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The wise Coldplay Oracle answers fan questions from across the world, via the official Coldplay website. We will bring you up to date on the latest highlights of the popular Q&A. For this update, we take a look at 'throwback' questions.     Please note, The Oracle is temporarily on Twitter only but is predicted to be back soon on Coldplay.com!   Follow @ColdplayOracle on Twitter   Chris' guitar markings   #TBOQ - Throwback Oracle Question 3 June, 2014: Dear Oracle, I was complet

It was Coldplay's second single from their latest album, 'Ghost Stories' and the uptempo EDM inspired track has become a moderate hit around the globe. The Oracle spoke out yesterday about the general band reaction to the song before release and Will Champion, Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland 'weren't completely convinced' by the eventually released version of 'A Sky Full Of Stars' (nor was The Oracle). Chris was very sure he wanted the uptempo track on the atmospherical journey, as the 'light at

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2700 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 12, 2012 - submitted by Nicolas, Indonesia Q. Hi Oracle, I just want to ask can Chris do parkour because he said that he loves parkour. The Oracle replies: As you've probably noticed, Chris jumps, runs and throws himself around physically during live shows, but it's not parkour. I am sure if he wanted to he could as he's agile, flexible and fit enough but he doesn't do it.   July 12, 2012

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 25, 2012 - submitted by Devyani, India Q. Hey Oracle! With so many live performances of the same songs over the years, how does the band manage to keep alive the thrill they get when they listen to their own songs? I mean, it must be hard for them to get goosebumps even if they listen to a beauty like Clock' or Fix You because, well, they play them so often, right? Wouldn't it be horrible

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 18, 2012 - submitted by Jack, United Kingdom Q. Hi Oracle, Between the 29th of November and the 2nd of December Coldplay's graffiti MX artwork is being displayed in London. I just want to know, will the boys be present? Thanks, Jack :) The Oracle replies: The band will not be there for the 4 days the exhibition is on, no. It will be well worth the visit and once again supporting an amazi

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   January 7, 2013 - submitted by Sophie, Australia Q. Hello Oracle, Sorry but in the Every Teardrop is a Waterfall I keep on hearing 'I'd rather be a comma than a fullstop' am I going crazy or does it actually say that? If i'm not going crazy why? WHY SO RANDOM? Thanks in Advance, Sophie The Oracle replies: It's one of my favourite lyrics on the whole album and the second I heard it, it jumped o

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   November 1, 2012 - submitted by Rebecca, Canada Q. Dear Oracle, I saw the poster/picture on Facebook for the Coldplay live tour DVD and stumbled upon a familiar name near the bottom: Jim Parsons. How did the oh so famous Dr. Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory get around to producing this amazing film? Thanks Oracle! The Oracle replies: A few fans have asked the same but it's not him; this is

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   November 15, 2012 - submitted by Eliza, New Zealand Q. Hi Oracle! The concert on Saturday in Auckland was absolutely incredible! it was by far the best concert and best night of my life!! We camped out from 7am to get front row which we did! There was amazing video footage throughout the night, I am wondering how we could get this? There were alot of times that we came up on the screens and I woul

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2700 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 5, 2012 - submitted by Meagan, United States of America Q. Hi Oracle! I was at the concert in Charlotte yesterday (3rd) and it was absolutely fantastic! I wanted to ask, when Chris messed up during Us Against the World, what happened? I wasn't close enough to see and didn't hear anything go wrong. Again, such a great show and I can't wait to see you all again. :) The Oracle replies: You can wat

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   November 22, 2012 - submitted by Francisco, Brazil Q. I was wondering why the song Politik was named in German? Is there a special reason? Why it's not Politic? Cheers, Francisco The Oracle replies: A while back, Chris gave an interview about it: "Phil said to me ‘Oh, you should have a song called Politic.' And I said ‘Oh, all right'. It's as simple as that. Because if he says something you do it,

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   November 29, 2012 - submitted by Thomas, United Kingdom Q. Hi Oracle did Rihanna only come to Paris with Coldplay. If she did why? Hope you can reply. Thomas. The Oracle replies: Rihanna travelled to Paris to perform Princess of China with the band because that is where the majority of concert footage for the Live 2012 DVD was being recorded. They performed it twice there and then again at the

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   December 6, 2012 - submitted by Jake, Australia Q. HEY!!! Coldplay's first Sydney show was spectacular and absolutely outstanding! Quick question: I noticed that for songs like Paradise, Charlie Brown, In My Place, Major Minus - that Jonny wasn't using his 2 regular 'MX graffiti' guitars, instead he was using a sunburst tele. Do you know why? Thanks! The whole Coldplay team are amazing! The Ora

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   December 13, 2012 - submitted by Amber, United Kingdom Q. Hello Oracle, Do you know when this photo was taken and the context behind it? Thanks :) The Oracle replies: Back in 2006 the band were at The Brits and during one acceptance speech (they won 2 awards that night), Chris mentioned they'd be away for a while. The following morning a certain British tabloid ran the front page headline "COL

More questions answered by The Oracle... (circa. 3100 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   December 20, 2012 - submitted by Anon, United States of America Q. I was watching the 12.12.12 concert last night and of course, Chris was phenomenal. I was wondering... when performing those types of events, what goes in to choosing the songs performed? Is it based on time allowed or relevancy to the event? Odd question I know, but I'm a curious sort. Thanks!! Tracy The Oracle replies: Both o

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2380 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   January 18, 2012 - submitted by Nick, United States of America Q. Dear Oracle, Is there any chance that you or anybody else over there could release Coldplay's first gig? I think it's a great idea and I know you have the first gig somewhere because I saw Coldplay talking about it over the timeline. PPLLLEEAASSE? The Oracle replies: They did talk about the 16th January 1998 gig on the archived Timeli

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2380 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   February 6, 2012 - submitted by Russell, Germany Q. Hi, I have asked this question repeatedly before, unfortunately without response. Following the availability of the new Charlie Brown video, can you please explain to your German fans, and me as an ex-pat living in Germany, why licencing prevents us from watching the video over here? How do we get to see this then? Emigrate to Easter Island, where

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2380 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   February 27, 2012 - submitted by Bames, United Kingdom Q. Any chance of the band ever playing songs like Bigger Stronger, We Never Change, High Speed and other classics again? The Oracle replies: There's always a chance but I'd say very slim chance. Out of those 3 I would say that We Never Change would be most likely if at all because it would fit well into the acoustic section of their show. I was

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2380 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   March 6, 2012 - submitted by Nya, United States of America Q. Could you tell me what performance its from when Chris walks on the crowd inside a bubble? The Oracle replies: Er, he's never done that... Someone must be either a) confusing Chris with someone else or b) telling you porky pies.   March 6, 2012 - submitted by Katherine Board, United Kingdom Q. I met Coldplay in 2005 at a preview of X&

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2600 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   March 15, 2012 - submitted by Pablo, Paraguay Q. Hi dear Oracle... i read somewhere Chris have a radio program whic the people can hear music of coldplay and Chris 24hs.... thats true? can you give us the web address please? The Oracle replies: There's loads of ways to sort of make your own Coldplay radio by making playlists of what you've got or using Spotify for example. http://bit.ly/cx0Le a site

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2600 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   March 29, 2012 - submitted by George, United Kingdom Q. Hello Oracle, I was wondering, with the band travelling across the globe so often to so many places, has there ever been a bad flight experience? emergency landings, horrendous turbulance) thanks :) The Oracle replies: Yes, inevitably there have been many patches of turbulence over the years but a couple of really bad moments do sprint to my m

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2600 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   April 5, 2012 - submitted by Abby, Philippines Q. Dear Oracle, I read a quote from AROBTTH Wikipedia page lately, which says that "For the album's singles, Martin asked Sundsbo what he could do; the latter suggested scanning the head of each member of the band". Then I check out the pictures of the single covers (In My Place, GPASUYF, The Scientist, and Clocks), but I couldn't tell which faces of ba

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2600 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   April 25, 2012 - submitted by Lauren, United Kingdom Q. Are there any songs the guys have wrote about themselves as a band or are there any songs about anyone in the band beside Chris? The Oracle replies: I think many of us know that Green Eyes was partly written about Jonny (awwww) and although songs have been written for and inspired by people close, I think that's the only one. I do recall that H

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2600 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 9, 2012 - submitted by Trinity, United Kingdom Q. Hi Oracle, Do the band always do sound checks before each show? And do they ever let members of the public in to watch (with a bought ticket obviously!) In the words of Coldplay "I'll see you soon!" (quite literally, in 21 days :D) The Oracle replies: The band don't always attend sounchecks; sometimes the crew step in and test the levels. There h

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2700 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 17, 2012 - submitted by John, United Kingdom Q. So unfair! I bought my tickets for Emirates concert in November taking a day off work to be on line at 9.00am to get best tickets. We have seen Coldplay many times and are massive fans. I wanted to take my teenage kids this time and were given ticket at the very back! Today - 17th May - better tickets are on sale! Have these good seats been held ba

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2700 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 24, 2012 - submitted by Fokke, Switzerland Q. Dear Oracle, Like yourself, I love the song What If from X&Y. I don't think they ever played this song live. Do you know why? I will go to to concert in Zurich this Saturday and obviously hope that you can influence the guys to put this on their playlist :-) Best regards from a Dutch guy in Switzerland. The Oracle replies: It was played during t