Coldplay’s third album, X&Y, turned 20 two weeks in the past. To mark the event, the band has dusted off “Pace Of Sound,” the album’s lead single, which was the band’s first American prime 10 hit however was later disavowed by the band.
When Coldplay launched “Pace Of Sound” in 2005, it was their highest-charting single as much as that time, debuting and peaking at #8 on the Sizzling 100. However Chris Martin later informed an interviewer, “We by no means obtained it proper.” The band ultimately stopped performing “Pace Of Sound” in live performance as a result of, as Martin informed Howard Stern, “an viewers can choose up actual quick if one thing is clearly lacking.”
Saturday on the Solar Bowl in El Paso, Coldplay wrapped up the newest leg of their seemingly limitless tour. Close to the top of the present, the band carried out an acoustic model of “Pace Of Sound,” marking the primary full-band efficiency of the track since 2016. Martin launched the monitor like so:
We made an album 20 years in the past which ought to have been so much higher, and it had a track on it known as “Pace Of Sound,” which we by no means actually play. However as a result of we needed to wait quarter-hour for the present to start out due to the climate and all that, we thought, properly, we’ve had such a very good time right here in El Paso. Why don’t we attempt to reclaim the track “Pace Of Sound”?
They may attempt to repair you, “Pace Of Sound.” Take a look at footage of the El Paso efficiency, together with Martin’s intro speech, beneath.
@iam.alexmeraz @coldplay carried out “Pace of Sound” after greater than a decade and a half of not taking part in it reside at a live performance. THIS was the perfect a part of the present. El Paso, TX (6/14/2025) #coldplay #xy #speedOfSound #coldplayElPaso #elPaso #TX #texas #acoustic #unplugged #fyp ♬ authentic sound – Alex Meraz
In the meantime, UK star Yungblud’s new album Idols, out right this moment, features a track known as “Ghosts” that appears to nick its piano intro from “Pace Of Sound.” A rep for Yungblud tells Stereogum that “Ghosts” doesn’t interpolate “Pace Of Sound” and there’s no connection between the songs. Evaluate for your self beneath.
One inspiration for “Ghosts” that Yungblud will acknowledge: The King And I.
