The Snuts‘ Jack Cochrane has hit out at people who dislike Coldplay and have called them “uncool” adding that they “pretend they’re too cool” to enjoy the band.
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In a new interview with The Times, the frontman of the Scottish outfit opened up about his love for Chris Martin and co and revealed that his favourite Scottish gig ever was seeing Coldplay at T in the Park at age 15.
“I think people who don’t like Coldplay are uncool. They’re one of those bands that everybody pretends they’re too cool to properly love, but the performance, the production and atmosphere, with everybody blasting their songs, was unforgettable,” he told the publication.
Though people love to hate on the ‘Clocks’ band, the group have made history as the only band to headline Glastonbury five times. Elsewhere, their Music Of Spheres tour has become the biggest rock tour of all time with the band recently announcing that will continue in 2025, expanding with stops in Asia.
Speaking about his view of the band in the world, Martin told NME in an exclusive interview: “Right now, and since about 2008, if something lands in me as a song or as a good idea and it feels authentic, we’ll do it. It doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks. It’s very liberating, and it was probably started by Brian Eno’s philosophy when he came in to rebuild us. Since then, if I find something true and exciting, then we’ll go for it. It has led us to some really weird and amazing places.”
He continued: “In a way, [Fox] being there at Glastonbury reminded us what the whole spirit of the band and the festival is: trying to find the joy. And when you can’t find it, you need to have some good tools to go looking for it.”
Coldplay have also announced that their upcoming UK stadium shows – including a record-breaking 10-night run at Wembley – will see 10 per cent of the band’s profits going to the Music Venue Trust.
While speaking to NME, Martin shared that he put his plan into action when he became aware of the current situation with grassroots venues struggling to stay open at the tail-end of last year. “I’d just assumed The Leicester Charlotte would be fine,” he told us. “I didn’t think there was an issue because I didn’t think about it. It was around COVID that you started to hear about this or that venue having to close. I thought, ‘Oh, we played all those venues, Oasis played all those venues – these are important’.”
When asked if it bothered him if venues continue to disappear, the world may never see another Coldplay, Martin said: “I think a lot of people would be happy about that! The truth is that playing live is an important connection. It doesn’t bother me that there might not be another Coldplay, but it does bother me that there might not be acts that are free to start on the bottom rung and work all the way up – so that by the time they get to stadiums, they are really good.
“You can’t just jump into that. With all of the artists that are playing stadiums next year, it’s no coincidence that all of them started in a van, driving around and playing pubs: Oasis, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, the truth is all there. Taylor Swift has probably played more than anyone in tiny Nashville venues and county fairs.”
In other news, The Snuts are set to kick off their 2025 UK tour which will see them play their biggest show yet at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro. Visit here to purchase tickets and for more details.
On the band’s latest album ‘Millennials’, NME’s Rhys Buchanan writes in a three-star review that “it’s no surprise the four-piece become an all-conquering live force in the record’s wake.”
“Taking cues from the established giants they’ve opened for in The Courteeners and Kings Of Leon, the band have found a deep emotional connection while maintaining a party atmosphere we’re all invited to,” Buchanan adds.
