Orange Music Blog — “I don’t think they did it on purpose.” And thus Cat Stevens – OK, Yusuf Islam – lets Coldplay off the hook, having earlier claimed that the British rock knaves had made off with the melody of his ‘Foreigner Sui... more info

Starpulse — Veteran singer Yusuf Islam has reached out to British rockers Coldplay - just weeks after he accused them of stealing one of his melodies to use in their hit track Viva La Vida.[...] Read more! more info

All About Jazz — Fresh from a month on the road supporting Coldplay, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Pete Yorn will perform a rare club show at Joe's Pub on June 18th to mark the release of his new album, Back and Fourth (June 23, Columbia). The show will serv... more info

AngryApe — After he said they ripped off one of his songs more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Veteran singer Yusuf Islam has reached out to Coldplay - just weeks after he accused them of stealing one of his melodies to use in their hit track Viva La Vida. more info

Guardian Music — Despite the best efforts of Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen, Ticketmaster still rakes in millions in 'service fees' for concert tickets – but where does all the money go?On 3 June, concert promoter Live Nation dropped the service fee on more t... more info

SINGER asks Biz to help him make peace with Coldplay over claims they copied him more info

Guardian Music — Stagnating bands and bored fans could benefit hugely from football-style insanity. Bring on the Cristiano Ronaldo-style transfer sagasThere are many parallels between music and football. But as Cristiano Ronaldo's gormless gnashers move from Manchest... more info

Stereogum — It's been over six months since guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani filed a copyright infringement suit against Coldplay, claiming the verse melody of "Viva La Vida" copies a guitar lick in his 2004 song "If I Could Fly." Coldplay still haven't apologize... more info

411 Mania — Does Chris Martin wanna try going it alone? more info