Coldplay are heading to Ireland for what is sure to be an incredible series of dates at the wonderful Croke Park. The British band have cultivated a reputation for awesome shows, and if you want to purchase Coldplay Dublin tickets, Eventeze has you covered! Book now!
Coldplay may have formed over 20 years ago, but the band are truly unstoppable. The group, consisting of Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion, have had plenty of hits over the years, including their collaboration with K-Pop group, BTS ‘My Universe‘, and ‘Humankind‘, which they performed with Michael J Fox at Glastonbury 2024.
The band have now announced their next studio album will be called ‘Moon Music‘, which sets new sustainability standards, and released their latest songs ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove‘.
Forming as a duo in 1996, Coldplay have a couple of decades experience in the music business to look back on. The band performed on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2024, making it the fifth time they have headlined the iconic festival, and the first since 2016.
Facts you need to know about the band:
Coldplay weren’t always called Coldplay! The band formed in 1996 when Chris Martin met lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at university in London. As a duo they were known as Pectoralz. Guy Berryman then joined as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish.
A little later, drummer and backing vocalist Will Champion joined to complete the line-up. In 1998 the band changed their name to Coldplay – something Chris Martin explained in a Carpool Karaoke segment with James Corden.
Coldplay’s 2000 song ‘Yellow’ was so-called because Chris Martin spotted the Yellow Pages when he was trying to think of a name for the song. Not quite as romantic as we thought!
The band members all met at university in London, but they come from all over the UK. Chris Martin comes from a village near Exeter in Devon, whilst Jonny Buckland comes from London. Guy Berryman was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland and Will Champion is from Southampton.
Did any of the band ever go to university? They sure did – like we said, it’s where they met! Three members of Coldplay continued with their university degrees in the early days of the band starting out, but Guy decided to work in a London bar. Chris has a degree in Ancient World Studies and Jonny studied Astronomy and Mathematics.
As fans of Coldplay will know, the music video for ‘The Scientist’ is no normal music video! The whole video is played in reverse, showing Chris walking backwards and telling the storyline from end, to beginning. Chris, however, is singing the track from beginning to end.
Coldplay take the London tube, just like the rest of us! Chris once travelled to his own gig at the O2 Arena in London by tube, but despite his superstar A-list status, no-one recognised him – even though he was surrounded by Coldplay fans!
Coldplay have their own studio in north London. They bought a bakery in 2006 and converted it into a studio aptly named The Bakery. They decided to get a studio to help them refocus after the success of ‘X&Y’.
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 – impressive!
Former US President Barak Obama is a HUGE Coldplay fan, and back in 2012 revealed had their music loaded onto his iPod. He apparently allowed his rendition of ‘Amazing Grace’ to be included on their ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ album.
Both Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland made cameo appearances in the cult comedy horror film Shaun of the Dead – they’re even good friends with film star Simon Pegg! Chris Martin also appeared in an episode of Modern Family Season 9, which aired in November 2017.
Coldplay’s first music release was back in 1998, when they released an EP called ‘Safety’. Only 500 copies of that EP were made!
