COLDPLAY - COLDPLAY ENDORSE WORLD CUP SONG

Rock supergroup COLDPLAY have leaped to the defence of pals EMBRACE, insisting their World Cup soccer anthem for the England team is brilliant. WORLD AT YOUR FEET has attracted a barrage of criticism from other musicians including SHAM 69, THE DARKNESS star JUSTIN HAWKINS and RICHARD ASHCROFT - who have all recorded rival tunes - as well as NEW ORDER. But Embrace frontman DANNY MCNAMARA is happy with the tune, especially after glowing feedback from CHRIS MARTIN. He says, "Chris likes it. I played it to him yesterday, actually. "He'd already heard it because I'd sung it to him down the phone a while back, and he remembered it word for word, which is pretty cool. "I suppose that means it's good to sing along to."