Coldplay to Tour North America in 2012

The Onion’s AV Club reports that Coldplay will tour North America in 2012. Save your money for those shows! Here are the dates:

April 17—Rexall Place—Edmonton, Alberta

April 18—Soctiabank Saddledome—Calgary, Alberta

April 20—Rogers Arena—Vancouver, British Columbia

April 24—Rose Garden Arena—Portland, Oregon

April 25—Key Arena—Seattle, Washington

May 1—Hollywood Bowl—Los Angeles California

May 2—Hollywood Bowl—Los Angeles California

June 22—American Airlines Center—Dallas, Texas

June 25—Toyota Center—Houston, Texas

June 28—St. Pete Times Forum—Tampa, Florida

June 29—American Airlines Arena—Miami, Florida

July 2—Philips Arena—Atlanta, Georgia

July 5—Wells Fargo Center—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 8—Verizon Center—Washington, D.C.

July 23—Air Canada Centre—Toronto, Ontario J

July 26—Bell Centre—Montreal, Quebec

July 29—TD Garden—Boston, Massachusetts

Aug. 3—Izod Center—East Rutheford, New Jersey

Aug. 7—United Center—Chicago, Illinois

Aug. 11—Xcel Energy Center—St. Paul, Minnesota

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Coldplay to Appear on British X-Factor Finale

Nme reports that Coldplay will be on the finale of X-Factor in Wembley Arena next weekend. Hopefully, the American one will be next season?

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Coldplay Nominated for Three Grammys!

 

Coldplay are nominated for three Grammy awards!  Snubbed for Song of the Year and Album of the Year, but still. Good luck and I hope to see them perform!

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for Paradise

Best Rock Performance for Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Best Rock Song for Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

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Mylo Xyloto Not on Streaming Music Services

AP says Coldplay is withholding Mylo Xyloto from streaming music services.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — British band Coldplay is withholding its latest album, “Mylo Xyloto,” from all-you-can-listen streaming services such as Spotify and Rhapsody — making it the biggest band yet to express reservations about a system that pays artists a fraction of a penny every time someone listens to a song.

The decision for the hot-selling album, released Tuesday, is a blow to such services, which have millions of tracks available but rely on new tunes to keep listeners interested. Consumers typically pay $10 a month for the right to pick any track or album from a library of millions and listen on demand via online streaming. Users can also download songs to mobile devices. Some services offer lengthy trials or free options with ads. Usually, new tracks are available on the services on Tuesday, the same day they are released for sale. The lack of availability of Coldplay’s fifth album on subscription plans could push consumers to buy the album outright.

Coldplay’s recording company, EMI, said in a statement “We always work with our artists and their management on a case by case basis to deliver the best outcome for each release.” Rhapsody president Jon Irwin said he respects the band’s decision and needs to do a better job explaining the benefits of the subscription system to artists. In an editorial he wrote for Billboard magazine on Monday, Irwin said he agreed that some reported royalties paid to artists — as low as 0.015 cents per play on Spotify and 0.91 cents on Rhapsody — “seem awfully small.”

By comparison, recording labels and artists share about 70 percent of the $1.29 per track or $9.99 per album when music is bought on Apple Inc.’s iTunes. Irwin argued that royalties from subscription music plans are recurring, not one-time as is the case with iTunes sales. Thus, he said, revenue will build over time. And in any case, he said it is better than what artists get paid for pirated songs — zero. “Those plays for that artist, they’re going to get compensated by it,” he said in an interview Thursday. “That goes on forever, and it doesn’t end with the sale of an MP3” song file. Spotify said in a statement that it also respects the decision of any artist regarding where their songs are made available. But the company pointed out that its service has “convinced millions of consumers to pay for music again.

Spotify said it has paid $150 million to recording companies, artists and publishers since its launch three years ago. Spotify has said it has more than 2 million paying customers globally, while Rhapsody is the leading service in the U.S. with more than 800,000 subscribers. Other popular subscription services include MOG and Rdio. Early indications are that “Mylo Xyloto” will be one of the top-selling albums of the year. Its debut single “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” has racked up sales of 763,000 so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and Billboard estimates between 440,000 and 450,000 copies of the album will be sold through Sunday. Coldplay’s managers did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

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Analysis of Coldplay Haters

http://sweensryche.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/coldplay-hate-a-study/

Here’a great analysis of Coldplay hate.

In a recent Pitchfork interview, Coldplay singer Chris Martin discussed his relationship with Jay-Z, sharing that some people can’t understand why someone as “cool” as Jay would want to be friends with someone as “nerdy” as himself. I know one thing they could definitely bond on – haters. Whether it’s coming from Foo Fighters, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, or critics who can’t get over the U2 aping, moneymaking and/or Paltrow marrying, Martin has to deal with the same petty jealousies as Jay or fellow collaborator Kanye West. But unlike those artists, Coldplay’s stock in trade – huge, starry-eyed love songs with choruses that embrace listeners like teddy bears – doesn’t give him the platform to vent about it.

For now, at least. The band’s fifth album, Mylo Xyloto, finds the group aiming for a more rubbery pop sound, injecting some needed brightness and energy in its brand of moody arena rock. Synths appear as much as pianos; the rhythms have more meat on their bones, and teardrops invariably become waterfalls. It’s an ideal situation for a guest appearance by Rihanna, whose voice winningly intertwines with Martin’s over the soaring synth-pop riffage of “Princess of China.”

You could spin this as a sign of the musical apocalypse if you wanted – a monstrously popular group doing everything it can to sound even more mainstream. But for all of its chart-reaching ambitions, Mylo Xyloto doesn’t sound labored. Martin and his bandmates clearly have an affinity for the trappings of 21st century pop and R&B, and with the help of super-producer Brian Eno, they’ve woven them into their signature sound in subtle yet effective ways – much like U2 did on Achtung Baby. Critics are once again heaping praise upon that album in honor of its 20th birthday, calling it brave, despite the fact that when you took away Bono’s new hair and wardrobe, Achtung was just a tweaked version of the same old formula. It’s a great record, but it has more in common with Mylo Xyloto than U2 fans would probably care to admit.

The reviews are in on MX, and they’re the usual mix of carefully worded praise and straight-up bile. But whether they’re being nice or mean, critics still tend to sound disappointed that Coldplay isn’t an Important Artist, the kind of band that turns fans into apostles for its cause. Which leads to my theory – Coldplay’s biggest problem is that they don’t suck enough. It’s easy to spew hate about Black Eyed Peas or Maroon 5, but those Coldplay choruses are nifty little earworms. They must make it hard on Chris Martin haters, no matter how many clumsy rhymes he forces. So they rage on about how worthless Coldplay is, how they’re an insult to people who “know about music,” how their popularity exposes the ignorance of the general public. Then they catch themselves humming “Paradise,” and the self-flagellation begins.

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Watch Coldplay on SNL!

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Watch Coldplay at MTV EMAs 2011!

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