Having phoned in the Xfm Bounty Hunter competition, Coldplay’s Chris Martin spoke exclusivly about how the follow-up to his band's multi-million selling album 'Rush Of Blood To The Head' is progressing, and trying to make "something amazing."
The final days of the Bounty Hunter competition reached fever pitch with celebrities such as Charlize Theron, Ewan McGregor and Kate Winslet bombarding the studio with phone calls (listen to them here).
In fact, when Coldplay’s Chris Martin first phoned up, Xfm's Christian O'Connell had to put him on hold while he spoke to Angelina Jolie. Not that Chris seemed bothered (he hung up but rang back later) saying afterwards, "If I'd have had the choice between those two phone lines, I'd have made the same choice as you."
When asked about Coldplay’s new album, which the band are currently recording, Chris explained that, while it’s going well, it’s a stressful time. "We're trying to make something amazing you know?" he said, "And so what's coming up is a lot of panic and a lot of tension. Well, it's not coming up, we're in the middle of it at the moment, this is the most light-hearted conversation I've had for about four weeks."
"Yeah," he answered, when asked if things were tense for the band in the studio at the moment, "But it's gonna be worth it."
While rumours continue to circulate that Coldplay will be undertaking a handful of secret intimate UK dates later this year, Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland will be playing their only official live outing of 2004 so far at a benefit gig for Californian public radio station 89.9 FM KCRW at the 6,000 capacity Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on Saturday November 20.
You can listen to the interview You can hear Chris Martin's call online now - here
Source: XFM
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