Ha! This morning’s ‘official’ message reads: *we are now happy to announce that kjartan (keyboards) will be writing and arranging strings for 4 songs on coldplay’s as-yet-untitled follow up album to 2008′s acclaimed ‘viva la vida’. kjartan has already completed most of the arrangements, which are set to be recorded in late spring. in addition to kjartan’s contribution, jonsi will join chris martin on vocals on one of the album’s songs. we were fortunate enough to be allowed to visit coldplay’s rehearsal space while jonsi and chris were rehearsing their collaboration, which promises to be nothing short of amazing. we filmed a short video from the session, which is viewable here.
Sigur Ros recently visited The Take Away Show.
MP3: Sigur Ros – Staralfur
Catch ‘em at:
MAY
15 West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
17 Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
18 Birmingham, AL – Verizon Wireless Center
20 Virginia Beach, VA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
21 Washington, DC – Nissan Pavilion
23 Hartford, CT – Meadows
24 Hershey, PA – Hershey Stadium
26 Philadelphia, PA – Susquhana Center
27 Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC
29 Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion
30 Pittsburgh, PA – Post Gazette Pavilion
JUNE
1 Buffalo, NY – Darien Lakes
2 Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
4 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
5 Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center
6 Nashville, TN – Sommet Center
9 New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Arena
10 San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
12 Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
13 Omaha, NE – Qwest Center
15 Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre
17 Calgary, AB – Pengrowth Saddledone
18 Edmonton, AB – Northlands
Ticket info can be found here.
Last month, Coldplay performed on The Brit Awards.
The band may be releasing a free live album sometime in the near future.
MP3: Coldplay – Viva La Vida (TWD Mix)
Enjoy last night’s ‘best encore ever’ (via Chris Martin) below. MP3 at bottom.
MP3: Coldplay – Viva La Vida (TWD Mix)
Coldplay & Jay Z – Lost & Viva La Vida (Live @ 2009 Grammys)
Last night, ‘Viva La Vida’ was crowned Song Of The Year.
Coldplay was thankful.
Catch the band on their upcoming North American trek.
Enjoy Radiohead’s Grammy performance of ’15 Step’ here.
MP3: Coldplay & Jay Z – Lost & Viva La Vida (Live @ 2009 Grammys)
Enjoy 30 seconds of this weekend’s take on ‘I’m A Believer’ in the clip below.
MP3: Coldplay – Viva La Vida (TWD Mix)
Catch ‘em at:
Portland, OR The Amphitheater At Clark County (7.10)
George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre (7.11)
San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre (7.13)
San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (7.16)
Carson, CA Home Depot Center (7.18)
Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center (7.21)
Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (7.22)
Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (7.24)
East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre (7.25)
Toronto, ON TBD (7.29)
Mansfield, MA Comcast Center (8.3)
Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion (8.6)
Charlotte, NC Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (8.7)
Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre (8.9)
Watch Coldplay’s clip for ‘Life In Technicolor (II)’ here.
MP3: Coldplay – Viva La Vida (TWD Mix)
