Chris Martin is Coldplay 's lead singer and expressed in 2008 that bands should not go beyond the age of 33 .
Paradise '' and `` Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall '' received a total of three Grammy Award nominations in 2012 , while the album and `` Charlie Brown '' received two further nominations in 2013. Lead singer Chris Martin stated that he does not believe `` bands should keep going past the age of 33 , '' but later rephrased this to say that what he meant was that they must proceed `` as if it 's our last , because that 's the only way to proceed '' in December 2008 , adding that he thought the band would never split .