Coldplay had been sued over allegedly copying a song from Joe Satriani, titled “If I Could Fly” for their song “Viva La Vida”.

Satriani claimed that the band plagiarized his song and I believed it, as well, due to the similarities in both. The case was dismissed yesterday in a California Court.
NME reports, “Now, according to News.justia.com, the case was dismissed yesterday (September 14) in California Central District Court “upon stipulation”, suggesting that an out-of-court settlement may have been reached.”
That’s the end of that.
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Princess of Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow, is said to be trying to nudge husband Chris Martin right out of Coldplay. Way to Yoko it up, Gwyn.

A friend of hers reportedly said, “Gwyneth has outright told Chris that he should consider going solo. She is busy doing all of her projects and she wants him to diversify as well. She doesn’t have a problem with Coldplay, but she wants Chris to think about trying a solo album just to see if he likes it.”
Chris was said to be pretty upset at the mention of a solo album, but we’ll …read more

Coldplay have announced on their official website that they have canceled their show tonight at the Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida.

So if you’ve got tickets for the concert, then hang onto them, because you’ll hear something from them soon as to when they’ll be rescheduling the show.
The group cites medical reasons for the postponement. Stay tuned for more details as they become available.
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Coldplay knows the pinch of the recession! So they’re doing something about it!
The band has just announced today that they will be giving away a free live album to every concertgoer for their remaining shows (apart from festival shows).

Check out the details:
Good morning, We’re pleased to announce that Coldplay will be giving away a live CD, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, at every remaining live show in 2009 (apart from festival shows). Starting with the band’s first North American tour date, at West Palm Beach in Florida on May 15th, every fan attending a show will be given a free copy of …read more

After their 2009 world tour is over, the guys in Coldplay are planning to take a break. Reportedly, so the fans don’t “get sick of their music”. Too late, pal, too late. (But what do I know?)
It was rumored last November that the guys were splitting up completely in 2009, but now, we’ve found that they just might want to take a little break.
Guitarist Johnny Buckland hopes that the hiatus from making music will keep their fans interested. He says, “We ended up doing much more touring than we originally planned so there’s no time to …read more

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has revealed that the band are planning to give away a live album for free this summer.
He says that he wants to give the album away to fans attending their concerts in September.
He says, “What we want to do is try to give away a live album for free. We’re playing a lot of shows in the summer and I think what we would like to do is – bearing in mind the recession we are in – record the live album then give it as a gift. We are just trying …read more

Coldplay has announced their North American tour dates for this summer via their official website.
July
10th – Portland, OR – The Amphitheater at Clark County – on sale 14th Feb
11th – George, WA – The Gorge Amphitheatre – on sale 14th Feb
13th – San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre – on sale 14th Feb
16th – San Diego, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre – on sale 13th Feb
18th – Carson, CA – Home Depot Center – on sale 21st Feb
21st – Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center – on sale 14th Feb
22nd – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – …read more

Coldplay was planning to pack in as much stuff as they could possibly accomplish so that they could give up music by the end of next year. So that would lead me to believe that this rumor might be true.
Leona Lewis might have Coldplay appear on her second album. She wants to give her new album a little bit of a “rockier edge”, and having the band guest on the album might just accomplish that for her.
A source says, “Leona would love to work with Coldplay and knows Chris Martin likes her voice. She would love to …read more

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Jay-Z will be taking the stage along with Coldplay as a special guest on three of their shows in the U.K. next year. According to the Press Association, the shows will take place next September and tickets will start at £40.
How many of us still think that Coldplay is trying to go out with a bang?

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Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has hinted around that he has plans to split the band up by the end of next year. He says that the decision was based on his view that bands should give it up before they get too old. He says that he wants to go out with a blast.
He says, “I’m 31 now and I don’t think that bands should keep going past 33. So we’re trying to pack in as much as possible. Up until the end of next year, we’ll just go …read more