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Do we like Chris Martin?

Our score: 8 out of 10. Visible support for LGBTQ+ fans and real climate effort on tour, with a thin record and a couple of untested stoushes keeping it off the top.

The clearest thing Chris Martin has done for this page's readers happens on stage. PinkNews reported him bringing a trans fan up at a Coldplay show after she held a sign saying the band had saved her life, and treating the moment with warmth rather than as a stunt. It wasn't a one-off either.

At BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Luton in 2024, PinkNews reported him grabbing a big Pride flag from the back of the stage and singing through it. In Auckland later that year, the same outlet reported him getting a fan's pronouns right in an easy, unfussy exchange with a stadium watching. Small stuff, but it's consistent and it's done in front of tens of thousands of people.

On the planet, he talks and he's had a go. CNBC reported that Coldplay's Music of the Spheres tour was set up with sustainable tech, and that Martin said the backlash over flying was fair. A frontman who cops the criticism on aviation instead of dodging it is a good sign, though a tour that big still has a big footprint.

The harm check comes up clean in what I could read. I found no campaigning against any group, no conspiracy-theory slide and no dodgy company he keeps. I couldn't open full reports on some of the 2025 concert controversies, so if one of those is what you're asking about, treat this as a partial read.

The legal side is mostly commercial. ITV reported in 2023 that Coldplay were locked in a multi-million-pound dispute with their former manager Dave Holmes over money. That's a falling-out over contracts and commission, and I couldn't confirm how it ended, so I'm not marking him down for it.

So where does that leave us? A bloke who has used a giant platform to stand next to queer and trans fans, and who answers for the carbon cost of his job. The record I could verify is thin on the downsides, and I'd rather say that than pretend I've seen the lot.

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