If Coldplay were nervous about playing the Grammys with the likes of U2, Radiohead and Paul McCartney, it wasn't apparent at the band's performance rehearsal. During the practice run of their collaboration with Jay-Z, frontman Chris Martin, wearing a "Barack to the Future" shirt, enteratined the Staples Center crowd of friends, family and media with somke stand-up humor.
In an announcer accent, Martin joked, "Welcome to 'American Idol.'" "I would never make it on 'Americal Idol,'" he quipped. "I don't have the cheekbones. I would have to hide behind my band." Despite the several run throughs, he was apparently not satisfied. "Thanks, we didn't pass the auditions," he joked at the end of the set.
Drummer Will Champion told Spinner that if they couldn't joke around at the Grammys, they couldn't anywhere. "I look at these events as a chance to hang out with people," Champion says. "It can often be very insular in music, or even being in a band. So it's a great opportunity to hang out with somebody like [Foo Fighters frontman] Dave Grohl."
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