Coldplay storm the stage at New York gig… as Chris Martin struggles with his religious upbringing – Daily Mail

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has admitted he’s ‘having such a hard time due to his religious upbringing’ in an interview with Howard Stern. 

But on Thursday, the singer, 44, wowed a crowd of thousands as the band stormed the stage at New York’s Apollo Theater for Sirius XM and Pandora’s Small Stage Series on Thursday.

Chris, along with bandmembers Jonny Buckland, 44, Guy Berryman, 43, Will Champion, 43, and Phil Harvey, 45 belted out their greatest hits as their adoring fans sang along.

The Paradise hitmakers each opted to wear casual ensembles, with Chris donning a navy T-shirt and black trousers featuring a snazzy multi-coloured patch.

He layered the number with a coordinating black jacket, along with an unmissable pink-and-blue belt.

The spectacular performance comes after Dakota Johnson’s beau admitted to ‘having such a hard time’ due to his religious upbringing and is slowly dealing with his experiences.

Brought up as an evangelical Christian, Chris admitted looking back at it has been tough for him but he is slowly ‘dealing’ with it and his own experiences.

Chris told Howard Stern on Sirius XM: ‘I am having such a hard time in my life right now. And part of dealing with that is going back to look at all that stuff. I could not sing Paint It Black by The [Rolling] Stones because I thought it was evil. 

‘Any method of coping is a strength when you develop it, but later in your life it might not necessarily serve you anymore.’

A sufferer of insomnia, Chris also revealed that he swears by meditation and napping in order supplement his lack of sleep.

He said: ‘I don’t sleep very much in the nighttime. I meditate and also I occasionally take a nap. I was encouraged on that by kickboxer Conor McGregor’s trainer.

‘After we played in Dublin last time, I went to train in a gym and he said the key to life is making yourself lie down for 15 minutes and close your eyes in the afternoon.’

The chart-topper added that he has cut dairy from his lifestyle in order to maintain a healthy diet, which has proven to be difficult due to his Cornish upbringing. 

The father-of-two added: ‘I don’t f*** with dairy any more. What’s funny when you’re trying to stay really healthy, there’s still a voice inside you that says, ‘Yeah, but…’

‘And my, “Yeah but,” voice is about [dairy] because I grew up in Devon, where you basically washed in it.

‘So there’s still a part of me that – despite my body feeling better, and I’m singing better – I would throw it all away for four Weetabix and double cream. And I will have to do that at some point.

‘When we first went to America I was wondering why we were getting sick all the time and was wondering it while holding 12 strawberry milkshakes. I did milk a goat the other day, but I didn’t partake,’ he concluded.