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Hi,
At the shows on the last tour, some fans became friendly with a few roadies. Two or three roadies told them that their tour contracts were ending after the last concert and that they didn't have any plans with Coldplay for the time being after that. Of course, they can't say anything, but the way it was told made it highly credible. I remember being struck by those words because, at the same time, you had Chris saying they were going to come back for who knows how many concerts. And behind the scenes, you had these roadies reaching the end of their assignments.

I didn’t know about those contracts, can you explain a little more about it?
My guess is that an EP is almost finished, and that ´s what they let some fans listen to some months ago. It will arrive around Christmas with the announcement of the last MOTS legs. Because all the rumours about residencies in England and Madrid, Chris´s words about how many concerts were left from the same tour… I don ´t believe it has all gone away, there ´s no reason for that to happen.

I ´m sorry but I can ´t let you go away with that… If you ´re talking about “The greatest show in the world” I disagree completely, and U2 fans are really pleased about the band releasing such an epic and not really comercial song as single. “Street of dreams” was horrible and lacked what makes U2 unique, “Silencio” was a good rock song (following Vertigo ´s path).
About Coldplay, I agree, I would love them to go back to meaningful and properly worked lyrics, and going back to that basic and intimate sound from the first albums… but I ´m not really optimistic.

Hello,
Well, I get the feeling that this break is going to last longer than expected, as I thought in 2025. The end of the tour was a bit weird with those roadies whose contracts ended without any plans for a future tour.
I'm also surprised by one thing (in a positive way): Chris seems to be spending a lot more time in London since his breakup, seemingly "reconnecting" with his roots. I know it's his life and none of my business, but I think his musical influences have changed quite a bit since he moved to LA permanently. Meanwhile, it's radio silence from Guy, which is pretty rare; he's usually always doing things on the side.
Then again, there were those listening sessions for a completely finished album... It's really bizarre. I'm probably wrong, but I have a hard time believing that the tour as we knew it will resume. It's really the kind of tour produced to make cash and it must honestly be exhausting and tiresome.

Yeah it seems like with the last two albums they’ve been dumbing down a little for the stadium audience, esp cuz we know from EL they have the songwriting chops in them. Songs like VLV or ETIAW are clearly very ‘pop’ yet still are high quality pieces of work, whereas something like FLIFIL lacks that. The band have forgotten songs can be successful and still good.

Yeah I've been thinking about it recently with U2 releasing a new single that's very boring and to little fanfare. It's pretty easy to fall of the map at this stage in your career, and I do think LP11, following the trend of MOTS and MM, is unlikely to get a lot of hype around it. The music has been somewhat dumbed down and Max Martin's production is way too safe and clean. Maybe it all works well for a decently fun, massive world tour but these albums aren't hitting like they used to and I think the pop music world already ran a lap around Coldplay ironically by bringing back indie rock in the mainstream (look at Olivia Rodrigo, for example).
Unless the musical ends up being an unexpected hit, their "last" album might be their last shot at making a big splash if they go back to basics and really market it in a nostalgiac way. That's for a general pop audience. For fans like us, I think we all still want something with super strong songwriting and organic production that highlights their best tendencies (interesting ambient production, skillful piano, melodic guitar and cathartic build ups), regardless of genre.

Since MM was released my expectations about LP 11 are low, not because I think it's going to be a bad album but an average record. I hope they really go ahead with this one, exploring new sounds, deeper lyrics, interesting blends of musical styles.
Coldplay it's a great band, very creative, so, it would be great if they surprised us. let's see what happens next year.

I seem to remember a high-def version of the Running Man clip being shared at some point. Not the Youtube version. Does anyone still have it?

Does anyone have any proper footage from the MGM Grand Garden Arena show?

Had no clue they were still around. Seen them during their Mylo-era and it wasn't bad.

Sent you a DM.

I was going to write something similar… about the final Coldplay album; it should arrive with a huge media campaign, to sell the idea that is the last one and back to basics and all that. But there is the possibility of it being published before the musical, and in my opinion that would be a less proper ending (even when I don ´t really believe it will be a real end).