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Those fireworks! It looks like a war zone over there!

The MX artwork certainly brings to mind Bansky-esque street art, but a big band like Coldplay hardly fits into Banksy's anti-commercialism? But, as periahdark said, "I can totally see the possibility of Coldplay drawing inspiration from Banksy." I love Banksy and Exit Through the Gift Shop btw!

1. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 2. Parachutes 3. A Rush of Blood to the Head 4. Mylo Xyloto 5. X&Y

Nevermind, I found the explanation. I stand corrected: I wonder what ''Under 1 Roof'' means, though.

Does "JMYAMGNA?RCVJJ" really refer to the guys' partners and children? Will's wife = Marianne; Chris' son = Moses --> Not enough ''M'' to go around? And what's with the question mark?

"Not too impressed", yeah, I'm with you there (for now).

I like how Jonny's little riffs on "Don't Let It Break Your Heart" are similar to those on "Hurts Like Heaven"!

Love the 'funky' guitar on ''Up in Flames''!

Love the vocals on "Charlie Brown"!

PM please!:)

I believe he actually namedrops Coldplay in his song "Drunk". "On cold days Coldplay's out like the band's name" or something! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZ21wTStis]Ed Sheeran - Drunk (with lyrics) - YouTube[/ame]

Hey everyone, did you hear this? http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/coldplay-play-new-material-live-on-letterman-20110921 I believe that's an instrumental studio version of "Hurts Like Heaven" at the beginning of the video!

Got mine!:)

2766×4200 3132x2100 (even bigger one at http://thefunstar.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/BBcold16_medx3900.jpg)

Chris is the eldest, he's 34. That's not really ''almost 40 years old'' I think?:)

Thought these were pretty cool:

Rrraagh! I love the live finale of "Major Minus"!:guitarist:

I guess "Wilderness" is a result of this: http://www.popeater.com/2011/01/07/chris-martin-faith-hill-collaboration-tim-mcgraw/ "Want" is a Natalie Imbruglia song, co-written by Chris Martin. Imbruglia released it as a single in 2009: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-EMjTXvHPU]‪Natalie Imbruglia - Want‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

Did a quick search; There's only the HD YouTube video, so they're not extremely hi-res: Click 'em! I also found these old Viva era photos: (Click 'em!)

Hey everyone, I found this: http://emimusicpublicity.net/artist.php?artistid=74&projectid=457 It seems to be an EMI Publicity page for LP5? There's not much on there yet, but I guess there will be. You can also check out pages for Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and "Christmas Lights" through the "Select a Different Project" drop-down menu! A whole bunch of cool stuff there, like a hi-rez PDF of Rolling Stone magazine's 2008 Chris Martin article! (http://emimusicpublicity.net/assets/coldplay/tba/RollingStone_062608.pdf) Sorry if this has been posted already.

Count me in!:D I love "The Goldrush"! Has anyone ever noticed how the melody of the first line of the chorus is kind of similar to the first line of the chorus of "Life in Technicolor II"?

Seems to me that the line, "I'm on a roll this time," from "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" is something of a reference to the Radiohead song "Lucky", which contains the same line. (Albeit slightly different; "I'm on a roll / I'm on a roll / This time... I feel my luck could change") Also, the Oracle confirmed that the title "Moving to Mars" was inspired by Mat Whitecross's 2009 film Moving to Mars. I think everyone was already aware of these two references, but they do belong in this thread!:)

"Goedenavond everybody!" Jonny sounds great, indeed!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1axGVsLtqg]YouTube - ‪Rock Werchter 2011 op Canvas: Coldplay (2)‬‏[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZDJFpUFmN8]YouTube - ‪Rock Werchter 2011 op Canvas: Coldplay‬‏[/ame] Promos from Canvas, the Belgian television station that broadcasts Rock Werchter.

The lyrics make think of Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall!