April 3, 201016 yr So, will it be in stores May or in August?.. Borders and B&N say til' August :\ I think the book will be released in the UK in May while the US (and other countries?) will have to wait until August.
April 3, 201016 yr ^ Awee! :sad: Oh well, thanks for the info Cecilia :nice: You're welcome! :) Gah, I don't know if I should pre-order it from Amazon UK and pay extra or just wait for three more months. :(
April 3, 201016 yr ^I'd wait three more months, and save the money for the concert :tongue: That's wut i'm gonna do. :shrug:
April 3, 201016 yr ^I'd wait three more months, and save the money for the concert :tongue: That's wut i'm gonna do. :shrug: Yeah, I'm most likely gonna do the same as you. I've already spent so much money on textbooks and music, so I need to start saving up. :dead: I'll just try not to let my jealousy take over when people receive their books three months before me. :P
April 3, 201016 yr I need this book! :bomb: I wish it would be released in the US on the same day as the UK.
April 3, 201016 yr A Coldplay roadie's diary of excess From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/apr/03/coldplay-my-life-on-the-road You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll yawn. A Coldplay roadie reveals all in a no-holds-barred account of life on tour The Dirt, the story of Mötley Crüe's descent into druggy, boozy mania might be packed with stories of death, orgies with porn stars and car crashes, while Led Zep chronicle Hammer Of The Gods has underage groupie sex, backstage assaults and guitarists dressed as Nazis. But next up in the canon of tell-all rock tour memoirs is guitar tech Matt McGinn's Roadie: My Life On The Road With Coldplay with its tales of cheese butties, meeting Gwyneth, and telling Jay-Z move out of the way. Rescued from the Observer New Review's charity shop pile (shame on you, New Review!), here are some of its other highlights ... On Rock Debauchery "Coldplay crew members, like the band themselves, don't just wheel out the bloody Horlicks and the board games post-show; we all like a good knees-up with a pint and a pie after work, same as anyone else." On Inventive Nicknames "All Jon [buckland]'s guitars have names ending in "y" – Blacky, Sunny, Browny etc". This is followed by a three-page list of different guitar pedals and units. On Meeting The Stars " ... Another time I held the door open for Paul Weller at the BBC when I was doing Jools Holland's Later show with Kenickie." On Live 8 "I'm not getting into the politics ... frankly you'd do better to listen to some other people, like maybe Bob Geldof. Say what you like, this is a man who deserves respect." On Snow Patrol "I didn't even like them that much until they showed up and politely knocked us sideways with their niceness and generally relaxed, professional attitude." On Seeing America "Chicago is an amazing town. It's right on a massive lake for a start." On Disastrous Errors "Not content with handing Jonny a wrongly tuned guitar for his performance of Clocks, I later managed to drop a blob of superglue into one of its vital moving parts. Nice work, roadie!" On Glastonbury 2002 "I do remember some daft things about the aftermath, like my triumphant post-show cheese, pickle and crisp sarnie." On The Roadie's Plight "In his otherwise sharp and funny personal memoir Cider With Roadies, ex NME-hack, writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie arguably does his book's fantastic title a disservice by hardly talking about roadies at all." On Fame "Imagine my excitement – after years of adoring Ash from afar – of being asked to stand in on guitar for their leader at a soundcheck." On Drummers' Names "Will Champion, eh? What a great name." On Dishing The Dirt "Other stars can be a big disappointment, and almost put you off their terrific music just by being ****s ... but we'll name no names here." Continues for 240 pages Roadie: My Life On The Road With Coldplay (Portico) is out 17 May Haha, ouch.
April 3, 201016 yr So I assume by that review they've sifted through the book and taken what they think is the most boring bits... Oh dear :laugh4: Doesn't put me off; I still want it :P
April 3, 201016 yr On Inventive Nicknames "All Jon [buckland]'s guitars have names ending in "y" – Blacky, Sunny, Browny etc". Ian go look and see what my Guitar's name is. I hope it's "blondy". :wacko:
April 3, 201016 yr On Inventive Nicknames "All Jon [buckland]'s guitars have names ending in "y" – Blacky, Sunny, Browny etc". Ian go look and see what my Guitar's name is. I hope it's "blondy". :wacko: :laugh3: Ian thank you!!! I think I'm going to pay extra for shipping:bomb:
April 4, 201016 yr Author Did Ian tell you that I have Sam and that book needs to be on a plane NOW! :angry: nice try :P but Sam was sat on my knee whilst Ian was relling me that story :lol: So I assume by that review they've sifted through the book and taken what they think is the most boring bits... from what I've read so far, yes! I'm very much enjoying it :D Matt is very witty and its flowing nicely. I love his descriptions. he's talking lots about Hoppy, Bash & Dan too. Plus he quotes from Pretty Woman! How can you not love a guy who does that? I'm upto Glastonbury 2002, so a bit to go yet.
April 4, 201016 yr from what I've read so far, yes! I'm very much enjoying it :D Matt is very witty and its flowing nicely. I love his descriptions. he's talking lots about Hoppy, Bash & Dan too. Plus he quotes from Pretty Woman! How can you not love a guy who does that? I'm upto Glastonbury 2002, so a bit to go yet. :dead:
April 7, 201016 yr Author finished :D shall write review later. and as for the above article, I have one thing to say. you can make a quote mean anything if you only quote half the sentence :rolleyes:
April 7, 201016 yr finished :D shall write review later. YAY :dance: :dance: Can't wait to recieve my book. One month to go :bomb:
April 7, 201016 yr finished :D shall write review later. and as for the above article, I have one thing to say. you can make a quote mean anything if you only quote half the sentence :rolleyes: Look forward to reading your review Jen :whip: :lol:
April 7, 201016 yr and as for the above article, I have one thing to say. you can make a quote mean anything if you only quote half the sentence :rolleyes: That's the press for you :rolleyes::rolleyes: I'll look forward to reading your review :D
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