Chris Martin gave Coldplay fans quite a start last month when he announced at the Brit Awards: "We won't see you for a long time." COLDPLAY QUIT, the headlines screamed. This was news to the British rock 'n' roll quartet, left scrambling to deny rumors of its demise.

 

"The thing about becoming a bigger band is your statements get made to be bigger than they really are," Martin says.

 

The guitar-strumming, keyboard-playing singer and his sidekicks -- guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion -- headline a concert Monday at The Q.

 

"We're having such a good time on this tour," Martin says by phone from Tampa, Fla. Coldplay was there earlier this month to shoot a video for its next single, the R.E.M.-inspired "The Hardest Part."

 

"The director found some old footage of this incredible dance act from a TV show called Attitudes' in the '80s, with loads of senior citizens," says Martin, 29. "We're gonna be made to look like we were there, too."

 

It sounds wonderful.

 

"It actually does sound wonderful," Martin concurs. "But it could be [expletive]."

 

Regardless, the group isn't throwing in the towel.

 

"It's actually the absolute opposite of breaking up," Martin says. "It's getting closer together as a band. We've become very commercial, very well-known. I personally don't like to have things shoved in my face all the time. It's important for us to go away and do our own thing for a while, just the four of us, so we don't feel like we're overkilling it."

 

They're looking for a studio in London where they can hunker down to record the follow-up to their triple-platinum 2005 album "X&Y," which has yielded the hits "Speed of Sound," "Fix You" and "Talk."

 

As a songwriter, Martin often contemplates his place in the cosmos. He isn't any closer to figuring it out, however.

 

"I'm getting further away from an answer," he says. "Maybe it's part of the privilege of having been successful. You have the freedom to question some things you might not think about if you're just having to worry about your rent.

 

"I don't mean this in a pretentious way. I just mean, maybe I've just got too much time to think. I don't think about this stuff when we've got concerts to do or videos to shoot. I think it comes from traveling so much. We spend half our lives in the sky, just flying around. Up there, it's kind of easy to turn your thoughts to what it all means.

 

"I'm of the belief everything changes you, from having a baby to having a sandwich. Obviously, one is a much bigger deal."

 

He and his wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, have a 1-year-old daughter named Apple and another child on the way. Ask when the baby is due, however, and you've ventured into none-of-your-business territory.

 

"Sorry, man," Martin says, politely yet firmly.

 

He's also tight-lipped about reports of a recent collaboration with rapper Kanye West.

 

"I don't know how everybody knows about this," Martin says. "I will say he's in my top five people in the world. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nas, Dr. Dre, Timbaland -- those guys are doing more for music than anyone else, except for some classical guys."

 

For now, it's all Martin can do to live up to the great (and largely self-generated) expectations for Coldplay, pegged by some as the U2 of its generation.

 

"I believe we've been given so much," he says. "We can't possibly ever pay it back. But we're gonna try our damnedest.

 

"I never want to rest on any laurels. I don't want to get to 90 years old and feel like I was useless. I think you have to push yourself all the time, in order not to feel useless when you're 90."

 

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Oh nice! :)

We're having such a good time on this tour," Martin says by phone from Tampa, Fla. Coldplay was there earlier this month to shoot a video for its next single, the R.E.M.-inspired "The Hardest Part."

 

"The director found some old footage of this incredible dance act from a TV show called Attitudes' in the '80s, with loads of senior citizens," says Martin, 29. "We're gonna be made to look like we were there, too."

 

:stunned: :stunned: :stunned: :stunned: :stunned:

"It's actually the absolute opposite of breaking up' date='" Martin says. "It's getting closer together as a band. [/quote']

 

:heart:

^ *squeel* :nice:

:)

what hapendd with the smiles ?!!

I bet it's his dad that makes the cameo Miller talked about.

mmm uh ?

We're having such a good time on this tour," Martin says by phone from Tampa, Fla. Coldplay was there earlier this month to shoot a video for its next single, the R.E.M.-inspired "The Hardest Part."

 

"The director found some old footage of this incredible dance act from a TV show called Attitudes' in the '80s, with loads of senior citizens," says Martin, 29. "We're gonna be made to look like we were there, too."

 

:stunned: :stunned: :stunned: :stunned: :stunned:

 

 

OH SNAP!!!!!!! this is gonna be one HELLUVA interesting video....i'm seeing weird velour suits and TERRIBLY big '80s hair, maybe with some fake moustaches thrown in. :laugh3:

Please god tell me that this video is the reason for Chris' clownhair..

hahah we wish

Nice!

I hope Coldplay are dancing. That would be rad.....:cool:

Omg, this is gonna be funny, senior citizens? Im getting a "cha-cha slide" kinda image from whats been said there.... :laugh4:

Omg' date=' this is gonna be funny, senior citizens? Im getting a "cha-cha slide" kinda image from whats been said there.... :laugh4:[/quote']

 

HAHAHA

'take it back now yall,everybody clap your hands....'

 

He and his wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, have a 1-year-old daughter named Apple and another child on the way. Ask when the baby is due, however, and you've ventured into none-of-your-business territory.

 

"Sorry, man," Martin says, politely yet firmly.

 

i think thats kinda nice,i mean he isnt happy to put his private life in everyones face and would rather keep it separate from music...i think thats good

It's none of their business at the end of the day...

well yea true.....u put it straight