Guardian Music — Despite Simon Cowell's pursuit of excellence, there was little to get excited about, writes Alexis PetridisThose attending the fifth Britain's Got Talent tour are assured they're getting the cream of the crop. This year's search was extended by Simon... more info

Guardian Music — Wastewater analysis project to detect legal highs and illicit drugs is turned down by festival founder Michael Eavis as 'a cheek'Glastonbury festival has vetoed the first major attempt to test the use of legal highs and illicit drugs at a British fes... more info

VH1 Blog — After the massive worldwide success of Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends and its ensuing 21-month world tour, Coldplay had clearly earned the right to take a little time off. However, the band did exactly the opposite of that: While they were... more info

Altsounds — *The Pierces *have been announced as support to *Coldplay* at the iTunes Festival at The Roundhouse NW1 on 22nd July. Coldplay's Guy Berryman co-produced The Pierces hit album You & I, which recently entered the charts at No.4, and which was partly r... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - The Glastonbury festival opened its gates on Wednesday to 150,000 fans ignoring forecasts for rain and muddy fields to hear U2 and Beyonce alongside a bewildering choice of smaller acts from Spliff Richard to punk poet Attila the S... more info

ContactMusic — Coldplay have "dreamed" of playing at Glastonbury since they were children. The 'Every Teardrop is a Waterfall' hitmakers - who will headline the festival in Somerset, South West England, on Saturday (25. 06. 11) - admitted nerves are already mountin... more info

NME - Festivals — Glastonbury 2011 is almost here, and apart from doing our best to make ourselves entirely waterproof with an intricate system of wellies, bin bags and duct tape, we've been looking back at some of the most legendary moments from Worthy Farm, like thi... more info

The Independent — Coldplay singer Chris Martin helped convince Beyonce Knowles to appear at Glastonbury. more info

NME — Organiser says Coldplay man will 'do anything for Glastonbury' more info

ContactMusic — Coldplay singer Chris Martin helped convince Beyonce Knowles to appear at Glastonbury. The 'Run the World (Girls)' singer was apprehensive about signing up for the festival - one of the Europe's biggest - after her husband, Jay-Z's, inclusion on the.... more info