Wicked blog, worth all the long time he took.

Agreed! I "inhaled" every word! :lol:

Agreed! I "inhaled" every word! :lol:

 

Well I just read it, now I feel bad:(:P

Well I just read it, now I feel bad:(:P

:laugh3:

'twas just a way of expressing how much I hung on every word he wrote...

 

Wait - now I'm glued to coldplay.com??

Help! :P

 

Signed Coldplay goodies in War Child auction

March 24, 2009 9:03 am

Bid for signed T-shirts and CDs

Good morning. Following February’s storming gig from Coldplay and The Killers in support of War Child, the charity has set up an eBay shop hosting exclusive items, including several T-shirts and copies of War Child's new Heroes album which have been signed by Coldplay.

 

Click here to bid now on these unique items and help support children affected by war. You can also buy special Coldplay/Killers gig T-shirts which were sold on the night, for 15 pounds from here.

 

War Child’s work with former child soldiers, children in prison and children living and working on the streets in Iraq, Afghanistan, Uganda and The Democratic Republic of Congo gives them support, protection and opportunities.�

 

Anchorman

Oooh me want that signed album :dance:

Greetings from Hong Kong

March 25, 2009 4:08 pm

Wish you were here

 

 

EDIT: Fick! :P

Mwahahaha. :smug:

A note from Will about Mercury Rev

March 25, 2009 4:40 pm

Will explains the formative influence Mercury Rev had on Coldplay

 

If I could go back to 1998 and tell a 20-year-old me that we would be playing some shows with Mercury Rev in 2009, I think my younger self would laugh me all the way back to the present. Such was the importance of Deserter's Songs to me and to our band. When we started out making music, trying to soak up as much information about songwriting, recording and generally what a band should be like, the blueprint was that band and that album. We met the producer of that album, Dave Fridmann, early in 1999 with a view to asking him to produce our first record. He told us stories of the band recording on 16mm video film and other mythical recording techniques that totally changed the way we assumed a band was supposed to make a record. Above all they managed to achieve with that record the thing that we have always striven towards (successfully or not), which is to create an album which is so evocative and complete in its atmosphere. Everything on it perfectly contributes to the whole.

 

I would like to thank Mercury Rev so much for playing these shows with us and also, unbeknownst to them at the time, for helping a young band understand a little better the possibilities of music.

 

Wx

Ooooh a note from Will! Need more like this please :D

 

And more of those dang puppets :bigcry:

Will :D Nice little note

 

I love that he signed "Wx"

will with "hugs "or "kisses"? cant remember what the x stands for

He writes and speaks so well. Really eloquent.

*melts*

Jonny speak it :lol:

 

 

OMG when? Where? How? LINK PLEASE?!?!??!??!?!??!? :drunk: :kiss:

 

 

 

 

Introducing "The Coldwave"

 

March 19, 2009 9.22 pm

A new dawn in crowd participation

 

 

:o Amazing! The moving blue lights from above makes the whole crowd seem like a giant organism from space, wow...

 

 

Wow yeah! Like those really deep-sea creatures with bioluminescence!

 

 

It's very sweet :P Lots of pineapple in it :D

 

 

Oo! I would love it!

 

 

will with "hugs "or "kisses"? cant remember what the x stands for

 

:kiss:

He writes and speaks so well. Really eloquent.

*melts*

Yes, very very beautiful, I wuv Will! :heart:

Will is such a sweet guy!! To me, he is this:

 

 

Will thx you for being so nice and always give interresting interviews!

To me, he's Willie The Pooh! :blush::hug:

I am ecstatic to hear that they've been practising AROBTTH and Warning Sign :o :o :o :o :o

 

Roadie #42 - Blog #77

March 28, 2009 10:45 am

#42 reports from Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi

 

 

 

Quite often, by this point in a tour, soundchecks become unnecessary. I guess it's the re-appearance of the "soundcheck party" that's kept us coming back in. Rather than trot through a few set pieces, the fellas have been trying out a few new (old) things to sprinkle into the set for the rest of the year.

 

In Hong Kong, they had a run through Rush Of Blood. Now there's a tune I haven't heard for a while. I remember JB's solo on that being a nightly highlight of the show for me way back when. I can see it floating across the summer air rather nicely on the outdoor shows later in the year. They've also recently given Swallowed In The Sea, Warning Sign and several others a go - not to mention a few brand new songs they've been kicking about.

 

Last time we were in Hong Kong, it was unbearably humid, but this time it's simply pissing down with rain. Also, it's a rather compact backstage area. Pretty much every flightcase outside the production office has been commandeered as a temporary office. It's like a cross between a rainy school playtime and an internet cafe. Before long, someone's surely going to find the chalk and start writing rude words on the blackboard...

 

Come 8pm, we're all assembled in catering. It would seem we've gone ton-up...

 

 

I should point out that the arm holding the glass in the bottom left of the picture belongs to Ben Miles, the man who performs the video magic that brings the balls to life every night (now that doesn't sound right....). He, and Andy Bramley (the man who cuts together the live cameras into the glorious nightly show it is - also glass aloft, at Chris's elbow) are the fellas responsible for the "Coldwave" mobile phone audience-generated lightshow that's become a highlight of the shows.

 

 

Obviously, the wisdom of champagne toasting a gig that hasn't happened yet goes against every roadie superstition there is. 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....

 

We head into Dubai after a nine hour flight. After a couple of hours in a van, we arrive at easily the most insane hotel I have ever stayed in. The Emirates Palace. I remark that my first touring days were spent staying in Travelodges, three to a room (and the guitarist drove the van...). How things have changed...

 

 

We have a day off before our show here. I think at first that this is to allow us to recover from the travel and adjust to the time difference. It would appear though, that it's simply to allow us the time required to walk from our rooms to the breakfast table. In the envelope with the room key is a map of the hotel, which rather than a gimmick is a complete necessity. This place is utterly bonkers. It's all impossibly long marble corridors, fountains, gold leaf detail and chandeliers the size of small villages.

 

It will sound perhaps a little ungracious of me, but places like this never really work for me. The inner grimy-transit-van roadie always comes to the surface and sneers. Such explicit wealth always turns me off and makes me feel out of place. I can't work out whether this is the most incredible place I've ever been, or just a huge Arabian Hard-Rock-Cafe.

 

As ever, it's all about the gig. In nine hours we'll know. It'd be nice to be proven a grumpy old man and end this leg on a blinder of a show in a stunning setting. Let's see.

 

 

 

In the meantime, Lobby Call is in two hours. Given that the lobby is the size of a bleeding football stadium (complete with art gallery, photography exhibition, endless bars and restaurants and its own shopping mall...) I'd probably best set off now....

 

R#42

:dance: Great blog!

Huzzah! New blog! Dubai looks and sounds insane.

AROBTTH and Warning Sign? :o Oh I do hope they play them at Wembers :bomb:

 

Oh and that venue is insane :o

 

Forgot to add:

 

In Hong Kong, they had a run through Rush Of Blood. They've also recently given Swallowed In The Sea, Warning Sign and several others a go - not to mention a few brand new songs they've been kicking about.

 

Very, very good news!

Oh man, old songs!That would be amazing!

AROBTTH would be FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!