
After the first 18 years of my life, I can hardly walk up the stairs without losing my breath. Instead, the band placed an emphasis on the stripped back aesthetic to give a reassuring "calm after the storm" vibe.Ĭontinue reading: If Music Was Chris Martin’s Saviour, Coldplay Turned Royal Albert Hall Into A House Of Worshipįor a band that has been around for as long as Coldplay, you’d figure at some point they would be showing some signs of slowing down. Inviting fans at the sold-out show to be as close as workably possible, Coldplay managed to make the gig feel a tenth of the size an illusion helped by the seeming absence high vis-clad concert wardens, a photo pit or heavy onstage theatrics. The British quartet brought their latest chart-topping record and a selection of other hits to London's Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday night for a stripped-back and intimate performance. In the midst of the gossip and gloom, Martin and his Coldplay bandmates released Ghost Stories, a melancholy album of electronica dabblings suffused with the inevitable emotional turmoil of a relationship breakdown.



The Coldplay musician has endured a tough year plastered over the tabloids with his recently divorced ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow, propelled by the unforgivably grating 2014 buzzphrase, "conscious uncoupling." Chris Martin is a man saved by music, that is.
