The band Courtney Love had to pretend to like when chatting with Chris Martin

The band Courtney Love had to pretend to like when chatting with Chris Martin


The Hole singer and guitarist admitted he “wasted” himself for around three hours in a conversation with the Coldplay singer in 2019

Who hasn’t needed to “improvise” in an interaction? Courtney Love revealed that he had already experienced this during a chat with Chris Martinsinger of Coldplay.

The conversation was also about music. The singer and guitarist of Holewidow of Kurt Cobainhe recalled the time he had to pretend to like a band while talking to his fellow musician.

Love was on a TV question and answer program, the Never mind the Buzzcocks (go NME). There, the topic came up when the artist had a three-hour conversation about the Museby whom Martin He is a huge fan and friend.

The story, according to the leader of the Holeit’s from 2019. It happened immediately after a concert of Coldplay. Courtney he said:

I went to see the Coldplay at the National History Museum and I love many things about it Chris Martin. A) she’s feminist, in the best way and B) I had to fake it during a three hour conversation about Muse. I faked it really well. But that’s not the point…”

Before that, Love AND Martin they had already met in 2017, at a tribute show to Leonard Cohen organized by the late singer’s son. In addition to the managers of the Hole AND Coldplayartists like it Puncture, Elvis Costello, Feist, Lana Del Rey AND Peter Gabrielas well as the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.

Even if it seems that way Courtney I don’t like the Musethe artist has already praised a song by the trio, released in 2003, contained in the album Absolution. It was 2007, during an interview with Spinner:

The only song I wanted to write in the last few years was a song from Muse“The clock is ticking”. I really like this song. I thought, “Damn, I could have written this if I tried, if the circumstances were right.” This is not beyond my capabilities.”

Coldplay and Muse

The relationship between Coldplay AND Muse It’s very old. Shortly before releasing their first album in 2000, the band Chris Martin he opened shows on a tour for the English group.

The frontman is a great friend in particular Matt Bellamysinger and guitarist of Muse. Both have stated in interviews that they are inspired by each other, both musically and in the large theater productions they usually present.

In 2012, when Muse released the single “Folly”from the album The 2nd Lawfan opinions were divided, but Chris he tried to defend the trio. On X (Twitter at the time, via TMDQA), the singer recalled their closeness and was full of praise:

Having been their opening act 13 years ago, I’m proud to say that I consider this the best song on the album. Muse.”

In the album Music of the Spheres (2021), from Coldplay, Martin cited the Muse as an influence on the track “People of Pride”. THE DepecheMode and the Rammstein they were also considered inspirations for the song.

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Collaborator: André Luiz Fernandes.

Source: Terra

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