I am no Harvard Law graduate, but I'm pretty sure if you are being sued for plagiarism, it'd be a really really good idea to not go on a radio show and say you've ripped off other artists. Coldplay's Chris Martin did just that on a BBC Radio 1 show today. Martin and his band Coldplay are being sued by guitarist Joe Satriani, who believes Coldplay's successful "Viva La Vida" title-track is a dir...
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"Yesterday news hit that Coldplay":http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog_post/158862 were giving out a free MP3 of their first Viva La Vida single, "Violet Hill." So today I ventured into the inter-space to download the track via the Band's Web site. After being asked for my email, zip code and country of origin I was told to check my inbox for a link to the download. I ran into minor technica...
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Do Coldplay have the balls to release their new album Viva La Vida pro bono, like their fellow Brits Radiohead? No. But Chris Martin and Co. are doing their best to keep fans happy while bringing the bread home by treating the world's internet users with a free MP3 of the album's first single "Violet Hill." It ain't no free record, but at least Coldplay are attempting to keep up with the evolut...
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Yesterday my roommate Joel and I were having a conversation about Coldplay. With the release of Viva La Vida they are sort of everywhere. Joel was saying how with every passing day he couldn't stand Coldplay more and more. He use to really like them during the Parachute and Rush Of Blood To The Head days. I was saying how I feel like the general population says they can't stand Coldplay, yet th...
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You'd think Coldplay would spend the summer in Europe like most bands, enjoying stops along the French Riviera, because they "have the dough":http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3810583.ece to yacht it up in Cannes. But, instead the foursome is spending the summer touring the muggy U.S. The band will kick off their tour in Philadelphia on June 29th. An...
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Just released today on the very exclusive Bono-fied creation http://www.redwire.com/ comes this unreleased gem by Coldplay. Lhuna features a very Liz Fraser-ish vocals by Kylie Minogue on a Massive Attack-esque inspired rarity.I want to know why Lhuna wasn't included on Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends? Martin's deep soulful vocal is something I want to hear more of. Lhuna is their mos...
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Do you know a band or an artist whose music leaves you indifferent or cold but whose personality you like? I'm pretty resistant to Coldplay's music (where's the hook in 'Clocks' fer godsake?) but I've liked Chris Martin since the day I overheard him in a Radio 1 interview refusing to answer more questions by saying "People are sick of hearing me. I'm sick of hearing me." He then offered, instea...
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As The Queen's Princess alerted us last week, Coldplay released the brand new video for "Viva La Vida." It's a gorgeous video with vibrant colours and dramatic videography. Today, however, an alternate version popped up at OnSmash and it's completely different than the "official" version. Where the 1st video is intensely high quality, this 2nd one is intentionally grainy. And the story-line...
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Due to productions issues... Coldplay have had to postpone their U.S. tour in support of Viva La Vida. Originally scheduled to launch on June 29th, the Colplay's U.S. summer tour will start two weeks later on July 14th in Los Angeles."The band have experienced some production delays which mean that the show simply won't be ready for June 29. It's very frustrating but they promise you a show wor...
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Coldplay have revealed the tracklist for their forthcoming EP, Prospekt's March, an extension of the Viva La Vida studio sessions that wasn't completed by the May deadline the band had on the album. The EP, due in November, includes four new songs and the second part of the Viva La Vida track "Life In Technicolor." As for their more recent single "Lost!" the band is releasing a new version in ...
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Apple came out victorious after a ruling in Washington yesterday (October 2nd) by the US Copyright Royalty Board that froze the royalty rate for songs purchased via iTunes for the next five years. The National Music Publishers Association wanted to increase the royalty fee from 9 cents to 15 cents per track. However, the CRB rejected the hike request, leaving publishers to only get 9 cents per ...
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If there was one song from Coldplay's latest album Viva La Vida I'd try to win anyone over with it'd be "Lost!," which sounds like it was recorded inside a cathedral. The track, already getting heavy radio play, will be the band's third single from the album and available as a four-track, digital-only EP on November 10th everywhere. "That song had been around for a long time without ever gettin...
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Coldplay have pulled a fast one, calling their new album Viva La Vida, or Death and All His Friends. Many had believed that the follow-up to 2005's X&Y would be called Prospect, taken from the signature of the band's news updates via their Web site.Viva La Vida, aptly titled considering most of the album was recorded in Spain, will come out on June 17th via Capitol records. This also denounces ...
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So yesterday when I was searching for "Coldplay's 'Violet Hill' video on YouTube":http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog_post/162652 I kept coming across this other video tweaked to the tune of the single. It was a montage that made politicians look like doofuses -- George W. has been edited dancing to the tune while Tony Blair plays guitar in time. I thought this was some uber-Coldplay fan jus...
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The line-up for the second annual All Points West Music & Arts Festival is pretty incredible. Put on the same people who throw Coachella and nicknamed Coachella East, the three-day APW fest will take place July 31st- August 2nd.In addition to the aforementioned headliners - Coldplay, YYYs, My Bloody Valentine, Tool & Beastie Boys - some 65 acts including MGMT, Vampire Weekend, The Black Keys, ...
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