Then four months later, in December, “Christmas Lights” was released.
Fast forward to August 2010, and Coldplay extended their publishing deal with Universal. Not a bad move on their part.
Not long after that, Rolling Stone readers voted the band as the fourth-best musicians of the 2000s – a pretty impressive feat.
By 2009 – Nirvana’s 1992 Reading Festival performance came out on CD and DVD as Live at Reading – as well as a deluxe 20th-anniversary version of Bleach.
In October of 2009, Coldplay won Song of the Year for “Viva la Vida” over at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards in London.
A live album called LeftRightLeftRightLeft was recorded at loads of different shows during the tour, and it got released on their website as a free download on May 15th, 2009. It was also given away at the remaining Viva la Vida shows.
On March 14th, 2009 they took the stage as the opening act for Sound Relief at the Sydney Cricket Ground , but it wasnt long before they were back and headling a sold out concert later that night.
It wasnt long before they were picking up a few more grammys at the 51st grammy awards ,for “Viva la Vida”, Best Rock Album and Best Vocal Pop Performance by a Duo or Group for “Viva la Vida”.
Coldplay were up for four awards at the 2009 Brit Awards for British Group , British Live Act , British Single (“Viva la Vida”) and British Album ( Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends )
In 2009 “Viva la Vida” got the Grammy award for song of the year and also best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals.