http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/42858

 

 

im so so so sad, 'cause it will be only in nseptember :( and im going to hannover on august :(

awww how sweet of you chris.

but what if u cant make it to a concert?? does anyone know if it'll be available on itunes later on???:confused:

So sweety Chris, love you so much and thank you for your talent and your generosity !

I've already got my tickets for the parisian gig, I can't wait !!!

So sweety Chris, love you so much and thank you for your talent and your generosity !

I've already got my tickets for the parisian gig, I can't wait !!!

Back to what I said about not getting your hopes up, while I can see Chris perhaps convincing EMI to do some sort of concert giveaway, I'd imagine it being on a much smaller scale than handing out 15,000 DVDs a night. I could see a free download ticket for a new song, though, especially since that's another idea Chris mentioned in the past.

aw thats soooooo sweet of chris. lol.

but what if u cant go to a concert?? does anyone know if it'll be on itunes later on???

Hmmm, think this applies to the US summer gigs, or just the European stadium tour? 'Cause I want a CD! :P

 

Either way, it'd be incredible if they do that!

Coldplay's Free Live Album 'Tricky' Due to Recording Contracts

 

Sadly, Coldplay's live CD will not capture the magic of Chris Martin's Spider-Man impression...

 

Chris Martin doesn't want concert-goers to go home empty-handed – unlike his band at the Brits

 

What do you do when you're the bestselling music act in the world? If you're Coldplay, you start giving away albums for free. For the band's summer and autumn tour, Chris Martin has resolved to give every Coldplay concert-goer a free live album. "It's a way of saying thank you," he explained to the Sun earlier this week. "It's a tough economy and people are paying a lot of money for tickets."

 

It was only a year ago that Coldplay made their first foray into the, er, free world. Starting with gratis downloads of Violet Hill, the band went on to hold free gigs in London and New York. Last week, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry announced that Viva La Vida was the top-selling album of 2008, with 6.8m copies sold worldwide.

 

A free live album is "obviously a bit tricky in terms of record contracts and things but it would be great", Martin said. The band imagine a scenario where "you hand your ticket in at the door [and] get given the recording ... as a gift".

 

"It would be such a cool thing to do," he said.

 

Coldplay were nervous ahead of Wednesday's Brit awards – where they left empty-handed despite being nominated for four awards.

 

"The Brits [are] fun because it's not in our national character to celebrate our own greatness," Martin said. "That's why people get really hammered and why it's always so scandalous. Because, deep down, we don't feel comfortable with the idea of all that self-congratulation."

 

Though Coldplay didn't get the chance to do any self-congratulating, they don't need an awards ceremony to keep their egos in check. "You could start getting a big head," Martin said, "[but] then you listen to something like [bruce Springsteen's] Born In the USA. Hearing that makes you think, 'OK, we're still shit.'"

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/19/coldplay-chris-martin-free-live-album

http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/42858

 

 

Oh WHEEEEEEE I'm going to Nijmegen in September :dance: :dance: :dance:

:(

Maybe a live EP to download?? like 5 tracks?

Who has given him the Katy Perry crap?