Editing Coldplay (section)

=== Philanthropy ===
Coldplay donate 10% from all of their profits to charity.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 May 2005 |title=Coldplay's Slow-Burning Success |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2780109.stm |url-status=live |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805124727/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2780109.stm |archive-date=5 August 2019}}
* {{Cite web |date=14 October 2021 |title=ClientEarth Reaction: Coldplay Announce Music of the Spheres Word Tour |url=https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press/coldplay-world-tour-release/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229134028/https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press/coldplay-world-tour-release/ |archive-date=29 December 2021 |access-date=16 January 2022 |website=Client Earth}}</ref> The fund is held in a bank account none of the band members can access.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2003 |title=Coldplay to Donate 10th of Earnings to Charity |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30082906.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229134029/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30082906.html |archive-date=29 December 2021 |access-date=16 January 2022 |website=Irish Examiner}}</ref> They have endorsed over 30 organisations over the years,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coldplay: Charity Work & Causes|url=https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/coldplay|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220116231501/https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/coldplay|archive-date=16 January 2022|access-date=18 May 2021|website=Look to the Stars}}</ref> including [[Amnesty International]], [[Migrant Offshore Aid Station]] and [[Global Citizen Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 March 2017|title=Coldplay Brings 20 Years of Music and Charity to Global Citizen Germany|url=https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/coldplay-global-citizen-festival-hamburg/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220116231525/https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/coldplay-global-citizen-festival-hamburg/|archive-date=16 January 2022|access-date=29 December 2021|website=Global Citizen}}</ref> In 2003, an acoustic cover of the single "[[2000 Miles]]" was released to raise funds for [[Stop Handgun Violence]] and Future Forests.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003 |title=Coldplay – 2000 Miles |url=http://www.coldplay.com/pop.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505035454/http://www.coldplay.com/pop.html |archive-date=5 May 2005 |access-date=8 April 2021 |publisher=Coldplay}}</ref> Two years later, they partnered with the [[Make Poverty History]] movement, being featured in one of their television campaigns.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2014 |title=What Happened to the Make Poverty History Movement? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-happened-to-the-make-poverty-history-movement-20140905-10ciar.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220116231748/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-happened-to-the-make-poverty-history-movement-20140905-10ciar.html |archive-date=16 January 2022 |access-date=29 December 2021 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> Coldplay have also auctioned significant memorabilia for [[Kids Company]] in 2009, including Martin's first guitar, the globe from the ''[[Parachutes (Coldplay album)|Parachutes]]'' (2000) album cover and costumes worn on [[Viva la Vida Tour]] (2008–10).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Coldplay's Chris Martin to Auction His First Guitar for Charity |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/48938 |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220013619/https://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/48938 |archive-date=20 December 2009}}</ref> They additionally became patrons for [[ClientEarth]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2010 |title=Coldplay Become Patrons of ClientEarth |url=http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=665 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708174633/http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=665 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |access-date=3 June 2022 |publisher=Coldplay}}</ref>

[[File:Coldplay Twisted Logic Live 2006 in Singapore Indoor Stadium.jpg|thumb|alt=Martin performing with his microphone and piano, wearing a black outfit|[[Make Trade Fair]], abbreviated as MTF, shown on Martin's piano]]
The band performed a modified version of "A Message" (named "A Message 2010") at ''[[Hope for Haiti Now]]'', a telethon which raised money for the victims of the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Hope For Haiti Now Concert YouTube Broadcast Info|publisher=Coldplay|url=http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=577|url-status=dead|access-date=29 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124081110/http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=577|archive-date=24 January 2010}}</ref> Berryman mentioned that "You can make people aware of issues. It isn't very much effort for us at all, if it can help people, then we want to do it".<ref>{{harv|Roach|2003|p=78}}</ref> In 2012, Album Artists staged an exhibition with artworks from ''[[Mylo Xyloto]]'' (2011) era to raise £610,000 for Kids Company.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=275647685195866113|user=coldplay|title=Take a bow Coldplay fans. An incredible £610,000 raised so far from the Mylo art sale @AlbumArtists @KidsCo_Tweets. PH|author=Coldplay|date=3 December 2012|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615182704/https://twitter.com/coldplay/status/275647685195866113|archive-date=15 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, Martin joined [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]] for a second time and provided vocals to a new version of "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]", which focused on aiding the [[2014 Ebola outbreaks|Ebola crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 November 2014|title=Band Aid 30: One Direction Among Celebrity Line-up|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html|archive-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

In 2017, Coldplay made a donation of undisclosed value to the Centre for Cancer Immunology at [[University of Southampton]], the first and only centre dedicated to cancer immunology research in the United Kingdom.<ref name="SOTON">{{Cite web |date=19 July 2017 |title=Coldplay Support University Cancer Campaign |url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2017/07/coldplay-cic-donation.page |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220201062549/https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2017/07/coldplay-cic-donation.page |archive-date=1 February 2022 |access-date=1 February 2022 |website=University of Southampton}}</ref> The organisation reunited cancer scientists worldwide to enable the development of clinical trials and lifesaving drugs.<ref name="SOTON" /> In the following year, the band contributed to the ''Plastic Oceans Album'' from [[Artists' Project Earth]], which was released on 20 February at [[London]]'s Ocean Plastics Crisis Summit to raise awareness and funds to counter plastic pollution.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Artists Project Earth – Description|url=https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/?id=15302|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503180112/https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/?id=15302|archive-date=3 May 2017|access-date=29 December 2021|website=The Ocean Conference}}</ref> Still in 2018, they made ''[[Global Citizen – EP 1]]'' available under the pseudonym Los Unidades, with royalties being directed to the institution's endeavours of education and advocacy towards the end of [[extreme poverty]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 November 2018|title=Stream Coldplay's New Collaborative EP as Los Unidades|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/11/coldplay-los-unidades-global-citizen-ep-1-listen/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190213202742/https://www.spin.com/2018/11/coldplay-los-unidades-global-citizen-ep-1-listen/|archive-date=13 February 2019|access-date=16 January 2022|website=Spin}}</ref>

In 2020, the music video of "Trouble in Town" was inspired by [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]'' (1944) and had all of its proceeds from streaming and publishing donated to [[Innocence Project]] and the African Children's Feeding Scheme.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=12 March 2020|title=Coldplay Bring Animal Farm to the Present on Trouble In Town Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplay-trouble-in-town-video-966121/|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220116232423/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplay-trouble-in-town-video-966121/|archive-date=16 January 2022|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> Coldplay pledged support to [[the Ocean Cleanup]] as well, sponsoring two watercrafts that collect plastic from polluted rivers in [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2021 |title=Coldplay Sponsors Watercraft To Clean Up Polluted Rivers In Malaysia |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-sponsors-watercraft-to-clean-up-polluted-rivers-in-malaysia-2910867 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220116232457/https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-sponsors-watercraft-to-clean-up-polluted-rivers-in-malaysia-2910867 |archive-date=16 January 2022 |access-date=29 December 2021 |website=NME}}</ref> According to ''[[The Times]]'', the band donated more than £2.1 million to environmental causes through their J Van Mars Foundation in 2021.<ref name="RICH" /> As part of their efforts to make touring sustainable, they collaborated with One Tree Planted to fund a tree per ticket at the [[Music of the Spheres World Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 April 2024 |title=Coldplay's Low-Carbon World Tour |url=https://www.livenation.com/exclusives/483/coldplays-low-carbon-world-tour |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423081645/https://www.livenation.com/exclusives/483/coldplays-low-carbon-world-tour |archive-date=23 April 2024 |access-date=23 April 2024 |website=Live Nation}}</ref> Following their first Indonesia concert in 2023, Coldplay announced the renewal of their Ocean Cleanup alliance, with a new watercraft being deployed in [[Jakarta]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2023 |title=Coldplay Sumbang Kapal Pembersih Sampah di Sungai Cisadane |trans-title=Coldplay Donates Garbage Cleaning Boat at Cisadane River |url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/hiburan/20231117171020-234-1025727/coldplay-sumbang-kapal-pembersih-sampah-di-sungai-cisadane/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231117131230/https://www.cnnindonesia.com/hiburan/20231117171020-234-1025727/coldplay-sumbang-kapal-pembersih-sampah-di-sungai-cisadane/ |archive-date=17 November 2023 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=CNN Indonesia |language=id}}</ref> In 2024, it was revealed that 10% of the proceeds from their [[Wembley Stadium]] and [[Craven Park, Hull|Craven Park]] performances will be donated to [[Music Venue Trust]] next year, helping grassroots venues and artists in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2024 |title=Coldplay Announce London and Hull Stadium Shows, with 10 Per Cent of Proceeds for Music Venue Trust |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-uk-tour-stadium-london-wembley-hull-music-venue-trust-tickets-3794308 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917180325/https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-uk-tour-stadium-london-wembley-hull-music-venue-trust-tickets-3794308 |archive-date=17 September 2024 |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=NME}}</ref>