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Live 2003 (2003)

Where the lyrics of Live 2003 take you, and where it was really made.

A song that exists only on this album, "Moses", inspired the name of Chris Martin's second child, born in 2006.

Key places

Recording site Hordern Pavilion — The album collects shows recorded at Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 21 and 22 July 2003. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Live 2003: the first live album by the British rock band Coldplay
Recorded at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion on 21 and 22 July 2003
Released 4 November 2003 by Capitol in the United States and 10 November 2003 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom
Screenings held at select theaters the day before release
Second live project after Trouble – Norwegian Live EP (2001)
Disc one is a DVD of 17 tracks, followed by a 40-minute tour diary documentary as an extra

All tracks written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin
Setlist draws from Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head, The Blue Room EP and the "In My Place" single
"Moses" is exclusive to this album and was previously unreleased

Shows recorded at Hordern Pavilion in Sydney over two nights, 21 and 22 July 2003
Chris Martin: lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
Jonny Buckland: lead guitar, backing vocals, harmonica on "Don't Panic"
Guy Berryman: bass guitar
Will Champion: drums, backing vocals
Matt McGinn: additional guitar on "Yellow" and "The Scientist"

Formed in London in 1997 by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland and Guy Berryman, who met at University College London.
Will Champion joined in January 1998; the group first went by Big Fat Noises and Starfish before settling on Coldplay.
Signed with Parlophone in 1999 after the EP Safety (1998) was financed by lifelong friend Phil Harvey.

Chris Martin: lead vocals, piano, keyboards, guitars.
Jonny Buckland: guitars, keyboards, backing vocals.
Guy Berryman: bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals.
Will Champion: drums, percussion, piano, backing vocals.
Phil Harvey: manager, later creative director, often credited as a fifth member.

Debut Parachutes (2000) won a Brit Award and a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album; A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) and X&Y (2005) followed.
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008) won a Grammy for Best Rock Album and topped charts in over 30 countries.
Music of the Spheres (2021) included My Universe with BTS, the first British group song to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Over 170 million records sold worldwide; the Music of the Spheres World Tour became one of the highest-grossing tours of all time.

US Billboard 200: debuted at number 13
US sales: 71,224 copies at debut
UK Music Video Chart: entered at number 2 upon release
UK Albums Chart: reached number 73 five years after release
Afterwards rose to number 60 and peaked at number 46, with 5,164 copies sold
Chart rise attributed to the boost from Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)

"Moses" was written about Chris Martin's then-wife Gwyneth Paltrow and inspired the name of their second child, born in 2006.
"Moses" was sent to US alternative radio stations as a promotional single on 6 October.
The recording of "Clocks" received a promotional push in countries such as Mexico and Spain.
The album's first-week debut in the UK Music Video Chart at number 2 came before its UK album chart entry.
Matt McGinn added guitar parts to "Yellow" and "The Scientist".