If it were up to Jonny, he'd never do anything in a video again.

 

Thank goodness it's not up to Jonny. :P

:lol:

so if everyone agrees that the guy puppet looks more like a sketchball than guy, why did they use it?! :lol:

My guess is that Phil didn't want someone hotter than him in the video..... :lol:

What was the worst mistake you made on stage in 2008?

Oh there were so many! Splitting my trousers on the run back from the C-stage bit was pretty hair-raising. It was in America, around Dallas time.

 

:stunned: I was at that show. See Jonny's pants just want to fly off when I'm around. :wink3:

 

Is it still strange rubbing shoulders with lots of famous people at award shows?

It is a bit. You still get that thing where you think you know people but actually you've only seen them on the telly. I had an awfully embarrassing moment with somebody, who I'm not going to name, when I waved to them and then I thought to myself, "Oh no you idiot, you don't know her, you've just seen her on TV!'

 

 

haha! :lol: that is hilarious.. I wonder who it was.

so if everyone agrees that the guy puppet looks more like a sketchball than guy, why did they use it?! :lol:

yeah i didn't really like his puppet :\

When I first saw Guy's puppet, I thought it was Bono Vox ><'

Jonny split his trousers hahahahahahhahaha. I wanna see that. Hilarious

 

dito :laugh3:

 

so if everyone agrees that the guy puppet looks more like a sketchball than guy, why did they use it?! :lol:

 

it is the chucky form or sylvester stallone i tell you! :stunned:

 

What was the worst mistake you made on stage in 2008?

Oh there were so many! Splitting my trousers on the run back from the C-stage bit was pretty hair-raising. It was in America, around Dallas time.

 

:stunned: I was at that show. See Jonny's pants just want to fly off when I'm around. :wink3:

 

:lol: I so totally believe you!

I realllllyyyyyy want to know who won the limerick contest....

Anchorman is killing me, still no word on the limerick contest :bomb:

News at last :D

This is the winning limerick:

 

There once was a drummer named Will,

who, during "viva" would BANG on a bell.

The bell it struck back

with a ping and a THWACK!

but bravely he's hitting it still.

 

 

It sounds a bit like mine, this is the one I send:

There once was a drummer named Will

Who thought: "That is the bell I'll kill"

But the bell struck back

and hit him in the neck.

Then Will thought "Chill" and got rid of it on Voilet Hill.

 

Liked mine better :P

Radio sessions kick off today

January 29, 2009 11:57 am

Chris begins his UK radio blitz

Good morning. In about an hour, Chris will be heading into BBC Radio 1 for the first of his radio appearances this week. Here's a reminder of the full list, with their broadcast times and a link to listen online. The Absolute Radio session is also set to be webcast live via the station's website. The link for that is below too.

 

Thursday 29th January

1pm: Edith Bowman show on BBC Radio 1

2.30-3pm: Ian Camfield show on Xfm

7pm: Lucio show on Capital Radio

 

Friday 30th January

1pm - Absolute Radio live webcast

5-6pm - Steve Lamacq show on BBC 6 Music

 

Saturday 31st January

11.30am - Jonathan Ross show on BBC Radio 2

 

Monday 2nd February

6-10am - Absolute Radio session broadcasts on Christian O'Connell show

 

Happy listening!

 

Anchorman

 

Video footage of Xfm session now online

January 30, 2009 11:38 am

Watch Chris playing four songs

 

 

Good morning. The kind folks at Xfm have been in touch to let us know that they've just posted videos of Chris's acoustic session at the station yesterday. So now you can see what he looked like while performing Viva La Vida, Talk, Fix You and LITii. You can also hear Chris's interview in full. Click here to check it all out.

 

Anchorman

 

Coldplay to play France's Main Square Festival

January 30, 2009 7:06 pm

French festival show on 2nd July

Good evening. We're pleased to announce that Coldplay are to perform at the Main Square Festival in Arras, northern France on Thursday 2nd July. Tickets go on sale on February 5th at 10am. For more info, see http://www.mainsquarefestival.fr.

 

Anchorman

 

 

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Roskilde performance date

January 30, 2009 10:50 pm

It's July 5th, not the 4th

Good evening. Coldplay's agents have just been in touch to tell us that the band are, in fact, playing Roskilde on Sunday July 5th, rather than Saturday July 4th as was previously announced. For more info on the festival, head to http://www.roskilde-festival.dk.

 

Anchorman

Live twittering from Jonathan Ross show...

January 31, 2009 11:43 am

Head over to our twitter page for updates

 

Good morning. Head over to coldplay.com/twitter right now to read live twitter updates from Chris's appearance on Jonathan Ross's Radio 2 show (click here to listen live).

 

Anchorman

so much news lately :freak:

Life In Technicolor ii released today

February 2, 2009 11:11 am

New single and B-side available now

 

Good morning. Coldplay's new single, Life In Technicolor ii, is released here in the snowy UK today. The track is available on 7-inch vinyl and digital bundle. The B-side of the 7-inch is a new track, The Goldrush. As well as that song, the digital bundle features Life In Technicolor ii (Live @ The O2, London). Click the links below if you'd like to buy it...

 

- 7-inch from HMV.com (overseas orders accepted)

- Digital EP from iTunes

- Digital EP from 7 Digital

 

Anchorman

 

Vote for Coldplay in the Brits

February 3, 2009 2:15 pm

We'd be much obliged if you'd help Coldplay win some Brits

Good afternoon. Voting is now open for two of the four Brit Awards which Coldplay are nominated for; Best British Live Act and Best British Single. If you'd like to vote for the band, head over to http://www.brits.co.uk/vote. You'll need to register, but it only takes a few seconds and you can opt-out of future contact.

 

Thanks folks. Your support is, as ever, much appreciated.

 

Anchorman

Voted :dance:

Coldplay nominated for JUNO award

February 4, 2009 9:27 am

Band up for International Album of the Year

Good morning. Last night, Coldplay were nominated for the International Album of the Year award at Canada's JUNO Awards. The band won the same award - the only international category at the JUNOs - for X&Y in 2006.

 

Anchorman

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coldplay on 60 Minutes on Sunday

February 4, 2009 11:58 am

Band featured on legendary US news show

Good morning. This Sunday evening (Feb 8th), a feature on Coldplay will be airing on US TV show 60 Minutes. The show will broadcast at 7pm ET/PT on CBS, in the hour preceding the Grammy Awards telecast.

 

Anchorman

Roadie #42 - Blog #66

February 4, 2009 1:18 pm

#42 is our mole in the studio

 

After touring's "ying" of constant motion, noisy crowds and repetition, studio work's "yang" brings stillness, quiet isolation and a torrent of creativity. I've been in the corner of the control room at the Bakery for the past couple of weeks watching the first foundations being dug for the next batch of songs.

 

Regular readers will remember that whilst we were in Miami a couple of months ago, Chris spent some time in a studio putting down new song ideas. Well, for the past couple of weeks, the fellas and Brian Eno have been working their way through these sketches.

 

When I say "the fellas", there is one person notably absent from these sessions. Chris has been banned from the studio for these first two weeks. Now, before the rumour mill cranks its way excitedly into life, this does not indicate any kind of split in the camp. This is an experiment of Brian's (a phrase I feel I may have a hard time not over-using as the project progresses). Rather than have Chris's demo recordings come in fully-formed, leading the songs in a particular direction, Will, Guy and Jonny are constructing their own musical underpinning with little idea of what Chris had in mind. For many of the tracks, they hear nothing but the vocal track.

 

The fact that this is such a crazy way of going about things seems to encourage them to go off in deliberately strange and adventurous directions. Often, they come in first thing in the morning and listen to Chris's idea once, before going out into the live room and working up something based purely on how the song "felt" to them on first listen, paying little heed to what chords he chose or how the melody sat.

 

The absence of the immediately recognisable piano and voice makes the sounds coming through the speakers seem very fresh, new and exciting. When Brian makes the move to his laptop and brings Chris's voice back in, the familiar Coldplay melodies and emotions are loud and clear, but the canvas they are set against has become wider, more vivid and even more daring.

 

Will, ever the multi-instrumentalist is all over the studio. He spends a good deal of time at his laptop (indeed, one of my favourite tracks from these sessions comes from a drum loop he brings into the studio early on. It's like the backing track from Lost! has been struck down with a very heavy fever and has taken off on safari through a surrealist painting). He's also on the pianos and Chris's guitar for much of the time. Occasionally, he'll even have a go on the drums.

 

Guy too, is clearly loving the creative playground that the studio offers. As bass players often do, he seems to have a great overall view of the songs from the inside out. His innate sense of what might work or what might be required allows him to contribute a huge amount by way of ideas for directions to head off in. Jonny has dug up the old Moog synth that Guy used to play on the X&Y tour and has hooked it up to his guitar rig. The sounds he coaxes range from the bizarre and the ugly to the most downright gorgeous things that you'll ever hear.

 

Everyone is away from their assigned roles and it's as though playing the "wrong" instruments has given them the freedom to play fearlessly like kids - like a new band that's just got together. The results are quite astounding.

 

So what of Mr Martin in all of this? Somewhat predictably, he's not slouched on a sofa in front of daytime television. He's up the road at another studio pouring out songs in a writing project with another artist.

 

As if to underline the point that despite being apart, the band vibe is as strong as ever, a phone call comes towards the end of the first week. Chris has a song that's not quite coming together and what he really needs is a kick-ass rhythm section. The fellas decide that Friday afternoon shall be a field trip and they all troop off up there for a nosey at what he's up to.

 

This little section of recording marks the first time I've been around whilst the chaps are working with Brian Eno. Watching things progress is most interesting. I remember on the first day, looking through the glass from the control room as they all played in the live room. Here are four guys, one of whom first became known in the seventies, yet looking around the room we have Jonny at a Moog synth, Will playing a Fender Telecaster and Guy on a vintage Bass. Brian is sat at a fold down table with a laptop and a tiny keyboard looking for all the world like some hip laptop DJ - whilst the others could be from any band in the last thirty-odd years.

 

As things progress though, it becomes clear that the laptop is merely a convenient tool. Brian's instrument it seems, is upon his shoulders. His ears and his brain are the things which resonate most strongly when the music begins. He can listen to a short section which shows promise and cut directly to what needs doing to untangle the mess and allow the ideas to shine.

 

The role of a producer can be a little unclear to those outside the studio. Watching them work though, it's clear that he's not pushing or pulling them in any one direction - he seems far more interested in encouraging maximum exploration. He seems though, to be in some kind of helicopter that allows him to make some very erudite suggestions as to when it might be best to plot an alternative route around an obstacle, or when pressing on is going to lead to somewhere quite extraordinary.

 

 

Oh yes - and singing. He loves the singing. They've been singing up a storm in here. Four part harmonies stacked upon each other over and over. Standing five foot from four voices harmonising with such joy and skill is quite simply a treat.

 

I've no doubt that there will be vast amounts of work done between what I'm hearing right now and what is released as the finished product, whenever that may happen. What I do know is that there is enough fuel here to make it one hell of a ride.

 

R#42

Random: Guy is supersexy

And Jonny is so cute :heart:

Random: Guy is supersexy

 

hahahaha.yeah:D