SueDeNimes

March 2, 2011 - submitted by Heather, United States of America Q. Hello wonderful Oracle! I have noticed a lot of entries in the Exhibition Room lately have to do with eyes. Is this just a coincidence, or perhaps some sort of clue about the new album?? Thanks!! The Oracle replies: The Exhibition Room is YOUR space so apart from the odd submission from the band/Phil there is absolutely no correlation between what goes up there and what is going on in the studio. I hadn't noticed the eye thing myself...

March 2, 2011 - submitted by Henriette, Denmark Q. Dear Oracle! Happy birthday to Chris today! Is it a working birthday for Chris? If so are you planning any surprises for him today? Maybe someone have baked him a double chocolate cake?? :-) I know he would enjoy that! I wish him all the best for his birthday - will you say hi to him from me? Thanks!! Have a great day dear Oracle. Love, Henriette The Oracle replies: If you remember, last year Coldplay performed in Brazil on his birthday and this year is no different in terms of it's a working day for Chris. The guys don't tend to take a day off for a birthday. It won't spoil any surprise as everyone at the studio who has a birthday gets a cake and all congregate together for a piece. Sadly I shan't be there in body, only in spirit. Thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes by the way. It's much appreciated.

FOUR threads merged, please stick to only one thread about his birthday. Thanky you! :nice:

Much deserved. :kiss:

February 28, 2011 - submitted by Thomas, United Kingdom Q. Hi dear Oracle, I got a question Coldplay related. If the song Clocks was released in April of 2003 as a single and all of that why did the song win the Grammy for the record of the year in 2004? Thanks. The Oracle replies: The Grammy year of eligibility doesn't run from January - December as a normal calendar so the release dates fall into different brackets rather than what you would think usual. Hence Clocks' release as a single was eligible for the Grammy nomination and win in 2004 despite the album it came from being a winner the previous year.

February 28, 2011 - submitted by Gabriela, Paraguay Q. Hi Oracle! Can you believe it's been a year since the Viva La Vida Tour started? I'm so sad right now, but at the same time it was one of the best days of my life! The Oracle replies: Eh? Gabriela it's almost a year since the Viva tour FINISHED, not started. The tour made it to your part of the world quite a while after their Wembley finale in September 2009. The Latin America tour started at the end of February 2010 but the whole Viva campaign tour started back in June 2008!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire --> Parlophone's A&R for Coldplay: LP5 expected "towards the autumn" :nice:

17 PMs sent to me so far. (Bump :P)

:laugh3: Oh my, that made me laugh out loud! I can picture it like a film scene! :lol:

Well then you could have asked there, I didn't see anyone asking how to use the site there... :uhoh: If you go to Browse > Torrents there is a search field. Enter "sleep" and it'll be displayed. Nobody's seeding it at the moment so I'd suggest you get it from dimeadozen, someone's seeding it on there. :)

Hey, did you already check all of these? http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3218

jarjar, I moved your thread to the Technologicalized section of the forum. There are many sites that explain how to use torrents, this one for example. As long as we don't know where your problem lies we can't help. Is it how to use the programs? Is it the navigation on sites like dimeadozen or coldplaybootlegs where the recording is available? Please be more specific! :nice:

Hahaha, don't tempt me any further, I'm weird today! I already had bread with plum jam for dinner, the more I think about muesli, the more I want it. :lol:

Threads merged, the search feature is your friend.

:curtain: I agree more with the previous James McAvoy comparison. :) Which is not a bad thing. :P Hope you're all doing fine! :hug:

That video is so hilarious!! :lol: :laugh4: I couldn't help laughing out loud, so funny! That girlfriend comparison! Oh and that .gif with Dom is so cute! :wacky:

No worries, you're not the only one. :hug: I won't do anything with it haha, I'm just keeping a list with your guesses and usernames. :)

Ok, more PMs coming in and although it's nice that you're all giving me your addresses already - you don't have to do that now!! I will only need the address of the winner and I will contact the person once I know who it is! :nice: Or are you all so sure already that you'll be the winner? :P

I know, the Muse board is so funny! Shame I don't have time to hang out there more often. Muse give more "material" tho. :P

Yes it is! :awesome: I read it in such a short time, couldn't stop!! Been giggling alone in my room in the middle of the night haha 10 guesses have been submitted already. I wonder when the next blog will arrive!

Indeed a good one!! Clocks from IOW is my absolute favourite performance of the song! :heart: :bomb: :dead: :awesome: 8...

Good morning! That's only 3 more characters but yes, it counts from beginning to the very end. :) Oh and some of you have sent their address now already. We'd only need the address of the winner when we know who it is!!

How did you find that out? :stunned:

Haha, did you calculate the average, my fellow OCDer? :P :hug: First guess has been submitted! You never know, the next blog could be tomorrow even... so hurry with your submissions, peeps! :)

EDIT: We have a winner! Look here. _____________________ Hi everyone! Tracey (MartinFan) kindly offered a copy of Simon Pegg's book "Nerd do well" to one lucky coldplaying member! :nice: She will mail the book to the winner of the following challenge: Guess the amount of characters the next Roadie #42 blog will have. That means from title (Roadie #42 - Blog #128) to end signature. Characters without spaces - not words, pics don't count. If you want to benefit from Tracey's generous offer, simply send me (SueDeNimes) a PM with your guess. Please choose "Nerd" as subject of the message!!! You can send in your guess up until the moment the blog is posted on coldplay.com. Whenever that may be! :P The winner will be announced soon afterwards then. :) No need to mention that we'd need your address in case you win, right? Yeah, I just wanted to point that out again since some of you didn't want to participate in Secret Santa because of privacy issues. Happy guessing, people!! Thank you very much again, Tracey! :hug: