Guy Berryman
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Berryman performing with Coldplay in 2011
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| Birth name | Guy Rupert Berryman |
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12 April 1978 Kirkcaldy, Scotland |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Parlophone, Capitol, Atlantic |
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Guy Rupert Berryman (born 12 April 1978) is a Scottish musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is the bassist for the bands Coldplay and Apparatjik. Though Berryman is left-handed, he plays the bass right-handed.
Berryman started an engineering degree at University College London (UCL). Soon after, he dropped out of his engineering course and switched to a seven-year architecture program at The Bartlett (UCL's school of architecture). He dropped out of his architecture degree after one year to focus on playing bass with Coldplay. While his bandmates were still continuing their degrees, Berryman worked as a barman in a local London pub.
During the Twisted Logic Tour for the promotion of Coldplay's third album, X&Y, Berryman took candid pictures of the band with disposable cameras and threw them to the audience.
Berryman owned a clothing shop called "Jezebell" in London, which closed down due to debt.
On 7 June 2010, The Sun reported that Berryman and his brother Mark would be forming a company dealing with antiques.
Berryman was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, His mother is from a jewish background. He was educated at two independent schools: at The Edinburgh Academy in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, and at Kent College in the city of Canterbury in England, before attending University College London.
In 2004, Berryman married Joanna, his childhood sweetheart, in a low key ceremony in the City of Westminster. The couple have one daughter, Nico, born 17 September 2006. In March 2007, Coldplay's spokesman confirmed that Guy and Joanna separated after three years of marriage, and later divorced. Berryman is now engaged to Dutch model Keshia Gerrits.
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