Praise the Lord! Coldplay ain’t breaking up
Oh Chris Martin, you’re such a kidder! Turns out you and the rest of your Coldplay bandmates aren’t actually retiring when you turn 33-years-of-age/the end of 2009. Nope, you just said those things as motivation because after all, it’s not like a commercially successful rock band which recently released an album that went #1 and currently finds itself in the middle of a sold out worldwide tour can be confident, let alone predict the future, these days. As per Rolling Stone:
But as [Coldplay] hang backstage, reports are bouncing all over that they’re about to break up: Martin, 31, told a British newspaper that he was treating 2009 as Coldplay’s final year. But he
didn’t quite mean it: He explains that Coldplay have the ambitious plan of recording and releasing a Viva la Vida follow-up next year (they hope to work again with the production team of Brian Eno and Markus Dravs), and setting an end date is meant to keep them focused.
“We’re proceeding as if it’s our last, because it’s the only way to proceed,” Martin says. “You’ve got to have deadlines, you know. What that means is we’re going to pour everything we can into next year and not think beyond that. We always say that and we always mean it. But every time we say it, someone writes that it’s over. I don’t think we’ll ever split up, but we have to do a lot before we’re 33.”
Don’t worry Chris, we got you. Just be sure to watch your words next time. Unlike Liam Gallagher, we don’t want any mass suicides on our hands…
P.S. Now I can sleep soundly knowing that the jacket will still be put to good use…
Coldplay 2008/2009 Tour Dates:
12/06 - Glasgow, UK@ SECC *
12/07 - Liverpool, UK @ Echo Arena *
12/09 - Glasgow, UK @ SECC *
12/11 - Manchester, UK @ MEN Arena
12/12 - Manchester, UK @ MEN Arena
12/14 - London, UK @ O2 Arena
12/15 - London, UK @ O2 Arena *
12/16 - London, UK @ O2 Arena
12/19 - Belfest, UK @ Odyssey Arena
12/21 - Dublin, IE @ The O2
12/22 - Dublin, IE @ The O2
12/23 - Belfast, UK@ Odyssey Arena
02/11 - Tokyo, JP @ Saitama Super Arena
02/12 - Tokyo, JP @ Saitama Super Arena
02/14 - Osaka, JP @ Kobe World Kinen Hall
02/15 - Osaka, JP @ Kobe World Kinen Hall
02/27 - Perth, AU @ Burswood Dome
02/28 - Perth, AU @ Burswood Dome
03/03 - Melbourne, AU @ Red Laver Arena
03/04 - Melbourne, AU @ Red Laver Arena
03/05 - Melbourne, AU @ Red Laver Arena
03/08 - Brisbane, AU @ Entertainment Centre
03/09 - Brisbane, AU @ Entertainment Centre
03/11 - Sydney, AU @ Acer Arena
03/12 - Sydney, AU @ Acer Arena
03/14 - Sydney, AU @ Acer Arena
09/12 - Manchester, UK @ LCCCC
09/16 - Glasgow, UK @ Hampden Park
09/18 - London, UK @ Wembley Stadium ^
09/19 - London, UK @ Wembley Stadium ^
* = w/ Eugene Francis Jnr
^ = w/ Girls Aloud
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