Coldplay premiered several new songs

Jun 06, 2011
Coldplay held their promise to play several tracks from their next studio album at Glastonbury festival. The band's yesterday performance featured three entirely new songs – Hurts Like Heaven, Up Against The World and Charlie Brown.

Chris Martin and his bandmates also played Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall – the first single from upcoming studio effort.

The setlist of Coldplay's performance at Glastonbury was:
Hurts Like Heaven
Yellow
In My Place
Major Minus
Lost
The Scientist
Shiver
Violet Hill
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Everything's Not Lost
Us Against The World
Politik
Viva La Vida
Charlie Brown
Life Is For Living
Clocks
Fix You
Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Earlier Coldplay revealed that Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall has been inspired by Australian singer and songwriter Peter Allen. According to Chris Martin, he has written the composition after watching a scene from Beautiful movie, where Allen's song I Go To Rio plays at the background.

Coldplay's previous album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends hit the stores in 2008.

Held during June 24-26, Glastonbury festival also featured performances by Beyonce, U2, Elbow, Primal Scream, The Chemical Brothers and others.