I asked debs about the 1st single via twitter

 

She answered ..

But didn't give info away

This videos!!!!:D

You can find them here:

2009-07-13 Backstage with Coldplay - Keyboard Mag interview with Miller and Neil Lambert

Thank you!!! :D

Awesome, thanks so much !

I forgot about the roadie thread :embarrassed:

 

ah well, not long til we start getting new material for it :D

This is an old question, but who is this roadie?

 

Towards the end of the Live 2003 tour diary, a guy walks in and says its raining and cold...

 

Then Guy says, "I have on this jacket, this, and this."

And he says, "That makes you a big man does it?"

 

Who is that??? Thanks! :)

thank you for all the naming of pictures... recently purchased a copy of "Roadie" and chuckling along with every page, now have even more questions than I had before and more interest in the Backline Crew than before *much respect*

 

I'm sure I recognise Hoppy from a non-Coldplay venture, would be really intersting to see all these guys CV's one day.

I forgot about the roadie thread :embarrassed:

 

ah well, not long til we start getting new material for it :D

 

 

I clicked on it, thinking there was some kind of Roadie news or something:lol:

Ok this thread's been dead for ages, but I just have to put my two cents in on a couple things.

 

Regarding the bell:

 

Whether it's midi triggered or not, Will's still playing live. The triggering simply amplifies and/or enhances the sound so that it can be heard at a level needed to fill a venue. It's really no different than plugging a guitar into an amplifier. (or for that matter running dry guitar signal through an effects loop to alter the sound.) If the bell is triggered, it's pretty likely that the triggered sound is the bell itself recorded in a studio or other sterile environment.

 

Regarding the live nature of LiT performances:

Most of the song is indeed played live. The only real pre-recorded bits are the intro and the santoor part. Any indication otherwise you get from videos is more than likely a result of the video being out of synch

 

Most bands whose sound is based around effects to the extent of Coldplay's (and that includes U2, Radiohead and Muse among others), make extensive use of prerecording in live performances. Heck, Muse has an additional touring musician and his primary job on stage is to initiate and monitor pre-recorded elements. Same with Jonny Greenwood in radiohead (you can see his macbook set up by his gear in a ton of live videos.) Virtually all U2 songs from Achtung Baby thru ATYCLB have extensive pre-recorded bits. (as well as a fair number of their songs from before and after that period)

 

Sure there are bands that go the other direction (with a notable example being the Rolling Stones, whose current touring band has about 15 or 16 musicians despite having only 4 "official" band members these days.) Which style of performance you prefer is strictly a matter of personal preference, but IMHO using pre-recorded elements in live performance is in no way "cheating" (and the successful use of said actually takes a great deal of skill on the part of the band.)

 

Climbs off soapbox...

thank you for all the naming of pictures... recently purchased a copy of "Roadie" and chuckling along with every page, now have even more questions than I had before and more interest in the Backline Crew than before *much respect*

 

I'm sure I recognise Hoppy from a non-Coldplay venture, would be really intersting to see all these guys CV's one day.

 

 

Not sure how far along you are in Roadie, he does talk a bit about the CV's of some of the longstanding crew members, but I can't remember at the moment if Hoppy's one of them. I did read somewhere that he worked for both Keneckie and Spacehog at some point the mid to late 90's but I have no idea if that's accurate.

Not sure how far along you are in Roadie, he does talk a bit about the CV's of some of the longstanding crew members, but I can't remember at the moment if Hoppy's one of them. I did read somewhere that he worked for both Keneckie and Spacehog at some point the mid to late 90's but I have no idea if that's accurate.

 

 

thanks @fakfak, I've sadly reached the end of the book now. Me recognising Hoppy is more recent then the references to bands he's worked with that Matt makes (more like just prior or since Viva tour) oh well another of life's unanswered questions. Would love to read more from Matt though, found the book really easy to read :)

 

On another note does anyone else thing Mr R42 looks like Danger Mouse's sidekick Penfold? :Laugh4:

Hoppy's a very distinctive looking guy, He'd probably be easy to spot somewhere else if you do see him working with another band.

Who is he super cute photographer we saw on stage just before Coldplay went on in Toronto at Much Music this past Wednesday?

 

We all thought it was Miller, but turns out we were wrong about that!

 

This guy was handsome and didn't have a British accent, but was taking Roadie-like close up pics of different things on stage...

 

Anyone have a clue?

BUMP!!!!

 

Now that we've had a few shows and we're gearing up for the whole summer tour, I thought we should bump this up a bit!!! :)

I know I'm studying up for the hollywood bowl! :)

Miller preparing for the panorama pic

 

I was thinking just today o f making this thread,lol. Glad it's already here. :D

I was thinking just today o f making this thread,lol. Glad it's already here. :D

 

It's actually one of the older threads here FWIW. It just tends to get relegated to the back pages a lot of the time.

Marta, that's her on the left with Mich and Mel

 

 

and Wayne the Dancing Roadie

 

got married!

 

Yay for Roadie love!

It's actually one of the older threads here FWIW. It just tends to get relegated to the back pages a lot of the time.

 

I know. Looked at the date on the first post. i thought MM should have his won thread, but apparently there's lots of love here for him and the rest. Surprised Ii'd never seen it before. I've been on here for a few years, but I'm not very ambitious about the 'search' button,lol.

Coldplay's Roadies

 

Hello,

 

I had a quick question...

 

To those of you who have been t o the live shows and/or gotten upgrades, I wanted to ask what the Roadies look like...as in what they wear, what do the Roadie shirts look like and how do I find one?

 

I'm going to write Coldplay a letter and hope to give it to a Roadie so they can give it to Chris, Jonny, Will and Guy maybe... I hope that works, but I just wanted to ask how I can spot them and what they wear.

 

Thank you.

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50400&highlight=assorted

Hello,

 

I had a quick question...

 

To those of you who have been t o the live shows and/or gotten upgrades, I wanted to ask what the Roadies look like...as in what they wear, what do the Roadie shirts look like and how do I find one?

 

I'm going to write Coldplay a letter and hope to give it to a Roadie so they can give it to Chris, Jonny, Will and Guy maybe... I hope that works, but I just wanted to ask how I can spot them and what they wear.

 

Thank you.

 

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50400&highlight=assorted

 

Threads merged.

This picture still makes me grin.:D

 

 

EDIT: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULBHvvuaCQs]COLDPLAY CREW BAND OLDLAY JULY 2012 - YouTube[/ame]

Just look what a nice picture of Mr Roadie 42 himself I found on Flickr:

 

 

:awesome:

Sweet!!

 

Random question but does anyone know who the mohawk roadie dude is? He upgraded us in St. Paul and I thought he was totally cute ;)