Coldplay

The 2012 BRIT Awards have yet to even announce their nominees, but The Sun is reporting that Coldplay and Rihanna have already agreed to perform their collaboration ‘Princess of China’ at the ceremony.

When a multi-Grammy-winning, across-the-globe successful act shows up to play outside the NBC ‘Today’ show studios, they don’t come alone. Coldplay took the stage to perform on Friday’s show, and as expected, music fans packed Rockefeller Center hoping to catch a glimpse — or at least an earful.

Coldplay has announced its upcoming show in Madrid, Spain will be streamed online globally as part of the ‘American Express Unstaged’ series, and viewable on assorted mobile devices and handhelds via VEVO and YouTube apps.

By leader Chris Martin’s estimation, there are about four different track listings being considered for Coldplay’s fifth studio album. But this much is certain: The album’s title is ‘Mylo Xyloto’ — pronounced MY-lo ZY-letoe — and the release date is Oct. 25.

On Wednesday, Coldplay premiered a video for ‘Every Teardrop is a Waterfall,’ the first single from their new EP of the same name, as reported by PopCrush. This driving, upbeat song follows the band’s Grammy-winning 2008 album ‘Viva la Vida.’ It’s a shimmery, guitar-based track and the accompanying video is nothing short of visually-arresting. As Chris Martin and the Coldplay lads wander through a