Mild-mannered British megastars Coldplay were roundly booed at their own show in Romania last week when they introduced a special guest. Chris Martin and his bandmates like to give the stage to a ...

Ion Dumitrescu: Paul, I wanted to start out by talking about the transitional period between so- called “proto-manele” and today’s manele. I know you’ve extensively investigated the timeframe between ...

Earlier this week, Coldplay unwittingly stepped into some kind of Romanian cultural divide while playing two shows at Bucharest’s Arena Națională. Coldplay are in the middle of rolling out new music, ...

The musical guest at Coldplay’s recent concert in Bucharest, Romania, was booed by fans for singing manele, a genre of Romanian pop-folk. The four-piece rock band was performing at the city’s Arena ...