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Coldplay appeared on the Simpsons in the US earlier this year and now the show has been confirmed for broadcast in the UK – on Sky 1 on on Thursday, May 13 at 7:30pm. Check out Coldplay’s website for another chance to see this great making-of video of the episode.

Coldplay appeared on The Simpsons on Sunday night. In the episode, ‘Million Dollar Maybe’, Homer wins a million dollars in the lottery and spends the money on a private gig from the band. Coldplay’s website has a short video of behind the scenes footage of Chris Martin recording his lines and a clip of the [...]

Coldplay performed ‘A Message’ (from ‘X&Y’) on Friday night at the ‘Hope For Haiti Now’ fundraiser. For more information, or to donate, please go to www.hopeforhaitinow.org, and you can buy a copy of the track, along with all the songs performed on the night, with proceeds going to the Entertainment Industry Foundation from iTunes.

Great news from the BRIT Awards nominations last night where EMI Music’s artists and albums picked up impressive 18 nominations. Our congratulations to them all – Lily Allen with a leading three nominations, Robbie Williams with two to add to his already confirmed Outstanding Contribution Awards, two for Empire of the Sun plus nods for [...]

The Royal Mail in the UK have today issued a gorgeous set of postage stamps based on iconic album artwork by British artists. Of the 10 classic covers featured, four are released by EMI – ‘The Division Bell’ by Pink Floyd, David Bowie‘s ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’, [...]

Yes really! Well sort of, the band are auctioning off heaps of gear they’ve accumulated over the last decade, from instruments to studio equipment to platinum discs and much more. All the proceeds are for UK charity Kids Company and the auction runs until 31 December. More info is on Coldplay.com, and the boys explain [...]

Nielsen SoundScan have crunched the numbers and announced the top selling albums over the last decade in the US. And the winner? ’1′ by The Beatles which clocked up a stunning 11,499,000 sales over the decade. And coming in at number three is the multi-Grammy winning ‘Come Away With Me’ by Norah Jones which has [...]

Congratulations to all of EMI Music’s artists who have been nominated for the upcoming Grammy Awards which will be presented in LA on January 31 2010. David Guetta (who you can see below with Estelle who sings the title track on his current global hit album ‘One Love’) has five Grammy nods and electrified the [...]

Coldplay’s Chris performed at Neil Young’s annual Bridge School Benefit in San Francisco last weekend. Check out his performance of “Yellow” with ”Viva La Vida” collaborator Davide Rossi here