My Coldplay.com - A Coldplay Blog

The nominees have been announced for the “2008 MTV Video Music Awards” which will air on Sunday September 7, 2008 at 9:00pm SHARP (Live ET/Tape Delayed PT).

The “Moonman” contenders for this year’s professional categories are in. The list of “2008 Video Music Awards” nominees for “Best Choreography,” “Best Editing,” “Best Special Effects,” “Best Cinematography” and “Best Art Direction” include a top-notch group of musicians including Coldplay, The White Stripes, Weezer, Adele and Eryka Badu.

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If you’re interested in finding out how to make a Coldplay “Viva La Vida” iTunes style portrait, here’s how. It’s even better if you play the song in the background. Makes it less monotonous…

The other day, I wrote a post regarding Hongkiat.com, and how much I loved some of the tutorials on it. I saw the Coldplay / Apple Portrait tutorial, thought it looked cool, so I decided to do it myself, then made a video tutorial of it.

Via http://gilesvg.com/

Good evening. We’re very pleased to announce the launch of a new section here on Coldplay.com. Post is a place where all the pictures, videos, interviews and blogs which appear on this website will now gather together, in one handy place. Post also contains some things that are new to the site, such as the official band biography for the current album and some exclusive pictures (like the one of the band with an elf prince in the Brixton LiveBlog gallery).

Should you be looking for the Oracle, you’ll find a button at the bottom of the front page and one on the navigation bar, pointing you in the general direction of their impressive wisdom.

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The Oracle has the answers….

August 27, 2008 - submitted by Derek, United States of America

Q. Who is Coldplay’s favorite uncle from America?

The Oracle replies:

That’d be Shawn Carter aka Jay Z. This refers to when Coldplay performed live at the BBC in June, Jay-Z was in the audience. They dedicated Lost! to him using that moniker.
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Fresh from topping the album and singles charts, Coldplay come to Radio 2 to play an intimate gig in the BBC Radio Theatre in London.

You can hear the concert on Saturday 30 August, 1900 to 2000. During the build up to their show, the band will be chatting to Dermot O’Leary on Radio 2 and Steve Lamacq on 6 Music.

And in the week after the event you’ll be able to watch video of the band’s performance, and see photo galleries.

Thank you to everyone who entered our ticket giveaway, which is now closed. Listeners who have secured a place will now have been contacted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/coldplay/

Did you win - coz I didn’t….

Go here to vote for Coldplay.com in the BT Digital Music Awards

You can vote me MyColdplay.com by clicking on this link…

You can can win tickets to see Coldplay live in Paris on 9th and 10th September courtesy of an online French competition here

This is a NRJ radio contest, the same as the one for the Paris secret gig back in June. The questions you need to answer on the website are the same, and are multiple choice answers:

What’s Coldplay new single?
Who painted the cover?
Where’s the band from?

[thanks chavi]

More Oraclisms….

August 26, 2008 - submitted by Kathy, United States of America

Q. Heard a song today on XM Radio with Coldplay and Michael Stipe about God’s Love…What is the exact title and where can I find a copy of it ?? Thanks

The Oracle replies:

The track is called In the Sun. It was originally by Joseph Arthur but Michael chose it as the song to raise funds for Hurricane Katrina. It was released exclusively via iTunes back in February 2006 and you can still get it there.
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Updated to August, 12th 2008

News of this week:
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends still increases its share of sales. Thanks to the results obtained last week (+ 219,000 copies sold), the number of total sales of the new Coldplay album is 4,332,220 copies purchased. [Read more]

Members of British rock band Coldplay have revealed an unusual hobby they have taken up to help them unwind while on tour - sewing.Lead vocalist Chris Martin claims that they have bonded well while stitching their stage costumes, and insists their secret pastime has made them a more tight knit group, reports Contactmusic.com. [Read more]