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The successful British band Coldplay returns with the album “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends” - but where singer Chris Martin’s voice sang of love and happiness in the past, it is now about life and death. Drummer Will Champion explains in the interview with beQueen why this has to be.

Will Champion, the new Coldplay album is called “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.” How did you come to this name?
Will Champion: We have only baptized the album “Viva la Vida”, because it is a tribute to life itself. At this time we were in Mexico City, where we visited Frida Kahlo’s house and encountered this quote. We love Kahlo’s art and were speechless in the face of the energy of the house, where the magnificent, expressive colors give a very special atmosphere. At this time we realized that we were too monotonous. We wanted to go away from black and white towards to colour. [Read more]

Here’s another new interview - this time for Special Zone by VMC. Thanks to fufunagentsmith for the upload…

And if you haven’t seen this MTV Interview before - there ya go!
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Chris Martin and Will Champion joinied the BBC 6 Music Studios to talk to Steve Lamacq about their album, ‘Viva La Vida’. This interview was broadcast on BBC 6 Music on Friday 13th June 2008.

And here’s another interview from Australia’s Herald Sun, where the band talk about their new look and artwork on the latest release Viva la Vida.
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#42 muses on the band’s time in Japan

Can it really be a week since we left Japan? Worse yet, I’ve not yet submitted my journals from those shows. “Jetlag” sounds far more glamourous and interesting than “couldn’t get off the sofa”, so I’m sticking with that. Somehow though, I think we all know where the truth lies.

In a nice follow-on from the previous journal, I opened my hotel room curtains in Osaka to be greeted by a building in the distance bearing the word “Yodobashi”. The very same camera shop I arrived at in Tokyo minus my credit card. Over breakfast, I enlist the permanently Leica-bearing Berryman to join me for a trip over there. I’ve managed to obtain cash and today there’s no stopping me. We both return somewhat lighter of wallet, but laden with photographic goodies. [Read more]

One of my eBay co-workers sent this in to The Chatter last week. Amy is a huge fan of Coldplay and had the opportunity of meeting the drummer when the band performed recently in San Jose. Her excitement doubled when she learned about Coldplay’s eBay connection! Here’s what Amy (looking suitably thrilled next to Will Champion) wrote: [Read more]

If you think that with a wife like Gwyneth Paltrow rocker Chris Martin wouldn’t glance another women, then you’re wrong.

In an interview on Japanese TV, the Coldplay band members were shown four photographs of models to choose from, whom they would like to take on a date.

While Will Champion, Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland refused to choose, Martin immediately made his choice. “Thankfully, my wife is over 1,000 miles away so I’ll answer this,” the Mirror quoted him, as saying.

Pointing at the pictures, he joked, “I’ll go for breakfast with this lady, then this lady for lunch. Then this lady, I’d take her to dinner on Thursday…”

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Whoo, so many questions answered…….

August 15, 2008 - submitted by Kit, United Kingdom

Q. Is Jonny Buckland Welsh? He doesn’t look Welsh. But then I’m not sure who does.

The Oracle replies:

From The Moldy Peaches to Mold. Jonny was born in Mold, North Wales but he and his family moved away when he was very small.
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#42 reports from Canada

So that’s Canada done for a little while, eh? This time out, a good proportion of the crew are Canadians, so Chris’s claim from the stage that it’s a “home from home” have an extra resonance. As soon as Life In Technicolor hits in Montreal, I’m suddenly reminded about this place. Nobody knows whether it’s the crowd or the acoustics, but the cheering is absolutely deafening throughout, which can’t help but lift the show to new heights.
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Coldplay performed a 2nd triumphant night at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Everyone sang Happy Birthday to Will Champion [awww]. Pictures are here. Reviews/Video below…

Chris debuts cool afro-style ‘do as Coldplay thrill Canadian crowds

Normally close-cropped Chris Martin was showing off a fuller head of hair than usual this week. The Coldplay frontman had allowed his ‘do to grow into a funky afro-inspired style to play a sell-out gig in Toronto.
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Happy Birthday Will. Welcome to the club! Here’s a wee vid I made…

Love Nettie xox

Here are some fan clips of Coldplay singing happy birthday to will at the Toronto show.
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