Must be for the DVD! Maybe they want to add some fan made videos :D

DVD[/url]! Maybe they want to add some fan made videos :D

 

It has to be! Can't wait!! :D

Posted earlier in the 2nd Montreal thread:

 

Us Against The World:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2p3hUMG1cc&feature=plcp]UATW - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

Speed of Sound:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI08UvngSC8]SPEED OF SOUND - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

looks like these might make it. The couple definately will! :laugh3:

I like this one a lot!!

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy1qZxPlRGU&feature=related]Coldplay Encore - Centre Bell, Montreal - July 27, 2012 - YouTube[/ame]

 

I really hope the person sends it!!

They changed the homepage from the MXComic to the Paradise video... come on, just give us Hurts Like Heaven already!

 

Also I really hope they do a liveblog from one of the Europe shows soon!

I like this one a lot!!

 

 

I really hope the person sends it!!

That's fantastic! :cheesy: And Chris is so nice to the people surrounding him! :wacky:

I like this one a lot!!

 

 

I really hope the person sends it!!

 

Will is continuing to film till he gets on to the stage!

Panorama: Xcel Energy Center, St Paul

11 August 2012 1:13 pm

Roadie #42's pre-show crowd shot from the first night at St Paul

 

Good afternoon. Here is Roadie #42's pre-show crowd shot from the first night at the last venue of Coldplay's North American Mylo Xyloto tour. Click the picture to see/download the hi-res version. And add your photos to our Live Archive.

 

 

Anchorman

Panoramas: Xcel Energy Center, St Paul

12 August 2012 12:13 pm

Roadie #42's pre-show crowd shot from the two nights at St Paul

 

Good afternoon. Here are Roadie #42's pre-show crowd shots from the last two shows of Coldplay's North American Mylo Xyloto tour. Click the pictureS to see/download the hi-res versionS. And add your photos to our Live Archive.

 

SATURDAY 11 AUGUST

 

 

FRIDAY 10 AUGUST

 

 

Click here for lots more summer 2012 crowd panoramas.

 

Anchorman

Roadie #42 - Blog #181

12 August 2012 2:09 pm

#42, the harsh YouTube judgement and the Amsterdam revival

 

YouTube comments threads are pretty well known for the massive amount of snarky negativity they can contain. In this globally super-connected age, anything you can imagine can be filmed, uploaded and then called “Ghey” by a 12 year-old in the midwest all in a matter of minutes.

 

I had the utter delight the other morning though, of YouTube itself passing judgement on a clip. Phil Harvey had asked me to upload a clip filmed by the reference camera at the mixing desk, as a Private video to my account. It was just one song, to show someone how the band do it live.

 

Imagine my delight then, when the upload was complete and I got this message.

 

 

I immediately did the only thing I *could* do under the circumstances. I immediately took a screenshot and emailed it to Lighting Designer Paul Normandale and Lighting Director Graham Feast.

 

“Everyone’s a critic” comes Paul’s reliably dry-witted response. He’s not wrong…

 

Slightly more positive audience contribution comes in the first of the Chicago shows. Right in front of the B-Stage are three folks holding signs that spell out a request for the band to play Amsterdam. Now it’s been a long, long time since this last had an airing. Chris apologises and claims that they just can’t remember how to play it. Then the guilt sets in and he gives it a go anyway.

 

Turns out he was right - they make it only bars into the tune before it collapses in a heap.

 

Never ones for admitting defeat though, the warm-up room piano gets a work-out the following day and the second Chicago show sees them make it all the way through a small B-stage version.

 

 

I always forget what an absolutely belting tune Amsterdam is. I really hope it’s not another seven years before it makes it out again. In the meantime, Chicago got a rare treat…

 

R42

^ HAHAH Miller is SO right about the "Ghey" stuff... unfortunately :shame:

 

Teh interwebs are full of lil' trollz :nod:

Lmao, being a Midwesterner, thats... disappointingly true :P (I was not one of them though)

 

But I love how 42 got Amsterdam and its story down :D

Roadie #42 - Blog #182

13 August 2012 5:01 pm

Roadie #42 and the forgotten passport...

 

The “Day Sheet” is an element of touring life that you folks may not be familiar with. It is, I’ve come to learn though, the most vital document of the day. The day sheet is written by tour manager Marguerite and outlines every key piece of information for the upcoming day: the times that everything is happening, flight details, additional press and promo - just generally any and all vital information to get everyone through the next 24 hours.

 

 

Across the entire touring industry, the Tour Manager’s refrain, to almost all questions, is of course “read your day sheet”. Marguerite has had a gentle dig at me of late for never reading all the way to the bottom. (I mean really, once you know what time you’ve got to be up and out of the hotel, you can just follow everyone else after that…)

 

I generally do read the day sheet fully (honest - I do, I really do!). I think I just like asking stupid questions. I’ve been trying to be a good tour-citizen lately though, by reading it thoroughly and not asking about things I already know the answers to.

 

The day sheet for our second St Paul show comes through with a strong warning about the flight over there from our Chicago base. “Mr Barack Obama is coming to town this weekend, so there are some restrictions in place for his visit that affect us. We’ll have actual TSA Agents do our screening planeside + will be more strict than usual. So if possible, limit your carry ons”.

 

I make it this far through the day sheet and look down at my day to day rucksack. My rucksack contains at least one of virtually every gadget known to man, plus a telephone exchange of cables, chargers, adapters and all the other security-worrying crap that might ever be required to make them work. On a regular day, it can take them only slightly less time to go through all my stuff than the flight itself takes. On a fine-tooth-comb day, I could be holding up the entire travel party by bringing all this along.

 

 

I resolve to prove my reading-of-the-day-sheet by heeding the warning and reducing my hand luggage to the absolute minimum. What do I actually *need* to get a day done? I pull out my laptop, my power supply and my headphones and put them in a plastic Walgreens bag, leaving my rucksack full of crap on my hotel room desk. As we arrive at the terminal, band assistant EJ and soundman Dan Green begin to lightly rib me about my new luggage. “Nice laptop bag - have you been to the Apple Store today?”

 

“Nope, I read the day sheet - laugh it up, but I’m gonna be through security in 30 seconds flat”.

 

 

We’re ushered into a side room for screening and sure enough, the elite squad are in full effect. With Airforce One bringing the President to town just across the tarmac, these folks aren’t messing around. They have black uniforms on, with the TSA logo on each sleeve. They also do not smile. At all. Most worryingly though, each of them snaps on a pair of rubber gloves as we enter.

 

I proudly place my “extreme minimalist” hand luggage on the inspection table - and then it happens.

 

Dan Green, ahead of me in the line, produces his passport for the man with the clipboard. It’s the classic blood-runs-cold moment from the dream where you find yourself completely naked in front of the whole school.

 

My passport. My passport - that lives in my rucksack. My rucksack that is at the hotel. The hotel that is a good 45 minutes away.

 

 

“Without identification, you will not be flying today, Sir”.

 

This is not good. In fact, we’re so far from good that you can’t even *see* good from here.

 

The pilot is summoned and there’s a brief conversation conducted almost entirely in very official acronyms. Apparently there is a way that we might be able to resolve this.

 

I’m told that I’ll be taken to a small side office where someone on the telephone will give me a 20 questions quiz about where my passport and I have been in the last few months. If my answers match their records, I’m allowed on the plane. Given that I’ve done entire days on tour thinking we’re in Italy - only to discover that we’re actually in Switzerland, my confidence is not spectacularly high.

 

As I get past the first few questions, tour manager Marguerite arrives with the band. She clocks the situation and gives me a questioning look through the door.

 

“I’ve really fucked up, Mags”, I begin. “I’ve come without my passport. I am so, so sorry”.

 

Mags calmly produces her laptop with scans of my passport and proceeds to know the answer to every question about which city we flew in and out of on what date in the past three months. I’m playing the dopey apologetic Englishman and Mags is doing the supremely organised, polite and efficient California tour manager. Well, I say we’re playing roles…

 

The TSA fellas seem to have thawed. They genuinely seem to be on our side now and doing everything they can to try to help us.

 

Kelly, Chris’s security chief, walks past the door with a smile slightly wider than his actual face.

 

“Thanks for the day sheet Mags. Good job you put on it ‘you MUST have ID to board the plane’ otherwise anything could have happened”.

 

“I’m not finding this funny just yet, Kelly” I plead.

 

Kelly is still cross with me from the Hollywood Bowl. I put a luminous green sign on his back just before he ran through the crowd to the C-stage. I’d tell you what it said, but then he’d be cross with me all over again. For now, he’s happy that karma has payed me a visit on his behalf.

 

Just as this takes place, a man holding a motorbike helmet rounds the corner. Mags has contacted the hotel manager, who has fished out my passport from the rucksack and had it couriered over with insane speed.

 

The TSA fellas are impressed and the relevant boxes are ticked. I am no longer any kind of threat to the President, or national security in general. An idiot, yes…

 

Mags and I walk across the tarmac, me apologising profusely, carrying my laptop-in-a-plastic-bag at my side. My passport, I’m not allowed to touch again until I’m safely checked in on the flight back home tomorrow.

 

I reach the top of the plane steps and take a deep breath before facing the travel party. Predictably and quite deservedly, there’s a sarcastic round of applause as I make my way up the aisle with my head held low.

 

“The walk of *shame*” comments Chris, shaking his head as I pass his seat.

 

Safety belts fastened. Secure doors and cross-check. Sink into your seat and feel like you could crawl up your own arse with embarrassment? Check.

 

Never a dull moment…

 

R42

^BWAHAHA! Just imagine if Roadie #42 did become a national threat! He'd be all over the news and us Coldplayers would be... Well, shocked?

i think this is my favorite R42 blog ever. :P

Kelly is still cross with me from the Hollywood Bowl. I put a luminous green sign on his back just before he ran through the crowd to the C-stage. I’d tell you what it said, but then he’d be cross with me all over again. For now, he’s happy that karma has payed me a visit on his behalf.

 

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE SIGN SAID!

Given that I’ve done entire days on tour thinking we’re in Italy - only to discover that we’re actually in Switzerland, my confidence is not spectacularly high.

:lol:

^ That almost offended me :snobby: :lol:

 

 

Chris and the "walk of shame" :laugh3:

That's my fav R45 blog as well !!! I can only imagine that "walk of shame " hahaha

best blog ever! :lol:

Great 42 blog. My favorite. Haha I can just imagine Chris saying “The walk of *shame*” :p

Oh GOD LOL!!

 

I never laughed so much reading a Roadie 42 blog! :lol::laugh3: Just about everything he wrote was freaking hilarious, his cheap-ass laptop bag, the idioms he uses for his storytelling, Mags who seems to be the all-knowing Oracle, him placing a green paper on Kelly's back (really, what did it say Miller? Tell us!) and the way he perfectly describes the whole disaster! :laugh3:

I can only imagine how much it sucked for him to enter the plane and get freaking KILLED with stares, poor Miller :lol::sad:

 

And Chris just giving him another verbal kick in the arse HAHAHAHA! Walk of shame, or dear :lol:

 

 

*still laughs*

That's hilarious! :laugh3:

Love this blog! Haha, favorite part was imagining Chris say walk of shame to R42. :lol: poor Miller :P

Interview: Charli XCX

14 August 2012 3:45 pm

Fresh from Coldplay's North American tour, the cinematic popster tells us more about herself

 

For the final leg of the North American tour, Coldplay were supported by rising UK singer Charli XCX. We dropped her a line to find out a bit more about her.

 

 

Hi Charli, how are you?

Good thanks.

 

How have your shows with Coldplay been?

They've been totally amazing. It's such an honour to open for them and play in such huge venues. I'm loving it!

 

For fans who haven't heard your music yet, please could you give us an idea of what you sound like?

Yes it's like dark, magical, cinematic pop music! Like a glass of cherry coke stained with black lipstick!

 

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_5b5BLT1CM[/ame]

 

Is it the first time you've played to venues as big as these?

Yes. They're huge! It's super amazing. The first band I went to see in arenas this sort of size was the Spice Girls... It's amazing to actually be on the stage instead of just watching !

 

Have you adjusted your performance because they're support shows in arenas rather than headline dates in clubs?

At first I was really stubborn and was like no way am I gonna change the way I perform but after the first show I did. I feel like you need to communicate more through the way you move and what you say - it's so weird when I'm usually playing to 500 people all dancing in a room and then going to huge rooms like the Coldplay ones where everyone is staring at your face on a screen for half an hour. I like it though, it's raised the bar for me. Now I wanna sell out stadiums like that too!

 

Do you think there's an art to playing a good support show?

Yes. I think if you're playing to thousands of people or just 10 there's still an art to it. I guess with these shows I just had to drill into my head that people weren't actually there to see me. So you just have to do your best to win them over.. I think on the whole I'm pretty good at that.

 

Have the Coldplay crowds been good listeners?

Definitely. I always get a really good response on twitter which is nice. Montreal was particularly good. I guess their audience knows what a hit sounds like for sure - so it's nice when they recognise that in one of my songs.

 

If you had to pick one show which was a highlight for you, which would it be?

Definitely Montreal. The crowd were so up for it and I began to feel really comfortable on stage, which was super nice.

 

Have you been doing your own shows around the Coldplay ones?

Yes I've been doing my first headline tour in America. It's pretty insane and I'm having the best time. I did a wicked show in New York which is probably my favourite show I've ever done. I love being on the road and playing my shows - I know it sounds so cheesy but I just get so lost in the performance and the magic.

 

Have you toured North America much before?

I was doing a tour with Santigold the other month which was super fun. Her dancers are so freakin bad ass. It was really cool - and we got to party a lot which was fun. I really admire her as an artist and it was really great to go on tour with another strong female. It was a real girl power tour!

 

How are you getting around? How is it?

In a van. There's no classy shit with me just yet, but it's definitely fun!

 

Have you had some long journeys?

Haha yes!! We had one which was 12 hours! We've been listening to lots of Hole.. But then also a lot of Mel C... Our van is pretty banging.

 

What's the best way to kill time on a long road trip?

Make up dance move to all of Mel C's songs...

 

Have you been keeping up with the Olympics back home in the UK?

When I left London I really wasn't that interested at all but then I started watching some gymnastics on TV and I just thought it was amazing. Everything those girls do is so beautiful. They must be so strong to be able to flip an turn in the air. It's incredible.

 

Have you been able to check out some of the cities you've performed in?

Not really - I've just been so busy.the only thing I got to check out was a hair salon in Chicago... I hadn't washed my hair in like 2 weeks so I spent my free time there getting it all done. I'm not really a girly girl haha!

 

Any idea how you came to be on the tour?

It's always difficult with stuff like this 'cos I heard loads of different stuff, but the one I like to believe the most is that Chris Martin heard my stuff and liked it. When we met he did say he had my songs Stay Away and Nuclear Seasons - so that's pretty cool!

 

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Were you a fan of Coldplay?

Yes definitely. They write incredible worldwide hits. Even if you hate them (which I don't) you can't help but know all their songs anyway just because they're so massive.

 

Had you seen them live before?

Before this tour I hadn't.

 

What do you think of their show?

It was definitely one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Everything is just so interlinked. It's amazing, the whole experience was really magical- and yes- I did cry.

 

Have you had a chance to hang out with the band at all?

I met Chris, he was super nice. We chatted for a bit and then I got really flustered and basically invited him to his own after party, as if it were my party - that was kind of embarrassing... Haha!

 

What have you got coming up for the rest of 2012?

I have my single You're The One coming out in the UK in September and then a load more free mixtapes.

 

Finally, what's your favourite Coldplay song (and why)?

Definitely The Scientist, because it always makes me cry. Without fail.

 

For more info about Charli XCX, head to charlixcxmusic.com