Cool. :cool:

I think I need to learn how to "like" shopping, I hate it & every time I go, I come back with a load of crap! :confused:

Anyway, I hope you have fun at shopping Noora! :D

I'm off to bed, night! :kiss:

 

 

Thanks a lot Ab and yes, it was great time. :cool:

I bought a lot of things. :)

 

btw, ohhh, you hate it! maybe you need time. but, I'm sure you'll love shopping my friend! :)

Coldplay: "Next album will be inspired by the Middle East"

 

 

Chris Martin performs during a concert in Singapore as part of Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida' tour, on March 23, 2009.

 

ABU DHABI // Coldplay’s last album was inspired by the sights and sounds of South America, but the next will draw on the Middle East’s rich cultural heritage.

 

Speaking yesterday, ahead of this weekend’s eagerly awaited concert at the Emirates Palace hotel, the British band’s lead singer Chris Martin described the visit to Abu Dhabi as part of a musical odyssey that typified Coldplay’s spirit.

 

Huge international acclaim has taken the band to countries as far apart as the US, New Zealand and Singapore. But Martin said he was looking beyond a single live appearance, the only date in the Gulf on an extensive world tour. Instead, he sees the Middle East as “uncharted territory”, a region that promises the band an element of mystical excitement that will prove a creative force in their musical development.

 

“Musicians are hungry for freshness,” he said. “Somewhere like Abu Dhabi sounds unknown, exotic and exciting. In the same way, we’d still like to go to places like China or Russia.”

 

In pursuit of his artistic dream, Martin plans to bring the band back at the end of the tour to record some demos of new material.

 

The journey may well begin in Damascus. “Something in my brain tells me that some good music is going to happen there,” he said. “We need to start recording somewhere hot to give the music a different feel. It’s about time for us to make the change.”

 

Among the highlights identified by Martin from the current Viva La Vida tour have been a free concert for the UK charity War Child and a performance in New York’s Madison Square Garden. But he said that he “can’t wait” to come to the region this week.

 

Interviewed by The National before a show in Singapore, he said: “I’ve kept the Middle East as the last place in the world as I feel like it’s going to be important. It’s nice to save somewhere.”

 

One source of this inspiration may be his admiration for the US-based band The Brothers of Baladi, whose repertoire includes songs in Arabic and Turkish, with accompaniment on such traditional Middle Eastern instruments as the oud.

 

Back in the UK, Martin said, the band’s friends and family were envious of their trip to the UAE as the latest addition to their world travels.

 

Coldplay’s disparate search for influences took them to Liverpool during the preparation of their debut album, Parachutes, in 2000. As the home of the Beatles, one of the bands cited as contributing to the evolution of Coldplay’s diverse style, the city was a logical choice.

 

The band’s exceptional success has since taken them to the US and more recently South America.

 

But if Martin, 32, is beyond doubt a superstar, he displays a degree of modesty rarely encountered at his level of fame, and declares it a privilege to have the opportunity to travel so widely.

 

Viva la Vida is topping album charts around the world and helped Coldplay collect three Grammy Awards at the ceremony in January, including song of the year for the title track. The band’s record sales are estimated at around 30 million albums.

 

“At the end of the day, we’re just trying to make people have as much fun as possible on an evening when they could choose 87 other things to do,” said Martin. “This gig isn’t about expansion, but about coming to say hi.”

 

At Coldplay’s own Camden recording studio in London, there is a list of 12 “rules”; on tour, however, there are none, the singer says.

 

Although Martin is the indisputable voice of the band, he has recently decreed that there should be “less Chris Martin” in Coldplay’s music and more collaborations – building on a recent partnership with the rap singer Kanye West – and vocal contributions from other band members. Martin described his aim as to offer “as many voices as possible”.

 

Fans, in time, needed more diversity, Martin said. He discourages the view that it has been his unique sound that has been the root of Coldplay’s phenomenal success. “We also agreed that anything the lead singer doesn’t want to sing, he doesn’t sing.”

 

Coldplay admirers are unlikely to be disappointed with Saturday night’s 15,000-capacity show. The band are bringing hi-tech video spheres, multimillion dollar lighting and audio technology systems characterised by Martin as “more of a show than a concert”.

 

Each concert on their world tour, he said, had offered something different, keeping each performance fresh and unique. “It’s like being in a play. We’re trying to make a story to it. There are certain tricks we’ve come up with for this tour which we’ve always wanted to do. We’re trying things we haven’t done before.”

 

Coldplay are being supported by the US alternative rock band Mercury Rev, another group Martin admires. “We can always learn from each other when we tour with people you respect so much and these guys have so many pearls of wisdom. We’re having a lot of fun.”

 

Saturday’s concert will be carbon neutral to mark Earth Hour Day, an event funded by Enviromena Power Systems, based in Abu Dhabi, with support from the World Wildlife Fund. Organisers are helping to fund a wind farm in New Zealand to offset all energy consumed in putting on the event.

 

At 8.30pm that night lights will be turned off for an hour in buildings around the world, including the UAE, to promote energy conservation. The organisers estimate that the show will generate around 600 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Because of the practical difficulty of pulling the plug on a stadium full of people during a concert, the promoters will buy wind farm energy credits to show their support.

 

After Saturday’s Abu Dhabi date the band will be moving on to the US, Canada and Europe

 

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090324/NATIONAL/44431209/1040/BUSINESS

Inspired by MidEast ?!!! ,,, great idea ..

Damascus !!! they didn't mention Cairo ?!! :(

 

Thanks Angel Eyes for sharin' :)

Hello fellow arab-fans!

 

Listen to Chris saying some arabic words :D!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIKotbSvjvY]YouTube - Coldplay Abu Dhabi 2009[/ame]

 

Thanks to Mimixxx!

Hello fellow arab-fans!

 

Listen to Chris saying some arabic words :D!

 

Thanks to Mimixxx!

 

:shocked2::shocked2::shocked2::shocked2::shocked2::shocked2:

 

ohhhhhhhh

thank you soo much for the sharing

kifak marhaba

 

"hello, how are you"

 

:laugh3:

:wink3:

:D

 

damn it

don't know what to think

It was the best concert ever ever ever ever

:shocked2::shocked2::shocked2::shocked2::shocked2::shocked2:

 

ohhhhhhhh

thank you soo much for the sharing

kifak marhaba

 

"hello, how are you"

 

:laugh3:

:wink3:

:D

 

damn it

don't know what to think

 

hahaha it seems like he say "what the fuck" :laugh3:

hahaha it seems like he say "what the fuck" :laugh3:

 

hahah i'm not the only one who thinks like that :wink3:

 

i wonder if people there thought like this :laugh3:

that was funny

 

btw how are Nash, we missed you :nice:

Wah jonny boy was here :P

 

Hi Ahlem & Nash :D

 

Bedtime! See you guys!

Wah jonny boy was here :P

 

Hi Ahlem & Nash :D

 

Bedtime! See you guys!

 

heyyy cool to see you around Rudy

 

good night :lol:

hahah i'm not the only one who thinks like that :wink3:

 

i wonder if people there thought like this :laugh3:

that was funny

 

btw how are Nash, we missed you :nice:

 

yup, i imagine chris saying "kifak" and the crowd "fuck you chris" :lol:

i miss you too =) but i am really busy these days, i need to finish my degree as soon i can >.<

btw how about you ahlem? :nice:

yup, i imagine chris saying "kifak" and the crowd "fuck you chris" :lol:

i miss you too =) but i am really busy these days, i need to finish my degree as soon i can >.<

btw how about you ahlem? :nice:

 

:lol: yeah it looks stupid but really funny situation, i'm sure everyone thought it

:) good luck for your degree, ;)

 

well i'm fine more or less

just enjoying some good songs of Snow Patrol, they're really great :smug:

i didnt listen nothing from snow patrol really, just the song theme for greys anatomy (maybe i am wrong :confused:).

no you're not wrong there is one on the theme of greys anatomy but can't remember which one :thinking:

 

seriously you've got to try them, it's not bad at all ;)

 

edit: the song is "open your eyes"

i just listen that song and its great but i was refering to another one.

 

----

 

ok i found it:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1W5lFW-vUY]YouTube - Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (Lyrics)[/ame]

 

i really love this song, and i love the greys anatomy =D

can you recomend me some snow patrol album?

Hello Ahlem and Nash

How are you? :)

i just listen that song and its great but i was refering to another one.

 

----

 

ok i found it:

YouTube - Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (Lyrics)

 

i really love this song, and i love the greys anatomy =D

can you recomend me some snow patrol album?

 

of course :nice: they're great i love grey's anatomy too,

better than those desperate house wifes they look so stupid

 

well albums you can listen to:

Final Straw

Eyes Open

 

and best songs are

"set the fire to the third bar" simply beautiful song

"you're all i have "

"run"

"make this go on forever"

"chocolate"

"signal fire"

"crack the shutters"

" you could be happy"

 

i think that with all those songs you will stuck in it for a while ;)

 

enjoy ^^

Hello Ahlem and Nash

How are you? :)

 

hey Nora :)

thx a lot ahlem, i think i will begin with Final Straw.

i havent seen desperate housewifes, and doesnt seem really interesting imo.

 

 

hi Angel Eyes!! fine, we are here talking about chris and her arabskills =D

thx a lot ahlem, i think i will begin with Final Straw.

i havent seen desperate housewifes, and doesnt seem really interesting imo.

 

 

hi Angel Eyes!! fine, we are here talking about chris and her arabskills =D

 

you're welcome friend :rolleyes:

 

Final Straw is a good choice

of couse those four or five women only look silly and meanning less,

to be exactly poor :)

 

i'm NOT decided to go to sleep and tomorrow i have an exam of informatiques :\

hey Nora :)

 

Hi Ahlem :cool:

 

i miss you too =) but i am really busy these days, i need to finish my degree as soon i can >.<

 

I wish you the best of luck Nash in your degree :)

 

 

hi Angel Eyes!! fine, we are here talking about chris and his arabskills =D

 

hello Nash

btw, that's good :lol:

I know about that! well, I was talking about it with other members in Coldplay Live

 

28-Mar-09: Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE - Tickets, Previews, Meetups, Reviews, Setlists, Photos/Videos

 

That's really nice :) he said marhaba & Keefak. :cool: :nice:

Hi Ahlem :cool:

 

 

 

I wish you the best of luck Nash in your degree :)

 

 

 

 

hello Nash

btw, that's good :lol:

I know about that! well, I was talking about it with other members in Coldplay Live

 

28-Mar-09: Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE - Tickets, Previews, Meetups, Reviews, Setlists, Photos/Videos

 

That's really nice :) he said marhaba & Keefak. :cool: :nice:

 

am so glad by that :smug::smug:

ahh ^^

i say i say, sayyyy "Keeefak"

i say keefak :smug:

Inspired by MidEast ?!!! ,,, great idea ..

Damascus !!! they didn't mention Cairo ?!! :(

 

Thanks Angel Eyes for sharin' :)

 

 

btw, I know this's really a great idea " The Next album will be inspired by the Middle East" :cool: I'm really happy :nice: I :heart: Coldplay

 

you are welcome :)

Hello fellow arab-fans!

 

Listen to Chris saying some arabic words :D!

 

Thanks to Mimixxx!

 

Hello Rania, How are you? :)

 

btw, Thank you for the video :cool:

 

Chris speaking arabic, This's really wonderful :nice:

Im going to sleep good night everyone

 

Nora, Nash

good night :nice:

see you ^^