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I know... :heart: So sweet, I'm eternally thankful for everything she did that day. It was a weird day however. Completely up and down and up in a few hours... That's the part I don't want to remember from that day.

Hi, it's from the band itself. Go to the timeline, click 2006, then the first "pen" sign. There it is. The "wayback machine" site isn't working at the moment, so I can't find the original entry. Here's the coldplaying news however...

Me too! Was that certain person who got a setlist, too!! :kiss:

Bat For Lashes interview March 3, 2010 11:27 am We chat with Coldplay's Latin American special guest Coldplay's special guest on the current Latin American tour is the wonderful indie/electro songstress Bat For Lashes (aka Natasha Khan). We caught up with Natasha just before she flew out to Argentina. Bat For Lashes live in Latin America, from batforlashes.com Hello Natasha, how are you? I'm good. I'm in a car on my way to the airport to fly to Argentina. Are you excited? I'm very excited, yeah. Especially as it's so cold and rainy here. I've been packing all my sunglasses and shorts, which feels quite surreal. Have you been to Latin America before? I went once, to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, when I was about 20, with my boyfriend of the time. We stayed in Mexico for about three weeks. But I haven't been anywhere else down there. The tour should sort that out. Yeah, it seems like a really good run through all of those countries. I think there are 10 flights in two and a half weeks, or something. If I like the places, it'll be nice to know I can go back and know what to expect. Will you get to do any sightseeing? I'm hoping we're going to get the odd afternoon or morning to have a look around. I think we usually arrive the day before the show and then leave the day after. So, hopefully there will be some time. I've brought a really nice camera, so I'm going to take some good pictures. Is there anywhere you'd particularly like to see? I'm really excited to see the Jesus statue in Rio. But they all seem like places where there's going to be lots of interesting food and markets. If there's any sort of old, crazy buildings, then I'm interested in those. Do you know whether people out there know your music? I've had quite a lot of lovely emails from South American fans saying that they're so excited about seeing me with Coldplay. I think we released the album there quite recently to try and gather some interest and stuff. But people seem really happy that we're going out. I'm looking forward to it. You played a couple of gigs with Coldplay in the summer. In fact, you were at the one in Paris, which was Coldplay's favourite show of the entire Viva La Vida tour so far. You must've warmed the crowd up well! Well, I think Flaming Lips probably had something to do with it too! But, that show was a real whirlwind for me, as I had to fly straight to the Mercury Awards the moment that we left the stage. We literally ran off stage, got straight into a taxi and went to the airport. But when we did the other show, at Nijmegen, we actually got to see Flaming Lips and Coldplay, which was really fun. I hadn't seen Coldplay play before, even though I was a fan years ago. It was a good show. When did you get into Coldplay? I suppose it was mostly the first two albums. Parachutes was a bit of a soundtrack for me and my mates in the first year of uni. And then with the second album, I was actually away travelling. I remember being in Yosemite National Park in America. We'd got on a bus with about 20 other people and driven down from San Francisco into these amazing redwood forests. I made a really good friend and she just loved that album, so we all listened to it a lot on the bus. I really remember that. So, the gigs you did with Coldplay in the summer were in stadiums, just as the Latin American ones will be. Have you played places like that much? I did support Radiohead a couple of years ago, for a month in Europe. We played some amazing stadiums and amphitheatres. And we played quite a good slot at Glastonbury last summer, where there were about 30,000 people there. I think once it gets about 15,000 people, you can't really tell any more! It just seems like a sea of faces. But we've made the set for these shows quite "up", with beats and stuff. And there are a few piano-y, ballad-y ones which we thought the Coldplay fans might appreciate. Plus, I've got some really colourful costumes and we've got a really beautiful wolf backdrop. I'm just hoping it will all translate and that we'll be able to create some atmosphere. Will Charlotte Hatherley be in your band on this tour? Yes, she's playing guitar. She's toured with Coldplay quite a lot in the past, when she was in Ash. Yeah, I think they know each other quite well. Chris came to say hello last time in our dressing room and they seemed like they'd met loads of times. So that's cool. Does she speak highly of the Coldplay touring experience? Yeah, she said they had a great time and would watch them from the side of the stage. Although she was with Ash and that's kind of an old part of her life now, really. But she said doing the big shows was really exciting. So, you said you've got to fly a lot around Latin America. Are you a good flyer? Not really, no. Charlotte's actually terrible. She looks like she's giving birth when we take off. She starts panting and screaming and stuff! It's quite worrying. So I've said I won't be sitting next to her at all! Haha! Until I met her I wasn't frightened of flying, but since spending time with her on the planes, I've become more frightened. How were the Coldplay fans at the shows you played in the summer? Were they open to hearing your music? Yeah, they seemed to listen very intently. I felt like they were quite open to it. And there were some people at the front singing along. So I'm hoping there will be a few fans coming to the front to support at these shows too. And I think if you've been asked by a band like Coldplay especially to play, the fans take that as some kind of recommendation and do take note. Y'know, they're quite into some sensitive, emotive music, so my music is in a similar ballpark, although we're definitely not as big in any way! But it'd be better than playing before Oasis or something, I'm sure! So you think there's a similar thread running between your music and Coldplay's? Well, what I try to do with writing my music and then creating a band and a show is to put across a real atmosphere, with a lot of magic and mystery and darkness in there. And I suppose there are definitely Coldplay songs that have those similar themes, that are kind of elated but heartbreaking at the same time. We both have some quite sad melodies. And I play on the piano and sing too. So, yeah, I think Coldplay fans will hopefully be open to this kind of music. It must be nice to know that Coldplay are genuine fans of what you do. Yeah. Chris has been really supportive. He phoned me personally to tell me that he thought my album was absolutely amazing and that I should be really proud. He actually kept calling and asking me to support them, but we couldn't do it because we were touring all the time. So that was very flattering. I feel the same on my smaller scale when I discover bands I really love - I want to bring them on tour with me and help them and give them exposure. So I suppose everyone looks after each other in that same way. And the fact that Coldplay are so big and still looking for that kind of thing is nice. Now, you've got racquet sports in your blood - and Coldplay take a table tennis table on tour with them. So we were wondering whether you think you'll be able to take them on? I'd definitely thrash all of them. Haha! Cos, yes, my dad is a very famous squash player who coached my uncle, Jahangir Khan, who was the world champion for years. So I should be able to hold my own. But I'm quite competitive, so I might end up hitting someone with a bat instead of playing fair. Chris is the undisputed champion of the touring party. You'll have to take him on. Oh really? He's much more muscle-y than I am. But then it's about judgement and tactics too. So, yeah, I'm definitely up for a game. Finally, what is your favourite Coldplay song? Its's probably Clocks, I think. It's got the most memories for me, of travelling and being young and carefree. I think songs become soundtracks to parts of your life and that one reminds me of a quite special part of mine. For more info on Bat For Lashes, head to batforlashes.com http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=596 ______________ "She looks like she's giving birth when we take off" :lol:

Thanks Denise!! Can I say once again how much I love the coldplayzone site?? :heart: :kiss:

I think most of you received the email anyways, but I'll post it for those who maybe didn't... Following the huge demand for Snow Patrol's Amsterdam Music Hall shows in May and June, the band are delighted to announce more shows across Europe. With the UK set to get their Snow Patrol fix from the massive shows at Ward Park in Bangor, Northern Ireland and Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Scotland this June, now all fans in Europe can do the same at the following dates. May 2010 21st - Tempodrom , Berlin. Germany 22nd - KB Halle, Copenhagen. Denmark 24th - Forest National, Brussels. Belgium 27th - Rock in Rio, Lisbon. Portugal 30th - Olympia, Paris. France 31st - Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam. Holland - SOLD OUT June 2010 1st - Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam. Holland - SOLD OUT 5th - Ward Park, Belfast. Northern Ireland 12th - Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Scotland Tickets for the shows go on sale this Friday (except for the previously announced shows in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Lisbon that are all available to buy now).

Hhaha, another example of a rumour who was made a fact. I wonder why no paper said that Chris will go solo after the Lamacq interview from 2002 where the band played that game and he said "That's it. I'm turning into Sting. :P That was such a cool interview. :wacky:

Thank you Cindy! :kiss: That's a cute video. And I don't think Jonny looks bad at all without the cap. I had thought he was fully bald because he was wearing caps all the time. This is just thinning out!

Thank you! It only took like what? 3 weeks to publish it? :P

Got this on twitter: Kasabian reveal their latest release Football mad Tom and Serge have revealed their latest release, the new England football team away kit, as Kasabian become the first ever band to launch a football shirt. The striking red shirt manufactured by Official Kit Supplier Umbro was appropriately unveiled away from home at the band's gig in Paris' Olympia Theatre (temporarily the 'stadt de Kasabian'?) on February 9. Speaking about the launch and new shirt, lead singer Tom Meighan said, "It's brilliant to be the first band ever to launch an England shirt and where better to launch this particular kit than away from home? When Umbro approached us to represent England away we jumped at the chance as we are all football fans and loved the idea of revealing the England away shirt when playing in the country of one of our great footballing rivals." Two and a half thousand French Kasabian fans witnessed the unveiling during the band's performance of Fire in the encore, in a gig that would possibly be described by football commentators as "classic Kasabian through and through." New team shirts are by general convention, usually unveiled by squad players, Trevor Cairns, Umbro Chief Marketing Officer explained the new approach, "For the launch of the latest England away shirt Umbro decided to turn to other Englishmen who, like the England team, represent the nation abroad. We came up with the idea of approaching an English band on tour. Like a football team, they are 'away' when performing in other countries. Kasabian are as passionate about their football as their music so it's brilliant that they agreed to wear the shirt in Paris." The shirt will be worn by the England squad for the first time during their friendly with Egypt at Wembley on March 3rd and is available to pre-order now, which is just as well - as you will see in the photos Tom swapped his with the audience at the end of the gig. Check out the exclusive pics and Tom's interesting take on the post-match shirt swap. Watch a video of Tom revealing the shirt at the gig on Umbro.com. _________ That video is really cool!! :dance: Liz, can you see yourself in the pics or the video? And "Fire" is playing when you go to the Umbro website! :awesome:

Thank you Cris and Mich! :kiss:

March 2, 2010 - submitted by Lola, Argentina Q. Hi there! I would really appreciate it if you could tell me the lyrics for Don Quixote. I think I understood most of them, but I'm not quite sure... we loved the song, thank you so much! I still can't believe I was there at your show, it was amazing. By the way, when we sang "ole, ole, ole...", we didn't just say "ole", we said: "ole, ole, ole, ole, coldplay, Coldplay" I don't know if you understood it, because in your song you just sang "ole". Well, thank you so much for coming, it was one of the best nights of my life! Hope you had a good time too :) Cheers. Lola. P.S.: sorry for my English, still learning! The Oracle replies: Yeah we were pretty impressed that some fans were singing that even before the first show started which means it could be heard during the soundcheck. We heard the change at the end as in fact that's what's being chanted outside the hotels! I could hear it from my room last night...

March 2, 2010 - submitted by Natalia, Argentina Q. Hi mighty Oracle on tour! First of all, thank you (and by these I mean all Coldplay peolple, crew, band, everyone) so much for the amazing show in Buenos Aires, by far the best concert I've been in. Ok, here's the question: can you give us the lyrics from the Don Quixote song? Because singing the "oleee olee ole oleee"s was so much fun (in the Spanish way, of course), I want to learn the whole song (and I'm sure lots of people want this too). Please, dear Oracle? Have fun touring :) Love from Argentina. The Oracle replies: I haven't seen a copy of the lyrics just yet. Lyrics to songs are added to the site's lyric section when released so it's not usual to publish them until that point. What I can tell you is that Don Quixote is now known as its former name Spanish Rain. Given the weather at both shows so far Latin American Rain would have been just as fitting!!

Thank you Paula! :kiss: If this turns out to be true June might make it to become my favourite month of this year! Jay-Z, Muse AND Kasabian! :awesome: Good luck getting tickets for V!

:curtain: Still here, I should gooooooo :bomb: But those pics and videos are seriously just flying in every few minutes... Again, I couldn't really follow everything lately so I have seen that video only today: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPVkffX7CHo]YouTube- Chris Martin firmando autografos[/ame] 1. I'm jealous like all of you. They seem to only do that in places which are most far away from Europe. :bomb: 2. Poor Chris hears his name shouted at him NON-STOP! 3. Is he saying "Grazie"??

Where did you hear that? :stunned: That would be so so so awesome!! :bomb:

This is one for the pervs :P Don't know if it has been posted already. http://twitpic.com/163gpz Good night! EDIT: This too :lol: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-l-PYdElP8]YouTube- Chris Martin na minha frente[/ame]

Nice one!!

Yes, there is a link in my original post! :) http://chrisbernay.viewbook.com/portfolio/bands/coldplay?p=1&s=UA-12182681-4

Oh that's great!! I saw the list of performers today and it sounds GOOOOOOOD! :bomb:

Hi everyone! Has this been posted already? http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/player/7725/their_thoughts_on_headlining_v2010.html

Thank you Ian! That girl certainly was lucky. :bomb:

double post... :embarrassed: So one more:

Have you all seen those pics that Ian posted today? and for example :)

From the April edition of Q Magazine: