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Coldplay to livestream concert in Madrid

NEW YORK

Coldplay will livestream a concert from Madrid just as the band is releasing its fifth album.

The concert will be streamed on YouTube from the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas on Oct. 26. It’s part of American Express’ online concert series, “Unstaged.”

Filmmaker and photographer Anton Corbijn will direct the webcast. Coldplay will release its latest album two days before the concert.

It’s the first international webcast for the “Unstaged” series, which has streamed concerts by Arcade Fire, John Legend and My Morning Jacket. It will be available via the music video service VEVO.

The announcement was made Thursday.

Warrant singer died of alcohol poisoning

LOS ANGELES

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has determined that Jani Lane, the former lead vocalist and songwriter for the 1980s glam-metal band Warrant, died of alcohol poisoning.

Lane, 47, was found dead in August in a motel in Woodland Hills, on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

City News Service reported Wednesday that coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz said the cause of death was acute ethanol intoxication.

Lane, born John Kennedy Oswald in Akron, left Warrant in 2008. He was later arrested twice for driving under the influence and served time in jail.

Nickelodeon, stars to honor teenagers

NEW YORK

Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, David Beckham and Jessica Biel will help honor teenagers who are trying to help solve social problems in a Nickelodeon special.

The Teen Nick HALO Awards will air Nov. 6 with Nick Cannon as host.

HALO stands for “helping and leading others.”

Vindicator wire services