And talking about talking about producers, Coldplay have been talking about working with Brian Eno who, as previously reported, is working with the band on their follow up to 'X&Y'. Speaking to the BBC at one of those sold-out Arcade Fire gigs in London last week (which were really rather good, we hear), Chris Martin spoke about why they had chosen to work with Eno: "Well, we kind of more feel that he picked us really. With someone like Brian, if you can persuade him to work with you, you're doing well. We're really at the very beginning of it, but it sounds very promising to me".
More quoted from that interview have been Martin's comments about the chances of his band playing Glastonbury again - during which he said he didn't think they'd be ready to appear at the flagship festival again "for a good 15 years".
Asked about the Arcade Fire gig, he concluded: "I think they have complete raw brilliance. It's very comforting when you're a great big rock band to see a band that you think is a lot better than yours. It gives you something to aim for, you know". That's right Chris, make some music more like Arcade Fire, then we'll like it.