Although Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin ended their marriage over a year ago, the actress still manages to make an appearance on the band's new album, A Head Full Of Dreams.
As Billboard reports, the actress/singer has provided backing vocals for the song "Everglow>," which is one of 11 tracks that will appear on the album, aside from "Miracles" which will be released as a Japanese bonus track. Paltrow is one of many all-star contributors to appear on the album, including Beyonce who reportedly sings on the tracks "Hymn For The Weekend" and "Up&Up" (which also features Noel Gallagher on guitar). The band also recruited Tove Lo to sing on the song "Fun."
Paltrow certainly has had plenty of vocal practice between her 2000 film Duets (where she sang on a cover of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'" with Huey Lewis), her cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" on Glee, as well as in her 2010 Country Strong.
Frontman Chris Martin recently revealed that surprisingly, Guns N' Roses were an inspiration for the new record. "I'd been begging Jonny our guitarist for years to make a riff that I like as much as 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses," he said. "Then he showed me that one, and I was like, 'That's it!' So those elements all came together, and we just wanted to kind of embrace our love of joyful music and sort of let it free."
A Head Full Of Dreams is due out on Dec. 4 via Parlophone/Atlantic and despite some drama concerning the band's choice of cover art, it's becoming one of the most anticipated releases of the year. The album's lead single "Adventure Of A Lifetime" was released last week.
