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Coldplay Feud Revealed In New Autobiography
Wednesday, 16 March 2011 Written by James Conlon
Coldplay Feud Revealed In New Autobiography

Coldplay aren’t entirely the pacifists they’d have you believe, according to reports in a new autobiography. The book, written by long-term roadie for the band Matt McGinn, describes life on the road with the band and highlights a spat between Chris Martin and Guy Berryman.

McGinn describes the incident with cash-grabbing enthusiasm, saying: "Chris temporarily lost touch with his niceness and called his friend a c*** in so venomous a fashion that our loveable Caledonian felt moved to respond thus: 'I'm going to f***ing hit you in a minute.'”

“’Well go on then!’ came the retort, sounding more like an order than an invite.”

“‘Bloody hell, here we go’, I thought. Guy has confessed to me since, that at this point he became so furious that anything could have happened, and he really wasn't much more than a kilt's width from braining Chris with his vintage Fender."

The book, entitled ‘Roadie: My Life On The Road With Coldplay’ is said to also describe Gwyneth Paltrow’s first moments with the group. However, it isn’t all gossip-mongering. McGinn goes on to describe how the band act as a convincing collective when on the road.

He wrote: "Coldplay function as a unit. For a start, when push comes to shove they aren't really at all scared of one another, which cuts out the tiptoeing that a lot of groups might waste time doing. Plus, despite the generally held public notion that Chris is the boss, I hope you're getting a picture of a gang of lads rather than one dude and his hired help."

Coldplay are set to perform a slot at this year’s Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, joining U2 and Beyonce as headliners.
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