Gigwise — Chris Martin reveals... more info

XFM.co.uk — Chris Martin reveals that the band's fifth album is on the way. more info

Dlisted — This week's POOP (nourish the inner asshole) newsletter teaches you how to get rid of your "batwings" using the Tracy Anderson Method. Now, I always thought the Tracy Anderson Method of toning your arms involved shoveling millions of dollars of... more info

Guardian Music — The Killers got facial hair to connote lofty ambition, while Chris Martin grew something as amorphous on his chin as Coldplay's music. So who's next to ditch the razor?Blame it on the Maharishi. In August 1967 the Beatles, fried by pop, fame and LSD,... more info

COLDPLAY star Chris Martin looks like Igor from classic comic film Young Frankenstein more info

NME Radio — Hiya, Chris Martin from the NME Radio evening show here. A quick heads up for you on Jon Hillcock and his guests this week; he'll be chatting to all the NME Awards Tour Bands, finding out what's been happening from inside the camp, also he's got a Va... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers including CHRIS MARTIN and DAMON ALBARN have helped raise more than $192,000 (120,000) with a memorabilia auction in aid of earthquake-stricken Haiti.Emily... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — [Editor's Note: I was asked this week to respond to an article on The Vertex Blog that put forth the idea that Coldplay's most recent album Viva La Vida was an inadvertent soundtrack to the hit TV show Lost. While I have never watched Lost and pr... more info

Idolator — Is it too early in the new decade to start another list of the Best Pop Star Appearances on The Simpsons? Chris Martin lent his voice talents to The Simpsons last night, performing a private concert for Homer and Bart with Coldplay.  Take the jump... more info

Stereogum — True, the Grammys perpetrating their special brand of outmoded misery upon people dumb enough to watch (like me!), but there were also intentionally funny moments in televised music last night. For instance, the Chris Martin Band quietly dropped i... more info