The "X&Y" Era
2004 was a quiet year for Coldplay, as they spent most of the year out of spotlight resting from touring and recording their third album. In May, Coldplay teased fans with a new song and music video on their official site to celebrate the birth of Apple, Martin's daughter. Famed producer Sir George Martin introduced the promo as Coldplay and their producer Ken Nelson performed as The Nappies, a satirised rap/glam rock outfit. Martin joked that this music had been inspired by Jay-Z. Coldplay's third album, X&Y, was released on 6 June 2005 in the UK. The lead single "Speed of Sound", made its radio and online music store debut on 18 April and was released as a CD on 23 May 2005. The album debuted at #1 in 28 countries worldwide and is the third fastest selling album in UK chart history (behind the 1997 Oasis album Be Here Now and 2006 Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not). Two other singles were released that year by the Brit quartet: "Fix You" in September and "Talk" in December.
X&Y was originally set to be released in late 2004. In the middle of that year, Coldplay had penned over 40 new songs for their third album. Several of these songs such as "The World Turned Upside Down" and "Pour Me", which have since been released as b-sides on the "Fix You" single, and "Ladder To The Sun" had been performed live on the A Rush Of Blood To The Head Tour. However, they were scrapped and the band regrouped to write and record new tracks. X&Y was recorded over 18 months in eight studios in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Liverpool, and London.
To promote the new release, Coldplay performed at a series of intimate secret gigs in Europe and in North America from March to May 2005, which resulted in sold-out shows in locations such as San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, and New York City. Since June 2005, Coldplay has been on the Twisted Logic Tour, a global concert tour that has included festival dates like Coachella, Glastonbury, The Austin City Limits Festival and the Fuji Rock festivals. In July, the band appeared at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London. A week before they also headlined at the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday night. In September, Coldplay recorded a new version of "How You See The World" to War Child's Help: a Day in the Life charity album. Then in December 2005, the band appeared on the American television concert series Austin City Limits and performed previous hits and songs from X&Y.
Coldplay has planned two more legs of the Twisted Logic Tour for 2006, with North American dates from late January (launching in Seattle) to early April (ending in Philadelphia). The band has also confirmed Australian concerts in June/July in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Adelaide and Perth were also added after successful online and offline petitions from the respective cities. Their Australian support group will be upcoming Aussie band Youth Group.
In February 2006, Coldplay earned Best Album and Best Song honours at the Brit Awards. In his acceptance speech, lead singer Chris Martin raised rumours of a band split when he announced "This (award) means so much to us, especially now. It's going to be a few years before you see us again." The band's label have refuted these claims. It should be noted that the band attracted break-up rumours after the release of Parachutes.
X&Y was originally set to be released in late 2004. In the middle of that year, Coldplay had penned over 40 new songs for their third album. Several of these songs such as "The World Turned Upside Down" and "Pour Me", which have since been released as b-sides on the "Fix You" single, and "Ladder To The Sun" had been performed live on the A Rush Of Blood To The Head Tour. However, they were scrapped and the band regrouped to write and record new tracks. X&Y was recorded over 18 months in eight studios in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Liverpool, and London.
To promote the new release, Coldplay performed at a series of intimate secret gigs in Europe and in North America from March to May 2005, which resulted in sold-out shows in locations such as San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, and New York City. Since June 2005, Coldplay has been on the Twisted Logic Tour, a global concert tour that has included festival dates like Coachella, Glastonbury, The Austin City Limits Festival and the Fuji Rock festivals. In July, the band appeared at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London. A week before they also headlined at the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday night. In September, Coldplay recorded a new version of "How You See The World" to War Child's Help: a Day in the Life charity album. Then in December 2005, the band appeared on the American television concert series Austin City Limits and performed previous hits and songs from X&Y.
Coldplay has planned two more legs of the Twisted Logic Tour for 2006, with North American dates from late January (launching in Seattle) to early April (ending in Philadelphia). The band has also confirmed Australian concerts in June/July in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Adelaide and Perth were also added after successful online and offline petitions from the respective cities. Their Australian support group will be upcoming Aussie band Youth Group.
In February 2006, Coldplay earned Best Album and Best Song honours at the Brit Awards. In his acceptance speech, lead singer Chris Martin raised rumours of a band split when he announced "This (award) means so much to us, especially now. It's going to be a few years before you see us again." The band's label have refuted these claims. It should be noted that the band attracted break-up rumours after the release of Parachutes.