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Coldplay admit fears over X Factor performance

Posted by 14 December 2011 19:36

Coldplay admit fears over X Factor performance

On Sunday night Coldplay gave an amazing performance on the X Factor final, which was held at Wembley arena. However it has now been admitted that there was a lot of concern within the Coldplay camp as to whether it was a good thing to do or not.

On the band’s official blog, which is written by one of their roadies, it said, “There has been a lot of discussion over whether this was a good idea - not least within the Coldplay camp itself.

"I remember first hearing that it was a possibility. 'Man, you're handing haters some pretty huge bullets there', was my first thought. The downsides are obvious. It now becomes effortless for the cool kids to lay out their case against the band.

"For some, The X Factor is the devil. It is regularly painted as the source of all evil in the current music industry. Indeed, as an angry young man back in my own student days, I'd have ranted at length against it."

The roadie noted the importance of the success of the performance, by writing, “It had struck me that in many ways, f**king up tonight could be more of a big deal than if Glastonbury had gone wrong."

Did you see Coldplay’s performance this weekend? If so, what did you make of it? We’d certainly love to get our hands on some of those light-up wristbands… they looked awesome!

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7 Comments

  • jude2012

    31 December 2011 09:49

    Coldplay are amazing..seen them play at Wembley and they are by far the best band I have seen sing/play live!...Didn't see the X factor sadly as we live in Oz!...Bet it was fantastic though..

    jude2012

  • lozz

    15 December 2011 10:46

    Not a Coldplay fan at all but their performance was brilliant and completely agree with MintChocChip as I forgot all about X factor when they were on.

    lozz

  • uclcasm

    14 December 2011 23:44

    i forgot it was x factor too - they were really good

    uclcasm

  • debster1974

    14 December 2011 23:31

    They are f*cking awesome, and I am hoping and praying that someone bought me a ticket to one of their gigs for Christmas!

    debster1974

  • spongeybob

    14 December 2011 23:28

    LOVE CHRIS! Amazing as usual!Gwn + him are as cool as Katy + Russell :O)

    spongeybob

  • MintChocChip

    14 December 2011 23:20

    I have to say that I forgot I was watching x factor when they were performing, it was an incredible performance and I loved the wristbands too :D

    MintChocChip

  • sallymarie

    14 December 2011 21:22

    I thought they were bloody brilliant. Loved in when it went dark and the audiences wrist bands lit up in neon.

    sallymarie

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