When was coldplay founded

The lyric video for Coldplay's single with The Chainsmokers 'Something Just Like This' broke the record for the most streams in 24 hours. It had over nine million streams in the first 24 hours. Phil Harvey is the band's creative director and former manager.

He is often referred to as the band's fifth member. Three members of Coldplay continued with their university degrees in the early days but Guy decided to work in a London bar. The Xyloband is a radio-controlled LED wristband which can change colour in time with the music.

They were first used for the band's 'Mylo Xyloto tour' in The bands were made popular by Coldplay and have since been used. Despite being enormously popular, Coldplay will rarely allow their music to be used for advertising and endorsements. However, in the band's song 'Higher Power' was used in an advert for BMW's ix and i4 electric cars.

With the line 'this joy is electric' and the song title, it is a fitting choice of song for an electric car advert. The band took the unusual decision to announce their album ' Everyday Life ' by sending a typed letter to their fans.

After receiving the letters in the post, fans took to social media to ask if anyone else had received the letter. The letter revealed the album would be made up of two halves called, 'Sunrise' and 'Sunset'. The letter confirmed details of the album, including its release date of 22nd November , and featured the band members' signatures written in gold pen. The band was initially called Pectoralz, and at that time was just Chris and Jonny, who had met during the university's orientation week.

Bassist Guy joined the group soon after, being in the same classes as the other two, and the group was renamed to Starfish in when the band would play gigs in Camden.

Chris appointed his old school friend Phil Harvey to be the band's manager, and Will joined the group as percussionist - learning the drums quickly as he'd no previous experience, although he was already musically gifted.

The band settled on the name Coldplay. Coldplay released their first EP in , entitled 'Safety'. There were only copies made, and only 50 of those made it into public circulation as the rest were given to record labels, and friends and family of the band. Whilst making the record, it's reported that the band fell out quite severely - but this led to them putting down ground rules, which seem to have served them well over the last 20 odd years.

Coldplay embarked on their first tour in June , and achieved their first Top 5 single in 'Yellow', which appeared on their debut album 'Parachutes', released in July that year.

The album debuted at Number 1, and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. At this point, Phil Harvey resigned from his role as manager due to stress, and took on the role of creative director.

He's now referred to as the official fifth member of the band. After writing more than 20 songs for the album, the track list was whittled down to the final Guy Berryman , a classmate of Martin and Buckland, later joined the group. By , 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 the University of 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 despite having no previous experience.

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. During a weekend on Virginia Water in Surrey, 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. In , the band released copies of the Safety E. 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. After completing their final examinations, Coldplay signed to Parlophone for a five-album contract in early After making their first appearance at Glastonbury, the band went into studio to record a third EP titled The Blue Room.

The recording sessions for The Blue Room were tumultuous. Champion was briefly fired from the band, but Martin later pleaded with him to return after kicking him out, and because of his guilt, went on a drinking binge. Eventually, the band worked out their differences and put in place a new set of rules to keep the group intact. Inspired by bands like U2 and R. Additionally, the band determined they would fire anyone who used hard drugs. It was the second single from Parachutes.

The band initially planned to record their debut album in the space of two weeks. However, tours and other live performances caused the recording to spread out between September and April—May The mixing process on all songs for the album was done by American engineer Michael Brauer in New York. During that period, they played on the Carling Tour, which showcased up-and-coming acts. After releasing two EPs without a hit song, Coldplay sparked their first Top 40 hit with the lead single from Parachutes , " Shiver ", released in March to a number 35 peak position on the UK Singles Chart.

June was a pivotal moment in Coldplay's history: the band embarked on their first headlining tour, including a showing at the Glastonbury Festival. The band also released the breakthrough single " Yellow ". Having the role as Coldplay's first release to crack the top five, the song shot to number four on the UK Singles Chart and placed Coldplay in public consciousness.

The former was later released as a single in United Kingdom on 26 June In the United States, the song was released as the lead single from the then-untitled debut album. In October , the track was sent to US college and alternative radio outlets. Coldplay released their first studio album, Parachutes , on 10 July in the United Kingdom via their record label, Parlophone. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.

It was released on November 7, , by record label Nettwerk in North America. The album has been made available on various formats since its initial release; both Parlophone and Nettwerk released it as a CD in , and it was also released as a cassette by US label Capitol in In the following year, Parlophone issued the album as an LP. The band released a limited-edition CD of " Trouble ", the third single from the album, which features a remix of "Yellow".

It was pressed to 1, copies, and was issued only to fans and journalists. Parachutes was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in September Having found success in Europe, the band set their sights on North America, by releasing the album there in November , and started the US Club Tour in February Although Parachutes was a slow-burning success in the United States, it eventually reached double-platinum status.

Chris Martin claimed, after the release of Parachutes , that the album's success was intended to elevate the band's status to the "biggest, best band in the world. After the success of Parachutes , Coldplay returned to the studio in September to begin work on their second album A Rush of Blood to the Head , once again with Ken Nelson producing. Since the band had never stayed in London before, they had trouble focusing.

They decided to relocate in Liverpool, where they recorded some of the songs on Parachutes. Once there, vocalist Chris Martin said that they became obsessed with recording. The band released it as the album's lead single because it was the track that made them want to record a second album following a "strange period of not really knowing what we were doing" three months after the success of Parachutes.

According to Martin "one thing kept us going: recording 'In My Place'. Then other songs started coming. The band wrote more than 20 songs for the album. Some of their new material, including "In My Place" and " Animals ", was played live while the band was still touring Parachutes. The album's title was revealed through a post on the band's official website. The album was released in August and spawned several popular singles, including "In My Place", " Clocks ", and the ballad " The Scientist ".

They visited five continents, including co-headlining festival dates at Glastonbury Festival, V and Rock Werchter. In December , readers of Rolling Stone chose Coldplay as the best artist and the best band of the year. At that time the band covered The Pretenders' song " Miles " which was made available for download on their official website. Multi-instrumentalist Champion learnt how to play drums in order to serve as the drummer for the band. During , Martin had met then Classics student Tim Rice-Oxley and asked each other to play off their own songs on the piano.

By September , Coldplay were recording what would become their debut album, Parachutes, which was released in the UK in July , and November in North America.

Parachutes then proceeded to give Coldplay their first UK No. In , Coldplay were breaking into European markets and had their sights set on breaking the US. The album has become the 12th best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK, and won the Best British Album award at the Brit Awards.

As of , it has sold around 8. Now they were unstoppable. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends topped the charts in over thirty-six countries and became the best-selling album of Now a superstar, Chris Martin was easy game for the tabloids in the UK.