Well, they do have short setlists with only their biggest hits...for example, they were officially "opening" for the bigger acts at the Global Citizen Festival.

LOL :D

 

And congrats, 42Escapist !

 

I am working alone in the lab all night tonight, so I thought...might as well turn on the music as loud as I want to. Any passerby (for example security) on the floor tonight is hearing X&Y at full volume with an awkward out-of-tune singalong ! :loveshower:

 

Aww that brings back so many fond memories I remember doing lab work back when X&Y first came out... It was my constant companion for the twelve months I was completing my thesis - those were good times! And I particularly remember how awesome it was being alone at night in the lab / working on the computer and having the music blasting out of the speakers... Square One just took on a magical quality, almost mythical in fact! ;)

 

And congrats 42Escapist for reaching your 1,000th post! A lovely milestone for you :)

Cool, gentleparachute ! So are you a Scientist (no pun intended) :D ? May I ask which field you are in ? (by PM if necessary. I'm also willing to tell you what I work in)

Well I could've been ;) Life's a bit different now... I do sometimes miss the calm quiet efficiency of a lab :D

Btw I've sent you a 'short' message @I ran away<img src="images/smilies1/tongue3.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Tongue3" smilieid="211" class="inlineimg">

thanks gentleparachute, I saw that Message (lol) and I'll respond later ! :)

This year Belgium is organizing Red Nose Day (for the first time).

 

And "Fix you" is the campaign song!

 

The song was performed in a tv show yesterday by the tv show host (Jonas) and a singer - who I really like - Stan Van Samang.

Normally it is only sung by Stan.

 

Here is a link to the cover that I wanted to share:

 

http://vtm.be/jonas-van-geel/kippenvel-stan-en-jonas-zingen-bloedmooie-fix-you

Several days ago, I hurried along a street. As I passed a burger restaurant, I thought I could hear a voice that sounded like Chris's. I was in a hurry, did not stop and thought to myself "yeah, probably just my imagination".

Today I passed the same restaurant again and heard Chris's voice again. This time I stopped and opened the door, and indeed inside it was Don't Panic playing !!

Hm, maybe I should check this restaurant out :D

A few months ago, I was listening to GSL2014, and my little cousin seemed to be intimidated by the vocal intro of Another's Arms (ghostly woman, if I should word it differently). I wondered for a bit how Coldplay would scare a 5 year old :D

A few months ago, I was listening to GSL2014, and my little cousin seemed to be intimidated by the vocal intro of Another's Arms (ghostly woman, if I should word it differently). I wondered for a bit how Coldplay would scare a 5 year old

I'm sure the early Parachutes era videos scared many a five year old back when they were on heavy rotation on MTV in 2000 (I was one of those five year olds :laugh3: )

The best Coldplay song Chris never wrote :( *Imagines the prospect of this being on AROBTTH*

 

[video=youtube;UPW8y6woTBI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPW8y6woTBI

Been listening to Ghost Story and All Your Friends a lot recently, and think if they had been released as a standalone single (ie. Ghost Story on the A side and All Your friends on the B side). If given the promotional treatment a single would get, I think it would have been a pretty big hit for the group, especially on the Alternative/Rock charts.

If someone who doesn't know Clocks but knows of it, then listens to A Whisper, I wonder what the response of the CPing community would be.

This is on the Google homepage today (George Boole’s 200th Birthday Doodle)

 

 

 

 

Keeping my eyes open for #AHFOD and now I see Coldplay in everything and everywhere. :D

Funny, when I saw that some hours ago my first athought also was "X&Y" !! :D

^ I know I had to stare at it for a few moments before figuring out it was about X&Y :P

I always get a bit of a buzz when my phone battery's on 42% or I get a notification (like on Facebook) that something happened 42 minutes ago :D x

Googling "Guy Berryman", then clicking on Images has made me very happy. x

Googling "Guy Berryman", then clicking on Images has made me very happy. x

 

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) it makes a lot of people happy.

was listening to this matt bellamy interview and he speaks sweetly about chris specifically here:

 

don't think there is a more interesting interviewee these days! anyway, noel on chris:

 

Chris Martin is a friend of mine. That fucking guy can write a tune. And he’s hilarious, by the way. We were out one night having dinner, me and my missus, him and his missus, and he ended up banging his hand on the table, shouting at me: “Why do you think it’s so cool not to give a fuck?” Because he does give a fuck. About everything. I might have been making some disparaging comment about fucking Madonna or someone, and he was like, “I just can’t believe you can be like that.” And I was like, “Fucking believe it, man, because I can’t believe you can be like that.”

x

With all the excitement of the new single I almost forgot about this:

 

15 years ago (3/11/2000) Coldplay played a concert in the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels.

 

The actual concert was sold out and a big success, however they also played a mini-concert for a limited crowd that had won some tickets in a competition. And they turned out to be a little less enthusiastic. :facepalm:

 

Here is the video of that concert:

 

 

 

By now the Belgian audience surely knows who Coldplay is! :D

Did you know that Adele has a "Paradise" tattoo on her hand? Curious...

I've been thinking about how cool it would be if Coldplay made some videos using virtual reality.....

Muse's new clip Revolt on Vrse is pretty epic

I just had the most hilarious situation ! Was listening to Pink Floyd - DSOTM right now on headphones in a noisy coffeeshop and suddenly thought, weird, somethign sounds like Midnight. But DSOTM doesn't sound like Midnight...so I pulled my headphones off and realized the coffeeshop is playing Midnight RIGHT NOW !! Now that's a nice things on the fortnight of #AOAL !!