• Coldplay's Chris Martin Announces 7th Album 'A Head Full Of Dreams'

    Today, BBC Radio One DJ, Zane Lowe, announced his hottest record of the year, as voted by the fans. After all the votes were tallied, Coldplay's "Magic" came out on top of a list that featured some big records from Mark Ronson, Foo Fighters, Bastille, Oliver Heldens, Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran, Jack Ü and many more. To celebrate, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin joined the show to say thanks to his fans and once they started talking about 'Ghost Stories,' the "Sky Full Of Stars" singer revealed that the band is in the studio and working on their seventh album, titled 'A Head Full Of Dreams.'
  • Pete Wentz Talks New Fall Out Boy Album, Mixing Pop and Rock

    Pete Wentz and Fall Out Boy had a moderately successful comeback in 2013 with Save Rock and Roll and the single "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up)" after a five-year hiatus, and the bassist says they're "80 percent of the way done" with a sixth album, American Beauty/American Psycho.
  • Jessie Ware Shares Music Video for 'You & I (Forever)' from Latest Album 'Tough Love' [WATCH]

    English pop singer Jessie Ware has shared the music video for her latest single "You & I (Forever)," which you can check out below. The video opens with a quote — presumably by Ware — saying how the song is "celebrating the person you love being by your side," and features Ware singing the song from inside a photo booth, intercut with images of other people posing inside the booth themselves, mostly with friends and loved ones.It is quite similar to Robyn and Kindness's "Who Do You Love?" music video, only a bit grainier.You can check out Jessie Ware's "You & I (Forever)" music video here:"You & I (Forever)" is the third single to be shared from Jessie Ware's latest album "Tough Love," following "Say You Love Me" and the album's title track. "Tough Love" was released Oct. 13 and is Ware's second studio album following her 2012 debut "Devotion."
  • Bruce Springsteen, Chris Martin Perform with U2 at World AIDS Day Concert: The Boss Sings 'Joshua Tree' Classics [WATCH]

    It is not an easy task to fill in for an iconic frontman like Bono on epics like "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" from U2's "The Joshua Tree," but leave it to Bruce Springsteen to make it look easy.The Boss joined the band onstage last night, Dec. 1, for the A (RED) Thank You concert. Bono could not make the World AIDS Day performance due to a recent bicycle accident, but Springsteen and Coldplay's Chris Martin were quick to help. Kanye West and Carrie Underwood also performed.Had Springsteen decided to where some shades, he would have looked just like the Irish frontman. The Boss strolled out on stage during The Edge's shimmering guitar intro to "Where the Streets Have No Name" and looked supremely confident. Springsteen brought a little of that hardened, New-Jersey grit to the Joshua Tree hit.The band opted for another classic from the 1987 album with "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," which Springsteen dedicated to Bono. Both performances were superb. Check them out in the video below.Former President Bill Clinton introduced U2 with Martin. They ran through 2000's "Beautiful Day" and 1987's "With or Without You."
  • [LIVE STREAM]: Bruce Springsteen and U2, Carrie Underwood, Kanye West to Play 'A (RED) Thank You' Concert for World AIDS Day [WATCH]

    Kanye West, Carrie Underwood and a special configuration of U2 will all be playing the A (RED) Thank You concert tonight, Dec. 1, for World AIDS Day. Bono's organization planned the event in Times Square, but because of his recent bike accident, the iconic frontman will have to sit this one out. Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay's Chris Martin will take turns fronting the Irish rock outfit, which will be billed as "U2 Minus 1." The festivities, presented by Bank of America, start at 7:30 p.m. and we have a live stream of the concert below.(RED) was founded in 2006 by Bono and Bobby Shriver. The organization has raised more than $275 million since its inception for the fight against AIDS. According to (RED)'s website, the world is closer to raising its first AIDS-free generation with special treatments that prevent the disease from spreading from a mother to her child. Tonight's concert is to celebrate the work that has been done so far and promote the cause in order to eradicate the disease."This year is a World AIDS Day like no other," Bono said in a statement. "The world reached a tipping point in the fight against AIDS — more people were newly added to life-saving treatment than were newly infected with the virus."According to U2's website, Springsteen and Martin "graciously donated their time and talents to save the World AIDS Day event from cancellation."
  • 'Now 89' and 'Now 88' Top Sales Weeks in The UK for 2014; Does This Spell Trouble for British Artists?

    We at Music Times have been fairly grim when reporting album sales for 2014. As you know by now, only one album, released during this year has gone platinum (Taylor Swift's 1989) and only a few more titles threaten to crack one million before 2015 strikes. Frankly, things in the UK seem even worse. Last week featured the highest sales week for a debut thus far during 2014 as Now 89 sold 283,000 copies. The record-holder before Now 89? Now 88 sold 182,000 copies during its first week when it came out during June.
  • Preview Coldplay's 'Miracles' from 'Unbroken' Soundtrack in Sky Movies Christmas Ad [LISTEN]

    Coldplay fans now have a sneak peak at what new music from the band will sound like. Coldplay have written an original song "Miracles" for the upcoming film "Unbroken," directed and produced by Angelina Jolie. Though the track will not come out until December 15 as part of the soundtrack scored by Academy Award nominee Alexandre Desplat ("The King's Speech," "The Imitation Game," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"), a snippet has found its way online via a Sky Movies Christmas advertisement, via "Billboard."The advertisement gives you only a small taste of what to expect from "Miracles," but you hear the quintessential Coldplay sound with emotive piano melodies and moving violins. We do not hear any vocals from Chris Martin because of the advertisement, but it is a good teaser of what is to come from "Miracles."
  • Kygo Teases New Single 'Firestone' Featuring Conrad [WATCH]

    Dance music's new golden boy, Norwegian producer Kygo has previewed a new song on his Facebook. "Firestone" featuring 300-signed Australian singer Conrad will be released according to Dancing Astronaut on Dec. 2 exclusively via Spotify. The preview is included in a recap video for the last leg of his "Endless Summer" tour with sold out shows in New York City and Los Angeles, while having him discuss the making of the track, how his time on tour was and what he has coming up.
  • Coldplay Share Interactive "Ink" Music Video From Latest Album 'Ghost Stories'

    This past Monday, Nov. 24, Coldplay released the CD/DVD set Ghost Stories Live 2014, which featured music videos for eight of the nine songs on their most recent studio album Ghost Stories, with the sole holdout being "Ink." Today, however, the band has shared that track's music video as well, and unlike the album's other eight videos, this one is interactive.
  • Sinead O'Connor Defends 'Do They Know It's Christmas?," Tells Critics to 'Shut the F--k Up'

    Last week, on Nov. 17, the latest version of Band Aid's classic charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was released online to raise money for the Ebola crisis in West Africa, and though it went straight to the top of the U.K. charts and is supporting an undoubtedly good cause, the song has been the subject of plenty of criticism, particularly for its lyrics.According to two British newspapers, Emeli Sandé, who actually appears on the latest version, said the lyrics need "changing," while Lily Allen called the song "a bit smug" and said she would prefer "donating actual money."One artist who is vigorously defending the song, however, is the famously outspoken Sinead O'Connor, who also appears on the song."I think everyone should shut the f--k up," O'Connor told "Broadsheet," via "Billboard." "If you didn't like the lyrics you shouldn't have agreed to sing the song. I think it's smug of Lily Allen to say it's smug."
  • The Pop Group Announce First New Album In 35 Years 'Citizen Zombie,' Share Title Track [LISTEN]

    Post-punk legends The Pop Group reunited back in 2010 after nearly 30 years apart, but today the highly influential band announced their first post-reunion album Citizen Zombie and premiered its title track over at Noisey, which you can check out below. Citizen Zombie will be The Pop Group's first studio album since their 1980 sophomore effort For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
  • Skrillex, Coldplay And Soundgarden Join Disney's 'Fantasia: Music Evolved'

    Disney's new video game "Fantasia: Music Evolved" just announced the three new tracks that will be joining the rest of the in-game soundtrack. Contributions from Skrillex and Alvin Risk, Coldplay and Soundgarden will be a part of a new downloadable content patch, who now joins artists like Nicki Minaj, Queen, Lorde, The Police, Elton John and others. Risk, collaborator with Skrillex on "Try It Out," posted a video on his Facebook giving fans a visual at what it would look like to play the game to the sounds of "Try It Out."The video game also released a video that shows you how you can "remix" Coldplay's "Paradise," which is part of the DLC. The last song in the DLC is Soundgarden's "Spoonman."
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