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2:33 am and I'm studying and checking the news about MSG's gig

Awww the Magic Balls!! :D

Thanks for the link, Marco!

Just check the last page and you'll see someone mad/disappointed because the show was short and didn't have an encore...

Guys, imo you shouldn't be complaining at all!! You are extremely lucky to have the chance to see the band live, just after the album release, for free!! And you are in the USA where there are usually two legs of each tour, besides lots of TV and radio appearances of the band. If I'd like to watch a longer set? Of course I would! But I wouldn't complain about it in a free show. If they decided to do it that way, it's ok. If you're going to buy tickets to see them live I believe the shows will be a bit longer (but not more than 1 and a half hour). If you'll be extremely disappointed for having only that, think about it before buying the tickets ;) I live in South America and I'm not even sure if they're visiting us on this tour. They didn't during Twisted Logic Tour (and they visited USA and Europe twice) and I feel lucky enough for having had the chance to see them in the special Latin America tour that happened last year. Lots of fans in many countries have never had this chance.

I vote for Chelsea and Angie! They def deserve it!! And I'm pretty sure together they'll get Coldplaying.com well known :P Ok, I know this is not a voting... but I'll support them anyway :D

Maybe it's not a good idea to pass them :rolleyes:

They played it in the soundcheck of Jimmy Kimmel's show ;)

Sounds great! Good to have insiders :laugh3:

Hi Marie! Welcome to the board :D

Any local station broadcasting this gig? I'd love to hear it live :)

Roadie #42 - Blog #6 June 23, 2008 7:44 pm #42 blogs from inside MSG "Sleep satisfies" a friend of mine once said. He's not kidding! I arrived in NYC a couple of days ago and spent the entire day yesterday in bed. Refreshed and recharged, I roll into Madison Square Garden at 10am to find that things are looking in great shape. No surprise really, as there's been some very hard-working folks in here since midnight! Many of them are the new American sound, light and video crews who have never even seen this show, let alone put it together. Combine this with the pressure that a NYC show brings and you have to hand it to these guys - they've already done a great job. The band are in at 2.30 for soundcheck, so I'd better get my skates on. I'll get back to you later. R#42

Hmm so sad you didn't get tickets to MSG :(. But you'll have another chance ;) And even if you don't get VIP passes don't miss the show!

What's funny is that most of the ones able to apply are away to see CP at MSG :D

double post - please mods!! x

That's extremely cool! :dance: Lucky people who can go! I'm pretty sure we'll be well represented!! :dance: :dance: The 50 lucky ones could wear a Coldplaying.com T shirt!! That would be awesome! And we would identify all of them on TV in a much easier way! And the band could even say hi to Coldplaying.com again :P

Wow! I stay a couple of minutes away (stupid menstrual camps) and look what I find! *anticipation*

Thanks Lore! Daddy is also a cutie :wink3:

:shocked2: :shocked2: :shocked2: :dance:

Well done boys! :D :dance:

Awwwwwwwww!! How cute! And Chris looks so happy and relaxed :)

That's great! Haven't seen you around for a while! Good to see you again ;)

And with a detailed description of what the Magic Balls look like under a "spoiler" tab ;)

Why I don't hate Coldplay Friday, June 20, 2008 By Tim Walker I like Coldplay. I do. I know, I know - very unfashionable, but there it is. I like their music. Always have. In fact, I like them so much that I'm convinced at least half the people who claim not to are lying in order to be cool. And I don't mind Chris Martin either. I mean, I've never met the man, but he's never done anything in public that could explain the rage he seems to inspire in my friends, my colleagues and, it seems, a good portion of the media. So it was with a kind of resigned weariness that I learned that esteemed rock critic Andy Gill would be joining the ranks of Coldplay-haters with this article . This will be another 2,000 words of undeserved bile tossed in the faces of poor Chris and his pals, I thought. And I was right. The commenters have been raging all morning, both for and against the band. I'll gladly be a witness for the defence. First, Coldplay's music. In the interests of full disclosure, I should mention that I own pretty much all of it - and I paid for it with my hard-earned pennies, not by nicking it from the internet or being sent it by eager PRs with the misguided impression that journalists hold any sway over the Coldplay-loving public. However, I also have a large collection of perfectly respectable records that Mr Gill and others would, I'm sure, happily spend a few days with. There's plenty of genres in there, and plenty of interesting, envelope-stretching artists (no, not just Radiohead). I like music, honest. But too often I'll take home a record by a so-called avant-garde act who's been handed five stars by various members of the music press, only to find that, in among all the clattery percussion or the dance crossover pretensions, there's only a couple of tunes fit to grace my iPod. Sometimes, when I buy a new record, I want to do so safe in the knowledge that I'll get my money's worth in muscular melodies and crashing chord changes - even if it turns out to be just G, C, D. Coldplay have invariably fulfilled that requirement, and I rely on them to do so. They're the best at it, and their continued existence means I needn't trouble myself with lesser bands of a similar persuasion. Another distinguished rock critic, the late Ian MacDonald, once wrote something along these lines: listeners' tastes are shaped by a heirarchy of three distinct elements - a band's music, a band's lyrics, and a band's image. Even if you're infuriated by his vague lyrics or his sensible attire, only the hardest heart could honestly claim they'd never been moved, even an inch, by one of Mr Martin's melodies. The lyrics, then. OK, they're hazy. Some of them are downright predictable, and they espouse the sort of simplistic sentiments that evidently make " serious" rock fans cringe. But I'm afraid that's their strength as well as their weakness. You can use Coldplay's songs as a painkiller when you're feeling low, or as a complement to euphoria. I hardly need to present evidence for the breadth of the band's appeal. What did X&Y sell again? Nine million, was it? Ten? I also want to address the issue of Chris Martin. How can such an inoffensive man make so many people so angry? So he does some charity work. That's, er... a good thing, isn't it? He's a darn sight more bearable than Bono, yet without the pair of them the man in the street might never have heard of Greenpeace or making trade fair. So he's not Johnny Rotten. I'd prefer, for once, a singer who's honest about being as middle-class as his fans, rather than another of the countless young stars who spend Saturday nights in Camden pretending they've always been into sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, before heading to their parents' place in Hampstead for a Sunday roast. As to the Gwyneth thing, we all know how easy it can be for a famous couple to fill the limelight by appearing on the red carpet or in Hello! magazine together at every given opportunity. Such couples face a tough job evincing sympathy whenever they feel their privacy has been invaded a little too much. Chris and Gwyneth, by contrast, go out of their way never to let anyone legitimately call them a "celebrity couple". Chris does all the necessary press for his new album, Gwyneth shows up in a short skirt for the premiere of her new film. They separate their work from their private lives, and instead of respecting them for it, we pour scorn on their choice of baby names. Yes, I know, "Apple" is a bit silly, but she'll probably end up pretty enough to get away with it. Finally, may I point out that, in spite of his professed "hatred" for Coldplay, Gill managed to find it within himself to reward their new album Viva La Vida a reasonably respectable three stars . If you're already a fan, or open-minded enough to be converted, you can translate that into (at least) a healthy four. From: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music-gigs/features/article3819407.ece

Anyone recording it?