To go along with today’s entry about Coldplay taking over SIRIUS, here’s a photo of Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland with SIRIUS host Dave Mac.

The Grammy award-winning band Coldplay will perform, answer fans’ questions, personally introduce every song on their new album and will be guest DJs, from Saturday, June 4 through Sunday, June 12, 2005 exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio.

Here’s the line-up:

The Spectrum Ch 18: “Inside X & Y” - Host Dave Mac will go over each song on Coldpay’s new album X & Y with Coldplay members Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland, who provide their insights into every track on the band’s brand new third album. Debuts Saturday, June 4th at 4pm. (Additional broadcasts on Sunday, June 5th at 7pm, Monday, June 6th at 1pm and Tuesday, June 7th at 5pm.)

Alt Nation Ch 21: “Coldplay Interactive” - Coldplay will respond to ten ALT NATION listeners’ questions and will perform live in the SIRIUS studios. Debuts Tuesday, June 7th at 7pm. (Additional broadcasts on Wedsday, June 8th at 12pm, Thursday, June 9th at 5pm, and Friday, June 10th at 11am.)

Sirius Disorder Ch 24: “Disorder Takeover” - Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland of Coldplay will take over Sirius Disorder, joining programmer/host Meg Griffin to play DJ. They’ll spin tunes from their new album, and play songs by some of the artists who influenced the making of their X & Y album, as well as some of their all-time favorite tracks. Debuts on Saturday, June 11th at 4pm and airs again on Sunday, June 12th at 12pm.

This is very cool of Sirius. On May 27th, SIRIUS Satellite Radio will dedicate an entire day of programming to the late Justo Faison. Justo Faison (founder the Mixtape Awards back in 1995) died in a car accident in Virginia on May 13th - a death deeply felt in the hip-hop community.

SIRIUS’ Wax channel 42 will honor Faison by playing mixes from DJs across the U.S. who have been honored with Mixtape Awards.

DJs include: DJ Ace (New York City), DJ Smallz (Florida), SIRIUS host Clinton Sparks (Boston, MA), DJ Warrior (Los Angeles), DJ E-Rock (San Francisco) and Mick Boogie (Cleveland), to name just a few.

Condolences from many DJs who knew Justo, or who received Mixtape Awards, will also be included in the special day of programming, which will begin at 9am and end at 9pm on Friday, May 27th.

Sirius Satellite Radio is set to announce today that they’ve inked a deal with Jimmy Buffett to produce Radio Margaritaville for its listeners as a 24-hour channel.

The station will feature a variety of music, live broadcasts of Buffett’s concerts and other new programs.

Sirius will broadcast Radio Margaritaville live from a studio located at Buffett’s Margaritaville restaurant at Universal City Walk in Orlando.

A loyal reader has sent in some insight as to why DJ Green Lantern is no longer part of Shade 45, Eminem’s channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. A bit like a Thug Soap Opera, but still is oddly fascinating.

According to an article on MTV, Lantern has left the Shady organization, home to Eminem and 50 Cent, and is no longer a personality on Shade45. (Rumor has it that he was fired, while he says he left Shady but… oh who cares.)

The drama starts with the DVD “The Come Up, Vol. 5,” which includes an interview with DJ Lantern. But, the real issue lies is another separate segment when rapper Jadakiss called Lantern on the Nextel and discussed their wins at the previous night’s Mixtape Awards, and then blabbed about the recent feud between 50, Fat Joe, and Jada, unbeknownst to Lantern. Rumor has it he said “You hit 50 with the left hook, now hit him with the right and he’s done” or something like that.

Green states that the caught-on-film conversation made him look like he’s siding against 50 in the midst of this feud, so rather than put Eminem in the position of choosing between the DJ and 50, Lantern left on his own.

“I didn’t want to create a tension between Em and 50 with Em going to bat for me and all that when it’s a crazy situation. For what? I’ll just be out,” Lantern told MTV.

No longer affiliated with Sirius hip-hop channel Shady 45, the DJ now hosts the syndicated radio show “Mixtape Radio.”

And there it is folks.

Dave Matthews Band will be topic of a special SIRIUS program “Inside Stand Up” featuring an interview and a track-by-track discussion with the band on SIRIUS channel 18, The Spectrum.

The show, hosted by SIRIUS’ Dave Mac, will cover topics about their brand-new album being released on May 10, Stand Up.

When? Wednesday, May 11 - 5 pm ET Thursday, May 12 - 7 pm ET Saturday, May 14 - 1 pm ET Sunday, May 15 - 10 pm ET

Honkytonkin' Country music singer Toby Keith will throw down the cowboy hat and risk looking like Princess Leia when he dons a set of headphones and becomes a DJ on SIRIUS Satellite Radio all day Tuesday, May 17th.

From 6am to 12 midnight ET, Toby Keith will be the sole host of SIRIUS New Country channel 31. During that time, he'll play whatever music he wants (yeah baby! Death Metal!!). He will also play a song an hour from his new album being released that day on DreamWorks, Honkytonk University.

Good stuff. I see a lot more artists singing on to do stuff like this in the future. Satellite Radio has graduated from a simple techie toy to a full blown media device. And those who ride this wave right now will have a more attentive audience than those who catch the wave late. PR Firms take note!