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Less than 12 hours. Sounds amazing, though the "Maroon 5" comment kinda worries me.

I could see MGMT opening.

Just got this update on Facebook: Coldplay.com to give away new single We're very pleased to announce that Coldplay's new single, Violet Hill, will be available as a free download exclusively from Coldplay.com for one week starting tomorrow, Tuesday April 29th, at 12.15pm UK time. This is a full week ahead of the single's conventional paid-for digital release, on Tuesday May 6th. Then, on Wednesday May 7th, there will be a free limited edition 7-inch vinyl of 'Violet Hill' on the cover of NME magazine, backed by the exclusive B-side, 'A Spell A Rebel Yell'. You can pre-order the issue by clicking here. HERE = http://nme1.tsdshop.com/st ore/page4.asp?suptype=1&t= 1&sub_type=181&prod_id=918 &col=30 Free gigs in London and New York Also tomorrow, Coldplay.com will announce preliminary details of two free shows which the band will play in June, one at London's Brixton Academy and the other at New York's Madison Square Garden. Full details of how to win tickets to both will be revealed on Coldplay.com in the next few weeks. Album release details Coldplay's fourth album, 'Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends' is out in June. The release dates are as follows: UK - June 12 USA & Canada - June 17 Japan - June 11 Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Ireland - June 13 Australia/NZ - June 14 ROW - June 16 We'll be back with more news soon. Coldplay.com

I am so fucking excited right now. That artwork just reconfirmed my suspicions... "Famous Old Painters"... perhaps that's the theme for the LP and Single album artwork?

http://www.coldplay.com CHECK IT NOW! http://digg.com/music/Coldplay_s_release_new_single_Violet_Hill_for_FREE I added the Coldplaying.com link to digg.com! Try to digg it as much as possible!

Is there anywhere else to listen to the stream besides the Coldplaying toolbar? I live outside the UK and have a Mac.

Yeah I know it's not, that's why I said it was "satirical" Sorry for the double post :)

New York Magazine's Satirical Review of VLVODAAHF http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/04/vultures_exclusive_trackbytrac.html Over the weekend, popular soft-rock combo Coldplay announced the details of their long-awaited fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, due on June 17. As we were leaving the office on Friday, we were clubbed over the head, drugged, and transported via helicopter to the top-secret island (Britain) on which Chris Martin & Co. have been plotting their imminent comeback. When we regained consciousness, we found ourselves tied to a chair in a Batcave-esque underground recording studio where a Coldplay publicist, in between bouts of maniacal laughter, offered to let Vulture be the first blog in the entire blogosphere to hear a finished copy of the new record. What follows is our exclusive track-by-track preview. 1. "Life in Technicolor" Like much of Coldplay's best work, "Life in Technicolor" examines the nature of romantic love through a rudimentary understanding of things taught in high-school science class. Backed by soaring strings, horns, a harp, and several dozen gospel choirs, Chris Martin compares the song's female subject to the colors of the visible spectrum. The track, whose melody borrows liberally from John Williams's "Theme From Star Wars," ends abruptly when Martin fails to recall the difference between wavelength and frequency. 2. "Cemeteries of London" Following his recent collaborations with Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Swizz Beatz, Martin indulges his love for hip-hop on this bombastic club banger. Over blaring sirens and Mannie Fresh synthesizers, he raps, "The cemeteries of London, they sure ain't much fun / And if you slag off Coldplay, we'll put you in one." The album's weakest moment. 3. "Lost!" This aching piano ballad chronicles the tumultuous relationship between a pair of lovers (Martin and Paltrow?) as they attempt to catch up with Lost's fourth season by watching DVDs of the first three in marathon sessions. The chorus includes the refrain: "Who are the Others and why can't they breed? / And what will become of Kate, Locke, and Sayid?" Gorgeous. 4. "42" Some have speculated that the title of this upbeat track is an allusion to Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Martin is an admitted fan of the book. Actually, it's a tribute to the 42 people who currently hold the Guinness World Record for the largest number of persons to fit in a car at once (the Moss Bay Majorettes from Jacksonville, Florida, who crammed into a Jaguar XJ6 in August of 1984). All silliness is undercut by the song's minor key and 26-minute orchestral coda. A highlight. 5. "Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love" A slow R&B jam, sung in Martin's sexy, rarely used baritone, about the various ways in which he'd romance you in Japan, including karaoke, a meal at a nice sushi restaurant, and front-row tickets to a championship sumo-wrestling match. By the second verse, it becomes obvious that he's never actually been to Japan. The album's weakest moment. 6. "Yes" This weepy acoustic-guitar ballad is named for the way Martin hopes the band's fans in Prescott, Wisconsin, will vote on an upcoming increase for the city's school budget. (After his campaigning for John Kerry in 2004 failed to elect the senator, he's pledged to become better involved in local politics where he feels he can make more of a difference.) 7. "Viva la Vida" Though this song is named after a painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, it's actually just "Yellow" sung in Spanish. The album's weakest moment. 8. "Violet Hill" This hard-rocking track is about the Violet Hill Bed and Breakfast in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Martin saw it online once and has just always really wanted to go there. 9. "Strawberry Swing" According to Rolling Stone: "This is one of several potential album cuts with Afro-pop and high-life influences. Here, distortion-free finger-picked guitars which sound straight out of Mali mix with a heavy bassline and psychedelic synths. 'My Mum comes from Zimbabwe, so I spent a lot of time there,' says Martin." (This was actually funnier than anything we could come up with.) 10. "Death and All His Friends" Despite its depressing-sounding title, this is actually a sweet piano ballad in which Martin pledges to love a woman until "death and all his friends" (which presumably include old age, various cancers, and an appreciation for the History Channel) turn up. It was around this point that we fell asleep.

http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Sucks_to_have_these_parents Browsing Facebook and found this. Gave me a laugh. Digg it, if you will.

1. Coldplay 2. Arcade Fire 3. Modest Mouse 4. Sigur Rós 5. Radiohead 6. Of Montreal 7. Nine Inch Nails 8. The Flaming Lips 9. Blur 10. Muse 11. Bob Dylan 12. U2 13. Red Hot Chili Peppers 14. The Decemberists 15. Elliot Smith 16. The Beatles 17. Bright Eyes 18. The Killers 19. Mute Math 20. Neutral Milk Hotel 21. Rilo Kiley 22. The White Stripes 23. The Rolling Stones 24. Spoon 25. Bob Marley

Bleh, I personally hate the title. I'm still excited as fuck for the album, but the title is just so ridiculous. First off, everybody is most definitely going to make the Ricky Martin comparison, which is going to be annoying as tits within the first week the album's out. Second off, for such a cool, conceptual album (based on the other Rolling Stone article) and with the new sound that they're going for, "Viva La Vida" seems like just a bastard of a choice. "42" was cryptic, metaphorical, and quite ironic. "Famous New/Old Painters" was acceptable, as we could see the artwork and concept of the whole album coming together. "Viva La Vida" just seems so... not Coldplay. It's like something I'd expect Jack Johnson or KT Tunstall to do. It has no deeper meaning behind it. Not to mention, with a name like "Viva La Vida" it seems to directly contradict the tone of the songs that Rolling Stone previewed, where some were about death or darkness. Not really the "dark" tone I was looking for with the album title. Thirdly, aside from the title not having any real meaning, it would seem odd to make an album title in Spanish. I really can't remember the last time an English-speaking band named an album in something other than English. I understand Chris trying to be original and I understand that the phrase meant something to him, but it seems like such a disappointing choice. We waited and waited to hear the new album title, and it's in Spanish? All in all, the choice for album titles disappoints me. After great names like "Parachutes" and "A Rush of Blood to the Head" and even "X&Y" (all of which had deeper meanings behind the titles), seeing "Viva La Vida" is quite a poor choice. Oh, and I'm currently in my fourth year of Spanish in college, and "Viva La Vida" definitely translates as "Live The Life", not "Long Live Life". "Long Live Life" would be "La Vida Vive", or "the life lives on". Perhaps my Spanish is rusty, someone who is fluent can correct me if I'm wrong.

I could definitely see them putting the title as "Famous New Painters" while the title of the song is "Famous Old Painters". Just look at Snow Patrol's last album, "Eyes Open", but the name of the song was "Hands Open". They did say "eyes open" in the song though, so I'll bet we can expect something like that.

I've been saying '42' will be the album title since the tracklisting was first announced... I'm sticking by that now.

What an idiot. The fucker doesn't even know what or why Chris writes on his hand. Fucking imbecile.

RIP Heath I loved him. One of my fave actors. This is truly a sad day.

Pah! Anyone coulda guessed the top three! It's Coldplaying! :) I still think Arcade Fire should have been #1 though. And Modest Mouse should have been MUCH MUCH higher. Other than that, though, phenomenal countdown. AWESOME JOB!

I can't wait to get to the end.

MIA should've been higher. Shocked to see AVA only get one vote.

Sigur Rós: What are your top ten songs? I'm working on comprising a Top 20 Sigur Rós songs, but I figured asking everyone here for a Top 20 would be a bit extreme, so let's just go with 10. Here's mine: 1. Glósóli 2. Starálfur 3. Hoppípolla 4. Untitled 3 (Samskeyti) 5. Untitled 1 (Vaka) 6. Svefn-g-englar 7. Sigur Rós + Dögun (they kind of have to be listened to back to back) 8. Untitled 4 (Njósnavelin) 9. Untitled 8 (Poplaggið) 10. Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása

1. Neon Bible – Arcade Fire 2. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank – Modest Mouse 3. Myths of the Near Future – Klaxons 4. An End Has A Start – Editors 5. The Good, the Bad &, and The Queen - The Good, The Bad, and The Queen 6. In Rainbows – Radiohead 7. A Weekend In the City - Bloc Party 8. Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace – Foo Fighters 9. Favourite Worst Nightmare – Arctic Monkeys 10. Blackbird - Alter Bridge 11. Minutes to Midnight – Linkin Park 12. Cassadaga – Bright Eyes 13. I Empire – Angels & Airwaves 14. All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone - Explosions In The Sky 15. Graduation – Kanye West 16. Chase This Light – Jimmy Eat World 17. Life In Cartoon Motion – Mika 18. Year Zero – Nine Inch Nails 19. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - Of Montreal 20. The Reminder - Feist 21. Writer’s Block – Peter Bjorn and John 22. Year of the Crow – State Radio 23. The Sun And The Moon - The Bravery 24. Wincing The Night Away – The Shins 25. Beyond the Neighbourhood - Athlete And since we're supposed to make stinks about albums we think deserve more recognition... everyone PLEASE check out "State Radio". They're a truly phenomenally talented band and their album "Year of the Crow" would be on everyone's Top 25 if they'd just listen :)

I highly doubt the album is titled Viva La Vida. If it is, I don't even know if I would buy it. That's ludicrous.

awesome news

Maybe, like someone else suggested, the album title is "Falling Off The Edge". I could live with that.

That's fucking ridiculous, the songs sound really nothing alike. Using his logic and comparison of songs, I could argue that "In Da Club" by 50 Cent stole from "Where the Streets Have no Name" by U2. What a tool.

I've finally tested out a few of these tracks... it really works... I'm shocked.