Everything's Not Lost: Coldplay's SPIN Archives

Browse our archival Coldplay coverage, from their first inclusion in December 2000 through this month's cover story.

Here's how Spin first introduced Coldplay's Chris Martin in a story from our Noise section in December 2000:

Coldplay Launch 'La Vida' Live in London

The world's biggest band begin the first of three free shows around the world in support of Viva La Vida, out today in the U.S.
Chris Martin at Brixton Academy in London / Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images

It's been a momentous week for Coldplay in the U.K. They've sold 300,000 copies of their new album, Viva La Vida, in just three days, but a seemingly anxiety-wrecked Chris Martin has stormed out (albeit politely) of two press interviews.

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