Coldplay @ BRIT Awards 2012 (Tues 21st Feb, O2 Arena, London) // Charlie Brown performance, MX album preview in first post

Mimixxx · 12-01-2012, 05:54 PM

UPDATE: 22ND FEBRUARY 2012: CHARLIE BROWN PERFORMANCE, MX ALBUM PREVIEW, BEST BRITISH GROUP AWARD ADDED

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Coldplay - New Mylo Xyloto Clip (From Brits Awards 2012) HD - YouTube

Coldplay wins "Best British Group" - Brits Awards 2012 Full HD - YouTube

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Originally Posted by _Tash;5220845

BBC Radio 2 interview tonight - listen live online
14 February 2012 4:26 pm
Hear the band chatting to Jo Whiley wherever you are

Good afternoon. On tonight's Jo Whiley show on BBC Radio 2, you can hear the band chatting exclusively ahead of the BRIT Awards (plus Jo will be playing tracks from Mylo Xyloto). You can listen live online - wherever you are - by clicking here. The show begins at 8pm (click here to find out what time that is where you are). If you miss it, you'll be able to listen online for seven days.

Oh, and don't forget you can still vote for Coldplay to win Best Group at the BRITs by clicking here (thanks very much).

Anchorman

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<s>@</s>BRIT_Awards Congratulations to <s>@</s>coldplay - BRIT Awards 2012 British Group nominee

@BRIT Awards Also nominated for Best British album are <s>@</s>coldplay for 'Mylo Xyloto' <s class="hash">#</s>britawards

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The BRIT Awards championed the solo artist on Thursday with nominations dominated by the likes of Ed Sheeran, Adele and Jessie J.

Florence & the Machine and Coldplay are each nominated twice, as are Emeli Sande, this year's Critics' Choice winner, and Americans Bon Iver and Aloe Blacc.

Playing at the awards ceremony next month are expected to be Adele, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Sheeran, Florence & the Machine, Rihanna, Noel Gallagher and Blur, recipients of the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award.

Following is a full list of the 2012 nominees:

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST:
Ed Sheeran; James Blake; James Morrison; Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds; Professor Green

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST:
Adele; Florence & The Machine; Jessie J; Kate Bush; Laura Marling

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT:
Anna Calvi; Ed Sheeran; Emeli Sande; Jessie J; The Vaccines

BRITISH GROUP:
Arctic Monkeys; Chase & Status; Coldplay; Elbow; Kasabian

BRITISH SINGLE:
Adele/Someone Like You; Ed Sheeran/The A Team; Example/ Changed The Way You Kiss Me; Jessie J Ft B.o.B./Price Tag; JLS Ft Dev/She Makes Me Wanna; Military Wives and Gareth Malone/Wherever You Are; Olly Murs Ft Rizzle Kicks/Heart Skips A Beat; One Direction/What Makes You Beautiful; Pixie Lott/All About Tonight; The Wanted/Glad You Came

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Adele/21; Coldplay/Mylo Xyloto; Ed Sheeran/+; Florence & The Machine/Ceremonials; PJ Harvey/Let England Shake

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST:
Aloe Blacc; Bon Iver; Bruno Mars; David Guetta; Ryan Adams

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST:
Beyonce; Bjork; Feist; Lady Gaga; Rihanna

INTERNATIONAL GROUP:
Fleet Foxes; Foo Fighters; Jay Z and Kanye West; Lady Antebellum; Maroon 5

INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT:
Aloe Blacc; Bon Iver; Foster The People; Lana Del Rey; Nicki Minaj

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC AWARD:
Blur

CRITICS' CHOICE:
Emeli Sande

BRITISH PRODUCER:
Paul Epworth; Flood; Ethan Johns

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8CC3RE20120112

UdaPruda · 12-01-2012, 06:00 PM

Ooooh, congrats to them! They're so worth it

Phoebeo · 12-01-2012, 06:02 PM

Niiice.

Congratulations guys.

Tash · 12-01-2012, 06:02 PM

And they are nominated for British album of the year

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Coldplay are the only band to score more than one nomination, for best British group and British album of the year.

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Coeurli · 12-01-2012, 06:03 PM

Yaaaay

Tash · 12-01-2012, 06:04 PM

Nominees for British group:

Arctic Monkeys (Domino Records)
Chase & Status (Mercury/Universal Music)
Coldplay (Parlophone/EMI Music)
Elbow (Polydor/Universal Music)
Kasabian (Columbia/Sony Music)

Nominees for British album of the year:

Adele 21 (XL Recordings/Beggars)
Coldplay Mylo Xyloto (Parlophone/EMI Music)
Ed Sheeran + (Atlantic Records/Warner Music)
Florence + the Machine Ceremonials (Island/Universal Music)
PJ Harvey Let England Shake (Island/Universal Music)

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Mimixxx · 12-01-2012, 06:05 PM

The album is a surprise, I would of thought it would have been released too late. Not that it makes any difference, Adele is nominated

Coeurli · 12-01-2012, 06:06 PM

Oh no, Adele is going to win

she's everywhere

Tash · 12-01-2012, 06:08 PM

It's just been announced at London's Savoy Hotel that Coldplay are up for Best Group and Best Album at this year's BRIT Awards! A

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postcards · 12-01-2012, 06:11 PM

Nice surprise for Coldplay. Awesome.

What a year it's going to be for them.

Tash · 12-01-2012, 06:16 PM

BRIT Awards
Performances from @officialadele, @flo_tweet, @rihanna, @coldplay on February 21 Awards show #britawards

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UdaPruda · 12-01-2012, 06:19 PM

Sooo.... we can expect Princess of China live?

Tash · 12-01-2012, 06:21 PM

Maybe

http://coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90937

Tash · 12-01-2012, 06:31 PM

Coldplay nominated for two BRITs
12 January 2012 6:23 pm
Band up for Best British Group and Best British Album

Good evening. We're very pleased to report that Coldplay have been nominated for the British Album and British Group at the 2012 Brit Awards.

The ceremony will take place on 21 February 2012 at The O2 in London.

Anchorman

robsmith7 · 12-01-2012, 06:40 PM

What about the single category? I would have expected Paradise to be nominated.

Adele will probably win the album award, hopefully we'll win best group.

View Poll Results: What will Coldplay perform at the Brit Awards 2012?
ETIAW (can't have it feeling left out!)	12	3.56%
Paradise	67	19.88%
Charlie Brown	172	51.04%
Princess Of China	81	24.04%
They won't perform... it's all a ruse!	5	1.48%
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12-01-2012, 06:02 PM	#3
Phoebeo Hi. I'm Louise. Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 6,589 Location: Where they don't know my name. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 409 Thanked 146 Times in 112 Posts	Niiice. Congratulations guys. __________________ ♥ 16/8 09 + 23/11/11 + 28/8 12♥ 5/6 12~ The day I phone chatted with Chris.♥ : Quote: You are so young. Aren't you? And you know, right now everything's ahead of you. You could be anything. You could walk among the stars. You know when I was little like you I dreamt of the stars. I think it's fair to say, in the language of your age, that I lived my dream. I owned the stage. Gave it a hundred and ten percent. I hope you have as much fun as I did. - Sig by The Doctor.

12-01-2012, 06:02 PM	#4
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,504 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 236 Thanked 4,044 Times in 1,887 Posts	And they are nominated for British album of the year : Quote: Coldplay are the only band to score more than one nomination, for best British group and British album of the year. link __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

12-01-2012, 06:03 PM	#5
Coeurli It's pronounced Curly Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 13,862 Location: 136 Low Street, The Little Apple. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1,889 Thanked 1,495 Times in 850 Posts	Yaaaay __________________ A dazzled Coldplay fan. Also known as R Célly, or Nikola's PR. COLDPLAY: "Four very attractive young men playing the sexiest music ever created that will melt both your heart and your brain at the same time." "We're a punk band, you know that" - CM Stade de France, Paris, 2.09.2012 The night I had eye-sex twice with The Martin

12-01-2012, 06:04 PM	#6
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,504 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 236 Thanked 4,044 Times in 1,887 Posts	Nominees for British group: Arctic Monkeys (Domino Records) Chase & Status (Mercury/Universal Music) Coldplay (Parlophone/EMI Music) Elbow (Polydor/Universal Music) Kasabian (Columbia/Sony Music) Nominees for British album of the year: Adele 21 (XL Recordings/Beggars) Coldplay Mylo Xyloto (Parlophone/EMI Music) Ed Sheeran + (Atlantic Records/Warner Music) Florence + the Machine Ceremonials (Island/Universal Music) PJ Harvey Let England Shake (Island/Universal Music) link __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

12-01-2012, 06:00 PM	#2
UdaPruda found love in chaos Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,165 My Mood: Location: Lurking in a barn Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 113 Thanked 134 Times in 70 Posts	Ooooh, congrats to them! They're so worth it

12-01-2012, 06:05 PM	#7
Mimixxx If we could float away... Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42,489 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	The album is a surprise, I would of thought it would have been released too late. Not that it makes any difference, Adele is nominated __________________ M

12-01-2012, 06:06 PM	#8
Coeurli It's pronounced Curly Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 13,862 Location: 136 Low Street, The Little Apple. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1,889 Thanked 1,495 Times in 850 Posts	Oh no, Adele is going to win she's everywhere __________________ A dazzled Coldplay fan. Also known as R Célly, or Nikola's PR. COLDPLAY: "Four very attractive young men playing the sexiest music ever created that will melt both your heart and your brain at the same time." "We're a punk band, you know that" - CM Stade de France, Paris, 2.09.2012 The night I had eye-sex twice with The Martin

12-01-2012, 06:08 PM	#9
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,504 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 236 Thanked 4,044 Times in 1,887 Posts	It's just been announced at London's Savoy Hotel that Coldplay are up for Best Group and Best Album at this year's BRIT Awards! A link __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

12-01-2012, 06:11 PM	#10
postcards ~Lucia~ Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,533 My Mood: Location: 1220 Hurts Like Heaven Street, The Little Apple Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 244 Thanked 82 Times in 46 Posts	Nice surprise for Coldplay. Awesome. What a year it's going to be for them.

12-01-2012, 06:16 PM	#11
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,504 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 236 Thanked 4,044 Times in 1,887 Posts	BRIT Awards Performances from @officialadele, @flo_tweet, @rihanna, @coldplay on February 21 Awards show #britawards link __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

12-01-2012, 06:19 PM	#12
UdaPruda found love in chaos Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,165 My Mood: Location: Lurking in a barn Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 113 Thanked 134 Times in 70 Posts	Sooo.... we can expect Princess of China live?

12-01-2012, 06:21 PM	#13
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,504 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 236 Thanked 4,044 Times in 1,887 Posts	Maybe http://coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90937 __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

12-01-2012, 06:31 PM	#14
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,504 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 236 Thanked 4,044 Times in 1,887 Posts	Coldplay nominated for two BRITs 12 January 2012 6:23 pm Band up for Best British Group and Best British Album Good evening. We're very pleased to report that Coldplay have been nominated for the British Album and British Group at the 2012 Brit Awards. The ceremony will take place on 21 February 2012 at The O2 in London. Anchorman __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

12-01-2012, 06:40 PM	#15
robsmith7 Coldplayer Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 200 Location: London/Nottingham Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 29 Times in 13 Posts	What about the single category? I would have expected Paradise to be nominated. Adele will probably win the album award, hopefully we'll win best group. __________________ If you're lost and feel alone, circumnavigate the globe... coldplayism.com - @RobertSmithUK 16/12/08 - The O2 Arena, London 18/09/09 - Wembley Stadium, London 08/12/10 - BBC Television Centre, London 03/07/11 - Main Square Festival, Arras 27/10/11 - University of East Anglia, Norwich 02/06/12 - Emirates Stadium, London 10/06/12 - Etihad Stadium, Manchester 09/09/12 - Olympic Stadium, London