Woo! :dance: we must be getting close to LP5 if they've updated the Timeline to 2010!

They're updating the timeline, I like it!

:lol: poor Phil! They all looked rather nervous, well Will didn't :P

So this is officially Prospekt's writing, with Phil's signature! If somebody still had any doubt, that's a first real proof, right?

and there's also the pic of Phil holding a sign that said "Hello Coldplaying" on the last live photoblog.

atlast the album is being released:awesome:

Well, hopefully, that is. I'm still holding out for a summer release (perhaps after Glasto??) but my head is telling me to not expect it 'till the autumn :nod:

^Your head is wrong.To me anyway :P

I should hope :nod: (I just discovered that this smilie is made of awesome, can you tell? :P )

haha lovely phil and his lovely belly :P :P When will they put new Studiofeed!! ohh It took ages !!

I should hope :nod: (I just discovered that this smilie is made of awesome, can you tell? :P )

 

I am blinded by the awesome.:P

You know what? I like your attitude! :hug:

^:hug: My attitude likes yours too!:nice:

Lollapalooza headline show announced

26 April 2011 3:12 pm

Coldplay to perform at Chicago festival in August

 

Good afternoon, we're pleased to report that Coldplay have added a North American date to their summer of festival shows. The band will headline this year's Lollapalooza festival which takes place in Chicago's Grant Park from August 5th-7th. It hasn't yet been announced which particular day Coldplay will perform on (we'll let you know as soon as it's revealed).

 

Three day passes for the festival, costing $215, are on sale now from the official Lollapalooza website.

 

For the full list of Coldplay's summer 2011 shows, click here.

 

Anchorman

^ Ha ha, they're headlining with Eminem, that ought to be interesting.

Really though, Lallapalooza has changed through the years. :| Look at the 2003 lineup and tell me you'd ever expect Coldplay to perform there.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lollapalooza_lineups_by_year

 

 

edit: And with this being in Chicago, on the shores of Lake Michigan... it would be nifty if they could wrangle up Kanye for an impromptu perfromance of 'Homecoming'.

How much are the tickets for one day?

I dnt want to get the 3day package :/

Coldplay, Eminem, Foo Fighters and Muse? Fucking hell. The one time I wish I lived in Chi town. :/

Roadie #42 - Blog #130

27 April 2011 8:03 pm

#42 is busying himself for festival season

 

We had an email go around recently from our fearless new production manager (you’d bloody have to be…), Wob Roberts. It had the subject line “More changes - No change there”. Now, that could come across as snidey moaning, but given Wob’s unflappable nature, it’s clearly just the knowing wink of someone who’s seen it all before.

 

The process of getting a tour together, much like any creative endeavour, is something that starts with a blank sheet of paper (or in the festivals’ case, an empty field). The change from the empty field to the huge event doesn’t happen in one big lightswitch-like flick. It happens over the course of an incredible number of planning meetings, decisions, experiments, triumphs and trashings.

 

The entire journey is a procession of changes - some tiny, some huge, but all whizzing past you and altering the landscape at an alarming rate. When you first experience this, it can feel very uncomfortable. There is almost nothing solid to build from, because nothing stays the same for very long.

 

It never really gets any easier, you just get better at ignoring the voice in your head that is constantly screaming “run away”.

 

None of this is to say it’s any less unsettling. When one job is reliant on another being finished so that you can get started being ready for a third, things can soon get quite interesting. When the deadline for the thing you’re waiting on shifts a few weeks back and the thing you need to be ready for gets shifted forwards - you’re left needing to finish the job two weeks before being in a position to even start it.

 

Anyway, nobody likes a moaner and in reality, besides the workload, I’m looking forward to escaping from the studio for a bit.

 

 

The fellas themselves are on great form. Perhaps it’s the weather, perhaps it’s the idea of escaping from the studio and going outdoors to make a massive noise again, who knows? I’ve just come up the stairs past the ‘art room’. This often acts as a meeting room and a place to listen back to work in progress. The door was firmly closed. I always assume there are serious discussions and furrowed brows when the door is closed, but as I pass, I hear Jonny make a comment and Phil explode in genuine and joyous laughter. Sounds like the vibe is very up.

 

The greatest thing for me about the festivals, is that they’re a very solid framework for what’s coming up. Everyone knows where they’ll be and what they’ll be doing for a good deal of the summer - and in an environment where constant change whips you like the wind, having absolute certainty about something (or the closest you get to it in this game) is a very good thing.

 

Hope it stays sunny…

 

R#42

"I hear Jonny make a comment and Phil explode in genuine and joyous laughter. Sounds like the vibe is very up."

 

YAY! >gets excited<

I didn't really thought I would say this someday but... 1 update in weeks, and it's "festivals are coming", with the 55698th picture of a microphone? :dozey:

 

It's always nice to hear from them, and it must be pretty difficult for 42 to make a blog without real material but come oooooon

unbelievable. no real update from 42 at all. very annoying.

* predicts someone will try to zoom in / clarify the writing and lyrics on the papers in the picture *

Yea its hard to not be a little annoyed.Nothing really interesting here.I liked Prospekt's updates a lot better during the recording process!

exactly. Prospekts = Phil gave us real updates. Not this non-sense.

Sum it all up.

 

 

= We're going to tour and we we so excited.

* predicts someone will try to zoom in / clarify the writing and lyrics on the papers in the picture *

 

I hope so!