Haha, very good point, maybe you should Tweet that to the fleshy ones!!

I sent it to the Oracle. :lol:

I sent it to the Oracle. :lol:

 

:laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

 

I dare her to post it!

^ Exactly, she won't!

 

Good one though, Angie! :lol:

European tour support acts announced

June 19, 2009 9:30 am

Flaming Lips and Bat For Lashes join a stellar cast

 

Good morning. We're very pleased to announce the stellar roster of opening acts who'll be joining Coldplay for their European stadium dates this summer. As well as the previously-announced Jay-Z, Girls Aloud and White Lies, the band will also be supported by Flaming Lips, Bat For Lashes, Datarock, Killians, Howling Bells, Ministri, The Sunday Drivers, Moi Caprice and Pegasus.

 

The full support bills for the band's 17 European dates across 12 countries are as follows:

 

AUGUST

16: Herning, MCN Arena - White Lies & Moi Caprice - tickets

19: Bergen, Koengen - White Lies & Datarock - tickets

22: Stockholm, Olympic Stadium - White Lies - tickets

25: Hannover, Hannover Stadium - White Lies & Killians - tickets

27: Dusseldorf, LTU Arena - Howling Bells & Killians - tickets

29: Munich, Reistadiun Rien - Howling Bells & Killians - tickets

31: Udine, Stadio Friuli - White Lies & Ministri - tickets

 

SEPTEMBER

2: Bern, Stade de Suisse - Howling Bells & Pegasus - tickets

4: Barcelona, Estadi Olimpic - Flaming Lips & The Sunday Drivers - tickets

7: Paris, Parc de Princes - Flaming Lips & Bat For Lashes - tickets

9: Nijmegen, Goffertpark - Flaming Lips & Bat For Lashes - tickets

10: Nijmegen, Goffertpark - White Lies & Miss Montreal - tickets

12: Manchester, Lancs Cricket Ground - Jay-Z & White Lies - tickets

14: Dublin, Pheonix Park - White Lies & TBA - tickets

16: Glasgow, Hampden Park - Jay-Z & White Lies - tickets

18: Wembley Stadium - Jay-Z, Girls Aloud & White Lies - tickets

19: Wembley Stadium - Jay-Z, Girls Aloud & White Lies - tickets

 

Bring. It. On.

 

Anchorman

Flaming Lips!!! :stunned:

 

And White Lies and Bat For Lashes, wow!

Dear France

Wembley would like to trade you Girls Aloud for Flaming

Lips.

Yeah the support acts in Düsseldorf and Hannover are different. :D Oh and the Kilians (wrong spelled on the official page) will support them either! They're amazing IMO! :)

 

Great news!

http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=428

 

Roadie #42 - Blog #87

June 19, 2009 1:59 pm

#42 and the Edmonton favour

 

We arrive in Edmonton and the van that has come to pick us up has a windscreen adorned by several huge cracks. Franksy voices his concern to the driver who cheerfully claims that this is par for the course here in Edmonton. Apparently, the roads throw up stones at a rate of knots, which means that an unspoiled windscreen is a very rare beast indeed round these parts. We're not convinced. A windscreen with so much as a tiny crack is illegal to drive with in the UK. Our driver jokes that around here, they stop you just to make sure your windows are smashed up enough. We shrug and buckle up.

 

We're far enough into the tour that soundchecks have pretty much become superfluous. This gives us more time in the hotel, but does inevitably mean that we're heading to work just as the rest of the world is going home. We sit in rush hour traffic and slowly grind towards the venue.

 

The show comes around and Chris announces from the B-stage, that he has been in trouble with Will for referring to The Hardest Part as "the solo section of the gig", when he is in fact accompanied by Mr. C on harmony vocals. Chris explains to the assembled crowd that he needs to make ammends and would greatly appreciate their help. He asks that they give Will a monumental cheer when his backing vocal chimes in during the chorus.

 

They do just that....

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saNsNafll-U]YouTube - Blog #87 - Roadie #42[/ame]

 

An hour later, the show is over and we're back in the van. We're ten minutes down the highway, when there's an almighty crash and the entire window beside Franksy (who's up front riding shotgun) shatters into a thousand safety-glass pieces and becomes less of a window and more of a hole in the side of the van (and rather a lot of little lumps of glass all over the tour manager).

 

We're all completely stunned. The driver however, seems positively excited. He responds in a tone like someone who has just been shown a particularly impressive skateboard trick. "Wooooah, I ain't never seen that before". The bizarreness-o-meter then does a complete loop as he decides to head into the fast lane rather than the hard shoulder to pull over and check if Franksy is OK. This would be odd enough, except the fast lane appears to have three girls standing in it attempting to cross a six lane highway.

 

At this point, we're all pretty speechless. The best we can do is offer up some incredulous swearing and confusion. I would close this blog by recommending that if you visit Edmonton you avoid window seats at all costs. We get on the plane for Vancouver, though, and a look at the view forces me to reconsider.

 

 

R#42

I like the audio :D cute

BAT FOR LASHES! FLAMING LIPS!

 

OOOOH I'M SO JEALOUS :surprised:

 

I wish I was European :bigcry:

 

Edit: Also, the #42 blog is nice too. :nice:

what Chris did was really nice :wacky:, it's also a cool blog :nice:

"Bizarreness-o-meter" :laugh3: love that word, *stores in brain*

Love the audio :D

Lovely gesture by Chris :D

 

 

I must say imagining the glass shattering suddenly is quite funny to imagine :P :shame:

 

I hope Franksy wasn't injured.

Greetings from Vancouver

June 20, 2009 8:14 am

Wish you were here

 

 

 

The Coldplay-shaped puppets on tour

^^^:bomb::bigcry::bigcry::bigcry::sad2:the clouds, the mountains, THE GRAY.....

 

god i miss the Northwest.

 

c`mon, July.....

:hug: July is soon Kels... soon.

:kiss:I just wuv you Min !:hug:

:blush: thank you :hug:

What exactly happened to the glass window of the car in Edmonton??

Did anyone understand?

 

I guess my English isn't good enough...

Basically it broke apart into pieces when Franksy was sitting beside it in the van!

 

 

Don't worry about your English, not all of us here learn English as our first language :nice:

Ok! But why did it break apart into pieces?

What's the cause?

Hmmm I don't know exactly either :D But I guess the glass was weakened already because of fractures.

Ok...

Strange thing to happen...!

It had a crack in it already.

Maybe this will help:P

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3pKGPvX5vg]YouTube - Autoglass® 'Speed bump' windscreen repair TV ad[/ame]