Coldplay is a British alternative rock band that was formed in 1998. The band consists of Chris Martin (guitar, vocalist, keyboardist), Jonny Buckland (lead guitarist), Guy Berryman (bassist) and Will Champion (drummer, backing vocalist, multi-instrumentalist).
They have released 4 albums thus far starting with Parachutes, which featured Yellow. Then came “A Rush of Blood to the Head” which won multiple awards. X&Y was released in 2005, which got bad reviews in which The New York Times said “the most insufferable band of the decade.” Finally their big seller Viva la Vida was release in 2008, which sold over 50 million albums. Viva La Vida was their first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and from there on out won many awards.
They are currently on tour around the world and I recently went to see them in Sydney for the sound relief concert, which is only one of many charity projects they performed at. After seeing them at that concert, I would go see them again in a heartbeat. They were really good live performers that got the audience into their music.
I saw Coldplay at Sound Relief as well. Their musicianship and authentic use of their instruments was amazing. In regards to the blog about AC/DC lets too hope that this re-occurence of history comes along with Coldplay.
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