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finally some of my pics up, some are from phone, some from camera SPIDEY CAM!

This is where I live on Long Island, best sunsets in the North East [ATTACH=full]5432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]5433[/ATTACH]

So glad I ordered this:bliss::dazzled::loveshower:

[MEDIA=twitter]759006170875043840[/MEDIA] Mobile Link: https://twitter.com/oxfamgb/status/759006170875043840 Thank you for pre-ordering Oxfam Presents: Stand As One - Glastonbury Live 2016. We are thrilled to confirm the final tracklist for the first live Glastonbury album of its kind. The album will be released on digital download on Friday 5th August. You will receive an email with access to your download on release. 1 Coldplay – Birds 2 Foals – What Went Down 3 The Last Shadow Puppets – The Dream Synopsis 4 Jeff Lynne’s ELO – Showdown 5 Chvrches – Bury It 6 New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle 7 Years & Years – Eyes Shut 8 Jess Glynne – Right Here 9 Muse – Starlight 10 Wolf Alice – Giant Peach 11 Editors – Munich 12 Sigur Rós – Sæglópur 13 John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure 14 Richard Hawley – Tonight The Streets Are Ours 15 Jack Garratt – Worry 16 Laura Mvula – People 17 Madness – My Girl 18 Baaba Maal – Fulani Rock 19 Jamie Lawson – Someone For Everyone We hope you're as excited as we are! Best wishes, Oxfam.

We never are ready are we? :bigcry:

Well said @42Escapist

:bigcry: http://elitedaily.com/wellness/coldplay-concert-grieving-process/1563574/ How A Coldplay Concert Gave Me The Courage To Begin The Grieving Process I’ve always loved Coldplay, but during this week’s concert in Chicago, I became an even bigger fan. They were able to do for me what no one else has been able to do thus far: Help me grieve and mourn the loss of my best friend, my grandma. Her death happened suddenly. She was smiling, laughing and spilling out one-liners one minute and stopped breathing the next. She was gone. And I missed it. I’d been with her for all her other close calls — except this time. This time, I was on my way to the airport to see her when I got the call she hadn’t survived the trip to the hospital; she died en-route. My time grieving and mourning has been difficult, to say the least. Not only was she my best friend, but she was also my surrogate parent, who had raised me since I was three. In fact, you may have read about her before, when she offered me her best dating advice. She told me things like, Let him come to you. If you can find him, he can find you… If guys did it back then, with such limited resources and telephones that were plugged into the wall that I had to share with my entire nine-person household, they could do so nowadays, too. Natalia Lusinski Overall, I swear her sense of humor was what kept my grandma — and all of us around her — alive for so long. But now, without her, what would keep me alive? Life seemed unbearable. How was it fair for me to live when she no longer was? Since my grandma’s death, every time I’ve gone out, tears inevitably slip down my cheeks. During each public downpour, I’d wipe away the tears, embarrassed. But, during the Coldplay concert, multi-colored lights flashed on and off like strobe lights and accentuated my tears. I just cried and cried, not wiping them away. I let the lyrics resonate and tried to appreciate all the time I did get with my grandma, instead of being devastated our time together was up. I could finally cry freely, without judgment or being self-conscious. I could start to heal. The Coldplay concert was the best therapy I’ve ever experienced. It’s as though the band created their set list just for me. These were just a few of the lyrics they sang Look at the stars, look how they shine for you… If you go, if you go, don’t leave me down here on my own, then I’ll wait for you… When you lose something you can’t replace… Nobody said it was easy, it’s such a shame for us to part, nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard… Coldplay’s performance just spoke to me. After all, I must believe my grandma’s in “a sky full of stars” in “paradise,” right? And I must go on living. For her sake as much as my own. So, thank you, Coldplay, for the reminders.

Thanks for posting :)

Bring on the reviews Coldplayers!

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gai found this last night: Maybe it is on the Island? http://pagesix.com/2016/07/26/coldplay-performing-a-secret-show-in-the-hamptons/ Coldplay performing a secret show in the Hamptons By Mara Siegler July 26, 2016 | 8:38 SiruisXM announced that the band would perform on Aug. 7 at a “secret location,” with songs from previous albums and their current “A Head Full of Dreams.” A Sirius rep confirmed, “The location is in the Hamptons.” But, “we’ve discovered the hunt to determine the venue has turned into something like a Pokémon Go for adults. We are not revealing the exact location.”

Of course anyone would want to see them live, but there are other options if you cant! I just find all this tech stuff so fascinating and I am the least techy person here :laugh3:

Chris Martin is the Global Citizen Curator for the next 14 years. [MEDIA=twitter]757915880940593152[/MEDIA] Mobile Link: https://twitter.com/GlblCtzn/status/757915880940593152

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Omg T, you are so funny, saying what we are all thinking.

Happiness is amazing, they use a lot of creative ways to tell the story, and they used a Paradise is one of the scenes :)

Stranger Things, Penny Dreadful and Happiness

Side Note: Vevo is in the process of being bought by Warner Music http://www.tomsguide.com/us/vrtify-vr,news-23034.html New VR Concert App Gives Everyone Front Row Seats by Sherri L. Smith Jul 25, 2016, 2:00 PM Imagine standing front and center at a Kendrick Lamar concert. Now imagine doing that from the comfort of your own home and you've got Vrtify. Billed as the world's first virtual reality platform, the free Android app is a new way for music lovers to experience their favorite artists in virtual reality. Instead of having to contend with a sweaty throng of people to enjoy your favorite artists live, now you can get the same experience at your abode. No more long lines to the bathroom and exorbitantly-priced stadium refreshments. I had the opportunity to go hands-on with the soft beta version of the app recently and came away impressed and eager to see/hear more. Moments after I held the Google Cardboard to my eyes, I found myself in a dark room in the midst of a screaming audience. Even in the darkened, room, I could make out distinct facial features against random flashes of light. Positioned in front of a catwalk, I looked up just in time to see Coldplay's Chris Martin stroll right past me, as the opening chords for "Vida La Vida" began, whipping the fans closest to me into a frenzy. I could have stayed for the rest of the concert, but I had a room full of people waiting to explain what I just experienced. Vrtify is made up of a slew of proprietary technology including a camera system that simultaneously captures long-range, wide angle and low-light video captures to eliminate image distortion and a 4D/360 degree recording system. The tech allows for the company to create that immersive concert experience. The company isn't stopping at simply streaming previously recorded content. Vrtify also has the ability to live stream, which could potentially revolutionize the way people attend concerts. I for one would gladly pay $30-50 for a front-row concert experience depending on the artist.

Trousers, Moist, Succulent

http://www.etnow.com/news/2016/7/coldplays-visuals-guru-chooses-avolites-ai-media-servers-to-create-ultimate-video-system-for-world-tour latest news headlines Coldplay's visuals guru chooses Avolites Ai media servers to create ultimate video system for world tour Worldwide – Coldplay's acclaimed live show video director Ben Miles chose to work with British manufacturer Avolites and Avolites' Ai media server distributor and technical specialist RES (Realtime Environment Systems) to design what he describes as 'the ultimate video system' for the Brit rockers' current world tour. Crossing four continents, A Head Full of Dreams is a major stadium tour in support of Coldplay's seventh studio album of the same name. The Latin American dates ran from 31st March to 17th April. The European dates, including the band's seminal headlining of the Glastonbury Festival, were from 24th May to 6th July. On 16th July the tour moved to the US, where Chris Martin and his bandmates are playing 22 stadium and arena dates. The tour continues in December, with six stadium dates in Australia and New Zealand. Coldplay's live shows are renowned for their high production values, requiring a sizeable creative and technical crew. Miles heads up a team of 14 -16, including the spidercam team and Leo Flint, the tour video programmer, who runs the Ai media servers and Barco e2 alongside Miles. Miles and his team look after the tour's cameras, animations, visuals and the LED screens they're displayed on. For this gargantuan tour, Miles knew he needed to create a new and improved video system, specifically designed to deliver the ambitious creative brief. As a result he selected eight powerful Ai R6 media servers manufactured by London-based lighting console and media server manufacturer Avolites as the core of this new system. This was partly because he had used them on Coldplay's last tour, Ghost Stories, and rated their technical prowess, particularly with regards to low latency SDI input and capacity for customisation. But his decision was also down to how approachable and adept he had previously found both the development team at Avolites and the manufacturer's London-based distributor, RES. Miles elaborates: "We started working with Avolites media servers over two years ago, on the previous tour. We'd already developed a lot of ideas based on aspects of the server that I really liked and also some new things that I really wanted from a media server that didn't exist yet. I was lucky enough to get involved in the development process with the software team from Avolites for the last couple of software upgrades: version 8 and version 9. A lot of my input was to do with the frame delay between capturing and output. "This came from the fact my big thing with media servers is live capture and using effects on everything I do. The programming environment behind Ai is Salvation, which gives us the ability to customise effects using a node-based engine. This means we can connect up lots of modules and pretty much any effect I dream up can be realised." Dave Green of Avolites says: "I got involved very early on in the project to help Ben design an overall system. It consisted of eight R6 media servers, four of which are used for front end media playback. One does a big 4k screen, which, to my knowledge, is the first time full native 4k has been used on a stage show like this. The other servers take care of the side screens. Then there is the back up for each of those, so it's a fairly standard set up for a large scale show, apart from the 4k playback. "What we did do was put in a set of downstream video servers that were there purely for the purpose of processing effects with minimal latency. So we took the outputs of what we call the 'effects servers' and routed them to the Encore 2, which is the final control system for the video walls. Alternatively we can route them through the other Ai media servers further downstream of that. That whole high level system design was unique to this project." Working directly with Coldplay, RES also produced some of the more psychedelic graphics for the show, inspired by 1990s rave culture motifs. Green designed the real-time generative effect used in the opening sequence, which is based on the tour's logo and album cover image of the flower of life, a geometric pattern made up of a series of interlocking circles. At the request of Miles, he was tasked with making around 20 effects over the last 12 months, including a realistic looking prism style kaleidoscope, an effect which turns live footage into laser beams and various other psychedelic wonders. Green is proud of the stunning result, not least because it takes him back to his – and business partner Mark Calvert's – roots. "Ten or 15 years ago the psychedelic scene got us into making visuals," says Green. "We feel as though it's now come full circle. We started VJing on raves, never thinking for a moment that one of the biggest bands in the world would employ us commercially for making similar psychedelic patterns." One of the biggest challenges on the project for the Avolites, RES and Miles team was the integration of the live FX system 'Notch' formerly known as 'Demolition'. "The Notch tool runs as a plug-in inside Ai and allows designers to create real-time content and video effects," explains Green. "It's designed to utilise the very latest software techniques, squeezing every drop of performance out of the graphics hardware, which ultimately enabled us to deliver Ben's and the band's full visual wish list." Avolites' sales manager, Stephen Baird-Smith, states: "We are delighted that Ben chose Ai servers and software for his ambitious Coldplay video design. As the project evolved it became clear that it would be particularly demanding, especially with the strong emphasis on live video effects. But we like a challenge, especially when the functionality developed alongside a project can strengthen the entire range, for all users." Coldplay's tour is on such a large scale that a whole team of collaborators works on the creative vision behind it. This includes the Avolites Ai product development team, RES, the band, their former manager turned creative director Phil Harvey, their production and lighting designer Paul Normandale and Miles. "I was lucky enough to pick my dream video team, everyone involved has been key to realising this complex set up," concludes Miles. "I consider myself very lucky to work with so many skilled technical and creative people." www.avolites.com

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"The invitation-only show will be sponsored by SiriusXM Radio, which is holding a contest for its subscribers to win tickets to the performance, which will be broadcast live on SiriusXM, as well as a trip for two to "New York," along with a hotel stay." I assumed it was NYC because of the above but the word New York is in parenthesis. I guess they could shuttle them up to Cape Cod by ferry from some point in NY

Wow, I was just thinking Long Island, looks like so much fun