I think they are referring to all the cables and "Mic",( microphones)being hooked up.

Hey. I'm trying to find out which Roadie #42 blog has the picture of the amps all miced up, can anyone help?

 

it's perhaps this one? (copied from the ping thread)

I think they are referring to all the cables and "Mic",( microphones)being hooked up.

 

ping[/url] thread)

Thank you!

That makes sense now!

I could only think of mice when I read it hahahah :facepalm:

Oh Anna:rolleyes::kiss:

Yes! That's the one. I know - saying microphoned doesn't quiet work though. Haha mice.

I could get it from the Ping thread as well - but I need to find the blog that has the picture.

Why what's the difference? :confused:

I could get it from the Ping thread as well - but I need to find the blog that has the picture.

 

Here you go: http://coldplay.com/post_popnews.php?id=297

 

It's Blog #66. :)

 

(Here's the archive of Roadie #42's blogs: http://coldplay.com/post_listroadie42.php)

Just to have them all gathered here (I love that you can search for keywords in this thread and the Oracle thread to find things you'd need aaaaages for to find on CP.com):

 

Guy-produced Pierces EP out now

October 21, 2010 2:27 pm

Buy the duo's four-track EP, produced by Guy and Rik Simpson

 

 

Good afternoon. You might remember that, a few weeks ago, we interviewed The Pierces, whose new music was co-produced, co-written and performed on by our very own Guy Berryman, alongside Coldplay producer Rik Simpson.

 

Well, their terrific 4-track Love You More EP is out now to download in the UK. You can also pre-order the CD single, ahead of its release on Monday (Oct 25th). Click the links below to get hold of your copy (and to hear samples of all four tracks):

 

- [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0045OWNA2?ie=UTF8&tag=coldplaycom-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B0045OWNA2]Download from Amazon.co.uk MP3[/ame] (for £1.69)

- Download from iTunes UK (for £1.99)

- [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0040X4Q0S?ie=UTF8&tag=coldplaycom-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B0040X4Q0S]Pre-order CD from Amazon.co.uk[/ame] (for £2.99, inc delivery)

 

We'll let you know as and when the EP is released outside the UK. Until then, check out the band's performance of the EP's title track on the BBC's Later with Jools Holland this week:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qRPyzQ2urQ]YouTube - The Pierces -- Love You More (on Later with Jools Holland)[/ame]

 

Anchorman

 

http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=658

^^ Thanks Anna, those girls are pretty.

Here you go: http://coldplay.com/post_popnews.php?id=297

 

It's Blog #66. :)

 

(Here's the archive of Roadie #42's blogs: http://coldplay.com/post_listroadie42.php)

 

Ahh thankyou ever so much!

Yeah, I was searching through the 42 archives, but I was just looking in the wrong period. Once again, many thankyous!

Nice Guy Johnny out this week

October 27, 2010 5:40 pm

New film from a former Coldplay support act

Good evening. When Coldplay performed at Madison Square Garden back in 2008, the band were supported by their friends The Blue Jackets. The guitarist in that band is the actor/writer/director Edward Burns - and we wanted to let you know about his great new film, Nice Guy Johnny*, which is out on iTunes and DVD in the US this week. Check out the trailer below:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBT00dP43_k&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Nice Guy Johnny Trailer - Official (HD)[/ame]

 

Click here to visit the film's official site, where you can also download a free track from the soundtrack.

 

Anchorman

 

* It's not about Coldplay's guitarist - who is a nice guy, but doesn't have an "h" in his name.

Ahh thankyou ever so much!

Yeah, I was searching through the 42 archives, but I was just looking in the wrong period. Once again, many thankyous!

 

I thought the picture was a recent one, so I was looking through the wrong period too for a while!

 

You're welcome! :nice: Glad I could help.

Just to have them all gathered here (I love that you can search for keywords in this thread and the Oracle thread to find things you'd need aaaaages for to find on CP.com):

 

Guy-produced Pierces EP out now

October 21, 2010 2:27 pm

Buy the duo's four-track EP, produced by Guy and Rik Simpson

 

 

Good afternoon. You might remember that, a few weeks ago, we interviewed The Pierces, whose new music was co-produced, co-written and performed on by our very own Guy Berryman, alongside Coldplay producer Rik Simpson.

 

Well, their terrific 4-track Love You More EP is out now to download in the UK. You can also pre-order the CD single, ahead of its release on Monday (Oct 25th). Click the links below to get hold of your copy (and to hear samples of all four tracks):

 

- Download from Amazon.co.uk MP3 (for £1.69)

- Download from iTunes UK (for £1.99)

- Pre-order CD from Amazon.co.uk (for £2.99, inc delivery)

 

We'll let you know as and when the EP is released outside the UK. Until then, check out the band's performance of the EP's title track on the BBC's Later with Jools Holland this week:

 

 

Anchorman

 

http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=658

 

These girls are fit, no wonder guy was producer;)

Simon Pegg Q&A: "If I don't get recognised, I say I'm in Coldplay"

October 29, 2010 4:39 pm

We caught up with the actor, comedian writer and honorary Coldplay member

 

The world might know Simon Pegg as the star of Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Star Trek and Mission Impossible III, but we know him as an honorary member of Coldplay. With his terrific new autobiography, [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1846058112?ie=UTF8&tag=coldplaycom-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1846058112]Nerd Do Well[/ame], just released, we thought now was a good time to ask him some questions. Happily, he was kind enough to answer them.

 

Hello Simon, how are you?

Very well, thank you. A little frazzled but still smiling.

 

It's just over ten years since you met Coldplay. What do you remember about that night at London's Millennium Dome?

I didn't want to go. My wife was looking after the band Toploader for Sony and I wasn't really a fan. In the end I decided to tag along just to see Chris and the boys having watched them play the NME stage at V2000. I had no idea that a year later I'd be playing alongside them on the main stage. Chris came up to me after the Dome show and said he was a fan of the sketch show Big Train which saved me having to go up to him to say I was a fan of Yellow. Eight years later I played with them on a slightly bigger stage at the same venue.

 

Simon performs with Coldplay at London's O2 in December 2008

 

And you've been friends with them ever since?

Yeah, he introduced me to the band and the rest is history. It was immediately apparent that they were destined for greatness. Not just because they stole the show but because they seemed possessed of this quiet determination. The sort of concentrated professionalism you see in older, more successful bands, the band they were to become. They had it from the beginning. This wasn't a game or a doss or a way to meet girls for them. You could tell they were serious. They've never lost that. It's why they're still around whilst everyone else on that bill has disappeared and why they will still be around 10 years from now.

 

Did you always think they'd reach the heights that they have?

I had faith in them, but it's hard to have faith in the industry because it's so fickle. It was clear they had what it takes though. There was passion and an almost studious resolve not to rest on their laurels. Chris has always had this tendency towards self effacement. He was apologising for Yellow back in 2000 because he was worried they'd played it too much. Ten years later people still go crazy when they hear those first few chords. I don't think he's stopped apologising for it though.

 

Of course, you've gone on to become a floating member of the band. Is it fun being in Coldplay?

I love it. Chris will ring up and say, 'Come and play tonight' and I will get nervous and tetchy and insist on some rehearsal which we'll do at the sound check. The boys will be incredibly amiable and laid back as though playing in front of tens of thousands of people is an everyday thing. Of course for them, it is. I am always amazed at how in the zone they are before the show. They never seem nervous and yet they are anything but laid back on stage. They seem perpetually at 100%. That makes me even more nervous when I blow into that harmonica. I have a lot to live up to.

 

Have you ever introduced yourself to a stranger by telling them you're in Coldplay?

All the time. If I don't get recognised for my own work and get asked about what I do for a living, I say I'm in Coldplay. It's always good to have something to fall back on.

 

You've appeared live with the band quite a few times over the years - at the Astoria, the O2, V Festival and even Wembley Stadium. Which was your best gig?

I loved doing the O2 Arena. It was a huge venue but still managed to be intimate, particularly as I appeared on the C stage for the 'up close and personal' section. I played the middle eight on Green Eyes and then we did Jingle Bells and wore silly hats because it was Christmas. I got my own Viva La Vida outfit and really felt like an honorary member. They've had a sense of looking like a band for a long time, the first time I played with them, at V2001, they asked me to wear a black shirt to remain in keeping with the band aesthetic. On the third night at the O2, I announced my decision to leave the band to the crowd and mentioned there was a helpline for anyone who found my actions distressing.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_8qt39KEbU]YouTube - Coldplay - Jingle Bells feat. Simon Pegg (O2 Arena, London)[/ame]

 

And what's the best Coldplay show you've ever watched from the crowd?

I have seen so many. I've lost count of the times I have seen them live. I guess my favourite would have to be when they did a gig in the corner of my local pub to raise money for the Whittington Hospital baby unit. Guy was poorly that night so it was just Chris, Jonny and Will, all on guitars. It was post Rush of Blood so they were already a global phenomenon. To see them banging out an acoustic version of Livin' on a Prayer in the corner of a little North London boozer was a real treat.

 

You've also appeared on a Coldplay recording - supplying backing vocals to Scientist B-side 1' 36". How did that come about? And are you proud of it?

I think I was just hanging out at the studio and Chris roped me in to shout 'YEAH!' at he end of the song. I am inordinately proud of it.

 

Legend has it you also came up with the name for another B-side, I Bloom Blaum? If so, please explain.

No, the song already existed and was named by Chris. The title is Icelandic for 'the blue people'. It was something Chris would sing when he picked up the guitar he keeps at my house. He played it one night and I fell in love with it straight away, so that on subsequent occasions I would insist he play it. When the band were putting the Rush of Blood singles together I suggested they include I Bloom Blaum as a B-side somewhere. Lo and behold, they did.

 

And you've even written songs with Chris. Is A+E a lost Coldplay classic?

In my opinion it's their best song ever. It's a sort of public information song about the benefits of going to the casualty department when you have an accident. The genius of it is that it is written entirely in the keys A and E.

 

Chris also made you Godfather to his first child. Speaking from several years of experience, what makes a good Godparent?

Chris is a great godfather to my daughter. It's about being a good influence and a fun presence. I conferred those duties upon Chris because I thought he would be inspirational as a person and a musician. He bought her a beautiful vintage 1968 Epiphone guitar for her first Christmas. He's doing well so far.

 

With the band currently locked away in the studio, can you give us any clues about how album #5 is sounding?

I haven't heard anything yet and I as much as I'd love to, I respect the creative process they have developed over the years. When Rush of Blood and X&Y was being recorded I heard a lot of stuff as it was being written. Me and Ian McCulloch were the first people outside the band to hear Clocks and I will never forget Chris bouncing around his living room to Politik, the first time he played it to my wife and I. Nowadays the process is less communal, they hole up in the Bakery and keep their cards close to their chest. I'm sure if I asked Chris he'd play me something, but I figure when he's ready he'll turn up at my house with a CD and his jazz shoes. I actually have a bunch of rare stuff he gave me in the early days. Live performances, demos and early versions of well known songs. I'm hanging onto those.

 

Meanwhile, your new autobiography, [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1846058112?ie=UTF8&tag=coldplaycom-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1846058112]Nerd Do Well[/ame], has just been published. Are you pleased with it?

Yes, I think it turned out great. Chris was one of the first people to read it, actually. He features in it so I thought it was only fair. It also features a fiction story which has me as a rugged, sexually adventurous superhero, just in case my real life gets boring.

 

And what else are you busy with?

John Landis's Burke & Hare is in cinemas now. I'm playing Reepicheep the mouse in the new Narnia film which comes out in December and on Feb 18th, 2011, prepare to meet Paul, written by myself and Nick Frost and starring Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver and Chris's mother-in-law, Blythe Danner.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7KvAyVnbw&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - BURKE AND HARE TRAILER[/ame]

Finally, we always ask our interviewees what their favourite Coldplay song is. What's yours?

That's a really tough one. It changes all the time. At the moment I love Glass of Water from the Prospekt's March EP because it's banging.

 

Simon's autobiography, Nerd Do Well, is out now. [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1846058112?ie=UTF8&tag=coldplaycom-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1846058112]Click here to buy it from Amazon[/ame].

Awwww! I love this interview! :heart: :nice:

How do I insert the other video?

I've done it for you :)

simon pegg is so wonderful :wacky:

I've done it for you :)

 

Thanks! But it won't show :confused:

AWESOME interview! Simon Pegg seems to be such a wonderful person :wacky:

Is A+E a lost Coldplay classic?

A+E? I don't understand that...what does it mean?:uhoh:

 

He bought her a beautiful vintage 1968 Epiphone guitar for her first Christmas. He's doing well so far.

D'awwwww!! :wacky:

 

I actually have a bunch of rare stuff he gave me in the early days. Live performances, demos and early versions of well known songs. I'm hanging onto those.

:wideeyed:

AWESOME interview! Simon Pegg seems to be such a wonderful person :wacky:A+E? I don't understand that...what does it mean?:uhoh:

 

Accident and Emergency...emergency department at a hospital.

 

Thanks! But it won't show :confused:

 

Oh...I can see it. :dizzy2: I put the YT version in instead [/fail] :P

Simon! :dance: Very nice interview :D

Awwww! I love this interview! :heart: :nice:

thanks! :nice:

Accident and Emergency...emergency department at a hospital.

 

 

 

Oh...I can see it. :dizzy2: I put the YT version in instead [/fail] :P

 

Thanks I didn't get it either, we call it ER- Emergency Room over the pond:lol: