the text below the pictures is hilarious :lol:

 

The captions are why I love these pictures.

Photospams with captions are glorious. Anchorman's captions are brilliant. Love the one about Coldplay being from Sweden.

Photospams with captions are glorious. Anchorman's captions are brilliant. Love the one about Coldplay being from Sweden.

 

from Poland!

Anchorman is my favorite.

 

 

someone should make an A-man appreciation thread. :P

from Poland!

 

 

Shit, you're right! Oops on my part! :x

Anybody else unable to load Coldplay.com?

Anchorman is my favorite.

 

 

someone should make an A-man appreciation thread. :P

 

This! I don't even know who he really is but I love him!:wacky:

Nobody posted the last update? Well, good that I'm back ;)

yes - where have you been?? :nice:

Photospams with captions are glorious. Anchorman's captions are brilliant. Love the one about Coldplay being from Sweden.

 

 

:lol: I laughed really hard when I read that--my family thought I was crazy until I told them it was about Coldplay, then they just rolled their eyes.

 

I think someone else already mentioned it it was Poland ;)

Photos from Coldplay's first Polish show

1 July 2011 6:07 pm

We tagged along to Open'er last night, and took some pictures

 

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Good evening. Last night, we went along to see Coldplay's first ever show in Poland. We didn't do a live blog (the internet connection was terrible) but we did take a bunch of pictures which we thought you might like to see. And so here they are:

 

Poland, looking pretty from the sky

 

At the airport, working out exactly where we were

 

On the way to Open'er, which takes place in Gdynia

 

Coldplay soundman/producer Dan Green doing a bit of work before the show

 

Stern toilets

 

Open'er takes place on the site of an old military airport - and the various bunkers are put to good use

 

We'd probably rather have three soups than one portion of neck

 

Here's Death, killing time

 

And here is trying to knock a chap into a pool of balls. As you do

 

A brisk trade at the stall selling Coldplay music

 

The rather lovely Open'er big wheel

 

This photo, we're sure you'll agree, is a bit "arty"

 

Wonder if she knows that's there

 

Open'er's portaloo promenade

 

A guard, guarding something

 

We had the borsch. It was lovely.

 

A chap on one of those motorised parachute things, getting a great view

 

Some fireman on their engine, also getting a great view

 

The National were on directly before Coldplay and they were excellent

 

Great to see so many fans in the crowd (considering it was Coldplay's first ever Polish show)

 

The Polish label presented the band with some discs. As you can tell, spirits were high

 

Seconds before going on...

 

The moment they'd been waiting a decade for

 

And we're off

 

From the first song, the response from the crowd was amazing

 

It was a very big crowd, too. And so onto some more live shots...

 

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Little known fact: Coldplay are actually *from* Poland (not even the band know this)

 

 

 

 

 

Big thanks from the band for what was a genuinely wonderful crowd

 

Until next time, Poland

 

And with that, goodbye

 

Oh, and here's a mobile phone video of that mighty crowd roaring along to Viva.

 

 

It was another top night, on what's becoming a pretty special run of shows.

 

Anchorman

^ I forgot about the 'death, killing time' one and the 'I wonder if she knows that's there'

 

Those are great :laugh4:

yes - where have you been?? :nice:

 

Arras and Vlissingen, but I'm glad to be home again :)

Arras and Vlissingen, but I'm glad to be home again :)

 

wow nice! i hope you had a nice trip! so.. welcome home :pleased:

wow nice! i hope you had a nice trip! so.. welcome home :pleased:

 

Thank you :nice: And MSF was amazing!

T in the Park show to be broadcast by BBC3

6 July 2011 1:51 pm

Saturday's headline slot to be shown live on UK TV

 

Good afternoon. On Saturday night, Coldplay will headline this year's T in the Park festival in Balado, Scotland. If you live in the UK but can't make it along, you'll be able to watch the whole set live on BBC3 and BBC HD, from 10pm. It's also due to be available on the BBC's website afterwards (with one track viewable worldwide).

 

Anchorman

Coldplay to play Atlanta's Music Midtown Festival

6 July 2011 5:44 pm

Band to headline festival in September

 

Good evening. We're pleased to report that Coldplay will headline this year's Music Midtown festival, which takes place in Atlanta's Piedmont Park on Saturday, September 24th. Other acts playing include The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, Manchester Orchestra, Young The Giant, Band of Skulls, Joy Formidable, The Constellations, Mona and The Postelles.

 

General admission tickets cost just $55.00 + $1.00 for Centers of Hope. They go on general sale on Saturday, July 16th @ 10AM EST at http://www.musicmidtown.com, http://www.livenation.com or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

 

Anchorman

^ I forgot about the 'death, killing time' one and the 'I wonder if she knows that's there'

 

Those are great :laugh4:

 

:lol: I still get a big kick out of those. :P

Oh my, I still haven't read the last blog. :embarrassed:

Saw it in Arras, thought "tl;dr" and then forgot it existed! :lol:

New Roadie 42 blog !

 

 

 

Roadie #42 - Blog #137

7 July 2011 1:15 pm

#42 and the continuing European festival adventure

 

 

There’s an urban myth that a frog can’t discern tiny changes in temperature - meaning that you can plop it in a pan of cold water and if you turn the heat up slowly enough it won’t realise it’s being boiled alive.

 

Now, this is apparently untrue and obviously I don’t condone any kind of animal cruelty, but as an analogy, it’s quite apt. For most of the touring party, it feels like the final applause of the Glastonbury show marked the point at which the pan came off the hob and we were returned to our natural habitat. It’s not like we didn’t know there was stress in the air, just that most of us hadn’t realised quite how far from comfortable we’d travelled, as everything just kept ratcheting up a tiny bit at a time.

 

I can’t even begin to imagine how it’s been for the band. On top of all that we’ve been dealing with, they’ve been finishing a record, mixing, sorting out track-listing, photos, videos, promo, last minute extra songs - all of this on top, plus the ever present knowledge that they’re big enough now that there’s plenty of cynical snipers who’d love to see them fail just - well, just *because*.

 

Standing around nursing a beer after the Glastonbury show, someone asks me “so, do you get some time off now?”. “Oh yes” I reply. “Nothing now for at least…..” (Swig) “two days”. A month of total collapse would have been nice, but that’s not really how things work. Despite the schedule though, the relief of a major milestone passed is enough to see everyone in very good form as we head off for Gothenburg.

 

The Gothenburg show itself is hugely relaxed. It's a compact festival in a lovely wooded spot. The smaller crowd after Glastonbury makes it feel a little like doing a show in someone’s back garden (although, in some ways, that’s exactly how Glastonbury could be described).

 

 

The one standout memory of the Gothenberg show for me was the look of joy on Guy’s face throughout. I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen him look so much like he’s enjoying himself so much on stage for a long time. Funny, he never looks stressed….

 

Then, on to Poland. Somehow, Coldplay have never made a visit here before. Whether it’s that, or just the general up-for-it nature of the crowd I’m not sure, but it was a very raucous show out front. There were some pretty unpleasant looking crowd surges before the show proper started. It’s never nice seeing people looking uncomfortable, or even frightened when you look out from the stage. I’ve definitely never seen as many people passed over the barrier in one Coldplay set as that night.

 

Having said all of that, once the show settled in, they were a gloriously bonkers bunch. Completely unexpected, as well. Generally, you know that when you get to Scotland, Italy or South America, they’re going to blow you away, but I genuinely don’t think anyone had any expectations at all here. Turning up and find such a massively enthusiastic audience is a real bonus. They’re noisy for every song, greeting even the new stuff like old favourites. Chris himself asks partway through the show “Why did we wait so long to come here?”. I have to agree.

 

 

The Werchter festival is one we’ve done more than once before. Belgium, it must be said, is a pretty tiny country. This makes the size of the festival crowd here all the more striking.

 

The lineup too, is mighty impressive. Not only are Elbow gracefully floating through the air as arrive, but there is also PJ Harvey and Portishead on the main stage today. Now PJ Harvey, I worked for very briefly just before Coldplay, but Portishead I’ve never seen live before at all.

 

I wander up to the side of the stage to watch some of Polly’s set and I’m flanked by half of Elbow and a good showing from Portishead. It’s a total Brit invasion and it seems, a complete mutual fanclub.

 

My only memory of the show itself was feeling rather uncomfortable feeling at hearing onstage soundman Chris Wood explaining that he was having to constantly reset his digital mixing desk. Amongst words you don’t really want to hear in your in-ear monitors just as the intro tape rolls, I’d rate quite highly Chris Wood saying “Get the screwdrivers out Connor”.

 

 

We make it through with only minimal disruption, but I can’t help thinking how fortunate we are that this wasn’t going on amidst the tightly-wound Glastonbury changeover.

 

I hitch a ride from Werchter to Arras on one of the crew buses. The shows are back to back, so it gives me a chance to be on site early the next day to do a bunch of tidying up in my rig that’s been somewhat overdue since first rehearsals.

 

It starts to dawn on me though, that the crew are still hammering a pretty fierce schedule. Back to back festivals means finishing load out at 2 or 3 in the morning, then getting all the toys back out again a few hours later at 6 or 7am to be set up and fully checked before the festival opens to the punters.

 

This means that most of the crew are pretty much frazzled to a crisp by now. Sleep has to be grabbed more than once a day in short bursts whenever the opportunity arises. I note that following Arras there’s a bus journey of 25 hours to get to Portugal. I predict some pretty broken folks staggering off the crew bus in London at the end of this leg…

 

The Arras gig is set in a square, amongst some gorgeous, slightly worn old French architecture - very French revolution and VIVA… You also know you’re in France when you overhear someone in catering enthuse “check out the fresh fruit bar - it’s behind the baguette stand”.

 

 

The gig itself comes with its own share of gremlins. In My Place gets derailed when Will throws himself so enthusiastically into it that his in-ear monitors become completely unplugged. The orchestra parts go off in one direction, as he bravely struggles to get things back on track, unknowingly taking a slightly different route…

 

There’s all manner of other little brain-farts and fuck-ups along the way, making it an unexpected struggle to get through the set. As ever, the crowd carry them through and the band’s complete unwillingness to let things go south prevails. I was expecting a somewhat subdued and emotionally dark flight home, but the band are in high spirits, having wrestled the show into submission and come out resolutely on top

 

Maybe we’re not quite off the stove just yet…

why do I find it so amusing that R42 actually said "brain fart"

 

*gigglesnort*

the 1st pic is awesome

why do I find it so amusing that R42 actually said "brain fart"

 

*gigglesnort*

 

:lol::laugh3:

Win tickets to Coldplay's iTunes Festival show

7 July 2011 5:10 pm

We have 25 pairs of tickets to give away to Coldplay.com readers

 

 

If the entry form doesn't show up, please click here.

 

From the blog: "The one standout memory of the Gothenberg show for me was the look of joy on Guy’s face throughout. I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen him look so much like he’s enjoying himself so much on stage for a long time."

 

Aw, I´ve noticed that, dear Roadie and I really aprecciate that!