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Virgin Radio V2001 Interview (August 2001)
18/8/01 .... Chris interview with Nick Jackson (Virgin Radio @ V2001) Saturday 18th August

Nick - Chris from Coldplay's here with us. Hi Chris.
Chris - Hi Nick, how ya doin...
Nick - Fine thankyou, welcome to the V-tent, you've been extremely busy - you're only just back from Australia?
Chris - Yeah yeah, on Tuesday we got back.
Nick - How long were you out in Australia for?
Chris - We were there for 2-3 weeks, before that we were in America for 3 months.
Nick - Have you guys had time to stop and think, it seems you've gone from one thing to another?
Chris - Everytime I stop, after about a day I start to try and write songs and then want to go on tour again, because it's my favourite thing to do.
Nick - So what's next then? What does the immediate future hold?
Chris - I've got to go to the loo.
Nick - Okay!  It's by the bar!
Chris - After that we're going to do a gig (Slain Castle) and then do some more touring. Were playing with U2 in Dublin, thats going to be amazing. Not sure about the running order though!
Nick - What was the reaction like when you got the phone call asking you about that gig?
Chris - It was amazing, what can I say! I met Bono the other day, and he said, (Irish accent) "You know, Dublin's gonna be great", and I though this is great, how could I ever moan about what I do!
Nick - You had vocal problems earlier on in the year..?
Chris - Yeah, I have a singing teacher now, and I treat myself like Cher, so I take GOOD care you know!
Nick - Now, Parachutes... or as you put it at the Brixton Academy.. that album that's too old to mention.. obviously a massive success, bigger than you could have hoped for?
Chris - Over 200 copies sold!
Nick - A few more than that! What about things for the follow up.. how's that all shaping up?
Chris - Ok.. we have a lot of songs and worked on a lot of songs, and were going to this big studio in London on October 4th. Were going to start recording and hopefully have it (the album) finished by Christmas.
Nick - Any tracks we should be looking out for?
Chris - Nope. Its all rubbish.