69Long before they sold out Croke Park and performed to millions of people around the world, some Irish music fans might remember seeing Chris Martin and co. perform at Belfast's Ulster Hall and Dublin's Olympia Theatre in 2000.
Yep, we've come a long way from Parachutes and since then, the band have become one of the biggest acts in the world but it appears that fame has its trappings. Chris Martin spoke candidly about how that performance - and the reaction to it - influenced the direction of their new album,"After we did the Super Bowl, we took so much shit, and then we went on the biggest tour we’ve ever been on,” he said. “It made me realise, okay some people really like what we do and some people really don’t – and we love them equally. I’m just happy and grateful to be a human, I don’t mind if you don’t love what we do but we do love what we do.