Chris Martin In 'Nicest Rant Ever' At Gig

We're used to stories of celebrity diva strops and rock and roll stars behaving badly, but Chris Martin has reinforced his Mr Nice Guy reputation with the mildest rant in music history.

When the Coldplay singer got a bit frustrated with an over-enthusiastic fan playing tambourine along with him during a piano version of The Scientist at a small charity gig he stopped the song and took issue with her, in the nicest possible way.

According to The Sun, he said: "This is not a tambourine song — I don't mean to be rude.
"Let me be honest with you, we tried tambourine on the recording and had to scrap it — so we have been playing it for ten years with no tambourine.

"It probably sounds great, but I'm just used to it without tambourine. Don't take it personally. I can't see what you look like, but you look lovely and sound fantastic. Don't take this to be some kind of anti-tambourine rally or rant against the tambourine. It's one of my favourite instruments."

His "rant" drew cheers from the audience at the intimate gig, in aid of Mencap, in East London.
And he even gave the fan permission to join in on the next track.

He added: "I promise the next song is a tambourine frenzy, you can go crazy."
Who said we wanted all our rock stars to be like Liam Gallagher anyway, eh?