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I know, me too, and it's STILL not up! I hate it when iTunes is slow... And that's awesome! I'm SOOO excited, it's going to be AMAZING.

Okay, what is up with iTunes? They still haven't put up this episode! I'm getting very impatient...

I've sort of been hoping that they have many identical sets of these outfits, because they've been wearing the same clothes to EVERYTHING!

Oh, how was the game?? I went to a couple of Red Sox games last season, but none so far this season.. And it'll be on iTunes & thedailyshow.com tomorrow.

Sorry if this has been posted already, but I didn't see it: June 25, 2008 Coldplay’s Strong Sales Buck Industry Trend By BEN SISARIO Near the beginning of Coldplay’s free concert at Madison Square Garden on Monday night to promote its new album, “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends,” Chris Martin, the lead singer, joked with the crowd: “I understand there have been some complaints about the ticket price.” The roar of 11,500 fans suggested they were quite happy. The band and its label, Capitol, also had plenty to be happy about. “Viva la Vida” sold 316,000 copies in the United States on June 17, its first day of release, and is expected to reach No. 1 this week with sales in excess of 700,000, industry executives say. (Final figures will be released by Nielsen SoundScan on Wednesday.) Despite the steep drop in overall album sales in recent years and tumult within Capitol’s parent company, EMI, the opening-week numbers for “Viva la Vida” are roughly equivalent to those of Coldplay’s last album, “X&Y,” which sold 737,000 copies in its first week three years ago and went on to sell three million. Apple, the dominant online seller, said “Viva la Vida” had the best advance and first-week sales of any album in the five-year history of iTunes. The success of “Viva la Vida” comes a week after Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III” (Cash Money/Universal) became the first album in three years to sell more than a million copies in a week. But with album sales down 11 percent from this time last year (and 2007 sales down 15 percent from 2006), people in the industry greeted the news of Coldplay’s success with caution. “The music industry has held up better this year than we had feared,” said Richard Greenfield, who is a media analyst at Pali Research. “We’ve seen a moderation in CD sales declines instead of an acceleration.” The success of “Viva la Vida” affirms Coldplay’s stature as a superstar act and underlines the importance of nontraditional marketing. In late April the band made its song “Violet Hill” available as a free download for a week, and the show at Madison Square Garden, which drew a capacity crowd, followed free concerts in London and Barcelona last week. The band was also featured in a prominent television commercial for iTunes. “You have to try and be more creative these days to get people’s attention,” said Dave Holmes, Coldplay’s manager. “You can’t rely as much on the traditional methods.” Radio has also played a big role in the album’s success. In an aggressive but unusual strategy, the band sent two singles to stations in advance of its release, and this week the title song is No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart. The more novel aspects of Coldplay’s campaign attracted attention from the news media and helped build broad excitement that contributed to radio demand, said Kevin Weatherly, the program director of KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, on which “Viva la Vida” has been the most-played song since it was put into rotation at the end of May. “This is one of those pop-culture events that we want to be all over,” he said. “We need big rock bands that can deliver, and we want to do everything we can on our end to support that.” About a third of the sales for “Vida la Vida” were for digital downloads. Lil Wayne’s album, on the other hand, sold about 10 percent digitally, which made it a blockbuster at brick-and-mortar stores, said Ish Cuebas, the vice president for music at Trans World Entertainment, which operates more than 800 stores, including FYE and Coconuts. “That drove a lot of traffic into retail,” he said. Analysts and industry executives say that the sales spike these last few weeks has been badly needed, but that two albums alone cannot offset broader losses, and that no clear blockbuster is likely in the near future. “Unit sales do not equal profitability,” Mr. Greenfield said. “The weakness in the industry has moderated a bit, and it appears that the strength of the release schedule is the primary driver of that. How sustainable that is for the remainder of the year remains a big question mark.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/arts/music/25viva.html?ref=music

Well remember that old Rolling Stone report? Didn't it say that they were considering 42 as a single? Lore- it'll be on iTunes tomorrow, so hopefully someone can convert it or something...

Okay, I never thought I could get angry at Stephen Colbert, but the Colbert Report just cut off the end of Lost!

I must be going crazy, because without my glasses on it looks like Chris is wearing a Converse patch on his shirt :P And Lost!= AWESOME.

HAHAHAHA Chris is SO much taller than Jon!! And this mini interview is hilarious.

Wait, they're playing Lost! too?? I feel so out of the loop...

Oh man, that was AWESOME!!!!! Coldplay on the Daily Show!!!! And they played 42!

42?!? I figured it'd be VLV!

They're on next!! Aahh, I hope my power doesn't unexpectedly go out like it did for the Brixton show!

Yeah, and I used to buy the Daily Show almost every day on iTunes, so I have no idea how I forgot! I was sitting here thinking "Oh, can't watch it again on Youtube, where can I see it again?!?" :P

Hey, I just remembered- we can buy this tomorrow on iTunes! SWEET!

Indeed. I squealed a bit. It's on!!!!

Can I just say that I don't find Carlos Mencia funny? Sorry if I offended anyone, but I just needed to say it. And now... IT'S TIME!

Alright, I'm here and TOO EXCITED FOR WORDS!! Maybe they'll do what they always do with a big guest and give them an extra couple of minutes... Oh I'm so excited :D

There are a TON of celebrities on The Daily Show. It's not like it's some tiny show filmed with a computer camera in a basement, it's VERY well-known and popular! And it's on Comedy Central at 11pm EST, and the repeat is on the next day at 8pm.

True... but he could've said "Coldplay" in his weird, hyperactive-excited voice! And I KNOW!!! I've been waiting for this for so long! I kinda wish I could see Chris go up against Stephen instead, but I'll take what I can get :) .

When Jon Stewart said "tomorrow, Coldplay" just now, I got SOOO EXCITED! Why wasn't he screaming it out with happiness?! The Daily Show & Colbert Report are my favorite shows... well along with House, Doctor Who, and Monty Python, but that's not important right now :P . Tomorrow night's going to be awesome :D

Hooray!!! Proof that nobody really gives a damn about what those stupid music reviewers think! :smug: Congrats guys!

Yeah, I've been wondering where the NYT review is too!I'm very curious to see what they say... But don't forget they wrote that article a couple of weeks ago- "Coldplay tries something new on next album" or whatever it was called. (And don't insult the NYT, it's SO much better than most newspapers out there!)

Yeah, it came out a couple of weeks ago, remember? I'm pretty sure most of us liked it... I don't know why they're reprinting it, though. I guess because this is the other "tantrum" everyone's been talking about...? Edit: Here's the thread about the original article: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45820

It's actually kind of funny how Coldplay managed to thoroughly kick this guy's ass with all of their proof... But still pretty pathetic how he got all of this publicity for a crappy song that he couldn't promote any other way than to make up this claim. Well, let's hope all of this blows over soon.