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I saw him one time he was smoking outside of the studio.

Hello there, welcome to Coldplaying :) Same here, I have been a fan since 2006 too hehe *highfive*

Keep calm and listen to more Coldplay :cool: [emoji14]

DUN DUN DUNNNNN

This thread is the best ever :D

We previously had an opportunity to chat with him back in February of 2015. However, we also finally had a chance again to chat with Davide Rossi before Christmas as we also are gearing up him collaborating with the band for the latest album, A Head Full Of Dreams, and Superbowl & lots of stuff to catch up on! Curious to know the details? Read inside the scoop right here, right now!(Yep!) We believe that you are going to release a CD of songs with which you had appeared/played on. Could you tell us when will the CD be released? If you are talking about my own music being released, there are several things on the go. It’s new material with my band Black Submarine (www.blacksubmarine.co.uk), my very own album and other collaborations, but it’s still early days to talk about them in depth, as I’ve been too busy and still am with my work as orchestrator and arranger for Coldplay and many other artists. Just to give you an idea, in 2015 I worked on nearly 50 albums. You have had a collaborative relationship with the band for 4 albums now. What would you say the most unique contribution from each band member when you are collaborating? Well… it’s very subjective and personal obviously, but if I could pinpoint the main qualities of the boys I should say that Chris for example is so exuberant, enthusiastic, passionate, hard working and so inspiring to work with. Jonny’s guitar playing is very unique, distinctive and I feel it’s more and more the strongets trademark of the Coldplay sound. Will is a truly talented multi instrumentalist, also he’s such a solid guy, the kind of guy you can trust in any situation, which makes a great drummer in my opinion. Guy is a fantastic producer and he demonstrated that a few times also outside the band. (Photo credit: Pepsi) Did you record your voice parts with the band in the latest album of A Head Full Of Dreams? My voice as in singing? Hahaha, no I didn’t I believe, unless they secretly recorded me talking while in session. How did you decide to play the parts on Birds and Amazing Day? Did the band invite you along to include the violin parts? When I work on a Coldplay album I usually start to work on demos quite early in the process. I worked on 5 songs on this album, but only in two my arrangements remained. With Coldplay it’s always such a in depth collaboration because they try so many avenues before deciding finally which direction to go with. I just happen to be their string/orchestra guy of choice and I’m obviously always very happy to work with them, as it feels like being back in the family somehow. Anyway… it’s not really a decision on my part on which songs I play but rather an invitation. Although recently, Chris asks me more and more my opinion and even tells me to freely play on stuff where I feel I could contribute best. I’ve been working with them for the past 10 years now, so I guess we know each other better and better and things go rather smoothly I should say. There are lots of beautiful counter melodies in Amazing Day and Birds. When did you first hear the tracks and were they fully completed or different to the final version? I first heard Amazing day at the beginning of 2015 and worked on at least 4 different versions of the song, as mentioned before we go through quite a few trials before finishing. Birds was a last minute intervention and it was kind of a quick fix. Speaking of Superbowl, what kind of preparation with the biggest band in the world? We bet you must be super excited! Yes, indeed… I’m not allowed to spoil the surprise yet, but I’m preparing something with the band for their Super Bowl show in February. I’m not going to be performing myself personally, but it will be a rather fantastic event I believe. Really thrilled to be working on this and I believe that sooner rather than later, the band will give out some spoilers so that I can tell more about it in my various social medias. (Photo credit: Pepsi) Have you seen American football before and do you have any comments about it? Yes I did… I don’t really get the actual game to be honest… I’m more of a European Football kind of guy, but regarding the actual Super Bowl game, my comment is that there’s no bigger TV show in America as far as I know, so it is quite a big deal and an honour to be asked to perform there. We’re talking about some non-Coldplay stuff now. Do you think the Verve will get back together at one point? Hahaha… well… I’ve been asking myself that question quite a bit in the last few years… I don’t see it happening to be honest with you, but you shouldn’t ask me, rather Richard Ashcroft I guess. Me, Nick McCabe and Si Jones are still working together, so we keep kind of part of the Verve spirit alive I suppose? Although what we do is so much different. It certainly seems a lifetime since the last few amazing concerts I did with the Verve at Glastonbury and other Festivals back in 2008. It was for sure something unique and unforgettable. Talking about A Head Full Of Dreams, name your top 3 favorite songs. Amazing Day, Birds and Hymn for the weekend. (Photo credit: Coldplay Official) We know how the band write many songs more than being released. Could you tell us how many songs you might have contributed to in A Head Full Of Dreams that did not end up being released? Also you mentioned that you worked on 5 songs this time around. Can you name the other 3 songs? On this album I can’t remember working on extra material, also because nowadays I’m not in the studio constantly as I used to with Viva La Vida or Mylo Xyloto. In AHFOD the other song that I know I worked on and which didn’t make it was Hymn for the weekend. The other two they didn’t make it to the album. So, what’s next? Birds is a very catchy song by the way! Yes it is, right? Well… for what’s next, for me it’s a continuous working on many many albums. As said earlier, nearly 50 by the end of this year… just released a live show I performed with Australian electronic duo Flight Facilities, where I conducted the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. Other stuff released this year was Paper Gods with Duran Duran, All I Need with Foxes, All We Need with Raury, The Inevitable End with Röyksopp and others I can’t recollect… Meanwhile, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Likewise to you and all the amazing Coldplay fans around the world and thank you for taking interest in my music too! Davide has mentioned about ‘new materials to be released’ back in July – and guess what, he made it happen! Here’s a video of Chris and Davide performing ‘Viva La Vida’ in London a few years ago. We’re pretty sure this song brings you a Coldplay nostalgia right now!

Oo em gee dis tred ai kanot balif lah, dis taks mi layk for minits tu rait lol

Thanks guys, happy new year!

6.5 hours left to 2016! Happy New Year everyone!

Oh and How about adding :parachutes::arobtth::x&y::viva::mx::gs: then... AHFOD smiley too? :D

YASSSSS :dance: :dance: :dance: :bliss::bliss::drinking::drinking::drummer::drummer::earmuffs::earmuffs::vuvuzela::vuvuzela:

Great job to the team members who have worked so hard to make this happen, I'm really proud of you all! It all started back in July when this offer happened, we did not know what to expect but we definitely were up for it! It was a worthwhile experience to see how everything went well until the moment of this interview. It still feels like surreal to me personally, as Coldplaying are, first of all, the unofficial Coldplay Fanbase but we're so glad everyone in this community loves to keep coming back for more Coldplay updates, which always makes me happy too. I'm so glad this all happened and especially to our best member of the year and forever will be remembered, Thalia/Batman, who has spent her time and energy to fly to Berlin just to have this awesome opportunity! To all dearest members, thank you very much for your support. We're going to be continuing what we can do best for everyone in the community and making sure to get you all involved in the experience! I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Hope this exclusive interview will be your best Coldplay gift of the year :)

Dude hahaha why :')

YEAY

UMI SHE'D SAY

Just dont fall asleep because BATMAN WILL BE HAUNTING YOU AT THIS TIME AROUND....

Yuhu

Yo this sounds wrong man :')

Batman is making a Coldplay movie called Batmachutes

Okay Minions, can you stop being so excited? :P

Hello there folks, We have an early Christmas present for Coldplayers around the world! Stay tuned. #CAC

I actually thought Pilar was an American ha :D

Now who's got that experience [emoji14]

Ooo I just realized the event is going to be on my birthday lol. #whocaresdotcom

'A Head Full of Dreams' debuts atop both Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums. A head full of dreams and a shelf full of No. 1s: Coldplay is on top again. The band's seventh album A Head Full of Dreams rockets in at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts (dated Dec. 26) with 195,000 copies sold in the week ending Dec. 10, according to Nielsen Music. Dreams marks Coldplay's fourth No. 1 on both lists (since genre-specific rock album charts began in 2006), following 2008's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, 2011's Mylo Xyloto and 2014's Ghost Stories (which opened with 383,000). On Alternative Albums, Coldplay ties Nickelback for the most No. 1s, while on Top Rock Albums, Coldplay matches the mark for the second-most leaders, after Dave Matthews Band's five; Coldplay joins Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, Jack Johnson, Linkin Park, John Mayer, Nickelback and Bruce Springsteen, each with four. Coldplay also sends four debuts from the new album onto Hot Rock Songs, joining two tracks already on the chart. Lead radio single "Adventure of a Lifetime" lifts 5-3, while "Everglow," which debuted last week at No. 8, drops to No. 13. Beyonce collaboration "Hymn for the Weekend" starts at No. 20, followed by fellow new arrivals "Fun," featuring Tove Lo (No. 30), the title cut (No. 32), and "Army of One" (No. 34). In other Top Rock Albums action, Bruce Springsteen's Ties That Bind: The River Collection debuts at No. 3 (19,000 sold). The four-CD, three-DVD box set encompasses the era surrounding Springsteen's 1980 album The River (the first of the Boss' 11 Billboard 200 No. 1s). Meanwhile, Kid Cudi (yes, the rapper) makes his solo Top Rock Albums debut with his alternative set Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven (No. 5, 14,000). It's not Cudi's first foray into rock: in 2012, he released WZRD, billed to his band of the same name. The album debuted at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums (with 66,000 sold in its first week). Source