GWYNETH PALTROW - PALTROW AND MARTIN SUPPORT GALA THROUGH YOGA CONNECTION

GWYNETH PALTROW and boyfriend CHRIS MARTIN's attended the MUSIC HAS POWER charity function on Monday night (01DEC03) to support the work of their yoga instructor.

The couple showed up to champion the INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC AND NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION, a non-profit music therapy organisation hosting the event, because one of their yoga instructors EDDIE STERN arranged it.

Dance star MOBY, who serves as a board member for the group, says, "Chris and Gwyneth take yoga with Eddie and that's how I got involved originally. He and I used to be punk rockers together back in the '80s, before he discovered yoga. We used to get drunk in the East Village."

As Martin's mother is studying to become a music therapist herself, the COLDPLAY frontman admits performing at the gala was an easy task to agree to.

He says, "As soon as someone said, 'Do you want to do this music therapy thing?' my brain just said, 'Yeah, we should do it.' This is one of the things we responded to.

"Music is the main thing in my life. If I didn't have music, I would kill myself. Well, I wouldn't kill myself. (Music) is therapeutic."