Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Coldplay paid tribute to newly-split band R.E.M. by playing a cover of classic track Everybody Hurts during a concert in Georgia. more info

ContactMusic — Coldplay paid tribute to newly-split band R E M by playing a cover of classic track Everybody Hurts during a concert in Georgia The British group performed in Atlanta on Saturday night 24Sep11 and thrilled fans with a rendition of the hit by R E M wh... more info

NME — Chris Martin and co honour 'one of their favourite bands' more info

ContactMusic — Coldplay and Bruno Mars paid tribute to tragic soul star Amy Winehouse on Friday 23Sep11 during their sets at the iHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas Rapper Jay Z headlined the first night of the musical extravaganza at the Mgm Grand in Sin City perfor... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher has told Q magazine that the next albums he will buy will be the Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto and Kasabian's Velociraptor!.In an interview with Q magazine the former Oasis man said "I went to see them at The Roundhouse (London) recently and ... more info

NME — Band's trio of shows sell out in seconds as fans swamp ticket websites more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The guys on Las Vegas Boulevard barking out ticket deals in front of the Bellagio this morning weren't offering Donny & Marie or George Wallace passes. They were hollering Lady Gaga's name, Jay-Z, Coldplay, Rascal Flatts access, in the form... more info

Guardian Music — As a section of the nation's youth prepares to decamp to university, we celebrate the monsters of college rockChris MartinAlma mater: University College London.Degree: Ancient world studies (first-class honours in Greek and Latin), 1998.Martin's univ... more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, London"This song is for all the crazy bitches tonight!" Avril Lavigne informs an Apollo filled with schoolgirls and their star-shaped glowsticks. A roar erupts, and she is off into Smile, which clamps together bubblepunk guitar an... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Interview excerpts from 11freunde.de Liam Gallagher on ....… the Oasis split and parallels between football and musicThe band or the team is the most important thing. Don’t care about the managers and other things, people come and go, but what st... more info