Long-playing alternative rock band enjoys enduring appeal the world over.
(prHWY.com) May 1, 2012 - Ipswich, United Kingdom -- Named the world's top selling act of 2008 at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, the world's best selling music artists, the iconic, uber-cool, alternative rock band, Coldplay need little introduction.
With mega-star front man, Chris Martin and his Hollywood film start wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, the group is assured of an A-lister welcome wherever they go. Guy Berryman, bass guitar and backing vocals; Jonny Buckland, guitars and backing vocals; and Will Champion, drums, percussion and backing vocals, complete the celebrity line up.
With seven Grammy Awards and seven Brit Awards - winning Best Group three times - the band has enjoyed universal success over the last 15 years, since its formation. It seems that every time they release an album it achieves immediate success and, if you take the forthcoming tour, for example - Coldplay London tickets for gigs over three nights this summer - they sell out immediately.
Parachutes, their 2000 debut album, charted at No. 1, winning NME's album of the year in 2000 - the same year they had first come to world attention with their single Yellow - and it's remained pretty much the same story ever since.
Parachutes was closely followed by a well-acclaimed second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head in 2002, with the band writing 20 songs for the album and taking it out to the fans on a mega-tour of five continents. There followed a gap, with X&Y being released in 2005. 2009 saw the release of Viva La Vida (Death and all his friends) topping the sales charts that year in the UK, US, Germany, Japan and France; and the latest album, Mylo Xyloto, released in 2011: the name emerging from a studio session where the group was playing around with ideas, drawing on the wall and making up the name. It seems even Coldplay's musings are equally memorable!
The band regularly achieves most downloads too, its name is known around the globe, with its songs being accessed online minute by minute, in virtually every country, every day.
One of world's best selling music artists; Coldplay has sold over 55 million records worldwide. To have kept up this level of success over such a long period of time, is testament to the apparent down-to-earth nature of Chris Martin, he remains as modest and as likeable as ever, with his feet planted firmly on the ground. For the front man of the world's biggest band, that's quite some feat. Even the rapturous response to Coldplay ticket sales, for example Coldplay Emirates tickets (one of three sets of Coldplay London tickets on sale for the three London dates this year) never, ever seems to faze him.
Describing their music as melodic and romantic, Chris Martin is never afraid to be in touch with his feminine side. This accounts for the huge appeal of the group whose songs and lyrics are mesmerising, both haunting and beautiful, appealing to all cultures, ages and temperaments.
Maybe the gap between albums also accounts for their enduring appeal. The band will not be rushed, putting all their emotional energy into ensuring that they have got the sound they want. Equally, the emotional depth of the lyrics matters hugely to the band - the care and attention they put into the lyrics is palpable. At the same time, it gives them the confidence to know they can try new things and Coldplay certainly dare to be different. Coldplay London tickets are in huge demand, there is a visible frisson among the hoards of fans that the three London nights announced will be something extra special which accounts for the Coldplay London tickets high demand.
This most famous of alternative rock bands is always surprisingly fresh, never clichéd and certainly never fall into the trap of sounding like a typically British band, they are naturally a global band.
Lastly, their charity work deserves a mention. The group dedicate a huge amount of their time to supporting causes, some of them not that well-known outside of a close knit circle in London, like The Kids' Company, raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for this inner City charity at their especially dedicated O2 Arena concert just before last Christmas. It demonstrates their ability to really connect with people and their superb lyrics and musical timing constantly reflects that.
For sheer class, a wonderful night to remember and the pure joy of an evening listening to Coldplay live, fans recognise they can't do better than that so it goes without saying that Coldplay tickets sell out as soon as they are announced.
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