I still like Coldplay, and there's nothing wrong with that

When I read about Coldplay's plan to release The Singles 1999-2006?on 7-inch vinyl, no less?I thought, Ugh.
When did it become uncool to like Coldplay? You like Coldplay.") C. It's Yoko's Gwyneth's fault D. Bands that care too much about human suffering on a global scale are annoying E. Never, fool! Coldplay in 2007: Cool or no cool?

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• I still like Coldplay, and there's nothing wrong with that

Concert review: The Fray's pre-Grammys show

They write really endearingly pleasant tunes, these boys ("There are so many of them!" exclaimed Allyson), and every once in a while they do something that grabs you by the throat because it's really great and original and not at all a total Wallflowers+Coldplay rip-off. ("PLAY SOME COLDPLAY!" screamed a drunk guy behind me.)

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• Concert review: The Fray's pre-Grammys show

APPEARING IN CHARLOTTE: Blunt seeks common ground

With his inescapable No. 1 hit "You're Beautiful," former British army Capt. James Blunt is one of 2006's biggest surprise success stories. With the help of fans Elton John and Linda Perry, who signed Blunt to her Custard Label, Blunt's soft-rock, singer-songwriter debut, "Back to Bedlam," has made him one of the most successful English exports since Coldplay.

• APPEARING IN CHARLOTTE: Blunt seeks common ground

Unlikely rapper of the day: Gwyneth Paltrow

So by now, you've probably heard about last night's Jay-Z concert in London, the one that featured guest appearances by Beyonc (performing ''Crazy in Love'' and ''Dj Vu''), Coldplay's Chris Martin (on ''Heart Of The City (Ain't No Love)''), and most surprisingly, Martin's wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, who showed up to provide backing vocals on ''Song Cry.''

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• Unlikely rapper of the day: Gwyneth Paltrow

'The Last Kiss': How's the soundtrack?

Note the reappearance of Coldplay, Cary Brothers, and Remy Zero, as well as the use of a 7-year-old Fiona Apple song, and the lack of anything particularly earth-shatteringly fresh and unexpected.

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• 'The Last Kiss': How's the soundtrack?

The Shins want you to record a live show

The band will be performing new songs from their forthcoming album 'Wincing The Night Away' A similar idea was carried out by the Beastie Boys in 2005, and more recently by Coldplay, however both bands issued cameras to a limited number of fans leading to a more controlled environment.

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• The Shins want you to record a live show

Odder Than Apple?

NewsVoiceofReason: Boy's name could have been casaba melon and it would have seemed normal next to Apple TheCoolerBlog: I don't know...Moses is weird too TheCoolerBlog: not because Moses is an odd name, but isn't that the name of a coldplay tune?

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• Odder Than Apple?

EMI Pays Up

Pay for play doesn't play--or pay--in New York.
Such is the lesson learned by EMI Music North America, the last of the big four record companies forced to cough up big bucks to settle allegations of offering financial and other incentives to play the music of its artists, including the Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Gorillaz and Norah Jones.
EMI agreed to pay $3.75 million to a music-based charity to make New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer call off his dogs.
Spitzer says he went after EMI because it offered "financial benefits to obtain airplay and boost the chart position of its artists by bribing radio station employees with concert tickets, videogames and hotel and airfare expenses."

• EMI Pays Up