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so many gorgeous people in one photo AlunaGeorge @alunageorge · 19h Post show crew love. @coldplay @orlandobloom

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it's good for my heart that I was not there.

Column – Glastonbury Festival 2015: time for Elton John? With the dust just settled for another year – actually after the first downpour on Friday there was only a muddy sludge at the festival this year and much of that still seems to be attached to my boots – the annual game of predicting who will headline the next Glastonbury is already in full swing. The race for breaking the names of the three acts who’ll top the Pyramid Stage in 2015 is already gathering pace, not least because the organisers say they pretty much have the them all booked. “Believe it or not, we’ve nearly confirmed all three headliners,” Emily Eavis told the festival’s website. “I couldn’t be happier with how it’s shaping up.” And there are plenty of artists already in the frame. William Hill have Kate Bush and Oasis as 8-1 favourites – although as Noel Gallagher, who was actually there as a punter this year, seems a better bet for a solo set at 10-1 – while AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Coldplay and U2 all make up the early running, probably in large part due to expected album releases and world tours next year. However as the Eavis family have repeatedly proved they’re happy to go off piste when it comes to headliners, so let’s chuck a different name into the ring and ask, isn’t it time Elton John headlines Glastonbury? After sets from Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen in recent years, The Rocket Man seems to be a classic shaped gap on the event’s dance card. Partly his absence from festival folklore can be explained by the fact the musical knight hasn’t really been keen to play Worthy Farm in the past. In 2005 he told Scottish DJ/producer Mylo in a joint interview for The Guardian (it was a different time) he was “too much like the Queen Mother” to headline the event. “I think there are some things best left to younger people,” he added. “I think Coldplay are headlining Glastonbury this year. I played live with them once and the audience knew every word of every song. [huffily] That never happens with me.” However that was before he topped the bill at Bestival in 2013, and perhaps playing the Isle Of Wight event has opened the door to Glastonbury. “I had the best time there, I had the best crowd, we played really well, the crowd were unbelievable I’ve never had response like that in Britain in the whole of my career, so it was definitely one of the most memorable things we’ve ever done,” he admitted to Radio 2 afterwards. “I was very reluctant to play a festival, I haven’t played one since 1969 in Crumlin near Halifax and I was talked into it and thank God I was because it shows you don’t know what’s good for you sometimes!” Well Glastonbury would be good for you too, Elton. William Hill quoted Q odds of 12-1 for him doing it next year, but better still while we were in Somerset at the weekend we heard several whispers from those who lived near Pilton saying that in recent weeks Elton John’s management had been making enquiries about renting houses in the area for next June (although if Rocket Music are looking for a base so fellow client Empire Of The Sun can play a glorious full show set at Worthy Farm this correspondent would be very happy with that), suggesting that finally, Saturday night could well be alright for headlining. source: http://www.qthemusic.com/3696/column-glastonbury-2015-its-time-for-elton-john/

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from the latest vogue issue: As Audrey Hepburn, to represent the Fifties. As Brigitte Bardot, to represent the Sixties. As Farrah Fawcett, to represent the Seventies. As Madonna, to represent the Eighties. http://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/2014/07/gywneth-paltrow-for-max-factor-as-audrey-hepburn-madonna/gallery/1203658

Neil from One Direction was there too :lol: Horan: Coldplay's incredible Niall Horan is a huge Coldplay fan. The One Direction star was one of thousands who went to see the British band, fronted by Chris Martin, perform at the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington, London Tuesday night. While he's more accustomed to being the one on the stage making the crowd go wild, Niall admitted he loved taking a backseat to watch Chris, bassist Guy Berryman, guitarist Jonny Buckland and drummer Will Champion wow fans with their latest music. 'The royal Albert hall was rocking tonight!' Niall tweeted after the show. 'Went t see Coldplay, was incredible ! Never seen them live before, so was a great experience,' he added (sic). Apparently the band members, who are promoting their latest release, Ghost Stories, were feeling great about the gig as well. 'Goodnight London. That was a cracker,' a tweet from Coldplay's verified Twitter account read, with a picture of the packed venue. Niall meanwhile seems to be making the most of his brief break from 1D's Where We Are Tour. The pop star and his bandmates are scheduled to play in Düsseldorf, Germany on Wednesday, but Niall recently issued a plea to some of his very eager fans. 'Can you limit what gets thrown on stage please! Coz somethin thrown at me tonight! Hit my knee! A lot of pain from it!' the 20-year-old tweeted. 'Never wana sound like I'm complaining! But only having my operation 5 months ago, I still get a bit of pain and I'm very scared about it,' he tweeted about the band's show in Amsterdam last week (sic). The message came just a few months after 1D took a break at the beginning of the year for Niall to recover from knee surgery. Although the star was reportedly seen limping in pain off the stage, and his bandmate Harry Styles was also apparently struck by a wayward object, there were no hard feelings. 'Amsterdam thank you for a great couple of shows! Appreciate you coming (sic),' Niall later tweeted. Music News

Coldplay review – Chris Martin's melodies ease a long, dark night Royal Albert Hall, London Set is weighted towards the melancholy material of Ghost Stories, and the sympathy vote extended to singer is palpable 3/5 A great break-up album can be a thing of wonder. From Bob Dylan's red-raw Blood on the Tracks through Marvin Gaye's self-lacerating Here, My Dear to Fleetwood Mac's vengeful Rumours, some of popular music's most powerful and cathartic albums have emerged in the wake of a brutal, soul-destroying relationship breakdown. When Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow announced their split (or, in 2014's most ridiculed buzz-phrase, "conscious uncoupling") after a decade together three months ago, there were initially hints that Coldplay's imminent, sixth album, Ghost Stories, could be poised to join that illustrious canon. These hopes increased when the track listing featured songs entitled True Love, Midnight, and, most forebodingly, Another's Arms. The reality proved different. Martin and Paltrow's parting did indeed suffuse every second of Ghost Stories, but rather than serving as creative inspiration for Coldplay, it produced an album that was little more than a muted mope, a morose wallow in self-pity virtually bereft of the band's trademark majestic melodies and soaring choruses. In his time of personal discomfort, Martin retreated to his musical comfort zone. The album's heart-on-sleeve lyrical confessionals are doubtless sincere but tend towards the predictable and could easily prove excruciatingly mawkish live. Wisely, Coldplay played the cavernous Royal Albert Hall in the round, at least marginally increasing the evening's intimacy factor. They weighted the set heavily towards the new material, with opener Always In My Head and Magic being typical. Both are melancholy, brooding washes of electronica illuminated by shards of Johnny Buckland's U2-style infinite guitar, and deal with the sense of dread occasioned by the loss of a loved one. The latter song finds Martin huskily intoning, "I just got broken, broken into two." Martin performs even this material with his trademark puppy dog enthusiasm but a whole evening of it would drag and in any case Coldplay have always been most effective when channelling giddy, delirious euphoria. The gorgeously propulsive Clocks and God Put A Smile On Your Face re-emphasise that they may be much maligned but few, if any, stadium-filling bands routinely dream up such sublime, mercurial melodies. The pace drops again for Ghost Stories' Ink, a throbbing reverie of a song that sees Martin back in plain-speaking mode: "All that I know is I love you so much it hurts." True Love is a similarly lovelorn lament and is received in reverential near-silence: Coldplay have always majored in empathy, and the sympathy vote being extended towards Martin tonight is palpable. After the pattering electronica of Midnight, they return to encore with the Avicii-produced ecstatic rave track A Sky Full of Stars, a dance anthem which towers over the low-lying soundscapes of the rest of Ghost Stories like a skyscraper in a desert. To close, Martin successfully urges the crowd to turn musical comfort blanket Fix You into a joyous sing-a-long. It's a welcome reminder that Coldplay can still turn a long, dark night of the soul into a defiant celebration. The Guardian

Coldplay play career-spanning Royal Albert Hall gig at first night of their 'last shows for a while' Coldplay played the first of two nights at London's Royal Albert Hall last night (July 1), which singer Chris Martin said would be one of their "last shows for a while". Taking to the stage, moved from its usual position to a platform at the centre of the crowd, the band entered uniformly wearing all black after a lengthy build up of atmospheric warm-up music. The ceiling above the performance area was covered with suspended silver stars and rainbow coloured lazers, with star-covered tree branches also placed at various points around the room. Kicking off with 'Always In My Head', the group had the crowd on their feet from the off. Declaring that he was "so happy to see you all", singer Chris Martin then lead the band into 'Charlie Brown' before taking to the piano for 'Paradise' at the end of which he stated that his band have "the best fans in the world". Continuing with 'Magic' and old hits 'Clocks' and 'The Scientist', which provoked a mass singalong from the crowd with people holding their phones up in place of lighters, Martin then finished the track with a line from Adele's 'Someone Like You'. Telling the crowd that this was one of their last concerts for a while, the singer then said that they would attempt to play "a few songs from each album, which doesn't seem like a revolutionary idea but it's strange for us". They then launched into 'God Put A Smile Upon My Face', taken from 2002's 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' and 'Til Kingdom Come' – which the singer stopped midway through to joke about an audience member making an amusing noise. 'Don't Panic' was also stopped to cheer for guitarist Johnny Buckland who took lead vocals on two lines and was deemed by Martin "the shyest man in the world". 'Everything's Not Lost', 'Ink', 'True Love' and 'When I Ruled The World' followed, during which Martin and drummer Will Champion took to a smaller stage at the end of the venue. They then continued with 'Midnight' and fan favourite 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' before exiting for the first time. With the crowd chanting the riff from 'When I Ruled The World', Coldplay then re-entered wearing a mixture of white and grey tops before launching into 'Oceans'. Instructing people to "loosen up", they then played 'Sky Full of Stars', inciting the crowd to jump up and down as confetti cannons of white paper stars went off around the room. The band finished with 'Fix You' before uniting to bow to different areas around the stage in turn. NME

Coldplay, Royal Albert Hall, review: 'a treat' Coldplay's sold-out show was an instructive display of their development into the mega band they are today, says Adam Sweeting The Albert Hall was besieged by Coldplay fans desperately seeking a ticket for this week's pair of sold-out shows. But for anybody able to get one, it was a treat to see the band in this comparatively intimate space. They'd turned the venue into an in-the-round experience by building a stage in the middle of the stalls and hanging the amplification from the ceiling, allowing vocalist Chris Martin to scamper about freely to face every side of the house. The show itself included a chunk of material from the new album Ghost Stories, but the British rock band also roved back across the past decade and a half to pick out songs from all their six albums. It was instructive to see how the band has developed from the original have-van-will-travel quartet, playing wistful, understated pieces like Don't Panic or the country-ish strumalong 'Til Kingdom Come, to today's digitally savvy mega-group, now displaying distinct leanings towards electronica. Ghost Stories has taken some stick for its absence of big tunes – perhaps unfairly. The band climaxed the show with a tumultuous performance of A Sky Full of Stars, which provoked hysterical pogoing in the house, and there was plenty of other interesting stuff bubbling under. Magic felt sparse and atmospheric, punched along by Will Champion's heavily treated snare drum. During Oceans, the drum-kit became a melodic instrument, making delicate pinging noises. The foursome went the whole electronic hog for Midnight, with Guy Berryman triggering bass notes using laser beams, Champion creating percussion on a bizarre light-table, and Martin's vocals processed into a chorus of Enyas. However, the band’s traditional strengths hadn’t been forgotten. The anthemic, singalong Coldplay got a run out in the likes of Clocks and Paradise, and Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall sounded like a decarbonated, fat-free U2, not least thanks to Jonny Buckland's Edge-like guitar skirl. Meanwhile Martin practised his idiosyncratic frontman moves – which always make him look as if he's teaching a free-movement class – and kept making dashes across the floor to glad-hand the punters thronging the normal Albert Hall stage. Coldplay certainly know their way around a ballad. We wallowed in the limpid melancholia of The Scientist, and surely the most hardened cynic must have felt a lump in the throat as they unfurled the stately heartbreak of Fix You, a sort of two-for-one bundle of Let It Be and Bridge Over Troubled Water with a loud rocking bit in the middle. It would be an understatement to say they left the crowd wanting more. Telegraph

Coldplay's Chris Martin to write opening anthem for Prince Harry's Invictus Games Published: 02 July 2014 Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is to write the anthem for the opening ceremony of Prince Harry’s Invictus Games — the international sports event for wounded service personnel to be held in London. An audience of 5,000 is expected at the South Lawn of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 10 September for the spectacular prelude to the four-day event. It will include a performance of the anthem by Martin. The opening ceremony, to be shown live on the BBC, has been put together by Kim Gavin, the creative director of the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony. It will include a flypast by The Red Arrows and displays by The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and the Queen’s Colour Squadron, 63 Squadron RAF Regiment. They will be joined by bands from the Royal Marines, the Army and the RAF. Tickets for the Invictus Games went on sale today. More than 400 wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, from 14 nations, will compete in the event from September 11-14. Mayor Boris Johnson said: “I am delighted that the first ever Invictus Games will take place on London’s newest park and in its world-class sporting venues.” Sir Keith Mills, chairman of the Invictus Games, said: “The Opening Ceremony of the Invictus Games will be a fantastic way to kick off what we know will be an inspirational four days of sport. “The men and women who will be competing have already given so much and we hope the Opening Ceremony will demonstrate to them just how much we recognise this.” One of those in training and hoping to be selected for the British Armed Forces team is Lance Corporal John-James Chalmers, 26, of 42 Commando Royal Marines, who suffered severe injuries in an IED blast in Afghanistan in 2011. The Edinburgh-based competitor, known as JJ, hopes to take part in athletics and cycling. He said: “The Invictus Games have given a whole international community of wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women something to strive for. For us it’s about much more than four days of sport.” The Invictus Games are supported and organised by The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry and the Ministry of Defence. Tickets cost £12.85 from http://www.invictusgames.org source

chris martin to write anthem for opening of Harry's warrior games source

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hahahah finally someone (from us :P ) squeezed his arm :lol: http://instagram.com/p/p8yexIx7iw/?modal=true

hahhaha he shouldn't have jumped that much :lol:

Absolute Radio We hope you've enjoyed a night with Coldplay at the Royal Albert Hall. It's been epic and emotional. If you've listened and wondered what it looked like - then wonder no more!

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i bet he is melting on the stage right now

how is he singing LOL hahahhahahahaha :D

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