A cover of REM's haunting ballad Everybody Hurts will be the Haiti charity single and feature the likes of singer Leona Lewis, Coldplay and veteran rocker Rod Stewart... more
David Smyth enjoys a book devoted to the soon-to-be-extinct hobby of record shopping, discusses Coldplay's copyright troubles and finds Agyness Deyn's singing is less impressive than her looks. ... more
Chris Martin may have developed a new habit of storming out of interviews, but according to David Smyth at their free Brixton gig, there's no doubt that Coldplay have still got it.... more
Also, Coldplay's music isn't not quite bad enough to put off millions and millions of otherwise nice, sane, God-fearing folk from hurrying to the shops to buy it.... more
Coldplay's long-awaited Viva la Vida may not sell as many as their last album — but it’s brimming with the new ideas they so badly need, says David Smyth.
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Ghosts sprinkle the crowd with smile-generating fairy dust harmonies, says Martha de Lacey. They'll be in stadiums, rather than pub back rooms, soon.... more
From Coldplay and Pulp to The Who and Pink Floyd, much of modern music flourished in the capital's seats of higher learning. A new poll has revealed where they studied.... more
Sofia Coppola's boyfriend is lead singer and they won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album this year. Now, Phoenix tell Nosheen Iqbal, they are set to conquer London
Move over, Mahiki. Nightclub entrepreneurs Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling are soon to launch a new Eighties-inspired club in Chelsea, in honour of Lady Thatcher
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