Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular storiesChris Brown denies his new tattoo depicts a beaten RihannaMercury prize 2012: the shortlist that might have beenClara Schumann: Google doodle celebrates life of pi... more info

Guardian Music — This week's Mercury prize nominations were widely judged to be straight and safe. Here our critics suggest 12 records that should have made the listPlayin' Me Cooly G (Hyperdub)It sells itself as qualitative judgment and always arrives wreathed in a ... more info

ContactMusic — The Coldplay tour gross has reached a hefty box office total of 99 7 million reports Billboard com making it No 1 on their latest ranking of top-grossing tours Coldplay embarking on a mammoth North American and Europe... more info

Starpulse — Sean Connery, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey and Coldplay are among the stars who have sent their congratulations to tennis champion Andy Murray following his historic win at the U.S. Open on Monday. ... more info

Consequence of Sound — A fine collection of Coldplay B-sides. more info

ContactMusic — Sir Sean Connery Russell Crowe Kevin Spacey and Coldplay are among the stars who have sent their congratulations to tennis champion Andy Murray following his historic win at the U S Open on Monday 10Sep12 The British sportsman beat defending champion... more info

ContactMusic — Gwyneth Paltrow encourages her children to play in dirt to build up their immune systems The Iron Man actress realises she cannot shelter daughter Apple eight and son Moses six - her children with her husband Coldplay singer Chris Martin - from... more info

Pop Crunch — Another dat, another ink for pop tart Rihanna… After hitting London to help mentor Jay-Z and Coldplay’s Chris Martin shut down the Paralympics, RiRi took to Twitter to debut her [...] more info

Topix — Though they kept things mostly local for the Olympics Closing Ceremonies , London called in a roster of big shots from worldwide for the Paralympic Games Closing Ceremonies over the weekend. more info

Perez Hilton — It's obviously a true Paradise when you've got Jay-Z, Bad Girl Rihanna, and Coldplay frolicking among the Paralympic flowers! OK, so RiRi didn't stay on stage after the afforementiond's triple threat performance of Run This Town, but Master of improm... more info