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Here's my list: Mylo Xyloto (x2) Hurts Like Heaven (x2) Yellow (x2) In My Place (x2) Major Minus (x2) Lost! The Scientist (x2) Shiver (x2) Violet Hill (x2) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (x2) Moving to Mars Us Against the World (x2) Politik Viva La Vida (x2) Charlie Brown (x2) Life Is For Living Clocks (x2) Rehab Fix You (x2) Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (x2) Green Eyes Up In Flames Paradise

^Thank you so much! Much appreciated.

Hi guys! I'm doing a Music Case Study in my Media Studies A-Level and naturally as a massive Coldplay fan have chosen to focus predominantly on Coldplay. I just wondered if you could help me out? I'd really appreciate it, and sure you are the guys to ask really! In particularly, what in the media (apart from this site obviously) has made you engage with Coldplay more than you ever would? So my case study is how Coldplay are represented but also how the audience engage with them over 3 media platforms (Television, E-Media and Print). So far I have got: E-Media: Coldplaying - Major Fan Site for Coldplay discussion of live events, new songs/album etc YouTube - Songs. Options for fans to comment underneath (gives Coldplay an idea of well their music is being recieved). Also backstage e.g. practising HLH in Madrid video. Makes Coldplay seem more down to earth etc Twitter & Facebook - Keeps fans updated on the band. See how popular Coldplay is with the hashtag trending. Live Stream - Enables fans from all around the world not to miss out on live concerts. iTunes - Downloads of new album and songs. Anticipation for fans, as they streamed a new song from the album each day in leading up to the release of Mylo Xyloto. Leftrightleftright - Free Download. A thank you to fans (for their loyalty etc) Blogging e.g. Tumblr - fans post pictures, music lyrics etc. On their site, a roadie also posts picture Website - The band have their own website with tour dates, music lyrics, shop (merchandise) and even a timeline of their time as a band. Competitions - gives opportunities for fans to win numerous competitions. Television/broadcasting: Glastonbury - broadcast on the BBC. Mass audience. iTunes Festival - Free Gig Television interviews - promotion of their new album Permission for their songs to be used on hit TV Show 'Glee'. (e.g. Fix you) Print: The Times newspaper interview and giving away a FREE track from iTunes Festival 2011 each day. Can you guys think of any more for print articles?? (This can be magazines, newspapers, music reviews or anything really). As specific as possible would be great but any ideas are extremely welcome. Thank you SO much in advance.

:D :D Ahh cool. Thanks for all the welcomes!

Exactly!!!! How can anyone hate those songs??? Haha

So jealous!!!!! Speed of sound. LOVE IT <3

Green Eyes was a request from a fan though earlier in the day (was at UEA last week and heard a girl in the queue say in front of me), so I doubt they'll do it :( I REALLY want them to do one they haven't done in awhile tho.

Haha no! I put my laptop in the corner of the bathroom so no water went on it! I didn't literally take it into the shower with me ;) Ruining my laptop for a Coldplay live stream... as much I love them! :laugh3: This is my dream too!

They did this set list at UEA. They'll do Fix You, then ETIAW then go off and come back on again... I just hope we get to hear the encore on the radio!!

Is it weird that I needed a shower but didn't want to miss any of their songs so I took my laptop into the bathroom with me? I told my brother and he said 'Coldplay are awesome. But that is what you call addiction'. I suppose he's right ;) However it was a very enjoyable shower!

I would LOVE to hear those <333

I agree. I know it's their main hits etc but would be nice to have a little variety!

Chris speaks slightly slower to make sure they understand :)

I think he does... just slightly!

Is there anybody out there? - Classic Chris line

^Mmm that cookie looks very good. Making me hungry!

So cold, so cold!!!!! (Sorry excited)

Ha lucky for some! And yayyyy finally :)

I love that even though I got a B in German GCSE I cannot understand a word of this radio station. Oh well... as long as Coldplay don't sing in German I'll be fine ;)

Thanks so much guys! :D Watching it, so exciting.

Sorry to be a pain guys but can please someone link me the stream? Really want to watch it!!

I personally love it! He thinks about the crowd and this is his way of showing that he cares about them :) It's adorable.

Ahh tough choice between MX/HLH and Politik but I went for MX/HLH.

I absolutely love both versions. After hearing all the live versions of HLH I was worried I was going to be disappointed. Yes, the studio version is quite different to the live versions... but to me they are both unique and great in their own way. This song really wants to make me dance! One of my faves on the new album.

Hi guys :) Quite new on here, but saw Coldplay yesterday at UEA so thought I'd share my experience: My Mum won a competition on Wednesday night for the UEA show on Thursday. So you can imagine my excitement when I found out... especially as the majority of the fans had queued up for 2 nights the week before in order to make sure they got tickets! I was stunned and couldn't sleep all night... I am an absolutely massive Coldplay fan (as are all of you) so it truly felt like Christmas Eve! We were told our names would be on the guestlist, so as we arrived to collect our tickets we explained that we had won a competition. The man at the door said 'Sorry, you've missed that competition. It was for this mornings acoustic session, not this evening'. My heart completely sank and I felt really shaky - we'd driven for over 2 and a half hours to get there! We asked them to check again, as we knew that we'd won a competition for the evening. After a bit of waiting around, the man at the door realised that he'd been thinking of the wrong competition, checked our names and we were given our lovely blue Coldplay wristbands! It was the biggest relief, and after that, we were completely elated, as after being told that we wouldn't get the tickets - we did! We then started queuing in the rain at around 5pm, to get in for when the doors opened for 6pm. Everyone was in high spirits singing along to Viva La Vida's classic 'oooo-ooooo's. A camera crew were there with a presenter saying 'Coldplay have come to Norwich!' which was then followed by lots of cheers from the crowd. While waiting in the queue, I was listening to some girls chatting in front of me (as you do...) and one girl was excitedly showing the others her picture of Chris Martin from earlier in the day as well as her autographs from the band. She had then asked the band 'Can you please play Green Eyes tonight?' and Chris said 'Yes sure we will'. I was a bit gutted that I hadn't waited around earlier to try and get some autographs and request a song from the band after hearing that! As we went in, Zane Lowe did his DJ set for around an hour. I'm not a massive fan of DJ's etc (I was only there for Coldplay!!!), however it was nice to see Fearne Cotton onstage. I didn't want to start shouting and losing my voice just yet (that was saved for when Coldplay came on stage). What I found strange was that a massive group of boys in front of us were going crazy jumping up and down... but when Coldplay came on, they didn't seem very excited. I found that very strange, particularly with how they had queued up for at least a night in order to get the Coldplay tickets in the first place! 'Come on guys' I thought 'This is Coldplay!' Then there was the countdown '10 minutes to go until Coldplay'. I started to psych myself up and found myself grinning from ear to ear in anticipation. Then as Zane Low made his exit, there was the lovely sound of MX beginning, as the boys made their way onto the stage. They then burst into an energetic (as Coldplay's style) Hurts Like Heaven. Their setlist after that was very similar to their previous summer festivals, with the notable exception of the removal of Lost and Politik and the addition of Paradise and Up In Flames. I am not a huge fan of Up In Flames... not even sure why to be honest, it just doesn't grab me like their other songs and on the album almost seems like a filler. However it seemed like a good break in between the energetic hit songs one after another. At which point Chris said 'Ok guys you can relax and take a break now' before starting the song. Just after singing Paradise Chris thanked the crowd 'Thank you so much, that was the first time we've sung this song to a crowd in England. So that was really special, thank you' The other songs played included Yellow, In My Place, Major Minus, Charlie Brown, Violet Hill and Viva La Vida. Instead of going off-stage before being cheered back on to begin their usual 3 song encore of Clocks, Fix You and ETIAW, the boys stayed on-stage and continued into these songs (I think for the sake of the radio show). Before beginning Rehab/ Fix You, I saw Will hand Chris a piece of paper, and Chris then said 'This song is dedicated to Jordan, wherever you are'. Three boys standing directly in front of me then cheered and the boy in front said 'That's me! Oh my gosh, I've got a song dedicated to me'. The boys were very chuffed with themselves and Jordan looked stunned. Chris then started to sing a part of Rehab (which I personally thought was a waste of time... who wants to hear that when they have so many superb songs?) before leading into the classic Fix You. Before Chris even started singing the song, the crowd had started the lines of 'When you try you best but you don't succeed...', Chris waited for us to finish our huge chant before properly starting the song. Chris then asked the crowd 'Have you got time for one more?' with everyone cheering back 'Yesss!' and ETIAW began. Chris then put an elephant costume head on and danced around, before lifting it up slightly in order to sing the song! They then were cheered and did their three bows before walking off-stage. I really thought that was it, and they wouldn't return to the stage, as they almost always do their bows right at the end at their shows, and finish with ETIAW. But after they left the stage the crowd cheered 'ONE MORE SONG! ONE MORE SONG!' over and over. It continued for a while, and I was sure that they wouldn't return. However Chris then appeared again on-stage and said 'Thank you so much. We are now officially off-air'. He said everyone was allowed to swear again now (hence everyone swore as loud as they could). Then they sang Green Eyes (as requested by the girl I mentioned before). After that, Chris then said (along the lines of) 'Now this next song, was written in Johnny's bedroom'. There was lots of wolf whistles from the crowd. Chris then assured the crowd 'No, trust us it wasn't as romantic as it sounds.' Johnny then walked over to Chris and kissed him on the cheek. It was absolutely hilarious, and such a comedic moment. This was naturally followed by lots of cheering from the crowd. I think they then wanted to play Parachutes... but accidentally both Chris and Johnny I think started strumming the chords to Shiver. So Chris then said something like 'Oh well, lets do Shiver!' and then they played that. I was so happy, as I'd been waiting for Shiver all night. After Shiver, Chris closed by saying (along the lines) 'Thank you so much for singing so incredibly, and making this quite frankly sh**** square block feel like Wembley'. They then finished on the fantastic Us Against The World. After the show, I overheard a boy saying 'If only Rihanna was there as a surprise tonight as well!'. And I suddenly remembered what Fearne had said earlier in the Radio 1 Show. Fearne promised that there would be a big surprise in the evening, when Coldplay were going to perform. She said 'I don't know how much I can give away' but promised there would be something special. However, I didn't notice anything that was particularly considered a 'surprise'. Maybe they meant to do something and it didn't work out? Or she was just saying that...? I'm not sure. But nevertheless, an amazing night that I will never ever forget.