(www.variety.com)
Coldplay and the Killers will play a joint gig February 18 in London for an elite group of 2,000 fans. Becoming one of them requires entering a lottery; winners will be allowed to buy a ticket for £50 (about $71).
All proceeds go to international charity network War Child, which aids children in war-torn countries. And it's a promotion for the February 16 release of the album "War Child: Heroes," a collection of 15 covers that include Beck doing Bob Dylan's "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat," TV On The Radio doing David Bowie's "Heroes" and Franz Ferdinand's cover of the Blondie hit "Call Me."
If you feel lucky and will be in London, the lottery registration opens at 9 am January 30 GMT (that's 1 am PST) and runs through February 3, with winners notified by February 6. The performances follow the 2009 BRIT Awards, with each band playing 45-minute sets at London venue Shepherd's Bush Empire. The lottery registration link isn't live yet, but it will be available here; you can also click there to sign up for a War Child newsletter that will alert you when the link goes live (ooh, fatter mailing lists! clever, they are). -- Stuart Oldham
Killers & Coldplay live on one stage!
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Agrimorfee
, Jan 29 2009 09:33 AM
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Agrimorfee
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If you don't like it, IMPROVE IT.
Posted 29 January 2009 - 09:33 AM
"Is everyone on here just an act sometimes?"--Hummingbird
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Read all of my stupid song parodies here. Latest song improved/ruined: "Once Again" by Girl Talk.
Listen to my stupid song parodies, recorded a capella via cell phone, at vocalo.org .(search 'agrimorfee')
Read the slowly developing history of classic putative rock band The Anderson Council at my cheap, bland blog
Might as well throw my Last.fm page here, too.
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Duff.
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I'm a monsta, I'm a killa.
Posted 29 January 2009 - 09:37 AM
Why do British people like the Killers?
No, it'll be stupid, and we're already doing something stupid.
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Campaigner
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Hipster
Posted 29 January 2009 - 08:15 PM
Why do British people like the Killers?
Why does anyone? One of life's great mysteries.
And them sharing a stage with Coldplay? Surely a sign that the rivers win run red with blood, fire and brimstone will rain from the sky while we die a painful, horrible death.
I'm serious - both bands are the nadir of 'popular' music. I'd rather listen to The Black Kids play live.
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Friend Catcher
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Newbie
Posted 29 January 2009 - 08:17 PM
Why are there British people?Why do British people like the Killers?
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Montana
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Posted 29 January 2009 - 08:21 PM
The first ever double barrel suckgun.
Every Sunday morning I wake up
I see you by your dresser doing your make-up
Fluttering a Chinese fan in a Knoxville fashion
All last night you tossed and turned
Your body was hotter than the night Richmond burned
You say you had a bad nightmare about tractor trailers crashing - The Felice Brothers
I see you by your dresser doing your make-up
Fluttering a Chinese fan in a Knoxville fashion
All last night you tossed and turned
Your body was hotter than the night Richmond burned
You say you had a bad nightmare about tractor trailers crashing - The Felice Brothers
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Mitchell
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dirty old man
Posted 30 January 2009 - 03:42 AM
elite group of 2,000 fans
Not solid bros.
Nice bowl of Crunchy Nut you got here, pretty expensive as I recall.
