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and originally it was just one date but now there is apparently more, I think this is what the announcement will be, and I think these will be the small gigs they were talking about. go back, tour england when the album is released, do europe, and then come back to the states for the huge arena tour!

lol instruments.........aparently jonny played some piano on sparks at the gig?

ya that and the end of the scientist where the guitar kicks in (aparently theyve changed the arrangement though) are my two favourite peices of music genious!

i hope that the news we hear on the 7th is the album title, release date or us tour, and then they start promoting (possibly playing it) as of the gig on the 12th. and then theres this string of us dates????

im sorry i meant 12th. there is going to be an announcement on bbc on the 7th. sorry

because they were in the set?

in the latest news article on the official site, right at the bottom Debs says that they are now in the states preparing for the show on the 12th, and a string of live dates. I thought we only knew about one date, perhaps they are announcing more very soon?

doesnt it sound better THE speed of sound? anyway i hope its square one, you know going back to square one to as chris said "reinvent the wheel"

no you are right my friend, many coldplay insiders have confirmed that zero theory is not the album title. plus did you see fix you, white shadows, or speed of sound on the zero theory list? So ya its bollocks.

well they have to announce it somewhere, maybe at the march 12th gig. plus i think they have to announce a single before then, to hype the show up abit, i mean someone will record it and some new songs will get out anyway. if i were the band i wouldnt play anything new.

i have my hopes on square one for the album name, but i have to admit white shadows and speed of sound, definitely sound like coldplay songs and sound really interesting!

hopefully this means the album is done, the artwork is in the midst, we know the single will be soon, and they are announcing tour dates. i dont think we need much more evidence, COLDPLAY ARE BACK!

i dont mean when is the tour, i mean when will we be hearing the dates and getting the presale? The newsletter said more news coming soon, but after the news in the other post (you know which one) i think the next news will be the single!!!

this was also said by someone who was there, PRODUCING BSIDES FOR THE SINGLE? That means a single could be coming very soon, its already picked and everything wow! Im so excited! I really hope they throw that extra song onto the album too, im sure its "talk"! but all in all the new songs that i heard were amazing! afterwards chris and jonny after a while came and spoke to us (i don't really remember much of that!) guy had to head home early but we still spoke to him and stuff. then will and jonny came up and signed some stuff for us (i'll post the picture when my camera is working!!!!) and we grabbed what we could (setlists, plectrums, drum sticks!) then we went over to chris and got the last of the stuff signed and spoke to him for a bit more before we he had to go to fly to new york to mix the b-sides for the single. then almost all of us headed off for a quick drink before heading home!

so Ian, next time if they do something like this in North America, please please bring me along....i was born in england and lived there for so long, and now i wish i was there for that night........must have been amazing.

wow, omg this is so exciting, can anyone please tell me what the colored boxes mean? But anyway im so excited, hopefully these songs were all amazing, im most excited for square one and what if. the most curious one though is "Fix You", becasue it was the closing song. hmmmmmmm. By the way, i LOVE the idea of politik as the first encore song!

no its not bollocks debs said this: I'm back! Finally. So, there'll be lots of questions i guess, but firstly may I say a tremendous thanks to the chosen few to abiding by the secretive rules for 3 days and not telling anyone! Thanks also to those who didn't get to go who are being very gracious in accepting my choice of people. I reckon the burning question is how/why did these people get selected? I had to pick 10 fans and it was not easy and did take hours. I drew up a list and started to make what felt like good criteria to whittle it down. I basically looked for people who could physically get there in time on the day, of an age where I felt their well being was not an issue as safety was paramount, a fan (!) and I then did an investigation of posts to make sure there were no bad decisions on my list! I also chose a girl who is staying in the UK from the States who's timely email was flukey and it felt right to ask her along. I did invite the mods and also Amy. Amy was invited to one a few years back it transpired and couldn't make it, so to make up and also to thank for free photos used in the ezine, that was an easy decision. The performance itself was great, mainly due to the excitement in the room and anticipation. It wasn't perfect but that made it all the more real and interesting. Yes Sparks appearance was gorgeous, all 4 of them closed in and Jon was playing piano & guitar. (A first??) 'What If' by the way is a stirrer, it really makes the hairs stand on end and is classic Coldplay. Square One is my fave off new album and will really suit the big production of the tour. It is funny being able to see Matt off left strumming along during The Scientist etc, so some tricks were exposed. Chris was nervous to people's reaction, but i don't think he should worry. I'm not sure what anyone else wants to know. (Only Chris has gone to NYC as there's only 1 track left to mix and if I get my way, it's sneaking on to the album, not a bside!). So, let's give special mentions, Chris had a bad headache and Jessy came to the rescue with an Aspirin. Amy was recognized from years back by the guys and they looked at old photos she'd brought. Jamie and Jonny bonded over their love of Tottenham, Mairin cried (hope she doesn't mind me saying that!), Neal was "dry but very good" in Chris' words, Will has the same name as the drummer we noticed, John got the drumstick and nearly lost it as he had a hole in his bag, Iain was just very funny (in a good way). I'm pleased with my choice and I think we all had a great day! I will eventually only have 1 photo, but we will be getting some, as we had a photographer there! Im hoping "talk" is the song that she is talking about them mixing and putting on the album! and here were some other track descriptions from another person there: wow is all i can say about today!! sorry about the descripton.... its all been a blur! square one. which is very synth heavy (but still in a coldplay way) and proberbly the most impressive new song. it has jonny playing some faded in echo notes on the guitar the scientist: chris forgot the words at the start of it! but it still sounds amazing! i don't want to spoil the new arrangments for people but it does definatly sound different at the end thats all i'll say! sparks: it was soooo good to hear this again, i had a feeling they were going to play it when i saw the guitar techs with an acoustic guitar with a capo on the 6th fret and me being the guitarist i am recognised that from sparks! a message: right this (if it is the song i'm thinking of) has chris on acoustic guitar had is my second favorite of the songs i heard THIS IS THE BEST NEWS YET, HANG ON FOLKS THE ALBUM SOUNDS GREAT AND IS ON ITS WAY!

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ya im sorry i still havent figured how to post images. so anyway, what do you think the color boxes mean? I am trying to figure it out, like a puzzle.

here is a picture a guy on the official board said he got from that exclusive media gig. Some new song titles: Square One What If Fix You White Shadows Speed Of Sound A Message And skittles gum? Anyway let me know what you think please! Also I think the boxes are a code system, i originally thought acoustic versus electric, or piano vs singing all for chris, but im notsure now.

^ I can see that

whoever does needs to come on here and report after, but i dont really want to hear any of the new songs.

i hope they still open with politik, but they could change the intro music, to show a new phase. so then we are tricked into thinking it wont be politik and then they slam in with it. or a new song might be just as good. I personally think Politik would be great to close with aswell, because the last minute of it is absolutely wonderful. It is those 60 seconds that often inspire me to do great things. It is beautiful.

Camille do you know how much longer we are going to have to wait, like are we thinking within the next few days or what. I am just really really nervous about missing out.

wow im so happy for all of you, I just hope they come to Toronto and I am as succesful in getting my tickets as you were. Did anyone get tickets that werent general admission, and if so were they good ones?