We've all done it. You crush up to the front of the line at the merch booth of your favorite band at the local arena and gasp at the prices for the $40 T-shirts and $150 hoodies. What's a poor, dedicated fan to do? Buy some crappy bootleg shirt outside the stadium from a shady dude with a ragged cardboard box of knock-offs that look like the real thing, only blurrier and printed on shirts that feel like they're made out of shredded bamboo?
Turns out some of the quality control inside the stadiums on Coldplay's current tour wasn't so hot either. The band has decided to voluntarily yank some of the merchandise from sale after they reportedly felt it was not up to their U2-aspiring standards.
According to the NME, singer Chris Martin announced the decision as the band was gearing up to kick off their 67-date world tour on Tuesday is Los Angeles.
"We were in the dressing room in L.A. looking at some of the stuff and much of it — especially some of the T-shirts — looked terrible," Martin said. "We put so much work into our music. The same quality control has to extend to stuff being sold at our shows, and we made that clear. It has to be a no crap zone."
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