Coldplay - Historical Background

Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland met during their orientation week at University College London in September 1996. They both spent the rest of the university year planning a band, ultimately forming a group called Pectoralz. Guy Berryman, a classmate of Martin and Buckland, later joined the group. By 1997, the group, who had renamed themselves Starfish, performed gigs for local Camden promoters at small clubs. Martin also had recruited his longtime school friend Phil Harvey, who was studying classics at Oxford, to be the band's manager. Coldplay have since accepted Harvey as the fifth member of the group. The band's line-up was completed when Will Champion joined to take up percussion duties. Champion had grown up playing piano, guitar, bass, and tin whistle; he quickly learned the drums.

The band finally settled on the name "Coldplay" which was suggested by Tim Crompton, a local student who had been using the name for his group. By 1997, Martin had also met then Classics student Tim Rice-Oxley. During a weekend on Virginia Water, they asked each other to play off their own songs on the piano. Martin, finding Rice-Oxley to be talented, asked him to be Coldplay's keyboard player but Rice-Oxley refused as his own band, Keane, was already active. Days after, this event would shape the second line-up of Keane and keep Coldplay's unaltered, thus leaving both bands as quartets.

Coldplay released 500 copies of the Safety EP in 1998. Most of the discs were given to record companies and friends; only 50 copies remained for sale to the public. In December of that year, Coldplay signed to the independent label Fierce Panda. Coldplay first release was the three-track Brothers and Sisters EP, which they had quickly recorded over four days in February 1999. After completing their final examinations, Coldplay signed to Parlophone for a five-album contract in early 1999. After making their first appearance at Glastonbury, Coldplay went into studio to record a third EP titled The Blue Room. Five thousand copies were made available to the public in October, and the single "Bigger Stronger", received BBC Radio 1 airplay.

Coldplay have confirmed five UK stadium shows in May and June. Coldplay is taking their latest album, the #1 charting "Mylo Xyloto" to stadiums in Coventry, Sunderland, Manchester and two nights in London on May 2012. Fans get ready for this extravaganza event and grab your Coldplay Tickets from Gigsport at low cost.

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Coldplay - A Quick Review

Coldplay is a British alternative rock band came into existence in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. When they formed Pectoralz(first name of Coldplay), Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a drummer, backing vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, and lineup completes. Manager Phil Harvey is often considered an unofficial fifth member. The band renamed themselves from Starfish to Coldplay in 1998, before recording and releasing three EPs; Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single and The Blue Room in 1999.

Coldplay has won a number of music awards throughout their career, including six Brit Awards winning Best British Group three times, seven Grammy Awards from twenty nominations and four MTV Video Music Awards. Coldplay have sold over 50 million records worldwide. Coldplay have been an active supporter of various social and political causes, such as Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign and Amnesty International. Coldplay has also performed at various charity projects such as Live 8, Sound Relief, Band Aid 20, Hope for Haiti and the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Coldplay gained worldwide fame with the release of the single "Yellow" in 2000, followed by their debut album released in the same year, Parachutes, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Coldplay’s second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), was released and won multiple awards, including NME's Album of the Year, and has been widely considered the best of the Nelson produced Coldplay albums. Coldplay next release X&Y was the best-selling album worldwide in 2005. Coldplay fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), was produced by Brian Eno and released again to largely favorable reviews, receiving several Grammy nominations and wins at the 51st Grammy Awards.

Coldplay released their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto on 24 October 2011. Coldplay have confirmed five UK stadium shows in May and June. Coldplay is taking their latest album, the #1 charting "Mylo Xyloto" to stadiums in Coventry, Sunderland, Manchester and two nights in London on May 2012. Fans get ready for this extravaganza event and grab your Coldplay Tickets from Gigsport at low cost.

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