loan of $10million in 2018 (£8.1million) at the same interest rate.“To the best of [our] knowledge . .

Selena Gomez and H.E.R. made a surprise appearance at a Coldplay concert in Los Angeles, joining the band on stage for a performance of the song ‘Let Somebody Go’. The joint performance took place during Coldplay’s show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Sunday (October 1).

Naturally” ecstatic. Pop singer Selena Gomez caused quite a stir in Pasadena on Sunday after she surprised Coldplay fans while the band played at the Rose Bowl. The “Only Murders in the Building” star joined the British band and sang their 2021 collaboration, “Let Somebody Go.”Gomez, 31, later took to Instagram to thank the band as well as R&B singer H.E.R., who also performed.“Thank you @coldplay @hermusicofficial for an amazing night,” wrote Gomez in the post.

Coldplay were joined by Bryan Adams during their show in Vancouver for a rendition of his classic hit ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’.Frontman Chris Martin invited the Canadian music legend onstage at BC Place on Friday night (September 22) to perform the 1991 Number One hit alongside support act H.E.R..Adams kicked off the performance singing the first verse on acoustic guitar while Martin played the piano.The frontman also joined in the vocal duties before H.E.R. came onstage to perform the song’s famous guitar solo.

Coldplay is back in the U.S. and Canada.After their nationwide ‘Music of the Spheres Tour’ in 2022, Chris Martin and co.

Coldplay’s former manager Dave Holmes is suing the band over a contractual dispute.As reported by Variety, all four members of the multiplatinum-selling British rock band – made up of frontman Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion, are all being sued by their former manager, according to legal documents recently filed in the UK.A representative for Coldplay confirmed to the publication that the band and manager parted ways a year ago after working together for 22 years. They are now being managed by a team comprised of Phil Harvey, Mandi Frost and Arlene Moon, all who have worked alongside them and Holmes for years.A post shared by Coldplay (@coldplay)The representative declined to comment further, though sources told the outlet that the lawsuit is a contractual dispute.

Noel Gallagher says he hasn’t got the same presence as U2 frontman Bono or Coldplay‘s Chris Martin, when he performs onstage.Speaking in a new interview with Radio X, the former Oasis man said he was not “cut out” to command the stage like either singer.“Some people are cut out for that kind of thing. Chris Martin for example, can do that thing with the crowd. Bono can do that thing with the crowd.

Coldplay have added more shows to their upcoming European tour, set to kick off in summer 2024.The British indie-rock veterans announced details of their new tour last week (July 20) — set to kick off in June, and feature their first-ever live dates in Greece, Romania and Finland.Featuring stops across Europe – including dates in Italy, France, Germany, Austria and more – Chris Martin and co. have now added seven additional dates to the 2024 ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour.Extra dates in Bucharest, Lyon, Rome and Helsinki have been added as of today (July 25), as well as an additional show in Dublin’s Croke Park Stadium at the beginning of September, making for three back-to-back shows in the Ireland capital.The 2024 tour – which shares its name with the group’s latest album, 2021’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ – arrives on the heels of their ongoing 2023 stadium shows, which kicked off in May.

Coldplay have announced a series of European stadium tour dates, set to take place in summer 2024. Find ticket information and a list of dates below.The new run of tour dates arrive on the heels of the band’s current 2023 stadium shows, which kicked off in May.

Coldplay covered the Backstreet Boys‘ hit song ‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’ during a recent concert in Gothenburg.During their second show at the Gamla Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden on July 9, the band surprised concert attendees with a stripped-down version of the 1997 hit. Fan-captured footage shows frontman Chris Martin on stage with a piano as he begins the song, before the crowd quickly joins in singing along.The cover came in towards the end of their 25-song set.

Coldplay paid tribute to Elton John during the final night of his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road‘ tour in Stockholm via a video broadcast last night (July 8).The music icon completed his world tour in the Swedish capital’s Tele2 Arena this weekend, after 333 shows and nearly five years.During the show, Coldplay – who were performing in Gothenburg, Sweden at the very same time – appeared onscreen through a video broadcast which was beamed out at the musicians’ respective concerts.Chris Martin and co. were performing John’s classic ‘Rocket Man’ at Gamla Ullevi stadium when the frontman called out to the musician.“Elton, can you hear us, from Gothenburg?” he asked, before John appeared on the screen.

Coldplay were joined on stage by tennis legend Roger Federer at a recent concert in Zurich – check out footage of the moment below.Chris Martin and co. were performing at the Letzigrund Stadium in the Swiss city on Sunday (July 2) as part of the European leg of their ‘Music Of The Spheres’ world tour.Towards the end of the 22-track set, Federer took to the stage to play the shaker as the band performed ‘Don’t Panic’, the opening song from their 2000 debut album ‘Parachutes’.

Often regarded as the must-attend music event of the year, Glastonbury is easily one of the most widely renowned and globally recognised music festivals on the planet. From humble beginnings in 1970, the Somerset based festival has grown year on year, with a countless slew of big names taking to the stage to delight fans, including the likes of David Bowie, Dolly Parton, and even Beyoncé.

Coldplay’s show in Cardiff were left surprised after Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones joined the band onstage.The gig took place at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium last night (June 6), and marked the first of their two sold-out performances in the city.The 23-song set saw Chris Martin and co take on all of their best-known hits, including ‘Yellow’, ‘Viva La Vida’, ‘Clocks’ and ‘The Scientist’, as well as renditions of their newer material, taken from their latest album ‘Music of the Spheres’, which arrived in 2021.The main highlight of the night, however, came in the latter half of the set, when the British rockers were joined onstage by Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones to the delight of his native Welsh crowd.The surprise guest appearance arrived after the band performed a rendition of ‘Green Eyes’, a song taken from their 2002 album ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’. Here, the frontman joined the four-piece onstage for a rendition of Stereophonics’ hit track ‘Dakota’.

world stadium tour comes with an emphasis on environmental sustainability, and began last March in South America before coming to the United States and UK last summer.The tour is currently in its second year and midway through a new run of UK dates, and new research on the tour so far has been undertaken by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shared by the band.The figures show that the band have emitted 47 per cent less carbon emissions on the ‘Music Of The Spheres’ world tour so far than their tour in 2016 and 2017, after which they said they would not be touring again until they could do so more sustainably.Coldplay said of the figures: “This is a good start – and something that our incredible crew should be very proud of – but clearly there’s still room for improvement.”Of tweaks to the system to improve sustainability, they told fans: “Now that we’re into the second year of the tour, we’ve started to run the entire show (audio, lights, lasers etc) from an electric battery system that allows us to use 100 per cent renewable energy as efficiently as possible.

Coldplay were joined onstage by Aitch at their show at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium last night (June 1) — check out footage and the full setlist below.The show marked the second of a four-night residency at the stadium, and saw the band surprise fans with a guest appearance from Brit Award-winning musician and Manchester rap royalty, Aitch.The musician — whose real name is Harrison James Armstrong — joined Chris Martin and co. in his hometown towards the end of the band’s 23-song setlist, and performed two of his hit tracks shortly before the encore.Joining the band after their performance of 2014 classic track ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’, the 23-year-old took to the stage at the stadium to play ‘1989’ and ‘Buss Down’ — taken from 2022’s ‘Close To Home’ and 2019’s EP ‘AitcH2O’.Here, Martin duetted on both tracks, with ‘1989’ particularly resonating with the crowd as it sees Aitch rapping over a sample of ‘Fools Gold’, written by Manchester’s own Stone Roses.

Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and Elton John playing the Etihad, Emirates Old Trafford and the AO Arena.”Over the weekend thousands more will also be attending the free festival We Invented The Weekend at MediaCity and Salford Quays.Arctic Monkeys are set to play at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on Friday and Saturday, while on Saturday and Sunday, thousands are expected to head to Salford Quays for the We Invented The Weekend festival.Sean Dyball, TfGM’s Head of Customer Experience, said: “We are expecting major congestion on Saturday and we strongly encourage anyone travelling into the city centre to plan ahead and allow sufficient time for their journeys.

Coldplay paid tribute to the late Tina Turner yesterday (May 24) with a live performance of her song ‘Proud Mary’ – watch footage below.The iconic American singer and ‘Queen of Rock’n’Roll’ died yesterday aged 83 following a long illness, her spokesperson said.“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner. With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow,” a post to the star’s social media read.“Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has responded to calls for the band to cancel their forthcoming concert in Malaysia.It comes after Nasrudin Hassan, the leader of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), recently called for their show in Kuala Lumpur’s National Stadium Bukit Jalil on November 22 to be cancelled.“What does the government want to nurture a culture of hedonism and perversion in this country? I advise you to just cancel this group’s performance in Malaysia. It brings nothing good to religion, race and country,” he said.Following Hassan’s call to cancel the show – which would be the band’s first-ever in the country – several government ministers rebuked the protest.Now, Martin has stepped in to address the row in an interview with Malaysian national radio station HITZ.“Every time I meet Malaysian people, I feel such a sense of love and warmth.

fatal crowd crush that occurred at an Asake concert. The event — which left two dead and one in critical condition — ultimately led to the academy having its licence suspended for three months.The Metropolitan Police have since claimed to have “lost confidence” in the safety of the venue and made a push for the location to close its doors for good.An online petition was then launched to counteract the closure while various artists and industry professionals also spoke out against the potential shutting down of the venue.

CHVRCHES, Coldplay, Michael Stipe, Bring Me The Horizon and Do Nothing.The record was released to celebrate yesterday’s Earth Day (April 22) and is available to download via Bandcamp for £25, though tracks are also available to purchase individually. A vinyl version is also available to pre-order.All proceeds from the sale will go to EarthPercent Grant, which gives funding support to organisations working on the frontlines of climate action.Founded in 2021 by Brian Eno, EarthPercent aims “to offer simple and innovative ways for businesses and artists to donate to the most impactful organisations addressing the climate emergency”.Included in the compilation are an acoustic version of Bring Me The Horizon’s ‘Strangers’, a live version of CHVRCHES’ collab with The Cure’s Robert Smith recorded at Brixton Academy and a live take of Coldplay and H.E.R.

Coldplay have announced the support acts for their upcoming 2023 UK and European ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour dates.The band have been on tour across the planet since last spring, and played a host of UK stadium gigs last summer including six sold-out Wembley Stadium gigs.This summer, the band will return to the UK and Europe for further stadium dates following gigs in South America. Across May, June and July, the band will play Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and more, with two new UK dates in Manchester and Cardiff.The new dates will kick off in Coimbra, Portugal on May 17, before the band will play two shows at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium on May 31 and June 1.Leading the list of support names for the stadium shows are Griff and Chvrches, the latter of whom supported the band in South America, with vocalist Lauren Mayberry joining them on stage in São Paulo.Other bands set to support Coldplay include Hinds and Porij.

Zach Braff has revealed how Coldplay got him through his depression.Speaking exclusively to NME, the Scrubs star said that he can no longer listen to the 2000 track ‘Don’t Panic’, despite it helping him get through a difficult stage of his life.“It’s the first track on [his directorial debut] Garden State and I have such a sentimental attachment to that time of my life and what that became with that film,” he said.“It’s just one of those songs that I can’t hear anymore, even though it’s one of my favourite songs ever. I just so associate it with that time of my life.

NME have obtained an exclusive clip of Coldplay playing ‘My Universe’, taken from their upcoming live concert movie – watch it first exclusively on NME above.The footage is taken from the British rock veterans’ performances in Buenos Aires last year – and will be available to watch in full in the upcoming concert film ‘Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres: Live At River Plate’.Set for release on April 19 and 23, NME has obtained an exclusive clip from the upcoming release, showing the band performing their hit single ‘My Universe’. The Grammy-nominated track was originally released in 2021, and feautured K-pop icons, BTS.Watch the clip exclusively on NME above.In a four-star review of the song last September, NME described ‘My Universe’ as both a release that promotes “love and acceptance”, as well as “a subtle manifesto of togetherness despite the walls society might try to put up between us”.