Jonny Buckland gives Coldplay disc to Pantymwyn village hall restoration fund - Page 2

LdySpace · 26-04-2012, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Twisted mind;5285335
This. Absolutely this. Coldplay really is a bunch of big-hearted, kind persons

Amen. Big reason why I love them so much.

Tash · 03-07-2012, 07:20 AM

Coldplay gold disc auction to help Pantymwyn hall fund

Jonny Buckland grew up in Pantymwyn before meeting band mates, including singer Chris Martin

A Coldplay gold disc is being auctioned to help restore the village hall where guitarist Jonny Buckland grew up.

Buckland, who lived in Pantymwyn, Flintshire, as a child, was alerted to the cause by his parents, who still live in the area.

He donated the disc, which marks 100,000 sales of the best-selling band's latest album, Mylo Xyloto.

The Pantymwyn hall work will cost over £43,000 and organisers are a few thousand short of the target.

The disc, which is being sold by auctioneers Bonhams in London later, is part of an entertainment auction which includes Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's Yamaha CP70 piano, although that is not part of the Pantymwyn fundraising.

Bonhams expects the disc to attract plenty of interest from Coldplay's huge following.

Katherine Williams, senior specialist in entertainment memorabilia, said: "We have two Coldplay items in the sale, and not much relating to Coldplay has come onto the market previously.

"We're hoping it will do well."

Buckland's family moved to Pantymwyn, near Mold, when he was four. He attended Ysgol y Waun in Gwernaffield and Mold Alun High School, where he studied A-level music.

He started playing guitar as a young boy and met fellow Coldplay members during their first week at University College London in the mid-1990s.

The village hall committee say Buckland used the hall with other youngsters for parties and plays while he was growing up.

Plans for the hall - which is used for concerts among other community events - include a new roof, walls and doors.

Christmas plays

Chris Johnson, village hall committee chairman, said Coldplay had already given £10,000 to the fund through the band's grant-giving foundation.

"We started getting some donations and then the fundraising was circulated to everyone including Mr and Mrs Buckland [Jonny Buckland's parents], who got in touch and said we would be hearing from Coldplay," he said.

"When he [Jonny Buckland] was living here, he was in Christmas plays in the hall - he's familiar with it and still has a soft spot for the village and hall.

"It's great that someone who is famous and doesn't live here still thinks about us."

The disc, which features the signatures of all four band members, was a gift from music giant EMI to Buckland.

It marks 100,000 sales in Germany of the album.

link

Tash · 03-07-2012, 07:23 AM

A 'Gold' sales award for the album 'Mylo Xyloto' by Coldplay,

presented to Jonny Buckland for sales in Germany of more than 100,000 units, BVMI certified, autographed on the front by the band in black marker, 65cm (25½in) square

Estimate:
£400 - 500
€500 - 620
US$ 630 - 790

Footnotes

Donated by Jonny Buckland to raise funds for the village hall in Pantymwyn, north Wales, where he grew up.

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fakfak · 03-07-2012, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Tash;5345980
Coldplay gold disc auction to help Pantymwyn hall fund

Jonny Buckland grew up in Pantymwyn before meeting band mates, including singer Chris Martin

A Coldplay gold disc is being auctioned to help restore the village hall where guitarist Jonny Buckland grew up.

Buckland, who lived in Pantymwyn, Flintshire, as a child, was alerted to the cause by his parents, who still live in the area.

He donated the disc, which marks 100,000 sales of the best-selling band's latest album, Mylo Xyloto.

The Pantymwyn hall work will cost over £43,000 and organisers are a few thousand short of the target.

The disc, which is being sold by auctioneers Bonhams in London later, is part of an entertainment auction which includes Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's Yamaha CP70 piano, although that is not part of the Pantymwyn fundraising.

Bonhams expects the disc to attract plenty of interest from Coldplay's huge following.

Katherine Williams, senior specialist in entertainment memorabilia, said: "We have two Coldplay items in the sale, and not much relating to Coldplay has come onto the market previously.

"We're hoping it will do well."

Buckland's family moved to Pantymwyn, near Mold, when he was four. He attended Ysgol y Waun in Gwernaffield and Mold Alun High School, where he studied A-level music.

He started playing guitar as a young boy and met fellow Coldplay members during their first week at University College London in the mid-1990s.

The village hall committee say Buckland used the hall with other youngsters for parties and plays while he was growing up.

Plans for the hall - which is used for concerts among other community events - include a new roof, walls and doors.

Christmas plays

Chris Johnson, village hall committee chairman, said Coldplay had already given £10,000 to the fund through the band's grant-giving foundation.

"We started getting some donations and then the fundraising was circulated to everyone including Mr and Mrs Buckland [Jonny Buckland's parents], who got in touch and said we would be hearing from Coldplay," he said.

"When he [Jonny Buckland] was living here, he was in Christmas plays in the hall - he's familiar with it and still has a soft spot for the village and hall.

"It's great that someone who is famous and doesn't live here still thinks about us."

The disc, which features the signatures of all four band members, was a gift from music giant EMI to Buckland.

It marks 100,000 sales in Germany of the album.

link

I seriously need to think of something to get a grant from Coldplay's foundation.

Tash · 05-07-2012, 10:11 AM

Coldplay disc auction helps Pantymwyn Village Hall

A FLINTSHIRE village has a world famous band to thank for a planned refurbishment of the community hall.

A Coldplay gold disc donated to the Pantymwyn Village Hall Committee by guitarist Jonny Buckland, originally from the village, sold for £450 at auction at Bonhams in London on Tuesday.

And the group donated £10,000 from their charitable foundation after hearing of the plans for the hall – where Jonny spent some of his childhood.

Chris Johnson, chairman of the Pantymwyn Village Hall Committee, said the group approached all of the residents to ask for donations and Jonny’s parents John and Joy let him know about the fundraising drive.

He said: “Coldplay have been a massive help. I can’t emphasise how much it means, they’ve been absolutely great.

“As well as the financial support, their help means we’ve been able to go to other organisations and say Coldplay are supporting us and they’ve come on board as well.”

The committee has also received funding from rural regeneration agency Cadwyn Clwyd and the lottery to raise £55,000 needed for the work, due to start in September.

The cash will allow the committee to replace drains, install a new kitchen and new wiring and pay for a new roof and new windows.

link

Tash · 05-07-2012, 10:13 AM

The gold disc was sold for £562 (inc. premium) and the piano was sold for £6,250 (inc. premium)

the scientist is dead · 05-07-2012, 12:03 PM

That's so great....

Coeurli · 05-07-2012, 12:04 PM

Shredder2 · 05-07-2012, 05:39 PM

This just adds on to the list of the many reasons why I love Coldplay!

deanhamm1 · 24-11-2012, 08:35 PM

What a nice thing to do.

Accola · 24-11-2012, 09:51 PM

Lovely

26-04-2012, 10:18 PM	#16
LdySpace "He's So Hot!" Girl Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,743 My Mood: Location: Virginia is for Lovers (of Coldplay) Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1,044 Thanked 546 Times in 308 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Twisted mind;5285335 This. Absolutely this. Coldplay really is a bunch of big-hearted, kind persons Amen. Big reason why I love them so much.

03-07-2012, 07:20 AM	#17
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,430 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: 233 Thanked 4,011 Times in 1,871 Posts	Coldplay gold disc auction to help Pantymwyn hall fund Jonny Buckland grew up in Pantymwyn before meeting band mates, including singer Chris Martin A Coldplay gold disc is being auctioned to help restore the village hall where guitarist Jonny Buckland grew up. Buckland, who lived in Pantymwyn, Flintshire, as a child, was alerted to the cause by his parents, who still live in the area. He donated the disc, which marks 100,000 sales of the best-selling band's latest album, Mylo Xyloto. The Pantymwyn hall work will cost over £43,000 and organisers are a few thousand short of the target. The disc, which is being sold by auctioneers Bonhams in London later, is part of an entertainment auction which includes Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's Yamaha CP70 piano, although that is not part of the Pantymwyn fundraising. Bonhams expects the disc to attract plenty of interest from Coldplay's huge following. Katherine Williams, senior specialist in entertainment memorabilia, said: "We have two Coldplay items in the sale, and not much relating to Coldplay has come onto the market previously. "We're hoping it will do well." Buckland's family moved to Pantymwyn, near Mold, when he was four. He attended Ysgol y Waun in Gwernaffield and Mold Alun High School, where he studied A-level music. He started playing guitar as a young boy and met fellow Coldplay members during their first week at University College London in the mid-1990s. The village hall committee say Buckland used the hall with other youngsters for parties and plays while he was growing up. Plans for the hall - which is used for concerts among other community events - include a new roof, walls and doors. Christmas plays Chris Johnson, village hall committee chairman, said Coldplay had already given £10,000 to the fund through the band's grant-giving foundation. "We started getting some donations and then the fundraising was circulated to everyone including Mr and Mrs Buckland [Jonny Buckland's parents], who got in touch and said we would be hearing from Coldplay," he said. "When he [Jonny Buckland] was living here, he was in Christmas plays in the hall - he's familiar with it and still has a soft spot for the village and hall. "It's great that someone who is famous and doesn't live here still thinks about us." The disc, which features the signatures of all four band members, was a gift from music giant EMI to Buckland. It marks 100,000 sales in Germany of the album. 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

03-07-2012, 07:23 AM	#18
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,430 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: 233 Thanked 4,011 Times in 1,871 Posts	A 'Gold' sales award for the album 'Mylo Xyloto' by Coldplay, presented to Jonny Buckland for sales in Germany of more than 100,000 units, BVMI certified, autographed on the front by the band in black marker, 65cm (25½in) square Estimate: £400 - 500 €500 - 620 US$ 630 - 790 Footnotes Donated by Jonny Buckland to raise funds for the village hall in Pantymwyn, north Wales, where he grew up. link Spoiler Coldplay: Chris Martin's Yamaha CP70 piano in two sections, each with fitted flight case, variously inscribed Coldplay Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 €6,200 - 8,700 US$ 7,900 - 11,000 Footnotes This was purchased in the band's 'End Of Decade Clearout Sale', December 2009. According to the auction catalogue at the time, this keyboard was acquired early on in the band's live career. It was used by Chris Martin to compose the song 'Trouble', and is visible in the 'Shiver' video. The keyboard breaks into two pieces for transport, each with a metal flightcase. The cases bear the logos of The Thompson Twins and The Tindersticks and, as cases are built specifically for such items, it is believed both bands (and perhaps others) owned this CP70 before Coldplay. A certificate of authenticity signed by Coldplay accompanies the instrument. 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

03-07-2012, 08:23 AM	#19
fakfak Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,914 My Mood: Location: Illinois Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 142 Thanked 94 Times in 79 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Tash;5345980 Coldplay gold disc auction to help Pantymwyn hall fund Jonny Buckland grew up in Pantymwyn before meeting band mates, including singer Chris Martin A Coldplay gold disc is being auctioned to help restore the village hall where guitarist Jonny Buckland grew up. Buckland, who lived in Pantymwyn, Flintshire, as a child, was alerted to the cause by his parents, who still live in the area. He donated the disc, which marks 100,000 sales of the best-selling band's latest album, Mylo Xyloto. The Pantymwyn hall work will cost over £43,000 and organisers are a few thousand short of the target. The disc, which is being sold by auctioneers Bonhams in London later, is part of an entertainment auction which includes Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's Yamaha CP70 piano, although that is not part of the Pantymwyn fundraising. Bonhams expects the disc to attract plenty of interest from Coldplay's huge following. Katherine Williams, senior specialist in entertainment memorabilia, said: "We have two Coldplay items in the sale, and not much relating to Coldplay has come onto the market previously. "We're hoping it will do well." Buckland's family moved to Pantymwyn, near Mold, when he was four. He attended Ysgol y Waun in Gwernaffield and Mold Alun High School, where he studied A-level music. He started playing guitar as a young boy and met fellow Coldplay members during their first week at University College London in the mid-1990s. The village hall committee say Buckland used the hall with other youngsters for parties and plays while he was growing up. Plans for the hall - which is used for concerts among other community events - include a new roof, walls and doors. Christmas plays Chris Johnson, village hall committee chairman, said Coldplay had already given £10,000 to the fund through the band's grant-giving foundation. "We started getting some donations and then the fundraising was circulated to everyone including Mr and Mrs Buckland [Jonny Buckland's parents], who got in touch and said we would be hearing from Coldplay," he said. "When he [Jonny Buckland] was living here, he was in Christmas plays in the hall - he's familiar with it and still has a soft spot for the village and hall. "It's great that someone who is famous and doesn't live here still thinks about us." The disc, which features the signatures of all four band members, was a gift from music giant EMI to Buckland. It marks 100,000 sales in Germany of the album. link I seriously need to think of something to get a grant from Coldplay's foundation.

05-07-2012, 10:11 AM	#20
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,430 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: 233 Thanked 4,011 Times in 1,871 Posts	Coldplay disc auction helps Pantymwyn Village Hall A FLINTSHIRE village has a world famous band to thank for a planned refurbishment of the community hall. A Coldplay gold disc donated to the Pantymwyn Village Hall Committee by guitarist Jonny Buckland, originally from the village, sold for £450 at auction at Bonhams in London on Tuesday. And the group donated £10,000 from their charitable foundation after hearing of the plans for the hall – where Jonny spent some of his childhood. Chris Johnson, chairman of the Pantymwyn Village Hall Committee, said the group approached all of the residents to ask for donations and Jonny’s parents John and Joy let him know about the fundraising drive. He said: “Coldplay have been a massive help. I can’t emphasise how much it means, they’ve been absolutely great. “As well as the financial support, their help means we’ve been able to go to other organisations and say Coldplay are supporting us and they’ve come on board as well.” The committee has also received funding from rural regeneration agency Cadwyn Clwyd and the lottery to raise £55,000 needed for the work, due to start in September. The cash will allow the committee to replace drains, install a new kitchen and new wiring and pay for a new roof and new windows. 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

05-07-2012, 10:13 AM	#21
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