Small Reminders/Updates on Coldplay.com (feat. Roadie #42!)

[Tash]

Sunderland show to broadcast on Bauer Radio stations
24 May 2012 9:19 pm
Gig to broadcast on Thursday, 14 June


Good evening. It's been announced today that Bauer Radio will broadcast Coldplay's show at Sunderland's Stadium Of Light to its listeners across the UK on Thursday, 14 June.

Coldplay: In Demand will see Bauer Radio provide a dedicated two-hour block of Coldplay programming on the night, running across the following stations: Key 103, Radio City, Rock FM, Hallam FM, Viking FM, Radio Aire, Metro Radio, TFM, CFM, Clyde 1, Forth One, Cool FM, Northsound 1, MFR, Radio Tay, Radio Borders and West FM.

The June 14th programming will kick-off with exclusive band interviews at 8pm, interspersed with classic Coldplay hits and audience interaction. From 9-10pm, Coldplay: In Demand then features an hour of selected live tracks from the band’s Stadium of Light gig. Listeners will also be able to stream the live gig content for seven days from midnight on June 15th via www.coldplayindemand.com.

Anchorman

[James.]

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The June 14th programming will kick-off with exclusive band interviews at 8pm, interspersed with classic Coldplay hits and audience interaction. From 9-10pm, Coldplay: In Demand then features an hour of selected live tracks from the band’s Stadium of Light gig. Listeners will also be able to stream the live gig content for seven days from midnight on June 15th via www.coldplayindemand.com.

Anchorman

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So not the whole thing That probably means no Warning Sign... or DLIBYH I expect.

[Tash]

Second Sydney show added
25 May 2012 10:20 am
Another show at the Allianz Stadium on 18 November


Good morning. Due to overwhelming demand, the band will play a second show at the Sydney Allianz Stadium on Sunday, 18 November (the day after the previously announced show). Tickets are on sale now from here. The full list of Australasian dates is now as follows:

Saturday, 10 November, 2012
Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Tickets on sale now from www.ticketmaster.co.nz

Tuesday, 13 November, 2012
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Tickets on sale now from www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100

Saturday, 17 November, 2012
Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Tickets on sale now from www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Sunday, 18 November, 2012
Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Tickets on sale now from www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Wednesday, 21 November, 2012
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Tickets on sale now from www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Anchorman

[Tash]

Relive Jonny and Chris's Twitter Q&As
25 May 2012 2:09 pm
If you missed yesterday's Twitter Q&As from Turin, you can read them here


A huge thanks to all of you who took part in the second half of our #coldplaylive Twitter Q&A yesterday, when Jonny and Chris answered your questions from the dressing room in Turin. It was great to see "Hi Jonny", "Hi Chris" and #coldplaylive all trending worldwide! All of the questions and answers are below. And if you missed Guy and Will's turn, you can catch up on that here.

JONNY

@mmredfield - @coldplay jonnyboy! What's the best place in England to visit? #neverbeen #coldplaylive

Jonny says: "I'd say visit Chatsworth House. I have some happy childhood memories of playing in the gardens there." #coldplaylive

@iironimoka - Jonny, what's your favorite type of guitar? #coldplaylive

Jonny says: "My favourite is the Fender Telecaster Thinline." #coldplaylive

@iamTheEscapist - @coldplay #coldplaylive Jonny! So tell me, do you play any instrument besides the guitar and piano?

Jonny says: "I play the drums, very badly. And the bass even worse." #coldplaylive

@luuciiiiiie - @coldplay #coldplaylive Hi Jonny how are you?

Jonny says: "I feel happy to be in Italy" #coldplaylive

@joehillier - @coldplay Jonny - What's your favorite guitar pedal ever? #coldplaylive

Jonny says: "My favourite pedal is The Rat, because it's the loudest pedal around" #coldplaylive

@NazushC - @coldplay what's the best way to calm your nerves before a show? #ColdplayLive

Jonny says: "If I'm nervous, I find playing the guitar a lot helps." #coldplaylive

@_xxellie - @coldplay hi jonny, how long had you been playing guitar before you joined the band? #coldplaylive

Jonny says: "I'd been playing for eight or nine years before the band. Since I was 11" #coldplaylive

@saboia - @coldplay #coldplaylive Hey Jonny! Do you feel certain countries like certain songs better? What do you make of it?

Jonny says: "I think it tends to vary by continent, more than country. I feel like Lost goes down best in N. America." #coldplaylive

@LibeArenovitz - #coldplaylive can you touch your nose with your tongue?

Jonny says: "No" #coldplaylive

@Sweet_xxo - @coldplay #coldplaylive Do you have plans the next album?

Jonny says: "Yes, we know roughly when we want to start making the next record" #coldplaylive

@Mollyollyolly - #coldplaylive When did you decide that you prefer 'Jonny' over 'Jonathan'?

Jonny says: "I don't think I decided, other people seemed to decide for me! Only my mother calls me Jonathan." #coldplaylive

@aiden_dale - @coldplay #coldplaylive hi jonny do you have any phobias?

Jonny says: "I used to be afraid of heights, but I don't seem to be any more. I was on a rollercoaster when I realised this!" #coldplaylive

@emiliaabad29 - Jonny: do you think you have accomplished all your goals as an artist? #coldplaylive

Jonny says: "No. Because the goals you set yourself keep changing." #coldplaylive

@frlynda - @coldplay Jonny, the last movie you saw? #coldplaylive

Jonny says: "It was Mission Impossible IV on a plane. Simon Pegg was ace." #coldplaylive

@crisviscasillas - Are you good at cooking? What's you speciality? #coldplaylive

Jonny says: "No, I'm not a great cook. I can do a half decent chicken one pot thing, though." #coldplaylive

@MozaAffendi - @coldplay hi Jonny, any advice to people who start to learn playing a guitar? #coldplaylive

Jonny says: "Don't stop when you get blisters" #coldplaylive

@jorgescumming - @coldplay Hi Jonny. How have mathematics and astronomy helped you in your musical career? #coldplaylive

Jonny says: "Good question! Not at all, to be honest. Haha!" #coldplaylive

@LP_Vic - #coldplaylive What is the most beautiful city you know?

Jonny says: "Ooh, beautiful isn't a word often used to describe cities. I would say maybe Buenos Aires" #coldplaylive

CHRIS

@Brandsteene_ - @coldplay Mr. Martin, what's your absolute favorite song to play live? #coldplaylive #mxtour

Chris says: "At the moment, it's a tie between Paradise and Every Teardrop." #coldplaylive

@llouisia - @coldplay do you find it awkward to make eye contact with fans whilst on stage? I know I would #coldplaylive

Chris says: "I used to, but now I don't. I love it" #coldplaylive

@AnishMorjaria - What keeps you motivated for every show you do? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "Gratitude. And as Bruce Springsteen said it could be someone's 1st concert or it could be someone's last concert" #coldplaylive

@GaryBarlowworld -Do you still get nervous before you perform? #Coldplaylive @coldplay

Chris says: "I get nervous before breakfast. I'm English!" #coldplaylive

@its_Leon - Chris, who chooses the for the setlist before a gig #coldplaylive

Chris says: "Really the audience decides what to cut, because we respond to what the fans like best. But Phil is in charge of setlists"

@Ingridsonge - Hi Chris! What is your favourite movie? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "My favourite movies are Back To The Future, Annie Hall and Life Is Beautiful" #coldplaylive

@MXPiano - @coldplay What song did you most enjoy doing a video for? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "I enjoyed the Paradise video shoot. And the Yellow one." #coldplaylive

@jcwg - @coldplay when did first learn how to play piano ? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "I'm not quite sure I have! But I can use all ten fingers now." #coldplaylive

@xEmilyHopkinsx - @coldplay what's your favourite classic board game? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "I love Scrabble. And backgammon." #coldplaylive

@Sean_Grennan @coldplay What's your favourite venue to play a gig? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "Any venue with fans in it. I don't mind. That might sound cheesy, but it's true." #coldplaylive

@AnnaFlaviia - @coldplay Hey Chris!! What's your favorite place in the world? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "The answer is too rude. Next question..." #coldplaylive

@nathybomfim - @coldplay What Coldplay's song you consider the best ? #coldplaylive #mxtour

Chris says: "I'm not sure, but I think the song Shine Ya Light by Rita Ora is really great. She's playing it right now, here in Turin"

@joana_abreu - @coldplay #coldplaylive Chris, what do you feel when the wristbands start glowing in the dark?

Chris says: "When the wristbands light up, I feel this is one of the greatest things I've ever seen, and I feel extremely grateful"

@StephProspekt - @coldplay #coldplaylive What are your favorite comic?
Chris says: "My favourite comic is Woody Allen. And Simon Pegg." #coldplaylive

@magyscorner - @coldplay If you could have diner with a dead celebrity, who would that be?

Chris says: "Sherlock Holmes. Some people say he wasn't real, but I know that's not true. Him or Dumbledore." #coldplaylive

@Karlabryson - Hi chris, What is the most difficult song to play? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "Paranoid Android by Radiohead. That's why we never do it." #coldplaylive

@NitsanFlint - @coldplay #coldplaylive HI Chris ! what is your favorite colour ?

Chris says: "Turquoise" #coldplaylive

@SaffaJaffa - @coldplay #coldplaylive Chris what was your first car?

Chris says: "I've never actually owned a car." #coldplaylive

@ECandB - @coldplay If you could have one superpower, what would it be? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "I'd like to be able to fly." #coldplaylive

@AleynaAAkin - @coldplay Hey Chris, what is your favorite Beatles song?

Chris says: "My favourite Beatles song is Blackbird. Or I Am The Walrus. Or Something." #coldplaylive

@ThisIsJuly - @coldplay Hi Chris! What is your favorite dessert? #coldplaylive #myloxylototour

Chris says: "The Sahara. Oh, wait a minute..." #coldplaylive

@somesurprises - @coldplay Who is your favorite new artist right now in music? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "Rita Ora." #coldplaylive

@Reeree_22 - #coldplaylive what is your favorite book?

Chris says: "Sherlock Holmes Stories. The Old Man In The Sea by Ernest Hemingway. And Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks." #coldplaylive

@Nydiabroomer - @coldplay hi chris, what do you like to do in your spare time? #coldplaylive

Chris says: "I like falconry, jousting and looking for suits of armour on eBay. And making up daft answers to questions." #coldplaylive

[Tash]

Turin, Olympic Stadium panorama
26 May 2012 8:54 am
Shortly before stage time at Thursday night's show


Good morning. Slightly later than planned (apologies). here's the panorama shot from Thursday night's storming show in Turin, Italy. CLICK to see the bigger version. And if you have photos from the show (or want to see others'), do add them to our Live Archive.



Anchorman

[Tash]

Roadie #42 - Blog #171
26 May 2012 1:12 pm
#42 reports back from the start of the European stadium tour


It’s been a somewhat busy few days making it happen, but the stadium shows are finally underway!



The British have a somewhat justified reputation for being obsessed with the weather. In our case right now though, I figure there’s an excuse.

We’re doing outdoor shows. Without a roof.

The preparations in Porto for the first show start days before I get there. I email the lampies for some advice on what to pack. They assure me it’s beach weather well into the evening. Indeed, the load-in and rehearsal days in Portugal are scorching - utterly glorious weather.

Come show day though, it’s very a different story. It’s pretty torrential by mid-afternoon and it doesn’t get any better. You totally have to hand it to the fellas though, apart from the constant spray bouncing off of them, you really wouldn’t know. They throw themselves into it full tilt. They’re standing completely uncovered out there in the deluge giving it everything they’ve got.

I’ve talked before about the level of energy coming off stage on this tour. The new songs have given this tour an incredible celebratory exuberance that’s impossible to ignore. The image of Coldplay as middle of the road miserablists just seems odd to me now. Doubtless though, it will remain the starting point for many more pieces of half-arsed journalism before the band are done. Just as every article about Ozzie Osbourne will refer to bat-munching and Oasis will always be the Burnage-Beatles (long after they branded their very own legend onto British culture). So it goes, I guess…

Talking of the new songs, Paradise is becoming a moment in the show to rival the Viva chant. Something I wasn’t sure I’d ever see (or indeed, hear…).



There’s something about that many people all gathered together making that kind of noise that you just can’t help but be affected by. As the panoramas will have shown you, we’re in some pretty big places for these shows. Easy indeed for it all to become about fancy production, but at the end of the day, the strongest moments are the ones where you could turn every one of the gadgets off and just let the crowd do what comes naturally…

Loving it.
R42

[Blue Nails]

Is it me or does Chris sound really good (better than usual) during those videos? Especially the second.

And the fireworks look amazing.

[Twisted mind]

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Is it me or does Chris sound really good (better than usual) during those videos? Especially the second.

And the fireworks look amazing.

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His voice sounds really strong on the last OOOOOOOoooooh part!

[PrincessofChina]

Yep, it does

& love the 'Muitooooo obrigado amigooooos'

[Coeurli]

ohmygod it sounds awesome

I hope Paris will be even louder!!!

[Tash]

Panorama: Letzigrund, Zurich
27 May 2012 1:35 pm
Amazing crowd shot from last night's show in Switzerland


Good afternoon. Here's Roadie #42's amazing panorama shot from last night's show in Zurich, Switzerland. CLICK to see/save the full hi-res version (where you can zoom in on faces). And if you have photos from the show (or want to see others'), add them to our Live Archive.



Anchorman

[DundahMifflin]

I forget the guys always play PS3.

[TecHniCoLoR_MX]

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I forget the guys always play PS3.

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OMG I should add them as friends!!!!!!

[Christa42]

late to the party but i love the warning sign logos for the twitter chat tweet!

[Tash]

Coldplay Reveal New Behind The Scenes Footage From 'Mylo Xyloto' World Tour – Video

Wait, what?
Oh, it's about the videos from the latest Roadie #42 blog