Chris Martin's vacuum gifts

Dec 24, 2007, 11:30 GMT

Singer Chris Martin of the English band Coldplay performs during the show of his band in Santiago city (Chile), Wednesday 14 February 2007. The concert in Chile is the start of Coldplay\'s South American tour 2007, that will also do Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. EPA/NADIA PEREZ

Chris Martin has bought his loved ones vacuum cleaners for Christmas.

The Coldplay frontman - who has a three-year-old daughter Apple and 20-month-old son Moses with his actress wife Gwyneth Paltrow - did some last minute shopping at a London branch of department store John Lewis on Friday (21.12.07) where he picked up three Henry hoovers costing £100 each.

The 30-year-old singer - who is said to be worth around £30 million - revealed one of his purchases was a special gift to himself, because he is such a fan of housework.

He is quoted by Britain's The Sun newspaper as saying: "Some of them are gifts and one is for me.

"I love to do the housework. I don't really see the point of getting someone else to do all your day-to-day chores."

Meanwhile, it has been revealed Chris has been secretly working as a plumber for London homeless charity Crisis.

The star is said to be a "dab hand" at fixing water pipes and volunteers every Christmas to help out at the various shelters around the UK capital.

A source said: "Chris has been doing their plumbing for them. He does this every year, for free, on the quiet. Apparently he's quite a dab hand with it all."

A spokesperson for Crisis said: "We have 7000 volunteers helping at Christmas. There are celebrities among them but we can't name those who wish to remain anonymous."

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