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I think Sony releasing it to the US only shows they were are not capable doing anything that isn't a complete disaster, nevermind a clever PR stunt. Maybe they should hire people who actually know how the internet works and are not so out of touch. 2.5m+ people have now downloaded the film for free. Perhaps only a % of those would buy it but even a small amount is a big loss for Sony. Awesome! I thought James Franco was brilliant. I like Pineapple Express and This Is The End but I wasn't a massive fan of James Franco.

Happy new year Coldplayers! 2015 is the year of dreams of there are many exciting things ahead for Coldplaying and of course, we hope for the release of Coldplay's next album, A Head Full Of Dreams too! Great image from luci&lia

Updated the google survey results on the main post.

Added a thread poll ;)

Before the dawn - February. 2nd part to the 12 months of 2014 review series (View January here).February dawned upon us and Coldplay's sixth album seemed closer, yet so far away. A new Coldplay song, Magic was listed as a single, for release in May of the same year in the UK chart release schedule, which in turn brought hype and speculation to what Magic may sound like. It was a very quiet time during the first half of the month on the Coldplay front. The calm before the dawn! Comeback show? On the 19th February, Anchorman released news of the band's comeback show at the iTunes festival, in March, located in Austin, Texas. The first snap of the band for their new era was taken by photographer, Anton Corbijn, who directed their music videos for [video=youtube;FrA0MugKcLs] [/url] and . He also played a key part in the Producer announced[/b] Paul Epworth was announced as a producer for Coldplay's forthcoming album a few days after the iTunes festival announcement. The famous producers involvement on the sixth Coldplay record seemed likely and pictures involving the band emerged on Paul's instagram at the end of 2013, as reported by Coldplayzone and VivaColdplay. For those unfamilar with Paul Epworth's work, he produced the record smashing album, 21 by Adele, in addition to her one off Grammy winning release, Skyfall for the same titled James Bond film in 2012. Florence and the Machine in addition to Bruno Mars are among star names the producer has worked with in recent times. Was move to work with world class and proven producer of recent times a signal of Coldplay's re-occurring desire to adapt with the ever-changing music scene?The dawn arises Something peculiar started to happen on Coldplay's official website. Two GIF's/animations were uploaded, on February 23rd and 24th, in the form a new band graphic (see below) and in what appeared to be a mysterious forest. The first things which came to mind were the 'dark' edge of these graphics. The opposite to the colourful Mylo days of 2012 and 2013 and more of a similarity to the pre-Viva days. Excitement was prevalent but we didn't have much of a clue of what was to come next, apart from the Magic single release, listed for May. The following day after the second GIF was uploaded on Coldplay.com, a music video titled 'Coldplay - Midnight' appeared on the band's Youtube channel on the Tuesday afternoon of the 25th. No description was noted, other than 'a new Coldplay song'. Either Anchorman wasn't in an talkative mood or the guys at ColdplayHQ just wanted to keep us guessing! Everyone was certainly mystified on whether it had anything to do with Coldplay's forthcoming sixth LP.[video=youtube;BQeMxWjpr-Y] First reactions from many fans were along the lines of 'Is this Coldplay'. It was experimental and completely different from anything they have done before. This went down a treat with some fans but did split opinion, as it was bound to. Midnight was immediately compared to Bon Ivor and Justin Vernon by critics. The song was built on top of an unreleased track by Jon Hopkins in 2003, titled Amphora. Jon Hopkins co-produced the track, alongside Paul Epworth (in addition to Dan Green and Rik Simpson who all played a part in recording LP6). Midnight's official video had been directed by Mary Wigmore. 'Trippy' and 'Techno' was often used as a description for the video. Chris' dancing in the Midnight forest, the mirrored foxes and 'hallucinogenic' movements all factored into the unlikeliest of Coldplay videos. Special thanks to More new tracks on the way?[/h]As we reach the end of February in what we would eventually know as the Ghost Stories era, we were all pondering on what we should expect next. Was Midnight the actual first single, a teaser of what's to come, or a stand-alone release altogether? We didn't know but there was a date to look forward to and that would be Coldplay's live return for 2014 at the iTunes festival on 11th March. If the album was to arrive, we would of expected new material to be played during their performance in Austin, just like when the band debuted a few Mylo Xyloto tunes during the summer of 2011.Special thanks to Coldplayzone.it for various sources, for a month where Coldplaying was offline, during a transitional period.

Edit - Forum poll added - will be interesting to see the difference in results between the two! There is a google survey doing the rounds on Facebook (credit to the creator). Over 1000 Coldplayers have voted so far. It's for the best Coldplay song of 2014 and here are the results so far (updated - end of 31st Jan) : What did you vote for? ----------- I'm a proper Coldplay hipster! 3 of my top 5 (Miracles being one of them) consists of : Midnight, Oceans, All Your Friends which received the lowest votes :wideeyed:

There was one of them on Christmas Day would you believe :laugh3: The filter on the forums picks up multiple posts by them but doesn't prevent the odd one thread from them :P

We have a new tool you can use against spammers! The report button. Exactly the same as before, click on the report button under their user info / to the left of quick reply, enter the reason for the report (i.e. spam) and submit. If two members report the same post, the post is automatically removed from public view (so only mods can see it). If there is a spammer, report them straight away. Post on the chatbox if you need someone else to report too. This is also applicable to everything else that goes against our guidelines but please use it sensibly such as in a rare case when a member is being abusive or is 'trolling' and there no moderators online at that time. It's an excellent tool and then we can review it when one of us is online. For anything minor, it's better to private message the admin/mod online at the time. We will be guarding against any mis-use of the system so any suspicious activity or a member using multiple accounts/proxies can be traced :) Ideally, this won't have to be used much at all but if a spammer pops up, you can send them back to Kingdom Come! :sneaky:

Coldplaying Archive photo : 11th March 2005 - The Troubadour, California, USA.

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The gallery has been updated for the last set of appearances in 2014 including Chris with U2, Munich concert and the BBC concerts :)

There's more on the Coldplaying.com gallery but 2008 is still in progress. I may be able to give you a preview so give me a PM if your interested.

No problem with the title, it's in the 2011 MX appearances forum. I don't have it but hopefully someone here has :)

Thanks guys, i've tweeted a correction on Twitter and edited FB :)

RE, JC's comment about Twitter : There are different things being stated about the video from each of you, please clarify? I've scanned this thread + posted the video but can't anaylise the video myself right now.

Watched it. It's so hilarious :laugh3: "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag", "Honeydicking" haha A sarcastic well done to Sony, who thought it was a brilliant idea to release it to the US only, forgetting that a thing called the internet means that 300,000+ people (edit, 600,000+ actually)have downloaded a torrent of the film already and there are various streams online. It's baffling how Sony have chosen the worst possible tactic/scenario every single time :lol:

A very merry Christmas to everyone, love from the mod team :D

Awesome review, great stuff!

Yeah sure, i've added both of you to the list. If you want to write it sooner while it's fresh in your mind, feel free, you can always pm the article copy to me then i'll remind you to post it when it's due :)

Here's the thread for the official video ^ http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/threads/103726-Official-Video-For-Miracles

New video and another piece of audio [video=youtube;smdNetoPFV0] [video=youtube;WR7U7_cKJw4] The Kids Aren't Alright is so much better than American Beauty/physco imo

Is it like a Froyo? :laugh3: The song is awesome!!

I agree with the boring comments. I'm a massive fan of the strings but it's not interesting past 30 seconds. The beat is what makes True Love for me :)

Thanks everyone :D

LOL [video=youtube;8O72jXoMIkg]