WE'VE FOUND THE BAKERY!! *NOW WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF* UPDATED FIRST POST!*

[TraceOddity]

That probably won't help since I actually live about two and a half hours away from Toronto in Kingston, lol. But toronto is very nice you should visit.:p:-)

[yzachris]

bonjour :) je sais qu'il faut parler en anglais, mais je serai brève :) j'étais avec ma soeur le 11 novembre vers les studios. Effectivement il pleuvait, effectivement nous sommes montées sur la 1ère marche de la Beehive pour nous abriter (pas de parapluie), mais avec l'autorisation de Phil, et nous avons demandé plusieurs fois si on dérangeait. Et pour chaque photo prise, nous demandons toujours leur accord, même si mon anglais est plus que très mauvais ...

par contre, le 13 novembre il faisait soleil et nous avons attendus sur le mythique banc :)

[Tash]

bonjour :) je sais qu'il faut parler en anglais, mais je serai brève :) j'étais avec ma soeur le 11 novembre vers les studios. Effectivement il pleuvait, effectivement nous sommes montées sur la 1ère marche de la Beehive pour nous abriter (pas de parapluie), mais avec l'autorisation de Phil, et nous avons demandé plusieurs fois si on dérangeait. Et pour chaque photo prise, nous demandons toujours leur accord, même si mon anglais est plus que très mauvais ...

par contre, le 13 novembre il faisait soleil et nous avons attendus sur le mythique banc :)

 

Just out of curiosity, why do you keep going to the studio every time you're in London when you've already met them several times?

[yzachris]

tout simplement parce que je suis une "vieille" fan :), que j'aime leur musique. Et quand je suis de passage à Londres, je passe toujours devant les studios, toujours avec des chocolats ou d'autres petits cadeaux pour tous (même pour Anchorman), et cette fois-ci avec des timbres pour Phil qu'il a appréciés. Je ne m'incruste pas, mais s'ils sont là, je leur "vole" juste quelques minutes pour leur dire bonjour. je ne pense pas que cela les dérange trop ...

[Tash]

How many times have you met them/gone to the studio?

[BarbaMama]

The Bakery & The Beehive 12/11/10 26/04/11 15/05/12 06/06/12 06/12/12 24/06/13 12/07/13 11 & 13/11/13

 

I Guess 9 times :D ...................:\..................... :embarrassed:

[TraceOddity]

Wow.................................:speechless:

[Tash]

The Bakery & The Beehive 12/11/10 26/04/11 15/05/12 06/06/12 06/12/12 24/06/13 12/07/13 11 & 13/11/13

 

I Guess 9 times :D ...................:\..................... :embarrassed:

 

Now I see, it's in her signature.

[Nikola]

tout simplement parce que je suis une "vieille" fan :), que j'aime leur musique. Et quand je suis de passage à Londres, je passe toujours devant les studios, toujours avec des chocolats ou d'autres petits cadeaux pour tous (même pour Anchorman), et cette fois-ci avec des timbres pour Phil qu'il a appréciés. Je ne m'incruste pas, mais s'ils sont là, je leur "vole" juste quelques minutes pour leur dire bonjour. je ne pense pas que cela les dérange trop ...

 

Gurl I get that it is true love but please just stop going. :|

 

Okay you can make it an even 10. But not 11. 11 is batshit krazy. :bigcry:

[Captain Crieff]

tout simplement parce que je suis une "vieille" fan :), que j'aime leur musique. Et quand je suis de passage à Londres, je passe toujours devant les studios, toujours avec des chocolats ou d'autres petits cadeaux pour tous (même pour Anchorman), et cette fois-ci avec des timbres pour Phil qu'il a appréciés. Je ne m'incruste pas, mais s'ils sont là, je leur "vole" juste quelques minutes pour leur dire bonjour. je ne pense pas que cela les dérange trop ...

 

have you ever met Anchorman?

[Coeurli]

I wonder if any fan has ever met Anchorman :awesome:

 

edit: Lemme translate the posts so people don't have to go search every time

Hello :) I know we're supposed to post in English but I'll be brief :) I was with my sister on November 11th near the studios.

It was raining indeed, we indeed climbed the first step of the Beehive to take shelter (we didn't have an umbrella), but with Phil's authorization, and we asked several times if we were disturbing. And for every photo taken, we always ask if they're okay with it, even if my English isn't good.

However, on Nvember 13, it was sunny and we waited on the famous bench :)

Simply because I'm an "old" fan :), I like their music. And whenever I'm in London, I always pass by the studios, always with chocolates or other little gifts for all (even for Anchorman), and that time with stamps for Phil, who liked them. I don't "gatecrash" (sorry for this phrase I'm not sure so I just googled for an automatic translation), but if they're there, I "steal" just a few minutes to say hello. I don't think it bothers them too much...

[Comicforce]

Thanks Celine. ;)

[ButterflyRomy]

Hey guys, I haven't been following this thread for a little while, does anyone want to visit the Bakery around Dec 18/19 right before the London gig? Seriously, I'm overwhelmed by all the pictures on here. :D I have been to London like 4-5 times this year and never went there, so this time I wonder if any of the band members will be there. Anyone going?

*feel stalkerish*

[ColdplaySheffield]

Hey guys, I haven't been following this thread for a little while, does anyone want to visit the Bakery around Dec 18/19 right before the London gig? Seriously, I'm overwhelmed by all the pictures on here. :D I have been to London like 4-5 times this year and never went there, so this time I wonder if any of the band members will be there. Anyone going?

*feel stalkerish*

 

I intend to go there on the 19th before the concert :).

[ButterflyRomy]

Hopefully chances are good they're there in the morning, but for some reason I doubt it. Oh my god. That would make it all perfect.

Looks like I'm gonna be in London all weekend, so there are more days to try. :)

[Bella]

Where is Guy? I saw all the pics but nothing about Guy, weird! :(

 

I want to see Guy :bigcry: :bigcry:

[Foreplay]

 

 

They were probably at home :(

[Cartervilla]

Visited the bakery, was very cold.

 

[The Philosopher]

In the cinema right now to watch The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

[Guest LiquidSky]

^cool

 

Someone ask Phil what was in the "goody bad" for me, please?! :bomb:

[Comicforce]

Maybe someone should tweet anchorman and ask him? :D

 

 

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[nancyk58]

^ and ^^ : Or ask the Oracle.

[atram]

Hi everybody! My name is Marta and I don't know if this is the correct topic in which I should share my story of when I met Coldplay, but well, here I go :) (I'll use the spoiler thingy just in case i could annoy you)

 

 

Jonny

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phil

 

 

 

 

 

 

My story :)

 

I got tickets to see Imagine Dragons live in Nov 26th in London back in April so I was already looking forward to go to London. I knew I was going to go to The Bakery since that date but the fact is I didn’t know they were gonna be there!!!!!!!!

 

On Monday I got up at like 8 in the morning and I took the tube and I went to The Bakery with my friend Pakito (you may know him because he has met Coldplay several times already) and another friend of mine. So we got there at 12 more or less and there was already there a Italian fan (she was really nice btw!!). She told me she had just met Guy and she was waiting for the other guys to come out of the studio. I was like too excited because I knew some of them were inside bUT I WANTED TO SEE THEM SO BAD SO OMG I WAS LIKE SHAKING ok so suddenly Pakito said: “omg Marta it’s Guy!!” and I walked towards him (trust me I was so fucking calmed down) and I asked him if he could sign my albums and take a photo and he was really nice and I couldn’t say anything but that and tbh he didn’t talk too much but actually he was really nice and well he left us and I came back to the bank in front of the bakery and I started sobbing becAUSE I’VE JUST MET GUY AND I JUST well we were waiting outside and then Will appeared and he came towards us and said hi and he was really nice and trust me Will is very handsome I mean he is really really cute.

 

We were there outside in the cold weather at like -1ºC and suddenly Jonny came out and he was also really nice I mean I can’t believe they are that way i mean i was crying because i was actually meeting them it’s fucking insane well then Phil came out of the studio and he came to us and started talking to us for like 10 minutes more or less he was really really nice and so handsome omg I was like sobbing and at that time i was able to talk to anyone so I said thank you to Phil and I told him I was from Spain and that the fact of meeting them was like a dream come true and he was like AWWW SO SWEET WE LOVE HAVING FANS LIKE YOU and I was like OMFG NO I’M NOT THAT SWEET IT’S JUST YOU ARE IN FRONT ON ME AND ugh ok so we’ve been with him for a while and then we were waiting for the last one I mean I couldn’t believe I was going to meet my baby I mean how long I’ve been sobbing over him and his voice and everything of him and I was so closeto meet him fOR FUCKING REAL so we were there outside for like 2 hours more and suddenly… oFMGFDS ok focus: I look at the bakery and I saw Chris… I couldn’t fucking believe it was him… iT WAS HIM FOR FUCK’S SAKE HE WAS SO FUCKING TALL HE RAN WHERE WE WERE AND HE said “hi how are you? I’m in a hurry so I can’t be here for so long guys” but I was like it’s ok don’t worry omg well I was looking at his face because I couldn’t believe he was there just next to me. He was real!!!! And he was the nicest ever he signed my albums and we took a photo and he took my arm like so tight while taking the photo and while I was giving him the albums I was shivering and shaking and he looked at me and said it’s ok don’t worry and I said thank you very much for everything and I told him that was the best day of my life to meet him and that my dream came true and he was looking at me and saying thank you and at one moment he was talking to me and I was staring at his eyes without saying anything he was too handsome he is so so handsome and it seemed to be a movie I couldn’t believe it and when I was really really close to start crying I said: “can I have a hug?” and he was like “oh my god of course!!” and I was going to take like you know a “polite” hug but he hugged me so so close and tight I mean a real hug and oh my fucking god I needed that, I needed a hug of him and I got it and because of it I had been waiting for him for like 4 hours in that fucking cold weather when he hugged me I kind of placed my face in his chest/shoulder/wherever but I felt his neck on my face for fuck’s sake and he was so warm because he had been inside the bakery all that time and he felt I was so cold and he said oh my god I’m so sorry you had to wait for so long if I’ve just known you were outside I would come out earlier I’m so sorry it’s so cold outside and I was like oh god don’t worry thank you for coming out and he was fucking cute and polite and he looked really worried about me and he kept talking for some minutes and then he said he felt so grateful for us to come to visit them and that he hoped to see us again :) he left us and I started crying and shaking and I had to sit down in that bank and all my albums and the camera fell in the floor and even my earring (don’t ask why lol) I guess because of the hug maybe? well Pakito and my friend helped me to catch my breath again because I was about to faint and well we left the bakery and my dream came true

 

that was the best day of my life I’m never going to be over it I mean never in my life because i know I’m so lucky, I met my fav band, and also my idol, my inspiration, that person who i most love in this world, finally I met him. And it’s so weird because I’ve never been to a Coldplay concert and I’m always like saying “when I go to a Coldplay concert I’m gonna do that or that” but I’ve never ever in my life said: “when I meet Coldplay I’m gonna blah blah blah” I mean I’ve never imagined that. That was a moment I’m always going to remember. Nobody can ever take it away from me. That was a moment I lived and the fact is they were so nice… They just could have been polite but actually they make you feel that they are just like you and they are interested in you and especially Chris he is really close to the people and he was so close to me and so nice and I can say I’m proud of my idol. I’m proud of having a hero like him. it’s crazy I can’t believe it I can’t I just can’t that didn’t happened to me it was just a very special moment and those moments when he hugged me I’m just never going to forget that feeling and I’ll be able to say “yes, my idol called Chris Martin hugged me” I wish I have been able to express you how I felt and how I feel now I’m just very happy, my friends are telling me I’m a “new” Marta since I met Coldplay and why not isn’t it? I couldn’t be happier right now.

 

My twitter is @chamarta1 just in case you want to follow me :) I use to tweet in spanish but well it's up to you!

 

 

[BeACartoonHeart]

Meeting Chris, Jonny and Guy

 

So... This might seem to appear out of nowhere, but I need to tell people about this. Because Coldplay are such... such amazing people. I feel like I'm standing on a soapbox saying this, but I need to give everyone this message. I'm so grateful for what happened. The only thing I can do to ''repay'' the band is to tell everyone how lovely they are. So that's what I will do.

 

So, I guess it was a few years ago? 2010? Coldplay were already a huge band, but I barely didn't know anything about them. Clocks was my favorite song. I listened to Speed of Sound, Lovers in Japan, Viva la Vida... But that was basically it.

And at that moment, I was dropped into this new school. And, holy-Martin-on-a-speedboat-backflipping-while-Wannabe-from-the-Spicegirls-plays, it was terrifying. Why was I here? What was I doing? Why did people like me? I've always had problems with social situations, finding it scary, but this was different. I didn't understand anything or anyone. Anxiety worsened. I got regular panic attacks. I cried on my way to school, I isolated myself, I couldn't sleep, I was shaking whenever doing homework. I was drowning in negative thoughts about myself. ''You can't do anything.''

 

In all my numbness, I started adding more songs to my MP3 player. I picked up every Coldplay song out there, and I connected to Talk and In My Place. I could relate to the lyrics so well. ''Are you lost or incomplete?/Do you feel like a puzzle, you can't find your missing piece?/Tell me how you feel/Well I feel like they're talking in a language I don't speak/And they're talking it to me'' And here's the thing about Coldplay music: they focus on positivity. If anyone ever gives you shit about liking Coldplay, just remember that.

And so basically, whenever I felt unsafe and depressed, I listened to Coldplay. And slowly, I healed. My family supported me, my friends supported me, I got help and realized I had social anxiety disorder. And that's a few years ago. Mylo Xyloto was released in 2011, I watched the Madrid Unstaged gig, became an actual fan. Right now, it's 2013. I've achieved a lot of things since then. I've become stronger. And the thing about social anxiety disorder? There's never a moment where you feel totally relaxed, where your mind is empty. There are always those thoughts of: what if I'm annoying her/him right now? What if my friends actually hate me? Can I greet that person right now, without being scared?

 

The only time my mind feels empty/relieved, is when listening to Coldplay.

 

There are those interviews, right? Where Chris says he cares about that one person who has a better day just because they listened to their album. Seeing what Chris and the band themselves went through, and how they still manage to focus on positivity, those interviews struck a cord in me. So I wanted to thank them somehow.

 

So recently, I was in London with my mom, it was a short trip and we wanted to visit some things and go sightseeing. Knowing how important the whole Coldplay thing to me was, she went along. We searched for +- two hours, quite embarrassing lol, because we just couldn't find it. But eventually, we did. We met another fan waiting out there, she was Spanish and waiting for Guy and Will. She was so, so amazingly sweet. We talked about basically everything, and waited in the freezing cold together. It was inhumanly cold.

 

Half hour after arriving there. A sleek, black and beautiful car stops in front of the Bakery. Out of it, steps Chris. :dazzled: (I faintly remember saying ''I can't believe it!'' in a really bad Dutch accent)

 

He didn't see us lol

 

But after a few hours of waiting at the bench and another fan from Texas joining us, Guy and Jonny stepped out. It was weird seeing them, almost like time slows down and they appear out of magic or something. Like: wow, they are actually real.

They were really rushed and busy, but they still took time for us, which was amazing. I remember Jonny being shy and not saying much, also he had a scratch on his nose which I found absolutely adorable :dazzled:, and I thought he looked tall. They said hello, they signed our album booklets... And Guy asked me the following questions: ''Where are you from?'' ''The Netherlands.'' ''Oh, where?'' ''Uhm, North Holland.'' ''Ooh, but where?'' ''Close to Amsterdam.'' ''Oh, cool! What's your name?'' I had to spell it for him, because he wrote it on my AROBTTH album booklet (!!!!). I remember the following exchange: Me: ''Tee. ('t')'' Guy: ''What?'' Me: ''Tee. Teeeeeee.'' Jonny: ''Tee.'' *laughing because Guy didn't get it*.

 

 

 

 

After thanking them, and trembling and just being in shock, we waited for 15 minutes. And out came Chris.

 

He immediately walked towards us, said ''Hi guys! What can I do for you?'' Then he shook all of our hands (his hand was really warm and nice). He looked amazing, I noticed he was wearing those sneakers with purple and pink laces again, and his love button (!) and it made me smile.

Very shy/amazed, we just said: ''Oh, we would like to get a picture with you!'' And he was very sweet about the whole thing. He immediately said: ''Oh sure, yeah, yeah, come on'' in a very gentle way. I swear he oozed calmness and peace. :wacky:

I was the third person to go on a picture with him. Everything happened in a blur.

While watching him sign the phone case of the Texan girl, I suddenly remembered I had to tell him. So I started. ''Chris...''

And he immediately turned a bit towards me and leaned down (I'm quite short, he's really tall). He focused completely on me and looked me straight into the eyes.

 

''I just wanted to thank you for your music, because it has gotten me through a lot of rough times.''

 

According to my mom, (I zoned out for a bit, oops) he reached out, smiled, rubbed both of my shoulders, and said ''Oh thank you, I'm proud to hear that.''

 

After taking pictures with everyone, and signing everything, he had to leave. They were really, really busy and rushed. So he did-

 

-but not before stopping himself, right next to me, reaching out to me again, rubbing my right shoulder, looking me into the eyes again, and saying: ''Thank you for your kind words, that means a lot to me.''

 

And he left. And I could tell my message got through to him, because he was sincere and grateful.

 

 

And that, to me, was the most important thing.

[gai]

That was so beautiful and touching. Thanks for posting and congratulations on getting through the tougher times..