Oh god these people who are doing this just piss me off! They are lucky enough to have the band THAT close but NO, OMG I'M ON THE SCREEN LOL BETTER POST IT ON FACEBOOK.

 

Like seriously, as Miller said, it looks freaking ridiculous!

THIS :nod:

Though I get the...uuh...human reflex of the "LOL I'm on a screen", but for maybe, like, half a second!

I don't know if I'd even think about that if I'm ever in that situation...

THIS :nod:

Though I get the...uuh...human reflex of the "LOL I'm on a screen", but for maybe, like, half a second!

I don't know if I'd even think about that if I'm ever in that situation...

 

My face took up the whole video screen at a show and I didn't even notice it. Lol A friend who was also at the show actually took a photo of it and sent it to me. How could I have missed it? I was too busy watching the boys five feet on front of me. Lol

Wow, and it's a very close-up shot :lol:

^ Haha, that's how it SHOULD look like: Pure euphoria! :lol:

 

I was on the screen as well a few times and NEVER noticed it (I got told after the concerts), because my eyes were everywhere but on the damn screen LOL.

Oh god these people who are doing this just piss me off! They are lucky enough to have the band THAT close but NO, OMG I'M ON THE SCREEN LOL BETTER POST IT ON FACEBOOK.

 

Like seriously, as Miller said, it looks freaking ridiculous!

 

It really is ridiculous!!! :nod: :facepalm:

 

THIS :nod:

Though I get the...uuh...human reflex of the "LOL I'm on a screen", but for maybe, like, half a second!

I don't know if I'd even think about that if I'm ever in that situation...

 

:nod: I wouldn't even care that much!

 

My face took up the whole video screen at a show and I didn't even notice it. Lol A friend who was also at the show actually took a photo of it and sent it to me. How could I have missed it? I was too busy watching the boys five feet on front of me. Lol

^ Haha, that's how it SHOULD look like: Pure euphoria! :lol:

 

I was on the screen as well a few times and NEVER noticed it (I got told after the concerts), because my eyes were everywhere but on the damn screen LOL.

 

:lol: Well these are just the way it should be!!!

I was lucky when I was super close on the Viva tour I had no screens to look at, not that I would have. I also dont get those who go and record the entire show on their phones. Like really people, if you are there to video-tape it all just wait for the DVD. I recorded about 2:00 of the wristbands to show my friends, that was it. Mind you Chris did catch me tweeting a couple times this go round.

 

As far as Miller said about the Canadian crowds, spot on. I was at the second Vancouver show and it was awesome. The band was into it and fed off of it. Night one apparently Chris didn't do much of the banter, but night two was full of banter, ad-libs and plenty of "everyone okay?"

 

For me they were better than the Viva tour on so many levels. I guess last time it was the end of a long leg and the camera's were there, so they get a bit nervous. U2 has said that they get nervous when the camera's are on.

My face took up the whole video screen at a show and I didn't even notice it. Lol A friend who was also at the show actually took a photo of it and sent it to me. How could I have missed it? I was too busy watching the boys five feet on front of me. Lol

 

^ Haha, that's how it SHOULD look like: Pure euphoria! :lol:

 

I was on the screen as well a few times and NEVER noticed it (I got told after the concerts), because my eyes were everywhere but on the damn screen LOL.

 

How cool :awesome:

But you're both right. That's the right behaviour ;)

I wouldn't have noticed it either :lol:

My face took up the whole video screen at a show and I didn't even notice it. Lol A friend who was also at the show actually took a photo of it and sent it to me. How could I have missed it? I was too busy watching the boys five feet on front of me. Lol

 

 

 

AND, after sooooo many shows, Chris turns around, glances at the screen and thinks.......:thinking: "Hmmm, I know her":laugh3:

 

 

It also looks as if, Will has an Earring with your head:)

Charli XCX and Here We Go Magic to open shows

30 April 2012 9:18 pm

Acts added to concerts in Manchester, Montreal, Chicago and Minneapolis

 

Good evening. Some new opening acts have been added for this summer's shows. London experimental popster Charli XCX (pictured above) will play the first slot in Manchester on 9 June, Chicago on 7 and 8 August and Minneapolis on 10 and 11 August. Meanwhile, Brooklyn indie rockers Here We Go Magic will open the shows in Montreal on 26 and 27 July. Check out tracks from both of them below:

 

[ame=http://soundcloud.com/charlixcx/charlixcx-nuclear-seasons]CharliXCX - Nuclear Seasons by charlixcx on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free[/ame]

 

[ame=http://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/song-of-thehere-we-go-magic]i-D Online: How Do I Know, Here We Go Magic by i-D online on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free[/ame]

 

Anchorman

Roadie #42 - Blog #169

2 May 2012 11:41 pm

#42 and the P45 microphone

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Sometimes, you’re just better off not knowing.

 

I was in the van after the second San Jose show, thinking to myself what a great time the fellas appeared to be having onstage lately. I couldn’t help but wonder why that was? Are the new songs more energetic, more celebratory? Have the crowd reactions been stronger? Maybe it’s the fact that after six months of promo, actually playing the songs to huge crowds is like a massive shot in the arm? After all, small rooms full of just a few crew and TV cameras can feel a little vibe-less and flat when compared with 15,000 folks making their feelings very much known.

 

But as I say, ultimately it doesn’t matter why. The fellas are clearly having a properly great time - and the shows have been total belters as a result. San Jose were a pretty damn loud crowd. Perhaps it’s been like this every night and I just spent more time with my earpieces out, taking it all in.

 

They’re most definitely in the zone right now. There have been tinkerings, though with some possible setlist additions in soundchecks. One of the Viva album tracks that only got a rare live outing has had a workout. I really hope it makes it back into the setlist, it’s one of my all time favourite Coldplay live tracks (particularly the ending when Jonny goes off into full on guitar hero territory).

 

They also played around with something from a long way back. It’s all a sign of a band very much alive and enjoying themselves. The possibilities keep appearing left and right for great additions, but the set right now is so killer that it’s tough to work out where to make substitutions. I’d call that a good problem to have…

 

 

Whilst I’m talking of day to day work, I don’t think I’ve mentioned my very exciting new microphone. Now, all of the “backline” crew, who look after the band’s instruments during the show have in-ear monitors (a radio receiver with little in-ear headphones moulded to fit their ear exactly). Woodsy, keeper of the medieval monitor underworld has constructed an elaborate system of microphones that lets us all shout up if there’s a problem or a request and everyone (including the soundcrew) hear it.

 

There’s also a mic next to Will’s drumkit (separate to his vocal mic) that is routed only to his drumtech Bash's ears and to mine for song cues. Communication from the band to the crew helps in all manner of situations (Chris shouts to Will that he wants to drop a song and do something else and Will can tell the crew, via Bash or I, immediately)

 

We’ve had all of this for some time now and it’s become absolutely invaluably helpful as the show has got more complex. Fast communication can make all the difference between a tiny problem and a huge one. It also just makes everything easier. Above all though, the “shout system” is the best source of entertainment for the roadie community since the self-stocking beer fridge.

 

This is never more evident than in the final minutes before showtime, when the adrenaline starts to kick in and the comms system becomes a comedy free for all. Usually it descends (like any group of five year olds given walkie talkies for the first time) into a combination of insults and seeing who can crack the most inappropriate gag.

 

Once the show proper is running, it’s all business. Too much chatter is a pain for everyone and breaks concentration. Long soundcheck jams though, are a time when the shout system heats up and becomes a hotbed of nonsense chatter. There has even been threats of a Karaoke competition on the shout system in soundchecks when Chris usually doesn’t sing, in an effort to preserve his voice.

 

 

The biggest nightmare then, is that the mics would be mis-routed and end up in the band’s in-ear monitors, not just ours. Apart from the fact that most of the chatter is humour at its most puerile, it would also be massively distracting for a band in mid-flow. It was very much with this in mind then, that when we discussed the fact that none of us could ever talk to the band and make them aware of a problem, there was a *lot* of wary caution.

 

It was decided that I should get a mic that could talk directly to Will should the need ever arise in a show. This mic became immediately referred to in emails as “The P45 mic”. (P45 being the form that your employer fills out in the UK when they fire you!) Obviously, I was going to have to be very, *very* careful to make sure I didn’t mix my two mics up. Wisecracking roadie banter into Will’s ears while he’s trying to propel the show from the back mightn’t lead to instant dismissal, but it’s definitely to be avoided at all costs.

 

Imagine my delight then, when I arrived for the first day of rehearsals weeks ago and found that Radio Rocket Scientist Ali Viles had already gone to great lengths with a spraycan to help me differentiate my “shout mic” from my “P45”.

 

 

Before I head off for the Hollywood Bowl, I shouldn’t forget to mention this wonderful outfit that someone wore to one of the San Jose shows. There was quite a lot of debate amongst the crew as to whether it was a wolf, a lion or a tiger. (It even went as far as a very confused radio call overheard backstage claiming that “there is a bear in the audience”.)

 

 

Whatever (and more importantly WHYever) the outfit had come to be at a Coldplay show, they looked to be having a great time - they even wore their wristband - and they had some great moves to boot.

 

Never a dull moment…

 

R42

*marks day on calendar that I beat Tash to posting something. :p

They might add Yes back to the setlist?!?! AWESOME

*marks day on calendar that I beat Tash to posting something. :p

 

:lol:

 

Enjoy, that must be a one-off thing.

why is it that I ALWAYS squee like a little girl every time a new Roadie 42 blog arrives on my twitter :laugh3:

 

a very old one.....see you soon maybe ? :rolleyes:

^ I was thinking about Spies or Sparks, but it could be. And: A VIVA SONG!!! :vuvuzela:

*marks day on calendar that I beat Tash to posting something. :p

 

Tash will come on here and go "Dang It":lol: She is pretty quick:D

*marks day on calendar that I beat Tash to posting something. :p

 

I need to sleep once in a while! :lol:

*marks day on calendar that I beat Tash to posting something. :p

hahaha :lol:

 

 

That's an amazing blog!

''One of the Viva album tracks that only got a rare live outing has had a workout. I really hope it makes it back into the setlist, it’s one of my all time favourite Coldplay live tracks (particularly the ending when Jonny goes off into full on guitar hero territory).''

 

That's definately Yes! That would be so great!

That's probably the best Roadie blog in my fangirling days! A Viva song.. any Viva song is extremely good!

If they bring Sparks on by the concerts in Charlotte or D.C., I will be one very, very happy fangirl.

RIP MCA

5 May 2012 8:45 am

A tribute to Adam Yauch

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVr4UP9ntLs]RIP MCA[/ame]

:heart:

 

Breathtaking

YES! One of the most under-rated Coldplay songs ever. If they bring that back I will be very happy.

''One of the Viva album tracks that only got a rare live outing has had a workout. I really hope it makes it back into the setlist, it’s one of my all time favourite Coldplay live tracks (particularly the ending when Jonny goes off into full on guitar hero territory).''

 

That's definately Yes! That would be so great!

 

Couldn't that be DAAHF or Chinese Sleep Chant as well? Or 42, although it isn't exactly the ending... :shrug: