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Ahead of headlining Glastonbury for the first time on June 28th 2002, the nervous four piece, Coldplay were anticipating what was probably their most important live date in their careers. Publicly, opinions were split on the British band. Their first album, 'Parachutes' was a huge success but they had their critics, such as Alan McGee, who labelled the band as "bed-wetters". The band did not have any doubts in their ability though and so much so, they decided to perform a set with eight new songs. As if the pressure wasn't enough already! And within a blink of an eye, Chris sat at his piano, Will behind his drum set, Jonny strummed his guitar, Guy readied his bass and all of the pressure, nerves and pre-conceptions were gone, as Coldplay delivered a fine and mighty set, as the crowd went 'bananas' for tracks off their new album, 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head'. There's a fine line between good and great. Their mental resolve had taken them up to greatness and it's stuck with them ever since. Long time Coldplay fan, Matthew Ceiley writes on Youtube of the defining moment: I was there at this gig, faithless were on before these guys, i wasn't going to stay because i thought they were going to be boring, and faithless were awesome. my mates went back to the tent to get drunk and i decided to give them 3 songs to see what their new stuff was like. It was one of the best decisions i have made to this day. That was single handily the best performance i have seen by any band. To hear politic, the scientist, god put a smile, in my place and clocks for the first time was an imminence feeling. it changed a lot of things for me, i bought the album and every single and watched them 6 times on the rush of blood tour. I am so glad that i was their to witness the rise of coldplay. Thanks guys for making it a night i will remember for ever. Roadie 42 blog Link to Coldplay.com timeline post Looking back on this, I remember only one thing: pressure. If we set aside the simple weight of being a festival headliner for the first time and look beyond that, the amount hingeing of the day was much more significant. In addition to being the date they’d been building towards throughout the entire recording of Rush Of Blood, this performance would very likely set up how the album would be received. The intention was for the album to be out before Glastonbury. Recording ran later and later until it was obvious that wasn’t going to happen. If this show was a disaster, most discussion about the new record would be tainted by talk of their disappointing Glastonbury set. And make no mistake, it could very easily have been a disaster. They weren’t months into a tour, with all the swagger and slickness that brings, they were still learning how to play the new songs. The crowd had only heard In My Place – the rest of the new material was completely foreign to them at this point. That’s the folks in the crowd who were actually even familiar with the older stuff! This was a festival crowd after all and a certain proportion of them might have only known Yellow. Many bands with spectacular starts to their career begin to stall on their second record. It’s often the beginning of the slip towards “oh yeah – whatever happened to them?”. A stinker of a show here certainly wouldn’t have helped put them on the right track. This is all overthink, without a doubt. One thing’s for sure though: if there’s one man prone to a little recreational catastrophising, it’s Mr Martin. So yes – pressure. Coldplay have a habit, though, of throwing themselves into situations that by rights, should crush them – and they have a habit of rising quite spectacularly to the occasion. This show is perhaps the strongest demonstration of this. They came out swinging with Politik. Bigger Stronger indeed! They might have been shaking, but they showed the world a new Coldplay – and the world (or at least the representatives of it standing in the tens of thousands in this farmers field in Somerset) went bananas. And yes – the laser in Clocks *did* look awesome. R42 [video=youtube;Bevj59666-Q]

Chris & Lewis Hamilton

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just seen Chris Martin of you know, Coldplay, fame, go by. He will be on stage with KW soon.</p>— Stephen McGill (@StephenMcGill) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenMcGill/status/614908982927470592">June 27, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Chris will be performing 'homecoming' with Kanye apparently!

Discussion of Kanye's headline slot at Glasto tonight. Rumours that Chris Martin may appear on stage with the rapper. 2 'previous pyramid stage headliners' will appear. That could indicate Jay-Z and Beyonce but Chris is a possibility ;) Pic: Video: https://twitter.com/ColdplayKingdom/status/614883179216945152

Bump, to get it back on the news feed :)

Audio interview with Mila Furstova - 'LP7 very, very different to Ghost Stories' Duplicate post, merged with original thread :) 'LP7 very, very different to Ghost Stories' then, interesting :D

Brilliant! [video=youtube;Rgy4EHyG94M]

And the #1 is..... 1) The Scientist Here it is, the most popular Coldplay music video among fans, which comes as no surprise! 90 million views on a 2002 music clip, re-uploaded 4 years ago is not bad at all, as it ranks #3 behind ‘Paradise’ and ‘Viva La Vida’ in total view counts. The video itself, which the ‘Magic’ and ‘True Love’ director wanted to originally film was directed by Jamie Thraves. Coldplay’s lead singer had to spend a few months learning to sing the song backwards. Chris walks backwards through the streets of London and other nearby locations for the story, where Chris’ female passenger flies out of a car windscreen, after a car accident. The band won big at the MTV Video Music Awards, gaining Best Group Video, Best Direction, and Breakthrough Video for the now legendary video! [video=youtube;RB-RcX5DS5A]

2) Strawberry Swing A unique, largely animation based video for the uplifting ‘Viva’ track. Fans went nuts for the escapade as ‘superhero’ Chris Martin, presumably playing the role of Umbrella Man, encountered a well-equipped squirrel. The lyrics of ‘Lost’, “You may be a big fish in a little pond…” were fitting for this video, as Chris gets swallowed by a over-sized fish, during his quest to rescue the princess, from the claws of the evil squirrel! It’s mad, yes, and we all love it! [video=youtube;h3pJZSTQqIg]

3) Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall Visually, ‘Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall’, the first single from ‘Mylo Xyloto’ perfectly summed up the colourful nature of the record. The video was shot at a derelict building in Millennium Mills, east London and was directed by Mat Whitecross once again, who used a ‘stop start’ technique in front of the colourful graffiti backdrop, designed by their artwork creator for said album, Paris. It’s one of Coldplay’s most energetic music videos and continues to be a glowing inspiration for fans of the uplifting track. [video=youtube;fyMhvkC3A84]

4) Speed Of Sound ‘Speed Of Sound’ was Coldplay’s grand return, for their third album ‘X&Y’ and the accompaying video featured the band performing in front of a vivid LED display, on a Los Angeles based sound stage. The LED background was designed to match Chris Martin’s vocals during the song and the result was an eye catching video, which was inescapable on music channels in 2005 and remains a firm fan favourite over 10 years on. [video=youtube;0k_1kvDh2UA]

Compiled a top 5, based on everyone's choice so far. Here's the countdown! #5 first: 5) Life In Technicolor ii Jonny Buckland and Phil Harvey named this music video, featuring the band in puppet form as their favourite clip to have filmed. In Jonny's case, he didn't have to do much (he doesn't like video shoots!) but Phil, Coldplay's creative director starred in a cameo role, watching the puppets do their thing! [video=youtube;fXSovfzyx28]

From a Brazilian Newspaper (Thanks @clubcoldplayer on Twitter) "Coldplay in Brazil between February and March. Situation: almost closed. Uncertain number of cities"

Galleries : Glasto 2005 Glasto 2011

Interview with Jonny at Glasto 2005, posted by Coldplay's Youtube channel - "The weirdest Druid shit" :laugh3: [video=youtube;Qbswf54WsUY]

Coldplay's last Glastonbury concert's, 2005 & 2011 took place today, 10 & 4 years ago! So many spectacular moments, but which one is your favourite? Here's a few: "Give me mud up to my knees, the best festival in history" [video=youtube;_RGFPA9KC-I] "Crazy Frog, where are you now??" [video=youtube;VO4DQcG5oBk] Lighting up the Pyramid Stage! [video=youtube;DOMZhftTpAg]

New links in first post. Thanks to @Vivalacoldplay and @Coldplaybrsite on Twitter for reporting on these. The most interesting source was the interview with the president of the Gremio arena, as he says they are in negotiations with Coldplay

Chris Martin's first acoustic guitar sells for over £18,000 at auction http://www.coldplaying.com/chris-martins-first-acoustic-guitar-sells-for-over-18000/

Haha, I don't remember seeing that before

Wouldn't be surprised if Coldplay release something like U2 did with Discotheque, pop song first with a 80's or EDM sound but with the album sounding more different. Just imagine the reaction on here if they come back dressed like the village people (or even One Direction) [video=youtube;p2AjpPNDe-8]

Anyone else like their new album? Here are the two singles: [video=youtube;TOUuWZ8-hBg] [video=youtube;RDSEtWt9u-A]

Funny though :laugh3: [video=youtube;kJa2kwoZ2a4] Can't believe this guy has got a record deal :lol: [video=youtube;8H3I85iUPbY]

Thanks for the heads up :)

If this is true, there are two key words from that article - 'has invited' and 'if Chris accepts'. It's a rumour of a rumour basically :P