🪐 Coldplay: Music of the Spheres 🪐 | Out Now! | Discussion

[TheBigBadBono]

According to Music Journalist José Norberto Flesch, Coldplay will be one of the acts performing at Rock in Rio 2021. He's a very reputable Music Source and previously predicted their Rio de Janeiro shows back in 2017.

His tweet found here:

He also posted a video. Can anyone translate the Portuguese into English? Thanks!

To me this is one of the clearest signs of new music coming out soon! The Rock in Rio festival takes place in the latter half of 2021.

[Ze]

18 minutes ago, TheBigBadBono said:

According to Music Journalist José Norberto Flesch, Coldplay will be one of the acts performing at Rock in Rio 2021. He's a very reputable Music Source and previously predicted their Rio de Janeiro shows back in 2017.

His tweet found here:

He also posted a video. Can anyone translate the Portuguese into English? Thanks!

To me this is one of the clearest signs of new music coming out soon! The Rock in Rio festival takes place in the latter half of 2021.

I'm from Portugal and I don't know much about him but he seems like a reliable source. No need for translation, he just says Coldplay will be part of the line-up for the 2021 Rock In Rio Brazil. Though I doubt that with Covid around it will actually happen... But who knows! 

[_josemarcelo]

I'm from Brazil and Flesch is a very reliable and good source, especially about Rock in Rio, but I also doubt very much that the festival will occur this year. Although, it's a great sign!

Edited February 19, 2021 by _josemarcelo

[TheBigBadBono]

3 minutes ago, _josemarcelo said:

I'm from Brazil and Fleschis a very reliable and good source, especially about Rock in Rio, but I also doubt very much that the festival will occur this year. Although, it's a good sign!

Yeah, especially since Brazil's one of the COVID hotspots. But at least it's a sign of new music coming out soon!

[DJK]

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Edited April 30, 2021 by DJK

[_josemarcelo]

7 minutes ago, DJK said:

Any mention of which weekend? 

As far as I know, no...

Edited February 19, 2021 by _josemarcelo

[_josemarcelo]

6 minutes ago, _josemarcelo said:

As far as I know, no...

I had forgotten, but the festival is scheduled to start on September 24th, but it will most likely be postponed. 

[DJK]

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Edited April 30, 2021 by DJK

[_josemarcelo]

9 minutes ago, DJK said:

are you going to try and get tickets in march?

I don't know ... If this is true, I fear that due to possible postponements Coldplay will no longer participate. And Rock in Rio's refund policy is a little difficult.

[pectoralz96]

José Norberto Flesch is famous in Brazil for his good informations about concerts. I don't think Rock in Rio is going to happen this year, but maybe Coldplay can perform in the festival in 2022? Plus... if this news is confirmed, it will be the second time Brazil spoils something about the band's new material ?

Edited February 19, 2021 by pectoralz96

[Sam Erickson]

To me, the Rock in Rio news makes me think that Coldplay intend to release Music of the Spheres either this summer or early fall.  Although, that could all change due to the circumstances.  

[DJK]

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Edited April 30, 2021 by DJK

[Everyday life]

1 hour ago, Sam Erickson said:

To me, the Rock in Rio news makes me think that Coldplay intend to release Music of the Spheres either this summer or early fall.  Although, that could all change due to the circumstances.  

No there not, Coldplay will release Music of the Spheres this summer sometime in June or July before Rock in Rio 2021 tour, we’ll just wait and see what happens next, they still recording the album right now

[Shiver98]

8 hours ago, Sam Erickson said:

To me, the Rock in Rio news makes me think that Coldplay intend to release Music of the Spheres either this summer or early fall.  Although, that could all change due to the circumstances.  

i agree i think they could release MOTS in summer and have a teaser about May

[amazingnico]

12 hours ago, Everyday life said:

No there not, Coldplay will release Music of the Spheres this summer sometime in June or July before Rock in Rio 2021 tour, we’ll just wait and see what happens next, they still recording the album right now

Yeah but sure before that they’ll drop some singles

[DJK]

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Edited April 30, 2021 by DJK

[42Escapist]

They played a bunch of festivals from June to October of 2011 and Rock In Rio was the last one. It's safe to say that they won't be doing another big festival tour this year. Maybe something toward the end of the year (like Rock In Rio Brazil, which runs from late September to early October)? I for one am not confident that the state of the world will allow such crowds until the end of the year. 2022 will probably be a better year for touring. 

I wonder if Coldplay are in a similar situation to what the Foo Fighters dealt with as they were recording their new album Medicine At Midnight. That album was recorded and finished before the pandemic even began but they delayed it for a year, probably because their tour got canceled and they're one of those bands like Coldplay whose tours are always huge and lucrative. Maybe, just maybe, Music of the Spheres is already finished and the band is just waiting for the right time to release it.

[TheBigBadBono]

I don't know, but I feel really optimistic for the upcoming album. Maybe it's just the album hype, but the possibilities of Brian Eno having a say in this really have me hoping for the best.

It might just be a generic pop album like AHFOD, but I don't think the term Music of the Spheres came out of nowhere. It seems like a concept that the band could build on and an interesting one that they could explore in the album. If they'd wanted to create a generic pop album but space-themed they could have given it another name, but that weird name from 2010 - Music of the Spheres - still stuck around. I just feel that this album will be more ambitious and explore more complicated concepts than AHFOD and GS did.

[Gideon_Mx]

3 hours ago, 42Escapist said:

They played a bunch of festivals from June to October of 2011 and Rock In Rio was the last one. It's safe to say that they won't be doing another big festival tour this year. Maybe something toward the end of the year (like Rock In Rio Brazil, which runs from late September to early October)? I for one am not confident that the state of the world will allow such crowds until the end of the year. 2022 will probably be a better year for touring. 

I wonder if Coldplay are in a similar situation to what the Foo Fighters dealt with as they were recording their new album Medicine At Midnight. That album was recorded and finished before the pandemic even began but they delayed it for a year, probably because their tour got canceled and they're one of those bands like Coldplay whose tours are always huge and lucrative. Maybe, just maybe, Music of the Spheres is already finished and the band is just waiting for the right time to release it.

Yeah, I think so too.

[42Escapist]

I just noticed something after searching for "music of the spheres" on Google.

And look what's on the Ghost Stories cover art...

Just a cool observation. ?

[The Jordanator]

I’m sure lyrics for The Race (Ghost Stories version) is on those rings too

[42Escapist]

7 hours ago, The Jordanator said:

I’m sure lyrics for The Race (Ghost Stories version) is on those rings too

I found my old thread from 2014 where I mentioned the mystery lyrics. Turns out, some of them are mirrored and the wonderful @Batman edited the image to reveal what they say. I would have done it, but I didn't know how at the time. ?

"In all of time... in all space... another time... in another place"

I think that's a beautiful lyric. Maybe it's from The Race.

 

Edited February 20, 2021 by 42Escapist

[Doomotron]

5 hours ago, 42Escapist said:

In all of time... in all space... another time... in another place

I'm sure I recognise that from somewhere. I downloaded a mixed version of The Race that has a few more lines than the leak we already know and love, so I'll have a listen.

EDIT:

Yep, it's from The Race.

"Any old time

Any old space

Only you make my heart race

Only eyes (?)

Only taste"

 

"And in another time

And in another space

Such a beautiful face

I'm so many lights (?)

And I'm so many shapes (?)

Over the place"

 

"This heart is a volcano

???

In colours, I'm on fire (?)"

"In all the time" and "In all the space" are also there.

Edited February 20, 2021 by Doomotron
It's from The Race :D

[42Escapist]

4 hours ago, Doomotron said:

I'm sure I recognise that from somewhere. I downloaded a mixed version of The Race that has a few more lines than the leak we already know and love, so I'll have a listen.

EDIT:

Yep, it's from The Race.

"Any old time

Any old space

Only you make my heart race

Only eyes (?)

Only taste"

 

"And in another time

And in another space

Such a beautiful face

I'm so many lights (?)

And I'm so many shapes (?)

Over the place"

 

"This heart is a volcano

???

In colours, I'm on fire (?)"

"In all the time" and "In all the space" are also there.

I can confirm this after finding some lyrics that read pretty similarly to what you heard.

https://www.lyrics.com/sublyric/79761/Coldplay/The+Race

In and out of time

In and out of space

Only you make my heart race

Only your eyes

Only a taste (Oh)

 

I’ve been running out of time

In another space

Such a beautiful face

And I’m seeing lights 

And I’m seeing shapes 

All over the place

 

I really hope this song isn't dead. And I'm getting major "music of the spheres" vibes from the full lyrics after having read up on what classical philosophy, astronomy, and spirituality had to say about the concept.

[Doomotron]

26 minutes ago, 42Escapist said:

I can confirm this after finding some lyrics that read pretty similarly to what you heard.

https://www.lyrics.com/sublyric/79761/Coldplay/The+Race

In and out of time

In and out of space

Only you make my heart race

Only your eyes

Only a taste (Oh)

 

I’ve been running out of time

In another space

Such a beautiful face

And I’m seeing lights 

And I’m seeing shapes 

All over the place

 

I really hope this song isn't dead. And I'm getting major "music of the spheres" vibes from the full lyrics after having read up on what classical philosophy, astronomy, and spirituality had to say about the concept.

'Time and space' do go with the name 'Music Of The Spheres' very well. That said, the versions of The Race we have heard sound a lot like Ghost Stories stuff, probably because that's when it's from according to what we have just found out. Perhaps The Race was meant to be on GS but Coldplay cancelled it and waited for another time to release it - like on MOTS.

I think we can be 90% sure that The Race will be released on the next album, considering how Coldplay are copyright striking every video they can find of it on YouTube except for covers. The version I downloaded that I copied the lyrics from is long gone sadly. Other than the AHFOD bit, how much of The Race is thought to have been leaked? The one I downloaded, while certainly not complete, seems to have more than enough in it to be a completed song.

EDIT:

There's a bridge (I assume) in this downloaded mixed version that has the lines...

"My heart is beating

The beat won't stop

Instead of sinking

Drink in every drop" x2

This sounds a lot like something you'd hear in Army of One or X Marks The Spot, not necessarily because of the lyrics themselves but because of how they are delivered. Perhaps it's a late addition to the song?

Edited February 20, 2021 by Doomotron
The beat won't stop...