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Monday, December 14, 2009

Judging by the buzz on Twitter, Facebook and the like, fan feedback is clear: Friday's 2009 installment of Live 105's "Night So Silent Night" may have been the San Francisco bay area radio station's best ever.... continued

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)March 9, 2010 - submitted by Juli, ColombiaQ. Hi Oracle, I wonder what the band will do now that the tour ends. Take a break? Or will enter a recording time? To be ready when the new album? Many kisses and hugs to everyone, to the boys of the equipment technicians, engineers, lighting designers and all that allowed this to was come reality! Hey hugs to Bat for Lashes they are so talented.The Oracle replies:Many thanks to the fans without whom there would be no shows! Guy, Jonny & Will are taking a tiny break but Chris will be straight back to work to continue with what they were doing in the studio before this tour started. Tonight Guadalajara will be the penultimate show and then we're off to Monterrey for the very last Viva gig. I'm thinking it will quite emotional to say goodbye to this tour after well over 150 shows since June 2008.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)March 8, 2010 - submitted by Vianihuini, MexicoQ. The concert was really awesome! I'm deeply moved for this life experience! Love u guys!!! My question: it was something crazy to see loads of people selling illegally thing about Coldplay, so what do you think about the informal sale outside the concert? The Oracle replies:The band saw that last time they were here in Mexico but everyone else was absolutely blown away by the huge Coldplay market as I called it. So many stalls selling bootleg merchandise and there was even one stall totally dedicated to Roadie #42! We all understand the trade of illegal items in such places and it happens for every touring band. There are funny stories of the 'swag'... I saw one t-shirt that had lyrics printed on the front that made no sense whatsoever; last time the tour stopped in Mexico, Bash - drum tech - bought a lighter with a Coldplay sticker on the front. When he peeled it off there was an AC/DC one underneath! Finally, the band's favourite example of inaccurate merch was when there was a t-shirt that said 'Coldplay' on the front but had a picture of Travis!

Monday, March 08, 2010

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: #42, the bootleg merch and the unexpected Mexican singalongDiscuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks svenky]Coldplay have history with Mexico. The Rush Of Blood tour finished here at the Palacio Des Deportes in 2003. The X&Y tour also finished up here in 2007. Now, we're putting Viva to bed here in 2010. Of course, there is also the fact that the artist Frida Kahlo was born here - and that she provided so much of the inspiration for the title and spirit of this record. Frida gets shouts out during both of the Mexico City shows. From the B-stage on night one and then (if memory serves correctly) during Politik on the second.Mexico shows are always a treat, as the crowd are properly berserk. They are incredibly loud - so much so that even though I'm hidden away at the side of the stage and have earphones in, I have to put my hands over my ears at several points because the cheering is so loud it's making my ears go funny.

Monday, March 08, 2010

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued through Latin America last night, as they played at the Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico for the second night running. Chris Martin dedicated The Hardest Part to Frida Kahlo. The setlist was the same as the previous night according to early reports - Coldplay once again played Shiver during the acoustic set. The new song written specifically for the Latin tour, called Don Quixote/Spanish Rain was played once again. Thanks to everyone who has contributed on the forums, wiki and twitters, we'll have more on this show over the next few hours/days![discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)Setlist:Life In TechnicolorViolet HillClocksIn My PlaceYellowGlass Of Water42Fix YouStrawberry SwingGod Put A Smile Upon Your Face (partial rechno remix)Talk (partial techno remix)The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo piano)Viva La VidaLost!Shiver Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - sung by Will)Don Quixote/Spanish Rain Viva La Vida (remix interlude)------PolitikLovers In JapanDeath And All His Friends-------The ScientistLife in Technicolor iiThe Escapist (outro)Photo via TwitterHome from show. Got to see Marta. She's not working this tour but came because she missed everyone so much. I managed to surprise my BFF Jackie. We were on the rail in front of C stage and when she came out before the band arrival I yell her name and she was glad to see me. Told her I was gonna be at rest of shows. [thanks Texasluvsjonny]OMG This was the best concert of my life, I was exactly in front of Chris in the 5th row or something, it's like a dream come true, I wished so much for so many years to see my fav band close and finally this night I did it, I couldn't stop screaming and singing, and the crowd was crazy I though I would die in Yellow . I think it was the same setlist than yesterday, hopefully I'll post some pics tomorrow. [thanks Laura42] More on this concert including reviews, videos, pictures and tweets here onwards.

Sunday, March 07, 2010

As you will know by now, as a 'thank you' to the fans, Coldplay have been handing out LeftRightLeftRightLeft, a free nine-track CD to everyone who attended one of the band's concerts this summer. If you did not go to a Coldplay show in 2009 where CDs were being handed out or simply couldn't find the supplies and therefore not able to receive your very own physical copy of LeftRightLeftRightLeft, worry not!We have a CD mailing exchange programme where you can sign up to receive a free CD from another member who will have spare copies from the shows they attend - go there for full details. If you have been to a Coldplay show in 2009 and have spare CDs that you are able to share with your fellow Coldplayers, please let us know in that thread also. [thanks Cobalt]

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued through Latin America last night, as they played at the Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico. Coldplay once again played Shiver during the acoustic set. The new song written specifically for the Latin tour, called Don Quixote/Spanish Rain was played once again.The Vivacrew and Coldplay Mexico twittered live updates from the venue, throughout the day before and during the show - check out all their videos and twitpics now. Some sets of excellent photos of the Coldplay before the show can be found here (via Flickr), Thanks to everyone who has contributed on the forums, wiki and twitters, we'll have more on this show over the next few hours/days![discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)Setlist:Life In TechnicolorViolet HillClocksIn My PlaceYellowGlass Of Water42Fix YouStrawberry SwingGod Put A Smile Upon Your Face (partial rechno remix)Talk (partial techno remix)The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo piano)Viva La VidaLost!Shiver Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - sung by Will)Don Quixote/Spanish Rain Viva La Vida (remix interlude)------PolitikLovers In JapanDeath And All His Friends-------The ScientistLife in Technicolor iiThe Escapist (outro)Photo by Toni Francois/Hugo @ Flickr/ColdplayingMore on this concert including reviews, videos, pictures and tweets here onwards.

Saturday, March 06, 2010

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: #42 and the Bogota barnstormerDiscuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks svenky]Now, don't get me wrong, - Argentina and Brazil were both fantastic. Each wonderful in their own way (largely down to the people and the response). For me personally though, things really get interesting when we leave for Bogota. Not for any reasons pertaining to one of their more well known exports, but because I've never been before. When we last visited Latin America, we had almost a week in each city, which means that Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires actually felt quite familiar to me. I even remembered where my favourite place to get coffee was just around the corner from the Sao Paulo hotel..

Saturday, March 06, 2010

The good news: Coldplay's back in the studio working on their fifth album with producer Brian Eno, reportedly slated for release by the end of the year. The bad news: The group's record label, EMI Music, may not be around to see its latest recording take flight. That's what The Motley Fool are writing this weekend in a very interesting article on the survival of Coldplay's record label. Read on for the full article...It's not easy keeping a major record label afloat these days. No one knows better than Guy Hands, who controls private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners, EMI's owner. Despite boasting heavy hitters Coldplay and Norah Jones -- not to mention the Beatles catalog -- EMI last month reported a loss of 1.5 billion-pounds, or $2.4 billion, and continues to drown in debt. It's like watching the Titanic go down...

Saturday, March 06, 2010

[Notepad-typed notes on the flight to Mexico City] Two days since my last post from Brazil and we've already been to Colombia and gone. So here we are, on a plane to Mexico right now and Mexico City is in some way what everyone in the crew has been looking forward to: we're half-way through the tour and also this is the only place where Coldplay will play twice in the same venue so it means a bit more time for everyone.Last night show in Bogot' was in the huge (how many times will I use this word again? Place your bet) Simon Bolivar park from where you could see the green mountains surrounding the capital. We've also been blessed with sunshine all day long, except some drizzle just when Coldplay went on stage. As usual. It was the first time in Colombia for Coldplay. 32,000 people made it to the show despite a quite impressive public transport strike; they were all there, screaming their lungs out when Chris successfully attempted some local slang in Spanish!Read the full blog entry at the Oxfam Blog website here courtesy of Giulia now...

Saturday, March 06, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)March 6, 2010 - submitted by Tibabuzo, ColumbiaQ. Dear Oracle: I want to know if the band had struggles yesterday with the altitude (high) in Bogota? the concert yesterday was amazing...Coldplay is the best band of the world. Oracle please answer meThe Oracle replies:The altitude has certainly affected us all especially in Colombia. Will was saying last night how he feels quite short of breath. We've all noticed being light-headed and almost a wobbly on your feet feeling. We're now in Mexico City so we should start to adjust soon.

Friday, March 05, 2010

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued through Latin America last night, as they played at the Parque Simon Bolivar, Bogota, Colombia. Coldplay once again played Shiver during the acoustic set. The new song written specifically for the Latin tour, called Don Quixote/Spanish Rain was played once again. Cemeteries of London and Billie Jean was dropped from the setlist.Some sets of excellent photos of the show can be found via here (via Flickr), Thanks to everyone who has contributed on the forums, wiki and twitters, we'll have more on this show over the next few hours/days![discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)Setlist:Life In TechnicolorViolet HillClocksIn My PlaceGlass Of WaterYellow42Fix YouStrawberry SwingGod Put A Smile Upon Your Face (partial rechno remix)Talk (partial techno remix)The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo piano)Viva La VidaLost!Shiver Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - sung by Will)Don Quixote/Spanish Rain Viva La Vida (remix interlude)------PolitikLovers In JapanDeath And All His Friends-------The ScientistLife in Technicolor iiThe Escapist (outro)Photo by ivandgaonaSo sorry we couldn't update.. Neither of our phones were working the show was spectacular. Before the show there was soo much chaos tho. We're currently at McD's and haven't been able to get on a computer but I promise to type in a good review afterwards. Oh we talked to Bash, Andy and Wayne who were really really nice and we got guitar pics. I'll be back tomorrow to update. Love ya guys! [thanks Aleluvscp]More than 32 thousand persons participated in the concert of the British alternative rock band Coldplay in the Simon Bol'var Square of Bogot' the night of March 4. Buenas noches parceros! was the greeting of vocalist Chris Martin, and it was enough to gain the appreciation of their Colombian fans. The Londoners created an alternative rock band in 1997 made by Chris Martin, the lead vocals, keyboards and guitar; Jonny Buckland, the lead guitar; Guy Berryman, the bas guitar and Will Champion, drums, backing vocals and other instruments. They became popular in Colombia with albums like Viva la Vida (Long Life Live) or Death and All His Friends of 2008, a production of Brian Eno. other is LeftRightLeftRightLeft, a collection of their live concerts in already 25 countries. It was the first time that the popular band performs in Colombia and the night was a success either for the British artists or for the big group of fans that follows the lyrics of songs like Viva la Vida when Martin signs I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing, Roman Calvary choirs are singing, Be a mirror, my sword and shield, My missionaries in a foreign field' The visitors were accompanied by the Paisa rock band Estados Alterados that made also a great night of acclamations and the also British Bat For Lashes (her real name is Natasha Khan, 29 years old), who debuted in Colombia with her album Two Suns (2006). [via: colombiapassport.com]More on this concert including reviews, videos, pictures and tweets here onwards.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)March 4, 2010 - submitted by lilli, United States of AmericaQ. Anchorman's report tells of Chris and his dad being the last to leave Chris's birthday party. If I remember correctly, Chris's dad was with him (in Australia?) at his last birthday, with the story going that his Dad way outlasted him. Does Chris's dad travel with the band often or does he only join them around Chris's birthday? Thanks!The Oracle replies:Chris and his Dad were the last to leave and last year he did stay up longer than his son. He travels with them for quite a few shows not just around birthday time. He's here for the entire Latin American tour this time. One of Chris's sisters was here too but left for the U.K yesterday. There's been quite an entourage of family and friends on this trip.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: In which Coldplay bow to pressure and play ShiverDiscuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here [thanks marie/pims]So we're three shows in and what belters they've been. Buenos Aires had the task of getting us back on track after a lengthy break. I can't deny I was nervous before the gig. The scale of the show and all that goes into making it happen had become much more apparent having had five months to forget which buttons to press.With that first show done, I wandered around the bar afterwards chatting to a very relieved band and remarked that it had been a solidly good first night back. "Yeah, that one was a banker," commented Jonny Buckland. If the first show back had been a wobbly one, the nerves would have multiplied, but a great first show back meant that we were very comfortably back in the saddle and the confidence was restored. Thanks folks!

Thursday, March 04, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)March 4, 2010 - submitted by Tatiana, BrazilQ. Dear Oracle, I would really like to know how did Chris Martin feel about more then 60.000 Brazilians wishing and singing happy birthday to him yesterday (03.02.10) in the Sao Paulo concert? I hope he really liked it. I was there, and I sang with all my heart, as I think everybody did. I would really appreciate if you could answer me because me and all the Brazilian fans wanted to make that night very special for him, who spent HIS day making OUR day, and we would like to know if we got to do it somehow...???The Oracle replies:Absolutely! You all made a huge impact at the show. It's an amazing feeling to perform to so many people on a birthday. I was stood with Chris' father and the band's publisher who asked "What were you doing 33 years ago?" and his Dad proceeded to tell us all about Chris' very first appearance. Chris had a really great day yesterday and received many gifts; though he tries to keep it all low key there was a party thrown for him after the gig and we all had lots of fun.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Within minutes of tweeting, the British Red Cross website was inundated by Coldplay fans wanting to donate to the Chile Earthquake Appeal. This led to a huge spike in traffic to the charity's website, with a 400 per cent increase in hits in just 15 minutes.For more information on the British Red Cross please visit: redcross.org.uk and to donate to the British Red Cross Chile Earthquake Appeal go to redcross.org.uk/chileearthquakeColdplay are currently touring in Latin America and are performing later this week in Mexico. Their tour hasn't taken them to Chile but the official site stated that 'the band have been extremely saddened by reports of the terrible earthquake which hit the country on 27 February 2010.'

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued through Latin America last night, as they played at the Morumbi Stadium, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The big news from tonight's show was that Parab'ns pra voc'/Happy Birthday was sung acoustically by Will Champion to Chris Martin for his 33rd Birthday. Coldplay once again played Shiver during the acoustic set - a song that has not been played live during a concert since last time they were in South America in 2007 (ironically, the last time it was played was in Brazil!). The new song written specifically for the Latin tour, called Don Quixote/Spanish Rain was played once again. Cemeteries of London and Billie Jean was dropped from the setlist. The rest of the set was identical to the previous show in Buenos Aires.The Vivacrew twittered live updates from the venue, throughout the day before and during the show - check out all their twitpics now. Jonny's wife Chloe was tweeting pictures for the fans from backstage, and word has it that Chris's dad was watching the show too. Some sets of excellent photos of the show can be found courtesy of showcoldplay and again at the Globo website. Thanks to everyone who has contributed on the forums, wiki and twitters, we'll have more on this show over the next few hours/days![discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)Setlist:Life In TechnicolorViolet HillClocksIn My PlaceGlass Of WaterYellow42Fix YouStrawberry SwingGod Put A Smile Upon Your Face (partial rechno remix)Talk (partial techno remix)The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo piano)Viva La VidaLost!Shiver Parab'ns pra voc'/Happy Birthday (Acoustic - sung by Will to Chris) Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - sung by Will)Don Quixote/Spanish Rain Viva La Vida (remix interlude)------PolitikLovers In JapanDeath And All His Friends-------The ScientistLife in Technicolor iiThe Escapist (outro)Photo by showcoldplay.com.brOXFAM: Morumbi means 'green hill'. Had it meant 'Violet Hill' it would have been perfection. Still, it's a word of indigenous origin and I love the sound of it: doesn't it make you think of a crescendo of noise? Appropriate for tonight indeed. It's Chris's birthday today and Will sang 'Happy Birthday' in Portuguese, reading out some scribbled notes on his guitar, and S'o Paulo's people joined in. Feliz anivers'rio! [read the full Oxfam tour blog]Hello you all!! Sorry for coming late, but I'm hell tired!! The last five days are among the best of my entire life for sure!! Thank you Coldplay!!! Sooooo have a lot to tell you about yesterday gig! It all started the day before... I had arrived from Rio and was heading to the hotel in Sao Paulo when I received a phone call... it was a girl from EMI Brazil telling she wanted to take me to a meet ang greet with the band just before the gig! Actually they were looking for someone to go to Rio's M&G, and they've sent me an email when I was in Buenos Aires... I answered it right after BA's concert, but it was too late since they only check emails in week days. So I missed this M&G. When the EMI lady read my email on Monday she talked to her boss and he said it was ok to call me for SP's M&G...

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Without Chris Martin and Guy Berryman, Coldplay visited Ronaldo and team-mates at Parque S'o Jorge, Corinthians team stadium earlier. See the pictures of Coldplay with the team after the jump.With their own names on the back of their shirts, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Phil Harvey talked with Ronaldo, Edu, Pablo Andres and also posed for the photographers. The team president Andr's Sanches was in the stadium for another event and revealed that he didn't know Coldplay were in the country, admitting that he does not know anything about their music. "I'm into samba!" he said.Corinthians Coach, Menezes, had very little knowledge of Coldplay but he approved the meeting with the players and he even made a comparison between the band's work and football. "We are all trying to find the right notes. I even asked for some of their songs to improve our team game (laughs). I am not into bands, but I see their visit as a good thing for the games, it does not disturbes our work and it widens relations. This is good for the club. Football is a bit harder than music."

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)March 2, 2010 - submitted by Tamara, ArgentinaQ. Dear Oracle I would like to know what did Chris feel when he saw so many fans at the hotel in Buenos Aires?? We felt like we touched the sky with our hands, it was so beautiful!!! Thanks for answer me! The Oracle replies:Yesterday Chris was saying how amazing it is to see so many fans and if it wasn't for those fans the band wouldn't be doing what they do or be in the wonderful position of travelling to these amazing countries. It is very touching to see so many and their reactions to a brief moment of glimpsing the band off stage. The sheer tears of joy makes even the toughest of us feel quite emotional!

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Mad traffic - two words that perfectly sum up my first impression of S'o Paulo. Okay: we arrived just at rush hour and the city is huge, but the journey from the airport took us absolutely ages, despite the driver trying his best to find as many shortcuts as one can possibly imagine.Anyway, we're finally here, the crew is already loading in for tomorrow's gig. I haven't seen the Morumbi Stadium yet, but it's supposed to be MASSIVE: with a capacity of over 60,000 people, I can only imagine how much noise Coldplay fans will make when they recognize the first few notes of their favourite songs. And from my short experience, that usually happens with every single song! Oxfam will be at the venue with 20 volunteers led by the amazing Carlos: you'll see them distributing bookmarks and if you ask they'll be more than happy to have a chat about how you can take action against climate change.Read the full blog entry at the Oxfam Blog website here courtesy of Giulia.

Monday, March 01, 2010

Hello from Rio de Janeiro. Coldplay are just about to play tonight in the famous sambodromo Apoteose and Oxfam is here, as the band have asked us again if we wanted to come along. This time it's me, Giulia, trying to make the most of this opportunity for Oxfam to be heard and to involve as many fans as possible. And I will be reporting for you on the fabulous life of the 'Oxfam Rep' on tour.The tour started last Friday in Buenos Aires, with about 50,000 people in the River Plate stadium singing along to their songs. I was there, free from Oxfam duty for the first concert and suddenly recruited for helping out with firing butterfly-shaped confetti during Lovers in Japan: an exciting task that is likely to continue for the rest of the tour. Right now twenty-one great volunteers from Oxfam Brasil are campaigning on the issues of climate change, asking people to sign up to Tic Tac - you can do it here: www.tictactictac.org.brRead the full blog entry at the Oxfam Blog website here courtesy of Giulia.

Monday, March 01, 2010

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)March 1, 2010 - submitted by Andres, ColumbiaQ. Hello!!!! Hope you are having a great time in Latin America. I just saw the setlist of Buenos Aires and I'm wondering, is it going to be the same in Bogota? We'd love you to play Trouble and Amsterdam, we love that songs... ahh and shiver??? Could you make a longer setlist?? Hahahaha.... Bye everyone, we love you all and we wait for you.The Oracle replies:We are all having a great time here! It's shame it's raining in Rio but that didn't dampen spirits at last night's show. It was only the second gig of this tour but it was possibly the best Coldplay concert I have ever seen; an opinion shared by many of our entourage in fact! The crowd were absolutely incredible and it will be interesting to see if they can be matched for the remaining dates. Anyway, to your question... to my shock and amazement (even though I'd heard the guys rehearsing it earlier in the day) Shiver was in the set at Rio. It was amazing so there's more than a chance you'll be hearing that Andres but I wouldn't expect Trouble or Amsterdam. Someone asked Chris by the pool if they'd play Amsterdam in Buenos Aires - a popular request it seems.