Small Reminders/Updates & The Coldplay Messenger (feat. Roadie #42!)

[Collee]

Hope all you Road 42 blog lovers are voting for his blog just like you are voting for Coldplaying in the Bt Digital People Choice Awards.

 

Jenjie's sig has links to both Roadie 42 for the music blog category and Coldplay.com for the Official Music site.

 

I know Ian has a sticky up for Coldplaying.com for the Best Unofficial Music Site category.

[IneedYou23]

Ive never really noticed what was painted on Chris' gutiar until i payed attention to the picture in the blog.As "No Me Llores" means. "dont cry for me",there is a picture of a face with tears.It looks quite lovely really!!Im so stupid for not seeing this til now!!haha.

[Jenjie]

Hope all you Road 42 blog lovers are voting for his blog just like you are voting for Coldplaying in the Bt Digital People Choice Awards.

 

Jenjie's sig has links to both Roadie 42 for the music blog category and Coldplay.com for the Official Music site.

 

I know Ian has a sticky up for Coldplaying.com for the Best Unofficial Music Site category.

 

I have all 3 in my sig :D

[Christa42]

he is amazining, he must be a writer. very descriptive to give us lots of details. by the time they get to jersey the will be "tweeked' perfectly. love that yellow is at the end. now we just need Warning Sign, One i Love, Shiver and Moses added to the Tweekyness:rolleyes:

[Texasluvsjonny]

Roadie #42 - blog #25

September 10, 2008 12:44 pm

An amazing little film from #42

 

Now, I know the last blog had a clip of the crowd doing the Viva chant,but I couldn't not show you this. I stuck a camera up on the drum riserlast night, looking out past the piano. As the fellas come back fromdoing the acoustic section at the back of the arena, soundman Dan Greennow puts on a Viva remix. So whilst the chaps were out in the loadingdock having a drink and a breather before the encore, here's theParisian crowd having their own impromptu rave without them! Forgetcigarette lighters, mobile phones are the new glowsticks!

 

 

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[melanieau]

Roadie #42 - blog #25

September 10, 2008 12:44 pm

An amazing little film from #42

 

Now, I know the last blog had a clip of the crowd doing the Viva chant,but I couldn't not show you this. I stuck a camera up on the drum riserlast night, looking out past the piano. As the fellas come back fromdoing the acoustic section at the back of the arena, soundman Dan Greennow puts on a Viva remix. So whilst the chaps were out in the loadingdock having a drink and a breather before the encore, here's theParisian crowd having their own impromptu rave without them! Forgetcigarette lighters, mobile phones are the new glowsticks!

 

 

(Oh Lore, please insert video here):P

 

 

WOW! That looks AWESOME!:stunned:

[cha buckland]

Its short but .... beautiful my phone was verry happy ah ah ah

 

[ame=http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=BBBMYOZrLuU]YouTube - coldplay paris bercy[/ame]

 

It is my best memory of the gig !

[marie/pims]

Roadie #42 - blog #25

September 10, 2008 12:44 pm

An amazing little film from #42

 

Now, I know the last blog had a clip of the crowd doing the Viva chant,but I couldn't not show you this. I stuck a camera up on the drum riserlast night, looking out past the piano. As the fellas come back fromdoing the acoustic section at the back of the arena, soundman Dan Greennow puts on a Viva remix. So whilst the chaps were out in the loadingdock having a drink and a breather before the encore, here's theParisian crowd having their own impromptu rave without them! Forgetcigarette lighters, mobile phones are the new glowsticks!

 

 

(Oh Lore, please insert video here):P

 

 

Freaking amazing!!!!!!!

[cha buckland]

It made black then little by little the room was illuminated, it was simply AMAZING !!!!

[Lore]

oh nooo I took to much time :bigcry:

 

[ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ykaWEP9ORxs]YouTube - Roadie #42 - blog #25[/ame]

[Open-Politik]

Dont worry Lore, next time eh, but this video is just soooooooooo blooming brilliant, so great, I was like WOAH!!!!!!!!

[BigFatNoises]

postcard from Guy

[cha buckland]

Ih Ih IH Paris is magic !

[Batman]

Wow all the little lights...

looks like a giant organic creature! I bet the power of the crowd there was unbelievable amazing :stunned:

[cha buckland]

The crowd in reacts very fast what gave a really brilliant effect ! Will returned the first one he seems to me, it was very impressive for them ! The Best moment for me !

[Noémie]

Guy's postcard and picture are great!

I'm wondering how he could take a picture of the painting...because it's completely forbidden to take pictures in Le Louvre ! Well, they probably made an exception for him... ;)

[melanieau]

postcard from Guy

 

How freaking cute is he???:cool:

[Mimixxx]

He missed an apostrophe off "it's" :uhoh:

 

Sorry, I can't help it. I'm sick :disappointed:

[Denise]

^ Aww Mich don't worry I'm the same about grammar and spelling :nice:

 

Guy's postcard and picture are great!

I'm wondering how he could take a picture of the painting...because it's completely forbidden to take pictures in Le Louvre ! Well, they probably made an exception for him... ;)

Really? :shocked2:

 

It wasn't in 2005 when I went, I took loads of pics inside (Liberty leading the people included) and no one told me anything

[Christa42]

I miss his hair:rolleyes:, but he is yummylicious

[polkahard]

Guy's postcard and picture are great!

I'm wondering how he could take a picture of the painting...because it's completely forbidden to take pictures in Le Louvre ! Well, they probably made an exception for him... ;)

 

I'm pretty sure that only applies to the Mona Lisa (which is still pretty easy to take a picture of anyway), as they don't want it to degrade, but I think photography is a go anywhere else in the Louvre. Granted, I was there like 4 or 5 years ago, so that could have changed by now!

 

Also, how funny does Guy look in that picture? I don't think he's ever knowingly smiled for a picture before. :laugh4:

[Texasluvsjonny]

I went to the Louvre a few years back and they allowed pics. Couldn't bring in a back pack, but they let me take pics everywhere.

[Carlaatje]

He missed an apostrophe off "it's" :uhoh:

 

Sorry, I can't help it. I'm sick :disappointed:

 

I ust be killing you then? :D

[Mimixxx]

Not at all :D

 

Plus English is your second language, Guy has no excuse :P

[busybeeburns]

Will: "Lyon might've been the best gig we've done"

 

September 11, 2008 9:09 am

Coldplay.com catches up with Will

 

 

Hello Will. Where are you?

I'm in Paris, in the environs of the Bercy dressing room complex.

 

How's the European tour been going so far?

Very well thank you.

 

Does it feel different to the North American tour?

Yeah, it does. We've changed the set slightly. We felt like for the American tour we had to come out guns blazing and we didn't really feel confident about a couple of the new songs yet. But I think with the record having been out a little longer, people are getting used to its songs. We also had people like Phil saying that Cemeteries Of London, for example, has been going down really well in Europe and online and all that. So we thought, let's try and branch out a little. We're doing a couple of newer additions, Cemeteries being the main one.

 

It must be nice to keep changing things.

Definitely. It keeps it fresh. Our problem in the past was that we'd settle upon a set and love it so much that we didn't really tend to change it.

 

Does a European crowd seem noticeably different to an American one?

It's different fom crowd to crowd, really. But they seem to have really gone for Viva in France. We didn't really feel that we'd done as well as we could've done in France. I think the addition of the French flag on the album cover probably didn't do too much damage! But Viva really took off when we were in Lyon. Actually, I think that might've been the best gig we've done, to date. It was really, really good.

 

In what sense?

Just the general reaction to songs. We're used to people singing along to the big songs and then politely clapping to the other ones. But in Lyon it was literally like every song was a Number One smash hit. Which is a very good feeling.

 

Of course the big change for you personally on this tour is that you're singing.

I am! It's quite difficult, because that section of the show is logistically tough. It's hard to get guitars and mics sounding good up there at the back of the crowd. Plus, Chris sings in the first song, then I sing in the second one and he's got a much stronger voice than I have. So it's quite difficult to get all the balances and everything right. But it's coming along.

 

It must feel quite strange having drummed with the band for ten years to suddenly be singing.

I've always sung backing vocals, but, yeah, it is quite odd. I never felt that I had a voice for lead vocals. It's quite an anonymous voice, I think, that blends well into backing vocals. But I'm trying to expand my repertoire. I haven't branched out yet, but I'd like to.

 

What else might we expect from you?

I was thinking perhaps a bit of Bon Jovi.

 

Could this be the beginning of the Will Champion solo career?

No, indeed not. Probably the end.

 

So, according to the papers, you chaps made it to the Andorra v England football game before the show in Barcelona on Saturday.

Yes, we saw the first half. We had to go after that. We got back to the venue just before 9pm and we were on stage about half an hour later.

 

The papers claimed you'd pushed back the gig to see the whole game.

No, not at all. Was that really in the paper? If we'd put it back, we'd have stayed for the whole game and not left at half time!

 

How was the first half?

Fairly uneventful. It was odd, actually, being at an away game and there being something like ten thousand English people and probably about 500 Andorrans. Great stadium, though. It was the Olympic stadium, up on the hill.

 

Do you have any advice for England's manager, Mr Capello?

Um, I think it was obvious where the faults were from the first half and I think he did well to correct them. He brought on Joe Cole on the left side which I thought was a very good move, because Downing wasn't having a particularly good game. I mean the half we saw, which ended goalless, didn't instill us with great confidence. But then as Jonny and I discussed at length, it's almost impossible to play against a team that has ten men behind the ball at all times, who haven't come to score, let alone win. But England did alright. I don't think it was as bad as everyone suggested. They still got the win in the end.

 

Moving back to Coldplay, we spoke to Albert Hammond Jr last week, who was telling us that you pick your own support acts.

Absolutely. Providing they're available and providing they want to do it. We don't force people to come on the road with us!

 

Have you enjoyed the three you've had so far? [Albert, Santogold and Shearwater.]

Yeah, they've all been brilliant, to be honest. We've been very lucky.

 

And what have you been listening to lately?

Actually, I've mainly been listening to Learn Spanish with Michel Thomas.

 

How's it going?

Muy bien gracias.

 

Good work!

I really enjoy trying to speak Spanish. It's always been a goal for me to speak another language properly, so I'm going to see it through.

 

Presumably there's only so far you can go with CD lessons?

Actually, they're really good. It gives you great confidence right from the very first bit. It's fantastic.

 

Have you been listening to any music too?

Eugene Francis Jnr and the Juniors are a great band that I discovered. It's strange folk-based, slightly electronic stuff, with lots of singing. There's about nine of them in the band and they're just fantastic. I highly recommend visiting their website, soonly.

 

Now, about your drumkit. Are there any changes to it for this tour?

Only in colouration. All of our instruments have been painted by our lovely assistant Vicki. She's done a fantastic job - far, far above and beyond the call of duty. Every single item that's painted in our collection of instruments was done by Vicki.

 

Wow.

I know. She's a very talented artist.

 

Do you get through a lot of drum skins?

Normally they're changed every other gig, I would say. For some reason I don't break as many sticks as I used to, though. I used to get through lots of them. I think I must've found the right stick.

 

What sort of sticks do you use?

They are Pro-Mark 5Bs, I believe.

 

What makes them stand out from another drum stick?

They just seem a lot more sturdy, for some reason. Or maybe I'm just getting soft in my old age.

 

Well, it sounds like you're all enjoying the tour.

So far, so good, yeah. We're just so grateful that the album's done well and people seem to get it. This would be a very different conversation if it wasn't as good as it could've been. And we're so pleased that Viva is doing well as a single. For a long time, it wasn't even going to be on the album.

 

Which would've been insane.

Well it was funny, because it took a long time to get it right. It wasn't until the very end that it actually came good.

 

And it's turned out to be your biggest hit.

Yes, ever. Without a shadow of a doubt.

 

It's also a classic football chant in the making.

Oh, yeah, definitely. We were saying we want to get the sheet music to whoever it is that plays the trumpet at the England games. I'd love it to be sung on the terraces.

 

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