Jenjie

I changed it into an official thread & screwed the date up whilst copying & pasting :embarassed:

wooooo and finally an official confirmation of sorts http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49159 they say Duffy is going to support Coldplay @ IZPD on the 27th so it must be real, even if it isn't on the official list of dates!!!!!

so Oct 27th is a real date. so why don't they have it on their list on the main site godamnit :angry:

they've both gone up!! in 24 hours, the Manchester one is £112 & the Liverpool £103. the Manchester one is only £16 more than face value (inc booking fees), so even with postage its cheap

its the BBC using it as background music, i think. just been for lunch at work, and they have bbc news 24 on the big screen. there was an Olympic summary going on and LIT was on that

The gym that has been built in Steven Gerrard’s back garden is so big that it has a different postcode from that of the footballer’s house. The £350,000, two-storey copper-and-glass building stands on the site of a former bungalow in the Liverpool captain’s garden in the Merseyside suburb of Freshfield. Some of the player’s neighbours argue that the modern, flat-roofed design is out of place among the properties that characterise the area. Cecil Crossley, who lives nearby, said: “I cannot begin to understand why anyone would want to build an eyesore like this in their back garden. It is not in keeping with the properties in this area: it’s like building an Asda supermarket in the middle of a beauty spot.” John Ulyatt, another neighbour, is also not a fan. “Having celebrities in the area must have an effect on property prices,” he said. “Who else would build a glorified garden shed that is worth more than the average semi?” Despite several objections, Gerrard, 28, was given planning permission to build the gym behind his £2 million home and, after eight months of construction work, it is now approaching completion. And not every neighbour is unhappy. One woman who lives directly opposite the new building said that she had no problems with it. “The gym is not my taste but my husband and two sons love it,” she said. “There are always going to be people who are going to object but there are a lot who love the fact he is here – and I’m sure that Gerrard doesn’t care what others think.” http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article4518228.ece

Radiohead pen new Palahniuk score Radiohead have written the score for the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's 2001 book Choke, the author has revealed to the BBC. Palahniuk's 1996 novel Fight Club was made into a film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Choke has also been adapted for the big screen and stars Sam Rockwell. Speaking to 6 Music, Palahniuk said he listened to Radiohead while writing the book, and it was "incredible" the band had written the film score. Final credits "Clark Gregg [Choke director]... knew that I'd written Choke while listening to [Radiohead's 1993 debut album] Pablo Honey, with Creep over and over and over," Palahniuk told the Shaun Keaveny Breakfast Show. "So Clark got Radiohead to contribute a song; to write a song for the very end of the movie, the final credits. "Apparently Radiohead liked the movie so much, they've written the score." Asked if he felt honoured, Palahniuk said: "I quit believing in my own life at this point! My life is just too incredible to be believable anymore. It's a living dream." Choke is due to be released in November. Palahniuk said he listened to Radiohead while writing the book http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7556791.stm

A lonely vulture who thought he was human has finally found true love, his keepers have revealed. Barry the American black vulture, has been reared by humans since his birth 10 years ago and seemed unable to associate with his own kind. Staff at Kirkleatham Owl Centre near Redcar were worried when Barry began chasing visitors in the hope of mating. But now they are delighted he has finally been matched with a female shipped in from eastern Europe. The centre's Craig Wesson said: "Contrary to popular belief, vultures are sensitive creatures, and Barry is particularly highly-strung. "He was hand-reared and associated more with people than birds. "In the last couple of years he has matured and started displaying 24/7. It was a nightmare. "He would almost exhaust himself, following everyone around, desperate to mate. "Six weeks ago, the immature female friend arrived. "Now they sunbathe together and sometimes the female pulls Barry's tail feathers, provoking a chase around the aviary." The female is still too young to breed, but may be ready in a couple of years. "This story has a happy ending, but it could get even better if they have chicks," Mr Wesson said. American black vultures are common in the wild in North and South America, but are rarely bred in captivity. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7557186.stm

Cities in northern England such as Liverpool, Sunderland and Bradford are "beyond revival" and residents should move south, a think tank has argued. Policy Exchange said current regeneration policies were "failing" the people they were supposed to help. A mass migration to London, Cambridge and Oxford would stop them becoming "trapped" in poorer areas, it said. One of the report authors acknowledged it may be seen as "barmy". A Liverpool MP called it "utter nonsense". Policy Exchange is one of the most influential right-of-centre think tanks and it has been credited with much of the fresh thinking behind the revival of the Conservative Party under David Cameron. Its report comes as Mr Cameron embarks on a two-day tour of marginal constituencies in the north of England, including areas around Liverpool. However, the Tories stressed that they wholeheartedly supported the regeneration of northern cities and the report did "not reflect" party policy. Labour MP Peter Kilfoyle described the Policy Exchange report as "utter nonsense". "It doesn't ring true economically, socially or politically," said the Liverpool Walton MP. "The south-east cannot take any more people and people in the north-west do not want to go. "People are more than happy with the regeneration work that is happening". The Policy Exchange report said the three million affordable new homes planned by the government should be built in London, Oxford and Cambridge to enable people to migrate south. People should be told the "reality" to avoid them becoming "trapped" in less prosperous parts of the country. Money currently being pumped into renewal projects and back-to-work schemes should instead be given directly to councils, according to local wage levels, to spend on regeneration measures, it added. The authors concluded that coastal cities like Liverpool and Sunderland had "lost much of their raison d'etre" with the decline of shipping and had "little prospect of offering their residents the standard of living to which they aspire". It was time to be "realistic about the ability of cities such as Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle to regenerate struggling nearby towns such as Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland. "No-one is suggesting that residents should be forced to move, but we do argue that they should be told the reality of the position: regeneration, in the sense of convergence, will not happen, because it is not possible," it concluded. Restrictions on house-building in the south-east should be lifted to lower house prices and stop people on low incomes being "trapped" in less prosperous parts of the country, the authors said. Land earmarked for industrial use should be released for housing. The resulting price increase for industrial land would force some firms to relocate to cheaper areas, meaning more jobs for people in struggling towns and cities. 'Economic power-houses' The university cities of Oxford and Cambridge were well placed to become the economic power-houses of the 21st Century, it argued, like the industrial north more than a century ago. "We should consider expanding both dramatically, just as Liverpool and Manchester expanded in the 19th Century. Dynamic economies require dynamic economic geography." The authors included Tim Leunig, a lecturer in economic history at the London School of Economics, who said: "No doubt some people will claim that these proposals are unworkable, unreasonable and perhaps plain barmy. "But the issue is clear: current regeneration policies are failing the very people they are supposed to be helping and there is no evidence that the trend will be reversed without radical changes." He said internal migration had always been an important part of a dynamic economy. "If we are to ensure that people in this country have similar opportunities, regardless of where they are born, we need to allow people to move from places with few prospects to places that offer more opportunities," he said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7556937.stm

welllllll you could get 2 tickets for a current bid of £99 for the thurs in Manchester http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-COLDPLAY-TICKETS-MEN-MANCHESTER-11-12-08-GREAT-SEATS_W0QQitemZ170249717591QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170249717591&_trkparms=72%3A237%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318 If you wanted to visit Mich, the current price on 3 x Liverpool floor ticket is £29.99 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-COLDPLAY-TICKETS-LIVERPOOL-BLOCK-F-ROW-A-FRONT-ROW_W0QQitemZ180274746996QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180274746996&_trkparms=72%3A237%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318

dunno about the rest of the world, but the only network you can get the iphone on in the UK is O2. so that leaves all the rest of the networks then :P

forget the American shows Angie. you want to go to England, baby!!

First post updated with all the videos

first post updated with the videos

all videos now collated into the first post :D

Summersonic 2008: Day 1 Anthony Barton covered the Summersonic Festival i Osaka, Japan for Undercover. Day 1 of Summersonic 08 was, in all senses of the word, HOT!! After having no problem getting to the festival via the shuttle bus, our spirits were high and the extreme heat from the sun was quickly forgotten. Early up on the Sky Stage was UK pop/rock duo, The Ting Tings. Playing through a barrage of tracks off their debut album “We Started Nothing” including “We Walk,” “Shut Up and Let Me Go,” and their hit “That’s Not My Name” they got the day, and the festival, off to a great start. I had been hanging to see the, much hyped, MGMT (pronounced: Management) ever since I first heard their aptly titled debut “Oracular Spectacular,” and to my (and the crowd’s) delight they did not disappoint. Playing as a 5 piece (there is usually only 2) in the air conditioned “Sonic Stage” (more of an arena than a stage really) they hypnotized the crowd with their eccentric costume changes and extended solos. Super cool tracks such as “Electric Feel,” “Time To Pretend,” and “Kids” were everything I’d hoped they be live. Next up were the indie/electro 4 piece Does It Offend You Yeah' (yes that is the band name) on the “Dance Stage.” Unlike their name, I don’t think Does It Offend You Yeah' offended 1 person in the crowd. Everyone was jumping around like crazy. Sweat was splashing off people as if they were wet dogs and nobody (especially the band) would let up for a minute. From their hard hitting electro tracks “Battle Royale,” “We Are Rockstars,” and “Weird Science” to their very indie rock “Dawn of the Dead,” “Let’s Make Out,” and “Being Bad Feels Pretty Good” you would be forgiven for thinking that the whole band has some kind of “musical” attention deficit disorder. Unfortunately, The Kooks and New Young Pony Club were on at the same time so I had to make the difficult decision and check out the sexy, New Young Pony Club. NYPC’s sassy pop tunes had the crowd “beeping,” “wooing” and clapping along throughout there entire set. “Get Lucky” and “Ice-Cream” were easy crowd favourites. The legendary Devo played up on the “Sky Stage” at sunset. Dressed in their famous yellow jumpsuits and those weird red, pyramid, cone, hat, thingies (''), they looked great no matter how far away from the stage you were. Having not really listened to much Devo before, I’m guessing they played quite a lot of their hits. The 2 songs I did know and have always loved “The Girl You Want” and “Whip It” were incredible and it was such a privilege to see them performed live. The roar from the crowd when “Whip It” came on was deafening. I guess it’s just one of those tracks that can cross all language barriers. Walking around the crowd during the day, it was quite easy to see who was the top of the list for most Japanese people……Justice!!! Their T-Shirts were everywhere!! And quite rightly so, because they put on a set that showed why they are right up their with Daft Punk in the electro scene. If Daft Punk are the “Kings of Electro” then Justice are most definitely the “William and Harry of Electro.” Reworking and remixing tracks off their first (and only) album, and playing behind a huge, lit up crucifix surrounded by countless Marshall stacks, it sure was a sight (and sound) to behold. The crowd just ate up every minute of their set. Bouncing and jiving away until, in the end, their wasn’t a dry body in sight. After the onslaught that was Justice, I decided I needed something a little more chilled out. I managed to catch the last few tracks of Coldplay and I thought they were great. Admittedly, I have never really been a fan and probably couldn’t name any of their songs, but they were great live. Chris Martin’s voice is fantastic and the band are equal to his part. I kind of wish I could’ve seen more but with a line-up as good as today it isn’t all that easy. http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=5956

wrong thread :P get yourselves to the pervy stalker thread

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/29_July_2008:_Bell_Centre%2C_Montreal%2C_QC%2C_CanadaThanks to the techy Admins, we now have the ability to add videos to the Wiki review pages. My test page is Osaka. Watch this space for the rest of the shows :D Video types supported: YouTube; GoogleVideo; DailyMotion; Sevenload; Revver Pages updated: 11th August Live at BBC Madison Square Garden Today Show 12th August L.A. 14th July L.A. 15th July San Jose 16th August Brixton Barcelona Las Vegas 17th August Chicago 22nd Chicago 23rd Philly Pemberton 19th August Montreal Toronto 30th Toronto 31st 27th August Hartford Washington Boston Tokyo That's all the concerts so far completed. The rest will be done as the concerts occur. Only 4 days to go til the European leg kicks off :D

Coldplay and Alicia Keys team up at Summer Sonic festival Coldplay were joined onstage by Alicia Keys, who played piano on 'Clocks' as the band closed the final night of Japanese festival Summer Sonic tonight (August 10). Against a backdrop depicting the French Romantic painting by Eugène Delacroix, 'Liberty Leading The People' - used as the band's album artwork for recent release 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' - the band performed in costumes aping the style of French revolutionaries, as they have done for other dates on their current tour. Throughout the performance, frontman Chris Martin displayed an admirable - if slightly questionable, grammatically speaking - level of Japanese, communicating with the crowd in their native tongue at almost any opportunity. After 2005 single 'Speed of Sound', he performed a solo, piano-rendition of a song by Japan's most famous pop band, SMAP, eliciting a breathtakingly loud response from the surprised audience. Early on in the set, during 'Politik', Martin changed the lyrics of the song to sing, "60,000 Japanese people watching us/Let Alicia Keys always play with us", giving an early hint of the upcoming collaboration. Elsewhere the band performed songs from across all their albums including the massive single 'Yellow', 'Fix You' and 'In My Place'. For 'The Scientist', all four members of the band ran into a specially constructed podium in the middle of the crowd, performing a stripped-down acoustic version of the song. Then, introducing her on stage before 'Clocks', Martin said that Keys was, "the most beautiful woman in the world… except for my wife". Earlier in the day, the Tokyo event, which runs a sister festival in Osaka the same weekend, saw performances from Super Furry Animals, Late Of The Pier, DEVO and The Wombats. To read more about Coldplay’s performance with video clips from the evening, and exclusive coverage of the rest of Summer Sonic, make sure you read NME’s festival blog now. http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/38779

my work's computer history automatically deletes at the end of every day anyway. nothing stays on your favourites list. no passwords are remembered. its very useful :D

its doing my head in. I've evn asked the Oracle if its a real date, and they didn't answer :rolleyes:

could they not confirm the 27th October whilst they're at it? :confused:

I've asked the Oracle for the setlist

#42 reports from Japan I have to wonder whether it's called "the land of the rising sun" due to most visitors spending their first jetlagged days waking at 5am. Indeed, it was apparently a skewed body clock that had Chris walking round an Osaka park at sunrise when he began writing Lovers In Japan. It's cheesy and obvious, but it's impossible to wander the humid streets and not have the tune as a mental soundtrack. Humid, now there's a thing. It's hot here. Not the ant-under-a-magnifying-glass hot of desert festivals like Coachella or Austin City Limits, but a special kind of oppressive clammy heat that the East specializes in. Walking out of the air conditioned oasis of the hotel converts you from a smartly dressed tourist to a wrung-out-damp-cloth in under a minute. The locals of course, take it all in their stride. They are slender and superlatively healthy. Us? We simply gasp for shade and pour bottles of water down our necks as fast as we can find vending machines to provide them. Besides the heat, I always forget how fragrant Japan can be. Even in the hyper-dense city, tiny well-tended gardens are everywhere - most pleasant. Before soundman Dan Green and I head for the Bullet Train for the Summersonic Festival in Osaka, I dive out for a little shopping. I congratulate myself on negotiating the subway alone only to find upon arrival at Yodobashi (camera and general gadget mecca) that I've left my credit card in the ATM near the hotel. In all honesty, it's probably for the best, as whoever finds it wont spend nearly as much as I would have.... http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=95

they must be finished by now. according to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=671 its 21:21 in Osaka, and Chavi's link shows they were due on stage at 19:40