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James Blake has called for an end to people “bashing” Coldplay, saying that it’s “not cool anymore” to hate on the band.The artist made the comments during a new episode of the BBC Sounds podcast Sidetracked with Annie and Nick, when he shared his thoughts on the recent post from Chrissie Hynde – explaining what she does and doesn’t deem as “cool”.Weighing in on what he thinks is “uncool”, he said that the negative comments about Coldplay leave him feeling frustrated.“Coldplay bashing has got to stop. It’s not cool anymore! It’s not cool anymore to just be like ‘Coldplay’s not cool.’ Just fuck off,” he said. “There are so many amazing Coldplay songs.

Coldplay are all set to bring their Music of the Spheres tour to the UK in a matter of months.The band, comprising Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, Will Champion and Phil Harvey, have ten shows lined up at London's iconic Wembley Stadium.They're also set to make their first appearance at Hull's Craven Park Stadium with two consecutive performances. Over these dates, Coldplay will be serenading over 1 million fans with their music, promising a summer to remember. Fans can expect a setlist packed with some of the band's biggest hits, including Yellow, The Scientist, Viva La Vida, and more.Tickets for these shows went on sale last year and were quickly snapped up, leaving many fans scouring online for resale tickets.

The Shins, Zach Braff, Laufey and a line-up of musicians covered Tom Petty‘s ‘Free Fallin’ at a benefit concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of Garden State. Watch footage of the performance below.Braff wrote and directed the 2004 romantic comedy, in which he starred alongside Natalie Portman, Peter Saarsgard, Jean Smart and Method Man.The film was a box-office success, raking in over US$35million on a US$2million budget – just as impactful was its soundtrack, which was personally curated by Braff, that helped usher in newfound popularity for indie rock artists The Shins, Iron & Wine and Frou Frou.In particular, The Shins’ ‘New Slang’ was used in a memorable scene with Braff and Portman, the actor’s character introducing it to Braff’s saying, “You gotta hear this one song — it’ll change your life.

Arcane has announced an extended version of the hit song ‘Ma Meilleure Ennemie’ featuring Coldplay – find out more below.Last night, the official Arcane account on Instagram announced the extended version, which is due for release next week (April 4). The song will see Coldplay team up with the track’s original singers Stromae and Pomme less than a month after they released a new video for the viral hit.‘Ma Meilleure Ennemie’ was written and performed by Stromae and Pomme for the second season of Riot Games‘ and Netflix‘s hit animated series Arcane, which is based on the popular video game League of Legends.You can pre-save the extended cut of ‘Ma Meilleure Ennemie’ featuring Coldplay on digital streaming platforms here.A post shared by Arcane (@arcaneshow)The original version of ‘Ma Meilleure Ennemie’ has racked up well over 300million streams on Spotify alone, with tonnes more on other streaming platforms including Apple Music and YouTube since the release of Arcane season two.

Get ready to dance, jive, and have the time of your life because Mamma Mia! is making its grand return in 2026.The smash-hit West End musical is planning a UK tour that will hit cities including Bristol, Oxford, Edinburgh, Swansea and Manchester, and fans can snag tickets starting at £19.50 Celebrating its 26th year since debuting in 1999, Mamma Mia! has charmed audiences far and wide, especially after becoming a silver screen sensation with stars Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep. READ MORE: Coldplay 2025 UK tour: Tickets now available for less than £100 after huge demand The cast of the 2026 tour remains hush-hush at the moment, but the previous tour in 2024-25 featured talents such as Izi Maxell, Mazz Murray, Ben Irish, Stephen Beckett, Christopher Dickins, and Luke Jasztal.

Coldplay devotees are still buzzing from the scramble to bag tickets for the band's 2025 UK tour.The announcement of a comprehensive stadium tour late last year sent fans into a frenzy, with tickets being snapped up almost as soon as they were released. Despite the fact that Coldplay will be performing 12 shows across the UK, including ten at London's iconic Wembley Stadium, there simply weren't enough tickets to go around, leaving many fans empty-handed.

Coldplay will be helping choose acts to perform at the first ever World Cup half-time show in 2026.Next year’s World Cup tournament will be co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico with the final set to take place on July 19 2026 at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. The planned half-time show would be in the same style as the iconic Super Bowl half-time shows.Though pre-match performances at specific occasions such as the Champions League final are common, there has never been a proper mid-game performance break.During the Super Bowl half-time shows, artists perform a 15-minute set which usually includes a few surprise guests.

BBC News, no homegrown artist featured on either list last year after Benson Boone claimed the Number One song with ‘Beautiful Things’ and Taylor Swift‘s ‘The Tortured Poets Department‘ was the world’s bestselling album.Albums by Coldplay, Charli XCX and Dua Lipa did not make either list. The highest ranked artist was Artemas who came in 15th with ‘I Like The Way You Kiss Me’ on the global best selling singles list.Both lists were mainly dominated by US acts including Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar.Previously, UK acts appeared in one or both of the top 10 lists every year since 2003.It comes after David Martin of the Featured Artists Coalition recently pointed to Spotify’s most globally streamed artists of 2024, saying that the increasing lack of UK names was a sign of the talent pipeline already suffering – and not for a lack of talent.“I’m not saying this is doomsday, it’s fixable but this should be the canary down the mine to the UK music industry,” he told NME.

Steven Wilson has spoken to NME about how he’s attempted to reinvent guitar solos as part of his new space-themed album ‘The Overview’, which marks the Porcupine Tree musician’s return to prog-rock after more than a decade.Announced last month and set for March release, ‘The Overview’ is named after The Overview Effect – the unsettling phenomenon experienced by astronauts when they view Earth from outer space for the first time.“Astronauts experience a profound epiphany,” Wilson told NME. “Some people have a very positive reaction, but some have reactions that are very negative.

Glastonbury for Benedict Cumberbatch.The former star of The Good Place and mental health advocate shared the anecdote during a new interview with Paloma Faith, as part of a new episode for the latter’s Mad Sad Bad podcast.During the discussion, Jamil explained some of the hardships she has faced in recent times, and shared that the 2024 edition of Glastonbury came during “one of the saddest” times of her life. This, she recalled, was because of the unexpected and “sudden” death of a friend.While at the Worthy Farm event, Jamil was still in a vulnerable state and found herself getting emotional during Coldplay’s massive headline set on the Pyramid Stage.

wedding harp and vocal duo Adel and Karina told The Post.The four-time Grammy winner wrote the 2017 ballad for his now-wife Cherry Seaborn, and said it’s the love song for which he will be the most remembered.“‘Perfect,’ is the one where, whenever I play it at a concert, you see the stadium change, and everyone suddenly starts hugging the person next to them,” he told GQ.The British singer-songwriter, who has a net worth of $200 million, made the list not one, but three times — with his song “Photograph” ranking as No. 5 and “Thinking out Loud,” No.

Coldplay have covered The Proclaimers‘ classic track ‘Sunshine On Leith’ with Laura Mvula – watch the performance below.Chris Martin and co. delivered a stirring and emotional rendition of the Scottish band’s 1988 single during a stripped-back performance for Radio 2’s Piano Room Month last night (February 3).They were assisted on vocals by Mvula, who previously guested with Coldplay during their headline set at Glastonbury 2024.Speaking about their choice of cover, Martin explained that bassist Guy Berryman had sent him ‘Sunshine On Leith’ – from The Proclaimers’ second album of the same name – “three days ago”.He continued: “He said, ‘Listen to this song by The Proclaimers’, and I’d never heard it before, and it blew me away… I’d never heard it before and then I watched the Hibernian [FC] fans singing in the terraces and it just gets me so much, that song.”Coldplay also performed their classics ‘Viva La Vida’ and ‘Paradise’ in the Radio 2 Piano Room, as well as three tracks from their latest album ‘Moon Music’: ‘The Karate Kid’, ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ and ‘All My Love’.The set was recorded at the BBC Maida Vale studios in London.

Coldplay’s Chris Martin performed a heartfelt version of ‘All My Love’ at the 2025 Grammys‘ In Memoriam segment, paying tribute to musicians who passed away over the last year.Among those whose lives were celebrated at the ceremony last night (February 2) was former One Direction star Liam Payne, who tragically died on October 16 last year, after he fell from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel.His death rocked the pop world and has triggered discussions about better protections for young musicians, with fans and high-profile industry figures alike coming forward to campaign for better safeguarding of those in the public eye.At the awards, a video was shown of Payne during his boyband days.

Mo is back on Netflix for a second season, but what songs are included in the new episodes? Read on for the full list.The show is co-created by its leading star Mo Amer alongside Ramy Youssef and it is loosely based on Amer’s own experiences as a Palestinian refugee navigating life in the United States.The first season premiered on the streaming service in August 2022 and now the second run of eight episodes have landed, as of January 30. Check out the trailer for season two below.Netflix have said the new season “will bring its hero’s journey for asylum to an end, with Amer reprising his role as Mo, alongside Teresa Ruiz (Maria), Farah Bsieso (Yusra), and Omar Elba (Sameer), who are back as series regulars.”“The new episodes find Mo stranded across the border and desperate to get back to Houston before his family’s asylum hearing.

Chris Martin, St. Vincent, Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock are among the new names confirmed to be performing at the Grammys this weekend.The ceremony is set to take place on Sunday (February 2) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with comedian Trevor Noah returning to host for the fifth consecutive time.The show was already set to be a star-studded affair with a list of performers including Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Benson Boone, Doechii, RAYE, Shakira and Teddy Swims.Now, a raft of additional names have been announced.

Coldplay have played the biggest stadium show of the 21st century so far in India. Check out footage below.The events took place at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday (January 25 and Sunday (26) and marked the latest dates on the band’s monumental ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour.According to a new press release, the two shows were not only the biggest of the band’s career, but also set a huge world record by becoming the largest stadium concerts of the 21st century.

Coldplay have shared A Film For The Future – the mesmerising 45-minute visual accompaniment to their latest album ‘Moon Music’. Check it out below.Shared today (January 22), the film comes as a hypnotic companion film to the band’s 10th studio album and showcases the different styles of over 150 artists in 45 different countries.Described by executive producer Ben Mor as “a kaleidoscopic patchwork quilt” and “a 44-minute multimedia tapestry,” the project was put together as each artist was given an assortment of snippets from the LP.

Chris Martin has thanked Coldplay fans in Mumbai, India, for “forgiving” British colonialism.At Coldplay’s show at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, which was part of their Music of Spheres world tour, frontman Martin shared his gratitude for how welcoming fans were – especially because of Britain’s colonial past.“This is our fourth visit to India, and the second time to play. First time we played a long show and we could not have asked for a better audience.

Coldplay have announced their forthcoming ‘Music Of The Spheres’ concert in India will be streamed live.The Republic Day performance from Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium which goes out on January 26, will be available to viewers across the country on Disney+ Hotstar, and will include exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the band.Ahead of the show, frontman Chris Martin said: “Namaste to all our friends in India. We’re thrilled to share that on the 26th of January, our show from Ahmedabad will be streaming live on Disney+ Hotstar, so you can watch it from anywhere in India.

Coldplay have announced a visual accompaniment to their latest album ‘Moon Music‘, entitled A Film For The Future.The film, which was created by over 150 different visual artists from 45 countries, has been described by the project’s executive producer Ben Mor as “a kaleidoscopic patchwork quilt – a 44-minute multimedia tapestry.” You can watch a trailer below.Each artist was given a handful of music snippets from ‘Moon Music’ and asked to create corresponding visuals, according to a press release. There were no rules or guidelines, and no knowledge of other artists’ creations.The film will premiere worldwide on YouTube on January 22, with special 360-degree screenings also taking place at Lightroom venues in London, Manchester and Seoul – tickets can purchased here.

Coldplay, Shawn Mendes and Bebe Rexha.City of London Police claim that Skylar Dalziel, 22, of Winchester Gardens in Luton, made approximately £42,000 by selling the illegally acquired content online (via BBC).Dalziel has admitted 11 copyright offences in Luton Crown Court and was sentenced on Friday (January 3) to 21 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 24 months.Prosecutor Richard Partridge claimed that Dalziel “selfishly used their music to make money for herself by selling it on the dark web”, while police have made clear that “stealing copyrighted material for your own financial gain is illegal”.Detective Constable Daryl Fryatt, of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, added: “It jeopardises the work of artists and the livelihoods of the people who work with them to create and release their music.”It is reported that Dalziel managed to access cloud-based storage accounts for the artists in question, with a compromised account coming to the attention of Sony Music Entertainment, who reported the matter to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in 2021. Roughly 40 unreleased tracks had been taken from the account and were being sold online.Dalziel was arrested in January 2023 with police seizing three drives of music, containing a total of nearly 300,000 songs.