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One of the biographies about Coldplay describes Chris returning home apologising and feeling sorry etc with a trail of ribena-laced vomit behind him. Mmmm.

Yeah it was a dodgy cover of Clocks by some session players by the sound of it. Kind of like the crap quality versions of songs that WH Smith play in the UK, because for some reason they're not allowed to play the original version I think.

I loved it when he was smiling during Fix You when everyone was singing "Lights will guide you home..." Live 2003 DVD too during Trouble, the look on his face when the audience singing kicks in is priceless.

Lurker here... just have to say that Guy looked freakin cool on the BBC show, it was great seeing so many shots of him looking totally into it and moving his body in time to the rhythm. And Lost! Looked so amazing banging that drum, he's one hell of a cool dude.

Not heard any official release date, but I guess it can't be too far off now. Can't wait to hear Love Is Noise. I thought the live version sounded really good, but hard to hear it properly what with the screaming fans etc. EDIT: Just had a look around for the album release date... 18th August (UK) 19th August (Worldwide) http://angryape.com/news/2008/06/18/the-verve-new-album-release-date-confirmed http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=5289 http://www.smnnews.com/2008/06/17/the-verve-to-release-new-record-on-august-19/

This coming monday (June 23rd) will see the world premiere of The Verve's new single 'Love Is Noise'. The track will be played by Zane Lowe on his BBC Radio One show which runs from 7 – 9pm UK Time. You can listen online by visiting the Radio One Website and selecting listen live.

I don't know why journalists thought it was a Pogues cover, they could have at least done a lyrics search to check! Sheesh. Anyway, I knew I'd seen it somewhere: "Oh, and we're also hoping to do this thing where we give away a song with every ticket. We have this song called The Goldrush, which Will sings. We want to play it as part of the show, so we'd like to give it away with the ticket. That way the only people that know that song will be the people coming to the concerts." http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47229

Chris said in an interview the other day that it's called The Goldrush, that Will sings it and that they're hoping to do some sort of promotion whereby everybody that goes to the concerts will get a free copy. But this is Chris we're talking about, so who knows what it's actually called and if there actually will be a Goldrush promo :P

The Good Will Out, Embrace There must be a time between the well meaning, When the good will come out and start the healing. You won't know how well you've played until you've won. And if at first you find you can't imagine, How good can heal when you've got nothing worth healing, You won't know how well you're made until you're done, And all you have is gone. The good will come out. Sums up exactly how I've felt for the past 2 years since losing someone close to me.

I Google Image searched Viva La Vida and this came up: http://mattandmaribel.com/Chichis%20(13).JPG (May not be suitable for work!)

Amazing bag! I'd love one of those :D

01. Lovers In Japan 02. Lost! 03. High Speed 04. Viva La Vida 05. In My Place 06. Warning Sign 07. Crests of Waves 08. Things I Don't Understand 09. White Shadows 10. Only Superstition I'm changing my mind already.

Wasn't Vitamins one of the their first ever ever songs? They might have played it at the Laurel Tree gig they've talked about a few times, I can't remember. Just went to vote but had to stop when I started looking through the dropdown lists - impossible to choose a top 10! I'll have to go with my gut feeling instead of overthinking it.

The Embrace show was alright. No interviews at all which was a shame, and they kept getting simple things wrong like names of albums, years of releases, etc. It's probably the only time ever that some album tracks and b-sides will get played on radio, so turn your speakers up and make the most of it if songs like Only Superstition and Crest Of Waves get played!

Yeah Chris said it's called The Goldrush, and it's not a Pogues cover, it's a Coldpay song. I think.

Yeah I thought the dates would clash. Still, can't beat a rumour or a ridiculous tabloid story hey :D

American rapper Jay-Z is set to silence his critics by calling on celeb friends to join him on stage at Glastonbury. TheBuzz hears the newly married star is secretly lining up a performance full of top names to guest star during his gig. At the top of this list is Chris Martin. Jay-Z, 38, has been buddies with the Coldplay singer and wife Gwyneth Paltrow for years and the pair attended his wedding to ­Beyoncé in April. The hip-hop mogul is also pals with the likes of Pharrell Williams, who is in London, Mary J Blige and Mark Ronson. And there’s also talk of him duetting with his wife during his headliner. A spokeswoman for the rapper told theBuzz today: “Jay’s set at Glastonbury will be a surprise and an extravaganza. That’s all I can confirm.” A source added: “He just wants to make it the biggest and best show, particularly after all the controversy surrounding him headlining. “Jay-Z knows he has the best contacts in showbiz and is keen to get friends involved with guest slots. By performing with Chris he’s proving all music can mix.” When it was announced that “Jigga” would be headlining the legendary mud-fest, Noel Gallagher blasted the decision saying: “I’m not having hip hop at Glastonbury.” Jay-Z, in town last night to see Coldplay at a special BBC gig in Shepherd’s Bush, has worked with Chris many times. As the band ran through some of their more classic tracks and songs from their new album Viva La Vida, Jay-Z could be seen dancing along. Chris, 31, helped produce the hip-hop artist’s album Kingdom Come and featured on the track Beach Chair. http://thelondonpaper.typepad.com/thelondonblog/2008/06/chris-is-z-man.html#more

Didn't Chris once tell Ricky Gervais that the reason they called their daughter Apple was because Apple (the company) was sponsoring her :P

"Don't suggest it" - but the thing is, there ARE hints of hip-hop, RnB, whatever you want to call it; Will's been listening to Dr Dre, and obviously there's Chris and his Jay-Z/Kanye West adventures.

Till Kingdom Come, Sleeping Sun and The Goldrush would be great on a Coldplay country album!

Will has the voice of an angel, I love it!

Shakira's Oral Fixation Vol. 2 was censored in some countries as well. They extended the leaves to cover her belly.

Yay a free "The Goldrush" for everyone that goes to the concerts :D

Interesting article, first posted on the Keane forum: The bands the press love to hate If a band has the audacity to conquer the charts despite the press butchering them then this is taken personally June 19, 2008 1:30 PM Ben Wardle When Chris Martin walked out of a Radio 4 interview last week muttering "I'm not enjoying this", a gleeful press relished the thought of having more opportunity to knock Coldplay. But Martin's reaction wasn't about the interview, it was due to a heightened sensitivity caused by eight years of critical mauling. It seems there are some bands we just love to hate. Ever since Alan McGee's famous "bedwetters" comment, Coldplay have been members of a Million-Seller Hate Club alongside Phil Collins, Supertramp, Sting, and, more recently, James Blunt, Snow Patrol and Keane. So what is it about this sort of band? Why is it that while the record-buying public form queues at the supermarket for their wares, these artists have never received any love from the press? Andy Gill, in his damning of the band in the Independent last week, repeats a comment often made of these artists - that he doesn't know a single person who has ever bought one of their records. Gill's friends probably have the White Stripes, Lee Perry, Vampire Weekend and Neil Young vinyl carefully placed on the coffee table, but what is it that separates artists who can do no wrong from those that can never put a chord right? Firstly, and most obviously, it is that the artist has succeeded despite the best efforts of the press. If a band has the audacity to get records in the charts despite the press butchering them then this is taken personally. Led Zeppelin's first four albums all received lukewarm reviews in the UK and the US because critics saw them as a band their younger brother liked - upstarts who had nothing to do with the approved Clapton and Hendrix hegemony. And, of course, the more these youngsters bought Led Zeppelin records the more it annoyed the press, and the worse the reviews became, the third album suffering the most. Of course, Zep's reputation has been scrubbed up and they now enjoy peerless status - but they are in a minority. Most bands never get over their critical black spot. The Bee Gees, for example, have since Saturday Night Fever been perceived as a big-haired, tight-trousered cabaret act and not serious singer-songwriters who have written as many classics as the Beatles. No wonder they set the template for Chris Martin when they stormed out of Clive Anderson's show after he joked about them being tossers. A group I was involved with, Sleeper, never enjoyed the easy Britpop ride that some other bands had in the mid-90s. And when they ended up outselling many of them, the press really got the knives out. Louise Wener, the lead singer, who it must be said, was fond of winding people up, once commented that the Boo Radleys always got better press "because they look like journalists". Is there jealously perhaps? Are critics simply envious because they look at, say, James Blunt, or Gary Lightbody and see a middle-class guy just like them who happens to be earning millions and going out with supermodels? Whatever, it seems Chris Martin just needs to wait a while to get some respect. After all, consider whose music gets the most press acclaim from the 70s: T-Rex, Abba and Slade - the smug, formulaic, big-selling pop music of the day. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/06/the_bands_the_press_love_to_ha.html

I love the hip-hop influences on Viva La Vida.