Don't give it to Guy.

dang, you said the same as I did in another thread but quicker! :p

dang, you said the same as I did in another thread but quicker! :p

I be spry.

We've finished the album

9 September 2011 6:33 pm

And it goes a little like this...

 

 

PH

I would have much preferred MTM over ETIAW on the album. But with 14 songs, I suppose I can't complain too much.

We've finished the album

9 September 2011 6:33 pm

And it goes a little like this...

 

 

PH

 

Hahaha ! I guess whoever tried to guess the words behind DLIBYH got it right ! :laugh3:

I'm really curious about where the symbols will fit in..

apparently I could have. Sorry if my opinion offended some.

 

It didn't offend anybody, they just are amazed that you can't see the difference between wanting changes in the setlist, and hearing another 2 new songs to the list of songs off the album that have been played live first.

It's funny how each symbol goes with each song in the order it's presented :D

 

I can't wait to hear this whole album!!!

Roadie #42 - Blog #143

11 September 2011 9:01 pm

#42 reports back from the live debut of Paradise

 

Paris. Add a few more letters and you get “Paradise”. Quite fitting then, that it’s the first city in the world to get a public airing of the tune. Admittedly, it’s in a closed TV studio, for broadcast at a later date, but the point is that there’s a crowd of people here that are going to hear the song for the first time.

 

If there’s an uncomfortable silence when the track ends and tumbleweed rolling across the floor, it would surely bode rather badly for the imminent release on Monday. No surprise then, that folks are keen for today to go well.

 

TV shows are always a “hurry up and wait” affair. Long days with long stretches where other parts of the show are being attended to, so all you can do is sit and nurse a coffee, or bury your head in the laptop. Keeping busy is the best way to take your mind off the fact that in a few hours, you’ve got to get it right, but right now, there’s not actually anything you can do about it.

 

The band of course, are in promo mode, so they spend the afternoon at a hotel in the heart of the city fielding a barrage of questions from a horde of European press.

 

When they arrive for soundcheck, the weight of the day is beginning to show. Not only has the promo schedule been heavy, but the album has been declared officially “done”. This means no more fiddling, no more comfortable hiding in the studio saying “it’s not quite ready yet”. No more trying things out in one more different way.

 

Now begins the wait. Waiting to see what the world makes of it. Famously, the band have referred to this period between album completion and release as like the gap between finishing your exams and getting your results.

 

Understandably, then, the mood is a little tense.

 

Soundcheck takes far too long, everything gets fiddled with and changed, but finally, everyone is satisfied and we’re deemed ready to go.

 

With the audience in place and the cameras ready to roll, it’s explained that they shoot the last song of the show first. This means that Paradise is first up.

 

It dawns on me that this could easily be a mistake. It’s not even a Coldplay audience. It’s a TV show audience. Some of them will be here especially for Coldplay without a doubt, but many won't. There will be some who might even not like the band at all. Here they are launching into an unfamiliar tune to an audience they haven’t already won over.

 

Dav Rossi’s strings fill the air and it’s too late to contemplate all of this. Chris’s piano floats above and then the bass line drops like a wrecking ball. The crowd are on their feet and clapping in time. Jonny’s guitar gathers pace like he’s just discovered his brake line’s been cut. Will’s hip hop swagger pile-drives the tune into life and the whole thing is quite simply majestic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The crowd greet it like an old favourite and the response is unmistakeable. They’ve hit it out the park and the relief is immense.

 

They’re still a ways off getting their exam results yet, but I reckon we can put this one down as checking the textbook and realising that they’ve nailed the first paper.

 

R42

Soundcheck takes far too long

 

:nod: :lol:

I think the haters will vanish once the album actually comes out. It's all going to come together when we hear the album as a whole project, rather than bits of the new style.

 

Can't wait for tomorrow morning!

Ah! Im so excited!! I can hardly wait for paradise :dance:

just found on Sky channel 364 Q are showing a programme 'Coldplay: From Parachutes to Now' at 00:05. Thought i'd let people know :)

Very good news. It will be fantastic, to hear this performance at the end of October - even though by then they will have played the song a couple of times at other occasions. But still, it's the very first live performance, so it's a special one! People will love it!

http://lllgresi.tumblr.com/post/10115752468/approximatelyinfinite-coldplay-paradise-wtf

 

Coldplay-Paradise

Don't know if it official release or not.

awwwww look how the butterfly is flying around at ~4:19 :blush:

 

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Paradise is here, pre-order the album

12 September 2011 8:18 am

Hear the new single and reserve your copy of Mylo Xyloto

 

 

Good morning. Coldplay's new single, Paradise, has just made its debut on BBC Radio 1. You can hear the track in full below:

 

 

 

If you pre-order the album on iTunes now you will instantly receive a download of Paradise. The track is also available to purchase as a single download.

 

It's also been revealed this morning that another track from the album, Princess of China, features vocals by Rihanna (ooh!).

 

The CD, vinyl and Pop-Up editions of Mylo Xyloto are also now available to pre-order from our two stores (UK/rest of the world & USA/Canada). Here are the details.

 

POP-UP EDITION

Special limited edition Pop-Up Album version includes:

A 64 page 12" x 12" hardback book containing graffiti pop-up art designed by David A. Carter.

Exclusive 180-gram heavyweight graffiti-vinyl version of the album.

Selection of stickers and stencils.

CD version of the album.

36" x 12" colour poster of the band's graffiti wall.

Exclusive content including photographs, excerpts from the studio diary and the band's personal notebooks.

MP3 version of the album delivered on 24 October.

Released 12 December 2011

Pre-order from UK/rest of the world store: £49.99

Pre-order from the USA/Canada store: £79.99

 

CD EDITION

Tracklisting:

Mylo Xyloto

Hurts Like Heaven

Paradise

Charlie Brown

Us Against The World

M.M.I.X.

Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Major Minus

U.F.O.

Princess of China

Up In Flames

A Hopeful Transmission

Don't Let It Break Your Heart

Up With The Birds

 

Released 24 October 2011

 

Pre-order from the UK/rest of the world store: £8.99

Pre-order from the USA/Canada store: $14.99

 

VINYL EDITION

This 180-gram vinyl edition will include a 12" x 36" poster. It also includes an MP3 version of the album, delivered on 24 October.

 

Tracklisting:

Mylo Xyloto

Hurts Like Heaven

Paradise

Charlie Brown

Us Against The World

M.M.I.X.

Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Major Minus

U.F.O.

Princess of China

Up In Flames

A Hopeful Transmission

Don't Let It Break Your Heart

Up With The Birds

Released 24 October 2011

 

Pre-order from the UK/rest of the world store: £16.99

Pre-order from the USA/Canada store: $27.99

Friday's Austin City Limits show to stream live online

13 September 2011 4:00 pm

Watch the entire show on your computer

 

Good evening. This Friday night (16 Sept), Coldplay will headline the Austin City Limits festival in Texas. We're pleased to announce that the entire show will stream live worldwide on YouTube*.

 

The webcast will be shown at http://www.youtube.com/aclfestival at approximately 8:10pm CT / 2.10am UK time (click here to find out what time it is where you are).

 

The show will be repeated once in full afterwards. We'll let you know when we hear the timings for that.

 

Anchorman

 

* Apart from Germany. Sorry Germany (it wasn't our decision).

 

http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=783

Sweet! :D

Coldplay to play Children in Need Rocks Manchester

14 September 2011 8:20 am

Band to perform at Gary Barlow's charity show

 

 

 

 

Good morning. It's just been announced that Coldplay are part of the line-up for a special show Take That's Gary Barlow has put together in aid of the BBC Children in Need campaign. The line-up so far also includes Michael Buble, Elbow, JLS, Lady Gaga, Hugh Laurie, James Morrison, N Dubz, Snow Patrol and Ed Sheeran.

 

The concert takes place on Thursday November 17th at the M.E.N. Arena. As well as being broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD between 8pm and 10pm, the event will also simulcast on BBC Radio 1.

 

The evening will contain surprise guests and Appeal Films of the work BBC Children in Need does with disadvantaged children in the UK. There will also be some never-before seen surprise collaborations in honour of the event.

 

Tickets will go on sale at 9am on Friday 16th September and are priced £95, £85, £75, £65 and £55. Please visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey for full details and ways to get involved in this year’s appeal.

 

Anchorman

 

http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=784

Elbow and Hugh Laurie :cheesy:

i hope they realize how dangerous it is to have such amazingness as Coldplay and Hugh Laurie in the same place...

i hope they realize how dangerous it is to have such amazingness as Coldplay and Hugh Laurie in the same place...

Chris and Hugh Laurie :stunned:

 

 

 

 

There are so many things I could say about this situation, but I'll just post this smiley:

 

Chris and Hugh Laurie :stunned:

 

 

 

 

There are so many things I could say about this situation, but I'll just post this smiley:

 

Where is that chris martin/hugh laurie pic when you need it? :lol:

 

EDIT

Here it is

 

 

 

If they meet they'll morph and become just that :awesome: