Alicia Keys, John Mayer Perform at Keep A Child Alive

It’s a great night to be a New Yorker!!

Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Halle Berry, David Bowie, Iman and Coldplay all gathered at the Hammerstein Ballroom Thursday night to attend Keep A Child Alive’s 6th Annual Black Ball, which provides therapy for children with HIV/AIDS and their families.

So awesome!

Coldplay’s Free Live Album

Coldplay is giving away a free live album at each show for the rest of the year, a post on their official site confirms.

The nine-track record, titled LeftRightLeftRightLeft, will feature tunes recorded live over the last year of the Viva La Vida tour.

“Playing live is what we love,” the post explains. “This album is a thank you to our fans – the people who give us a reason to do it and make it happen.”

Check out the tracklist below.

1. Glass of Water
2. 42
3. Clocks
4. Strawberry Swing
5. The Hardest Part/Postcards From Far Away
6. Viva La Vida
7. Death Will Never Conquer
8. Fix You
9. Death And All His Friends

No Doubt to Kick Off Today Show Summer Series

NBC’s1 14th annual summer concert series is notorious for bringing in the big names (see Coldplay, Bon Jovi, Miley Cyrus), but this year’s lineup packs the biggest punch yet!!

Starting with No Doubt‘s first live concert in five years on May 1, the 18-week series will include performances by Fall Out Boy, Taylor Swift, Dave Matthews Band, Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry, Flo Rida, Kings of Leon and many, many more!!!!

Check out a full list of performers on the Today Show website!

All Points West Lineup Includes Coldplay, Beastie Boys

The lineup for this year’s second annual All Points West Festival has been announced.

And things are looking good!!

Headlining the three-day festival (July 30th to August 2nd at New Jersey’s Liberty State Park) are Beastie Boys, Tool and Coldplay. But check out a full list of the lineup:

Friday, July 31: Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, The National, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Q-Tip, The Pharcyde, Organized Konfusion, The Knux, Ra Ra Riot, Seasick Steve, Telepathe, Shearwater, Heartless Bastards, Flying Lotus, College Humor Live, Arj Barker, Eugene Mirman and Bo Burnham.

Saturday, August 1: Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello, Arctic Monkeys, Neko Case, The Ting Tings, Yelle, Crystal Castles, St. Vincent, Tokyo Police Club, The Cool Kids, Kool Keith, Cage the Elephant, Chairlift, White Rabbits, Electric Touch, The Postelles, Black Gold, College Humor Live, Tim & Eric, Judah Friedlander and Jim Jeffries.

Sunday, August 2: Coldplay, Echo & The Bunnymen, MGMT, The Black Keys, Elbow, Silversun Pickups, Mogwai, We Are Scientists, Ghostland Observatory, The Gaslight Anthem, Etienne De Crecy, Lykke Li, Akron/Family, Steel Train, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, College Humor Live, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Showalter and Todd Barry.

We can’t wait!!

Chris Martin Meets, Covers The Wiggles

After what appears to have been a very exciting meeting with daughter Apple‘s favorite band The Wiggles, Chris Martin decided to cover their song “Fruit Salad” at a Sydney concert in front of 21,000 people.

Cue iTunes sales!!!

Click here to check out a video of the performance.

Coldplay Extend Viva La Vida Tour

Perhaps borrowing a page from the book of Michael Jackson, Coldplay have added dates to their Viva La Vida tour, now totaling 24 cities in North America.

The tour will kick off May 15 in West Palm Beach, FL and close June 20 in Vancouver, BC.

Check out a full list of the dates here.

Quote of the Day

“I have to brush my teeth before I go on stage, otherwise I don’t feel smart enough.”

–Coldplay resident C-bag Chris Martin

Chris Martin Being Chris Martin

Chris Martin can’t order a sandwich without getting into a fistfight!!

Here is the Coldplay frontman at the Perth airport in Australia, starting shiz with security.

It’s never nice to point fingers, C-bag!

Franz Ferdinand Channel Coldplay

Franz Ferdinand hit the red carpet at the Shockwave NME Awards Wednesday in a colortastic lineup.

Hey, it worked for Coldplay!!

Coldplay, the Limestone of Rock

After racking up Grammys for Song of the Year (“Viva La Vida”) and Best Rock Album (“Viva La Vida”) tonight, Chris Martin‘s acceptance speech went something like this:

“We’re not the heaviest of rock bands, as you may have noticed. We’re more of a limestone kind of rock. A little softer, but just as charming.”

How modest of u, C-bag!