Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Six Coldplay classics reappear across U.K. charts as the band ...

Coldplay History and Legacy Coldplay is a British rock band formed in London in 1996, consisting of lead vocalist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will ...

PALO ALTO, CA – Sitting among some 50,000 other happy souls at Stanford Stadium watching Chris Martin hop, skip and jump around a confetti-strewn stage, a thought comes to mind. This must be what it's ...

Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres Tour has just become the highest-grossing tour in the rock genre in all of music history. This is quite possibly the biggest feat in the “Viva La Vida” hitmakers’ ...

Coldplay’s “A Sky Full of Stars” and “Yellow” reenter U.K. sales tallies, while viral favorite “Sparks” soars to new highs on both streaming and singles charts. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 31: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When singer, pianist and guitarist Chris Martin formed a band with a few other students at University College London in 1997, the ...

In interviews surrounding the record, Martin’s on defense, eloquent (if still naive) about embracing “uncoolness.” “If you were allowed to be yourself, would the world be as aggressive as it is?” he ...

As fans awaited the first of two Coldplay stadium concerts at San Diego’s new-ish Snapdragon Stadium to begin, the large screens on both sides of the stage steadily cycled through messaging about the ...