NME — Band will play Exeter Castle December 19 more info

BAND are off home to Exeter for the first time in a decade to play a gig with Lily Allen more info

BBC News - UK — Chris Martin is returning home with his band Coldplay to play in a Big Noise concert at Exeter Castle for the Mencap charity. more info

Stereogum — Mew's vocalist + a-ha's guitarist + Coldplay's bassist = a sweet nine-minute MP3 from a supergroup that basically sounds like Mew sans the prog because Jonas Bjerre can only sound like Jonas Bjerre and it's not like Guy Berryman is Flea or anything. ... more info

Guardian Music — Britain's Got Talent star makes UK chart history with highest ever first-week sales for a debut albumA 48-year-old Scottish church volunteer has trumped Arctic Monkeys and Leona Lewis – not to mention U2 and Michael Jackson – with recor... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley introduces his alternative view of the decade that wasI don't know about you – and I'll just get this out of my system before the ghost of Christmas past comes to give me what for – but if there's one thing worse than a care... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Q's Artists Of The Century Issue, featuring:Amy Winehouse, Noel Gallagher, U2, Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Matt Bellamy, Lily Allen, Kings Of Leon, Billie Joe Armstrong, Guy Garvey, Robert Plant, Gary Lightbody, Florence Welch, Coldplay, Mika, Pink, ... more info

Perez Hilton — That's the Circus for ya'll! Britney Spears broke the record for concert ticket sales at Sydney’s Acer Arena with 66,247 tickets sold across 4 nights. Pretty impressive! The pop princess edged out Coldplay from the number one spot by about 7... more info

Guardian Music — Although death overshadowed the Montreal band's debut album, it was still one of the most life-affirming records of the decadeMore top 10 albums of the decadeThere is some debate as to how many of Arcade Fire's extended family members died during the... more info

Rolling Stone — Beyoncé ended her British “I Am …” tour with a promise to be back next year with a new album, and producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins tweeted he is indeed working on tracks for the superstar’s next LP, Billboard reports. Coldplay bassist... more info