cooperowen.com will be holding a Rock Legends auction on the 25th September which includes:

Lot 48: A microphone and album flat signed by members of Coldplay.

An album flat Coldplay A Rush of Blood To The Head signed Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland and Guy Berryman, in different marker pens, together with a Coby CM-P22 microphone signed Chris in blue marker pen. The microphone is accompanied by a colour photograph of the singer after signing the microphone.

Commission bids can be placed on the website now at cooperowen.com and the auction will culminate with a live event at 23 Denmark Street, London on the 25th September at 4pm BST. For more information about the lot please click here and scroll down to the Coldplay item.

Thanks to Kaz Simmons from the site for the advance info.

Remember, it's 'The Sun' after all... personally I think it's rubbish but who knows.

I have some chilling news for Coldplay fans - Gwyneth Paltrow is to sing on the band's third album.

Oh dear, the name Yoko Ono springs to mind. The Oscar-winning actress has convinced fiancé Chris Martin to let her record backing vocals and is even taking singing lessons. Gwyneth enjoys singing and has actually impressed critics in the past with her voice, performing with Huey Lewis in the movie Duets three years ago.

She plans to sing on at least two tracks for Coldplay's next album. One pal said: "Gwyneth can't wait. She loves singing, it is almost as much of a love as acting is. We all tell her she has a great voice but she still wants to take singing lessons so she's just perfect. She's not trying to barge in on the band but it may well add an extra dimension to Coldplay's music."

But privately the rest of the band - bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion and guitarist Jonny Buckland - are concerned about Gwyneth's growing influence. A source close to the band told me: "There is no major problem at the moment but it's obvious there are tensions bubbling away underneath. All three of them, particularly Guy, are miffed that Chris has become this megastar while they still remain the sort of blokes you'd walk past in the street. Chris has always been very egalitarian about the band but it gets on their nerves when people refer to Coldplay as 'Chris Martin and Co'. They don’t mind Gwyneth as a person but are worried she is consuming Chris's head a bit much. Just don't mention Yoko Ono to them."

Source: The Sun

If you have been to a recent Coldplay show in South America, we want to hear from you. Reviews of the shows are currently in short supply so if you want to write a review for the site, please send them in to me at ian@coldplaying.com

We would be very happy to hear your views!

Ian 8)

An Australian schoolteacher has been threatened with legal action by a member of rock band Coldplay after mistakenly taking the taxi he had booked.

Jacqueline Hall, from Brisbane, was accused of deliberately taking drummer Will Champion's cab when it pulled up outside her home in Kennington, south London. Champion's solicitors sent Hall, 31, a letter accusing her of a criminal act after she dropped a written apology through the musician's letterbox.

"To be called a criminal is terrible," Hall told the Daily Mirror. The mix-up occurred after Hall and Champion, who are neighbours, unknowingly booked minicabs for the same time. "The driver didn't ask my name but asked where I was going," Hall said. "When I told him the address he said it had changed, but I was talking on my phone and didn't think anything of it."Minutes later the driver received a call from his office telling him he had picked up the wrong fare. He then told Hall off. "I gave him STG10 ($A25), which was double my fare, so that he could go back and pick them up," she said. "But I was so upset I was in tears and it ruined my night."

She pushed a note of apology through her neighbour's letterbox. But the next day she received a letter from Coldplay's solicitors Russells. "This taxi was wrongfully taken by yourself claiming to be authorised by Coldplay, which deception was subsequently discovered," it said. "Your actions, in combination with written correspondence that you have hand-delivered through the letterbox on at least two occasions, is tantamount to nuisance which affords our client the right to a civil action against you for damages. Furthermore your deception last night is a criminal act and should it occur again our clients will have absolutely no hesitation in informing police."

The threat was dropped after Hall produced a record of her taxi booking, the paper said.

Source: NineMSN

Coldplay have announced plans to release a live CD and DVD package called "Coldplay Live 2003" on November 11.

The double-disc set was recorded on July 21 and 22 at the Horden Pavilion in Sydney, Australia. The DVD features 90 minutes of material, including two tracks previously unreleased in North America. The first, "The One I Love," was a B-side on the U.K. single for "In My Place," and the other, "Moses," is new.

The DVD was shot with nine cameras on 16 mm film. The package will also contain interview footage, a behind-the-scenes documentary and a tour diary. An edited audio CD of the performance will be included as well.

Source: MTV

Before Coldplay began rehearsing "The Scientist" for the VMA Awards, frontman Chris Martin was told that a good chunk of the song had to be cut off at the end to save time.

At the conclusion of the first run-through, Martin was signaled when to end. "How much time have they taken off of it?" he asked incredulously, then laughed. "Why don't we just come out and bow without playing a note?"

Drummer Will Champion caused Martin to start laughing during one of the six takes of the song by shifting into a punk rock beat as the singer crooned, "Nobody said it was easy." And between takes, bassist Guy Berryman and guitarist Jon Buckland killed time by improvising a loose version of the Stone Roses' "Fool's Gold," among other less recognizable songs.

Source: MTV

Pop star Justin Timberlake is planning to join hands with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in a musical partnership.

According to website Ratethemusic, the duo mutually admire each other, and have been raving about the other's musical prowess. Coldplay has also performed cover versions of several Timberlake tracks during festival performances this summer, while Justin, at last week's MTV Video Music Awards revealed that he listens to Coldplay every day.

The twosome, who were spotted together at the New York nightclub Suede last week, are in the process of planning a record as their new offering. "The guys talked about a collaboration project," an onlooker at the club was quoted as saying in The New York Post.

If you haven't heard yet, Coldplay scored 3 out of 3 awards on Thursday at the VMA Awards 2003 - Radio City Music Hall, New York.

They later on performed 'The Scientist' as well and dedicated it to Johnny Cash.

For those who haven't seen the behind the scenes clip of the making of the video to 'Speed Of Sound', you can view it here [thanks vamm842]

The video promo for "Speed of Sound" was shot on a Los Angeles sound stage over 22–23 April 2005. Shooting took place on large sets backed by large LED displays. The performance based video was helmed by Mark Romanyak, who was responsible for Johnny Cash's "Hurt" and Jay-Z's "99 Problems".

The video earned 4 nominations at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards.

The video for the new single, The Scientist, is now in circulation on UK TV channels.

It was shot between September 30th and October 3rd in Surrey and London, and is directed by Jamie Thraves, the man behind the videos for Goldie's 'Temper Temper', The Verve's 'Lucky Man' (US version) and the legendary video for 'Just' by Radiohead.

MTV AWARDS: You can now vote for Coldplay in 4 categories in this years MTV European Music Awards in Barcelona on November 14th.

The 4 categories are, BEST UK ACT, BEST ROCK, BEST NEW ALBUM, and BEST GROUP.

Visit http://ema.mtv.co.uk/ema2002 to cast your votes.

The new track is called "The Scientist" and guitarist Jonny Buckland says that they didn't spend a lot of time working on the track. It's not that they're lazy – the song is just that good.

Johnny says, "The most fun tracks to record are the ones that come quite quickly, you know, and come together quickly. 'The Scientist' was one of those. Chris wrote the melody and the piano part in an afternoon one Sunday and I heard it and I thought it was amazing. And the next day we went in and recorded it straight down, first take pretty much and then we arranged it and within two days it was recorded and done."

Coldplay Scribbles

Scribble 5

8 October 2002

Just when I thought that I didn’t get enough Coldplay in my system...something new pops up and totally makes me scream like a bleep...man oh man! This week is so good! Ah!

The miscellaneous parts comes now...please enjoy the insanity.

(KINDA SAD) RANT: There’s a program that’s taped in the Bay Area in California called Live At The Fillmore, in which a local TV station showcases and does a video expose on up-and-coming bands that play at The Fillmore music venue in San Francisco. It’s a half-hour show with interviews and concert footage, and bands such as Linkin Park have been on (you can tell how long the program has been in effect). Coldplay was on it last year, and I didn’t get to see that episode, but a few months later the TV station did a special Live At The Fillmore show that was an hour long and featured Coldplay, Pete Yorn and the Indigo Girls. I taped that. And I watched that tape last night. And somehow, somewhere, something, it got fucked up and now plays with double vision.Don’t get me wrong...double sights of Coldplay all the way around was fabulous. But I wanted clarity, crispness...I wanted to SEE. I was so sad when they did interviews with Guy and Will offstage. Or when Chris mistook a guy for a girl on the street. It’s these types of things I want to see with precision! Damn Kodak VCR tapes! NO FAIR! So sad, so sad is I. Ah.

“HMMM” NEWS: Here is what we will start out with:

"I don't know if people will get this, but the way I treated my vocals in the verse of 'Take It From Here' [my new single] was like [Radiohead's] Thom Yorke or [Coldplay's] Chris Martin. To me, Radiohead and Coldplay are the modern-day Beatles. I would love to do a duet with Chris Martin someday. That would just be something so original, and I know I could pull it off. It may not happen, but it doesn't hurt to put it out there.” -- Justin Timberlake, NSYNC

The reason this is ‘hmm’ news is that I had (and still have) no idea what to think about this after reading it.

Let’s think about this. Chris: sings like an angel. Justin: sings like a sheep on crack. The vocal arrangement would be horrid. They’d hit different notes at different times and singing together on a chorus would just not be appealing. And what would they do during breaks from recording? Would Justin try to teach Chris how to choreograph piano dances? Would Chris teach Justin how to sing? I mean, wait...that part is good...ANYWAY, me personally just thinks this is a bad idea, only because I honestly think their voices wouldn’t blend in smoothly. Now, after reading what Chris said about her in Rolling Stone, I totally think he and Erykah Badu would make an awesome duo to record some tracks. They’re both soulful. But hey, opinions are opinions...I’m the one who thinks they should still release an EP with “Animals” and “Murder” on it.

There was also something that Chris apparently said about NSYNC at Jones Beach during a gig. And there’s talk of him bashing boy bands somewhere. Don’t worry Scribble readers, Ms. Jenz is on it to find what this is all about!

SPOTTINGS - MAGS AND REVIEWS: There’s a online article for NME.com that mentions a little something about Ash, Chris and Jon...and this deserved its own section:

WORLD PREMIERE NEWS: (Imagine this in 50 point font and flashing Vegas lights.) Chris freaking Martin and Jon freaking Buckland are going to be in A FUCKING MOVIE. Cue in the girly squeals. How fun is this gonna be?! In actuality, this isn’t really world premiere news since it did show up on NME.com first...but hey, this is news to you all, right?! :)

Anyway, Ash, who was on tour with Coldplay as support in the States this fall, have shot and are shooting footage for their first-ever horror film entitled “Slashed.” I have no idea what the basis of the movie is, other than that people get killed, and Chris and Jon are the detectives who investigate the strange murders. Chris is Agent Bones and Jon is Agent Ford...yes, you can keel over in laughter now. I am at the moment. As my roommate said, “How could a horror film be that scary when Chris is named Agent Bones?!”

At least he wasn’t named Agent Boner. Yikes. (Chris...with a boner...ohhhhhh dear, this is getting way out of hand.)

You can get more information, pictures of the “agents,” and even see a short clip of Chris and Jon (!!!!!!!!!!!) at the screenplay writer Jed Shepherd’s site, www.ash-unofficial.com. Seriously kids....this shit with Chris and Jon is so horribly funny I laughed uncontrollably for a good few minutes. Chris’s line in the clip is “We have no views on this case other than the fact that these were no ordinary murders.” People...heart attack alert...Chris is smoking a pipe in this scene. I’m scared. PLEASE tell me that was a prop. I think so! I don’t understand why he’d want to wreck his lungs and singing pipes like that, but we’ll see. It’s just odd in a way to see Chris and Jon ‘out’ of music stature and doing something like a movie, but it’s also superwicked. I can’t wait for this to come out. Ash is going to be releasing the movie “Slashed” on a DVD they plan to do in the beginning of the year.

There’s also mad other musicians in the film, such as Moby, The Hives, Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, and The Vines. Yes, The Vines. Just when I thought Craig could not be as demented as I think he is...he proves me wrong, yet again. How fun! And just as a pitch, if you haven’t heard anything from Ash outside of their set opening for Coldplay, you’re so missing out. They’re rad baby. (AndTimWheelerishot, yesheis. Side note.)

COMING SOON: The moment you have all been waiting for...the international debut of...LOVELINE! Mark your stinking calendars: 15 October, Tuesday, is the big day. I call it the “Triple Threat” day: the Loveline transcript, a Berkeley show gig review, and A Rush album review will all be debuting on that day. HOW FUN! I hope everyone who doesn’t have lives will tune in and get some laughs from all the goodies. And as a refresher, Loveline is a US sex advice show that Chris and Jon were on the week before A Rush was released. I sadly still think no one told the guys this was a sex advice show based on their reactions to some of the questions asked...”Should me and my cousin go down on the same guy?” (Burst-out-laughing-cue....HERE!) I believe it’ll be quite entertaining. Coming soon!

RUMORS: This Coldplay pay-per-view concert...does anyone know about this? It was in a random YahooGroup a few weeks ago, so I’m just curious as to where this started and if it’s any good being true. Email me if you know. Also, I think I may have upset some people in my last column when I wrote the following line:

“More news, yes kids, more news. First, and most importantly, single news! Chris is single! (Ohhhh, how I wish...haha, I just made 429 girls scream and cry...bring on the hate mail!)”

Clarification...Chris is dating me, okay? I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have kept this from you guys, but I had to! :) All sarcasm and dreaming aside, for the record, as far as Ms. Jenz knows, Chris is married. Married to his music. HELLO! Chris doesn’t have a girlfriend. He’s way too busy and involved in his work to give that kind of time to someone. Then again, I could be flamingly wrong. Maybe Chris does have a ladyfriend who he’s kept from the spotlight all this time. That’s something he would do. But who knows really...unless Chris chooses to reveal her (him? eeek, how sad I would be!) to the world, we can all find joy in him being single and fantasizing about how much he’d sweep us off our feet. We are sick puppies.

LAUGH: Interviewer: “What are your views on this horrific crime?” Chris: “We have no views on this case other than the fact that these were no ordinary murders.” If you watch this, email me...I have a little something about that clip...is he having a bit of a hard time remembering his lines?! His eyes are darting all around the place. But he looks SO adorable, it rocks. Still, I can’t help but think whenever I watch it...”A little trouble with the lines there, Chris, eh?!”

In addition to a new movie, there seems to be plans to make a soundtrack to “Slashed,” with an Ash remake of “Candy” off Free All Angels...metal style. Hell freaking yeah. Can we do this to like, “Green Eyes?” It would be so great! Or maybe even “Amsterdam.” Wow. Let’s take a poll: if “Slashed” had a soundtrack and we had the option of re-making a Coldplay song, which one should be remade metal-style? Email moi and we’ll see what happens!

RANDOM (FORMERLY ‘SPECIAL’) NOTE: I have a Coldplay picture in my wallet. Go me.

NEW FEATURE!:This is a new feature that I want feedback on as to whether or not it’s cool. I’ll stop at 3 if I need to. But, I thought I’d start this to see how it goes. In a previous column (24 September), I mentioned that I am absolutely terrified or meeting Chris for a variety of reasons So, I decided to make my fear apart of the weekly Scribbles columns and slowly work out and maybe get over my fear, while also trying to give some insight into my logic. And, just as there’s reasons to never face Chris, I have a counterpart *like peanut butter and jelly baby* of reasons to meet Chris, and about meeting the other boys in CP. I’m guessing this is something I’ll end up keeping cos no one sent me “Die bitch die, stop this feature” emails, so here we go.

20 REASONS NOT TO MEET CHRIS MARTIN - Reason 11: I will scream a bloodcurdling and deathly scream that will knock the wind out of Chris, leaving him unconscious on the floor and me uberly suspicious of his near death. I would feel so anxious to be meeting someone of such great stature I’d literally freak out and shriek. Like a teenybopper who just got her period.

20 REASONS TO MEET CHRIS MARTIN - Reason 11 (in correspondence to above): Chris...on the floor...unconscious...hello! (Ha, fat chance, and ew, dirty.) Someone’s gotta recusistate the man! Damn, I guess it’s me! How lovely to be credited bringing back the life of the man of rock-and-roll. And how fun.

No one called the asylum, did they? I’m still here!

THIS WEEK’S “I WANT TO MEET COLDPLAY BECAUSE”: I want to pinch Guy’s cheeks...the ones on his face, that is (reason 29).

LYRIC SECTION: I’m now currently taking submissions for the Lyric section! This week’s will be from “Warning Sign.”

“You came back to haunt me and I realized

That you were an island and I passed you by

You were an island to discover.” (thank you to coldplaying.com for lyrics! hehe)

This line is SO CHEESY, it’s funny. “You were an island and I passed you by”? How about, “You were a cheeseburger and I passed you up...you were a cheeseburger to be digested”? Would that still have been romantic? Maybe maybe, who knows. It just doesn’t seem creative or thoughtful enough to be in “Warning Sign,” which is one of those classic tracks that could be played during a movie where the boy and girl realize they’re made for each other and run before the other leaves. Ah. Disclaimer: not all Coldplay lyrics are cheesy. I just think this one about the island reference is a little weaksauce is all.

DELICATE THOUGHTS: Readers, be proud...I listened to “Politik” in entirity yesterday without shedding a tear! Granted the eyes filled up, but not one water filled tear spilled over! Isn’t everyone proud of me? I is a big girlie now! I seriously am glad to be back to “normal” per se...I kinda missed “Politik” considering it’s my fave song off A Rush.

I have noticed, however, that every single time I decide to play a Coldplay tune - every time, mind you - it doesn’t matter if I’m cleaning, doing homework, talking with someone, or if I just have it on for fun - my stomach churns, and goosebumps invade my skin. EVERY TIME. How fucking crazy is this?! From all my faves even to the b-sides, it’s a tingle that shoots around my body and stays for the length of how long I have Coldplay on. I think it’s incredible that I still have that. It’s like when kids fall in love and they are in the “puppy love” stage...it’s the first time, all the time, despite the fact they may have been going out for years. I’ve been going out with Coldplay close to two and a half years now, and we’re still in the “puppy love” stage. Every time I hear a Coldplay song, it’s almost as if I’m hearing it for the first time. It’s quite a beautiful feeling actually. Very awesome indeed.

In the beginning cords of “The Scientist,” I feel like I‘m in the room with Chris while he was composing this song. I can see his fingers pounding on the keys, doing the weird piano head bob we all love, blue eyes concentrated flusterly on what it sounds like. This is quite odd for me. I guess I just ‘feel’ this song, but maybe more? Who knows.

My uberpersonal story on how I got tuned into Coldplay and how “Animals” made me bawl spontaneously for three days will come next week. I’m still proud I can listen to “Politik” now. Yay me!

LAST WORDS: I really want to thank everyone who’s emailed me with your comments, concerns, love and hate about Scribbles and the site. Ian and I totally appreciate your words and really do read everything that gets sent. The Coldplayers rawk! And everyone wish Ian “fun time” when he gets to see CP this Friday! Lucky bastard! :)

Scribbles is ova man. You find it here foolio...every Tuesday, posted on coldplaying.com. If you have any reviews or pictures from any upcoming CP gigs, email them to ian@coldplaying.com and we’/he’d love to put them up on the site...guaranteed! What else is so surefire besides peanut butter? Nothing! Enjoy kids, and I’ll see ya soon.

Love,

The Coldplay Starlet

Jenz

The reviews, opinions and views expressed in this column is the sole reflection of Jenz and not with anyone or anything associated to Coldplay and its trademarks and not even Ian, although he’d back Jenz up to kick anyone’s ass. Have an idea to throw at me for a column? Or just wanna throw something else at me? Send your marriage proposals, hate mail, and comments to jenz@coldplaying.com. AIM is always fun too: try TelMeYourPolitik, during sporadic hours. No one wants to talk to me! So maybe I’ll just be on at 3 in the morning from now on. Yeah. Way fun.

Coldplay have been shortlisted for Best Group and Best Album for ‘A Rush of Blood To The Head’ as well as Best Rock and Best UK & Ireland Act at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards.

Coldplay have announced details of their new single 'The Scientist', the fourth track from their new album.

The song, the second to be lifted from 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head', is released on 11th November 2002.

It will be backed by two new songs, '1.36' and 'I Ran Away'.

New "A Rush..." reviews and Coldplay interviews coming soon to this site... please check back shortly...

If you're are interested in Fan Videos of Coldplay in San Diego on 9/9/02, please contact Michael at mczooropa@hotmail.com who will advise you on availability.

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Coldplay competition up and running at www.synthesis.net.... win a vinyl copy of the album and other goodies.

According to Coldplay's Official Website, the band has been nominated for two MTV Asia awards, one for Favorite Rock Act and the other for Favorite Video (In My Place). The awards ceremony will take place on January 24th.

You can vote for 'A Rush of Blood to the Head' as the best album of 2002 over at VH1.com. They're up against Nelly, No Doubt, Bruce Springsteen, Pink and Eminem. Be sure to vote!

Canoe is reporting that Coldplay has tapped Toronto singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith to open up 14 dates on the bands frontman, Chris Martin, in favour of Prince Nicholas of Greece.

Rumours are rife that the royal has been a regular visitor to her London home.

If the gossip is true, Chris looks like joining the likes of Brad Pitt, Luke Wilson and Ben Affleck on her long list of exes.

And cue more sad songs from Coldplay.

Source: ITV

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We are giving Coldplay fans a chance to win tickets to very exclusive Coldplay Sound Check parties.

Winners will receive 2 passes to a private party where the band will play 2-3 full songs and they will do a proper meet and greet-picture taking / autograph session plus they will get a pair of tickets to the show. Second place winners will receive a Coldplay prize pack which includes a limited edition vinyl banner, a copy of Rush on vinyl, a t-shirt and more.

To enter click here

Official announcement as of a few days ago.

X&Y (the album) due out June 6 on Parlophone (UK/Europe) and June 7 on Capitol (North America).

Speed of Sound (single) due out May 23 (again, probably the 24th in the US if they even release the single here).

No artwork as yet; see coldplay.com for more (and more timely) details.

Now that the competition is closed! What was the answer? Here it is:

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Gwyneth Paltrow's boyfriend Chris Martin wants to set the record straight once and for all -- there will be no wedding. Even though last month G.P. was spotted wearing a ring on her engagement finger and fueling rumors the two would soon have rice chucked their way, the Coldplay front man swears that he has no intention of getting hitched to the actress.

"We are not getting married," the 26-year-old singer told Virgin Radio. "Everything that is written about Steven Spielberg [he was rumored to give Gwyneth away, since her father had passed] and Chewbacca is a load of rubbish. Darth Vader is supposed to be giving her away. It is sad because it proves you can't believe anything you read in the papers."

According to friends, the couple decided not to rush into anything since they have been dealing with Chris's crazy touring schedule and the death of Gwyneth's father last year. And here I was thinking that my invite was lost in the mail!

Coldplay is working on a live DVD of backstage, onstage and "stupid stuff," according to the band's bassist and de facto cameraman, Guy Berryman.

"We want to make it good, not do it for the sake of doing it," Berryman says. "I know a lot of bands go, 'Oh, let's just do a DVD,' and get a film crew and they film it and record music and stick it out. I'd like to do something a bit more interesting than that."

Berryman, the man behind the camcorder, has been gathering footage as the U.K. band tours behind its latest album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. "I take loads of stuff," he says. "I've got about 200 hours of making the last record [Parachutes] as well. I don't film everything because it just gets boring after a while. You get the same things -- here's another dressing room, oh, another dressing room!"At the band's Toronto show, Berryman believes a crew member caught frontman Chris Martin sucking back helium from a balloon onstage in order to sing a couple of lines from "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face," Chipmunk-style. He's not certain what other goodies might have been caught on film. "I don't usually watch it back," he says. "When a tape finishes I put it in a box. It's hard to have an opinion on what's good footage hours after you've taken it. You have to forget about it and watch it back and see how you react to it because that's when it's good."

Berryman plans to film for at least another year, before starting the editing process on what will become the final DVD. No release information has been set.

Source: rollingstone.com

Coldplay were joined onstage by Ash star Tim Wheeler on the last date of their North American tour at the Chicago UIC Pavillion.

The bands who have been touring together have been inseparable throughout and even formed a supergroup at the Echo Lounge in Atlanta during a tour break, playing cover versions until the early hours.

Ash singer Tim Wheeler appeared onstage for Coldplay's new forthcoming single 'The Scientist', playing guitar and singing backing vocals.