Didn't Chris Martin tell us Coldplay were taking a break? Surely that means going away and not bothering us with impromptu sets at charity gigs? No? Oh, alright then. Martin played a surprise four song set with a violin player at the final Little Noise Sessions event at London's Union Chapel last night. This is the series of special acoustic gigs in aid of Mencap, and Martin was the surprise addition to a bill that included James Morrison, Lily Allen and The Automatic.
Observing that "you shouldn't cover songs in an acoustic fashion in front of Lily Allen fans", Martin proceeded to cover songs by The Band and The Killers, the latter a version of 'When You Were Young'. According to the NME, Martin said: "What a great band The Killers are", before joking about a new Coldplay song he performed: "If it's shit, we'll give it to The Killers, and if it's good, we'll keep it".