Tony is on the email chain and wants to make it very clear to me that I should choose the image that he likes from the three options. He doesn’t want people seeing the one of him looking rather camp. He wants nobody to see that. Nobody at all. I promise to make sure it doesn’t go in the book.

 

I didn’t say, though, that I wouldn’t put it in the blog…

 

:lol:

 

After the year or so of Mylo that we’ve had, it’s a nice final lap

 

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Roadie #42 - Blog #184

10 November 2012 10:42 am

#42 reports on the soundcheck in Paradise (aka Auckland)

 

We’ve been out for over a year now and in every country and every city we’ve visited, Chris has sung “This could be Paradise”. New Zealand though, gets my vote for it being closest to the truth. Of course we’ve arrived mid-spring, escaping a damp and chilly run into winter at home. Even so, it’s lush, it’s green and it genuinely is pretty damn wonderful.

 

Click for large version

 

I’ve been here a while already, staying with some old friends down on South Island. The band, however, have gone for the rather questionable approach of following the head-mashing 28 hour flight (and 12 hour time difference) by piling straight down to the stadium for a soundcheck the night before the first show.

 

The general consensus among the crew is that one of two things could happen. They’ll either be completely wiped out and they’ll turn up, have a look and go straight to bed - or they’ll be somewhat on the tired and irritable side. What happens though, is way better. There’s a giggly, daft air to the soundcheck. They’re clearly in that weird underwater stage of jetlag where it’s impossible to take anything seriously.

 

 

 

 

God Put A Smile gets a ridiculous, terrible pub-band heavy metal ending - complete with over the top fretwank nonsense from Mr Buckland. The C-stage dissolves into mangled lyrics and giggles as Phil Harvey and Anthony Martin (CM’s father) get the cricket gear out and blow out the jetlag cobwebs.

 

 

 

 

As the C-stage is finished up, Chris pulls out a tune that was knocking around while they were putting Mylo together. It’s funny hearing it again - something that never made it outside the Beehive walls echoing around the open air on the other side of the planet. It definitely still sounds good to me. There’s talk of studios to fill in the days off - who knows what’ll happen…

 

 

Soon, the sporting theme takes over and the soundcheck is abandoned. Will and Jonny head off to talk footy with Lighting Director Graham Feast and then the cricket becomes a full band and crew free for all.

 

 

As starts to a tour leg go, I can’t remember a more pleasant one. It may not actually be Paradise, but I figure if we ever get there, it won’t be all that different.

 

R42

Wow I LOVE that photo :dazzled::dazzled:

1. Jonny looks totally kewl :cool:

2. OMG CHRIS :dazzled:

:charming:

CUUUURRRRLLLLLLSSSSSS :dazzled::dazzled::dazzled::dazzled:

 

God Put A Smile gets a ridiculous, terrible pub-band heavy metal ending - complete with over the top fretwank nonsense from Mr Buckland.

:awesome: PIC OR VID OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN :lol:

As the C-stage is finished up, Chris pulls out a tune that was knocking around while they were putting Mylo together. It’s funny hearing it again - something that never made it outside the Beehive walls echoing around the open air on the other side of the planet. It definitely still sounds good to me. There’s talk of studios to fill in the days off - who knows what’ll happen…

WAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTT

 

God that just totally made my heart melt, and I don't even know why :wacky:

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO IS SHOCKED BY THE HUGE TEASE R42 JUST DID IN THIS BLOG ?

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO IS SHOCKED BY THE HUGE TEASE R42 JUST DID IN THIS BLOG ?

 

I'm not shocked but pleasantly surprised :smiley:

Not really shocked about it; a bunch of songs are probably still good enough for release and since they recorded and mixed a few of them already, there's no reason why not release it in time with comics' release.

Exactly, but it's SO so tempting.. it's like your parents saying.. 'hey kids come and FEEL your presents!' LOL :laugh3:

 

Oh congrats.. you will love it SO much! :lol:

 

 

And what is wrong with sneaking around Christmas presents? Hmmmmm? :laugh3::laugh3:

 

 

 

God that just totally made my heart melt, and I don't even know why :wacky:

 

Ditto. Sigh.

 

 

I'm not shocked but pleasantly surprised :smiley:

 

AND.....ditto again. VERY, VERY pleasantly surprised.

:dazzled: :dazzled:

I'm not gonna say it, I'm not gonna say it, I'm not gonna say it....

 

 

CAR KIDS!

 

Sorry :embarrassed:

 

I'm not gonna say it, I'm not gonna say it, I'm not gonna say it....

 

 

CAR KIDS!

 

Sorry :embarrassed:

:nod: :lol:

Well, it's understandable that we'd assume it is that song! :nod:

 

Omg if it's that song and we're indeed gonna hear it....Oh I'm so gonna laugh :lol:

^ I think aliens (from Mars :awesome:) will hear a massive LOL from our entire planet, really :lol:

^:lol::lol::lol:

It's interesting thats for sure. what stands out the most for me is that he mentions that the band might get a little studio time in on the days they have off. you would think that anything done outside of the bakery or beehive would be mixing or at the most finishing touches. Is it just a coincidence that R42 mentions unreleased Mylo tracks and studio time in the same post… maybe, maybe not. If they are working on old Mylo songs i hope they don't change them too much... I would rather hear them they way they were recorded during the original sessions.

Panorama: MT Smart Stadium, Auckland

11 November 2012 9:32 am

Check out our crowd panorama shot from Saturday's Auckland show

 

Good morning. Here's Roadie #42's crowd panorama from a great show in Auckland on Saturday night. Click on the pic to see the full, hi-res photo. And add your photos from the show to our Live Archive here.

 

 

Anchorman

That HDR effect looks weird.

It looked great in the huge pic in his latest blog, but I'm not sure about it appearing in panoramas.

That HDR effect looks weird.

It looked great in the huge pic in his latest blog, but I'm not sure about it appearing in panoramas.

:nod:

 

It looks like he took some weird things and we're in his mind :lol:

:nod:

 

It looks like he took some weird things and we're in his mind :lol:

 

HAHA... it seriously does..

True :lol: I think panoramas are better without effects, maybe simply fixing brightness and contrast, but nothing more...

HDR Effect overload :dizzy:

There's a Brasil flag there! That vortex in the middle of the sky looks weird

Three new US shows - including NYE with JAY Z

11 November 2012 8:11 pm

Band to round-off 2012 with three December concerts

 

Good evening. We're pleased to announce that, on Monday, 31 December, Coldplay will round off a memorable year by performing a very special co-headline show with JAY Z at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

 

The New Year's Eve show will be preceded by two headline shows for the band, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on 29 December and at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn on 30 December. Naturally 7 will be the support act at the December 29 and 30 shows.

 

This will be the second time in two years that Coldplay has celebrated new year with long-term friend and collaborator JAY Z, the band having shared the bill with him at a Las Vegas concert in 2010. More recently, JAY Z performed onstage with Coldplay at the spectacular London 2012 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony.

 

The two Brooklyn dates also mark the first Coldplay shows that have been put on sale in NYC since September 2005.

 

Tickets for the Uncasville show will go on sale on Friday, November 16, at 10 AM ET, at http://www.LiveNation.com.

 

Tickets for the two Brooklyn shows will go on sale on Saturday, November 17, at 10 AM ET, at http://www.LiveNation.com.

 

Citi® cardmembers will also have access to presale tickets for the two Brooklyn shows beginning Tuesday, November 13, at 10 AM ET through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit http://www.citiprivatepass.com.

 

Anchorman

Why these shows ? Are they part of the MX tour ? (Doesn't look like it)

I am still in shock, happy shock, thrilled for this is what I want for christmas present shock, butstill shock. Thank you Coldplay!!

Panorama: Etihad Stadium, Melbourne

13 November 2012 10:57 am

Check out Roadie #42's crowd panorama shot from the show (which hasn't even finished yet)

 

Good morning (or evening if you're in Australia). Coldplay are on stage right now in Melbourne, and Roadie #42 managed to get his crowd shot panorama over to us in record time. So here it is. Click the image to see the big version. And upload your photos from the show here.

 

 

Anchorman