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close thread? I'll leave it alone for a couple of days to allow for any comments or appeals, and then will ask Ian to close this thread. We had fun and now it's up to someone else to take the initative for plans for the July 23rd 2012 date. My fan habits have evolved. It was new for me to join such a site as this. I enjoy the company of other Coldplayers and I'll visit from time to time. I understand that the first 20 rows in ther front floor section are reserved for "deluxe" package deals. Can anyone confirm this? BTW I have my tickets :smug: Section 118 Row 26 See you there!

Awesome Awesome, Dianne, just awesome!

sooner That would be cool, though I'm quietly hoping for an earlier date even though there has been a conspicuous silence about a tour following the festival gigs.

2012? I've stopped predicting when we might see them again in Toronto, but I think 2012 is a safe bet. Lot's of ideas from MX to work with now. Let the ideas flow!

sad news So sad to hear this news, but life goes on and I wish them all the best. Collapse Into Now is a great final album.

pics Awesome collection of pics, Dianne - thanks!

Thanks Thanks for scanning and posting this Ian. I particularly liked the reference to Will the "Silverback" ! LOL

Even if you're not a Rogers customer, I think you can still enter the contest for the VIP package. I, for one, will be ready at the refresh button at 11am on Sept. 12th to see if I can scoop a piece of this opportunity.

I like it! Erick: I love your tat' and I really appreciate your explanation of what the phrase means to you. My interpretation is similar: (I know this isn't the 'meanings thread' but) I'd rather be someone whose way of living gives people pause for thought on their personal/social journeys, than someone who stops people on that journey. Long time no talk - I trust all is well with you! Read your review of the LA concert. Bravo!

should I go? Hey Chicago folks - I'm thinking of coming to Lollapalooza. It will require a 12 hour bus ride each way, but I have a friend I can stay with in Chicago. My indecision is about the length of time between staking a spot on the frounds and when the concert starts, especially if it is a really hot day. I'm an older fan (57) and my tolerance for heat isn't what it used to be. Also, I would be coming on my own. Can anyone who is going offer any reassurance, and maybe some company during the wait? I need to make a decision before one-day tickets go on sale tomorrow. EDIT: I've decided against going, mostly due to the heat and humidity factors. THanks for all your recomendations and to those of you who are going - have a great time and say hi to the boys for me. :-)

Life Is For Living I'm really looking forward to hearing more of the new songs (studio versions) but am thrilled to see an old favourite,Life is For Living, back on a setlist! Thanks for all the reviews and clips!

thanks Thanks Mom - this old grand-father agrees.

MTV.com's review This Sara Lee is writing for both MTV.com and The Atlantic New Song: Coldplay, 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' Posted 1 hr ago by Jamie Peck in Celebrity, Music Credit: Sara Lee Modern rock behemoths Coldplay just previewed the first single off their upcoming Brian Eno-produced fifth studio album, and it's every bit as soaring as we've come to expect from the band. It begins with an airy riff taken from the 1976 song "I Go To Rio" by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, and spins it into something uniquely inspirational. Eno's influence shows, as do echoes of U2 and solo-era Sting. The lyrics are intimate, describing the singer's inner state as he listens to music and contemplates life: "I turn the music up, I've got my records on, I shut the world outside until the lights come on," Chris Martin sings, meditatively. But as the song picks up, with grand orchestration and a recurring, triumphant guitar lick, you get the sense you're being let in on something much more universal as he croons "every tear is a waterfall." We're not totally sure what Martin could have to cry about (with multiple accolades, beautiful children and a movie star wife, his life seems pretty good), but I guess we all feel bummed sometimes. In any case, "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" has major summer smash potential, so teary waterfalls, be gone, Coldplay! http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/06/03/coldplay-every-teardrop-is-a-waterfall/

The Atlantic's review The New Coldplay Song is Awesome, if You Ignore the Lyrics By Derek Thompson Jun 3 2011, 2:20 PM ET 2 "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" is as sappy as its name suggests, and that's great Sarah Lee / Coldplay Chris Martin has a cold. Just listen to the guy. His vowels are long and thickly exhaled. His consonants are swallowed. That soft, nasal chest voice breaks every few words into an apologetic, crackling falsetto. There is a kind of permanent head cold in Martin's voice and outlook, which might explain why he writes so much about feeling sorry for himself and finding cures. I was lost, I was lost oh yeah, but everything's not lost, and I will try to fix you and also, stars. That is every Coldplay song in a sentence. Or, it used to be. Four years ago, the band teamed up with superproducer Brian Eno to make a record, Viva La Vida, that forced Martin and his bandmates to shrug off their mopiness. Sighing syths were replaced by rougher reverb, and symbol-crashing choruses gave way to primal thumps. The critics had a point: You can smear mud on sentimentalist sap, but you're still dealing with sentimental sap. Even so, Eno convinced the group to drop the in-the-gutter-looking-at-the-stars motif and act like a rock band. And today, the gang is back. Coldplay's latest single, the dreadfully named "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall," begins undreadfully. An angelic synth swell lays the foundation for a jangly electric piano riff that sounds like what you would get if Animal Collective remixed Peter Allen's 1976 song "I Go to Rio" (thanks to Village Voice for the sharp eyes on the song credit, which lists Allen as a co-writer). Then everything gets very Coldplay. Martin's voice, throaty and self-assured, kicks off a talk-sing verse. A guitar line takes the bluegrassy twiddle-diddle from the band's "Strawberry Swing" and adds a few extra diddles. The monosyllabic thump of the kickdrum that dominated Viva La Vida comes back with clubby untz. There is a battle-hymn quality to the melody, a marching insistence that gamely sets up a chorus written to be sung and heard in a rock hall. Must we talk about the lyrics? It will not surprise you to learn that a song titled "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" does not hold up well to textual analysis. As darkness is to Conrad, light is to Martin: He is pathologically incapable of writing two stanzas without multiple references to lights, stars, skies, or other bright shiny things guiding him, always, "home." In the first two verses of "Every Teardrop," we get two lights, one heaven, and one morning (Coldplay bingo!). There are "cathedrals in my heart," and "every siren is a symphony," and it's all pretty horrible if you stop and think about it. But the point is, don't stop and think about it. Martin's words are more like percussion than prose, marking time, filling space, distinguishing verses and choruses. Listening to Coldplay for the lyrics is like reading a book for the page numbers. Insist on doing so and you're missing the real work. Everything that Coldplay does is big. Even the "small" songs are stadium anthems. But the crux of Coldplay's talent--yes, talent--is subtler than the music sounds. It is, very simply, melody. Or better yet, finding the balance between predictability and surprise that characterizes most successful melodies. Hundreds of bands play wistful choruses over the same four chords and don't get much further than the garage or local bar. Most of them fail because their melodies are crap. Chris Martin might be a soggy trunk of sap, but he is genetically incapable of writing abstruse melodies. They draw clear lines. They take a shape. They pose a question, and they give a satisfying answer. They open the chord and resolve the fleeting dissonance, and it's all done deftly enough that the hook comes into focus just as it's ending. Is this song any good? It's a Coldplay song--a carefully orchestrated, melodically solid, hands-to-the-sky, all-around rousing rock anthem about, literally, crying. Does that make any sense? Of course not. Is that description abhorrent to you? Me, too. Which is why I'm carefully monitoring the volume on my earphones to make sure nobody hears me hitting the repeat button again, and again, and again. The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/06/the-new-coldplay-song-is-awesome-if-you-ignore-the-lyrics/239902/

lol :laugh1: :dance:

ten I gave it a 10. I'm happy and grateful for a new Coldplay song and love the upbeat, urgent and, yes, dancey sound of ETIAW. Jonny's guitar is awesome and the lyrics are "Coldplay anthemic". I don't hear anything at all to be disappointed about.

Thanks, Debs Thanks for a great interview, Debs. You answered several questions I'd wondered about.

question What's "A&R" ?

I, for one, am tired of waiting, tired of the false leads and speculation, have moved on to love other bands more, and don't really give a flying frig about Coldplay anymore. LP5 will have to win me over all over again and I doubt that they can do that.

I'm so there with you, Ian! But "Lippy Kids" is truly genius. Love Guy Garvey's lyrics and can't wait till March 7th when the LP is released. (As you'll recall I saw them when they opened for Coldplay In Toronto July 30th 2009.)

not enough info Therre just isn't enough information in what Chris and Jonny said in the BBC interview to jump to any conclusions. We don't even know which "America", North or South, to which they are referring. If it was after their North American tour, the Satriani case had been quietly settled around or on (as I suspect) July 30, 2009 when Chris said in Toronto "You'll never know how important this day has been for the band". I think that was a happy time for them, unless, perhaps they disagreed among themselves about the settlement. If the "vibe" referred to was after their Latin American tour, EMI's financial woes and Jonny's wedding were looming large for them. Wasn't it also during the end of the North American Tour that they were saying that they were closer than ever? Just thinking out loud - we'll probably never know unless, like with the Beatles, studio tapes are released 40 years from now that clear up the mystery. In any case, I wouldn't put too much weight on rumours of the band's demise. We've heard all that more than once before, and hey, there about to release their best and most successful work ever, aren't they?!

Yay! Finally some concrete info about LP5! Can't wait!

Hedley Gotta mention Hedley's The Show Must Go from Canada, though I'm a tad late. :escaping3:

I want my turn! Great to see the new pics. Thanks! Are we in the fianl countdown to LP5 mode yet?

mixed reaction Great pics - very jealous! Seriously disappointed about no new LP in 2010, but not really surprised.