Q. Hello Oracle, I was just wondering... is this video for real?

Q. Was Amsterdam written about the Holocaust?

Q. Dear Oracle,

In your honest opinion, do girls look better with or without a ton of makeup?

Q. Hi dear Oracle,
Is that true that Coldplay gave its first concert on January 16th in 1998 as the author of this video says?
Thank you!

Q. I learned that the band after a gig is instantly leaving the venue, not to come into a rush and catch their early plane back home. Since their are transpiring like hell during the show, do they still first have a shower before leaving?

Q. Dear Oracle this is true or false Politik was written days after the attacks of 11 September 2001?

Thanks Lovely Oracle

Q. Oracle,

I really need your help! My boyfriend and I have been together for a long time, and things have been going really well until recently I found out that he's cheating on me with this girl. How do you think I can get him back? Or I should I even bother?

Q. My wife saw Coldplay at the Shepherds Bush Empire back in May 2000 when they were co-supporting James with a Swedish band called Kent. She reliably informs me that they were less than 20 people in the venue when Coldplay were on stage but she enjoyed them more than James. Does the band remember this gig and they small gaggle of Swedish girls bopping away in front of the stage?

Q. I'm a HUGE Warning Sign fan. Can you please tell me where this was recorded? I know it wasn't in Sydney as the title mentions.

Thanks!

Q. In the live show in Toronto in the beginning of the song 'Til Kingdom Come Chris says "we wrote this song for Johnny Cash and in return he gave us..." what does he say after that??

Q. Hey Oracle!
I found this video on the Coldplay YouTube channel from EMI and I was wondering if it's something that the boys had made, like is it a Coldplay production? Or just something they found they thought was cool and put up?
Thanks! Have a good day! :D

Q. Dear Oracle,

Is there any (live) footage of Chris with huge hair like on the back of the Parachutes album.
I would love to see that!!

Thanks in advance.

Q. Hey Oracle :D
What are secateurs/sekateurs?
I heard the word in Separate and Ever Deadly by The Last Shadow Puppets and I have no idea what it means!
Thanks!

Q. Dear Oracle,
I was wondering, in the Coldplay online store for the Coldplay memoir, is that Roadie #42 holding the book?
Thanks!

Q. Hello dear Oracle
I'm actually reading Juliet Naked, a book written by Nick Hornby. Does the band know that they are mentioned in a fake Wikipedia article on Tucker Crowe who is a singer-songwriter in the book ? It explains that his music influenced Coldplay and that the band also recorded a tribute album.
I love both Coldplay music and this author a funny coincidence...
Thanks.

Q. Hello Oracle. I'm inquiring about Roadie #42, its been 2 months since we heard from him!?

Q. Hello dear Oracle
I recently bought a Coldplay poster. The guy who sold it to me said it was a rare one could you tell me just how rare it is?

Q. Dear Oracle,
Hello! I am 14 years old and I'm going out with someone who is 17 years old.
Oracle, I really like him and he really likes me. I feel free to be myself around him and I can just tell him anything! So my question is...
How do I tell my mother that I am dating a 17 year old?
The age difference isn't that great but still, it's my mother we're talking about!
Any advice would be great. It's my love life at stake so no pressure! =)
Thank you for taking your time to read all of our questions!
Love,
Laudy
P.S. Say hello to the guys, will you? =) I <3 Coldplay!

Q. Hi Oracle,

In a few weeks I will have to go into hospital to have some surgery done. Hospitals tend to be extremely boring, so I would like to take some books with me to pass the time.
Are there any books you or the band could really recommend (classics, older ones or more recent)?
I already read and loved Roadie by the wonderful Matt, so that one is unfortunately out.

Thanks for your suggestions :)

Q. Olaa gran y poderoso Oraculo!
Well maybe this is a stupid question but I can't remember when and where was the first show of the Viva la Vida tour so can you tell me?
Thanks and sorry for my bad English.
Atentamente Luis

Q. Dear Oracle,

Which do you think is better the original The Office from UK or The Office in America?

Thanks,

Levi

Q. Dear Oracle. I have a question. Can you stay happily married for the rest of your life? Is that a possibility? I am seventeen and my parents just had a divorce. I feel very confused right now, and I just want to know if it's even possible to stay with a person and love him/her for the rest of your life.

Q. Does the band plan to still have the C stage on their next tour?

Q. Is this true?

Q. Mighty Oracle,
please give me some motivation to lose weight apart from:
1. It is highly healthy
2. I'll be much more beautiful
3. I might make Alex Turner fall in love with me and leave his stupendous Alexa Chung for this.
I'm seriously down since I used to be so skinny and now that I'm a little depressed I gained kind of 6.700 lbs.
I know there's more important things than this, but I'm really sad about it.
HELP ME IF YOU CAN, I'M FEELING DOWN.

Q. Dear Oracle
I just found this video:
Do you know when and where it's from?
Thank you!

Q. If you had to pick one college or university in the States, where would you go?

Q. Aloha Mr. Oracle,
My head made up a question weeks ago. I really like to read Roadie #42 and when I read "Roadie #42 and the Texas cable massacre" (or something like that) I didn't understand what happened on that video. And, though I have read that thousands of times I still don't catch it.
Could you please explain it to me or am I too stupid to get it?
Oh and I would like your opinion to something really important: I'm writing a book and I still haven't got an idea for the name of the main character. He's just a regular British boy so I thought that I could call him Will (my favourite name), but that name is sooo used in books and films... what do you think I should call him?
ps: I'm sorry for my English!

Q. Dear Oracle :)
I have a huge problem with my boyfriend, and I know that you probably get a lot of questions like this...but we have been going out for about 8 months now, and now he's told me he likes someone else. I don't know who she is...and he's being all apologetic and acting funny...I love him to bits and I don't know what to do...
Please please please can you help me, I don't know who else I can turn to!
Thank you soooo much! :)

Q. Hey Oracle

I am the worst decision maker ever! According to my friends a change my mind a ridiculous amount of times!

Therefore can you make my decision for me?

I've just started Uni and I'm really keen to go on exchange - however I don't know where to go! I'm stuck between USA (where I have never been) and England (where I have been and LOVED).

Should I go with what I know and love or should a take a chance and go to the USA?

Please help me make up my mind!!

Love from Australia

Q. Hi Oracle, would you go find Chris, smell him and report back as to what he smells like?

Q. Dear Oracle, I really need you.
I just moved in at a college in another state. All of my friends from high school went to a different university and I know absolutely no one here. I'm worried that I won't be able to make any friends and that I will be miserable for the next four years. I just said goodbye to my family and I've never felt so alone in my entire life.
Is there anything you can say that will make me feel better?

Thank you,
-H

Q. Dear Oracle,
What's the best cheese choice for a pickle, cheese, and crisp sandwich? Much love from the stomach.

Q. Hi O, regarding the last answered question by Lauren:

The song was not in the list you provided. The song is In The Sun - Michael Stipe featuring Chris which made the confusion of Coldplay playing the song.

I've asked you about the same song a while ago and discovered later after your helpful answer that Grey's Anatomy episode is what made the song stuck in my head.

Regard

Q. Dear Oracle,
This has been driving me insane for the past week, and I was wondering if you could help me. I was watching an episode of Grey's Anatomy from season 2. The name of the episode is called As We Know It (espisode 17), and it involves a patient who has an unexploded bomb inside of him. At the very end of this episode there is a song, which is played, and I could have sworn that it was a Coldplay song. However, it wasn't familiar to me, and I searched and searched for that song, but could not find the name of it. I was wondering if you know what this song is called? Thank so much for even allowing me to ask you this question!
BeSt WiShEs,
Lauren

Q. Who is the photographer that takes all the photos we see on the Roadie blogs?

Q. Hi Oracle,

Given that it's Friday the 13th I thought I'd ask if you were superstitious?

Q. Sometime ago I saw the last chapter of season 6 of the TV show Grey's Anatomy, and in one scene I recognized Chris Martin's voice, am I right? In the last chapter there's a Coldplay song? If I am right, dear Oracle, could you tell me which song is it?
Tks a lot!
XOXO

Q. Hey, my girlfriend is waiting for me to propose... but I am afraid of being married. What should I do? Please help me Oracle...

Q. Hi Oracle !

It's true or not?

From twitter:
"Chris Martin wrote the song Yellow after a family holiday to Osaka in 1996".

Thank You

Sven

Q. Oracle,

A while back you answered a question about Chris not playing the guitar on Yellow in Live 2003. Why did he not want to play? And do the technicians/backstage people play some instruments that the band can't/don't want to play?

Also, do you think Chris Martin looks a bit like Formula 1 driver Jenson Button, or is it just me?!

Jim

Q. Did Jonny specifically choose the same black top hat as Sherlock Holmes in the Christmas Message 2006 because of his liking for the book/movie?
Thanks

Q. Oracle, can you help me please? I just started dating this guy a couple months ago. He's like so perfect. Anyway, he just got out of a really, really serious relationship. Everyone thinks I'm just the rebound. He says it's serious. How do I know if I'm just a rebound or if it's more than a fling?

Q. Dear Oracle,
What is the name of The Simpsons episode where Coldplay appeared? :)

Q. O Oracle,
I was wondering who did the cover Parachutes and how they got the effect of the lit spinning globe and such. I was really stunned by the artwork and that was ultimately what compelled to buy the record, which in turn created my lifelong love of Coldplay.
Thanks!

Q. Hello Oracle.

I'm sixteen and I'm trying to grow up and become more mature. But I have whiney friends and giggly sisters and I'm a sophomore. I'm trying to take responsibility and re invent myself into a smarter, more mature person who can handle my own business (thank you very much) but I don't want to lose my sense of humor or not be able to laugh. Any ideas? Thank you Oracle. I really, really do love Coldplay.

Q. Hello Oracle!
I would like to know what's the difference between this Parachutes and this one.
Why are there two of them?

Q. Hey, Oracle. I'm American and the way British people say "aluminum" cracks me up. They say it like "al-oo-min-ee-um". I was wondering (assuming you're British) if you find the way Americans say it nearly as amusing as I. Thanks! :)

Q. Greetings Oracle,

This message is directed at Phil or Dave, a response from either or both would be equally desirable.

I have a question regarding the abysmally awful state of documentaries about Coldplay. I've seen nearly every one of them, as far as those that are available here in the U.S., and not a single one of them is of any quality or credibility to reflect that of the band. Please advise if possible. Thank you, and best wishes.

Ethan

Q. I just heard the bit of Chris singing Parachutes during the Guadalajara show. Was he getting a little choked up by emotion? Thanks!