Lovely blog! Chris is a real worker! Anyone got an Idea what type of Camera/Lenses Roadie uses?

that man never rest does he....

 

edit ^ if he hung around Guy too much it must be Leica or panasonic

ohh...wow...yay

yay:D

this is a great blog & i love the pics

Nice pics! :rolleyes:

what the helll! two ridiculously exciting R#42 blogs in one day?? i would do anything to be able to sit in on one of chirs's brainstorming sessions. roadie #42 is so god damn lucky!

Fantastic!!

I have the impression that every time I have to work or just leave for on hour something really cool happens :)

Love the pics and what he writes especially!!!

:dance:

awesome pics, awesome post ^^

aww, yay chris for working on new songs! :nice: and for two great blogs in one day!

 

i wish we could hear them. i want to be roadie #42 :bigcry:

Just wanna share something with you guys XD

I'm currently living in England (where I'm not from) and I went to Cardiff on Saturday to visit the city, when something caught my eyes so I took a PIC.

 

Maybe I'm too obsessed by Coldplay's website :laugh3:

#42 joins Chris in the studio as he works on new songs...

Good :)

 

 

Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence;

supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

 

Sun Tzu, On the art of war.

 

 

What if the father & the son ?

 

There's only one conclusion, Chris.

 

The love of the father for the son.

The love of the son for the father.

The wound in the right side has become the V of the victory, our victory.

 

As father & son

To bring peace as father & son

Peace between the brothers

 

And the whole humanity embarked in this love

In the ark of truth

 

Name of the Father - Name of the Sons.

 

Let's rock the house.

Amen

 

 

 

 

 

New way

Our way

 

 

They need help.

 

And i need you.

To lift it together.

For them.

 

Let's teach them the new measure.

The wisdom of love.

 

O veni, veni Emmanuel, ﹡ Captivum solve Israel, ﹡ qui gemit in exilio, ﹡ privates Dei Filio

Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel ﹡ nascetur pro te, Israel

 

 

p.s. : the new EP is so audacious. You lead the march with such a grace.

 

 

We must break the circle of ignorance

They need guidance

For the sake of humanity

 

Exodus 3.14

 

 

 

Oh Chris,

Did you paint your smile on, well I said I knew

That my reason for living was for loving you

We're related in feeling but you're high above

You're pure and you're gentle with the grace of a dove

EJ&BT

Le dialogue d'avant le monde.

 

Avant Abraham, je suis.

 

Nous sommes : ceux qui ont été connus d'avance.

 

Chris, Coldplay a sauvé le monde

Vous avez stoppé la chute

Et je me suis reconnu en ce monde

Quel est ce miracle ?

 

Et si je suis, vous êtes.

Et si vous êtes, nous sommes.

 

Mais nous sommes dans le monde à l'envers

Qu'avons-nous à faire de ces maîtres ?

 

Nous sommes à la veille de toutes les révolutions

De la révolution

Le monde remis à l'endroit

A l'endroit où je suis

cogito ergo sum

 

Oh, Nathanael

 

 

When you add wounds on wounds, you can't heal.

 

L'ange des nations.

 

Il suffira d'un battement d'ailes (de papillon of course).

 

Demandez au Père, et il vous accordera.

 

En mon nom

 

Nathanael

 

Béni soit ton nom

car tu es cher à mon coeur

 

There is no harm in Nathanael

 

La promesse faite à Jacob était renouvelée devant Nathanaël

 

Paix dans la maison d'Israël

 

La voix de Nathanael

Thank you Coldplay

Thank you Chris

Thank you

 

Hippies are back

Don't forget the dream of the hippies

Peace & Love

The invincible revolution

Mr. Kerouac

 

San Francisco

La maison bleue sera la dernière à rester debout

 

Quand San Francisco se lève

 

Capitalism without fraternity is despotism

It destroys humanity and cultures which are forms of expression

Combien de générations devront être encore sacrifiées sur l'autel du veau d'or ?

It's an ideology

founded on the idea that we are in competition.

Why competition ?

Let's show some fairplay

 

Angleterre, ta revanche est ici.

Berceau de la révolution.

 

Nous sommes unis sous un même baptême.

Il nous faut porter secours.

L'armée des anges.

Le royaume de Dieu sur terre.

The Great Escape

En fanfare

 

-your dedicated fan

 

YelloW

 

La paix des enfants

 

Le chemin de la maison

 

Le pardon vient de France

Fille aînée de l'église

 

Je suis et j'annonce la grâce de Dieu

le salut du Père

qui a pris soin du chemin

 

 

Pour toi, j'ai formé la plus heureuse pensée

 

It's my christmas present

 

 

Ne cédez pas sur le désir qui vous a amené à la parole

si vous cédez, vous aurez des discours

Parole ou discours ?

Le discours est l'arme du sophiste

Régime de l'opinion

Lutte sans fin

Je mets un terme à la lutte en rappelant la fin

qui est au commencement

Alpha & Omega

Entelechia

 

Maybe we could put an end to the rubbishle nonsense of this world

 

D'homme à homme

De frère à frère

Dans la lumière

 

Qui sauve le père, sauve les frères

Le fils sauve le père

"Pardonne leur père, ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font"

 

Le père sauve les frères

Père & Fils

 

Que serait l'Angleterre sans Purcell ?

Qui serions-nous sans Purcell ?

 

Royaume Uni

 

Merci aux gamins de la côte ouest

Kids of the west coast, thanks. You did well

 

Les transformations de Merlin : les transformations de l'esprit

J'ai retiré l'épée de la pierre

 

Sagesse du Père

Royaume des cieux

 

Vous êtes dans le monde où je suis

 

Leibniz

 

Ephraim & Manasseh

 

The dream when i was in the pit

Joseph

S.O.S. shining in the dark

 

Speed Of Sound

 

Here we are

 

"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."

By the ears

Music !

The body of mutual enjoyment

The rainbow body

Vairocana

 

A stars federation

 

Tout bon musicien sait qu'il faut jouer aussi entre les notes

Je sais aussi que l'on peut mourir d'amour

Et revenir pour la même raison

 

Any good musician knows that one must also play between the notes

I know one can die of love

and come back for the same reason

 

Providence

Rhode Island

Hic Rhodus, hic saltus

 

For the kids of the world

 

 

 

 

Chris, let's have a beer

 

 

 

Le plan d'immanence

The plan of immanence

 

Transcendance & immanence : Father & Son

 

Spinoza

 

We are : deployment

The rose

 

Maqom

 

It's a miracle

 

It has been such a long way

 

Tikun

 

 

 

Je viens à notre rencontre

I come to meet us

and no wall can prevent that. Yo !

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxWuacDLc9U]YouTube - Muppet Show Star Wars Episode[/ame]

Just wanna share something with you guys XD

I'm currently leaving in England (where I'm not from) and I went to Cardiff on Saturday to visit the city, when something caught my eyes so I took a PIC.

 

Maybe I'm too obsessed by Coldplay's website :laugh3:

 

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Get Lost!

November 10, 2008 9:40 am

Lost! EP out digitally today

 

 

Good morning. The Lost! EP is released digitally today around the world. It contains the following tracks:

 

1. Lost!

2. Lost? (acoustic version)

3. Lost@ (live at United Center, Chicago)

4. Lost+ (feat Jay-Z)

 

You can buy it from all good digital retailers. Click below for some iTunes links:

 

- iTunes UK - iTunes France

- iTunes Germany - iTunes Spain

- iTunes Italy - iTunes Australia

 

Folks in the UK can also download the whole EP on MP3 from 7 Digital for just £1.50 here. We'll add the North American links soon.

 

Anchorman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coldplay win three WMAs

November 10, 2008 11:07 am

Triple win at Monaco awards

 

Good morning. We're pleased to report that Coldplay won three awards at the World Music Awards in [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XKnb19SRjes]Monaco[/ame] last night. The band won World's Best Rock Act, World's Best Selling Recording Act and Best Great Britain Act. Hurrah!

 

Anchorman

Did you guys see the Glass of Water Game? There's a little icon for it on the main page, upper left.

Fun and every so often you do get a clip from the new EP.

 

http://www.coldplay.com/glass/

 

It's on the Band's myspace as well.

Jon Hopkins interview

November 12, 2008 7:49 pm

We caught up Coldplay's album collaborator and support act

 

With Viva La Vida collaborator Jon Hopkins about to start another run of shows supporting Coldplay, we thought it was time to find out a bit more about him...

 

 

Hello Jon, how are you?

Hi, I am well, though a bit jetlagged. Currently in Miami, I arrived in the US in time to DJ at the Atlanta show last night and have my first live support in Kansas tomorrow night.

 

You've already played some dates with the band on this tour, have you enjoyed them?

It's been amazing, I think I've played about 15 shows with them so far. The most surreal were the first three free shows we did in London, Barcelona and New York. The sense of anticipation and excitement from the crowd was awesome.

 

What's it like to play to big arenas?

Quite hard to describe. At first it was actually beyond nerve-wracking and almost amusing. Then it became slightly terrifying. Now it's actually fun.

 

Have you found Coldplay's fans responsive to your music?

Yes it has seemed to go down really well - I didn't know how they'd react to something so different from the band they've come to see but they've been really welcoming and I've had some awesome responses.

 

You worked on Viva La Vida with the band - how did you meet them?

I was introduced to them by Brian Eno, one of the producers on the record. He invited me into the studio for one day in early 07 to see if I could contribute and I somehow ended up staying till the album was finished a year later.

 

And what was your involvement on the record?

I co-produced a couple of the tracks, and played organs, harmoniums, and other keyboard instruments on some others. I also adapted one of my own new songs (a track called Light Through The Veins, which I'm releasing soon) into what finally became the intro to Life In Technicolor, and the backing to The Escapist.

 

Had you worked with other bands in a similar way?

I wouldn't say I've had a comparable experience really - I have produced some solo artists, such as King Creosote and Dan Arborise, and have done bits of co-writing with David Holmes, Brian Eno and Massive Attack, but I also do a lot of film scoring and remixing work which tends to be more solitary. So it's been cool to work with a bigger group of people, and see how things work within a band like this.

 

What was the atmosphere like in the studio compared to other acts you've worked with?

Perhaps harder-working but amazing fun, very rewarding.

 

Is it a nice feeling knowing that music you've worked on and co-written is now in the homes of millions across the world?

Yeah very, and I'm proud of my input on the record. What was particularly great was hearing the intro to Violet Hill on the radio for the first time, which actually came from an improvisation that myself and Davide Rossi (the album's string arranger) did.

 

Could you tell us a bit more about your own music?

It's electronically made, but includes a lot of treated acoustic instruments. It's rhythmic and melodic, very dark in parts and euphoric in others. I'm not good at describing it beyond that but you can hear some at http://www.myspace.com/jonhopkins...

 

How do you translate largely electronic music to a live show?

There are a lot of new instruments and technologies around that allow you to make electronic music a much more "performed" thing, and to improvise and build your ideas live. I also play alongside a big screen of visuals on this tour, made up of some crazy psychedelic animations by this genius guy called Vince Collins, who allowed me to use his work as part of my show. This adds an extra dimension I think... these stages are perhaps quite difficult to fill with one person and some machines.

 

Do you enjoy being on the road?

Yes. It's not something I've done much of until this year but I'm loving it.

 

Are Coldplay a fun band to tour with?

Yeah. I've known the band for nearly two years now, it's great being on the road with them.

 

After the US, you'll be joining them for the UK tour too - are there any shows you're particularly looking forward to?

I'm looking forward to the London o2 Arena shows - Davide Rossi is joining me on stage doing live strings.

 

Do you tend to watch Coldplay's show? What do you think of it?

It's been cool watching it evolve over the last 6 months, it's changed a lot from the first friends and family show into the massive spectacular I witnessed last night... it seems to really have settled into itself now, if that makes sense.

 

Finally, what's your favourite Coldplay song?

Probably Politik. A sublime epic.

 

Thanks Jon.

You're welcome.

 

For more info on Jon Hopkins check out his MySpace here

 

http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=200

^ coool interview & insight !

Band on UK's Channel 4 on Sunday

 

Lost! performance on T4 on Sunday

November 13, 2008 10:02 am

Band on UK's Channel 4 on Sunday

 

Good morning. This Sunday lunchtime, at 12.55pm, those of you in the UK will be able to watch Coldplay playing Lost! on Channel 4's T4. This is the first fruit of a TV performance previously blogged about by #42. Here's an arty/blurred picture which we took at the filming...

 

 

Anchorman.

weird that his face is so blurry, and not the rest of his body.......... :thinking:

OOH a 42 facebook group!

yayyyy joined ^_^

Viva La Vida up for artwork award

 

November 13, 2008 12:41 pm

Best Vinyl Cover Art of 2008 nomination

 

Good afternoon. We're pleased to announce that Viva La Vida is one of the nominees for artvinyl.com's Best Vinyl Cover Art of 2008 award. Click here to see the other nominations and, if you should fancy, to vote for your favourite.

 

Anchorman

Roadie #42 - Blog #52

November 14, 2008 7:04 am

In which #42 muses on Hooters and parties

 

 

Our show in Fort Lauderdale or Miami (nobody seems exactly sure where we are) is a nicely noisy affair. You can always pretty much judge how raucous an audience is going to be by watching them during the Blue Danube intro. Tonight it's arms aloft, swaying in time. It can't hurt, obviously that many of these arms are attached to rather large plastic cups full of beer...

 

Most arenas have advertising boards on the front of the balconies. The majority of modern ones have LED panels that make a bright ring all around the venue. Tonight, when the lights go up after Speed Of Sound, Chris notes that all the way around the arena there are boards advertising a certain drinking establishment. Despite Jonny's assertion in a Canadian radio interview that the album had been a success mainly due to the fact that "there are boobs on the cover", Chris is at pains to point out that the "the band Coldplay has nothing to do with Hooters". Never one to burn his bridges though, he follows this up with "although we'd like to..."

 

I decide to take a wander out to the back of the room during the C-Stage. The mixing desk is way out at the back of the crowd, so I make my way into the Front Of House enclosure to do as the majority of the rest of the crowd do at this point - i.e. take some photos...

 

 

We seem to be doing a lot of "second nights" in places on this tour. We're revisiting Atlanta today, for the second time in under a week. Today we're joined by old friends. Bryan Kiger was on the sound crew right back on Coldplay's first trip to the States. He was soon joined by John Kaylor and Dave Cheek and all three are truly wonderful people. Despite all the "glamour" and "excitement" that is associated with the job we do, the real thing that is of value that comes out of it is the friendships that you take away with you. Seeing these fellas again is a huge treat and only makes us miss them all the more. I've no doubt whatsoever though, that we'll catch up again further down the road.

 

It's been a while since the band have been in for soundcheck and today isn't just a soundcheck - it's a soundcheck party!

 

I've mused before that for the roadie, the phrase "soundcheck party" is something of an oxymoron. Soundcheck is what stands between them and either a break for dinner, or possibly the joy of a quick hour back in the bunk on the bus. This means that they are essentially a mild form of purgatory. To celebrate this in any way, seems utterly insane.

 

For the 100 lucky competition winners though, you can understand it is indeed a treat. Today, the fellas are working on some of the Prospekt's March songs - which means that the assembled folks are the first to ever hear two of the new songs performed live. Quite how they sounded in the boomy emptiness of the arena I'm not sure. Life In Technicolor II goes pretty well, Prospekt's March though, requires more work, it would seem. To round out the new tracks, they give Glass Of Water a thrashing before wandering down to say hello.

 

Atlanta also marks the return of Jon Hopkins to the fold. Tonight he is DJ-ing before the show, but from Kansas on, he's bringing the whole multimedia spectacular. Obviously, we're all pleased to see him. None more so than Guy, who now has somebody else to take photos of...

 

 

Roadie #42

OMG, this camera is bigger than his head :lol:

Coldplay.com catches up with Chris in Atlanta

 

Chris: "We're having the time of our lives"

November 14, 2008 9:42 am

Coldplay.com catches up with Chris in Atlanta

 

Hello Chris, how are you?

I'm good man, I'm in Atlanta. I just had my ears looked at and my mouth washed out.

 

What's wrong with your ears and your mouth?

Well nothing as it transpires. But in every city I go to, I like to find some random person on the street and ask them to look at my ears.

 

To what end?

I like to ask what they think about 31-year-old men getting their ears pierced. But it's almost unanimous agreement that it's too late, you can't do it. It's annoying.

 

Right. Let's talk about the Prospekt's March EP. Had you always planned to release it?

Yeah, the idea was always to put these songs out about now.

 

So when you started recording Viva La Vida, the intention was to have extra songs?

Yeah. But they're all part of the same family. In truth, I think because Glass Of Water's a little heavier, for example, we felt like, "Let's put the album out and then if it does OK we'll put out those songs that we were maybe a little shy about putting out".

 

Did any of the EP's songs come close to being on Viva La Vida?

Well they all kind of are. I've never thought of them as not being, y'know? That's why it's funny when I realise people haven't heard them yet. Plus, it was nice to have an opportunity to remix Lovers In Japan and get Jay's version of Lost! on there. So to me it's like the right hand to Viva La Vida's left hand.

 

Are you pleased with Jay-Z's Lost! rap?

Yeah, I love it. He's a clever man.

 

Did you hear the mash-up album of Coldplay and Jay-Z songs?

Viva La Hova? I haven't heard it, but I've heard about it. I don't look at anything on the internet very much, so I don't really know what's going on.

 

And what was the thinking behind the new Lovers In Japan mix?

Well, we've been playing it live better than it is on the record. So the live version has informed this Osaka Sun version, which is just a bit more lively. I'm super-pleased with the EP, I've gotta say. And I'm allowed to say that because it doesn't have the same pressure as an album coming out. I think the people who've got Viva La Vida already and like it will hopefully really like the EP because it's from the same family, if a little more catchy. And the people who haven't got Viva La Vida can get both together. I just feel good about it. But what I'm really excited about is playing in Britain.

 

Ah yes, the UK tour is only a couple of weeks away.

Exactly. I realised onstage yesterday that we've done almost 70 concerts now and we still haven't played at home. I just felt like, "Man, we've been really rude, we've got to go back and play there". I can't wait for the Sheffield show.

 

Do you have any special plans for the UK tour?

We'll we be doing the same kind of things, but the jokes will be more Britain-centric. We're going to have to lose all the Joe the Plumber jokes and the Sarah Palin jokes and come up with ones about Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand. Really the only problem with playing in different countries is thinking about what to say between songs.

 

You're playing in the UK right up to Christmas, with the last show on December 23rd in Belfast.

Yeah. And I would also like to do something on Christmas Eve, but I'm not sure if it's possible. I have to say, it does feel weird that we haven't been in Britain at all. Over the last week or so, the realisation of that has really hit. But I think next year we'll make up for it.

 

Is that a hint towards future plans?

Well, we tried to get Knebworth but it just wasn't possible. So we're having to think of something else. In fact, I think we have thought of something else. Hopefully we'll be able to announce it soon. And hopefully it's not the same day that Oasis have booked it.

 

Although that would be a good double bill.

It would be a great double bill. And we wouldn't mind opening. I would also, funnily enough, open for Take That. We were in the dressing room yesterday and, for whatever reason, we started singing [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wMSUnEOPY5I]Back For Good[/ame]. We sang the whole thing, word for word, with all the right chords on our piano, without having to learn it or anything. It was great. So I'd like to use this forum, the Coldplay website, to announce that if Take That want us to open for them, we'll do it. The only problem is that we'll have to get down the gym for a bit.

 

But you do have more touring plans for next year?

Yeah. Our touring plans are very much like Christmas presents that are wrapped, but you can basically see what they are. If you look carefully you can see the shape. And you can probably guess, "Oh this feels like a stadium".

 

Have you been enjoying this tour?

Man, we're having the time of our lives. The truth of it is, we've always wanted to be a band that could go anywhere in the world and it's suddenly happened. It's such a privilege. It's surreally brilliant. But we can't wait to get back to Britain. That's home. So, what else is going on in Britain? How are Tottenham doing?

 

They're doing incredibly well since Harry Redknapp took over.

Great.

Meanwhile, your team, Exeter City are doing well in the league but got knocked out of the FA Cup by a team many divisions below them.

How many divisions are there below them?

Well Exeter are in the fourth tier of English football and they were beaten by a team from the eighth tier.

What?!

 

They're called Curzon Ashton.

Hang on, you're telling me they got beaten by Demi Moore's husband?!

 

It's quite fashionable to buy a football club these days. Perhaps you could make Exeter an offer.

Well, if we had enough money I would love to buy Exeter City and then give it to someone who knew what they were doing, because I don't really know anything about football. But it's too expensive. Funnily enough, someone came up to me in New York the other day - a big businessman - and said, "I nearly bought your band the other day". I can't tell you who it was, but it was a hilarious conversation. He said he'd nearly bought our label.

 

So, if you had to pick the best gig from this tour, which would it be?

Paris Bercy.

 

What was good about that?

The crowd. And the price of the refreshments. I judge our concerts on how reasonably-priced the veggie burgers are. If I see that they're too expensive, I can't have a good gig.

 

Really?

No, not really.

 

Good. Because the price of a burger is often linked to its quality. Cheap burger usually means bad burger and vice versa.

Do you think so? Does that work with music too? Could we be like Be Here Now, reassuringly expensive? By the way, could I go on record and state that Be Here Now is a great album?

 

Not even Noel Gallagher thinks that.

No, Noel doesn't like it, but I do. I think it's got great songs on it. I think My Big Mouth is one of Oasis's best songs.

 

But that album is just too long.

Well that's also known as X&Y syndrome. Every band gets it. But for anyone reading this, they should listen to the song [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8xlXDlMJD7Y]My Big Mouth[/ame] by Oasis, because it's wonderful.

 

It was nice to read your note about Barack Obama winning the election last week.

Oh man. This American tour has been fantastic because it's just such an incredible time to be here and the audiences are in such a good mood; I think our audience is probably 90% Barack people. It's been like living in the middle of history. We were in New York on election day and it was a total carnival.

 

It sounds amazing.

It is amazing. You remember when Take That came back? It feels like that for America.

 

That good, eh?

Yeah. If you think of America as an Othello piece, it feels like it just turned over. It feels like 50% different. It feels like all the people who've had to be quiet for eight years are suddenly the people that are now gonna get to make decisions.

 

Have you been writing songs on tour?

Yes. I write all the time, because it's the only way to make sense of everything. I've got one of those little keyboards you get given for Christmas when you're seven. I have it with me at all times.

 

Did you write a song today?

I did write a bit of a song today actually, yeah.

 

Can we have a sneak preview?

Um, well, it's about when your uncles get drunk and sing.

 

Is it really?

Yeah, I promise. And it also owes a slight debt to [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pWpjCe2oTbE]Altogether Now[/ame] by The Farm. I never knew that song was about the football match in the trenches in the First World War. It's amazing.

 

Well we'll look forward to the drunk uncles song. In the meantime, is there anything else you'd like to add?

Just that we are grateful to the people that have been into our band this year, because we're having an incredible time. In fact, we fucking love it. And we're gonna get better and better. That's the news.

Thanks for posting!