The Telegraph — Coldplay followed up their disappointment at the Brit Awards with a gig for the War Child charity which saw them share the bill with The Killers and Bono. more info

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Abeano — From the War Child Brits afterparty / gig. The Killers, U2, Coldplay and Gary Barlow performing ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’. No, really Now I’m not being unduly cynical. To pull those guys together was obviously an incr... more info

New York Times — Coldplay was shut out at the Brit Awards, England’s equivalent of the Grammys. more info

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