Coldplay RIP

Coldplay. The band with enough spine, attitude and talent to take the spot as biggest band of the 00's ( as neither Radiohead or Oasis wanted to or managed to - in that order).

2000 - 2002 their music was, in my view, the perfect blend of harmony, guitars and craft.

After that they were (just) a big arena band, putting out album after album of well crafted, if not slightly uninteresting, tunes.

And (yawn) now, this: