Dublin's Grafton Street was mobbed last month when word spread that Coldplay was coming to shoot the video for their new single, "We Pray.""I was a little nervous for you there in the beginning," said Mason."Yeah, but you have to just trust in the goodness of people – and the proficiency of the police!" laughed Chris Martin.
Martin was joined by collaborators Burna Boy, Tini, Elyanna and Little Simz."The five of us actually had never actually played the song in the same place before," said Martin.
"So, our first time doing it was on the street in the middle of all those people."Coldplay was in Dublin for four sold-out nights at Croke Park, on their "Music of the Spheres" world tour.With more than 10 million tickets sold, and box office of over $1 billion, Billboard has crowned it "the biggest rock tour of all time." Mason asked drummer Will Champion, "You guys are in the middle of literally a record-breaking tour.
Does it feel like that to you?""Sometimes it's hard to see the woods for the trees," Champion replied."We're aware that we're having such a great time.
We're really enjoying ourselves.""It definitely was extremely loud last night," said bassist Guy Berryman.Champion, Berryman, Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland haven't always felt the love, especially in the early years.
But critics, who once asked "Why does everyone hate Coldplay?" are now calling them "the 21st century's defining band." "It seems like you've kind of been fully embraced even by the music critics," said Mason."Well, you're very sweet.I mean, that's just not true!" laughed Martin."I don't think you're ever fully embraced," said Buckland.
"Also, we are really not a rock band," said Martin."So, when we're judged by those parameters, we're always gonna come up short.
One thing I'd say that we've become more comfortable with is just being ourselves."Their catalog of hits stretches across a quarter of a century.Martin said, "The truth of it is, some so...