Claire Tole-Moir
Head of Department
Rock & Pop
Lot 174
Coldplay: a small collection of unpublished photographs of Chris Martin at The Point, Oxford, 16th March 2000, 20
13 October 2020, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£700 - £900
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Coldplay: a small collection of unpublished photographs of Chris Martin at The Point, Oxford,
16th March 2000,
comprising of twenty transparencies depicting Chris Martin performing at the piano and playing the guitar in various poses, sold with copyright via copyright release agreement, (20)
comprising of twenty transparencies depicting Chris Martin performing at the piano and playing the guitar in various poses, sold with copyright via copyright release agreement, (20)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Having signed to Parlophone in 1999, Coldplay recorded their first album, Parachutes in September of that year and in early 2000. The first single from this, "Shiver", was released in March 2000 and entered the UK Top 40. In June the band embarked on their first headlining tour and appeared at Glastonbury. The single "Yellow" was released in late June and the debut album in early July. These photographs were taken by the vendor whilst a student in Oxford. Coldplay were co-headlining a UK tour in March-April with the Welsh four-piece band, Terris. These images capture a live performance of Coldplay just as they were on the threshold of the enormous worldwide success that was to follow upon the release of the breakthrough single, "Yellow", and their first album, Parachutes.