The Red Radio — The Killers, Coldplay, Bono and Take That's Gary Barlow all took the stage together in a surprise performance at the War Child benefit last night in London. The assembly performed a rousing version of The Killers track All These Things... more info

Guardian Music — The New Wave of New Wave was never really much cop. It was an early 1990s music press-concocted punk revival scene based around a handful of long-forgotten bands such as S*M*A*S*H and These Animal Men, and it predictably foundered as soon as Britpop ... more info

The Mirror — After getting the cold shoulder at the Brits, you'd expect to see Coldplay crying into their shandies. Instead, the four-time losers partied like winners. more info

Perez Hilton — Check out (above) Gary Barlow, lead singer of Take That, performing their classic Back For Good with Chris Martin at Coldplay's War Child benefit in London on Wednesday after the Brit Awards. Sooooo good! more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Youri Lenquette On record, the blind Malian husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam flit gorgeously all over the aesthetic map, from the lush, regal Afropop of "Senegal Fast-Food" to the glittering synth-pop of "Sabali", Pitchfork's #15 track ... more info

PopSugar — Chris Martin and Coldplay were on double duty last night, kicking the evening off with a performance at the 2009 Brit Awards before heading over to the 15th anniversary concert for the charity War Child. He and his band went home empty-handed from th... more info

Idolator — After last night's Brit Awards, the Killers and Coldplay hustled over to the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire for a concert benefiting the international charity War Child, which released an all-covers comp featuring the likes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Fran... more info

Perez Hilton — We're sure cosmetic dentists around the world would love to get their hands on his chompers! Coldplay's Chris Martin grins from ear-to-ear in London on Wednesday night. Why so damn happy???? Earlier that evening, the band went home empty-handed at th... more info

Allmusic Blog — Duffy was the big winner at Wednesday night’s BRIT Awards ceremony, snagging the Best British Female, Best British Breakthrough Act and Mastercard Best British Album for her debut Rockferry. Kings of Leon and Katy Perry also scored awards; Coldplay... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Welsh singer Duffy swept the BRITs on Wednesday with three awards including the coveted best album prize for "Rockferry," while English rockers Coldplay were left in the cold with no wins from four nominations. more info