I'm pretty sure he's a decent enough bloke. And I'm pretty certain doing that kind of stuff can be wearing. And if Liam Gallagher does it it's rock n roll whereas Chris Martin doing it is a bit Bee Gee.

So don't do the interview - there is probably only 3% of the population who don't know Coldplay have a new CD out and they're going to be in bed when Front Row is on.

Having read that Martin climbed through a window to escape journalist Craig McLean during a recent interview for the Observer (simply because McLean had asked about Paltrow), this latest episode leaves me with one serious question - why doesn't Martin bloody well grow up? (That said, quite an amusing interview up until the walk out and I'm not sure why John Wilson's questioning was a tiny bit on the aggressive side - they're only a rock band and not politicians after all).

I'm not entirely sure why he wrote it. What's served by a long article telling us why the writer hates a band. Coldplay have done nothing to deserve that level of venom have they? It's actually made me a little angry with the Independent, a paper I read most days, and feel quite sorry for Chris Martin, a man who, as far I know, has committed no actual crime.

I'm sure Martin gets sick of being asked the same questions, but come on, it's not much to ask is it. Most people who work don't enjoy everything about their job and a lot of people would love to be in Martin's shoes or hoody. He can come and sit at my desk for eight hours every day and see if he likes it.

...but they do teach the lesson that the key to dealing with these media situations is to have something entertaining to say. If you do that you never get asked any difficult questions because the hacks are too busy writing down what you say.

To be so petulant and on edge all the time must be exhausting. As a 'star' he got to expect to be asked the odd tricky question. If he doesn't like it, he only has to say he'd prefer not to answer it, rather than childishly walk out.

I realise he likes to plough his own furrow, and there's nothing wrong with that if you play the game. But he can't and ends up looking like a tit.

Again.

He seems to fit like a glove one of those character types that we all remember from school: the lad who’s desperate to be liked, desperate to be “cool”, but never quite gets it right.
He’s a good populist musician. People up and down the land will be tossing his new CD into the trolley at Tesco and Asda this weekend along with the Romaine lettuce. And they‘ll enjoy listening to it. They won’t care what Andy Gill thinks, even though he’s absolutely right. They won’t care much about Chis Martin’s off-the-shelf-Guardian-buy-one-get-one-free political “beliefs”. They’ll just quite like some of the tunes.
Meanwhile I’m going to check out John Martin. A new one on me. And isn’t he just ... lush.

have just listened to the interview. He. Is. A. Tit! If you don't like talking about things then give up putting records out, retire and piss off to La La Land with the missus. Idiot!

near me. Wiping incontinent pensioners' arses for six pound an hour. If Martin hates his current vocation so much, he might want to consider it. I know a couple of people who work there, and they seem a hell of a lot more contented than he does. What a knob.

Sold 120,000 copies. He'll be alright, poor old thing.

What a complete tosser, who does he think he is Marlon Brando?
His boring arty farty band bring out another monotonous piece of garbage and this wanker Martin goes all precious on the interviewer telling him "i'm not enjoying this" I've got some news for you mate, i'm not enjoying listening to this drivel either, i have to sell this crap to my customers and i'm doing my best to persuade them to buy something else!!! Get a real job Martin !