Bring Me The Horizon Trash Coldplay’s Table At The 2016 NME Awards
Oh it's ON.
Broke every promise you ever made
I was an ocean, lost in the open
Nothing could take the pain away
So you can throw me to the wolves
Tomorrow I will come back leader of the whole pack
Beat me black and blue
Every wound will shape me, every scar will build my throne
The sticks and the stones that you used to throw have
Built me an empire, so don't even try
To cry me a river 'cause I forgive you
You are the reason I still fight
So you can throw me to the wolves
Tomorrow I will come back leader of the whole pack
Beat me black and blue
Every wound will shape me every scar will build my throne
So you can throw me to the wolves
Tomorrow I will come back leader of the whole pack
Beat me black and blue
Every wound will shape me, every scar will build my throne
I'll leave you choking on every word you left unspoken
Rebuild all that you've broken, and now you know
I'll leave you choking on every word you left unspoken
Rebuild all that you've broken, and now you know
Every wound will shape me, every scar will build my throne
So you can throw me to the wolves
Tomorrow I will come back leader of the whole pack
Beat me black and blue
Every wound will shape me, every scar will build my throne
People, it’s ON: the rumoured feud between Bring Me The Horizon and Coldplay stepped up to the next level at this year’s NME Awards, when Oli Sykes decided to perform – in the middle of Coldplay’s table.
Sending glasses and wine bottles flying during BMTH’s performance of ‘Happy Song’, Oli strolled off the stage, used Chris Martin’s chair to hop onto the table where Coldplay were sitting, before it collapsed and he jumped off, making a beeline for the pit of fans watching the show.
While guests at the awards show looked bemused – including Coldplay, who looked like they didn’t know what the hell just happened, with guitarist Johnny Buckland having to dive out of the way – fans and photographers loved it, swarming Oli as he and BMTH belted the rest of the lead single from their 2015 album, That’s The Spirit.
Afterwards, Chris Martin allegedly told reporters that he had never heard of Bring Me The Horizon before that night, but that he thought Oli’s impromptu table-crashing “was great, very rock n roll.”
Luckily YouTuber Zoe London was on hand to capture the whole incident – watch her video below:
Oli’s table dancing comes off the back of last year’s controversy surrounding Coldplay’s A Head Full Of Dreams cover art, which uses the same ‘flower of life’ symbol featured on BMTH’s huge 2012 album, Sempiternal. When Coldplay posted their new album art, Oli Sykes tweeted “@coldplay Jackin our steez hard” and told the NME that Chris Martin and co. must have been aware of his band’s strong association with the symbol.
“At the end of the day it’s not our symbol, it’s a very old symbol. They might not have known at first, but obviously if you Google ‘flower of life’ the first thing that comes up is ‘Bring Me The Horizon—Sempiternal,’ it’s like, if you Google the images, someone’s gonna have said something to them, so whether it was intentional or not, it is the same,” he said in 2015.
Whether Chris Martin knew about Bring Me The Horizon or not last year, he most definitely does now.
UPDATE: Speaking to NME after the performance keyboardist Jordan Fish said: "I don't think [Oli] was aiming for Coldplay. It was just whoever was nearest, it [just] happened to be Coldplay".
Sykes himself explained: "I had no sound in my ears so I thought 'Well, there might be sound out there.' There weren't sound out there so when I came back there was a table, which I got on. There wasn't any sound on there, but it was a bit more energetic up there. It was in no way a protest against Coldplay."
By Georgina Langford-Biss
Bring Me The Horizon: From MySpace To World Domination
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Foetus BMTH! Nice emo fringes, lads. The band formed in 2004 and released their demo album, 'The Bedroom Sessions'. The band’s name comes from Pirates of the Caribbean, when Captain Jack says “Now, bring me that horizon…” -
After releasing their first EP, 'This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For' in October 2004, the band went on tour for the first time, having tricked promoters into giving them gigs by pretending to be members of bigger bands. -
In 2005, Oli Sykes founded Drop Dead Clothing, using himself as a model and initiating thousands of copycat MySpace poses with THAT pout. -
'Count Your Blessings', their first full album, was released in 2006, even though the band had been partying hard and drinking harder while recording it. The album divided metal fans – but helped them win Best British Newcomer at the Kerrang! Awards. -
Ouch! The band got bottled on stage at Reading Festival after they were last minute replacements for Slipknot on the main stage. -
'Suicide Season' marked a huge change for the band; no longer deathcore, the album was the last one to feature guitarist Curtis Ward. -
BMTH set a new record (maybe) for longest album title ever: 'There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret' in 2010. They also put out a gruesome video for ‘It Never Ends’ featuring a very bloody Oli... -
The 'Lads on Tour' documentary appeared on YouTube in 2013. If you haven’t seen it, Google it. Or maybe don’t. It’s kind of gross. But it did spark a thousand memes. Droved…never forget. -
The world woke up to the sheer power of BMTH with 'Sempiternal'. The album that changed everything, with Jona Weinhofen out of the band and Jordan Fish in, Bring Me discovered a whole new sound and with it, millions of adoring fans. -
Earlier in 2015, mysterious umbrella symbols started appearing around the world and people quickly caught on that BMTH were up to something… -
Friday, 11 September 2015: 'That’s The Spirit' goes straight in to No.1 on the album charts. Congratulations to Steel City’s finest.
Let's hear it
S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit
Let's hear it
Let's go
I've had enough
There's a voice in my head
Says I'm better off dead
But if I sing along a little fucking louder
To a happy song, I'll be alright
You want to give up
Gave it all that you've got
And it still doesn't cut
But if you sing along a little fucking louder
To a happy song
You'll be just fine cause
Every now and again we get the feeling
And the great big void inside us opens up
And I really wish that you could help
But my head is like a carousel and
I'm going round in circles, going round in circles
S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit
Let's hear it
S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit
Let's hear it
We are possessed
We're all fucked in the head
Alone and depressed
But if we sing along a little fucking louder
To a happy song
Maybe we'll forget cause
Every now and again we get the feeling
And the great big void inside us opens up
And I really wish that you could help
But my head is like a carousel and
I'm going round in circles, going round in circles
Don't wake us up
We'd rather just keep dreaming
Cause the nightmares in our heads are bad enough
And I really wish that you could help
But my head is like a carousel
And I'm going round in circles, I'm going round in circles
The world has coalesced
Into one giant mess of hate and unrest
So let's sing along a little goddamn louder
To a happy song and pretend it's all okay
Let's go
Sing along
Let's sing along
A little fucking louder
A little fucking louder
Well don't you feel so much better
S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit
Let's hear it
(Well that's the spirit)
S-P-I-R-I-T, spirit
Let's hear it
(Yeah, that's the spirit)
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