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The British band could be living it large, driving fancy cars and playing with expensive toys. They've sold millions of albums, played stadium gigs around the world and are arguably one of the biggest bands in the world, often referred to as this generation's U2. But a playboy lifestyle couldn't be further from their minds. "At a time when we could just buy speed boats we are really fired up about trying to do something," said frontman Chris Martin. "We have had three albums now, sold lots of records and we've taken a lot of shit ... played to lots of intelligent people. Now it is time to do something great." Coldplay have been on the road for 15 months, touring for their third album, X&Y. Australia is the second last leg of the tour, with the band wrapping up in Japan in July. As one of the biggest rock outfits in the world, Coldplay have sold some 20 million albums worldwide, won four Grammys, and four Brit Awards. But being one of the world's biggest has its pressures and has taken its toll on the band made up of Martin, guitarist Jon Buckland, bass player Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion. When rumours spread that they might be about to split in February this year, share prices in their label EMI plummeted, and the band began to feel it was no longer about the music. "We had some things that I am not sure a small band should go through," contemplated Martin, who is married to Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he has two young children. "I don't think it is healthy to be caught up with share prices and quarterly (earnings) and all that stuff. We had so many opinions thrown our way by people that we worked with that we sort of lost sight at the very end." Regardless of whether or not Coldplay release another album, the group won't put anything out for the point of it. "We would only ever release a record which we are extremely happy with," said bass player Berryman. We might go into the studio and just not be able to do anything." Martin agrees, saying that it is easy to lose sight of what's important in the music business. "If we ever make another record we will live with it for a bit and then make some changes and just trust the four of us, he said. "Now we can hopefully just go back to being a band again and cutting out all the middle men. There are a lot of opinions around when you are a big band so I think we have learned over the last year that we really want to close ranks a bit." Coldplay were signed to EMI in 1999 and emerged on the international music scene with their debut offering Parachutes in 2000, having met four years earlier at the London's University College. It has been a quick ride to the top for the band since then. They followed up the success of Parachutes with A Rush of Blood to the Head in 2002. Then came last year's X&Y. "In our opinion, we have just been given the job of being a big band," said Martin. "We sort of got there conventionally and it is now what we do with it that decides whether we should have got that job or not." Like most other bands, Coldplay are influenced by a range of musicians and musical styles, and in turn they have influenced a lot of bands themselves. Mitch Benn and The Distractions recently recorded and released a single titled, Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now. Martin laughed when asked about the song. "They have got a point," he said. "But the thing is, we nicked our sound off someone else anyway." Their earlier material was influenced by the likes of Jeff Buckley and Radiohead, while a lot of their work has been compared to U2. Martin is philosophical about music appreciation. "There is nothing to be learned from listening to your own music," he said. "(But) you can learn from other people." Coldplay's sound has polarised critics for years, some hating their music while others love it. Not surprisingly, critics were split on Coldplays X&Y. "We have definitely had a backlash in certain places, but we have survived it," said Martin. "We have gone through all of the business pressure of it and the commercial pressure of it and everyone having an opinion." Being married to a Hollywood superstar means he has a brighter spotlight on him than his bandmates. But that does not scare him off meditating on matters of the heart in his lyrics. He wrote smash hit Fix You for his wife after her father died. The song includes the lyrics: "Tears stream, down your face ... lights will guide you home ... I will try to fix you". And he doesn't sing Green Eyes live anymore because the song was written about an ex-girlfriend. It is the fiercely personal nature of Coldplay's music that is its appeal. And just as their lives keeps changing, so too will their music. "We are very proud of those songs," said Martin. "(And) it will be different again in a year - you have got to keep changing." Source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/coldplay-its-not-about-money/2006/06/30/1151174370166.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

I'm not proud of this, but Italy is tired about this event...

Chris said: 'we're fucking spaghetti anyway' and other things against Italy!

The right punishment for the sentences against Italy!

Quale televisione?

Right! Right Penalty! Totti! GOAALLLLLL!

Italy - Australia 1-0 Scores: 94' Totti (penalty) Red card for Materazzi Votes: Buffon 8 Zambrotta 7,5 Cannavaro 8 Materazzi 6 Grosso 6,5 Pirlo 5,5 Gattuso 7 Perrotta 6,5 Del Piero 5 Toni 5,5 Gilardino 6 Totti 7 Barzagli 6,5 Iaquinta 5

Italy is a strong team. Italy probably didn't play very well so far, but it's a team that wins or ties from last year. Italy defeated Netherland and Germany last year. Italy had taken only one goal (of Zaccardo, in Italy's goal, so i't not a real goal). So, Italy will defeat Ukraine!

Totti vs. Poulsen....now Poulsen probably will be signed from Milan...

No, but this article speaks about Coldplay, so...it could be interesting for some Coldplay fans, isn't?

NEWS - Keane matures, but its growing pains show Keane matures, but its growing pains show By James Reed, Globe Staff | June 20, 2006 Let's pretend you're a genial pop band that's relentlessly compared with another popular band that just happens to be on hiatus. You both play cotton-candy melodies driven by a piano. Both of your sensitive lead singers tap their falsettos to reduce dreamy-eyed teenage girls to sighing messes. And (bonus!) you're both from the UK. The band you've been emulating has now reemerged to claim its heavyweight title, with a mega-selling album and sold-out shows. That's the predicament facing Keane, whose sophomore album, ``Under the Iron Sea," is out today on Island. It's the band's first album since Coldplay returned with last year's big hit, ``X&Y." When Keane released its debut, ``Hopes and Fears," while Coldplay frontman Chris Martin was off tending to wife Gwyneth Paltrow and baby Apple, it was like throwing welcome crumbs to Coldplay's fans. Songs such as ``Everybody's Changing" had a way of getting lodged into your head for weeks at a time. Nothing on ``Under the Iron Sea" seems immediately that infectious, though ``Nothing in My Way" and ``Is It Any Wonder?" will surely wind up in heavy rotation at an H&M near you. The good news is, Keane doesn't quite sound like its former self. And that's also the bad news. If you loved Keane for the shameless power-pop of ``Hopes and Fears," you're in for a surprise. The band has -- gulp -- grown up. Simply put, the approach here is less Coldplay, more Radiohead lite. But what a lopsided pastiche it is. The biggest problem is the band can't figure out if the album should be portentous and edgy or playful and mannered. And if you believe the woe-is-me lyrics, it sounds as if someone has gotten his heart broken since the last album. Opener ``Atlantic" sets an industrial darkness against Tom Chaplin's lament: ``I don't want to be old and sleep alone / An empty house is not a home / I don't want to be old and feel afraid." But then, on the chorus, there's the Keane you expect, with Chaplin dishing out honeyed Brian Wilson harmonies on top of cascading layers of overdubs. Ballads still tend to be three-hanky affairs, with ``A Bad Dream" echoing previous tear -jerkers such as ``She Has No Time" -- plodding, cloying, and inexplicably catchy. ``Crystal Ball" is an obvious (and miserable) stab at Top 40 radio, with Chaplin pleading, ``Oh, crystal ball / Crystal ball / Save us all / Tell me life is beautiful." Better yet, tell me how this dreck ended up making the cut. Still, there's a lot to like here. Chaplin possesses one of the loveliest falsettos in the business (step aside, James Blunt), and he shoots it to magnificent heights on songs such as ``Try Again." The piano, as played by songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley, is still in the mix, but now it's buried under Richard Hughes's clopping drums and Chaplin's squealing electric guitar. And Andy Green's production is akin to dropping a sponge capsule into water: It just gets bigger and bigger, until it fleshes out the sound to arena-size proportions. So maybe you can't knock Keane for trying to mature, both sonically and lyrically. Perhaps the fans just need to grow up with them. Source: The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2006/06/20/keane_matures_but_its_growing_pains_show/

ahah that's cool!

Wait...for the future!

I think that the three red cards were right but Italy played too bad...damn!

Messi superstar!

I think England will win 4-0!

I Think it the Group A Germany at the first place, Ecuador in the 2nd...

Ok...at the end of first phase, we have: 1. Brazil: several problems of tattic solution, but Kakà it's good 2. Spain: very very good 3. Italy: very good, i hope the guys will win the cup 4. France: what a delusion! 5. Argentina: ok but Messi is out 6. Holland: good but i wait for the match against Argentina 7. Germany: not bad but not very good 8. Poland: shit!

Ivan Kaviedes, one of the best attacker of Ecuador...he played in Perugia team in Italy...

Bruce Arena said that Italy had had several scandalous situations during his hystory, even the situation happened with Juventus...and Reyna said that USa will play with Italy as it will be a war...but i think that Italy will not scared and will defeat USA!

Italy probably formation for the match against USA: Buffon Zambrotta Nesta Cannavaro Grosso/Zaccardo Pirlo Gattuso Perrotta Totti Toni Gilardino

Andrea Pirlo and the big big Gennaro Gattuso!

The first surprise of this World Cup championship!

Ecuador in the second turn of hte World Cup? Unbelievable!

Italy will defeat USA team so Bruce Arena will learn to shut up!