Coldplay had got off to a flying start in Europe so they decided to shift their focus to North America with the release of the album in November 2000
Later that year in October 2000 Parachutes started getting airplay on American college and alternative radio stations.
In September 2000, Parachutes got nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
Coldplay released Parachutes on July 10th 2000 in the UK via their record label Parlophone.
“Yellow” was the single that came out in the UK on June 26th, 2000.
June 2000 was quite a pivotal moment in Coldplay’s history; they started their first headlining tour, and played a gig at the Glastonbury Festival.
In the same week that Coldplay played Tunbridge Wells’ Forum supporting Terris on the NME Premier Tour.
They had also got “Shiver” lined up as the lead single from Parachutes – which was released in March 2000.
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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