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Fact #144285

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Short story:

During the BRIT Awards at Earl's Court, London, England, UK, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin announces, 'You won’t see us at one of these for many, many years.' Many observers assume he means that the group is splitting up but the band quickly denies that this is the case.

Full article:

John Giddings (Solo agency) : When Coldplay made that announcement at the BRITS and everybody thought it meant they were retiring, I was standing outside their dressing room door shortly afterwards and I said, "Well, a great way to make sure everybody knows you’re not retiring would be to come and play The Isle Of Wight Festival" and their agent Steve Strange immediately went for it.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black, September 2016)