but a dream Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Taken when they were in Japan last year for SummerSonic... it's really cute :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weiru Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Taken when they were in Japan last year for SummerSonic... it's really cute :D Yes their Rove interviews are cute too! Oh did you go for Summer Sonic as well? (Playing Fix You now, gawd I miss them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icequeenn Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 thank u for Jap interview! Hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fika Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 i love seeing them laugh! funny funny guys :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingtoseehere Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 SHOOT! I didn't buy yesterdays The Star and I usually get the newspaper when anything COldplay related is included in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarMonkey Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Yes I miss them madly too, for the whole week I've been doing nothing but watching interviews/concerts, reading articles and stalker pictures all the way into the wee hours and as a result I dreamt of them and woke up late for work. Which when I arrvied at work I was back to stalking. SIGH. Watching my videos of the gig now. I miss so so so so badly. Oh has anyone seen the video of their Japanese interview? Its adorably hilarious. YouTube - coldplay interview darn my lousy japanese...esp for the kanji words. i had absolutely no clue what most of the questions were really asking. but..........................hell yeah! MONKEYS RULE!!! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarMonkey Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 took a while to sort them out, but here's the more decent shots which i managed to snap... for some reason i keep thinking of Hugh Laurie's character Dr Gregory House when i see this shot... really like the colour of all the butterfly confettis raining down on this one... so it's my PC's wallpaper at work...for me to smile at when i get harrassed by difficult/demanding guests :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 great pics! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Viva La Coldplay Expectations ran high among the more than 10,000 people who paid an equally high price to watch British superband Coldplay performed in Singapore on Monday. Ticket prices for the sold-out gig ranged from S$88 to $249 and, according to several Indonesians who flew in especially for the concert, it was time and money well spent. Because Coldplay delivered on those expectations. With four successful albums under their belts, they had no problem delivering hit after hit during their two-hour show, entertaining a stadium full of hysterical fans, from young teenage girls to gentlemen in their 50s. An hour after Mercury Rev opened the show at about 8:15 p.m., the Coldplay members - lead singer Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will Champion - jumped onto the stage. They appeared behind a thin black screen carrying sparklers across the stage, wearing their signature cavalry-inspired outfits, and kickstarted the show with an instrumental version of "Life in Technicolor". When the black screen dropped, the fans turned up the screaming by several decibels, and they launched into another number from their Viva La Vida album, "Violet Hill". Then, as the stage turned red and red lasers beamed across the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Chris Martin hit the piano and the band began playing "Clocks" from A Rush of Blood to the Head. The lanky Chris Martin strutted down the left-hand runway, drawing a surge of picture-taking frenzy and photo flashes, when performing one of their "cult" songs from the same album, "In My Place". Then, as one of their early hits, "Yellow", came up, giant yellow balloons started rolling among the audience. With the venue lit up in a bright yellow light, the whole production set came into clearer view, showing the huge stage for the four-piece band and their extra instruments - including a piano, a keyboard, a drum and an old TV as also seen in their music videos - a long runway on each side of the stage, a giant screen on the stage backdrop and a few more hanging above the audience, and huge light orbs, on which the act was projected, hanging above the stage and around the stadium. The band played nearly all the songs from their Viva La Vida album, as well as some new pieces from their EP, Prospekt's March. Martin showed off his vocal power while singing "42" as he pretended to be out of breath at the last note but then dragged it out for what seemed like forever (and kept his eye on his watch while doing so). "Postcards From Far Away", a piano instrumental by Chris Martin, led into the intro to the familiar strings sound of their biggest hit ever, "Viva La Vida", which had the whole stadium on their feet. And of course a Coldplay concert could not be complete without earlier hits such as "Fix You", "Politik", "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" and "The Scientist", which the band presented smoothly. The crowd danced, jumped and screamed to each of the more than 24 of Coldplay's all-time favorite songs covered at the concert. The naturally entertaining Chris Martin charmed the audience with his jokes, teasing his band mates and thanking the audience, acknowledging all those who flew in from overseas. The production team behind the concert smartly injected surprise elements, to the delight of the audience, such as sending out a shower of colorful paper butterflies during "Lovers in Japan" while Martin sashayed down the runway swinging a Japanese paper umbrella. A surprise act came after the performance of "Lost!": The boys made their way through the audience to a small "stage" in the middle of the bleachers area, welcomed by the stunned audience who reached out trying to touch the guys. The quartet belted out acoustic versions of "Speed of Sound", a rendition of The Monkees' "I'm a Believer" and "Death Will Never Conquer" sung by drummer Will Champion. Martin joked that he had become the band's lead singer after losing a game of Monopoly to decide who would be the frontman "to take all the abuse, the drugs and that sort of thing". "Life in Technicolor ii" closed the show but left the audience wanting more. Even if you took out the giant balloons, laser shows and shower of butterflies, the concert proved that what Coldplay really offers is just a plain good music. The band does deserve its Grammies. http://www.thejakartapost.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Waaahhhh Min I've just read what happened..you've been pretty lucky this tour and totally deserved it, way to go girl :nice: tough The only regret of mine for this entire tour is that I never got to meet Jonny. Damn Jonny, why he always shies away from his fans, bad bad boy :whip: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiver7 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 i can't seem to attach the images, anyway here are two photos from the concert in Singapore that I took :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
but a dream Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Great pics everyone :D Expectations ran high among the more than 10,000 people who paid an equally high price to watch British superband Coldplay performed in Singapore on Monday. Ticket prices for the sold-out gig ranged from S$88 to $249 and, according to several Indonesians who flew in especially for the concert, it was time and money well spent. Because Coldplay delivered on those expectations. With four successful albums under their belts, they had no problem delivering hit after hit during their two-hour show, entertaining a stadium full of hysterical fans, from young teenage girls to gentlemen in their 50s. An hour after Mercury Rev opened the show at about 8:15 p.m., the Coldplay members - lead singer Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will Champion - jumped onto the stage. They appeared behind a thin black screen carrying sparklers across the stage, wearing their signature cavalry-inspired outfits, and kickstarted the show with an instrumental version of "Life in Technicolor". When the black screen dropped, the fans turned up the screaming by several decibels, and they launched into another number from their Viva La Vida album, "Violet Hill". Then, as the stage turned red and red lasers beamed across the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Chris Martin hit the piano and the band began playing "Clocks" from A Rush of Blood to the Head. The lanky Chris Martin strutted down the left-hand runway, drawing a surge of picture-taking frenzy and photo flashes, when performing one of their "cult" songs from the same album, "In My Place". Then, as one of their early hits, "Yellow", came up, giant yellow balloons started rolling among the audience. With the venue lit up in a bright yellow light, the whole production set came into clearer view, showing the huge stage for the four-piece band and their extra instruments - including a piano, a keyboard, a drum and an old TV as also seen in their music videos - a long runway on each side of the stage, a giant screen on the stage backdrop and a few more hanging above the audience, and huge light orbs, on which the act was projected, hanging above the stage and around the stadium. The band played nearly all the songs from their Viva La Vida album, as well as some new pieces from their EP, Prospekt's March. Martin showed off his vocal power while singing "42" as he pretended to be out of breath at the last note but then dragged it out for what seemed like forever (and kept his eye on his watch while doing so). "Postcards From Far Away", a piano instrumental by Chris Martin, led into the intro to the familiar strings sound of their biggest hit ever, "Viva La Vida", which had the whole stadium on their feet. And of course a Coldplay concert could not be complete without earlier hits such as "Fix You", "Politik", "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" and "The Scientist", which the band presented smoothly. The crowd danced, jumped and screamed to each of the more than 24 of Coldplay's all-time favorite songs covered at the concert. The naturally entertaining Chris Martin charmed the audience with his jokes, teasing his band mates and thanking the audience, acknowledging all those who flew in from overseas. The production team behind the concert smartly injected surprise elements, to the delight of the audience, such as sending out a shower of colorful paper butterflies during "Lovers in Japan" while Martin sashayed down the runway swinging a Japanese paper umbrella. A surprise act came after the performance of "Lost!": The boys made their way through the audience to a small "stage" in the middle of the bleachers area, welcomed by the stunned audience who reached out trying to touch the guys. The quartet belted out acoustic versions of "Speed of Sound", a rendition of The Monkees' "I'm a Believer" and "Death Will Never Conquer" sung by drummer Will Champion. Martin joked that he had become the band's lead singer after losing a game of Monopoly to decide who would be the frontman "to take all the abuse, the drugs and that sort of thing". "Life in Technicolor ii" closed the show but left the audience wanting more. Even if you took out the giant balloons, laser shows and shower of butterflies, the concert proved that what Coldplay really offers is just a plain good music. The band does deserve its Grammies. http://www.thejakartapost.com Love the review, thanks for sharing Ian :dance: Brings back such great memories of that night :nice: Waaahhhh Min I've just read what happened..you've been pretty lucky this tour and totally deserved it, way to go girl :nice: tough Damn Jonny, why he always shies away from his fans, bad bad boy :whip: Aww thanks :blush: Jonny is forever the elusive one :bigcry: But I'll never give up :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zempt Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Taken from Roadie 42's new post. "Thankfully, though, we get a top night and a very noisy crowd. As in Singapore the other night, they take to the Viva chant with huge enthusiasm. It's a pure melody, completely unhindered by language - no wonder it's been embraced and celebrated the world over...." Hell Yeah! :sunny: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
but a dream Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Taken from Roadie 42's new post. "Thankfully, though, we get a top night and a very noisy crowd. As in Singapore the other night, they take to the Viva chant with huge enthusiasm. It's a pure melody, completely unhindered by language - no wonder it's been embraced and celebrated the world over...." Hell Yeah! :sunny: We were GOOD at the Viva chant, no denying that :D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zempt Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 All the more reason for them to come back soon the sooner it is the better. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
but a dream Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 It makes me sad to think that they won't be back on our little sunny island for 2, 3 years :sad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ab Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Awesome pix, thanx guys! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icequeenn Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Channel 5 just had a repeat of the CNA interview but with shots of the concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
but a dream Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Coooool :D Ah one of the best days of my life *reminisces* :wacky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarMonkey Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 i can't seem to attach the images, anyway here are two photos from the concert in Singapore that I took :D niiice! :) here's a tip to a fellow Flickr user : copy the image links (they end with ".jpg" to attach the images)...click on All Sizes. choose which size you want if you don't want the default size, which i think is Large. at the bottom of each image is a set of links. 1 to embed the images as per Flickr rules (which i never follow :P ) & 1 with just the URL of the image itself (which is what you really need). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarMonkey Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 We were GOOD at the Viva chant, no denying that :D:D:D i'd say that chant is infectious! loads of ppl were still singing it loudly & unashamedly waaaay after the concert as they were leaving the stadium! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
but a dream Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 i'd say that chant is infectious! loads of ppl were still singing it loudly & unashamedly waaaay after the concert as they were leaving the stadium! :cool: Yeah I heard them!!! It was awesome, actually :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 too many good cameras in singapore. Cant. keep. up. :dead: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28458776@N04/sets/72157616026190394/show/ (60 pho-to-graphs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
but a dream Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I know Ian :dead: Those are gorgeous. And those were shot with a DSLR *launches into yet another rant about how unfair it is that some people get to bring in big lenses* :disappointed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fika Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 eeeeeps, my friends paid for the 88$ tix and a lady organizer approached them and asked whether they are big coldplay fans.. (which they replied "DUH!!!") she asked them to prove by singing one coldplay songs and they sang the scientist. she said you know what coldplay does? they reserve 2 rows for their biggest fans! and they got transferred to the first row! first row!! anybody else here got lucky like that? &^%$#@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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