Vodka: The Anti-Idiot.

Chris Martin drinks vodka as a punishment when he does something stupid. Apparently this started when his band mates punished him for firing their drummer Will Champion:

"It started when I had to ask forgiveness for sacking our drummer Will about 10 years ago.

Three days later the rest of us were feeling really miserable and we asked Will to meet me and out bassist Guy Berryman in Monkey Chews, a bar in Camden, London, where we asked him to come back.

They made me have lots of vodka and cranberry juice in remembrance of what a nasty piece of work I was being. Now if I find myself making a big mistake I have to force myself to drink that stuff to remind me not to be such an idiot!"

The group will be embarking on the UK leg of their tour on Saturday, beginning in Manchester.

-CE

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