When British alternative rock band Coldplay released the album “X & Y;” exclusively on iTunes, with two extra songs not available anywhere else, the great clatter heard around the world was the sound ...

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 ...

You can get away with singing almost anything on top of a good power chord. Don’t believe it? Just ask the guys from Def Leppard. I hear they pour sugar on themselves in Capri this time of year.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Coldplay’s A Rush of Blood to the Head climbs to a new peak of No.

I’m usually the uncool guy defending the super-popular British quartet Coldplay. They were, after all, my first concert experience. The band was the first one that my mom and I could agreeably jam on ...

When singer, pianist and guitarist Chris Martin formed a band with a few other students at University College London in 1997, the quartet chose the ill-fitting name Big Fat Noises. Soon, bassist Guy ...