In the same week that Coldplay played Tunbridge Wells’ Forum supporting Terris on the NME Premier Tour.
In the spring of 2000, Coldplay released the EPs “Yellow” and “Shiver”.
The band initially planned to knock out their debut album, Parachutes, in two weeks flat. However, with so many tours and live shows coming up, they ended up recording it between September 1999 and May 2000. To get it all done, they used a variety of studios – including Rockfield…
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On the 27th of June 1999, Coldplay had their first gig at the Glastonbury Festival in the New Bands Tent. They later went on to record The Blue Room which only had 5,000 copies pressed – but they still managed to sell some to the public. The recording sessions were…
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Then came another event in 1999 – a final ceremony of some sort on May 31st
They signed their first deal in April 1999 – which was rather conveniently in the same month that “Brothers & Sisters” came out.
the same month that Brothers & Sisters got its release.
Then, on January 3rd, 1999, Coldplay became the very first unsigned act to appear on Lamacq’s Evening Session.
As the band was grumbling about a “vice-like grip” that one of the Camden promoters had on them, Harvey suggested they book their own gig at Dingwalls. That night, they managed to flog 50 copies of Safety. From that point onwards, Harvey was generally considered to be Coldplay’s manager –…
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Champion arranged their live debut a few days later – which was on January 16th, 1998, at the Laurel Tree in Camden. They were still deciding on a band name at the time and went by Starfish. After finally settling on the name Coldplay, they released their Safety EP in…
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