[8-Oct-2011] Coldplay @ FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa [FILMING PART OF PARADISE VIDEO]

busybeeburns · 09-05-2011, 09:15 AM

UPDATE: MAY 9TH 2011

Quote:
Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4781010

South African shows announced
9 May 2011 6:45 am
Dates in Johannesburg and Cape Town in October

Good morning. We're very pleased to report that Coldplay will be heading to South Africa in October to play their first ever shows in the country. The dates are as follows:

5th October - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
8th October - FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Tickets go on sale from Computicket.com and 083 915 8000 at 9am (local time) on Thursday 12th May.

Anchorman

http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=718

Reports - Coldplay to visit South Africa in October 2011 (announcement expected Monday)

Coldplay will visit South Africa in October 2011 for two concerts, one in Joburg and one in Cape Town, according to hints from certain local media outlets and DJs overnight. But there is a media embargo on releasing official announcements through the stations until Monday morning - so we've heard.

That embargo is being maintained by Prime Media’s radio outlets until tomorrow. Only then will an announcement about a visit by "one of England's biggest arena bands who are coming to South Africa for the first time" (as hinted at on one of the stations yesterday afternoon) be made. Earlier today, 94.7/KFM radio jock Mark Pilgrim also made a number of not so subtle hints about the announcement on-air.

His 'clues' included a suggestion that the band has 4 members and that they hail from the United Kingdom. The clincher by far though was his suggestion that one of band members has a child named Apple (Chris Martin does with his wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow).

With that sort of information around, it’s really not surprising that well connected people (connected in the interwebs sense) are again in a position to beat the official information release. Suspicions are for earlier in the month rather than later as Coldplay are scheduled to appear at the Rock in Rio festival on 1st October, and could hop across to visit South Africa from there.

At least that is what all the rumour and gossip is telling us. You’ve gotta love a good and groovy live concert rumour mill. The promoters and media houses get forced into meeting press release embargoes and the Twitterverse gets to talk all they want. Should the information turn out to be accurate – and there’s no obvious reason why it won’t – then the concerts in South Africa will be the only true Coldplay concerts for 2011. All their other scheduled 2011 live appearances so far are at Music Festivals.

According to the Bla Bla blog, dates being suggested are for Cape Town only at this stage, and the dats they've picked up is the 5th - a Wednesday. Could it be that Joburg will see weekend dates around those? We’ll wait and see what news Monday brings, and will add the official concert dates and ticket information to this as soon as it is confirmed.

Juanma · 09-05-2011, 02:23 PM

this is awesome

HUGE STADIUM

over 90 000 people

busybeeburns · 10-05-2011, 07:59 AM

Coldplay's Johannesburg concert date angers Jewish fans

The Johannesburg leg of Coldplay’s South African tour will fall on Yom Kippur and many Jewish fans have already voiced their dissatisfaction, according to the IOL website today.

Yom Kippur, which is also known as Day of Atonement, is one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar. Jews traditionally observe a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, with most of the day spent in synagogue services. Irate fans voiced the unhappiness on social networking sites like Twitter. One of the more prominent tweeters, Mandy Wiener, wrote: “The Joburg #Coldplay concert is on the most religious Jewish holiday of the year, Yom Kippur. So no jews can go. Outrageous. @BigConcerts”

According to the tour publicist, Penny Stein, the dates were set in accordance with the bands international tour schedule and although it is regrettable that it fell on a religious holiday, there is no question of changing the dates. “Unfortunately it's a case of the band coming from one place and moving to another, and the scheduling was unavoidable. With an artist the size of Coldplay, the dates are set in stone months and months in advance from their touring schedule, and there was nothing that could be done to move them.” she is reported to have said.

http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/c...jews-1.1066652

Technicolor Sparks · 10-05-2011, 04:59 PM

^ That's ridiculous!

Coldplay can't base their concert dates on the schedules of their fans. If the Jewish fans want to go to the concert, there is nothing stopping them from doing so. It's their own problem.

mc_squared · 10-05-2011, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Technicolor Sparks;4781786
^ That's ridiculous! Coldplay can't base their concert dates on the schedules of their fans. If the Jewish fans want to go to the concert, there is nothing stopping them from doing so. It's their own problem.

I couldn't agree more. Next you'll have Christians saying Coldplay shouldn't perform on Sundays.

Anyway, Christ Martin can do what he likes!

Technicolor Sparks · 10-05-2011, 05:08 PM

Exactly! Besides, I don't think that there are that many Jews in Johannesburg, and obviously not all of them are Coldplay fans. Then if you subtract those who actually would have gone to the concert anyway, there are not enough people left to actually change the date over.

People are so self-centered.

busybeeburns · 10-05-2011, 05:53 PM

0.2% of the population from what I read from chelsea this morning!

mc_squared · 10-05-2011, 06:09 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Technicolor Sparks;4781789
Exactly! Besides, I don't think that there are that many Jews in Johannesburg, and obviously not all of them are Coldplay fans. Then if you subtract those who actually would have gone to the concert anyway, there are not enough people left to actually change the date over. People are so self-centered.

Or brainwashed.

ApproximatelyInfinite · 10-05-2011, 08:02 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4781812
0.2% of the population from what I read from chelsea this morning!

Yep, 0.2% of the population of South Africa is Jewish. I worked it out, that amounts to about 100,000 people. The stadium they're playing in can HOLD about that many people. I bet like 10 Jewish Johannesburg residents maximum were going to go to this show anyway...and those 10ish people are perfectly within their rights to be disappointed, but to petition for a date change for a problem that affects a tiny, tiny fraction of the population is ridiculous to me. If the concert was in Jerusalem, or NYC, or even most places in the US, I could see why that would have been bad scheduling on Coldplay's part. But Johannesburg?

r25d01 · 11-05-2011, 12:25 AM

You can't take EVERYTHING into consideration. I understand disappointments but nobody can be blamed for it

busybeeburns · 11-05-2011, 05:31 PM

From Big Concerts:

HI COLDPLAY FANS!
The maximum amount of tickets allowed per person for purchase is as follows:
20 per person at the Computicket outlets
8 per person trhough the call centre
8 per person online
Get your tickets ASAP!!

Johannesburg – presented by 94.7 Highveld Stereo and M-Net
Saturday 8th October 2011
FNB Stadium Johannesburg
Tickets from R270 – R635

Johannesburg Stage Setup + Prices:.

http://eurotrashmusic.co/2011/events...ur-news-dates/

kmm1482 · 11-05-2011, 05:55 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by r25d01;4782009
You can't take EVERYTHING into consideration. I understand disappointments but nobody can be blamed for it

I'm pissed!!! They didn't take into account the fact that I couldn't go!!

Fairycat101 · 12-05-2011, 06:33 AM

Tickets going on sale this morning at 9am, which is an hour and a half from now! Friend and I are off to queue a bit earlier, as we are hoping for Golden Circle. Wish me luck

Regarding the issue of the Jewish fans, as many people have pointed out on the Big Concerts facebook page, Cape Town is a simple 90 minute flight

Edit: got my tickets!!!!!

Juanma · 12-05-2011, 04:23 PM

^

Thats Great

Juanma · 14-05-2011, 05:59 AM

Over half of Coldplay tickets sold: Big Concerts says South Africans fans have already snapped up 60 percent of ... bit.ly/ltmklA

Over 100 000 tickets on sale For both shows

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busybeeburns mr coldplaying himself Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 46,331 My Mood: Location: test Gender: Country: Seen CP: 20 times Fav. CP album: X&Y Fav. CP song: GPASUYF Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 4 Thanks given: 1,547 Thanked 932 Times in 418 Posts	[8-Oct-2011] Coldplay @ FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa [FILMING PART OF PARADISE VIDEO] UPDATE: MAY 9TH 2011 Quote: Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4781010 South African shows announced 9 May 2011 6:45 am Dates in Johannesburg and Cape Town in October Good morning. We're very pleased to report that Coldplay will be heading to South Africa in October to play their first ever shows in the country. The dates are as follows: 5th October - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town 8th October - FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Tickets go on sale from Computicket.com and 083 915 8000 at 9am (local time) on Thursday 12th May. Anchorman http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=718 Reports - Coldplay to visit South Africa in October 2011 (announcement expected Monday) Coldplay will visit South Africa in October 2011 for two concerts, one in Joburg and one in Cape Town, according to hints from certain local media outlets and DJs overnight. But there is a media embargo on releasing official announcements through the stations until Monday morning - so we've heard. That embargo is being maintained by Prime Media’s radio outlets until tomorrow. Only then will an announcement about a visit by "one of England's biggest arena bands who are coming to South Africa for the first time" (as hinted at on one of the stations yesterday afternoon) be made. Earlier today, 94.7/KFM radio jock Mark Pilgrim also made a number of not so subtle hints about the announcement on-air. His 'clues' included a suggestion that the band has 4 members and that they hail from the United Kingdom. The clincher by far though was his suggestion that one of band members has a child named Apple (Chris Martin does with his wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow). With that sort of information around, it’s really not surprising that well connected people (connected in the interwebs sense) are again in a position to beat the official information release. Suspicions are for earlier in the month rather than later as Coldplay are scheduled to appear at the Rock in Rio festival on 1st October, and could hop across to visit South Africa from there. At least that is what all the rumour and gossip is telling us. You’ve gotta love a good and groovy live concert rumour mill. The promoters and media houses get forced into meeting press release embargoes and the Twitterverse gets to talk all they want. Should the information turn out to be accurate – and there’s no obvious reason why it won’t – then the concerts in South Africa will be the only true Coldplay concerts for 2011. All their other scheduled 2011 live appearances so far are at Music Festivals. According to the Bla Bla blog, dates being suggested are for Cape Town only at this stage, and the dats they've picked up is the 5th - a Wednesday. Could it be that Joburg will see weekend dates around those? We’ll wait and see what news Monday brings, and will add the official concert dates and ticket information to this as soon as it is confirmed. __________________ The early bird catches the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese!

09-05-2011, 02:23 PM	#2
Juanma In my Place Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,459 My Mood: Location: Uruguay Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	this is awesome HUGE STADIUM over 90 000 people __________________ COLDPLAY LIVE BUENOS AIRES 26 FEB 2010 COLDPLAY LIVE RIO DE JANEIRO 28 FEB 2010 www.twitter.com/Coldplayvideo

10-05-2011, 07:59 AM	#3
busybeeburns mr coldplaying himself Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 46,331 My Mood: Location: test Gender: Country: Seen CP: 20 times Fav. CP album: X&Y Fav. CP song: GPASUYF Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 4 Thanks given: 1,547 Thanked 932 Times in 418 Posts	Coldplay's Johannesburg concert date angers Jewish fans Coldplay's Johannesburg concert date angers Jewish fans The Johannesburg leg of Coldplay’s South African tour will fall on Yom Kippur and many Jewish fans have already voiced their dissatisfaction, according to the IOL website today. Yom Kippur, which is also known as Day of Atonement, is one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar. Jews traditionally observe a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, with most of the day spent in synagogue services. Irate fans voiced the unhappiness on social networking sites like Twitter. One of the more prominent tweeters, Mandy Wiener, wrote: “The Joburg #Coldplay concert is on the most religious Jewish holiday of the year, Yom Kippur. So no jews can go. Outrageous. @BigConcerts” According to the tour publicist, Penny Stein, the dates were set in accordance with the bands international tour schedule and although it is regrettable that it fell on a religious holiday, there is no question of changing the dates. “Unfortunately it's a case of the band coming from one place and moving to another, and the scheduling was unavoidable. With an artist the size of Coldplay, the dates are set in stone months and months in advance from their touring schedule, and there was nothing that could be done to move them.” she is reported to have said. http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/c...jews-1.1066652 __________________ The early bird catches the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese!

10-05-2011, 04:59 PM	#4
Technicolor Sparks shake it out Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 12,468 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	^ That's ridiculous! Coldplay can't base their concert dates on the schedules of their fans. If the Jewish fans want to go to the concert, there is nothing stopping them from doing so. It's their own problem. __________________ & it's hard to dance with the devil on your back.

10-05-2011, 05:05 PM	#5
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Technicolor Sparks;4781786 ^ That's ridiculous! Coldplay can't base their concert dates on the schedules of their fans. If the Jewish fans want to go to the concert, there is nothing stopping them from doing so. It's their own problem. I couldn't agree more. Next you'll have Christians saying Coldplay shouldn't perform on Sundays. Anyway, Christ Martin can do what he likes! __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

10-05-2011, 05:08 PM	#6
Technicolor Sparks shake it out Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 12,468 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Exactly! Besides, I don't think that there are that many Jews in Johannesburg, and obviously not all of them are Coldplay fans. Then if you subtract those who actually would have gone to the concert anyway, there are not enough people left to actually change the date over. People are so self-centered. __________________ & it's hard to dance with the devil on your back.

10-05-2011, 05:53 PM	#7
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10-05-2011, 06:09 PM	#8
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Technicolor Sparks;4781789 Exactly! Besides, I don't think that there are that many Jews in Johannesburg, and obviously not all of them are Coldplay fans. Then if you subtract those who actually would have gone to the concert anyway, there are not enough people left to actually change the date over. People are so self-centered. Or brainwashed. __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

10-05-2011, 08:02 PM	#9
ApproximatelyInfinite a thousand houses long Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 9,715 My Mood: Location: Norfolk, UK Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4781812 0.2% of the population from what I read from chelsea this morning! Yep, 0.2% of the population of South Africa is Jewish. I worked it out, that amounts to about 100,000 people. The stadium they're playing in can HOLD about that many people. I bet like 10 Jewish Johannesburg residents maximum were going to go to this show anyway...and those 10ish people are perfectly within their rights to be disappointed, but to petition for a date change for a problem that affects a tiny, tiny fraction of the population is ridiculous to me. If the concert was in Jerusalem, or NYC, or even most places in the US, I could see why that would have been bad scheduling on Coldplay's part. But Johannesburg? __________________ But I know one day, good things are coming our way M A L C J Tumblr\|Twitter\|Last.fm\|Listography

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r25d01 Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 412 My Mood: Location: in a beautiful world! Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	You can't take EVERYTHING into consideration. I understand disappointments but nobody can be blamed for it

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kmm1482 Shenanigans! Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,101 My Mood: Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by r25d01;4782009 You can't take EVERYTHING into consideration. I understand disappointments but nobody can be blamed for it I'm pissed!!! They didn't take into account the fact that I couldn't go!! __________________ Cincinnati, Oh - June 4, 2009 Riverbend!!!! Cleveland, Oh - October 21, 2008 Q Arena Louisville, KY - February 23, 2006 Freedom Hall Cincinnati, Oh - August 9, 2005 Riverbend "Give me places I can go! Cincinnati, Ohio! Give me far and give me wide! Let me play on the riverside!" - Chris Martin 'Politik' at Riverbend 2005 "Got to say hello to those girls and boys. People in Cincinnati make a lot of noise. Noooow, I ain't sure what someone said. The Cardinals got beaten by the Reds. I don't really know what the fuck that means! I haven't even thought of the next bit." - Chris Martin "Cincy song" at Riverbend 2009 http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw4...h5gno1_400.gif Here's an ode, an ode to aresol! It's the confidence I need! The beginning of Coldplay: http://web.archive.org/web/199911272....coldplay.com/

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Fairycat101 Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 102 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tickets going on sale this morning at 9am, which is an hour and a half from now! Friend and I are off to queue a bit earlier, as we are hoping for Golden Circle. Wish me luck Regarding the issue of the Jewish fans, as many people have pointed out on the Big Concerts facebook page, Cape Town is a simple 90 minute flight Edit: got my tickets!!!!!

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Juanma In my Place Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,459 My Mood: Location: Uruguay Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	Over half of Coldplay tickets sold: Big Concerts says South Africans fans have already snapped up 60 percent of ... bit.ly/ltmklA Over 100 000 tickets on sale For both shows __________________ COLDPLAY LIVE BUENOS AIRES 26 FEB 2010 COLDPLAY LIVE RIO DE JANEIRO 28 FEB 2010 www.twitter.com/Coldplayvideo