Carlaatje Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Detroit baby! are you still stalking before mel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 [Detroit Article] Performing Live Remains A Rush For Hot Coldplay Performing in Coldplay -- performing in the world's biggest band -- could get comfy. Too comfy, even, report Freep. For bassist Guy Berryman, though, the nightly thrill is intact. Even after all the massive stadium shows, all the mega festivals, stepping on stage still brings a tingle -- that rush of blood, you might call it. "I don't get nervous anymore. But I still get that great sense of excitement," he says. "I love that moment right before we go on, that anticipation of the lights coming down. It never tires for me." Coldplay will visit the Palace of Auburn Hills on Monday, latest stop in a global tour supporting "Vida La Vida or Death and All His Friends," the British band's fourth album of moody, edge-of-artsy piano rock. In a year of music industry struggles, the album is a big-time standout, having enjoyed the biggest debut yet for Berryman, vocalist-pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckman and drummer Will Champion: In the United States alone, the album sold 720,000 copies its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan -- more than 300,000 of them on the first day. With sales of the album continuing to pile up, the band has been on the road nearly nonstop since June, including a U.S. summer sprint that initially included a metro Detroit show. (The date was bumped when the tour's start was delayed because of production snags.) That means the Palace audience will get a Coldplay that is firmly locked into its live groove. "We've got four records now, so we have to get the balance right between the new album and the old songs people want to hear," he says. "We try to make it as dynamic as possible from beginning to end. It took us awhile -- it took most of the first American tour to knock that into shape. The show pretty much runs in the same order now, because it's working." A revamped production team has brought a new visual look to Coldplay's stage production, and even introduced what Berryman describes as "a few things people haven't seen before at other concerts." For the decade-old band, life on the road is low-key these days. Berryman says he has learned to pace himself to endure the rigors of touring, eschewing the high life in favor of stints in the gym and daily jogs. Hopping from hotel to hotel, spending long stretches in air-conditioned spaces, it's too easy to get ill. And "it's not fun having a cold on tour -- you can't call in sick." "We destroyed ourselves a few times by not looking after ourselves -- partying every night, staying up late," he says, recalling the band's early days. "Certainly, for me in particular, we're really just trying to keep healthy. It's that age-old thing: healthy body, healthy mind. I'd have laughed at myself a few years ago if I could hear myself saying that. But it's true." Coldplay will wrap up its year of touring with a series of U.K. dates in December. After a month break, the band will regroup in the studio to begin cutting material for a fifth album. "The plan, in an ideal world, is to have something finished by the end of 2009," says Berryman. That would mark a notably fast turnaround for a band that's been known to take its time between records, including three-year gaps between each of the band's past three albums. And fans even get a treat in the interim: the Nov. 25 release of "Prospekt's March," an eight-song EP featuring material left over from the "Vida" sessions and a new version of the single "Lost," remixed by fellow A-lister Jay-Z. Coldplay has been quick to stress that these aren't throwaway tracks. Indeed, says Berryman, much of the material could have fit seamlessly on "Vida." "We didn't want to make the album too long. We thought the third record was too long, and we didn't want to make that mistake again. But these songs were too good just to be B-sides on singles," he says. "It's kind of meant to be an amendment to 'Vida La Vida.' We wanted people to hear that record as a standalone first, and not bombard them. We're really proud of it." http://www.freep.com/article/20081030/ENT04/810300408?imw=Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, stalking is in order. Wonder what my birthday wish will be:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlaatje Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 oooh I can't wait for your updates whaaaaa!!! soo excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KissesBirds Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Weeeeeeeeeeee! 3 more days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Actually its 2 days, 3 hours, 28 minutes :dance: SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandymcnabb Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I want a millllllllllllion butterflies. srsly. i'd better leave with a purse full. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 54 hours to go...not that I'm counting or anything:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandymcnabb Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 54 hours to go...not that I'm counting or anything:P are you traveling with any other coldplaying-ers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 are you traveling with any other coldplaying-ers? yes, traveling with two and then meeting another two. You're volunteering for Oxfam, right? We'll see you there. We've got to stop by and say hi to Pete since we are volunteering Friday in Orlando;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Weeeeeeeeeee! I'm pretty pumped for this gig. It's been too long since I've last been able to dance like there's no tomorrow and just enjoy some amazing amazing music. I'm going to go spastic. And hopefully if planning goes right.. you'll see exactly where I'll be in my seat. haha. I'd make a sign but they are too much trouble, waving it around to get the boys to see that. Although the pay off is awesome when they do see it, happened to me last tour in Cleveland. *swoon* Eye contact is just so cool! When I hear the poundings of Politik...all hell is going to break loose. haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 yes, traveling with two and then meeting another two. You're volunteering for Oxfam, right? We'll see you there. We've got to stop by and say hi to Pete since we are volunteering Friday in Orlando;) That's awesome! Who are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 That's awesome! Who are they? traveling with rivertop and her husband. Picking up KissesBirds(Lori) right after we land and then later on meeting up with kspillers2 (Kelly) Ought to be a blast:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 :D Definitely. It's always a million times better when you go with fellow devoted fans. haha. That or by yourself, haha! I might be shaking a bit right now. Squeeeeeeeeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 :D Definitely. It's always a million times better when you go with fellow devoted fans. haha. That or by yourself, haha! I might be shaking a bit right now. Squeeeeeeeeee! I am too! We will have some banners to show to the boys:D AND its my birthday on Monday...what could be a better present than Coldplay on your birthday???? :dance: :dance: :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 There is absolutely nothing! hahaha. you're very lucky!! Alright I'm off. Need to call my partner in crime and do more squeeing for Monday. I'll check back in tomorrow and will be on the lookout monday. bye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 There is absolutely nothing! hahaha. you're very lucky!! Alright I'm off. Need to call my partner in crime and do more squeeing for Monday. I'll check back in tomorrow and will be on the lookout monday. bye! Where are your seats? I'm Melanie, by the way:D We are section A, row 7...WHOOP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandymcnabb Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 :D Definitely. It's always a million times better when you go with fellow devoted fans. haha. That or by yourself, haha! I might be shaking a bit right now. Squeeeeeeeeee! MSN, NAO. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandymcnabb Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Where are your seats? I'm Melanie, by the way:D We are section A, row 7...WHOOP! i'm section A row 20! woohoo. poo to you for being 7.:( and no, i dropped out of the volunteering thing because it didn't work with my guests schedules. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 got very, very lucky to get row 7....squeeeeeeeeeeeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Hill Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 *IT'S OFFICIAL: I WILL BE SEEING COLDPLAY IN 2 DAYS* It was a bit unexpected and last minute, but I was able to snatch a couple tickets. They are sort of crap seats in the 200s section, but the important thing is that I will be there, that's what jumbo screens are for, ey... I'm gonna have a go listening to ALL 4 albums in a row to properly get in the mood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 WOOHOO! :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KissesBirds Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 When I hear the poundings of Politik...all hell is going to break loose. haha. ahahaha Jonny poundings..... :whip: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 9 hours until I leave for the airport!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE! Best. Birthday. EVER. :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlaatje Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 happy birthday in advacne mel! :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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