Just a quick note- saw the taping last night and Micheal Stipe Joined Coldplay about 30 minutes into the show and sang about 4 songs, 3 Coldplay with Martin and 1 REM.
They taped for about 1 hour and 45 mins.
Chris martin came back after the show and played have yourself a merry christmas.
The place was packed they even had the Hogg autorum next to the Austin city limits building packed with about 800 big wigs.
The show airs next saterday- Dec 17th- They will have to cut it down to 1 hours though so should be interesting.