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Thank you @Sparky for having saved Coldplaying.com when Ian Betley had to sell it. Thanks for your great job. I wish you the best! And [uSER=100956]@stephen[/uSER] - keep the amazing job you've been doing!

Lots of Coldplay on SUNDAY 10 July 2016 from 10.03 - 17 (10.03am - 5pm). Massive Coldplay concert afterparty - P7 Mix Marathon". Sandie Westh and Mathias Buch Jensen will play some of Coldplay's greatest hits and tell us the story behind Coldplay.

I choose to post 2 interviews in this thread: One is about Chris Martin visiting the cancer ward at the Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet). One of the patients he visited has been interviewed. The other interview is with one of the openers, Alessia Cara. From TV2 (that had also posted a video with snippets of Viva la Vida, Yellow and Fix You – 3 of Coldplay’s greatest hits) Cancerous Marc was surprised at the Copenhagen University Hospital: Coldplay’s frontman visited him by Kristian Magnus Damsgaard Jensen / translated by Nancy Boysen 22-year-old Marc Sebastian Jensen was positively surprised when Coldplay’s frontman Chris Martin visited him at the cancer ward at the Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet). Even though you are in isolation on the ninth day after a stem cell donation, you do not refuse/say no to a visit by Chris Martin himself. On Wednesday Marc Sebastian Jensen received a visit that he will probably not forget any time soon. The Coldplay frontman visited him before Coldplay’s concert in Parken the same evening / night. - He is really cool Before Coldplay on wednesday evening played their second concert in a sold-out Parken he took the time to visit cancerous young people at the Copenhagen University Hospital. One of them was Marc Sebastian Jensen. - He is really cool. Quite down-to-earth, says the 22-year-old student at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) to Danish TV 2. It was in particular the way in which the Coldplay frontman treated Marc Sebastian’s family that made an impression on him. - He was really caring towards my mother and younger brother. That is probably what I will remember the best, he says. Took good time Marc Sebastian Jensen was diagnosed with leukaemia last autumn. Later he was declared well, but suffered a relapse in April. Almost two weeks ago he had a stem cell transplantation from his younger brother. Therefore he is right now isolated, while he receives chemo therapy. Therefore, it was a happy / pleasant input in his every day life, when Chris Martin stood in the door. - Actually, he was not allowed to touch me, because I am isolated in a room where everything is antiseptic (sterile). And even though he is cancerous, Marc Sebastian Jensen has kept his sense of humour. - I also said to him that I would wish that it was Rihanna visiting me, he laughs. - He took really good time. We talked a lot of my brother’s stem cell donation – and we talked a little about Rihanna, Marc Sebastian Jensen explains. Chris Martin himself contacted the hospital Despite his stardom you do not visit someone without having asked permission to do so. Therefore, Chris Martin himself contacted the Copenhagen University Hospital in order to find out if it was okay that he paid a visit to the cancer ward. - I do consider it totally good style, says Marc Sebastian Jensen. The 22-year-old receives chemo therapy for the time being. Therefore, until the last minute he feared that he would be too unwell to receive a visit. Luckily enough, that was not the case. - The treatment goes as planned, and then it is wonderful with such an experience. I won’t forget that for quite some time. We have listened to Coldplay music all day long, he says. Real good style with visit at the Copenhagen University Hospital before tonight’s concert ❤️ ‪#‎chrismartin‪#‎coldplay‪#‎rigshospitalet‪#‎hrberg There is a picture on Instagram posted by Kraeftvaerket Rigshospitalet which is a forum for cancerous young people. The picture shows 39-year-old Chris Martin with one of the cancer ward’s patients. “Fantastic visit to the Kraeftvaerket by a fantastic man, the comedian Geo writes on his Instagram profile where he has shared Kraeftvaerket’s picture. This story has i.a. been printed in several media such as on www.mx.dk (and in printed MetroXpress on 8 July 2016) and in Ekstra-Bladet (printed version, 8 July 2016). Relevant snippet of an interview with Alessia Cara with the headline: “Dream job: How it is to play with Coldplay every night”- www.mx.dk/underholdning/musik/story/30601454 I think that Chris Martin was the first Coldplay member I met. I was so nervous that I could not talk at all. I think that I said something foolish. I met the other Coldplay members after a concert – one of the crew had birthday. Then they asked if I would sing the birthday song together with them. Coldplay are the sweetest people. You would not believe that they were so famous. And I have performed with them. It is the first time that Alessia Cara is in Denmark, and she tries to see as much of Copenhagen as possible before they leave for the U.S.A. Already now she can feel that she has got a lot of new fans as a consequence of warming up to the Coldplay concerts. When the tour is over this autumn, she hopes to release an album. In addition to the cliché to win a Grammy award, I am dreaming of making the perfect album. But everything goes so quickly. Again and again, I am surprised each time I meet a human being who knows my music.

The roofs of Parken were off so fireworks were on this last night of the European tour. I find it cool that they did a duet with Lianne La Havas covering a Prince song. Great gesture.

Setlist O mio babbino caro - (Maria Callas song) 1. A Head Full of Dreams(extended intro with Charlie Chaplin speech) 2. Yellow 3. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall 4. The Scientist 5. Birds - (with "Oceans" excerpt in intro) 6. Paradise - (with Tiësto remix outro) B-stage: 7. Always in My Head 8. Princess of China 9. Everglow - (preceded by band…more) ? A-stage: 10.Clocks(with "Army of One" excerpt in intro) 11.Midnight (partial) 12.Charlie Brown 13.Hymn for the Weekend 14..Fix You - (with "Midnight" excerpt in intro) 15.."Heroes" - ( David Bowie cover) 16. Viva la Vida 17..Adventure of a Lifetime C-stage: 18. Kaleidoscope (extended) 19..Don't Panic (acoustic) 20. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face(audience request song; restarted; acoustic) 21. Sometimes It Snows in April(Prince cover) (withLianne La Havas) A-stage: 22. Amazing Day - (extended intro) 23. A Sky Full of Stars 24. Up&Up

I will write more later. Maybe in a few days. There were some concert-goers interviewed and other stuff but time to have dinner and then football between France and Germany. Tomorrow Friday and Saturday work. But might find some time to do some translations of the easier stuff. Please keep this thread alive.

Setlist 1. A Head Full of Dreams 2. Yellow 3. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall 4. The Scientist 5. Birds 6. Paradise 7. Always in My Head 8. Princess of China 9. Everglow 10. Clocks 11. Midnight 12. Charlie Brown 13. Hymn for the Weekend 14. Fix You 15. Heroes 16. Viva la Vida 17. Adventure of a Lifetime Extras: 18. ’Til Kingdom Come 19. Shiver (the requested song) 20. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face 21. Amazing Day 22. A Sky Full of Stars 23. Up&Up

I have looked for reviews and stuff about Coldplay in many Danish papers (mostly online) from 6pm until now (almost 8pm) and found this: 4 stars from BT - I have heard that BT.dk gave Coldplay 4 (maybe 5) stars, but I could now only find a summary of the other newspapers' evaluation of the concert published by news agency RITZAU. :( Headline of that summary: Coldplay making the Danish reviewers enthusiastic. Summary has been translated and posted in a later post. 5 stars from tabloid paper Ekstra-Bladet. Read the review online on eb.dk - headline there: Coldplay triumph in Parken (to be translated later on Sunday 10.7.16 when listening to Coldplay marathon from P7). 4 stars fromBerlingske Tidende (published in printed paper on 7.7.16) - to be translated on Sunday 10.7.16. 4 stars from Politiken.dk (only allowing non-subscribers to read a few lines up to 1½ paragraph. So I went to the library on 7 July and copied the review that was printed in today's paper). Will be published on Sunday 10.7.16. 4 stars from Jyllands-Posten 4 stars on front page / 5 stars inside the newspaper!! from Gaffa (music magazine). Reviewer used to like Coldplay more and is annoyed that Coldplay make use of pre-recorded backtracking - it is much too much. The reviewer criticizes Chris for regretting / being sorry for the Brexit votum and then wearing a Danish flag thus celebrating the national state. More form than contents for the reviewer Torben Holleufer from Gaffa. He concludes that the concert was okay with a popular orchestra. But he wants more vein of gold the next time. Article translated on 10.7.16. Soundvenue (another music magazine): 4 stars and a picture of the band. Only text: Timing and prepared for the feelings / nerves. MetroXpress or rather MX.dk (the free paper) had this headline: Coldplay in (almost) perfect popshow: It was so great. Headline referring to the fact that Rihanna did not appear onstage with Coldplay for a duet "Princess in China" as she was rumoured to be in Copenhagen (but having better things to do than to go to a Coldplay concert. (She did go in Paris, but probably the only time). Translated and posted in later thread in this thread.

What an amazing concert. I found the sound very good and Chris' voice too - at least it was much better than I had expected. I simply adore Viva la Vida so I looked forward to it. I found that Chris sang the lyrics a bit quicker than the accompanying violins. I must admit that I prefer the original study version which I heard at Central Park bar when arriving. It is my all-time favourite Coldplay song and among my favourite songs ever. That song still gives me goosebumps. When hearing the VLV intro there was a ROAR in Parken. People really liked VLV and also the next song Adventure of a Lifetime. Dancing and singing along. That was the climax as predicted by Metroxpress / MX. Also loved Amazing Day - it gave me goosebumps. After the concert I met with Jules - one of the Danish coldplayers. It was so very nice to meet her. I took the night bus home where I arrived at 2 am after a wonderful day and not least concert. I was very tired and went to bed almost immediately, because I would check on TV text TV whether there was anything about the Coldplay concert. The only thing about the Coldplay concert was the press release from Live Nation (I received a short message from Ticketmaster) about the decision to have the roof on because of threatening (maybe heavy) rain showers. My neighbour had seen an interview with 2 Coldplay members (she could not remember who - I guess that it would have been Chris and Jonny, but I do not know). They had said that their seventh album might be the last one, but that they liked the tour life so much. I heard from the Danish radio station Pop FM (I came at the very end of the going through reviews, I'm afraid :) that the concert had got 5 stars in one newspaper - from message from Jules I gather that it would have been Ekstra-Bladet. He called the concert a TRIUMPH (5 stars). Also 5 stars from BT, the other Danish newspaper (in the tabloid category). 4 stars from GAFFA (a music magazine) according to the small message (SMS). On the above-mentioned radio station - Pop FM - they discussed the sound. They were surprised that the SOUND was so good. Only a few weeks ago, Bruce Springsteen was in Parken. The concert would have been to 6 stars out of 6 if it were not for the sound that was simply terrible!!! So COLDPLAY must have invested in a good and improved sound system - the sound was much better than the last time Coldplay visited Parken. Also Chris's voice. I am going to meet Jules in a little while, so I am not going to translate any Danish article today. I promise to give a summary of them - later. So long.

Coldplay’s show in Copenhagen on 5 July will be broadcast on radio P3. And here is a link to the radio player :http://www.dr.dk/radio/live/p3/ Tonight’s concert can be followed live in text and pictures on www.eb.dk (website of the Danish newspaper Ekstra-Bladet). A review (in Danish) of the concert will be posted there immediately after the end of the concert. I might translate it tomorrow and post it. Before the concert on 5 July: An 8-minute-long interview ABOUT Coldplay on TV (TV2) in the programme “Go’ Morgen Danmark” from 9.10 to 9.18am Central European Time Host Mikkel talked to a radio host (sorry, but I did not get his name) from radio station P7 Mix: They talked about Coldplay having an image as a band playing “whining rock” and having made several classics with “sing-along” effect. Many of their biggest songs having refrains inviting the audience to sing along. How being HUMBLE is almost a mission statement from the band. About Chris Martin being famous also via his marriage to Gwyneht Paltrow even though now divorced. If he met the 3 other Coldplay members in the street he would not recognize them. They look like the neighbor. The wristbands blinking and lighting up in synch with the music were mentioned. Coldplay distinguishes itself from other bands with their special SOUND and VOCAL. When hearing Chris singing, you immediately realize that a Coldplay song is being played. They talked about Coldplay being for all ages having both very young fans (children) and very old fans. There has been a development in the course of the 15+ years of Coldplay. FROM Parachutes released in 2000 with melancholic/sad songs (an example of this – Yellow – a snippet hereof was played – lyrics dealing with pain thus their “whining rock” image) TO the latest album A Head Full of Dreams released in December 2015 with more pop songs / more mainstream songs. Example of this: Up and Up was played. They talked about the more poppy / mainstream sound having led to Coldplay having lost several fans. The P7 Mix host / moderator agreed that many fans that were very much into the first two Coldplay albums might not be Coldplay fans anymore. They talked about the 2 sold-out concerts in Parken tonight Tuesday 5.7 and tomorrow Wednesday 6.7 with an audience of up to 45,000 people. - (I think that I have read that Parken can host around 38,000 people). The P7 Mix host would like Rihanna to show up at the concert and do the duet “Princess of China” with Coldplay as she will be performing in Parken on Thursday. So he hoped that she would turn up. (Personally, I do not think that she will turn up – she did not in Stockholm, so why here in Copenhagen? ) The P7 Mix host will be meeting Coldplay later today (the exact time was not stated. :) He will be doing 2 15-minute-long interviews with 2 Coldplay members. The P7 Mix host will be going to the concert today Tuesday 4.7 His favourite is The Scientist. The interview ended with a long snippet of The Scientist. Ekstra-Bladet 5 July 2016 had an article about Coldplay’s concert tonight (page 11). I took some notes, but failed to write down the author of the article. This is based on my notes from reading this written paper in the library): Headline: CHRIS MARTIN AND THE 3 OTHERS. CM is the most famous of the members. The names of the 3 others were mentioned. Many lines about Chris Martin’s private life: About Chris Martin’s marriage to American actress and Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow, then their break-up published in 2014 as “conscious uncoupling” after 13 years of marriage and 2 children - Moses, 10 years old and Apple, 13 years (wrong there, Apple is years old), - they had separated 1 year before it was published. Then CM had a love affair with US-actress (and Oscar-winner) Jennifer Lawrence, and now he has a relationship with 31-years-old blond British actress Annabelle Wallis. She is accompanying Chris on tour (she posted from Glastonbury and Stockholm). The tour started in South America in March. The 2 concerts in Parken, Denmark are the last 2 European concerts before continuing the tour in the USA. Coldplay have been in Denmark many times: Coldplay was one of the headliners at Roskilde Festival in 2003 and 2009. In 2005 Coldplay was playing in Forum in Copenhagen on their Twisted Logic Tour. Coldplay was in Herning in 2009 (Viva la Vida era) and in Parken in 2012 on their Mylo Xyloto Tour. And now Coldplay is visiting Copenhagen on their A Head Full of Dreams Tour. The concert on 5 July was planned to be the only one this time in Copenhagen, but an extra concert was arranged for 6 July 2016 because tickets for the first concert were sold-out in only 35 minutes. Tonight’s concert can be followed live in text and pictures on www.eb.dk. A review of the concert will be posted there immediately after the end of the concert. BT on the last page about Coldplay and their concert in Denmark 5 July 2016 CHRIS MARTIN “FILLS” PARKEN 2 NIGHTS IN A ROW / SOLD-OUT COLDPLAY CONCERTS IN PARKEN 2 NIGHTS IN A ROW Chris Martin and Coldplay are visiting Denmark and giving concerts in Parken today and tomorrow respectively Still going strong Article in Danish newspaper BT by Michala Rosendahl / translated by Nancy Boysen The band Coldplay is almost 20 years old. Thousands of fans are willingly/readily singing along to hits like “A Sky Full of Stars”, “Yellow” and “Magic”. On November 2015 tickets for Coldplay’s concert in Copenhagen were sold out in 35 minutes. This led to the decision to have an extra concert the day after the originally planned Coldplay concert in Parken. Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is playing piano, guitar, and he is writing their songs. This time Coldplay will spoil the audience with songs off their latest album (no. 7) that was released in December 2015. Coldplay was formed at the end of the 90’s. The 39-year-old frontman has always loved music. He formed his first band “the Rocking Honkies” with 2 school mates. At the university he met Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Guy Berryman, and they formed Coldplay. Success came early to them, and now they have released their seventh album. Chris Martin has also been successful as a solo artist and song-writer. He has worked with Nelly Furtado, Jay-Z and Kanye West. Last year he was divorced from 4-year-older actress Gwyneth Paltrow after 12 years of marriage. They had met backstage at a Coldplay concert in 2002. They married in 2003 and have 2 children - Moses (10) and Apple (12). Today, they have shared parenthood. After the break-up, Chris Martin dated American actress Jennifer Lawrence. ---------------------- MTV had Top 7 at 7 with Coldplay today, Tuesday 5 July 2016 from 7am to 7:30am 7. Hymn for the weekend (with Beyoncé) 6. Fix You (2005) 5. Adventure of a lifetime 4. The Scientist from 2002 3. Magic 2. A Sky Full of Stars 1. Viva la Vida from 2008 (my all-time favourite) ---------------- MX (free paper): Metroxpress has studied Coldplay's "A Head Full of Dreams" tour. Remember raincoat because the roofs of Parken will not be on (so it will be like an open air" concert). 1: Arrival: Show up to support the singers Lianne La Havas and Alessia Cara who will be warming up for Coldplay. When showing your ticket, you will receive a colourful wristband. 2. Opening: You will hear the voice of opera singer Maria Callas. Rainbow-coloured stage with 3 big screens and a long catwalk. The band members appear without introduction with "A Head Full of Dreams". Confetti will be fired (off). 3. Visit the bar: 20 minutes after start of concert, you can easily go to the bar to buy a beer, because here Coldplay holds a hit break with the new song "Birds". But hurry back because soon "Paradise" will be starting with sing-along and huge laser show. 4. Rihanna: After 30 minutes the band members sneak out to a stage in the middle of stadium. Chris Martin delivers a speech of peace. There is a slight chance of Rihanna turning up to do the duet "Princess of China". She will be playing on Thursday in Amager (an island connected to Copenhagen via bridges) so she should have come to Copenhagen. 5. Goosebumps. About one hour after concert start, the band members have returned to the main stage where Chris Martin fires confetti into the audience to the song "Hymns for the Week-end" with Beyoncé's voice heard. Prepare for goose-bumps when Fix You is performed and the Park is full of lit-up mobile phones. 6. David Bowie tribute: Chris Martin was a huge David Bowie fan so he pays tribute to David Bowie with a cover of "Heroes", and the concert's climax is "Viva la Vida" and "Adventure of a Lifetime". Huge balls will be sent out to the audience. Then you will clap your hands enthusiastically during the next 6 hits before you leave Parken in a happy mood.

No, so I hope that you have raincoat.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/rockbjornen/article23109851.ab Soon there will be a review of the concert at Aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet. And there is also an interview with the band. I am doing a translation of the interview (to speed up the process Google Translate will be applied). The interview with Coldplay before the show Coldplay: Probably never been better Nöjesbladet met one of the world’s hottest bands before the concert in Sweden Coldplay had a real crisis and were fighting (against) lack of self confidence. Today they say that they are better than ever. – We should love to continue so long the universe allows us to live, says Chris Martin. Coldplay has never been in a better phase than now. The successful band celebrates 20 years together and have passed a number of different phases. Among them a difficult / serious crisis of lack of confidence. Nöjesbladet met singer Chris Martinand guitar player Jonny Bucklandbefore their sold-out concert at Friends Arena in Solna. But the path to the world’s biggest arenas has not been easy. After the album ”X&Y” from 2005 the band ended in a slump. A deep crisis of lack of selfconfidence with a lot of pressure. – When we were most chaotic and unorganised, we felt the pressure from our record company, commercial pressure. We decided not to care about that kind of pressure. It is not so healthy, says Chris Martin. The rescue was an old bakery. A location for their new studio and where they could start to create from scratch again. – We stopped to like making music, and that was stressful. But having that location meant that we could go back without any pressure and start liking making music again, says Jonny Buckland. On a new course with a world-wide hit Out of the crisis came the world-wide hitsong ”Viva la vida” which reached the top of the charts. The hitsong also implied a quite new course for Coldplay. According to Coldplay they are now in their best phase ever. – Just now we are in a phase that we are grateful to be in. We appreciate each other, and we really appreciate our audience. We are not concerned with taking over the world. We are here as a service for those wanting to listen, says Chris Martin. So now it can only be worse / go downhill? – Or be even better. You must choose to be happy. We are focusing on the good things and allowing the difficult things to pass. We are popular, but also unpopular; there are many people who do not like our music. We choose to focus on entertaining those who like us, says Chris Martin. Critical when it comes to ”brexit” Coldplay describe themselves as a democracy. Politics is important to the band members, especially in times like these – when Great Britain voted in favour of leaving the EU. – Our politics as a band is very inclusive. We believe in being united, in love, goodness and in taking care of each other. What happens just now, in particular in Great Britain is not really what we represent. We are facing difficult times, but we have a hope that it will be good some time in the future, says Chris Martin. The band members who say that they enjoy being on tour more than ever are playing tonight in Sweden. – It is a privilege to visit Sweden. Especially now. It feels nice to be wellcome in a country within the European Union, says Chris Martin. --------------- Coldplay about: Paying tribute to Viola Beach at the Glastonbury festival: – We had no connection/relation to them. We read about what had happened and recognized us in them. We were so similar to them when we were in the beginning of our carrier – when we had got our first record deal and when we were on our first tour. It felt so like what they went through. We wanted to pay tribute to them in some way in order to show our respect, says Chris Martin. In the audience were Viola Beach’s families when Coldplay performed the pop band’s song ”Boys that sing”. The cooperation and the future with star DJ Avicii: – I came up with the idea to work with him and asked the rest of the band. We have another song that we might complete some day. I love him and loved working with him. The oddest cooperation is often the best, says Chris Martin. Avicii and Coldplay have made the song ”A sky full of stars” together. ------------------------------------------- Coldplay's performance at Friends in Stockholm, Sweden on 3 July 2016 (4 stars) So longed for! British Coldplay attracted 55,000 fans to Friends arena in Solna Sunday evening. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/kronikorer/hakansteen/article23110708.ab Translation / Editing from Swedish to English by Nancy Boysen Coldplay’s performance at Friends in Stockholm, Sweden on 3.7.16 So good was the band's gig at Friends Arena color: I have heard Coldplay better. But when they frame their music with this exuberant bursts of color, light, hope and faith, they manage to build a small world that it actually feels a bit hard to leave. For it's so gray out there. Many dislike Coldplay. A lot cannot stand their aura of "apostles of goodness ", incidentally, a title they have inherited from U2. From which, moreover, they have inherited a lot of other things too. I can definitely understand that. When you want to be a positive force in the pop world, it is easy to be seen as hypocritical; the slightest misstep can be used against you. But in the time we are living in now, I would rather accept a goodness apostle than a bitter cynic who thinks it's more important to be as rock and roll-like as possible. Even as a live band, Coldplay has had the ability to switch between the dazzling and quite boring. I have seen the London-based band create magic at Stockholm Stadium and they almost made me fall asleep in Slottsskogen in Gothenburg. Tonight, musically they do not really reach the stadium level - here are a few moments without proper glow and a few strange song choices (see the tracklist below), but they compensate with a visual delicacy that in a smart, neat and dramaturgical way transforms the hardly wasteful charming Friends arena into a multi-colored dream world of light and sound. The grip to distribute color-flashing bracelets to everyone in the audience is amazingly effective and creates automatically a sense of belonging (now I can really hear how rock'n'roll police chuckles dismissively). And after a weekend with the wrong kind of headlines from (a festival in) Bråvalla and a lot more misery (Chris Martin invites us to send love to Turkey and Baghdad), it is healing and beneficial to hear Coldplay sing about star heavens and eternal glow. Rihanna never appears on stage for her and Martin's duet "Princess of China", even though the song does not show up where it usually comes in the set, and despite rumors of her being present, but for long moments it is yet both overwhelmingly powerful and disarmingly intimate. We have heard 'The Scientist' and 'Fix You' before, but Coldplay know what these songs mean to the fans and deliver them genuinely and carefully. I like that the band really do not scrimp. They are anxious that no one should go home disappointed. It was a long time since I saw so generous amounts of show delivered by a really pretty unglamorous rock band. But I also like when the band recall that 17 years ago they were the band that played at Kägelbanan in Stockholm in front of a few hundred people and make the stripped down versions of some early numbers/songs on a mini stage in the other end of the arena. And I like Chris Martin's humility that does not seem the least fake. He seems genuinely grateful that he is still allowed to do this job - at this level. And I might vaguely feel that this is a rather hard job as well, that Coldplay - as the future hope of arena rock that they still are - feel pressure to deliver hits and be " modern" . But Martin and his band have so far been balanced well in the difficult border between width and cred, and tonight they do it brilliantly. And the cred ministry (??) may grin even a little more, but I really like that we have a band like Coldplay in this present time. Håkan Steen FACTS Coldplay Location:Friends arena, Solna. Audience: Sold-out, 55,000. Duration:115 minutes. Best songs:”The scientist” and ”Fix you”. Worst song:”’Heroes’”. Bowie himself would hardly be impressed. Evaluation song by song A head full of dreams (4 stars) Charlie Chaplin speaks; wristbands distributed to all concert-goers are red-glowing; Chris Martin rushes out on the ledge to the little stage out there in the audience; fireworks and confetti . Records in amount of arena rock per minute ? Yellow (3 stars) The wristbands change colour to yellow-green, and Coldplay performs (mangles) their first megahit. Stable. Every teardrop is a waterfall (3 stars) Multi-coloured wristbands and sing-along, “bombs” and more confetti. No overly remarkable song, but huge show. The scientist (4 stars) Chris Martin at his rainbow-coloured piano in one of Coldplay’s very finest ballads. The entire audience singing ”Nobody said it was easy”. Birds (3 stars) Pigeons flying over the screens in one of Coldplay’s more guitar-driven numbers/songs off the latest album. Hardly their sharpest, however. Paradise (4 stars) Martin back at his piano. Heavy, almost parodic coldplayish ballad with football shoes. In the finale / at the end it explodes into Tiësto’s intensive dance remix. Lightning... raverock! Always in my head (2 stars) The band members sneak out to the small stage out in the audience, and the temperament is reduced significantly. By Coldplay standards right little show also. Magic (3 stars) The entire audience: ”hmm... what does it mean that they are suddenly playing lukewarm ”Magic” here, when their Rihanna duet ”Princess of China” usually turns up when we know that Rihanna is in town?” Everglow (4 stars) Martin, alone with the piano at the little stage, encourages us to send love to Turkey and Baghdad and later sings the big ballad off the latest album, with a little Muhammed Ali tribute on the screens. Clocks (4 stars) Back on the big stage, full Coldplay power. One of the band’s real cornerstones is just building up and up, and it gets as intensive as powerful. Charlie Brown (3 stars) A laser symphony and the introductory phrases from "Midnight" lead to another arena bomb. Without the same liberating climax as in " clocks ", though. Hymn for the weekend (3 stars) Coldplay vill låta moderna försökt maxa samtidskänslan och hitpotentialen med norska producenterna?? Coldplay want to sound modern and tried to mix (max out?) contemporary feel and the hit potential with Norwegian producers. Perhaps in particular in this song featuring Beyoncé. But not the most natural sound for Coldplay. Fix you (4 stars) Chris Martin, with a Swedish flag in the back pocket, is kneeling at the small stage singing his big wedding song together with the audience, then runs back letting the song explode. Impressive. ”Heroes” (2 stars) Very few people succeed in doing good David Bowie covers. This version is okay, and Chris Martin makes it also remarkably indifferent. Viva la vida (4 stars) Much more fervor in this stadium killer. Yet another color explosion. Pure children's party, I ended up writing. Adventure of a lifetime (3 stars) ... If it had not fitted even better here, where coloured balloons are filling large parts of the inner part of the stadium. Disco Coldplay with the best-looking guitar of the evening. Extras: In my place (4 stars) After a snippet of " Amazing Grace " in the dark, Coldplay appear on a third stage, even further out into the audience, for a liberating, intimate rehearsal version of this early pearl. Don’t panic (3 stars) More rehearsal feeling. First song off the first album ”Parachutes” requested by a girl via Instagram. God put a smile upon my face (3 stars) Chris Martin tells us how he wrote this song in Stockholm after Coldplay’s first gig here, in ”some tiny bar” (Kägelbanan it was). He was looking for "a wintry feeling", but tonight it is rather heat. Amazing day (4 stars) The band members return to the big stage and deliver a rather undistinguished ballad which mostly works as breathing... A sky full of stars (4 stars) ... too late the sky opens for more ”everything is possible, the world is beautiful” euphoria in technicolor and confetti with U2 dampers quite open. Up & up (4 stars) Psychedelic films with flying fish and cars driving on Saturn rings framing this easy - easy! – soul-colored power ballad that will leave us with hope : " we're gonna get it together somehow " sings Martin at the piano. Stylish final. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/kronikorer/hakansteen/article23110708.ab Translation / Editing from Swedish to English by Nancy Boysen (with assistance from Google Translate) - end of story - it is now 3:50 Central European Time, lol - I guess that I got carried away.

Thank you. Have a wonderful summer.

Yes, that would be FUN. (no pun intended! Or maybe). lol

Have a wonderful day and evening incl. Coldplay concert. Stockholm is a beautiful city so enjoy it. Yes, I think that Tove Lo might be there. Have fun! I am going on Tuesday 5 July in Parken, Copenhagen. Can't wait.

Interview with Will and Guy?http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kult...ne-gute-zeit--um-englaender-zu-sein--24319698 On the previous page in this thread Tallerolder translated the first part of this awesome interview with Guy and Will about Brexit and much more - before having to go to bed. It was such a good interview so I decided to translate the rest (with a little help from Google Translate). Continuation of Tallerolder's translation in post #83 on previous page. Do you think that also pop music has to be more political now ? Champion: Music can also be an escape from bad things. That's the way we sing at the moment. It is always difficult when musicians, actors or celebrities prescribe their voices entirely to one side or the other. I consider that, to be honest, sometimes to be artificial. But there were always important, political protest songs, which is a strong side of music. Whenever things change, when cultures are changing, people turn to the art, poetry or music. So I hope that also now someone will be inspired by it. One must at least hope that something good comes out of it. What is the message in the current album " A Head full of Dreams " ? Berryman: I think what we want to convey is togetherness . This makes it particularly disturbing, what happens in the UK. The album is to celebrate life and bring people together. Champion: This past week-end we played at Glastonbury Festival, a huge thing in England. It was fantastic to play the songs off this album there. The visitors celebrated our kind of music. After such a political shock wave had rolled through the country, they struck a nerve. We wanted to at least try to convey a message of optimism. If that touches only a few people and helps them, it is a great thing. You talked about togetherness: Is this the background of the light-emitting bracelets, which are distributed to all concertgoers before your concerts? Champion: In so huge shows one easily loses the contact with the audience, so that people feel far away from us as a band. The concern of our concerts is that the entire stadium feels intimate, as if you were there with just your family and friends even though you are surrounded by 50,000 people. We try with the bracelets – in a gentle way – to tie people together. Everyone is part of the light sea and the show. "A Head full of Dreams" - what are the dreams in your head? Berryman : As a band, we are at a point where we have fulfilled more or less all the dreams we had when we started : To get a record contract, to release an album , to be number one in the charts, to be touring the world, to play in huge stadiums, whatever. We have done all these things. It is difficult for us now to find out how we should continue. When the album was released in december, there were rumors about the end of Coldplay ... Berryman: There are always these rumors at the time of the release of nearly all our albums. But it is really difficult: If you give everything to produce an album, at the end you're so mentally exhausted by this process that you cannot imagine to ever release another album. You think: Oh, that must have been the last now. But this feeling disappears. I think we might take a break / time-out after the tour. But we still have fun when making music together. So why should we stop doing it?! Interview : Silvia Perdoni

I am going on 5 July in Parken in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have seen a preliminary setlist. I would like to see the full setlist.

Thank you for a wonderful and detailed review, BOJO. I am glad that you have had such wonderful times with Coldplay - concerts and this wonderful event arranged by Prince Harry.

Congrats!

Thank you so much for your translation, Batman. The text was indeed difficult - and I only managed the first column before having to do something for a neighbour. And when coming back, I saw your awesome translation. I was relieved, as I have to have lunch and then one hour later I have to go again. As said before - you are second-to-none (great interview with Coldplay, great reviews and great translations). You're a DIAMOND taking shape.

As Batman said - the language in the review from WAZ is rather artistic. But I am willing to try to translate the article. Then Batman can add a few things. I will be back a little later. I translated the first paragraphs and then had to go. When I came back I saw Batman's awesome translation. My attempt at translation of the first paragraphs / the first column: TRANLATION OF WAZ REVIEW OF COLDPLAY CONCERT IN GELSENKIRCHEN ON 1 JUNE 2016 SO BIG, SO COLOURFUL, SO BEAUTIFUL Second-to-none (i.e. the show can hardly be surpassed by others) : Coldplay conquers the Schalke-Arena with Watt and Heart in the Storm (it was bad weather with stormy winds and lightning). And pays a (humble) tribute to the late David Bowie with “Heroes” Article written by Jens Dirksen / translated by Nancy Boysen Gelsenkirchen. When already the third song of the evening brings a heavy rain of confetti and the first rockets rise into the arena’s sky, then you ask yourself: How can this level continue until the end? How can they outdo themselves? – Almost 2 hours later these sorrows are gone like so many others. A little dizzy like after a happiness-tickling party ecstasy, 55,000 people are leaving the area heading home. And 4 mature lads from Great Britain have guided them home: To them, to the good, the true, the Beautiful. It is Coldplay, and the “Head Full of Dreams”-tour attracts the fans, because they have something in common that otherwise only applies to bands like the Rolling Stones: Go to a Coldplay concert as long as Coldplay exists. Chris Martin had compared the band’s seventh album to the last Harry Potter book and thus not for the first time triggered dark speculations as to the future of Coldplay.

Thank you for the reviews. Always good and interesting reading.

Or better: Both "Heroes" and a Prince song such as Purple Rain (with a shower of purple butterflies)

Happy birthday to a lovely frontman named Christopher Anthony John Martin. 1977 was indeed a good year. :bliss:Chris during concert. :singer:

Congratulations to Coldplay for winning Best British Group - breaking a record for that category. Very well done and so deserved.