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Edit - Gerben cleared it up The price is now 55 euros :lol: So if you were early, it's a little cheaper.

400 tickets now with 0 days left? Interesting

Someone reminded me thankfully, I didn't predict that these would sell out, without even being posted on FB/Twitter! Got my ticket now :) How many hours?

[h=1]Crazy Frog was outselling ‘Speed Of Sound’ by 4 to 1 :dozey::shocked2:[/h] That pesky Frog!

It is actually the latest song to be registered out of all of them. It seems likely it will be for some charity/comedy thing. Maybe Children In Need this November?

Going to make one X10Y thread for all of the 'Speed Of Sound' events, as they happened, 10 year ago :) Today was a big day for the 1st single off 'X&Y', as it was released as a single, with the B-side: 'Things I Don't Understand' and the official music video also debuted later in the night. [video=youtube;0k_1kvDh2UA] 'Speed Of Sound' was the featured video on this iTunes ad :) [video=youtube;zlSwjGBhZx4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSwjGBhZx4 The promo push was HUGE. At that time, particularly in the UK, you could hear 'Speed Of Sound' everywhere! Shopping centres, restaurants, TV programs, even on people's ringtones, you just could not escape the song :D Not forgetting, the anthem smashed a US record, for the first time since 'Hey Jude' by The Beatles, in reaching the top 10 Billboard singles, at #8 The week following the song's release and the band are set for a battle to the UK #1 spot, with the viral ringtone....The Crazy Frog! *more to follow this week*

For AROBTTH and maybe even Jonny's career, in this following video... At 3:33 - YES!!! I understand!!! :D:cool::laugh3: [video=youtube;XDZKN4ftzns] (Thanks @Awardchris - the best archived vid out there!)

▶ BBC Radio 1 - Fearne Cotton, Farewell Fearne!, Coldplay - Gone But Not F. Cotton still can't over this <a href="http://t.co/WhNcTBg1a7">http://t.co/WhNcTBg1a7 — fearne cotton (@Fearnecotton) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fearnecotton/status/601835112217600002">May 22, 2015[/indent] <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>"]Link <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">▶ BBC Radio 1 - Fearne Cotton, Farewell Fearne!, Coldplay - Gone But Not F. Cotton still can't over this <a href="http://t.co/WhNcTBg1a7">http://t.co/WhNcTBg1a7</a></p>— fearne cotton (@Fearnecotton) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fearnecotton/status/601835112217600002">May 22, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Very nicely done. I've got your PM, let me just have a chat with Coldplay HQ first :)

He also said that a solo album would be 'Cringeworthy'

Added a poll ;)

The song is absolutely brilliant. Meant as a tribute but it's a keeper! Extended mix anyone (of mainly the end - harmony part)? I'm looking at you Dexynboy :P

3:04 - isn't that the guy off Misfits too (TV series)? his girlfriend in that was in the Charlie Brown video too. Might not be but he looks very similar. The OMG moment from Chris was hilarious and Breaking Bad, the ballet? Wouldn't mind seeing that :P Very awesome and funny :D I wanna see the full Coldplay version of Still Going Strong ;)

Will - "Wait, how many popadoms"? :laugh3: Watching it right now

On the subject of the amount of songs Coldplay have written for this: I'll quote the extract from the 'A Head Full Of Dreams' summary article below: Based on previous interviews, it seems like Coldplay have an abundance of tracks in what could be the most 'fruitful' period in Coldplay's career. This is the first time we'll hear any of the songs written (bar Miracles probably). As someone else said, it probably didn't take them long to write these anyway.

Some of these new song titles would of been good on album :P 'Still Going Strong' could of been the album closer, where they combine everything from their past 6 albums and make the ultimate closing track and 'Closer To Home' could have a video like the 'Fix You' one but Chris would be running in the streets of Exeter instead! O well ;)

Happy Birthday :D :D :D

Airing date and time : May 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. List of the actors taking part in Coldplay's musical Joey from Friends (Matt LeBlanc) and Neil Patrick-Harris are involved on the night too - what more could you want! :)

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Yes, I am deciding to drop a mass amount of Coldplay photos on you all :cool: Around 90,000 to start off with! They were previously online on Coldplaying.com years and years ago but many haven't been seen since. Firstly, the credit for all of the photos goes to the band itself for all of their awesome shows, the Coldplayers who have posted these images since the beginning of Coldplaying.com back in 2000 and the old owner, Ian / Busybeeburns, along with tifosi, who did the migrating work from the old Coldplaying website to the current one. To have a gallery of this size is incredible and it's so inspiring to have a huge piece of Coldplay history on the site :D The original plan was to carry on it's current format, which is all set up for Coldplay Live 2010-2015 but to format the gallery the way you see it for those years, requires a huge amount of time. All 125,000+ images are already on the server, thanks to tifosi but getting them online was a problem in itself and I've put it off for a while. Let's just say, the amount of copying and pasting involved would drive anyone to the brink of insanity :lol: Then the Coldplay.com timeline was released. It's perfect, beautiful and very easy to use. That's when I started to look for ways to just get the gallery out there. Alas, I found a way to create pages, showing a simple list of all the galleries. Very basic and not the best for mobile browsing (although, it still works fine) but it's online at least :) So, the galleries for Live & appearances from 2000-2009 are online, as are appearances from 2010-2013 (previously just live concerts). Another 10,000-15,000 photos will go online soon, which are made up of individual band photos, album and single artwork etc... The slideshow on Coldplaying.com will link to each gallery too. Click on the link below to go the new gallery page (on the forums). You can share your highlights from the archives on timeline.coldplay.com, if there is an event for it :) THE COLDPLAYING.COM GALLERY

ASFOS video director, Mat Whitecross tweeted this: Link to Coldplay.com timeline ---------------- As I’ve been prepping this new version of the timeline, I’ve kept stumbling across things I didn’t have time to finish in the moment. Here’s a “lost blog” I wrote during Ghost Stories, but never had the time to edit and upload. R42 Poor old Matt Whitecross! Every time his phone rings and shows Chris’s name on the screen his heart must simultaneously jump and sink. He’s been making videos for the band since their very first one – and seemingly each time, it all gets more chaotic and crazy. Good think he’s one of the most irrepressibly upbeat and creative people on the planet. So here we are making a last-minute video for A Sky Full of Stars in Sydney Australia. The plan seems to extend little beyond “lets get loads of people out in the street, then walk down the pavement in one-man-band outfits – we can do it all in one shot, you just walk backwards in front of us”. Things have been fleshed out somewhat by a superb props department and small crew, but that’s largely what’s happening. The call went out yesterday via the modern-day Bat-Signal of Twitter. The streets have been rammed since 7.30 and the police are trying to keep the throng in order and traffic moving. We’re inside a pub that acts as the base for operations and there’s a problem. With great public interest comes media attention, which in Australia, has been known to be a problem in the past. At the pub doors, the swarm of lenses outside strongly resembles the undead in a zombie flick. For some inside, it’s no less unpleasant. The problem isn’t simply having their photo taken. Nobody objects to that. Problem is though, that these guys are some of the most – what words to use? perhaps the most *committed to their job* of any in the world. They’ll stop at very little to get a better shot than the next guy. The local police chief tells us that he’ll politely ask them to stand on the other side of the road so as not to be in shot and spoil the video, but in all reality, there’s no law that means they’ll have to. So realistically, as soon as they see Chris, they’ll be all over him – whether they’re completely in the way or not. There’s another even more worrying possibility. Photos of well known folks make money. Photos of well known folks losing it and lashing out at photographers make even more money. If you’re the guy that the celeb in question has lost the plot with, you’ll get the best shot while they’re launching towards you in full rage. This gives you a photo so valuable it’s probably worth actually being antagonistic and trying to make it happen. Hey – who knows, if you manage to upset someone enough, maybe they’ll do something you can sue them for? Now far be it from me to say that anyone in this noble profession would goad anyone to breaking point just for a buck. But – y’know, it isn’t beyond the realms of imagination. The mood in the pub becomes very much “under siege”. Chris, clearly bears the most pressure here. No matter what reassurances everyone offers that “it’ll be ok”, it’s him that has to face the small percentage chance that it might not be – and it’s him that could end up in serious trouble if things get unpleasant. As the conversation gets darker and more concerned, news comes over the walkie talkies that there’s been a ‘fender bender’ at the bottom of the street due to all the crowds and disruption. People try to laugh it off, but nobody’s eye-rolls and laughter ring true. “Maybe this song just won’t have a video? Perhaps we should just let it go and call it off?”. People are trying to remain enthusiastic and optimistic, but the air is filled with the strong realisation that this may not have been a great idea after all. Ever the rock, Will Champion speaks up. “What we have to do is negotiate. If we give them what they want – let them get the best shots possible while we pace out the street once – then we can ask them to let us shoot without them getting in the way.” It seems simple enough. It only takes one of them to break the promise though, for all of them to follow suit and we’re back to complete chaos and ultra-heightened tension. It’s discussed at length. The fact that the video clearly has the potential to be great means it’s deemed worth trying. Chris (whose guitar strap is peppered with the little “love” badges that have been a fixture of late) suggests that they have to “smother the problem with love”. To this end, a smothering-love envoy of Arlene and Mandi from management is dispatched unto the fray. Let’s not forget that negotiation and people skills are core competencies for this pair. Guile and feminine whiles doubtless did no harm, either. They come back with promises of agreement. There’s nothing for it but to get out there and see what happens. The mood is hopeful, but still tense. Will’s one-man-band outfit has a comedy clown horn and he gives it a honk. It becomes a lightning rod for all the nerves and at last there is genuine laughter. This is then followed by an observation that the outfits are very reminiscent of Ghostbusters suits. This leads to the band trooping for the door playing the theme. It’s predictably full-on, but it’s way way better than anyone could have hoped. There’s still a scrum of cameras, but even on this ‘free run’ they’re keeping out of the way of the official cameraman (who has chosen a tiny compact camera that pales somewhat amusingly by comparison). It’s immediately clear that this isn’t just not going to be a disaster, but it’s going to be completely brilliant. The first walkthrough finishes and we head back up to the pub. One particularly insistent pap has chased Chris for the last stretch and has a camera mere inches from his face and is doing the “chikkeetchikkeetchikeeet” rapid-fire thing. It’s pretty obnoxious to say the least. In previous times this may have gone very badly wrong. It still has the potential to do so today. Chris turns and looks slightly baffled, then smiles. “What do you need, man? How can I help you?” Now it’s the pap’s turn to look nonplussed. He takes another shot or two as Chris reaches down, unpins a “Love” button with one hand, pressing it into the guy’s palm with a handshake. The other arm reaches out to pat his shoulder. One problem smothered with love. What’s next? Time for the ‘keeper’. The real full walk to the stage in the tiny square that will make up the video. The vibe is elated as the media scrum behave angelically throughout and the reason everyone’s here becomes the focus once again. They work their way through the final chorus of the song perched on the tiny platform in the square. I’m stood on a trashcan with my arm around a lamppost taking in the scene. Chris has been introducing the songs on the record recently as being about going through some of your darkest times and overcoming everything to come back stronger and happier. A Sky Full of Stars is the big payoff of the piece in that sense – the huge rush of “y’know… it’s gonna be ok!”. How fitting then, that the mood whilst filming the video matches this so perfectly. All that darkness and worry, all that dread of possible outcomes – replaced by a burst of euphoria and celebration impossible not to be swept up in. The beaming smiles are genuine, the laughter and joy all an unaffected display. What a great result all round. R42

Fantastic news! Unexpected

I do hope it's true, Mat Whitecross usually delivers :)

I think that's just predictive reporting. They like reporting on things which are likely to happen and try to add meat with their own 'sources', then if they are right, they look like the first newspaper who has broken the news and if they're not right, nothing new there!

I saw this going around. It's more likely than not but since it's from the Daily Star, i'll take their source with a bucket of salt!