Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - Coldplay to Headline Heineken Open'er Festival more info

Guardian Music — Mocking a song by looking at its lyrics without the music is like judging a painting on a section you've cut outIn a piece published on this website last Friday, Johnny Sharp diagnosed a phenomenon he calls DAMPE, or, the "Deep and Meaningless Pop Ep... more info

Scotsman.com — CHART stars Coldplay are to top the bill for this year's Christmas Top Of The Pops with a one-off performance of their festive single. more info

The Independent — Chart stars Coldplay are to top the bill for this year's Christmas Top Of The Pops with a one-off performance of their festive single. more info

The Mirror — FANCY going to see Coldplay? more info

Guardian Music — The flame-haired crooner apologises for bedding up to three women a day. Eugh ...Five things we learned from this week's news:•The world still awaits an apology for the existence of Simply Red•We still seem to be living in the year 2000•Shizzle... more info

Gigwise — The BBC announce... more info

Pop Bytes — Finally we have a new brand new song from Coldplay , just in time for the holidays and the track happens to be a seasonal tune called Christmas Lights (now available on iTunes) I hope the boys will release a new album next year, just like Britne... more info

Pop Candy — Do rock groupies still exist? And if so, who the heck do they follow -- like, Coldplay and Jason Mraz? more info

Guardian Music — It's certainly no Fairytale of New York. But is Coldplay's Christmas single as bad as Millennium Prayer?During a rare moment in which he spoke about someone other than himself, Kanye West recently called Chris Martin a "genius". Not only that, but We... more info