Guardian Music — Our music writers are currently picking their albums of the year. What would yours be?December is nearly upon us, bringing the inevitable blizzard of best-album-of-the-year lists. The Guardian will of course be participating; as you read this, an arm... more info

Guardian Music — St John-at-Hackney, London; Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe various members of Radiohead frequently perform independently from the band. It is very rare, though, to find Coldplay ("The shit Radiohead, as some people call us," quips Chris Martin) cleave... more info

ContactMusic — British rocker Chris Martin halted a gig in London on Thursday 24Nov11 to reprimand a fan for playing a tambourine in the audience The Coldplay frontman headlined a show for learning disability charity Mencap in Hackney and was midway through the ban... more info

Guardian Music — Syrian techno legend Omar Souleyman plays a trio of UK raves around next weekend's ATP Nightmare Before Xmas appearance (6 Dec, XOYO, EC2; 8 Dec, Oran Mór, Glasgow; 10 Dec, Bradford University, songkick.com) …Gaggle get together for a special one-... more info

Guardian Music — St John-at-Hackney church, LondonDuring the opening chords of The Scientist, the tinkles from the balcony become too much. Chris Martin stops the song, picks out the woman rattling a tambourine and launches a characteristically good-humoured rant abo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — For today's Live Performance we'll have to go back to the early days of by now million selling top act Coldplay. Broadcast as part of the "MTV Live (Special Concert)" series at the time, it was recorded and filmed at Round Chapel on April 19... more info

Gigwise — The singer performs at Little Noise Sessions... more info

411 Mania — Is Coldplay and Rihanna's "Princess of China" a royal hit? Does Amy Winehouse's posthumous single "Our Day Will Come" stand up to the rest of her work? Is Disturbed's "Hell" heaven-sent? 411's Chad Nevett and Wyatt Estabrook listen to these songs ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The X Factor star Janet Devlin will reportedly sing with Coldplay if she makes it to the series final next month.According to the Daily Star, the Paradise rockers - who have apparently been booked... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers Coldplay are curating a star-studded concert in London to raise funds for charity The Yellow hitmakers were asked by bosses at Kids Company to put together a line-up for the show next month Dec11 and they called on their famous friends for he... more info