Coldplay finish Massive Weekend headline set with ‘Orange’, written in honour of Luton City FC
Coldplay ended their BBC Radio 1 Massive Weekend headline set with a tune they’ve written in honour of Luton City FC, ‘Orange’ – watch it beneath.
Addressing the group, frontman Chris Martin famous the quantity of press Coldplay had acquired pleading them to alter the lyrics for his or her hit ‘Yellow’ to ‘Orange’, the house colors of town’s native soccer staff, Luton City FC. The Massive Weekend was held in Luton this 12 months.
Although Coldplay did go on to play ‘Yellow’ unchanged, Martin unveiled a particular tune he wrote in honour of the Hatters, fittingly known as ‘Orange’.
It noticed Martin croon lyrics akin to: “We didn’t win all our matches, we didn’t win the cup / However if you get knocked down in Luton, you all the time get again up!” and “I used to be born in love with Luton, and I’m all the time gonna be”.
Luton City FC returned the love on social media, writing: “Coldplay simply stated they love us 😁”. Take a hearken to ‘Orange’ beneath:
Quem se lembra dos torcedores do Luton City pedindo para que o Coldplay trocasse “yellow” por “orange”?
No fim, Chris homenageou os fãs de Luton City com uma canção chamada “Tune Orange”pic.twitter.com/eyUg28cDkz
— Viva Coldplay BR (@VivaColdplay) May 26, 2024
Coldplay simply stated they love us 😁
— Luton City FC (@LutonTown) May 26, 2024
Coldplay additionally introduced out Sabrina Carpenter to sing ‘Magic’ at their headline set. Earlier right now, Sabrina Carpenter carried out her personal slot on the pageant, and she or he shocked Coldplay followers by popping out and singing ‘Magic’ with the frontman, along with her proclaiming: “I like Coldplay. What is that this? Give it up for Coldplay – what the hell?”
The band are additionally set to turn out to be the primary act to headline Glastonbury for a fifth time this June. They’ll prime the long-lasting Pyramid Stage alongside SZA and Dua Lipa.
Their set will come forward of their ultimate album subsequent 12 months, with Martin saying he had plans to cease writing music as a band by 2025.
“Properly I do know I can inform you: our final correct document will come out in 2025 and after that I believe we are going to solely tour,” Martin stated throughout an interview with Jo Wiley. “Perhaps we’ll do some collaborative issues however the Coldplay catalogue, because it had been, finishes then.”
NME spoke with Coldplay again in 2021, the place the band revealed an identical sentiment to us: “We’re going to make 12 albums. As a result of it’s rather a lot to pour all the pieces into making them. I like it and it’s superb, nevertheless it’s very intense too,” he stated.
“I really feel like as a result of I do know that problem is finite, making this music doesn’t really feel tough, it looks like, ‘That is what we’re speculated to be doing’.”
In different information, the trailer for brand new ‘Camden’ docuseries, starring Chris Martin, Noel Gallagher, Dua Lipa and extra has been shared.