12 Coldplay Months of 2012: January (In which the band consists of Chris and some musicians)

zzz · 19-12-2012, 06:34 AM

January: In which the band consists of Chris and some musicians

January was a slow news month, so this will be a rather short review but nevertheless completely worth a read

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Paradise is UK's Number 1

2012 kicked off with some great news for the band. Paradise hit number 1 in the UK! That makes it Coldplay's second Number One single, following Viva La Vida in June 2008.

Phil seemed very surprised about this newly claimed charts spot. He even tweeted about it twice:

Not sure how the hell paradise is flying so high after 4 months but THANK U to all the uk fans who've made it happen http://t.co/kFjmMSvx PH

Paradise no.1 ?! Absolutely unbelievable! PH

NRJ Music awards

On the January 28th Coldplay performed at the NRJ music awards.

Coldplay - Paradise [NRJ Music Awards 2012] - YouTube

Lots tuned in to watch the show and enjoy the performance of Paradise. However, the fact that the band was introduced by “Chris Martin and his musicians”, didn’t go down well with the Coldplaying.com audience (Really, NRJ awards?!? C’mon!!). Despite the rather fail worthy introduction, the band delivered a great performance. General consensus: the performance was great, the NRJ awards not so.

Chris also sent us a very sweet tweet:
Here's Jonny in Cannes. Isn't he lovely. CM http://t.co/ggofaAmL
Of course he is, Chris!

Coldplay nominated for two BRITs

Coldplay also got nominated for 2 Brit Awards: British album and British group of 2012
We could all vote for the British Group award, and if we are allowed to vote, we vote like crazy.
Special voting centers were built for fans to continuously vote around the clock so the band would win. Well, probably not, but still...we voted our asses off.

The ceremony took place on 21 February 2012 at The O2 in London and Coldplay also performed.
If you want to read more about that, completely forgot if they actually won any awards or lived under a rock for the past year, please check out tomorrow’s February review.

Viva documentary airs

A 30 minute documentary about the song Viva La Vida aired on Swedish TV in January.
It featured interviews with Chris, Jonny, Phil, an astronaut and FC Barcelona's coach!
If you missed it, it is still available to download from our terrific multimedia section

Coldplay win Euro Festival Awards

More awards news followed when it was announced that Coldplay won 2 Euro Festival Awards: Best Headliner and Festival Anthem of the Year for Viva La Vida. Not sure what the award looks like, but let’s assume it’s pretty.

Edit: Thanks to Tash we know what it looks like!

Grammys performance with Rihanna announced

Anchorman announced that Coldplay would be joined by Rihanna at this year's Grammy Awards, where they would perform Princess Of China (from Mylo Xyloto) together live for the very first time. The ceremony took place in Los Angeles on Sunday, 12 February, with Coldplay up for three awards. For more news about that, I refer once again to February’s review.

Band tweets

9/1 Great new stuff from Eugene Francis Jnr. Have a look, video: http://t.co/IKz4Rlnd album: http://t.co/xcD7nEuM Will x
12/1 The best live band in the world are back!!! http://t.co/gryl4Zeg Will
20/1 Shynola have made this great short film for Paradise. http://t.co/gDlOh2mC PH
21/1 GREAT new band... keep your eye on these guys. http://t.co/mF82FKzK PH

And thats a wrap for January. I hope you enjoyed reading and do check out tomorrow’s review!
And if you liked this one, I’ll also be writing the review for April. See you there!

Disclaimer: I apologize for any grammatical or spelling mistakes. It has probably been a decade since I wrote anything this long in English so my English writing skills have grown a very long beard in the meantime.

suzanafg · 19-12-2012, 10:30 AM

Wow, this was very neatly organised! Loved the funny comments that you added here and there

Thank you! Great start for the reviews!

Tash · 19-12-2012, 11:44 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by zzz;5490289
More awards news followed when it was announced that Coldplay won 2 Euro Festival Awards: Best Headliner and Festival Anthem of the Year for Viva La Vida. Not sure what the award looks like, but let’s assume it’s pretty.

Something like this:

Lodder · 19-12-2012, 11:57 AM

Great review! Thank you

Lu'kaa · 19-12-2012, 12:42 PM

Cool review, thanks

I voted NRJ Music Awards. Although the host did say this ridiculous thing TWICE, and the show was terrible, it reminds me of a great live tweet with a few coldplayers.

busybeeburns · 19-12-2012, 01:38 PM

love the review, well done!

another vote for Para para paradise #1 here

zzz · 19-12-2012, 04:57 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tash;5490328
Something like this:

Thanks! I added it to the review

And glad everyone likes the review

Coeurli · 19-12-2012, 08:28 PM

Scumbag Nikos Aliagas

Raphaele · 20-12-2012, 03:12 PM

thank you

DiOli05 · 20-12-2012, 04:02 PM

Awesome review!

Texasluvsjonny · 22-12-2012, 03:01 PM

Jonny IS lovely, thank you Christopher.

Nice review as well.

19-12-2012, 11:44 AM	#3
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	Quote: Originally Posted by zzz;5490289 More awards news followed when it was announced that Coldplay won 2 Euro Festival Awards: Best Headliner and Festival Anthem of the Year for Viva La Vida. Not sure what the award looks like, but let’s assume it’s pretty. Something like this: __________________ 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

19-12-2012, 11:57 AM	#4
Lodder Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 774 My Mood: Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Gender: Country: Seen CP: 2 times Fav. CP album: AROBTTH Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 54 Thanks given: 60 Thanked 72 Times in 52 Posts	Great review! Thank you __________________ 11-06-11 ~ Pinkpop 06-09-12 ~ The Hague 21-04-12 ~ The day I had contact with the Oracle Spoiler Seen live: Kings of Leon, The Cure, Bruce Springsteen, Mumford & Sons, Linkin Park, Muse (2X), The Killers

19-12-2012, 12:42 PM	#5
Lu'kaa Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,949 My Mood: Location: near Paris Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 48 Thanked 21 Times in 9 Posts	Cool review, thanks I voted NRJ Music Awards. Although the host did say this ridiculous thing TWICE, and the show was terrible, it reminds me of a great live tweet with a few coldplayers. __________________ Twitter

19-12-2012, 01:38 PM	#6
busybeeburns mr coldplaying himself Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 46,453 My Mood: Location: test Gender: Country: Seen CP: 20 times Fav. CP album: X&Y Fav. CP song: GPASUYF Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 16 Thanks given: 1,589 Thanked 968 Times in 433 Posts	love the review, well done! another vote for Para para paradise #1 here __________________ The early bird catches the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese!

19-12-2012, 04:57 PM	#7
zzz Brilliant! Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,541 My Mood: Location: In the poppyfields Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 78 Thanked 318 Times in 112 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Tash;5490328 Something like this: Thanks! I added it to the review And glad everyone likes the review __________________ coldplaying shop

19-12-2012, 10:30 AM	#2
suzanafg Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,127 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 79 Thanked 107 Times in 79 Posts	Wow, this was very neatly organised! Loved the funny comments that you added here and there Thank you! Great start for the reviews!

19-12-2012, 08:28 PM	#8
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20-12-2012, 03:12 PM	#9
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