Coldplay's Chris Martin: The X Factor Is Important To The Music Industry

Coldplay's Chris Martin has stated that he believes that the X Factor is important to the music industry.

The band, who are due to perform at the live final next weekend, have said they are huge fans of the show.

Martin told Absolute Radio: "We really feel grateful for it because they don't often have bands on and we get to play what we want to play and play songs that we wrote, and no-one's asking us to change anything. It's amazing.

"There's no other TV show, really, except for Jools Holland, that gives you that. So we were like, 'Thank you, we'd love to'... I understand that there are people who are musically not into it, but I don't agree with them and I say that with all respect. I really love it and I think the music's great."

He added: "It always has great songs on it every week. [There's] no CD:UK. No Top of the Pops. No MTV, really."

Meanwhile, Chris Martin has admitted that he believes that his band are the best in the world when it comes to live performances.

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