Guardian Music — Justin Bieber will be up against his girlfriend Selena Gomez and a new award called 'biggest fans' will be awardedA string of nominations at the forthcoming MTV Europe music awards could help Adele overcome any lingering disappointment at failing to ... more info

ContactMusic — Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says his friendship with Jay-Z has made him less neurotic The Paradise singer has been close pals with the hip-hop superstar since they met at a charity event in 2003 and he admits he has learnt a lot from the rapper... more info

ContactMusic — British rockers Coldplay deliberately scaled back on publicly campaigning for good causes amid fears fans would see them as hollow The band gained a reputation for promoting worthy organisations and frontman Chris Martin even famously appeared on sta... more info

NME — Plus there are nods for The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon and Red Hot Chili Peppers more info

BBC 6 Music — Will Champion discusses Mylo Xyloto as the band announces UK arena shows more info

Altsounds — Coldplay will play their first UK tour for two years with a series of UK arena shows this December, following the release of their new album 'Mylo Xyloto' (released on October 24 on Parlophone). *The arena dates are as follows:* December 20... more info

NME — Band line up three dates in December more info

Gigwise — He speaks about their friendship... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - The band will play Glasgow, Manchester and London... more info

Stereogum — This week we published our second annual list of the 40 Best New Bands of the past 12 months. Everyone agreed it was flawless: thanks for the unanimous feedback! Elsewhere we dissected new singles from Coldplay, Justice, Wavves. Ryan Adams, James Bla... more info