Coldplay And Travis Team Up With A-Ha

Coldplay have made an unlikely partnership with a member of the Norwegian group A-Ha.

Mags, who now goes under the name of Magne performed a showcase of his new material last night in London, reports the BBC.

His new solo album features collaborations from Ed Harcourt, Will and Guy from Coldplay and Andy from Travis.

Very strange, how did all this come about?

Magne explained: "It's a friendship network really - with Coldplay we met in Barcelona on tour."

"It's a friendly thing and we then came to realise that they'd grown up as A-Ha fans - we had sort of a mutual appreciation society happening!"

"They have been to Norway since, and as my kids are huge fans I could introduce them to their heroes - it was a weird time-warp situation!"