I really don't think that the album will be released before festivals,we are too close to June

But the single needs to be out so they promote the song and the album around the world

 

 

I need a new song :bigcry:

The lithograph competition which is getting people here excited/happy is sponsored by recordstore.co.uk.

 

Recordstore.co.uk is part of Digital Stores Limited.

 

Digital Stores Limited was acquired by EMI last year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

just sayin'

 

(no I don't know anything, I'm just sayin')

 

:o

 

Do you think Emi asked them to do that ?

With whom Ian talked?

I really don't think that the album will be released before festivals,we are too close to June

But the single needs to be out so they promote the song and the album around the world

 

 

I need a new song :bigcry:

 

 

What If they tried to pull a "radiohead" And release a new album with like 1 week of anticipation :thinking:

 

Anyway , I don't see Coldplay doing that stuff.

^^Not the album, but the first single.

 

 

The lithograph competition which is getting people here excited/happy is sponsored by recordstore.co.uk.

 

Recordstore.co.uk is part of Digital Stores Limited.

 

Digital Stores Limited was acquired by EMI last year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

just sayin'

 

(no I don't know anything, I'm just sayin')

 

 

:thinking: interesting...

What If they tried to pull a "radiohead" And release a new album with like 1 week of anticipation :thinking:

 

Anyway , I don't see Coldplay doing that stuff.

 

Although that would be awesome, I don't really see them doing that either. I think the single will at least be released soon :)

Although that would be awesome, I don't really see them doing that either. I think the single will at least be released soon :)

 

That would be completely shocking and kind of exciting for fans. Though I don't see them doing that :) . I will be happy with just the first single :P

:o

 

Do you think Emi asked them to do that ?

With whom Ian talked?

I don't know. :| I just thought it was interesting.

He seemingly randomly approached a mod (happened to be me).

I don't know. :| I just thought it was interesting.

He seemingly randomly approached a mod (happened to be me).

 

:surprised: wow, curious...I hope they offered more in the future :P :whistle: like release date or something...

Lets ask Ian!

Blagh. I'm so over waiting for something new from them. Seriously, no matter how little time or how long a time before a single/album was released that they announced something new was coming people will still buy it. I don't get why they need to be all secretive, just announce the damn thing already or give some definitive answer that it won't be coming until the fall. Annoyed fan is annoyed. :|

And something important, for all of you. The band (at least their team) and their producers (or their assistants) read eveything you and us are writing here. That's no secret. In fact, it's a fact that somebody named "Marcus" and from Germany has tried to contact privately in order to know who I am.

 

I'm paranoid right now. What's the point that somebody tried to contact you privately?

Well, it could have been me but I wasn't^^

I hope they will release at least a single before the festivals, it's a bit weird to be headliners without new songs.

Always good to see Locust7 come around and give everyone here some hope for news. Obviously, I'm hopeful that a big announcement may be "sooner than I would think". Hard to say what the consensus is on when an announcement would be anyways. Some people have been saying, "any day now!!!!!! <frothing at mouth>". :)

 

Kind of disappointing Roadie 42 has been silent for over a month now. I think we got the impression we were going to be getting a steady stream of news. Something tells me that might be a good sign though. Obviously they're busy preparing for the festivals, but maybe we're closer to an album and single than it might seem. If they were still providing steady info at this stage, I'd have to imagine that meant they were trying to satiate us.

 

Hopefully the pre-album unfolding will really kick into gear soon. I think we have to be positive about how they've already incorporated the new album themes into the presentation. That means a serious aspect of the final design is already complete or close to it. If all we're waiting on is mixing, than we may have a single soon enough. My hope is by June 15th. Mid-June.

Single should be announced at least a month before release and couple of month before album release. We have 2 weeks before first festival and band is working hard to be ready. There are simply no room for single, sorry guys. We are fans and hope for better but we shouldn't be delusional. Oracle told us no new material at festivals. We heard nothing about album. If the single would come we definitely will hear something, because it's impossible to prevent this sort of news from leaking.

 

I prepare for worst. Band will return to studio in August-September, single in October, album closer to NY.

As far as I'm concerned, the album is at least nearly done. A single could easily be ready for presentation. Moreover, I never saw a clear statement that said: There won't be any new songs at the festivals. All I've seen was overinterpretation and a reaction to this that said something like "I don't think there's anything bad about playing a greatest hits set with old songs at festivals".

 

Themes of the album are clear, the website shows that. Not only from the information in this thread, but also from the latest roadie blog it seems clear, that everything is near finished. So there must be songs that could at least be played live.

 

=> First new song(s) June, 3rd at the latest

And the following day it's not too unlikely that the peformance will be televised live on German TV. So we could hear the first high quality version(s) on June, 4th.

Moreover, I never saw a clear statement that said: There won't be any new songs at the festivals[/color]. All I've seen was overinterpretation and a reaction to this that said something like "I don't think there's anything bad about playing a greatest hits set with old songs at festivals".

 

Themes of the album are clear, the website shows that. Not only from the information in this thread, but also from the latest roadie blog it seems clear, that everything is near finished. So there must be songs that could at least be played live.

 

=> First new song(s) June, 3rd at the latest

And the following day it's not too unlikely that the peformance will be televised live on German TV. So we could hear the first high quality version(s) on June, 4th.

 

 

I think that the Oracle said exactly that: There won't be any new songs at the festivals

 

I am trying to find that Oracle reply to someone (so far not found it - tried from Oracle page 334 in March until today).

 

 

I finally found it (Oracle thread, page 327, post 4898) - the Oracle reply that Anna / SueDeNimes refers to in a later post.

I think you never worked in AD business. Single could be present today by web, easily.

 

But the point is promotion. That means shitload of interview, radio appearances, live show, etc all over the world, or at least in major markets like USA, UK, West Europe. People need to be aware, new Coldplay songs is coming. Not only fans, but other people too. For proper presentation they need at least month. And be sure something would definitely leak, because this sort of things arranged long time before. Coldplay isn't some small independent band. EMI suffers and needs money, be sure owners will squeeze every cent from biggest and popular band in the world.

Would be great to the see that statement again. Though it's already quite old and the band could have easily decided to change plans and play one or two new ones

BTW I don't know how is mixing going in music business. Is it possible that one person works on two albums simultaneously? In movie business it's impossible, but I don't know about music.

I think you never worked in AD business. Single could be present today by web, easily.

 

But the point is promotion. That means shitload of interview, radio appearances, live show, etc all over the world, or at least in major markets like USA, UK, West Europe. People need to be aware, new Coldplay songs is coming. Not only fans, but other people too. For proper presentation they need at least month. And be sure something would definitely leak, because this sort of things arranged long time before. Coldplay isn't some small independent band. EMI suffers and needs money, be sure owners will squeeze every cent from biggest and popular band in the world.

 

 

They do 7 festivals in June. All in Europe. They could do interviews and TV performances in between. And they'd play it on the radio anyway, thus providing promotion for the album.

That's not the way how it works. They need time for creating buzz -> then touring. If you would catch new single on TV and like it - perhaps you would go to festival. Releasing new song(s) in this way, in front of random crowd, could have negative reaction - for example people won't like it either it sucks or sucks quality on youtube or live versions sucks, and this people won't buy album.

 

But alright, there is no point to argue. In 2 weeks we will know something for sure.

Of course you're right to some extent. That's the way it usually works =)

I mainly disagree in one point. Most people buy their festivals tickets in advance and not a few weeks beforehand just when they hear a certain single. Many bands promote their yet to be released records on festivals and the audiences are faced with a whole lot of new songs, of which only 1 (or 2) have been played on the radio before. Especially headliners often do so like Placebo 2009, Smashing Pumpkins 2007,...

Oracle told us no new material at festivals

 

The festivals organizers must be stupid if they book a band to headline their festival with old material, they are "stupid" because we are not talking about a band from 30 years ago or a reunion of an old band.

I think that the Oracle said exactly that: There won't be any new songs at the festivals

 

I am trying to find that Oracle reply to someone (so far not found it - tried from Oracle page 334 in March until today).

Do you mean this one?

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4731268#post4731268

 

Oh and there's always the possibility to search rather than looking through every single page!

Well that's why I'm confused with band strategy. One ad in prime time or show will see more people than all June festivals crowd combined. :shrug:

 

Public must be aware something coming. If you release genius album and no one knows about it you won't earn much.