that's bull - 75 minutes? I've been to concerts that have lasted over 2 hours, much less that. I'm really disappointed to hear that. They didn't even play everything off of "X&Y" which is what they are touring to promote. Strange, perhaps something weird went on we know nothing about. This is one very good reason why I don't attend concerts anymore.

90 minutes doesn't cut it for me either...I went to see Aerosmith a couple times and they played for 2 1/2 hours, Springsteen does close to a 3 hour show, like U2 does. I'm surprised, Coldplay have so many songs to play - does anybody know why Coldplay's concerts are so short?

Ask the Bee man - perhaps he can find the answer!!

I agree with the crowd response theory...and yup, I still think 90 mins is a rip-off...75 an even worse one. Springsteen supposedly plays around 4 hours sometimes. But imagine these bands only playing a 90 min set...people would commit murder. I think 2 years ago the Coldplay gig was just as long (short)...and it's upsetting cuz they have another album out and stuff.

Still praying to go to the München show though, lol

I'm pretty sure that both Coldplay concerts I had seen previously were at least 1hr 45 mins - and that was with less material!!

well that's pretty damn sad then. I don't get it. What's up with them then...

I think everyone had figured with the new album they would play longer...maybe they just wanted to prove us wrong :rolleyes:

Or perhaps they've become complacent? I hope not!!

could be. wouldn't surprise me either. though I really do hope that its not like that too

I was at the Hamburg concert, the crowd response wasn't that great. The audience kinda sucked, pretty lame. But Coldplay wasn't able to warm them up. And by the way it's joke that they only played 15 songs. I expected them to play 20.

Then you should have cheered more loudly!! Was it because the audience was full of "fishheads"?? :P

I was one of 15,000 people! No, i went to a smaller concert from CP in Hamburg right before the release AROBTH. It was fantastic, so was the audience. I think a lot people just went to concert because it 's cool nowadays to have seen a coldplay concert. most of them didn't even know the parachutes songs

Disgraceful!! They should all be thoroughly ashamed of themselves!! :)

there were people like that around us in Köln too. Way up front...and they didn't even seem to like Coldplay. Got me kinda mad because I think they should have let the people who are actual fans and had been waiting for the concert up front...instead of standing there and making retarded comments.

 

anyway...there were 15.000 in Hamburg too? Weird...Kettcar said there were around 5000 less in Hamburg...and on Einslive it says there were 15.000 at the Köln Gig.

15,000 COLDPLAY fans!! The rest must have been the ones you mentioned!!

hahaha, right. I am sure they counted the fans and then the rest :P

Perhaps they found their way in there by mistake? They were actually expecting Wolfgang Petry!! :lol:

ew, no...that's disgusting. Nah...they looked more like...more hardcore punk fans. I was really wondering why they would pay over 50 bucks to see a band they are not even into. Then again, maybe they won the tickets somewhere. Ugh, I don't like it when people go to concerts of bands they don't even like and then stand in the front rows. blocking the view for the fans (literally...mohawk hair at a concert with people standing behind you is just freakin rude, lol)

ew, no...that's disgusting. Nah...they looked more like...more hardcore punk fans.

 

Well I did think Kettcar sounded a bit like Liquido at times!! :lol:

at least not like Wolfgang Petry. I think I would have thrown things at them if they did

So would I - and then I would have made a VERY swift exit!!

75 minutes??? That's really terrible. With ticket prices as high as they are now, I'm kinda glad I couldn't afford them this time.

yeah...tell me about not being able to afford it! I still owe my friend the money for the ticket. I think it's terribly expensive...over 100DM if you think back to the good old times. 2 years ago I paid 30 Euros and the show was about as long as it was in Köln. This should be renamed into the official "The ticket prices are way too high for such a short set" thread.

Or "Rip Off Central"??

politik is no longer their opening song at COACHELLA they played square one then POLITIK

if you had checked the set lists in this thread, you would have noticed that Square One has been opening song in most shows :P but youre right...Politik comes after that