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"Chris Martin has revealed that Coldplay were in two minds over whether to guest on The X Factor. Speaking to Q magazine, the &amp;#039;Paradise&amp;#039; singer confirmed that ITV producers have approached the band about appearing on the show.  &amp;quot;Sometimes the things that you&amp;#039;re offered split the band and that always means you end up not doing them,&amp;quot; Martin explained. The 34-year-old, who insisted last month that Coldplay would never perform on the programme, said that he - along with guitarist Jonny Buckland and manager Phil Harvey - were in favour of the idea; with bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion against the plan. &amp;quot;I think half of us would love to play The X Factor and half of us say that&amp;#039;s a bad idea... me, Phil, Jonny would probably do anything,&amp;quot; he noted. They were previously linked with a spot on the X Factor finale for a potential performance with Janet Devlin - however she was voted out of the competition last night. Champion added that the band jam to material by The Smiths to resolve disagreements, explaining: &amp;quot;If one of us is down about something generally it can be resolved by grabbing some guitars and playing a Smiths song.&amp;quot; Watch the video for Coldplay&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Paradise&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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