Coldplay in 2014: Review

We need your reviews, just like in previous years, of Coldplay's yearly summary. This time, we are making a 'Ghost Stories review'. Pretty much the same as twelve months of Coldplay but 2014 was the year for celebrating Coldplay's sixth and slightly more downsized album! You can include non Ghost Stories stuff too such as A Head Full Of Dreams announcement at the end of the year, just most of what's come out this year has been Ghost Stories / GS live show related. Format is the same too, so we'll start off in January and review every month until the end of December. Then i'll be looking to do some interviews and polls for a final article after everything and that will …

Coldplay’s sixth album release has brought many highlights of the year. September 2014 was the month of awesomeness - True Love music video and behind the scenes, iHeartRadio Festival, Los Angeles concert at the Ace Hotel, a secret show for Target employees, nominations for MTV EMA and Q, Chris Martin on a featuring song ‘Iris’ by U2, Chris Martin on co-host at 104.1 2dayFM studio in Sydney, Australia, ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’ alternate music video, and a featuring on Dynamo Magic show. True Love music video and behind the scenes True Love is the third single from Ghost Stories. The video that describes about the two-ballet loving outsiders who are struggling to be…

July 2014 was the magical month for the band and all Coldplayers around the world. Even though the shows during Ghost Stories era were held on a smaller scale, the band still made great efforts to make more intimate and interactive show experience for the best fans. Following from Royal Albert Hall shows on July 1st and 2nd, the best-selling album of the year, the band’s song collaboration on Wish I Was Here film played by Zach Braff, the band’s donation to ill-fan fundraiser, iHeartRadio Festival Lineup, the band’s video shoot for True Love, Yellow song for Boyhood movie soundtrack, Chris Martin on participating the music involvement for Prince Harry’s Invictus Games, AS…

<a href="http://www.coldplaying.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DSC_1177-as-Smart-Object-1-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-46764" src="http://www.coldplaying.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DSC_1177-as-Smart-Object-1-1.jpg" alt="The Ghost Stories era - Coldplay's Sydney adventure (June)" width="650" height="408" /></a> <h2>Coldplay's Sydney adventure - June 2014.</h2> The <em>Ghost Stories</em> review series returns. 6th part to the series. This month - Coldplay visit Tokyo and Sydney as they shoot the official video for <em>A Sky Full Of Stars.</em> (<a title="The Ghost Stories Era – Introducti…

<a href="http://www.coldplaying.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/062.jpg"><img src="http://www.coldplaying.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/062.jpg" alt="The Ghost Stories era – Coldplay release sixth studio album (May)" width="800" height="511" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-46345" /></a> <h2> Coldplay release sixth studio album - May 2014.</h2> 5th part to the 12 months of 2014 review series. <!--more--> (<a title="The Ghost Stories Era – Introduction (January)" href="http://www.coldplaying.com/ghost-stories-era-introduction-january/" target="_blank">January</a>, <a title="The Ghost Stories era – Before the dawn …

<a href="http://www.coldplaying.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_9820aa.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-46269" src="http://www.coldplaying.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_9820aa.jpg" alt="The Ghost Stories era – A month full of stars! (April)" width="1000" height="662" /></a> <h2>A month full of stars! - April.</h2> 4th part to the 12 months of 2014 review series. (<a title="The Ghost Stories Era – Introduction (January)" href="http://www.coldplaying.com/ghost-stories-era-introduction-january/" target="_blank">January</a>, <a title="The Ghost Stories era – Before the dawn (February)" href="http://www.coldpl…

<a href="http://www.coldplaying.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1795697_10153927493065253_1259486323_n.png"><img src="http://www.coldplaying.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1795697_10153927493065253_1259486323_n.png" alt="The Ghost Stories era - Coldplay's magical live return (March)" width="937" height="527" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-46221" /></a> <h2>Coldplay's magical live return - March</h2> 3rd part to the 12 months of 2014 review series (<a title="The Ghost Stories Era – Introduction (January)" href="http://www.coldplaying.com/ghost-stories-era-introduction-january/" target="_blank">January</a>, <a title="The Gh…

Before the dawn - February. 2nd part to the 12 months of 2014 review series (View January here).February dawned upon us and Coldplay's sixth album seemed closer, yet so far away. A new Coldplay song, Magic was listed as a single, for release in May of the same year in the UK chart release schedule, which in turn brought hype and speculation to what Magic may sound like. It was a very quiet time during the first half of the month on the Coldplay front. The calm before the dawn! Comeback show? On the 19th February, Anchorman released news of the band's comeback show at the iTunes festival, in March, located in Austin, Texas. The first snap of the band for their new er…

January 2014: Ghost Stories era: the introduction 2013 saw the end of the Mylo Xyloto era, the band's first song release for a movie, a break in live performances and a great desire from fans to finally get a new album. Reports from late 2013 suggested that the band were working on their sixth effort, but little did we know a new era would start and end in just a year! We start our journey of the Ghost Stories era in January, when rumours were spreading everywhere. But first, let's see what happened outside of LP6.. # Chris buys Banksy's Heart Balloon for 650K$ (£395K) at Sean Penn's annual fundraising event for Haïti On 11th January, Chris and Gwyneth to…