He's currently number 7 in the charts and has spent the past 10 years working as a songwriter for some of music's biggest stars, after being signed by...

What a difference a few weeks can make. We had shows in Paris and Cologne during the album launch period. We're back in those same two cities now and we've reached the light at the end of the tunnel that got us through the past six months or so of promo chaos. Yes, we're finally just doing gigs.

Following the directions from the car park to the video shoot location, I pass the pub that's noted on the map. I look in the windows to see if there's anyone I recognise in there. The pub is completely awash with folks covered in luminous paint. Clearly I’m getting close

Chris Martin has been hanging around with Jay-Z too much - the mild-mannered rocker has hired a bevy of babes to bare their breasts in Coldplay's next...