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|Genre = Alternative rock
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|genre = Alternative rock
|Members = [[Chris Martin]]<br>Johnny Buckland<br>Will Champion<br>Guy Berryman
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|first appearance = "[[Million Dollar Maybe]]"
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'''Coldplay '''is an alternative rock band, famous for their songs including "Yellow", "Clocks" and "Viva La Vida".
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'''Coldplay''' are an [[United Kingdom|English]] alternative rock band.
  
[[Bart]] and [[Homer]] watched the band play in a private concert after [[Homer]] won the lottery.
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== History ==
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[[Bart]] and [[Homer]] watched the band play in a private concert and they perform the song "Viva La Vida" after [[Homer]] won the lottery. {{Ch|Chris Martin}} asks Homer to join Coldplay but Homer declines.
  
 
== Behind the Laughter ==
 
== Behind the Laughter ==
Singer [[Chris Martin]] of the band Coldplay guest starred as himself in the episode. Coldplay drummer Will Champion commented on the appearance: "We actually went to a read-through for an episode about seven years ago. We were staying in Los Angeles and our friend—our manager—I think knows someone to do with the whole program. So we just went down and had a listen, while all the actors were reading their lines and we were just blown away that we were even there. From then, we just thought it would be amazing to make it on an episode. It's definitely one of those moments where you have to pinch yourself. It's been around for so long."
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Singer [[Chris Martin]] of the band {{W|Coldplay}} guest starred as himself in the episode. Coldplay drummer Will Champion commented on the appearance: "We actually went to a read-through for an episode about seven years ago. We were staying in Los Angeles and our friend—our manager—I think knows someone to do with the whole program. So we just went down and had a listen, while all the actors were reading their lines and we were just blown away that we were even there. From then, we just thought it would be amazing to make it on an episode. It's definitely one of those moments where you have to pinch yourself. It's been around for so long."
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The song they performed, "Viva La Vida", was taken from Coldplay's CD, ''{{W|Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends}}''. They didn't specially record a version for the show.
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Their song "{{W2|Yellow|song}}" was parodied in ''[[Chief Wiggum's Book of Crime and Punishment]]'' as "[[Yellow]]".
  
 
== Appearance ==
 
== Appearance ==
 
*{{ep|Million Dollar Maybe}}
 
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Latest revision as of 08:19, August 31, 2024


Coldplay
Million Dollar Maybe promo 1.png
Band Information
Genre: Alternative rock
Members: Chris Martin
Johnny Buckland
Will Champion
Guy Berryman
First appearance: "Million Dollar Maybe"

Coldplay are an English alternative rock band.

History[edit]

Bart and Homer watched the band play in a private concert and they perform the song "Viva La Vida" after Homer won the lottery. Chris Martin asks Homer to join Coldplay but Homer declines.

Behind the Laughter[edit]

Singer Chris Martin of the band Coldplay guest starred as himself in the episode. Coldplay drummer Will Champion commented on the appearance: "We actually went to a read-through for an episode about seven years ago. We were staying in Los Angeles and our friend—our manager—I think knows someone to do with the whole program. So we just went down and had a listen, while all the actors were reading their lines and we were just blown away that we were even there. From then, we just thought it would be amazing to make it on an episode. It's definitely one of those moments where you have to pinch yourself. It's been around for so long."

The song they performed, "Viva La Vida", was taken from Coldplay's CD, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. They didn't specially record a version for the show.

Their song "Yellow" was parodied in Chief Wiggum's Book of Crime and Punishment as "Yellow".

Appearance[edit]