It so happened that the week Parachutes came out, their manager Phil Harvey decided he’d had enough of the pressure and quit the band. He’d travelled across South America and gone off to study in Australia.
The album Parachutes was released again in August 2002 and spawned a few really successful singles: In My Place, Clocks and the ballad The Scientist – which actually drew some inspiration from George Harrison’s 1970 song All Things Must Pass.
Then they went on the Rush of Blood to the Head Tour from June 2002 through to September 2003 they even played 19th to 8th sometimes those dates seem to just blend together
The album A Rush of Blood to the Head got some pretty sweet reviews and picked up a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 2002
Later that year in December 2001 they released a little CD called Mince Spies – which was basically a Christmas present for their fans (only a bit tongue in cheek) it had a remix of “Yellow” plus a Xmas tune called “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
After the massive success of Parachutes Coldplay went back to the studio in September 2001 and got down to work on their second album A Rush of Blood to the Head with Ken Nelson at the helm (again) . But its hard to focus when you are on top of…
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At the Brit Awards in February 2001 Coldplay picked up gongs for Best British Group and Best British Album proving they were the real deal.
The US Club Tour kicked off in February 2001 because why not?
An American release on Capitol as a cassette came out in 2001 coz why not?
It came out on November 7th 2000 courtesy of their Nettwerk record label in North America but basically everywhere else