RedGirl76

How much hip-hop have you actuall listened to? I think this is a great rsolution, Simon, but excluding certain genres of music kind of defeats the purpose of opening yourself up to new musc. Maybe you just haven't heard any good hip-hop, rap or dance, but I assure you, it's out there. :) I think it's got to be all or nothing... in 365 days surely you can make room for a couple of albums in genres that you may not be a fan of? :thinking:

Why, thank you :blush: I've loved reading all of them... you forget so much over the course of a year, then you read these reviews and so many great memories come flooding back :rolleyes: :)

That's none of your business :P (And don't pretend you're not grateful when you want the Mrs. to carry your stuff around in it ;))

Pris and I have sent each other things a lot over the last year (between Mexico & UK). A letter usually takes two weeks, a postcard usualy takes 3 weeks... she sent me one from Mexico City in November that took over a month - the only explanation is that because it was December, and there is so much post, it took over two weeks longer than normal. Don't lose heart, guys, I'm sure you're cards are just taking longer than expected. :hug:

I need more sleep...

Thanks for the lovely comments, guys, but it was a joint effort by myself and Anna - she did the research, I did the writing, and then to use Anna's own phrase she "pimped" my stuff to make it look good :D I really enjoyed contributing to the review of the year - hope the bossman likes all of our efforts then we can help him out again next year!

I think most people will vote option 3 :lol: BTW I notice all the other reviews are "Sticky" but I don't know how to do that... is it a mod thing?

Typical man... has to be competitive :rolleyes: :p

Here are the highlights from June, submitted by RedGirl76 & SueDeNimes: Twitter craziness Coldplay joined the Twitterverse way back in January, but after a flurry of tweets from Guy and a little nudge from Anchorman at the end of May, June saw the band reach the magical 7-figure mark of 1,000,000 followers. Being fans of the 140 character social network site ourselves, Anna and I thought we’d use it as the basis for our look back at June on the Coldplay calendar. Twitter was full of announcements all month about the goodies available on www.coldplay.com and it was another hectic month as the tour rumbled through 14 more dates in the US & Canada. Concert Highlights June started in Buffalo, NY for a gig at Darien Lakes. Next they headed up to Detroit, MI for a memorable concert that Roadie #42 felt compelled to blog about: Chris was experimenting with a little vocal improvisation on the C Stage and the Detroit crowd really seemed to appreciate it! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuAOososZuk]YouTube- Coldplay Roadie #42 - Blog #84 (Detroit!)[/ame] First live on stage tweet! By the time the boys got to Indiana on the 5th, it seemed as though Guy had been well and truly bitten by the Twitter bug and he actually tweeted live from the stage. (It wasn’t one of the photography buffs greatest pictures but we appreciated his efforts!) While Guy was apparently snapping the crowds and an accordion-playing Will, the Coldplay puppets took over Manhattan. As announced in March, the band took Snow Patrol with them on tour as support acts from June 5th- 21st. They amazed many concert-goers with their set and left them wanting more from the lads from Northern Ireland and Scotland. In an interview with frontman Gary Lightbody, coldplay.com asked what his favourite Coldplay song is. His response was “Glass of Water” - a song that went on to become one of the records played before his band took to the stage on their own European tour in late summer. Roadie #42's moving Blog Roadie #42 blogged again on June 7th – this time he was feeling all nostalgic for the good old days when the band was in its infancy, playing to small crowds in tiny venues. How times change! In the month of June alone, Coldplay played to over a quarter of a million people (Yes, fact-fans, we searched each arenas capacity to check our figures on that one!) #42 1 million followers! June 11th was the day the band finally picked up its one millionth follower... and they were the first non-US tweeters to do so. Anchorman thanked the masses while the boys rolled on to shows in Nashville, New Orleans, and San Antonio. In Omaha, Guy’s on-stage tweeting produced this beautiful photo of Chris: ...while the puppets struck poses in Chicago and Winnepeg. Birthday parties non-stop Roadie #42 discussed all the birthdays being celebrated on tour – not just by the band and crew, but also by the fans. Yes, that’s our Lori and Angie who were snapped at a concert with a banner for PA Vicki who was the birthday girl in San Antonio. Even the tour had a birthday in Omaha turning one year old! Support acts update for Wembley! On 19th June, Anchorman announced on Twitter that Flaming Lips and Bat For Lashes would be joining Coldplay on the European leg of the tour while Coldplaying.com was buzzing about the confirmation that Girls Aloud & Jay-Z would be playing BOTH Wembley Stadium shows. Roadie #42 blogs and blogs and blogs... In Edmonton, Roadie #42 blogged a lot about window seats and cracked glass and posted a sound clip of Chris & Will sharing vocals on The Hardest Part. Chris had been joking that THP is “the solo section” of the show... the good folks of Edmonton made sure Will felt appreciated by giving him a huge cheer when his backing vocals kicked in! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JKZMPZL0Os]YouTube- Coldplay: #42 and the Edmonton Favour[/ame] The June shows ended with a double header in Vancouver that was filmed (for what purpose??? There’s still no word on a tour DVD). Roadie #42 looked through the Edmonton tapes and caught a marriage proposal right in front of the B stage. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_LSGomrsrE]YouTube- coldplay live the hardest part at the rexall edmonton[/ame] After Vancouver, band and crew headed home for a few days of R & R before the European Festivals kicked in. That gave Coldplayers time to look at some of the pictures and videos uploaded by friends who went to the June shows, as well as listening to some of the interviews that the band recorded over the month. Guy, Will, Jonny and Chris each spent time on various radioshows and you can listen to them again in the Multimedia Section! Oxfam has reasons to celebrate, too Oxfam had their own reason to celebrate in Canada, as they picked up their 100,000th signature on the Viva tour. Other news in June While Chris obviously couldn't get enough of the movie Anvil, Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam made his peace with Coldplay, after becoming the latest member of the "I wrote Viva La Vida" group. Tributes to Michael Jackson There was just one final tweet for the month of June, when the band, like millions of us around the world took a moment to consider the passing of Michael Jackson: Like many other bands and artists, Coldplay were inspired to perform a musical tribute to the King of Pop. But we’ll leave it to your July correspondents to tell you all about that...

They are smart guys. They know that offering things like "Chris' first guitar" is going to raise more money. Is it his first EVER guitar... of course not! But it probably is the first one he played in Coldplay, and he probably never uses it now - so why not get rid of it to some rich person who would never just donate 7grand he doesn't need to a kids chairty, unless he was getting something in return... ultimately, the band get "closure" on their first decade and a really worthwhile cause gets an amazing injection of funds - where's the harm?

I love how everyone sees GCB and thinks of our Mich :hug:

Ooh, well done, I didn't realise it was backwards - I just glanced at it, saw I couldn't read it and figured it was just a language I don't speak :facepalm:

They're not selling their souls... they're de-cluttering and raising money for chairty in the process

Congratulations! :dance: I've had two answered so I know how brilliant it feels!

I remember when I made the matches paying particular attention to this one thinking, wohever gets Nicole is in for something really special! I love seeing your creativity on Twitter, but you've really surpassed yourself this time :hug:

They were bloody brill - better than Lily Allen any day of the week! They looked really nervous but played really well and down at the front (yes, I was there :P) the crowd were appreciative... especially the guy behind me who insisted on doing the "It's Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssssmmmmmmaaaaaaaaassssssssss" line during their Slade number :D Maltesers??? What Maltesers???

I know!!! I got a card from her last week and thought she'd printed the address sticker on her computer until I saw the same beautiful handwriting inside! :hug:

How richly bizarre...

It started with a collection of crazy things that Chris has said that I found in an online article. After that people just commented on them, and sometimes added their own

If it's any consolation, I haven't heard that mine has been received either... I sent it about three weeks ago, by airmail, and it wasn't going to an especially strange or exotic destination. The person hasn't posted on this bored to say they got it, or that they haven't (I think they may just be very underwhelmed with my card :laugh3: :embarassed:) I know it's frustrating folks, but you just have to hang in there and have faith! :hug:

I have no recollection of them doing 42 whatsoever :shocked2: I always get these little memory blackouts at concerts... :dozey:

The butterfly picture is gorgeous!!!

This may just have cured me of ever wanting to queue for front row again!

Oh bloody hell! It's bad enough that I'm in the paper wearing that damned hat... now while everyone else is jumping up and singing the Viva chant, I'm on the official coldplay website standing still like a statue with my camera... AND THE DAMNED VIDEO DIDN'T TURN OUT ANYWAY :veryangry2: Aaaaargh!

Okay, I'm not great with photobucket, so I apologise for the need to tilt your heads :P So here is the beautiful card Noelia sent me And the lovely NYC Christmas ornaments And some chocolate, which I am resisting until my boyfriend comes home so we can try it together! Thank you so much, Noelia, and another huge thanks to Lore for such a brilliant project! :hug: