Ed Sheeran moved 3,047,696 tickets in 52 shows of his The Mathematics Tour this year, putting him at No. 1 on the Top Ticket Sales chart, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. Coldplay sold the second-highest number of tickets this year - 2,260,651. However, the act with the highest-grossing tour is Bad Bunny, who made $373.5 million in the 12 months ending Oct. 31. Ed Sheeran grossed $246.3 million. For the first time ever, the top 10 touring acts, who also included Elton John, Harry Styles, the Weeknd, and the double bill of Def Leppard and Motley Crue, all grossed over $100 million.

A group of prominent musicans are among the signers of an open letter calling for the European Union to adopt a new law cracking down on deforestation, as part of its efforts to tackle the climate emergency. Coldplay, Brian Eno, Sting, Robyn, Barbra Streisand, Bryan Adams and David Gilmour, are among the musical signatures, next to veteran climate campaigners, as well as actors, directors and activists. ClientEarth

Coldplay's Chris Martin made a lovely show from his home, where he's closed due to coronavirus, in order to lift up everybody's spirits, which he managed to do actually. He made jokes, played several songs - 'Viva la Vida', 'Clocks', 'Yellow', 'Green Eyes', well, parts of them really, and sent messages regarding the virus. He passed on the torch to John Legend to play the next show, which he agreed to do - Tuesday (March 17) at 1pm Pacific time.

The song that Chris Martin calls the most important he wrote in his career, has been remade by the Acapop! KIDS, an American acapella group famous for their covers of famous songs. Coldplay song in the new arrangement sustained its suspense and grandeur, although it's being sung by teenagers. There are 11 of them now.

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have shared their instrumental cover of the David Bowie classic 'Life on Mars'. The cover appeared in the seventh episode of HBO's 'Watchmen'. Coldplay refuse to tour so this is a chance to see them - recently they played an extended set at the BBC’s historic Maida […]

Coldplay sold 81,000 sold copies of their new album 'Everyday Life', making it the biggest selling album of the week and the third fastest-selling album of the year, behind Ed Sheeran‘No.6 Collaborations Project’ (125,000) and Lewis Capaldi's ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ (90,000). Coldplay also continue their unbroken streak of eight Number 1 studio albums […]

NME's Mark Beaumont doesn't agree one bit with Coldplay who decided to stop touring until they find an environment-friendly way to do so. Not touring would make more harm than good: "If musicians are dedicated to working towards carbon neutrality, it’s vital that that message gets shouted from the biggest, most amplified and most eye-catching […]

Reviews go from five-star review in the Telegraph where the critic praises the usual Coldplay ingredients - "Martin’s golden gift for melody, almost simplistically direct lyrics and emotive crooning"; NME gave it 4 stars (out of five) saying - "the strengths of ‘Everyday Life’ lie in the band’s musical left turns and lyrical experiments"; Guardian […]

Coldplay will not be touring to promote their new album 'Everyday Life' because they are concerned over their concerts' environmental impact. The band last travelled the world with their 'A Head Full of Dreams Tour' in 2016 and 2017, and, as Chris Martin told the BBC, "our next tour will be the best possible version […]

Coldplay have shared their video for 'Orphans', one of the songs from their new album 'Everyday Life', coming out November 22. The clip takes a behind-the-scenes look at the songwriting and recording process for 'Orphans'. A joyous song, a nice video, watch it below. Coldplay released another track, 'Arabesque', with Femi Kuti and his band […]

The world's biggest nice-guy band are moving forward with their innovative marketing strategy for their latest album - Coldplay's third step was revealing the tracks for 'Everyday Life' in North Wales local newspaper Daily Post. An advert for the album sat alongside ones for a fridge-freezer, bales of hay and a divan bed, BBC reports. […]

Game of Thrones returned for the eight and final season, and Billboard celebrates it with an article about music and musicians in the show. The Hold Steady did a rousing punk “cover” of song 'The Bear and The Maiden Fair' from the show, The National and Sigur Rós have contributed haunting soundtrack versions of song […]