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Stereogum — Grab your Revolutionary War garb, Coldplay's "holed up in a dilapidated north London church" working on a new album for release next year. Brian Eno's back, but to avoid being a "huge stadium act" (?), they're going in "a stripped-down, more acoustic... more info

BBC News - UK — Hardy Coldplay fans queue for two days to buy tickets to the first gig by the band in their hometown of Exeter since 2000. more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Sun, has posted an article (creatively titled Coldpray) that gives us some news on Coldplay’s eventual 5th album. The article reports that they are in a chruch recording the studio with Brian Eno, who also produced Viva La Vida. Chris Martin do... more info

MTV.com News — Punk icons took best single, album and artists of the '00s in poll.By Gil Kaufman Green Day Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Rolling Stone readers love Green Day ... a lot. In the magazine's Decade-End Reader's Poll, the Berkeley-bred punk-po... more info

Musicaddictz - Addicted To Music — The top-selling albums of the decade, according to Nielsen SoundScan:1. The Beatles, 1,11,499,000 units sold2. 'NSYNC, No Strings Attached, 11,112,000 units sold3. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me, 10, 546,000 units sold4. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers ... more info

Guardian Music — The past decade was the Eminem show – the rapper sold more than 32 million albums in the US during the noughties, outselling the Beatles, 'NSync and Britney SpearsThough the 2010s may belong to Susan Boyle and Lady Gaga, the 2000s belonged to ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Coldplay* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/coldplay) are making an effort (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/coldplay-record-new-album-in-church-with-stripped-down-acoustics/story-e6frf9hf-1225808288241) to move away from the arena rock so... more info

Sky News — Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Coldplay will be among the first artists on a music website billed as MTV for the digital generation after their record company struck a last-minute deal. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - Chris Martin and co working with Brian Eno more info