It is maybe the most effective accolade any musician might hope for – the Saturday night time headline slot on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage.
However Coldplay’s ever self-effacing Chris Martin requested the competition’s bosses in the event that they actually needed him – for a file FIFTH time.
Glastonbury sources say that the Devon-born singer even supplied them the prospect to seek out an alternative choice as he felt slightly ’embarrassed’ to be requested once more.
Insiders say he first thought the invitation to headline this 12 months was a joke – and he requested organisers of the Worthy Farm extravaganza in the event that they have been critical.
Martin, 47, is known to have then prompt they ring spherical to seek out one other band.
Chris Martin of Coldplay performs on the principle Pyramid Stage on the 2016 Glastonbury Competition, the final time the band headlined
Coldplay’s ever self-effacing Chris Martin (pictured performing on the competition in 2016) requested the competition’s bosses in the event that they actually needed him – for a file FIFTH time
One supply advised The Mail on Sunday: ‘Chris was stunned to be requested once more. It is going to be 5 instances now.
‘His response to being requested if Coldplay would play Glastonbury once more was simply basic. He hadn’t seen it coming.
‘He was like, “Are you joking?” ‘The entire band completely love performing on the farm, however Chris’s preliminary thought was that there should be different huge names on the market who deserved a shot at headlining.
‘When Glastonbury got here again and stated they nonetheless needed Coldplay, in fact he stated sure.
‘To him, it’ll all the time be an honour, however absolutely it was another person’s flip?’
Coldplay, whose hits embrace Yellow and Viva La Vida, beforehand headlined the Somerset competition in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016, whereas Martin has made solo appearances on stage in help of fellow headliners Kylie Minogue and Stormzy.
Coldplay’s efficiency on Saturday, June 29, will see Martin’s band enter the file books, as no different act has headlined Glastonbury on 5 events.
Pictured: Coldplay performs in entrance of the principle Pyramid Stage as a part of the Glastonbury Competition World Livestream ‘Stay at Worthy Farm’ at Worthy Farm, Pilton on Might 21, 2021
Glastonbury Competition 2024 kicks off on Wednesday, June 26 and runs till Sunday, June 30
In 2019, Martin revealed he was delay returning there after the band final headlined in 2016.
The frontman stated hurtful on-line feedback had made him suppose twice about showing.
Requested by Colin Paterson of BBC Breakfast and Radio 5 Stay if he or Coldplay would carry out on the competition the next 12 months, Martin merely stated: ‘No.’
Pressed for an evidence, he continued: ‘I did pop up on stage final 12 months and I cherished doing so.
‘Then I noticed a tweet afterwards which stated, “You may all the time depend on him to come back on in a tracksuit and damage the whole lot.”
‘So I used to be like, you recognize what, a) I ought to work on my trousers, b) I should not be on-line, and c) possibly simply go and watch Glastonbury for a 12 months or so.’
The band are set to play for 2 hours, with Dua Lipa headlining the Pyramid Stage on the Friday and SZA on the Sunday.
