Coldplay
Next studio album
Early in December 2006, Coldplay's official website announced a new Latin American tour for the beginning of 2007. Coldplay toured venues in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.[10] The band are currently in the process of writing material for their fourth studio album and are "keen to play some intimate shows to try out their new songs". In early December 2006, it was announced at Billboard.com that the next album was set for release in late 2007. The band has denied this through a Question and Answer section on their official website.
There are four known new songs: "Mining on the Moon", "The Butterfly", "The Fall of Man" and "Bucket for a Crown" (which was debuted at an unplanned appearance at a benefit for the UK charity Mencap, when the frontman Chris Martin sang it among two of Bob Dylan's songs, and When You Were Young, from The Killers cover). It is unknown whether these songs will appear on the upcoming album.
On January 26, 2007, during an interview on BBC Radio 4's Front Row, musician and producer Brian Eno revealed that he would be the producer for Coldplay's fourth album.[11] The band confirmed this through a Question and Answer section on their official website. In March 2007, famed producer Timbaland told GQ Magazine [12] that he would be collaborating with the band on their next album.
On May 1, 2007, Coldplay.com was shut down. When the site is accessed, a note appears atop an image of the previous site, reading: We are building a new site. It will be here VERY soon. Love, Coldplay. The new site is expected to contain a theme based on the upcoming 4th album.
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Radiohead
Current recording sessions: 2005–present
Main article: Radiohead's seventh studio album
Radiohead began work on their seventh album in February 2005,[51] though to date the album has no confirmed title or release date. In mid-2006, the band toured Europe and North America, and debuted 13 songs they have been working on. Although the band began recording with mixer Mark "Spike" Stent, since late 2006 they have been recording with longtime producer Nigel Godrich in several rural locations in England. Radiohead have stated that they will not tour until their new album is completed, according to Yorke "We are going off for the rest of the year basically, until it's done - we're not let out 'til it's done."[52]
Ed O'Brien and Thom Yorke in a 2006 concert, performing their new material.The band is currently without a record contract, having fulfilled their six-album contract with EMI. In interviews in 2006, they admitted that "for the first time, we have no contract or release deadline to fulfill - it's both liberating and terrifying".[53] Radiohead have stated that they will not make a decision on how to release their new material until the album is completed.[54] Yorke has hinted at the possibility of releasing a series of EPs rather than a full album, although he has ruled out the possibility of Internet-only distribution.[55] To date it is unknown whether the band intends to negotiate a new contract with a label for the release of current and future recordings.
Radiohead's new music has been characterised by the band as "almost embarrassingly minimal," "sparse with lots of bass," and, more recently, "lush", according to Stanley Donwood, who is working closely with them on the artwork of the new album. Yorke described the lyrical concept of the album as, "It's about that anonymous fear thing, sitting in traffic, thinking, 'I'm sure I'm supposed to be doing something else'... it's similar to OK Computer in a way. It's much more terrifying. But OK Computer was terrifying too - some of the lyrics were."[56] On recent postings on Dead Air Space, the band's blog, Yorke has posted extracts of J.G. Ballard's anti-consumerist book Kingdom Come and links to sites against the use of nuclear power and for the promotion of global warming awareness[57] providing a possible glimpse at the lyrical content of the album. As of late April 2007, the album is nearing completion.[58]
[edit] Style and songwriting
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Massive Attack
EMI/Virgin confirmed that the newest Massive Attack album would be out in February 2007[2]. However, during an interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 on December 19th, 2006, Del Naja stated that the release would hopefully be sometime in 2007, and that the title was now unlikely to be 'Weather Underground'.
In February 2007 Massive recorded a live performance in legendary Abbey Road studios. Video of three songs and short interviews was aired on BBC beginning of March 2007.
On February 6, 7, and 8, 2007, Massive Attack organised and performed charity concerts in Birmingham and the Brixton Academy in London for the HOPING Foundation for Palestinian refugee children. The three sold-out concerts netted over £100,000 for the Foundation, and attracted extensive media coverage. It is one of the largest concerts in the world ever performed for Palestinian children.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Attack