Jenjie

I ought to go write my Christmas cards. I can't beleive how much time this board saps out of the day. I could have sworn I'd only popped on an hour ago and I've been here for about 5 :thinking: I've ordered some new Christmas DVD's today :D Amazon will be delivering me the Santa Clause the movie boxset at the end of the week :)

meh, car insurance :(

soooooo exactly what details of yourself did you have to give to them? bank account details by any chance?

I love receiving letters, but I very rarely get any anymore :cry: My letter box generally only receives bills & junk :angry: There must be a post-based thing we could think of before next Christmas. :laugh3: that made me think of something like this rather than anything nasty I did find some strange things whilst looking for that piccie

They'd stop if you'd stop trying to have the last word with each other. Ignoring is the answer. Saves everyone else having to read all this crap in nice threads. and saves mods having to monitor every thread and move posts. so does the majority. neither one of them has to change, they just have to not retaliate and try to provoke each other. its going to be over in every thread. I think you ought to both decide that you can't talk to each other in a civil manner, and agree not to comment on each other's posts if you can't say anything constructive or nice. If it's too difficult for you to do that on your own, USE YOUR IGNORE BUTTON.

Second Tokyo show added December 3, 2008 3:36 pm All four Japanese dates on sale now Good afternoon. We can confirm that Coldplay are playing a second show at the Tokyo Super Arena, on February 11th 2009. Tickets are available for all four Japanese shows from http://www.creativeman.co.jp/. The dates are as follows: Feb 11th - Tokyo, Saitama Super Arena Feb 12th - Tokyo, Saitama Super Arena Feb 14th - Osaka, Kobe World Kinen Hall Feb 15th - Osaka, Kobe World Kinen Hall Anchorman ps - here's an overflow pic from last night's Birmingham blog... ------------------------------------------- Photos Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Tokyo. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1650 Fan Reviews http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/11_February_2009:_Tokyo%2C_Saitama_Super_Arena Setlist & Videos 1. Life In Technicolor 2. Violet Hill 3. Clocks 4. In My Place [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osnml65_5oc&feature=related]YouTube - COLDPLAY 11 02 2009 in my place- live tokyo[/ame] 5. Speed Of Sound 6. Yellow 7. Chinese Sleep Chant 8. 42 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1rpfA7cGqs]YouTube - COLDPLAY live in tokyo- 42[/ame] 9. Fix You 10. Strawberry Swing 11. Talk (partial techno remix) 12. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (partial techno remix) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaut4fCnLCM]YouTube - coldplay in VIVA TOKYO [20090211][/ame] 13. The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtKYcX4xJfk]YouTube - Coldplay - The Hardest Part - 2009-02-11 Saitama Super Arena[/ame] 14. Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo piano) 15. Viva La Vida [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOehRem0D-8]YouTube - COLDPLAY Viva La Vida Live at Tokyo Japan 2009/02/11[/ame] 16. Lost! 17. Green Eyes (acoustic) 18. Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will lead vocals) 19. Viva La Vida (remix interlude) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x__pdWFiIaE]YouTube - COLDPLAY Death Will Never Conguer Live at Tokyo Japan09/02/11[/ame] First Encore 20. Politik 21. Lovers In Japan 22. Death And All His Friends Second Encore 23. The Scientist [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMG409_7f2w]YouTube - COLDPLAY The Scientist Live at Tokyo Japan 2009/02/11[/ame] 24. Life In Technicolor ii

:laugh3: darn it!

cooooool will add Min, and turn the 3 extra Texasluvsjonny's into their rightful names :D

Ticket Alert! Tickets for UK shows Just found the following on Absolute, posted yesterday. Looks like you may be able to get tickets for the shows this week & next, if they haven't all gone by now :D

Just heard an advert on Absolute Radio for Coldplay - The Documentary. Can't see anything on their site about it. From the advert it seems to centre around the trip to Munich that they did in the summer. I don't remember too much as I was reading something else at the time, but think its on next week. If Ben or Tim pops in, maybe they'll fill us in a bit more, please? :D

thats what I thought :thinking: hope they've not been scammed

Take That did :P they have 4 nights in July 2009 There may need to be 2 threads for that. One for each night :D, depends how many of you end up with tickets for the 18th I would have thought we could have a gallery section for the Ginormous Coldplaying Meet-up who are the your 4? A guess would be you, Mel, Mich & Lori Sooooooo count so far is 14 for the 18th asia Beximus CookyMnstr crazyduckette Fraetes gasheaduk HorrificAttack jr! JSalyers Pezza Texasluvsjonny Texasluvsjonny Texasluvsjonny Texasluvsjonny

COLDPLAY have come a long way since they played Birmingham’s Ronnie Scott’s in 2000, just as their album Parachutes was hitting the headlines. Now they are commanding three nights at the National Indoor Arena and are on the crest of a wave after the success of their most recent album Viva la Vida. When the concert opened with Strauss, it was as if we were in for a classical spectacular – and in some ways we were. The show was nothing if not a spectacle with Coldplay pulling out all the stops for special effects. We had laser beams, we had huge globes lowering from the ceiling and projecting images, we had confetti, we had huge painted backdrops, we had moving images and flashing lights – it was one crowd-pleaser after another. And the music was just as likely to keep the crowds happy. New material such as Violet Hill, Life in Technicolour and Lost! were easily blended with old favourites such as The Scientist, Clocks, In My Place and Politik. Happily they avoided the temptation of keeping the anthemic Yellow until the encore although it was played under yellow light with the mic turned towards the audience to sing along. Lead singer Chris Martin, dressed in military jacket, was bursting with enthusiasm. With two thrust stages into the crowds, there was plenty of opportunity for audience interaction but the band went one better by appearing on their own mini stage at the back of the auditorium for a couple of tracks. Martin was in jocular mood, cracking jokes, urging the audience to sing loudly.Only too well aware that the band have long been absent from Birmingham he admitted he had been nervous of the reaction they would receive but with the crowds on their feet there was little doubt of their appreciation. http://www.birminghammail.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coldplay rock at the NIA It seems odd that British band Coldplay have been on the road so long before coming back to their own shores. But then, having taken the world by storm, it’s understandable that everyone now wants a part of the pie. Regardless, this was Coldplay’s second British performance on their latest tour to promote new album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. And it did not disappoint. Most bands keen to shift more copies of their latest offering would plough through a set full of new material, not so Coldplay, who clearly understand that their catalogue is rich enough and their fans demanding enough to want the classics. To this end, Chris Martin led his merry men through the starter Violet Hill before performing some of the band’s signature tunes. A relatively basic set, starting with a huge backdrop with the album’s artwork, things only became more dynamic with the now traditional laser show to accompany the mesmerising Clocks. Elsewhere, a nice touch when a packed NIA seemingly thought the show may have been over when the boys hit the stands and weaved through the crowds, only to perch themselves smack-bang in the middle of fans to perform Green Eyes. Speed Of Sound was a particular highlight, although performed in darkness, as were Viva La Vida, which surely must have rocked the arena’s foundations, as well as encore track The Scientist, which was blended quite beautifully with, no joking, Take That’s Back For Good. A beautiful performance from the band. Only let down was Chris Martin’s dress sense. He may have a tough time selling the one turn-up look on his trousers, but with a voice like that, he can be forgiven almost any transgression. http://www.expressandstar.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top show left me happy to be alive Back on home soil after 80 dates away, the mighty Coldplay served up few setlist surprises in new songs for the second night of the UK leg of their Viva La Vida tour - but Trouble from the first album Parachutes, was added for British fans. Other songs included Violet Hill, from latest album Viva La Vida, Clocks, In My Place, Fix You from X&Y, a techno version of God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, Viva La Vida itself and Postcards From Far Away, with frontman Chris Martin singing solo with just a piano instrumental. Another surprise was an acoustic version of The Scientist with a sample of Take That’s Back for Good at the end. Once the crowd got going, the atmosphere was electric and the band drew two standing ovations. With Martin urging the audience to “sing like you’re auditioning for X Factor,” the stadium was on a high. Martin didn’t just play and sing, he became one with the instruments, throwing himself around the stage belting out hit after hit. With neon confetti, dazzling lights, a walk around the auditorium and some one of the best effects I have seen in a long time, the gig actually made me feel happy to be alive. The band have firmly cemented their place at the top spot. http://www.shropshirestar.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coldplay pull out all the stops for Brum gig COLDPLAY, Birmingham NIA COLDPLAY have come a long way since they played Birmingham’s Ronnie Scott’s in 2000, just as their album Parachutes was hitting the headlines. Now they are commanding three nights at the National Indoor Arena and are on the crest of a wave after the success of their most recent album Viva la Vida. When the concert opened with Strauss, it was as if we were in for a classical spectacular – and in some ways we were. The show was nothing if not a spectacle with Coldplay pulling out all the stops for special effects. We had laser beams, we had huge globes lowering from the ceiling and projecting images, we had confetti, we had huge painted backdrops, we had moving images and flashing lights – it was one crowd-pleaser after another. And the music was just as likely to keep the crowds happy. New material such as Violet Hill, Life in Technicolour and Lost! were easily blended with old favourites such as The Scientist, Clocks, In My Place and Politik. Happily they avoided the temptation of keeping the anthemic Yellow until the encore although it was played under yellow light with the mic turned towards the audience to sing along. Lead singer Chris Martin, dressed in military jacket, was bursting with enthusiasm. With two thrust stages into the crowds, there was plenty of opportunity for audience interaction but the band went one better by appearing on their own mini stage at the back of the auditorium for a couple of tracks. Martin was in jocular mood, cracking jokes, urging the audience to sing loudly. Only too well aware that the band have long been absent from Birmingham he admitted he had been nervous of the reaction they would receive but with the crowds on their feet there was little doubt of their appreciation. VERDICT: HHHHH Dec 2 2008 by Andy Richards, Birmingham Mail http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/02/coldplay-pull-out-all-the-stops-for-brum-gig-97319-22384576/ Retrieved from "http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/1_December_2008:_NIA%2C_Birmingham%2C_UK"

Coldplay Tour Starts With Singer’s Outburst at ‘Tough’ Audience Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- “My, you lot are a tough crowd,” Chris Martin says, staring into the darkness offstage. He’s learning the hard way that there can be bad days, even for a singer like him. Martin’s band Coldplay, now with seven more Grammy award nominations, is starting another leg of a tour intended to crown its most spectacular year yet. The audience in Birmingham, central England, has far more folded arms than clapping hands for the group hailed as the savior of EMI Group Ltd. Coldplay’s 2008 album “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends” added to a career total of more than 40 million records sold, including No. 1 singles in the U.S. and U.K. this year. On a cold night, the good folk in the National Indoor Arena take time to warm to Q Magazine’s “Best Act in the World Today.” Coldplay is gearing up for concerts in London, Japan and Australia. It has to work hard with its tried and tested formula of well-crafted, mildly alternative rock ballads. “Life In Technicolor,” full of zinging oriental instruments, is as tingling an opener live as on disc. “Violet Hill” allows the band a little Led Zeppelin rock worship as the backdrop is exposed: a giant reproduction of Eugene Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People.” Used as the sleeve for “Viva La Vida,” it features the only naked breast that is likely ever to be seen at a Coldplay gig. There follows a slew of the old hits: “Clocks,” “Yellow,” “Speed of Sound.” Archetypal Coldplay songs, these are all big tunes, carefully constructed to deliver non-specific heartfelt emotion. Middlebrow, invariably nice and approachable, their charms are infuriatingly effective. Falsetto Gallivanting Even so, Coldplay takes no risks. Will Champion’s beefy drumming and Jonny Buckland’s chiming guitar conspire to fill the venue. Martin throws himself into his role, communing emotionally with a small upright piano, then belting out his falsetto, exhorting audience singing and generally gallivanting up, down and around the stage. Dressed in a suspiciously well-tailored approximation of one of Delacroix’s more ragged uniforms, he performs like a trouper. To little avail: the crowd, a more sensibly clad cross section of ordinary folk, by no means Coldplay super-fans, remains largely unmoved. Pumped up with stadium bombast, the songs lose their homely appeal. Martin thanks the crowd for having arranged babysitters and come along on a freezing weekday. As Coldplay revels in “42,” from its Lennon-ist start through a Joy Division middle to its U2-aping rock conclusion, the audience finally starts more consistent outbreaks of singing, clapping and cheering. Set Reprieve “Fix You” from 2005’s “X&Y” album follows, rejuvenated and electric. The numbers “Viva la Vida” and “Lovers in Japan” are impressive and provide some reprieve for the 26-song, 105-minute set. Still, Coldplay came, saw and didn’t quite conquer Birmingham. Martin is known for his superficially deep, platitude- riddled lyrics that would in other circumstances find him employment as an astrologer. His stroppy “tough crowd” comment is in line with his reputation, when not singing, for speaking passionately. He also apologizes for the recent dearth of British gigs and blames the band’s management. Coldplay is guaranteed a good Christmas, thanks to the Grammy nominations, tour and sales of its new EP “Prospekt’s March.” If Martin’s directness came across in his music, the future may be even brighter. Rating: 2 stars. Coldplay is on EMI. Albums are available from about $18.98 in the U.S, or 9.99 pounds in the U.K. Download fees vary across services. Full tour dates are on http://www.coldplay.com/live.php. The London concerts are at the O2 from Dec. 14. The Japan gigs follow in February 2009 and then Australia. What the Stars Mean: 4 stars Excellent 3 stars Good 2 stars Average 1 star Poor (No stars) Worthless (Robert Heller writes for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own.) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a2nSVo5FOtRU&refer=home Retrieved from "http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/1_December_2008:_NIA%2C_Birmingham%2C_UK"

you will definitely need a postage stamp otherwise Debs will have to pay to receive the card. the admin charge is £1, I think, plus whatever postage it should have cost.

Coldplay kit flies into Donny Published Date: 01 December 2008 Robin Hood Airport took centre stage as equipment belonging to one of the world's biggest bands touched down in the region ahead of a sell-out gig in Sheffield. Coldplay, who begin their UK tour at Sheffield Arena on Saturday, have just finished the US leg of their world tour and have flown almost 37-tonnes of gear to South Yorkshire directly from Phoenix, Arizona. The equipment, which included the band's guitars, drums and mixers, was brought to Doncaster on a Boeing 767 freighter courtesy of CargoJet, Canada's leading cargo airline. Doncaster Sheffield Airport has one of only two airports with long haul runways in the north of England and the ability to handle such high profile cargo straight into the heart of the city region has been hailed by airport chiefs. Paul Rodwell, cargo director at Peel Airports, said: "It's an impressive sight seeing the equipment of one of the world's biggest bands being quickly and effectively unloaded into five articulated lorries! "But more so, it represents a significant coup for Robin Hood Airport and shows the capability we have to receive cargo of such size from a long haul destination. "We are a well-established cargo airport and have the potential to grow our cargo infrastructure as well as developing the long haul capabilities, as outlined in our draft master plan, and hopefully the benefits of this can be felt across the region sooner rather than later. "It is of obvious benefit to establishments like Sheffield Arena and will only help to attract more high-profile acts and events to Yorkshire." http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/free/Coldplay-kit-flies-into-Donny.4747770.jp

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! 5 days to go :D and my Coldplaying hoodie turned up yesterday :D

did the agent you bought the tickets from not send you any info. that's how we found out before it was officially announced. ticketmaster emailed fans who'd bought tickets from them advising they would need to send back any tickets they already received.

it'll be hard to miss us next September! there'll be no excuses after that :laugh3:

:thinking:

can't see a band with young children playing on Christmas Day, unless it was a huge firends & family party.

gets aorund at doesn't he? :shocked2:

Sounds like a cool idea :D I complete forgot about the advent calendar this year :embarassed: wonder if the old one is still there :thinking:

20? in this tiny room? there must be some gross angles then :laugh3:

Just a quick question. Is it not very strange working with 3 cameras recording your every move? Or do you forget about them?