Speed of Sound was first played on the radio & in the online music stores on April 18th
In 2005 , an album of selected tracks from the box set – Sliver: The Best of the Box – came out
The next year the box set – With the Lights Out – was released in November 2004
2004 saw Coldplay up for Record of the Year for Clocks at the Grammys.
In 2004, while recording their 3rd album, the band released a right old satirical music video for a song by a fictional band called the Nappies.
At that time the band covered the Pretenders 1983 song 2000 Miles (which was made available on their website).
In December 2003, Rolling Stone magazine readers voted for Coldplay as the best artist & best band of the year.
On August 28th 2003, Coldplay performed The Scientist at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. They even managed to pick up 3 awards that night.
But then in 2003 at the Brit Awards held in Earls Court in London, Coldplay walked away with two gongs: Best British Group & Best British Album.
Coldplay won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for A Rush of Blood to the Head in 2003.