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if i had a ticket, the organiser would get heavily attacked by me now. such a stupid decision

You can scroll to the Coldplay part, if you want to. I'll not mention every band I've seen. Just the highlights/important ones. Wednesay 4 am: I woke up, had a shower, some breakfast, packed the car, picked up a friend and off to the Nürburgring. 7 am: Building up the tents and pavillons. First Rock am Ring with all herrings in the ground (which made us survive Saturday night) After a while our whole group (excluding some stragglers) arrived. So great to see them all again, since some of us only see each other once a year. It's a group whith a main body of about 15 people and always ca. 5 more people coming too. After work was done, we turned the music up, got our records on and felt our hearts start beating to our favourite songs, freaked out and looked forward to hearing some of them live in the next couple of days. Unfortunately the player was broken but we had lots of fun anyway. And there's always music from the neighbours. So, the rest of the Wednesday and the whole Thursday consisted of drinking, singing, relaxing, having fun. Over the years this has become a major part of the festival for us, just because this is like being on vacation. You shut the world outside. And everybody, despite their social status and positions in real life, can behave and live primitively. I don't mean picking up fights and getting drunk until you're completely knocked out (though I have to admit there's also a decent amount of alocohol involved). It's more about a certain easyness of the festival lifestyle. Friday: First regular festival day with concerts. Btw this was the first RaR that I've watched every headliner on the main stage. Front area every day. Aaaand before the gigs started, I grabbed someone else's smartphone to listen to the new single :-D Liked it a lot and was relieved they didn't fuck it up. Hoped I'd still hear some more new songs the following day... Gaslight Anthem (quite catchy Punkrock): Very great. But the voice should have been louder during the first songs. They, espacially the singer, really enjoyed themselves and performed with a lot of passion. Looking forward to see them again some time. Mando Diao (unplugged): Thought my Mando time was over and this unplugged thing wouldn't be really good. And the two other RaR performances I've seen them doing were not really good ('though they can do a lot better). But this time they really convinced me again (and my friends were with me on Friday). Kings Of Leon: Audience only knew the recent hits. Quite few participation but also few interaction. Musically it was great. Probably better at own gigs. Saturday The one I was looking forward to most, obviously. Morning Parade: Recommandation! Catchy, interestin, Coldplay influences. Ash: Quite nice. My mom saw me on the TV... Hurts: Before the show: I loved some of their songs, didn't like some of the others. Their performance absolutely impressed me. Fantastic, passionate singer with a great intensity. The Kooks: Alright. Used to like them, now I only like a few of their songs. Gig didn't really change that. Söhne Mannheims: Well... they were okay, but I don't really like them. Like most of the people that go to a festival like this. Coldplay: Lets's be honest. When you walked through the camping site, talked to other people, or communicated with people on the Internet, you could get the impression that not toooo many people would go and watch them. Nevertheless I was sure that there'd still be enough people to not make it be embarassing and that Coldplay would rock the Ring and make some new fans. But I always expected the weakest Coldplay audience so far. So, what I've seen really blew my mind. I was happy that all of my RaR-friends who wanted to see them was with me (even one who came later), so that we could enjoy it all together. But I expected more space around us! The front area was pretty packed, just like the rest seemed to be, according to what could be seen on the screens! Before the show started, people sang the famous Viva-"Oooohoooohooooh". Nothing too special you might think, but I haven't heard that prior to all of the Viva concerts and therefore I didn't expect that at RaR. I was wondering which song they'd start with and went for Yellow or In My Place. Politik is also a great opener, but I thought they should open with a well known single, if they'd do more of a Greatest Hits set. Also, I always hoped they'd do 2 or 3 new songs. But well, my broad grinning started to appear and decided not to disappear again too quickly and then the show started. Lovely light effects and visuals came along with... a NEW song!!! Not "Every Teardrop..." but a completely new one. Being in a state of excitement and joy, I soaked it all in. When I heard the line "It hurts like heaven", I immediatley knew the song title =) After that they did the songs I'd expected them to start with and the crowd danced, sang and enjoyed. The played more and more new songs and I was just freaking out (broad grinning still on, of course). There were even songs I never heard the title of! :D I loved all of them. Me and my friends came to the conclusion that this has to be a very very brilliant new album! After the Scientist we all continued singing the chorous. Astounding! And after all those sunny and hot days, we got real "Ring wheather" on Saturday evening but nobobdy seemed to care. In fact, that even seemed to make it better! The rain made the laser effetcs look even more beautiful. The climax of this was during "Viva La Vida", when the raindrops were a waterfall and the audience went absolutely nuts nevertheless. And then there were "COLDPLAY! COLDPLAY!" shoutings several times. My home festival's audience just celebrated my favourite band. That was more than I had dreamed of. The band seemed to enjoy it too and once again, Chris was a great frontman with a lot of interaction. Later, Chris started playing "Life Is For Living" and I was shouting "YEEEES! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!" A few people were turning their heads but I didn't mind. Never ever thought I'd hear this one live! So awesome! They finished with "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall". Quite scary that I could already sing along to most of it ;-) And at the end, when Chris sang "is a waaaaaterfaaaaaall" I was seriously wondering if he meant the teardrops or the raindrops... Me and my friends were overexcited and happy. But once the show finished, the rain was getting on our nerves. My foot swam in my shoes and I was praying for our tents to be dry. Luckily they were. Fantastic day, fantastic Coldplay concert, a lot of surprises (so good it was only the 2nd show, thus I couldn't spoil it for myself) and an extremely happy Coldplay fan =) Sunday Sad that it was already the last day. Put all our stuff in our cars, said our goodbyes and hoped to see us again in the near future or at least at next year's Rock am Ring. Mastodon: My best friend (no metal fan either) likes them, so I gave them a try. Waaay to loud, shitty sound Avenged Sevenfold: Weird stage decoration... eeeevil... Went to the toilet (or waited for it...) but I was positively surprised by this band. Kind of got me, maybe beacuse it was not just heavy btu they also had some nice singing. Will listen to them again. Volbeat: Quite good. A little monotonous from time to time. Beatsteaks: What an atmosphere!!!!! Everyone went soooo crazy! Awesome concert, awesome live band! System Of A Down: They're weird but I kind of like them. Did a very good gig. Great final act. So, I had a fantastic experience =)

It was so damn fucking awesome!!!!!!!! Review later

So, I'm off to sleep now and tomorrow morning I'll be at Rock am Ring, camping at C8. Goodbye all of you. Have fun anticipating the new single, discussing it, watching the show on the internet or whatever. Bye =)

I have no doubt that those lyrics all belong to the same song. They fit together lyrically, rhythmwise and why would this be the last video if they wanted to give out teasers and hints step by step? Then we'd know more abotu the album. Plus, there are strong connections between some of the verses. Think the lyrics got better and better and now I find them absolutely fantastic. The last line made my skin crawl.

Not only ;-) You're welcome

Rock im Park is the younger brother. Rock am Ring is bigger and has a longer history. Also, when I started the thread it was about both festivals, then the other one has opened bot nobody posted in there, so we have a new Rock im Park thread for a couple of days

Rock am Ring: Even better news than before! The following broadcastings are planned/possible: Folgende Übertragungszeiten sind geplant bzw. MÖGLICH. Info ist ohne Gewähr! Wir halten euch auf dem Laufenden sobald es weitere Infos gibt. Freitag, 03.06.2011 17.45 Uhr Plain White T?s 18.00 Uhr Madsen 18.45 Uhr Lissie / Talk 19.10 Uhr Selig 20.00 Uhr The Gaslight Anthem 21.30 Uhr Mando Diao 22.40 Uhr Wolfmother 23.40 Uhr White Lies 1.00 Uhr Interpol Samstag, 04.06.2011 17.30 Uhr Sevendust 17.55 Uhr Hurts 19.20 Uhr Bring Me The Horizon 20.00 Uhr Morning Parade 20.20 Uhr Ash 21.00 Uhr Die Söhne Mannheims 22.50 Uhr Coldplay 00.20 Uhr KoRn Sonntag, 05.06.2011 17.15 Uhr Lifehouse 18.15 Uhr Alter Bridge 19.30 Uhr Simple Plan 21.50 Uhr The Bosshoss 22.20 Uhr 3 Doors Down 23.50 Uhr In Extremo

It might also be listed as "1Plus"

Good news guys. Rock am Ring video-livestream by "DASDING": http://www.dasding.de/ext/specials/rar/2011/

Good news guys. Rock am Ring video-livestream by "DASDING": http://www.dasding.de/ext/specials/rar/2011/

I'm so damn excited! Next night: Full song(/video) =)

Exactly. That's what I always said. And there was an UK source saying "No new material before Glastonbury" of which a newspaper made "No new material at the festivals" and people went crazy :D Probably the source meant Glastonbury = begin of the festival season and even if they released a single this week that quoted statement wouldn't have been veeery wrong.

# that does fit, yes. though we can't be too sure because the studiofeed is distorted

:D haha you absolutely got it :D

i won't be sitting in front of any computer that day ;-)

@ michal91d: do you know when it's (not) gonna be airplayed or when it's (not) gonna be released as a purchasable single or when it's (not) gonna be available to listen to for the first time (maybe on their website)? :D

yeah probably. i meant friday because then they have their first show. will probably be saturday until the first videos are uploaded and then they might broadcast it from rock am ring for everybody to see? at least i'm 99% sure that i'll hear it next saturday :D

as if they wouldn't play it at Rock im Park and Rock am Ring (3rd and 4th of June)... So we'll hear it on Friday the latest (which would mean I'd hear it on Sunday because I want to be surprised by the setlist)

Thanks =)

Do you know anything about the single right now? More than we know? (Could just be a yes/now answer or sth like: Heard it, know when it comes out, etc)

Ok thanks. I already thought the same and interpreted it in that direction but from the post it seemed to me like there was a stronger connection to it than this metaphor.

Could you explain the connection between those verese and the movement, pls? I probably should know it because we had that in school and I'm German, but for me the comma and full stop don't seem to have any connection to this.

Just my thoughts

Know what? Now the lyrics have a much deeper meaning, so even the ones that seemed odd to some people get a lot better in that context. At least that's my opinion