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Chris Martin’s lost James Bond theme goes on auction with unheard Coldplay tapes

The Guardian World Tuesday 30 June 2026, 10:06 UTC By Ben Beaumont-Thomas 1 min read
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Acoustic recording of a song titled The World Is Not Enough included in wide-ranging auction featuring formative Coldplay recordingsA lost demo recording of a song Coldplay’s Chris Martin reportedly intended for 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough is going up for auction, alongside other recordings from the band’s earliest years. For the auction by Wax Poetics, the British producer Chris Allison is making available an archive of recordings the band made prior to their...

Acoustic recording of a song titled The World Is Not Enough included in wide-ranging auction featuring formative Coldplay recordings

A lost demo recording of a song Coldplay’s Chris Martin reportedly intended for 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough is going up for auction, alongside other recordings from the band’s earliest years.

For the auction by Wax Poetics, the British producer Chris Allison is making available an archive of recordings the band made prior to their Allison-produced second EP The Blue Room, released in October 1999.

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