Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 10: Chris Martin of Coldplay ...

After three albums of exposing vulnerability over soft piano chords, Coldplay opts for clutter and disguise, opening and closing on shimmering notes that give "Viva la Vida" a sense of book-like ...

Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends' has a reference to The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ that’s a little obscure. A classic rock icon produced the album. Martin revealed the title of ...

Close listeners will notice something strange about “Violet Hill,” the new Coldplay single: It isn’t a Coldplay single. That term, after all, implies certain things about the shape a song will take, ...

Coldplay’s 10th album Moon Music releases Friday (Oct. 4), and they’ll apparently only make two more after that. To celebrate, Chris Martin talked with Rolling Stone about some of the band’s defining ...

The verdict is in: Brit quartet Coldplay — on the cover of Spin‘s July issue — have won over fans nationwide with their excellent new record Viva La Vida, selling an unparalleled 720,000 copies and ...

Coldplay has denied in federal court that it copied parts of Joe Satriani’s music for its hit song, “Viva La Vida.” In a response filed in Los Angeles on Monday, attorneys for Coldplay’s band members ...

Court records show guitarist Joe Satriani and Coldplay have reached an agreement that ends a copyright infringement lawsuit filed over the band's smash hit "Viva la Vida." Satriani sued Coldplay in ...

You know you’re in for a different kind of Coldplay experience when Chris Martin ditches his anguished falsetto for a deep, doomy basso profundo, as he does on “Violet Hill.” Has the sentimental ...