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Has anyone seen the NBA commercial with Paradise playing in the background? It is being shown during pretty much every commercial break on Univision. I was surprised about seeing it since I can see no connection or reason why Coldplay would agree to this... Sorry if this is old news.

Coldplay: Four Best Friends, Powered By Chemistry by NPR STAFFOctober 22, 2011 In 2002, when the British rock band Coldplay was on tour with its second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, frontman Chris Martin said, "I just want to make the best music of all time with my best friends." Since that time, Coldplay, with Jonny Buckland on guitar, Guy Berryman on bass and Will Champion on drums, has become one of the biggest acts in rock. NPR's Scott Simon spoke with Martin and Champion on the occasion of their fifth album, Mylo Xyloto, due out this week. Martin says that, at the very least, the part about friends is still true. "A band's only unique thing is its chemistry, especially if none of you are prodigious players or particularly handsome," Martin says. "The one thing you have is your uniqueness, so we hold on to that." Champion says he certainly wasn't a prodigious player when he joined the group — in fact, he hadn't intended to join at all before a happy accident convinced the other members he was the man for the job. "My three friends were starting a band, and they needed a drummer," Champion says. "My flatmate at the time had some drums in our house, and he was a very gifted drummer. They came over to record the drums on some early demos, and when the time came to record them, my flatmate disappeared and went to the pub. So I volunteered my services to play on one song. "It was the most lazy and technically inept fill-in that I could have possibly managed," he adds, laughing. "But, like Chris says ... it's just about the chemistry." Martin and Champion say the title Mylo Xyloto (pronounced MY-low ZY-low-toe) doesn't have any special, secret meaning. Instead, it's the band's way of kicking off a new chapter in its career. "What it is, is an attempt to have a completely fresh start, from our history and from anyone else's recording history, by coming up with two new words," Martin says. "Which of course, for a while, will seem a little pretentious or ridiculous. We were thinking about things like 'Google' and 'Pepsi' — those were also words that made no sense for a while. And, although it's silly, it's what it had to be. We now have to sort of apologize for it for a couple of months, but eventually it'll settle into being the name of that particular group of songs." Though the band's success has only increased in its 15 years together, Coldplay's members are no strangers to negative feedback. But Martin and Champion both agree that, from time to time, even the harshest critic can make a good point. "Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive," Martin says. "Although it's painful at the time, most of the things that people have said about us negatively — some of them are true and you can work on them, and the ones that you don't agree with, you don't work on." "I think it polarizes you," Champion says. "It makes you examine your insecurities and sometimes unearth something that you secretly feel yourself. Or it makes you totally resolved to disagree with that opinion, and it reinforces your self-belief. I think it's inevitable, and in some ways can be useful." http://www.npr.org/2011/10/22/141599797/coldplay-four-best-friends-powered-by-chemistry There is audio for this interview, which I would recommend listening to.

PM please!!!

Late arrival to the party, PM please???

Don't know why but the base line and piano remind me of something out of X&Y.

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Nope, it's Rihanna. The Sun article is out: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3808583/Rihannas-amazing-on-our-new-album-but-it-took-me-ages-to-dare-ask-her.html

Basing it off of the rest of the article, it seems credible.

According to The Sun it is Rihanna: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3808583/Rihannas-amazing-on-our-new-album-but-it-took-me-ages-to-dare-ask-her.html

Someone needs to tell Chris about these... http://nikemag.ebay.com/shoes

I actually don't have a problem with this type of rigging for the show. Apparently the bell doesn't actually reverberate and sounds more like a thud when stricken, if it sounded fine there would be no need to have a trigger system for it. The band also uses a wide variety of keyboards, drums, etc. to record the album, we can't expect them to travel with each and every one of them. This isn't playback, with this system the band could play whatever they want live as if the instruments were actually there.

Just read this on the coldplaying home page; TOTALLY bought it :)

Edit: DP

^ lol

^ Well that's slightly relieving

A quick google search returns that he's the singer of a band called Panda. Others have tweeted about his presence at the concert.

ugh, so apparantly some famous Mexican singer was at the concert and recognized the melody from Spanish Rain as Dancing in the Dark. He tweeted about it and because he's famous it's quickly propagating through twitter. http://twitter.com/jose_madero Vi a coldplay tocar una cancion IGUALITA a Dancing in the Dark de Bruce Springsteen y no era cover. Chinguenlos, andeleeeee. Viva Malinche!!

Just discovered this tweet from the guy who did this interview: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMjzEG_A32o]YouTube- Interview with Coldplay Part 1.[/ame] preparando la entrevista con Coldplay. 13 minutes ago via web http://twitter.com/claudiotelehit Does anyone have this channel?

http://marioenrique.posterous.com/gracias-por-el-sombrero-que-publico-chris-mar

According to twitter a television interview with Coldplay was just aired. It sounds like the interviewer didn't know what she was doing, and the whole thing was a bit ridiculous.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/clt/1551463643.html 4 SALE: BARELY-USED LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW – MAKE ME AN OFFER!!! (Universal Studios) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2010-01-13, 3:48PM PST Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a chance of a lifetime to own your very own late night talk show--guaranteed to last for up to seven months!! Really must see to appreciate. Information for potential buyers: - Measures 100’ x 100’ x 32’ – plenty of room for a futon! - Designed for 11:35 but can be easily moved - Band can be sold separately - Buyer must honor Barry Manilow booking next Thursday MAKE ME YOUR BEST OFFER!!!!! (Also willing to trade for Coldplay tickets.) •Location: Universal Studios •it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Just saw a commercial about the Simpson's 20th anniversary, and Chris was in it (not as a cartoon but as his real self) saying thanks for all the years of entertainment (or something like that.)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NseBdxfHk5k]YouTube- The Impossible Duet: Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia for Cello and Violin[/ame]

Leaked Trailer [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jny9CTUw-4&feature=player_embedded]YouTube- Harry Potter *o* First Trailer[/ame]