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The Jay-Z and Coldplay tour hit up Wembley Stadium in London last weekend and the rapper ambushed his good friend Chris Martin with a hug while the band’s lead singer was playing the piano. A concertgoer said “It was a strange moment. Everyone went wild when Jay-Z joined the boys on stage but seeing him grab Chris away from the piano and onto the floor was a bit weird to say the least.” The two then rolled around on the stage floor for some time before Jay-Z let Chris continue on with the show. I wonder if anyone was able to get a video of this.

Coldplay star Chris Martin said he would consider making a solo album only if he split with wife Gwyneth Paltrow and “desperately” needed money.

Chris, 33, is married to Hollywood actress Gwyneth, 36, and said he is not planning a solo album any time soon.

He said: “It would probably mean I’ve been dumped by my wife and I desperately need the money.

“Hell would not only have to freeze over but be skated over and completely closed up.

“The Pope would have to declare it didn’t even exist. I cannot think of anything worse.”

Chris and the rest of the band are currently touring the world and have been watching DVD boxsets of hit US TV series The Wire while away from home.

Chris said: “The main thing I do on tour is write, then go watch The Wire.”

Source: Splash News

The “Coldplay” front man thinks that his band doesn’t deserve the success they have and they still have to prove themselves. Chris Martin said: “Every day I wake up and think, ‘OK, today we’ve got to really prove ourselves. We’ve got to justify where we are.’ I always feel like my dad’s going to burst through my bedroom door at any moment and wake me up to go back to my real job.” Considering that Chris Martin recently fulfilled one of his father’s dreams, the situation is most likely the other way around and it is Chris Martin who will have to do the waking-up. Still, it is probably better to see that Coldplay maintain their piousness and don’t get affected by that most dreadful disease which we may refer to as the “U2” syndrome… or perhaps the old “Oasis” plague that seems to ravage in some places.

Coldplay has responded to the accusations of rock guitar icon Joe Satriani that the UK band ripped him off with their hit single ‘Viva La Vida’. The band released a statement on their website saying “With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond publicly to his allegations. If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him. Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write the song Viva La Vida. We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future endeavours.”