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A British school that lost all of its musical instruments in a 2007 flood has received a big helping hand from Coldplay.

The super group have purchased a $6,000 Kemble piano for St David’s School, a primary school in Moreton-in-Marsh.

After a neighbour told bassist Guy Berryman about the school’s plight, the band sprung into action.

“It is fantastic,” head teacher Bob Forster told BBC News. “I was impressed they cared enough to want to help. Music is important to St David’s and gives huge pleasure to people inside and out of the school.”

The children of the school have sent a thank you letter to the band, and will send photos of themselves with the piano.

If hearing the music of The Beatles in “Across the Universe” wasn’t enough for you, Cineplex has got just the thing: the real Beatles movie, “Help!”

Exclusively at the theatre chain, the restored and remixed film will be played in High Definition and 5.1 Digital Surround Sound. The one-time only event is on November 26th, at 32 select theatres across Canada.

That’s not all. Only at these screenings will fans be able to see a 15-minute interview with director Richard Lester and actress Eleanor Bron, which was shot recently in London. The interview does not appear on the “Help!” DVD, released Tuesday.

Advance tickets go on sale tomorrow on Cineplex.com