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Coldplay On 'Hope For Haiti Now': 'Everyone's Got Their Part To Play'

 

LONDON — In 2002, Coldplay's Chris Martin went to Haiti. What he saw there — proud-yet-poor people facing overwhelming odds — has remained with him ever since. And it's made watching the footage streaming out of the earthquake-ravaged nation over the past few days even more difficult.

 

"I went there to do a project with Fair Trade, so I was on about 15 farms in Haiti, and Port-au-Prince, these places you're seeing on the news," Martin said. "Sometimes when you see things like this on the news, there's an easy disconnect, because you think 'Well, I've never been there, I'm never going there, someone else will sort it out.' But when you've been there, it's a little bit more real."

 

So, when the organizers of tonight's "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon reached out to Martin and his Coldplay mates, they were more than ready to help out.

 

"When something that terrible and tragic happens, you have to play to your strengths, to do anything you can to help," Martin said. "We're useless on the ground, as it were. So the best thing we can do is what we do. It's the same as if you're a shop assistant: you go on the Internet and donate. Everyone's got their small part to play on this."

 

Which is why, as Martin and drummer Will Champion went to great lengths to point out, it doesn't matter if you've ever been to Haiti or not. Everyone can relate to the suffering and immense recovery facing the Haitian people. And everyone can do their part to help.

 

"When someone mentions that there's been a disaster or something awful, your mind always downplays how bad it is, and it's not until you actually see images, desperate images, that you can understand," Champion said. "It's terrifying. And then it hits you. I have children, so to see pictures of the children, it's too much. It should be too much for anyone."

 

Visit http://www.HopeForHaitiNow.org or call (877) 99-HAITI to make a donation now!

 

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630289/20100122/coldplay.jhtml

Just gave 20 dollars! Please everyone, donate what you can. Every little bit helps!

Coldplay on "Hope for Haiti Now"

 

Thanks for posting this article. And thanks for donating. I donated to Haiti via Danish Red Cross 10 days ago and then again via UNICEF and Danish Churchaid 2 days ago.

 

AND TONIGHT'S SHOW WILL BE REPEATED ON MTV and Viva Saturday morning at 9:00 UK time and 10:00 CET.

I certainly made one (though i forced my mom to since technically i'm still underage)

tho i found their performance :)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9fpZGsoPKw]YouTube- Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief p.3[/ame]

 

and chris martin performed with beyonce

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n3X16FaWYU]YouTube- Beyonce & Chris Martin - HALO @ Hope For Haiti Now[/ame]

I was hoping that they were going to play more songs:cry:, but it's about Haïti, not Coldplay:D

I posted a link to the backstage interview video with Will and Chris in the other thread, but I'll post it here as well. I hope you guys don't mind.

 

http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/475074/coldplay-put-together-their-song-for-haiti-quickly.jhtml#id=1630345

chris in Haiti 2002

I posted a link to the backstage interview video with Will and Chris in the other thread, but I'll post it here as well. I hope you guys don't mind.

 

http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/475074/coldplay-put-together-their-song-for-haiti-quickly.jhtml#id=1630345

 

Oh thanks that's great, I only saw about 10 seconds of this interview last night. They came over really well , Chris... pasty white English bloke :)

video added to first post :)

What's with Chris and all these new shirts? :cheesy:

 

I know it was probaby just for the occasion but, it's nice to see him stretch his wardrobe from one shirt, to like, four. :P

What's with Chris and all these new shirts? :cheesy:

 

I know it was probaby just for the occasion but, it's nice to see him stretch his wardrobe from one shirt, to like, four. :P

 

So true! :lol: I hear a rumour you got to speak to Reese Witherspoon, Christina! :D

So true! :lol: I hear a rumour you got to speak to Reese Witherspoon, Christina! :D

 

I did! :dance: It was really awesome!

 

Did you get through to anyone? :D

I did! :dance: It was really awesome!

 

Did you get through to anyone? :D

 

:awesome::dance: No, I donated through the Oxfam website instead :P :)

Well at least you donated! :nice: