May 7, 201511 yr Coldplay Joining 'Red Nose Day' to Perform Sketch Co-Written With Funny or Die Coldplay has joined the lineup for Red Nose Day, the inaugural U.S. edition of the popular U.K. TV event that has raised over $1 billion for British charity Comic Relief since 1985. The rock group will appear in a comedic skit they helped write with Funny Or Die as part of the live three-hour telecast, airing Thursday, May 21 from 8-11 p.m. ET on NBC. The benefit event will help raise funds for 12 charity organizations fighting youth poverty in the U.S., Africa, Asia and Latin America, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Children's Health Fund and United Way. Previously announced musicians appearing on the show include John Legend, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Voice coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and Pharrell Williams, along with Will Ferrell, Jack Black, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Michelle Rodriguez, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Lauer, Carson Daly, Bill and Melinda Gates, Nick Offerman, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pine, Jeff Goldblum, Billy Eichner, Martin Short, Laura Linney, Anna Kendrick, John Michael Higgins and Stephen Merchant. Coldplay’s involvement comes in part through frontman Chris Martin’s recent 15-year appointment as curator of the Global Citizen Festival, which is co-produced by Comic Relief co-founder Richard Curtis, who will also executive produce Red Nose Day for NBC. The band’s final (for now) album, A Head Full Of Dreams, is expected later this year via Parlophone/Atlantic, with a farewell stadium tour likely to follow in 2016. Previous musical collaborations with the U.K. Red Nose Day include One Direction, whose hit 2013 cover mash-up “One Way Or Another/Teenage Kicks” helped raise more than 2 million pounds for Comic Relief, and John Legend and Sam Smith, who teamed up earlier this year for a duet on Smith’s ballad “Lay Me Down." “Red Nose Day” is produced by Universal Television Production by Richard Curtis, Hamish Hamilton and Ian Stewart of Done + Dusted Productions. Henrietta Conrad and Lily Sobhani and Funny Or Die’s Mike Farah, Anna Wenger and Joe Farrell will serve as executive producers, with Hamilton acting as director. Walgreens and Duane Reade are the special’s exclusive retail partners, selling $1-donation red noses at all participating stores nationwide. More information is available at http://www.rednosedayusa.com. x
May 7, 201511 yr Yay, this is great! I'm already excited! I really hope that the entire band will perform, not just Chris.
May 7, 201511 yr Thanks Gai :) Great stuff, an event on the calender finally. I'll be at work though so I hope someone records it ;)
May 7, 201511 yr HUGE fan of Funny or Die This has always been my fav skit ehhh it won't let me embedd, It's Olive the Landlord
May 7, 201511 yr The band’s final (for now) album, A Head Full Of Dreams, is expected later this year via Parlophone/Atlantic, with a farewell stadium tour likely to follow in 2016. :mean: I strongly believe (HOPE) this won't be their last album.
May 7, 201511 yr Do you know what I love about this? It isn't: Coldplay's Chris Martin are joining 'Red Nose Day' to perform a sketch... For once it's the whole band doing something different and funny! Can't wait!
May 8, 201511 yr Yay, we will finally see the whole band together! :thumbsup: And also their acting skills.
May 9, 201511 yr Do you know what I love about this? It isn't: Coldplay's Chris Martin are joining 'Red Nose Day' to perform a sketch... For once it's the whole band doing something different and funny! Can't wait! same here..maybe they'll also perform or make fun of their songs :D
May 11, 201511 yr This last album thing speculation makes me scared They've already gone back on their 'last album' statement. Nothing to worry about.
May 17, 201511 yr Game of Thrones-inspired album: Coldplay have all to play for COLDPLAY’S Game of Thrones-inspired album is actually a comedy sketch for the American Red Nose Day. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/goss/442669/Coldplay-Game-of-Thrones-comedy-spoof Fans thought Chris Martin and co had lost the plot when a rival paper claimed their new record included GoT songs entitled Rastafarian Targaryen and Red Wedding. But I can reveal it’s all an elaborate red herring for the US fundraiser on Thursday. I’m told the Paradise singers got award-winner Mat Whitecross to direct a spoof documentary about a GoT musical.
May 17, 201511 yr I saw this going around. It's more likely than not but since it's from the Daily Star, i'll take their source with a bucket of salt!
May 18, 201511 yr Coldplay to do a Musical Colab w/ Game of Thrones Cast for Red Nose Day So Excited! Two Fan Worlds Colliding Coldplay @coldplay · 16m 16 minutes ago We’ve partnered with <s>@</s>GamesOfThrones for something BIG (& MUSICAL!) for <s>@</s>RedNoseDayUS! Watch Thur at 8/7c on <s>@</s>NBC. 824 retweets 1,202 favorites
May 18, 201511 yr AWWWW! :cheesy: I'm totally gonna fangirl all over that shit holy frick °___° COLDGAME OF THRONES WILL KILL ME
May 18, 201511 yr Airing date and time : May 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. List of the actors taking part in Coldplay's musical Coldplay is set to perform a special musical written by the band featuring Game of Thrones castmembers Kit Harington, Peter Dinklage, Iwan Rheon, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Mark Addy, John Bradley, Rose Leslie, Alfie Allen, Charlotte Hope and Dame Diana Rigg. Joey from Friends (Matt LeBlanc) and Neil Patrick-Harris are involved on the night too - what more could you want! :)
May 18, 201511 yr Author i'm really excited! this has the potential to be fantastic, or piss off a lot of GOT fans :lol:
May 18, 201511 yr Guys I haven't seen any of it so I'm a bit nervous. How could this turn out? Could someone please enlighten those of us who don't watch this show?
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