Awwwwwww I love the blog. Love the interview with C&J :dance:

 

Miller doesn't sound like I expected him to.

Awwwwwww I love the blog. Love the interview with C&J :dance:

 

Miller doesn't sound like I expected him to.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking, just watched the videos, they're brilliant!

What a great blog!! The interview is just plain amazing. Chris is so funny and Jonny is cute :jonny:. Love it!! :heart::heart::heart:!!!

They were loud, they were passionate and it was a phenomenally good night.

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Yay, "Shiver" live without the audience covering it all along :nice: :heart: I don't mind people singing along (I do the same :D) but in the other vids I saw, I couldn't hear the band play and that bothered me ;)

And funny interview but I had to listen to it 3 times before I get it :D

I love Chris, but he should stop talking about Radiohead and U2 its annoying.

"so we're back to being the poor man's Radiohead... well s'better than being the poor man's U2"

 

hahaha nice

 

Shiver isn't as good these days as it was, Chris's voice has degraded a bit, but I think it's about fucking time they played it again personally.

@Sirhc- Chris says they're back to being the poor man's Radiohead, which is better than being the poor man's U2. :D

 

Thanks!

Greetings from Bogota

March 5, 2010 9:26 am

Wish you were here

 

 

 

The Coldplay-shaped puppets on tour

Nice pic!

A trip to a beauty salon (or puppet clinic :P) wouldn't hurt though!

Oh well, one more week...

New, improved Exhibition Room

March 5, 2010 6:48 pm

Our digital gallery is now harder, better, faster and stronger

Good evening. This afternoon, we've updated The Exhibition Room - our digital art gallery - to make it work much more smoothly and quickly. Click here to check it out. We're quite pleased with it - hope you like it too.

 

And, don't forget, if you'd like to submit your own creation for consideration by the Curator, then click here to Exhibit Yourself.

 

Anchorman

 

Miller doesn't sound like I expected him to.

 

TOTALLY. It's all low and calm...

 

 

 

Kinda sexey if ya ask me :sneaky:

 

New, improved Exhibition Room

March 5, 2010 6:48 pm

Our digital gallery is now harder, better, faster and stronger

Good evening. This afternoon, we've updated The Exhibition Room - our digital art gallery - to make it work much more smoothly and quickly. Click here to check it out. We're quite pleased with it - hope you like it too.

 

And, don't forget, if you'd like to submit your own creation for consideration by the Curator, then click here to Exhibit Yourself.

 

Anchorman

 

 

that's a nice one!!! i always had a freeze with the old one..

TOTALLY. It's all low and calm...

 

 

 

Kinda sexey if ya ask me :sneaky:

 

leaaave it to the fangirls

coldplaying forum rule #1: If something or someone is a part of, works for, or has any direct connection to coldplay, fangirls will want to have sex with it/them.

The interview is amazing!:lol: U2 and Will Champion seem to be always in Chris's heart:rolleyes:

Btw, I cannot recognize what is the last thing Chris says here:( Somebody,help?...

leaaave it to the fangirls

:lol:

coldplaying forum rule #1: If something or someone is a part of, works for, or has any direct connection to coldplay, fangirls will want to have sex with it/them.

Ugh no :\

 

I was just making fun :bigcry:

Roadie #42 - Blog #114

March 6, 2010 3:54 pm

#42 and the Bogota barn-stormer

 

 

 

Now, don't get me wrong, - Argentina and Brazil were both fantastic. Each wonderful in their own way (largely down to the people and the response). For me personally though, things really get interesting when we leave for Bogota. Not for any reasons pertaining to one of their more well known exports, but because I've never been before.

 

When we last visited Latin America, we had almost a week in each city, which means that Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires actually felt quite familiar to me. I even remembered where my favourite place to get coffee was just around the corner from the Sao Paulo hotel.

 

Columbia though, is uncharted territory for us. As you become more of a boring road-worn old codger, visiting countries you've never been to before gets more and more rare. Just the simple fact that you're going into the unknown brings back the excitement of exploration and adventure that gave us all the ridiculous idea that this might be a good way to earn a living in the first place.

 

We fly up the continent and over the Amazon. The sun is low in the sky and glints over the rivers below us. Slowly it sinks into a stunningly gorgeous sunset. Brooke, (confetti cannon commander-in-chief) has a wander up to the flight-deck to watch it from there and tells me on his way back that the pilots have explained all about why the sunset over the amazon is so utterly magical. Something to do with carbon dioxide apparently.

 

 

People tell me I'm really lucky to have the job that I have. A lot of the time, the repetitive nature of things can obscure it a little. I've mentioned before that hearing the band soundchecking with a new song, or one they rarely play is always a good experience, as it throws you out of the phenomenon of the music just becoming a background noise you get used to. You get to hear the band a little more as other people do. Today it's hard not to see that job occasionally is just as others imagine it.

 

When we arrive at the hotel, there is a crowd of folks outside. This has been the way in every city so far and they've all been lovely people, without fail. I haven't ventured out to see them though, beyond filming a little of the chaos. Some of these folks have brought some amazing home-made gifts for the band. The vehicles disappear deep into the bowels of the hotel, but I decide to have a wander out to say hello.

 

These folks are so genuinely excited that the band are visiting their country that it's completely infectious. I tell them that actually, we're all pretty excited to be here too. The time they must have spent on the things they have brought is amazing. See for yourself...

 

 

The show site the next day is a lovely open park space overlooked by the mountains. We're actually treated to some sunshine for most of the day. I'm sure that the band have played to bigger crowds (in fact, according to the itinerary, the Sao Paulo crowd was twice as large at 68,000) the shape of the site here however (narrow, but very deep front to back) means that the crowd looks unbelievably huge. All the crew cameras come out in the changeover after Bat For Lashes.

 

 

Meanwhile, the crowd are going berserk already. "Olé, olé olé olé.... Coldplay, ColdplayColdplayColdplay" There's Viva chanting, there are roars of applause every time someone makes a noise with one of the band's instruments. And this is a good half hour before the intro-tape even rolls.

 

 

Once the band appear and the show gets rolling, they're singing every word, roaring and cheering in every pause. There's sound issues onstage with the sub-bass from the PA rattling and booming under the stage like a succession of 747s taking off in a particularly bad thunderstorm. On a normal night, this could be a real problem. When the crowd is giving off as much energy and excitement as this though, these things are seen in their rightful perspective. What matters tonight is that we're a long way from home and everyone is having a rollickingly good time.

 

Which is just as well really, cos that's exactly what's going on.

 

R#42

This coldplay puppets are so :awesome:

It seems they had an awesome time in Colombia :D

The crowd does look huge! Also the sunset picture is really cool.

Love the miniature Coldplay!

oh man that's a lot of people!:D

The High Wire's album out today

March 8, 2010 3:03 pm

Former Coldplay support act's new record is well worth a listen

 

 

Good afternoon. You might remember that Coldplay picked blissful, London-based popsters The High Wire to support them during the December 2008 UK tour. As Coldplay remain firm fans of the band, we wanted to let you know that their gorgeous new album, The Sleep Tape, is released today. Check out one of the tracks from the album below:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6H5iTeTRpU&feature=player_embedded]YouTube- The High Wire - Odds and Evens.wmv[/ame]

 

If you like what you hear, you can buy the album from Rough Trade, [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleep-Tape-High-Wire/dp/B002XGIHO0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1265034158&sr=8-1]Amazon[/ame], iTunes or HMV. Or, for further info and to hear more tunes, head over to the band's official site.

 

You can also read Coldplay.com's interview with the High Wire's singer, Tim Crompton, by clicking here.

 

Anchorman

I really like that song! :nice:

:escaping: *goes to listen to some more of the High Wire*

Roadie #42 - Blog #115

March 8, 2010 6:43 pm

#42, the bootleg merch and the Mexican singalong

 

 

 

Coldplay have history with Mexico. The Rush Of Blood tour finished here at the Palacio Des Deportes in 2003. The X&Y tour also finished up here in 2007. Now, we're putting Viva to bed here in 2010. Of course, there is also the fact that the artist Frida Kahlo was born here - and that she provided so much of the inspiration for the title and spirit of this record. Frida gets shouts out during both of the Mexico City shows. From the B-stage on night one and then (if memory serves correctly) during Politik on the second.

 

Mexico shows are always a treat, as the crowd are properly berserk. They are incredibly loud - so much so that even though I'm hidden away at the side of the stage and have earphones in, I have to put my hands over my ears at several points because the cheering is so loud it's making my ears go funny.

 

The band have also been getting the crowd to do the "Mexican cellphone wave" throughout the tour, ever since Andy and Ben from the video department first came up with the concept. Now, you can be pretty well assured that if you're going to be asking the crowd to do a Mexican wave, then Mexico City is going to be a pretty special night on that front - which it indeed is. It looks utterly spectacular as the mosquito-cloud of lights sweeps across the stadium.

 

Mexico is also remembered from previous visits for the huge number of "unofficial" merchandise stalls outside the gig. It's like a huge Sunday market with stall upon stall (upon stall) selling nothing but bootleg Coldplay gear. (Well, apart from the one that inexplicably has U2, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin posters, but we'll overlook that for now).

 

A roadie could easily fill their suitcase with just tat from these bootleg-merch-villages on the edge of the gig - and a quick wander out there to peruse what's on offer is pretty much essential. I receive an excited phone call from the Oracle, informing me that I simply MUST come out of the stadium for a look. Turns out there's a stall that seems to be almost entirely stocked with - joy of joys! Bootleg Roadie 42 gear!

 

 

One of the customers joining us at the stall, is none other than Mrs. Penny Harvey. As you can see, she is a woman of impeccable taste!

 

 

Yes folks, this is Phil "fifth member of Coldplay" Harvey's mum. Phil's folks have been with us for the past week or so and delightful people they are too. Penny is credited with being Coldplay's very first ever fan. In fact, I'm led to believe that Mr and Mrs Harvey were convinced by an enthused young Philip to invest in the production of the Safety EP - Coldplay's first ever recorded product. I expect that when they gave the band that first step up onto the ladder all those years ago, they had little idea they'd be screaming through Mexico City in a police escort to a stadium full of folks who knew every word.

 

The shows themselves have a lot to live up to. After the nights the band have done here in the past, we expect a lot from the Mexico City crowd. They deliver and exceed expectations for a great time. The spark ignites early and the shows are alight throughout.

 

One last thing to mention is the break before the first night's final encore. The crowd are singing something I don't recognise. It's plainly very well known here though, as it gets louder and louder until it's ringing around the stadium as one huge, almost deafening choir.

 

Then something happens that I have never before witnessed in all my years of touring. The band return to the stage, walk to the front edge - and sit down. They're taking in the scene, soaking up the sound of the crowd singing and looking out at the vast sea of humanity. The band being entertained by it's audience.

 

I had intended to speak to one of the locals to try to find out what the song being sung was and its significance. I also intended to ask the band what possessed them to just wander out to sit down and watch.

 

Somehow though, the moment was perfect as it was. It was glorious for the fact that it just came out of nowhere and appeared to have no rhyme or reason. Beautifully surreal. Understanding it could only dilute the memory.

 

 

For once, words fail me....

 

R#42.