BBC News - UK — Troubled record company EMI - whose artists include Coldplay - has named former ITV boss Charles Allen as its new chairman. more info

Mjsbigblog — My “power-list” for tonight’s upcoming American Idol 9 Top 8 Performance episode. I think Didi and Lacey will be going home this week if they don’t manage to find a way to break from the pack. This field of girls share some similarities–... more info

Nialler9 — Made up of members of Coldplay, A-ha and Mew, Apparatjik have quietly released themselves into the music world of late. It sounds like a mix which shouldn’t work so well but the songs and Bauhaus and quantum-theorist-inspired live shows are the mar... more info

MTV.com News — Katelyn Epperly also shines on Wednesday night.By Eric Ditzian Crystal Bowersox performs on "American Idol" on Wednesday Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images Just when we started to get anxious that the ninth season of "American Idol" woul... more info

DrownedInSound — From almost the very start, The High Wire were cursed. For a few weeks into the band's existence in its current line-up Chris Martin invited them to open at Coldplay's shows in December 2008. And there aren't many things surer to smother a band's pro... more info

411 Mania — This week, three darlings of the indie scene are up for the Love, Listen, Loathe treatment – both Coldplay and Muse have been called ‘the new Radiohead’ at some stage, but where do they fall in three-way comparison? more info

All About Jazz — The Everywhere Band will be playing at Uncle Mike's on Saturday, March 27th at 11PM. The band will be playing new music, as well as explorations of the music of Brian Blade, Dave Matthews, Feist, Coldplay, and many others. Through unusual orchestrati... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Terminator: Salvation actress Bryce Dallas Howard (1981) "Sopranos" actor Robert Iler (1985) Actress Heather McComb (1977) Coldplay singer Chris Martin (1977) Jame... more info

Guardian Music — A newly released report says videos with scantily clad women or 'sexual posing' should be relegated till after the watershed. How about insisting on decent storylines instead?Hurray! The ruination of childhood innocence and degradation of society in ... more info

MTV.com News — Producer Brian Eno calls fifth LP 'different from anything they've done before.'By James Montgomery Coldplay's Chris Martin Photo: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images Coldplay are aiming to have their new album in stores by Christmas, and once aga... more info