Coldplay

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Coldplay - Midnight (Kygo Remix)//Pete Tong BBC Radio 1 Snippet
Coldplay - Viva la vida
Coldplay - A Sky Full Of Stars (Hardwell Remix)

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Biography

Coldplay is a British alternative rock band, formed in London, United Kingdom in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland – who met each other in September 1996 at Ramsay Hall (halls of residence) at University College London - bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion. With five successful albums releases (all of which debuted at #1 on the UK album chart) - and a scheduled sixth album release in May 2014 (Ghost Stories) - Coldplay have also achieved great success with their singles... Read more about Coldplay on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.

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