Will Champion: "We're 60% Done With Coldplay's Fourth Album"

RollingStone.com - The Smoking Section: Special Live Earth London Edition, Backstage Reporting

Rolling Stones' Smoking Section was backstage at Wembley Stadium (or “Wembledon,” as the Tap’s Nigel Tufnel dubbed it), to suck up all the dirt at the London leg of Live Earth. Here is their report after bumping into Coldplay's Will Champion:

When we walked out into the VIP bleachers, we ran into Coldplay drummer (and one of the nicest dudes in the music biz) Will Champion, who had a tattoo on his arm of his own baby’s handprint. He told us that Coldplay is still in the studio, with producers including Brian Eno. They spent six months rehearsing their new songs, and, Will says, they’re “60 percent” done with the record. Chris Martin is in New York, working on vocals.

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The last time Coldplay featured on Rolling Stone magazine was 2005, Conquering The World, Very Gently: