Great interview! :)

Awww. What a lovely story :)

It's amazing... Gosh, I really believe it was fate. I mean... Even what happened during Fix You... And Charlie Brown's lyrics... And the moment when he got the inspiration... And...

 

It was fate.

 

 

I'm just speechless. :')

 

 

:heart:

Great and interesting interview.

 

And they used the Ahoy picture :D:D

WATCH THE CHARLIE BROWN VIDEO!

3 February 2012 8:15 am

Check out the brand new video for Coldplay's new single

 

Good morning. Here is the brand new video for Coldplay's next single, Charlie Brown. It was directed by Mat Whitecross and filmed in London.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTFBJgnNgU4]Coldplay - Charlie Brown - YouTube[/ame]

 

Anchorman

James Levy & The Blood Red Rose album out today

6 February 2012 3:41 pm

Album produced by Guy Berryman available now

 

[ame=http://soundcloud.com/heavenlyrecordings/hvnlp90-james-levy-the-blood]HVN236 - James Levy & The Blood Red Rose 'Sneak Into My Room' by heavenlyrecordings on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free[/ame]

 

Good afternoon. Today see the worldwide release (excluding, for now, the USA) of Pray To Be Free, the new album from James Levy & The Blood Red Rose. The album was produced by Coldplay's very own Guy Berryman, who had this to say about it: “The songs document romance in all its guises; dark, twisted, hopeful and joyful. The sounds, drawing upon classic arrangements from the '50s and '60s, are melodic and lush and are hopefully a breath of fresh air in a world dominated by urban electronica.”

 

Click the links if you'd like to get hold of the album: Amazon / iTunes / Rough Trade

 

Anchorman

Mylo Xyloto $6.99 on US iTunes this week

13 February 2012 2:15 pm

Album on special offer this week

 

Good afternoon. For the next few days, Mylo Xyloto is available from the U.S. iTunes Store for the reduced price of just $6.99. Click here if you'd like to download the album now. (And, as ever, thanks to all of you who've bought it already.)

 

Anchorman

BBC Radio 2 interview tonight - listen live online

14 February 2012 4:26 pm

Hear the band chatting to Jo Whiley wherever you are

 

Good afternoon. On tonight's Jo Whiley show on BBC Radio 2, you can hear the band chatting exclusively ahead of the BRIT Awards (plus Jo will be playing tracks from Mylo Xyloto). You can listen live online - wherever you are - by clicking here. The show begins at 8pm (click here to find out what time that is where you are). If you miss it, you'll be able to listen online for seven days.

 

Oh, and don't forget you can still vote for Coldplay to win Best Group at the BRITs by clicking here (thanks very much).

 

Anchorman

Jo Whiley

A pic of the band after our chat pic.twitter.com/KO7zNb27

 

I like her jacket! :D

I really like her outfit :wacko: Great jacket indeed, and the shoes are amazing :awesome:

Roadie #42 - Blog #163

17 February 2012 5:13 pm

#42 gives his perspective on last weekend's Grammy Awards in LA

 

They’re a funny thing, awards shows.

 

 

I guess then, that if Glastonbury is the “Beatles of festivals” as CM once quipped, then the Grammys is pretty much the toppermost of the poppermost when it comes to awards shows - and hence the funniest of funny things.

 

In my more sour roadie moments, I’ve likened working at awards shows to going to a slightly stiff family wedding - you know that you have to go, but you’re pretty sure you're not exactly going to *enjoy* it - and you’re damn sure that you’ll be glad when it’s over.

 

I guess the oddest thing for me, is that they carry all of the weight and importance of a large show (a Glastonbury, say), but offer none of the joyous release when the audience connects, or when the band leave the stage and all that preparation and worry have paid off.

 

It’s partly, of course, down to our involvement amounting to a mere few minutes. In a regular show, that’d be enough time for the intro tape to roll and the band to get through the instrumental MX intro. It’s also partly due to a sense of perhaps not really belonging. We’re kind of distantly related to the people here, but we don’t really know if we’re *part* of it.

 

A funny thing happens as the rehearsal and show days move past, though. Wandering around the backstage corridor which rings the entire arena, there are a lot of familiar faces. Folks who’ve helped us out in the past - crew who’ve treated us well here before and make time for a smile and nod or perhaps a warm handshake as the show bustles on.

 

Further down the corridor, you can’t help but read the dressing room signs as you pass. Paul McCartney on the left, Bruce Springsteen to the right. I guess if you’re going to be part of a family, this isn’t exactly a bad bunch to find yourself among. The band have most definitely always had their sights aimed high in terms of becoming writers of classic and enduring songs - like those of the most distinguished folks here.

 

I wander up to check on my gear and then sneak down the seating to watch the show from the boom camera platform. Bruno Mars attempts to gee up the attendant industry crowd with a “rattle your jewellery”-style shout. The arena is full of folks from all corners of the music business.

 

Quite surprisingly, they all rise to their feet and show some love. (It’s an entire arena full of the music business and folks “in the biz”, after all, are notoriously “too cool for school”.) It suddenly occurs to me that all of these people have had their lives and careers driven by a desire to be closer to music - the same reason I’m here.

 

It’s a celebration of achievement, I guess. The artists, the folks who help them along the way. As with anything as personal as music though, trying to pick a “winner” is a strange concept at best. You can pretty much guarantee that every individual in the place would pick a vastly differing crop of favourites, but the point is that music itself is worth celebrating.

 

It’s a tough time to be in any way involved in music. You read worrying articles everywhere claiming doom and gloom all around in the industry. But there are plenty of people here that think music is important and that it’ll survive - and most of all, that getting together and making a fuss about it is a good idea.

 

Every time I visit the Grammys, I’m a little less cynical. With any luck, Coldplay will have a long and successful career that brings them back here time and time again. Who knows, if that happens, then by the time that they’re stately elders, I might even end up looking forward to it?

 

R42

Oh at last! Roadie 42 is back :)

Princess Of China lyrics video

18 February 2012 8:52 am

Now you can sing along to Coldplay's track with Rihanna

 

Good morning. We've added the official Princess Of China lyrics to the YouTube video with the track - so now you sing/read along while you listen.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDj3sorWXbE]Coldplay & Rihanna - Princess Of China (With Lyrics) - YouTube[/ame]

 

(Unfortunately the lyrics don't pop-up over the video on mobile devices.)

 

Anchorman

Get 20% off in the Coldplay Shop

19 February 2012 8:55 am

Save on all Coldplay T-shirts and accessories

 

 

Good morning. For a limited time, you can get 20% off all merchandise in the Coldplay Shop (excluding music) - which accepts orders worldwide, in GBP, USD or EUR. Just click here to visit the shop and enter the promo code COL20B12 at checkout.

 

Anchorman

Coldplay win Best British Group at the BRITs

22 February 2012 8:06 am

Watch their performance of Charlie Brown now

 

Good morning. Last night in London, Coldplay were named Best British Group at the BRIT Awards - making them the first band to ever win the award three times. As Chris said on Twitter, "Thank you so much to anyone who voted and got us a Brit tonight. It means a lot to us."

 

The band's live performance of Charlie Brown is already available to buy on the UK iTunes Store by clicking here (with at least 78p of the price going to the BRIT Trust). You can also watch the performance below:

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqEYKkjQEt0[/ame]

 

Happy days.

 

Anchorman

Roadie #42 - Blog #164

22 February 2012 10:02 pm

#42 reports back from the BRITs

 

New Year's Day is often referred to as “guaranteed first hangover of the year”. For the British music industry, I’d hazard a guess that the day after the BRIT Awards sees a hilariously impressive spike in the number of email accounts set to auto-respond with “I’m not in the office today”.

 

Somewhat disappointingly - or indeed not, I find myself fully able to function today. But then, I did have a job to do last night…

 

 

From a crew perspective, the show was pretty full-on for under four minutes' worth of telly. Huge pyro, lasers, a huge ‘orb’ crammed with even more strobes, lasers and exploding stuff. Once the band jumped off the stage, the gear was strapped in and the whole stage flown into the roof above the heads of the diners below until the end of the show. Never a dull moment.

 

I was set up way out the back behind the stage - definitely the furthest I’ve ever been from the band during a performance that I can remember. For the rehearsal day I was pretty incredulous as I heard Will hit his drums in my in-ear monitors a good second or two before the cavernous arena echo of it made its way back into the draughty loading dock where my gear was piled up.

 

 

I did manage to make my way out to watch Chris’s rehearsal with Noel Gallagher though. Back in the day, I used to work (and for some time *live*) in a rehearsal studio complex where Oasis spent a good deal of time. I always had a huge amount of respect for the way that Noel carried himself back then. Seems he’s still a gent, too.

 

 

Their tune kicks off and Chris is unsure quite how he’s going to fit his piano into the fearsome wall of sound. With a little work though, it all starts to come together.

 

 

The piano is right next to Noel’s amps. As you’d expect, this is the place to be for getting the full effect of the Gallagher guitar. Noel stamps on a pedal and starts of a loop of glorious noise. Immediately Chris is on his feet and shouting “what the hell is that?”.

 

Chris has his iPhone out to record it, excitedly proclaiming it the most amazing thing he’s ever heard. Noel is laughing as the pedal loops away through the stack.

 

Fast forward to the dressing room on the show day and Chris is handing me the pedal responsible for all the fuss. It turns out that Noel has come in today and motioned Chris over to his dressing room next door with the words “I’ve got a little present for yer…”

 

 

Chris is holding it with great reverence and excitement. “Can you record what’s in here immediately? And then give it Rik? We’re going to take it back to the studio and run it through Jonny’s rig and mic it up”. The pedal is only the size of a block of butter, but I find myself carrying it through the backstage in both hands as though dropping it could send the whole place up in smoke.

 

Where it’ll end up, I’ve no idea, but if it finds its way into a song, Noel could easily be playing on the next record without ever having set foot in the studio. Wonderful madness…

 

The show went pretty damn well, I thought. You may well have seen for yourselves. They won one, too - which is always nice.

 

 

 

 

 

In a further reminder of my previous life, Blur take to the stage to remind us all what a majestic noise they make. There’s an aftershow bar and a boat moored out the back of the venue, heading up the Thames for a boozy night out. I take the quiet option and slip out the back door. It’s been a pretty enjoyable couple days. No point in milking it…

 

R42

 

I love this. Collab please.

Awwwww Noel is such a nice fellow! :cheesy:

 

And this pedal has a funky design, haha! :D

US TV appearances + North American support acts

23 February 2012 12:36 pm

Two big TV performances coming up, plus supports confirmed

 

Good afternoon. We're pleased to report that Coldplay have confirmed two new TV appearances in the US. You can see the band performing a block party show on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live: After The Academy Awards, on Sunday, 26 February. They will also be making their debut on ABC's Good Morning America on Friday, 2 March.

 

In other North American news, we can confirm the support acts for the tour, which begins on April 17. They are Metronomy, The Pierces, Robyn, Wolf Gang, Marina and the Diamonds and Emeli Sandé. See below for the full itinerary:

 

APRIL

17 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place - Metronomy, The Pierces

18 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome - Metronomy, The Pierces

20 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena - Metronomy, The Pierces

21 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena - The Pierces

24 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena - Metronomy, The Pierces

25 Seattle, WA KeyArena - Metronomy, The Pierces

27 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion At San Jose - Metronomy, The Pierces

28 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion At San Jose - Metronomy, The Pierces

 

MAY

1 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl - Metronomy, The Pierces

2 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl - Metronomy, The Pierces

4 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl - Metronomy, The Pierces

 

JUNE

22 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center - Robyn, Wolf Gang

23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center - Robyn, Wolf Gang

25 Houston, TX Toyota Center - Robyn, Wolf Gang

26 Houston, TX Toyota Center - Robyn, Wolf Gang

28 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum - Robyn, Wolf Gang

29 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena - Robyn, Wolf Gang

 

JULY

2 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena - Robyn, Wolf Gang

3 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena - Robyn, Wolf Gang

5 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center - Robyn, Wolf Gang

6 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center - Robyn, Wolf Gang

8 Washington, DC Verizon Center - Robyn, Wolf Gang

9 Washington, DC Verizon Center - Robyn, Wolf Gang

23 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

24 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

26 Montreal, QC Bell Centre - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

27 Montreal, QC Bell Centre - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

29 Boston, MA TD Garden - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

30 Boston, MA TD Garden - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

 

AUGUST

1 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

3 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

4 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

7 Chicago, IL United Center - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

8 Chicago, IL United Center - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

10 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

11 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center - Marina and the Diamonds, Emeli Sandé

 

Anchorman

Metronomy ?! :o

 

Wow, people who are going to these gigs, you are so lucky! :awesome:

Marina and the Diamonds and Emeli Sandé in Detroit :nice:

^That's pretty awesome too :awesome:

Good Morning America[/url] on Friday, 2 March.

 

They are not in London the 2 march ?

Woo! I get Wolf Gang and Robyn in Dallas. :D I love Wolf Gang!