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And Finally
Coldplay’s x-rated X-factor glowbands: The truth
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 13 December 2011
So I think we can all agree that – notwithstanding Marcus’s incessant whooping atop a cardboard cut-out aeroplane, or that pizza bearing the edible portraits of all four Little Mix girls, etched in raw chillis (yeah, we sometimes watch ‘X-Factor’, what of it?) – the most exciting part of the past weekend’s double-barrelled ‘X’ finale was when all those neon wristbands flashed and flickered in the audience during Coldplay’s set. And wouldn’t you know, Chris Martin thinks so too. What you might not know, though, is that the maker of said neon wristbands was once a maker of post-watershed adult playthings.
Speaking on Xfm, Chris explained: “There’s a guy called Jason who likes Coldplay. He used to make mobile phone vibrating sex toys. Basically he’s an inventor. I think he came to Glastonbury this summer and he had an idea while we were playing to make these glowband things. He contacted us and said… ‘what do you think?’… and we said ‘it sounds like the best idea ever’… and now we have them for every person who has a ticket”. On that note, Coldplay’s next live innovation will involve a giant blow-up plastic sheep that inflates according to crowd noise levels. Hurrah!