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New York review: Coldplay sizzles at Brooklyn's Barclays Center (30 December)
Posted by busybeeburns on Tuesday, January 01, 2013 - 10:05 AM (1408 Reads)
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 If You’re the kind of person that thinks of rock ‘n’ roll as the language of society’s outsiders, kicking back against the world in the loudest and most obnoxious way possible, then you should never, ever go and see Coldplay, writes the NY Post in a featured review of Coldplay's first show at the Barclays Center in New York (30 December 2012). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from this show at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, reviews, videos and comments! Read on for the rest of the Mass live review article below...
For some time, the British band has been a well-oiled entertainment machine, and last night at Barclays Center their vast array of bells and whistles took up almost as much focus as any of their songs. There probably isn’t a crowd in the world that Chris Martin can’t coax into excitement and even though the band is due to play a New Year’s Eve show at Barclays with Jay-Z tonight, the front man was determined to get the party started early. “No one ever spares a thought for poor old December 30th,” he chirped. “Tomorrow’s just a ‘warm down’ for this show!”
Note: Read also: (Wiki) Coldplay Live Reviews, Photos and Setlist - Barclays Center, New York (30 December 2012) |
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Ology's LP6 preview: What to expect on Coldplay's sixth album
Posted by busybeeburns on Monday, December 24, 2012 - 07:40 AM (3424 Reads)
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 Despite rumours to the contrary, Coldplay will not, in fact, be taking a three-year break now that they've almost finished their extensive world tour behind last year's Mylo Xyloto, writes Ology in their blog already previewing Coldplay's sixth studio album. Read on for the rest of the article...
As clarified by NME, Chris Martin recently told an Australian audience that they'd be away for three years. (Translation: it'll be another three years before Coldplay writes, records, releases a new album and then makes it back down under on their next tour. Isn't all that confusing to me, but whatever, shrug.)
Instead, the band will head back into the studio to begin work on their sixth and definitely easier to pronounce album. In the meantime, the inevitable guessing game begins: where can Coldplay take their ever-changing sound next? Even deeper into the dense modern pop textures of Mylo Xyloto, or back to the lush post-Britpop acoustics of their early work? Let's weigh a few possibilities…
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Live 2012: Coldplayers' reviews of the cinema screenings worldwide (part 3)
Posted by busybeeburns on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 02:05 PM (2543 Reads)
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 Coldplay's Live 2012 concert film, which has now been released worldwide, documents the Mylo Xyloto world tour, which has been seen by more than three million people since it began in June 2011. The disc includes footage from Coldplay's shows at Paris's Stade de France, Montreal's Bell Centre and the band's Pyramid Stage headline performance at Glastonbury 2011.
Last month, Coldplayers around the world watched the Live 2012 cinema screening ahead of the physical release, and this article focuses on the many reviews coming in from fans who went to see the new Live 2012 concert film in theatres around the world. You can read lots more at the Coldplay Live 2012 movie premiere thread in the Coldplay forum now.
We had so many reviews, we decided to spread them about a bit over several articles - read on for our second selection of reviews and images from around the globe...
That was really really good. The filming was fantastic, as was the recording. Loved the effects too, especially the slow-mos of Chris jumping during IMP. Only criticism is that the film didn't build up the momentum of the actual concert because it kept stopping for interviews (which got a bit silly by the end). Don't get me wrong, they certainly added something, but there were too many of them and some were a bit long. Thought the length was perfect, and on reflection, it was probably wise to leave out a few songs with the interviews included. One more thing... stay till after the credits have finished!!!! [thanks AlfredB]
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Live 2012 review 4: Coldplay's masterclass in entertaining millions of people with arena rock
Posted by busybeeburns on Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 04:37 PM (4989 Reads)
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Coldplay's new Live 2012 release is far from a way to cash in on the platinum success of Mylo Xyloto, despite a release date suspiciously close to Christmas, writes Contact Music, in another promising of Coldplay's forthcoming concert film release, Live 2012, released earlier this month. Read on for the rest of the review...
While the more cynical members of the record buying public may not view Coldplay as being 'cool', even they couldn't deny that Live 2012 is somewhat of a triumph.
The overall package is a masterclass in how to entertain millions of people with arena rock at its best. Even the band themselves admit that this is the first time they've toured without worrying about what people think. Both the Blu Ray and accompanying CD demonstrate that, thereby creating a companion piece to Mylo Xyloto that adds context to that record rather than just re-treading the hits in a live setting...
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Brisbane review 2: Coldplay lights up Suncorp in 'last big show' in Australia for a few years (21 November)
Posted by busybeeburns on Friday, November 23, 2012 - 09:10 AM (4377 Reads)
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 Coldplay quite literally lit-up Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium Wednesday night during a tour-wrapping show in which Chris Martin dropped big hints that his band won't be back for some time, writes Billboard in another featured review of Coldplay's show at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia (21st November). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from this show at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, reviews, videos and comments! Read on for the rest of the Billboard review article below...
This was a proper open-air event, complete with fireworks, giant inflatable balls, glowing hearts and butterflies, lasers and confetti, all framed within a sea of glowing light. And the British four piece -- Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion -- pulled off a joyful, exuberant set.
It's almost unimaginable the leap this band has made from the melancholy of their first album, 2000's "Parachutes", to the stadium-fillers they are today. They're surely the mainstream rock group of their generation, a group who can shut down parts of a city on the other side of the world like they did here, and count small children and grandparents among the fans...
Note: Read also: (Wiki) Coldplay Live Reviews, Photos and Setlist - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia (21 November 2012) |
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Brisbane review: Coldplay warms to the task as they play a packed Suncorp Stadium (21 November)
Posted by busybeeburns on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 06:35 PM (3770 Reads)
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 Anthems? They have a few. But even when they played Festival Hall in 2001 Coldplay always seemed destined one day to play the biggest stages, writes Herald Sun in a featured review of Coldplay's show at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia (21st November). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from this show at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, reviews, videos and comments! Read on for the rest of the Herald Sun review article below...
And here they are with all the bells, whistles, pyrotechnics and flashing wristbands that money can buy, playing to more than 50,000 fans at a rare Suncorp Stadium concert last night. But the moody atmosphere of their early days has lately been replaced by a band sounding positively chipper on most recent album Mylo Xyloto, a pop record down to the Rihanna duet.
They do play loads of songs from it in their first Brisbane appearance since 2009 but there is plenty else to go around in a show like this, with early favourites like In My Place and Yellow having the throng singing along for all they were worth...
Note: Multimedia update: 2012-11-20 Chris and Jonny @ 2DayFM (Kyle and Jackie O show) [AUDIO/VIDEO] |
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Live 2012: Coldplayers' reviews of the cinema screenings worldwide (part 1)
Posted by busybeeburns on Monday, November 19, 2012 - 04:40 PM (3569 Reads)
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Coldplay's Live 2012 concert film has now been released worldwide. It documents the Mylo Xyloto world tour, which has been seen by more than three million people since it began in June 2011. The disc includes footage from Coldplay's shows at Paris's Stade de France, Montreal's Bell Centre and the band's Pyramid Stage headline performance at Glastonbury 2011.
Last week, Coldplayers around the world watched the Live 2012 cinema screening ahead of the physical release, and this article focuses on the many reviews coming in from fans who went to see the new Live 2012 concert film in theatres around the world. You can read lots more at the Coldplay Live 2012 movie premiere thread in the Coldplay forum now. Read on for our first selection of reviews and images from around the globe...
Just got back from Cineworld Brighton, absolutely brilliant..... Can't wait for the Blu-ray DVD to arrive in a few days. I do hope they add some more UK dates this tour, coz there's nothing like being there, it's wicked! [thanks Pierre]
Just got back, it was beautiful and not afraid to say I choked up with emotion at numerous points xD Only thing though..... was anyone elses screening so ear splitingly loud? I don't think they could have put the volume up any louder. It actually started to get uncomfortable after a while. [thanks Empily]
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Sydney review: Coldplay dazzles, and keeps the rain away at the Allianz Stadium (17 November)
Posted by busybeeburns on Saturday, November 17, 2012 - 04:10 PM (4962 Reads)
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 "It's gonna be a good one, boys!" cried Coldplay singer/guitarist/piano guy Chris Martin, accurately, to his cohorts during opener Hurts Like Heaven, writes SMH in our first featured review of Coldplay's show at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia (17th November). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from this show at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, reviews, videos and comments! Read on for the rest of the SMH review article below...
What do you want from a stadium rock show? Erupting fireworks, dazzling lasers and confetti cannons in overdrive? More-original spectacular sights such as 50 thousand raised fists illuminated by flashing multicoloured wristbands (supplied on entry and triggered by the band)? Anthems that can fill such an expansive venue and a frontman who can seemingly connect with everyone in it?
These Brit rock world-beaters not only provided all this before the end of this evening’s second song (the lush ballad In My Place), they somehow seemed able to keep the rain away, too...
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Melbourne review 3: Coldplay take another giant step to becoming 'the biggest band in the world'
Posted by busybeeburns on Saturday, November 17, 2012 - 07:20 AM (3723 Reads)
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 Are you (the person reading this review) colourblind? If so, you really should have been at Coldplay‘s epic opening show of their Australian tour in Melbourne, writes news website Music Feeds in our third featured review of Coldplay's show at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia (13th November). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from this show at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, reviews, videos and comments! Read on for the rest of the Music Feeds review article below...
Why? Because the group, who have previously described themselves as ‘one of Britain’s premium soft rock bands’ and reluctant stadium fillers, put on a display that was bursting with so much colour, fireworks and bells and whistles that it probably would have cured you. In fact, anyone who wanted to see one of the world’s biggest bands cement themselves as bona-fide live superstars should have been there.
I walked into Etihad Stadium to the sounds of country-twanged New York sisters The Pierces. Their band was nice for about five minutes…then, it got a bit dreary. The girls were nice and interactive with the crowd; however, their tunes aren’t obviously built for stadiums yet. One of them mentioned that they were playing at the North-Coat (Northcote) Social Club on Thursday – any fans would probably be wise to see them there instead...
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Melbourne review 2: Coldplay and audience bond at Etihad Stadium (13 November)
Posted by busybeeburns on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 06:30 PM (2811 Reads)
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 One should never underestimate the power of the wristband, at least not when it can light up and follow a tune, writes news website The Australian in another positive review of Coldplay's show at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia (13th November). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from this show at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, reviews, videos and comments! Read on for the rest of the The Australian review article below...
It was such a simple piece of gadgetry, worn by the bulk of the 60,000 crowd inside Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, that became a bonding element for audience and band as Coldplay opened their Australian tour on Monday.
The multicoloured wristbands, triggered to light up by the beats and guitar riffs of several Coldplay songs, created quite a spectacle, not least during their Australian No 1 (their first here, as singer Chris Martin pointed out), Paradise. The place lit up like a Christmas tree...
Note: Read also: (Wiki) Coldplay Live Reviews, Photos and Setlist - Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia (13 November 2012) |
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Live 2012 review 3: concert film endearingly captures the energy of the world's biggest band
Posted by busybeeburns on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 02:15 PM (2630 Reads)
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If there's a way you can be the world's biggest pop band and still be underrated, well, Coldplay have figured out how, writes Indie Wire, in another promising of Coldplay's forthcoming concert film release, Live 2012, due out later in November. Read on for the rest of the review...
Their five albums, which always manage to be solidly artistic and hugely accessible, have sold tens of millions of copies, no small feat in the crumbling age of music, and yet their detractors say that they're boring and dull, two charges that cannot be leveled against "Coldplay Live 2012." A new concert documentary that charts their tour in support of last year's Mylo Xyloto album, 'Live 2012,' like this year's other two great concert docs ("Shut Up and Play the Hits" and "Katy Perry: Part of Me") is a boundlessly energetic, utterly endearing chronicle. Hands in the air, people.
Running a brisk hour-long, this documentary combines footage from the band's performances at Paris' Stade de France, Montreal's Bell Centre, and their headlining gig on the Pyramid Stage at England's Glastonbury Music Festival. Combining these various gigs is a great idea for a number of reasons, and not only because we get these nifty, Google Maps-on-acid flashes where the camera zooms into some new location through a fog of zippy haze, but because we get to see things like Rihanna show up in Paris to perform a rousing rendition of the beautiful, brilliant "Princess of China," and watch how the band's vibe and energy subtly change as their location shifts.
Note: Read also: (Wiki) Coldplay Live Reviews, Photos and Setlist - Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia (13 November 2012) |
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Melbourne review: Coldplay hit the sweet spot for 60000 fans at the Etihad (13 November)
Posted by busybeeburns on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 03:35 PM (3470 Reads)
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 With U2 in absentia and most other contenders either on hiatus or in retreat, Coldplay have comfortably established themselves as one of the biggest stadium acts on the planet, writes news website The Age in an excellent review of Coldplay's show at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia this evening (13th November). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from this show at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, reviews, videos and comments! Read on for the rest of the The Age review article below...
While outside of their vast constituency their credentials as a rock band have long been in dispute, last night at Etihad Stadium the British quartet demonstrated their huge popularity is merited with an excellent stadium pop show. More than 60,000 gathered last night as the hits came in quick succession: Yellow, Violet Hill, The Scientist, Viva La Vida and Speed of Sound were all accounted for.
Diehards were gifted one curio, the excellent album track Warning Sign. Onstage, Chris Martin retains a playful, aw-shucks persona that allows for no cynicism. His ebullience, though, is utterly infectious...
Note: Read also: (Wiki) Coldplay Live Reviews, Photos and Setlist - Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia (13 November 2012) |
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Auckland review 3: Coldplay rock Mt Smart Stadium in dazzling fashion (10 November)
Posted by busybeeburns on Monday, November 12, 2012 - 09:11 AM (2556 Reads)
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 Coldplay may have their critics, but it cannot be denied the Brits know how to rock a stadium in the most dazzling fashion, writes news website New Zealand Herald in another positive review of Coldplay's show at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand this evening (10th November). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from these shows at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, reviews, videos and comments! Read on for the rest of the NZ Herald review article below...
Their two-hour set in front of a 40,000 plus crowd at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday night was as visually explosive and entertaining as it was musically, celebrating not just their latest album Mylo Xyloto, but hits from across their previous four records too. With the Back To The Future theme as their introductory 'walk-on' soundtrack, Chris Martin and his three merry men took the stage as huge circular screens flashed with colours like giant targets, before fireworks burst upward and they kicked off with frenetic, joyous Hurts Like Heaven.
There were cheers from the crowd as the multi-coloured arm bands they'd been given on arrival started flashing in unison with the beat, turning everyone into high-powered twinkling glow worms...
Note: Read also: (Wiki) Coldplay Live Reviews, Photos and Setlist - Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand (10 November 2012) |
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Auckland review 2: Coldplay turn home of warriors into magical playground at Mt Smart Stadium (10 November)
Posted by busybeeburns on Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 08:50 AM (2767 Reads)
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 Coldplay might have made their way into Mt Smart Stadium to the sound of Jay Z's 99 Problems, but it seems the only issue the band has these days is what to let off first: the fireworks or the confetti canons, writes news website Stuff.co.nz in a very positive review of Coldplay's show at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand this evening (10th November). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from these shows at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, reviews, videos and comments! Read on for the rest of the Stuff review article below...
New Zealand has seen stadium shows before, but nothing like this. Led by Chris Martin, Coldplay turned the home of the Warriors into a magical playground for more than 47,000 fans last night.
And they did it quickly. As Mylo Xyloto/Hurts Like Heaven - the first song of an almost two-hour show - rang out so did the sound of the fireworks and confetti guns. Oh, and let's not forget the laser light show and the crowd's glowing wristbands which pulsed in time with the music. The stadium looked like some insane version of a twinkling Christmas tree and an exploding snow globe. It was breath-taking...
Note: Read also: (Wiki) Coldplay Live Reviews, Photos and Setlist - Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand (10 November 2012) |
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12 Coldplay months of 2012 - reviews (NEW!)
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January (In which the band consists of Chris and some musicians)
February (The Brits, The Grammys and a bit more...)
March (A not so quiet month off)
April (In which Chris and Jonny fly a kite)
May (In which the band are in full concert swing)
June (attack of the POCs)
July (in which things take a comic turn and the band almost miss a gig)
August (features Will, Phil & AROBTTH birthdays!)
September (Rihanna duets, Para Para Paralympics, MTV VMAs and more!)
October (Old photo project revived and charity stuff)
November (in which the band start a "3 year hiatus")
December ('most popular act' of last decade end their year in the Big Apple with Jay-Z)
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- Wednesday, December 12
- Live 2012: Coldplayers' reviews of the cinema screenings worldwide (part 3)
- Monday, December 10
- Coldplay's Oracle on Jonny's 'Sunny' guitar, 12-12-12 concert, Cemeteries Of London, Square One, Politik and more...
- Thursday, December 06
- Coldplay round-up: Double GRAMMY nomination for Mylo Xyloto & Charlie Brown; 2DayFM prank leads to nurse suicide
- Tuesday, December 04
- Coldplay round-up: MX album art raises $800,000 (£500,000), Chris @ 12-12-12 concert (streamed live), Spotify charts
- Sunday, December 02
- Coldplay's Oracle discusses R#42 aka Miller, auto-tune, recent studio activity and more...
- Friday, November 30
- Chris Martin: "3-year haitus is rubbish; I'm fired up about the band's future"
- Thursday, November 29
- Live 2012 review 4: Coldplay's masterclass in entertaining millions of people with arena rock
- Tuesday, November 27
- Live 2012: Coldplayers' reviews of the cinema screenings worldwide (part 2)
- Saturday, November 24
- Three year haitus? It's not Coldplay's style...
- Friday, November 23
- Brisbane review 2: Coldplay lights up Suncorp in 'last big show' in Australia for a few years (21 November)
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