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I swear we are getting a VLV tour DVD... we just have to be patient! :lol:

Ha, that was me when I got a PIT ticket for Dallas last year. I wasn't sure what to do. Luckily, the PIT wasn't as full as it could have been and everyone was crammed into the center (between the two mini catwalks) so I just decided to stay at the back and then moved around right next to the rails and catwalk when I wanted to be close! I was still close to passing out at the end since I didn't really drink that much and it was of course super hot in Dallas in July... But yeah, I think it would be hard otherwise... I'm glad I did it though, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten THIS close: :awesome:

#8 Coldplay: $27,326,562 Coldplay didn't let a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by guitarist Joe Satriani dampen its spirits last year. Despite the legal turmoil (the two parties settled in September and the allegations were dismissed), the band earned $24.7 million touring behind its 2008 album, "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," which sold 495,000 copies in 2009. Overall, the group sold 852,000 albums in 2009, bringing in $1 million in revenue. Music's Top 40 Money Makers In music, success can be measured by many yardsticks: Billboard No. 1s, Grammy Awards, AA medallions. But as acts from Barrett Strong to Pink Floyd to Sean "Diddy" Combs have testified in song, when you come right down to it, it's all about the benjamins. The fourth edition of our annual countdown of music's highest earners finds wide-eyed youngsters (Kings of Leon, Taylor Swift) rubbing elbows with their well-heeled elders (Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac). As the music industry grows ever more complicated, so does our top-secret* Money Makers formula -- comprising, among other variables, monies earned from CD and digital sales, publishing royalties and all forms of streaming. But one thing remains constant: Touring is the prime fattener of bank accounts, as evidenced most dramatically in the eye-popping, chart-topping tally of high-end road hog U2. Making Money Makers For the first time, Billboard's annual Money Makers ranking, which is the most comprehensive report card of its kind, is based on the artist's share of revenue as opposed to total dollars generated by each artist in the ranking. In compiling these rankings, the editors used proprietary data from the Billboard Boxscore archives (concert grosses), Nielsen SoundScan (sales of physical albums, digital albums and digital tracks), Nielsen BDS (tethered downloads, on-demand streams and noninteractive streaming at Rhapsody, Napster, AOL and Yahoo) and Nielsen RingScan (master ringtone sales), and then applied the corresponding mechanical rates and estimates where necessary for each category to determine the industry's top-earning artists. The ranking covers the one-year period from the first week of 2009 (which ended Jan. 4) through the last tracking week of the calendar year ended Jan. 3. It combines an artist's estimated take from those products with box-office results from concert performances that took place during the calendar year. Sales data tallies all available titles for each artist during the tracking period. Artists receive 100% credit for sales of a title if credited as the lead artist or as an equally billed lead artist. In calculating an artist's share of revenue from recorded-music sales, Billboard used a royalty rate of 20% for superstars and 16% for newer artists, minus producer fees and the usual packaging and free-goods deductions for CDs. An artist's take of revenue from on-demand streams was calculated based on the average wholesale rate paid to labels, while revenue from non-interactive streams was based on SoundExchange's rate settlement with webcasters. An artist's share of revenue from tethered downloads was calculated on an average-per-download basis. In instances when the artist is a songwriter, Billboard estimated the share of songs written by the artist. CD mechanical royalties for artist/songwriters were calculated by assuming the standard royalty rates. For digital downloads for track, album and ringtone sales, Billboard used the current statutory rates, assuming 12 tracks per album. Billboard also subtracted a 10% manager's fee for each revenue category. For touring revenue, we credited each artist with 34% of gross tour receipts, after the promoter's fee, the artist manager's fee and other costs are subtracted. Our figures do not include revenue from merchandise sales, sponsorships, synchronization deals and songwriter performance royalties. The data used in this report was compiled and calculated by Billboard Research manager Gordon Murray, senior Billboard correspondent Ed Christman, Nielsen Music special projects manager Deborah Schwartz and Boxscore chart manager Bob Allen. Sources: ARTICLE: http://www.billboard.com/#/news/2010-money-makers-list-1004071338.story?tag=hpflash1 LIST: http://www.billboard.com/#/news/money-makers-page-1-1004071200.story

Lucky Ducks! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPwpKWoqi3w]YouTube- Coldplay @ Hotel Faena [bs. As. - Argentina][/ame]

Is the special bit that they have 'X-Y' on them? :thinking:

No way. All of their albums have been done in 2-3 year spacing, so based on that, a new album at the end of the year is not unlikely at all. But I'm guessing it will be early 2011, since that's closer to 3 years since VLVODAAHF.

True, but all of their albums have been about 2 to 3 years apart, so I don't think it's unusual at all. It's obviously enough time for them to create something great, look at the other ones! ;)

I don't think the end of 2010 is too soon at all. I mean, that will be a full 2 1/2 years since the release of their last one. Wasn't it just under 3 years between X&Y and VLVODAAHF? I'd guess an early 2011 release though, given their previous track record...

:surprised: Ooh, wait, what? I thought he had mentioned cake in a few interviews... I swear... didn't he mention in that Boomerang one? Really? No? GAH! Maybe it's since I like cake so much, and I'm vicariously living through Jonny or something... :uhoh::dizzy2:

Because he does, it's not an assumption. Full stop. No questions need to be asked. It's just like Chris and chocolate.

Chris: *best serious, yet inquisitive pose* Damn, I'm good! Guy: *best superhero pose* Damn, I'm good! Johnny: God, Chris is such a camera whore... Will: Ugh, I just can't quite get that last bit of cake stuck in my teeth, dammit!

LOL, well maybe I should start pressing some more! :shifty:

Wow, you are going to Argentina?! Lucky you! I can't make it any of the LA shows! :bigcry: I'm hoping they tour again in 2012, at least before the World ends and all! :rolleyes:

Ha, I have already done this! I made a two-disc set. I know some are not technically bsides though. Here is the tracklisting: Volume I: Life in Technicolour II How You See The World Things I Don't Understand Glass of Water The World Turned Upside Down Rainy Day Gravity The Goldrush Prospekt's March/Poppyfields Llhuna A Spell A Rebel Yell Pour Me Sleeping Sun Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground Your Love Means Everything Proof Postcards From Far Away A Ghost How You See The World No. 2 Harmless Death Will Never Conquer Volume II: 1.36 One I Love Crests of Waves I Ran Away Brothers and Sisters (New Version) Animals Such A Rush For You Bigger Stronger Only Superstition I Bloom Blaum Help Is Round The Corner Murder Careful Where You Stand Easy To Please No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground See You Soon Brothers and Sisters (Original) Ode To Deodorant

1. :will: 2. :chris: 3. :guy: 4. :jonny: 5. :phil:

Agreed. Also, another World Tour would most likely not happen until mid-late 2011 or 2012 depending on their moods! :wacky:

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Well it's just like his obsession with 'puzzles' too :lol:

HAHA! Wow, that's really cool!

On a happier Will & Southampton-related note: :awesome:

He opened a new building (or something like that) at the University of Southampton Anthropology Department. His mum and dad are both professors there, but his mum died in 2000 from cancer (actually it was around the time when they were to film the Yellow video). The new building/wing/thing was in his mother's name, so he made an appearance/speech, etc. I'm not sure where the article is now, but he understandably got choked up a bit. :cry: Anyway, here's Will's daddy: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/profiles/champion.html

I know what you mean, but the pic may have been taken right after his speech, and he got teary-eyed (obviously) so that might be why...