Satriani 'happy about Coldplay Grammy'

Joe Satriani has said that he is happy that Coldplay won a Grammy Award for 'Viva La Vida', even though he has accused the band of plagiarising its melody.

Both parties are currently engaged in a lawsuit after Satriani claimed that the track used elements from his own 2004 instrumental 'If I Could Fly'.

Satriani told Ultimate Guitar: "I'm happy for the group, and in a very weird way, I was happy to hear my melody being celebrated.

"However, I was slightly confused that...the organisation which handles the Grammy Awards would even consider nominating a track which they knew was heavily contested."

He added: "These are the people who voted for Milli Vanilli, though it isn't really their job I suppose."

Milli Vanilli's 1990 Grammy Award for best new artist was withdrawn after it emerged that none of the band's members actually sang on their records.