Coldplay Will Play At 2012 London Olympics? - Page 2

R23 · 16-02-2012, 11:42 AM

With the upcoming tour it's almost impossible for them to play the opening or closing ceremony. It wouldn't surprise me if Sir Paul McCartney would play. I also read Madonna and The Rolling Stones are rumors to play.

Tash · 21-02-2012, 02:00 PM

No closing ceremony for Coldplay!

Blur to headline London Olympics closing concert
Brits outstanding contribution winners Blur announced as headline act for 12 August Olympic gig in Hyde Park

link

Coeurli · 21-02-2012, 02:40 PM

rrrrrrrr

Well, it was a long shot anyway

And Blur...still pretty kewl, right ?

James. · 21-02-2012, 06:53 PM

Oh well, if it had to be someone other than Coldplay, I'm glad it's Blur

coldplaymom · 26-02-2012, 01:32 AM

Adele, Coldplay for London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony?
Published Friday, Feb 24 2012, 5:36am EST | By Daniel Sperling | 5 comments

Adele and Coldplay are among the acts expected to appear in "an elegant mash-up of British music" to close the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Music director Kim Gavin said that the August 12 ceremony will be a "fabulous" collection of contemporary stars, as well as classical composers such as Elgar and Holst.

"Without saying we have booked anyone, it goes from Elgar to Adele," he teased. "It is not just a pop concert, it is not just a classical rendition. It will be everything that we think is fabulous about British music."

Gavin added: "We are taking a box of fabulously well-done tunes. We are putting them together to write one piece of music that is fabulously balanced."

"Usually it is something classical but in this case it is an elegant mash-up of British music," The AP reports him as saying. "It will not be just about the music but also about what makes Britain great. We are trying to introduce something that is an absolute melting pot of British creativity."

Danny Boyle is tasked with creating the London 2012 opening ceremony, while Underworld were appointed as musical directors in December.

Sir Paul McCartney, Elton John, Muse, X Factor winners Little Mix and Britain's Got Talent gymnastic troupe Spelbound have all been tipped to appear at the July 27 event.

Ronnie Wood confirmed last week that he has been approached to perform at both ceremonies with The Rolling Stones and The Faces.

http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...-ceremony.html

Nikola · 26-02-2012, 01:34 AM

Oh God yes.

coldplayfan_115 · 26-02-2012, 01:35 AM

^Agreed.

Car Kids · 26-02-2012, 01:35 AM

Interesting. If this is true then I am looking forward to hearing this.

coldplaymom · 26-02-2012, 01:37 AM

I hesitantly posted it but it's too vague. I don't know how credible Digital Spy is.

Wintergreen · 26-02-2012, 06:23 AM

If all this is true and all those artists appear at the closing ceremonies, I am most DEFINITELY going to be watching that. That sounds like it'd be amazing.

I really hope it turns out to be true.

ilovechriss · 26-02-2012, 09:07 AM

Oooh yeah

Coeurli · 26-02-2012, 09:29 AM

yeeeeaaaaah! Oh this is gonna be good

suzanafg · 26-02-2012, 10:10 AM

If Adele and Coldplay do the closing ceremony and Muse do the opening, then this if something I can't possibly miss.

UdaPruda · 26-02-2012, 03:59 PM

Britpop icons Blur will headline a show at London's Hyde Park to celebrate the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics on August 12th. The bill for the event, which will include giant screens displaying highlights from the official closing ceremony, will also feature performances by New Order and the Specials.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...#ixzz1nVIr6aU8

But what about BLur? I thought it was clear that Coldplay won't do the ceremony. Or it's two different shows? I'm so confused

Coeurli · 26-02-2012, 04:01 PM

^Maybe the people organizing the ceremony saw Blur's Brits performance...

(imo it wasn't great)

16-02-2012, 11:42 AM	#16
R23 Coldplayer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,107 Location: Netherlands Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 6 Thanked 12 Times in 10 Posts	With the upcoming tour it's almost impossible for them to play the opening or closing ceremony. It wouldn't surprise me if Sir Paul McCartney would play. I also read Madonna and The Rolling Stones are rumors to play. __________________ I was armed with a spraycan soul on: 09.09.2009: Coldplay @ Goffertpark Nijmegen; The Netherlands 02.07.2011: Coldplay @ Rock Werchter; Belgium 17.12.2011: Coldplay @ Ahoy Rotterdam; The Netherlands 06.09.2012: Coldplay @ Malieveld The Hague; The Netherlands 'Oh Oh Den Haag, it's really great for us to be here. We can't wait till our band can come and play in Den Haag again!' Chris Martin on the melody of the Dutch song 'Oh Oh Den Haag' on the Malieveld, The Hague. (06.09.2012).

21-02-2012, 02:00 PM	#17
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,738 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: 241 Thanked 4,172 Times in 1,925 Posts	No closing ceremony for Coldplay! Blur to headline London Olympics closing concert Brits outstanding contribution winners Blur announced as headline act for 12 August Olympic gig in Hyde Park 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

21-02-2012, 02:40 PM	#18
Coeurli It's pronounced Curly Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 13,996 Location: 136 Low Street, The Little Apple. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 1,967 Thanked 1,537 Times in 875 Posts	rrrrrrrr Well, it was a long shot anyway And Blur...still pretty kewl, right ? __________________ 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

21-02-2012, 06:53 PM	#19
James. Let's use this dynamite Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,252 My Mood: Location: The next century, where the universal's free Gender: Country: Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: 42 or White Shadows Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 420 Thanks given: 165 Thanked 308 Times in 180 Posts	Oh well, if it had to be someone other than Coldplay, I'm glad it's Blur __________________ Keeper of: Spoiler Murder - "What could it possibly gain?" White Shadows - "Part of a system, a plan, I am... I don't know why I feel so tongue tied, I don't know why I feel so skinned alive

26-02-2012, 01:32 AM	#20
coldplaymom Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 4,401 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 312 Thanked 420 Times in 231 Posts	Adele, Coldplay for London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony? Adele, Coldplay for London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony? Published Friday, Feb 24 2012, 5:36am EST \| By Daniel Sperling \| 5 comments Adele and Coldplay are among the acts expected to appear in "an elegant mash-up of British music" to close the London 2012 Olympic Games. Music director Kim Gavin said that the August 12 ceremony will be a "fabulous" collection of contemporary stars, as well as classical composers such as Elgar and Holst. "Without saying we have booked anyone, it goes from Elgar to Adele," he teased. "It is not just a pop concert, it is not just a classical rendition. It will be everything that we think is fabulous about British music." Gavin added: "We are taking a box of fabulously well-done tunes. We are putting them together to write one piece of music that is fabulously balanced." "Usually it is something classical but in this case it is an elegant mash-up of British music," The AP reports him as saying. "It will not be just about the music but also about what makes Britain great. We are trying to introduce something that is an absolute melting pot of British creativity." Danny Boyle is tasked with creating the London 2012 opening ceremony, while Underworld were appointed as musical directors in December. Sir Paul McCartney, Elton John, Muse, X Factor winners Little Mix and Britain's Got Talent gymnastic troupe Spelbound have all been tipped to appear at the July 27 event. Ronnie Wood confirmed last week that he has been approached to perform at both ceremonies with The Rolling Stones and The Faces. http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...-ceremony.html

26-02-2012, 01:34 AM	#21
Nikola Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,276 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 50 Thanked 65 Times in 33 Posts	Oh God yes.

26-02-2012, 01:35 AM	#22
coldplayfan_115 Going back to Square One~ Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,046 My Mood: Location: Minnesota, the place of crazy weather :) Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 75 Thanked 24 Times in 23 Posts	^Agreed.

26-02-2012, 01:35 AM	#23
Car Kids Long Live Most Kingz Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 304 My Mood: Location: Chris Martin Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 17 Thanked 18 Times in 10 Posts	Interesting. If this is true then I am looking forward to hearing this.

26-02-2012, 01:37 AM	#24
coldplaymom Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 4,401 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 312 Thanked 420 Times in 231 Posts	I hesitantly posted it but it's too vague. I don't know how credible Digital Spy is.

26-02-2012, 06:23 AM	#25
Wintergreen In my own happy paradise Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,331 Location: The plains of Iowa Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 17 Thanked 16 Times in 14 Posts	If all this is true and all those artists appear at the closing ceremonies, I am most DEFINITELY going to be watching that. That sounds like it'd be amazing. I really hope it turns out to be true. __________________ "And tell me you love me Come back and haunt me" "Lights will guide you home..." Fri., August 10th, 2012 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, MN

26-02-2012, 09:07 AM	#26
ilovechriss Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,940 My Mood: Location: 422 Charlie Brown Boulevard, The Little Apple Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Oooh yeah __________________ 171211 <3 Random waving!

26-02-2012, 09:29 AM	#27
Coeurli It's pronounced Curly Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 13,996 Location: 136 Low Street, The Little Apple. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 1,967 Thanked 1,537 Times in 875 Posts	yeeeeaaaaah! Oh this is gonna be good __________________ 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

26-02-2012, 10:10 AM	#28
suzanafg Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,127 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 79 Thanked 107 Times in 79 Posts	If Adele and Coldplay do the closing ceremony and Muse do the opening, then this if something I can't possibly miss.

26-02-2012, 03:59 PM	#29
UdaPruda found love in chaos Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,172 My Mood: Location: Lurking in a barn Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 115 Thanked 135 Times in 71 Posts	Britpop icons Blur will headline a show at London's Hyde Park to celebrate the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics on August 12th. The bill for the event, which will include giant screens displaying highlights from the official closing ceremony, will also feature performances by New Order and the Specials. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...#ixzz1nVIr6aU8 But what about BLur? I thought it was clear that Coldplay won't do the ceremony. Or it's two different shows? I'm so confused __________________ Fuck me! - CM My 10 seconds of Chris. I strained a vocal chord when Guy Berryman took off his jacket. 2012.09.19 - Warszawa, National Stadium

26-02-2012, 04:01 PM	#30
Coeurli It's pronounced Curly Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 13,996 Location: 136 Low Street, The Little Apple. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 1,967 Thanked 1,537 Times in 875 Posts	^Maybe the people organizing the ceremony saw Blur's Brits performance... (imo it wasn't great) __________________ 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