what a show! there were so many highlights! ill post a setlist later (it really didn't change much from the othet setlists ive seen for the tour), but here are some of my personal highlights:

 

- in politik, "give me lighting, thunder bolts, let me play for the colts"

- the awesome stage setup (the big screen in the background)

- the balloons (chris wouldnt stop playing yellow until they were all popped, and it took forever to pop them all!) the last one got shoved up onto stage, chris caught it, and threw it back to the drummer who popped it with his stick.

- 'til kingdom come/ring of fire (johhny cash)/don't panic all played together at the front of the stage

- the hardest part!

- the bear on the screen during talk?

- good version of clocks, the band just got faster and faster at the end!

- swallowed in the sea!

- in my place.... holy crap! of course he had the crowd do the chorus, but during the enhd of the song, he ran off stage and into the crowd (escorted by about 8 security guys) and sand right in front of the lawn people! lucky me!

- fix you!

yeaaa Indianapolis

 

wow that show was incredible - i cant get over how intense it was and how cool it is to see chris martin interact so much with everyone - i cant wait to see them again in the future!

awesome show, great weather, but there was this fuck in front of me dancing around the whole entire show, i think he was on acid or something everyone was getting pissed at him

my coldplay concert cherry has been popped and it was GLORIOUS!!!

 

my friend and I got to give him a "pat on the back" when he game through the crowd...he stopped and went on top of whatever he was standing on...which was a few rows from where i was!!!

 

SO SO SO SO AWESOME!!!!

SETLIST

 

1. Square One

2. Politik

3. Yellow

4. GPASUMF

5. Speed Of Sound

6. Low

7. The Hardest Part

8. Everything's Not Lost

9. White Shadows

10. The Scientist (dedicated to some kid who had died in an accident who had played 'The Scientist' in a cover band he was in. His family was there)

11. 'Til Kingdom Come >

12. Ring Of Fire (Cash)

13. Don't Panic (entire band stil up front; no drums)

14. Clocks

15. Talk

 

16. Swallowed In The Sea

17. In My Place

18. Fix You

 

 

 

also, i have a question: does the band give one of those 'commemorative passes' to everyone, or are those just for the first people who arrive? cant wait to see the band again, hopefully a chicago date will pop up

The Laminates

 

Just the first 5000 fans to arrive got the Laminates. I found one on the lawn as I was leaving.

 

What a great show! Indianapolis didn't know what hit them.

Ring of Fire....brilliant!

Fix You...finally!

In My Place....incredible!

what a show! there were so many highlights! ill post a setlist later (it really didn't change much from the othet setlists ive seen for the tour), but here are some of my personal highlights:

 

- in politik, "give me lighting, thunder bolts, let me play for the colts"

- the awesome stage setup (the big screen in the background)

- the balloons (chris wouldnt stop playing yellow until they were all popped, and it took forever to pop them all!) the last one got shoved up onto stage, chris caught it, and threw it back to the drummer who popped it with his stick.

- 'til kingdom come/ring of fire (johhny cash)/don't panic all played together at the front of the stage

- the hardest part!

- the bear on the screen during talk?

- good version of clocks, the band just got faster and faster at the end!

- swallowed in the sea!

- in my place.... holy crap! of course he had the crowd do the chorus, but during the enhd of the song, he ran off stage and into the crowd (escorted by about 8 security guys) and sand right in front of the lawn people! lucky me!

- fix you!

 

Sounds like you had a great concert.

 

First of all the drummer is called Will Champion.

 

Also you had a bear on screen? I never got that when they played london, or i missed it???? Also chris ran into the croud...never did that at my concert mind you it was raining with thunder and lightning...

ya that was amazing!!! i left and went out to the parking lot after fix you but it sounded like they were playing Goodnight by the Beatles.... can someone explain that to me? It couldve been like the center playing the beatles over the speakers but i dunno.

heres a review from the local paper

 

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050813/COLUMNISTS15/508130463&SearchID=73217156202749

 

Coldplay gives concertgoers a memorable performance

 

U.K. quartet pleases Verizon crowd with a selection of tunes from its current album.

 

 

 

When a rock band of Coldplay's stature comes to town, it's reasonable to hope that every song will provide a memory.

 

The U.K. quartet came remarkably close to meeting that standard Friday at Verizon Wireless Music Center, where only "The Hardest Part" slipped past as a throwaway tune.

 

But the other 16 selections burst larger than life, from the confetti-filled balloons that fell during "Yellow" to the tender-then-torrential message of "Fix You."

 

The band's current album, "X&Y," is a collection of advices and encouragements, and "Fix You" towers above the rest with its chorus of "Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix you."

 

Vocalist Chris Martin called it a night on that note, and surely this song will become the biggest Coldplay hit to date.

 

Earlier, Martin dedicated "The Scientist" to Ben Fillenwarth, an Indianapolis teenager who died in a recent car crash.

 

For a band tagged as "insufferable" by The New York Times, Coldplay managed to present a valuable and healing side of rock 'n' roll.

 

Brotherhood between Martin and guitarist Jon Buckland could be seen when they embraced at the conclusion of "White Shadows," one of "X&Y's" more aggressive efforts.

 

"Low," another "X&Y" track, bettered the studio version by pitting Martin and Buckland on razor-edged guitars against bass player Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion on New Wave beats.

 

Credit the audience of 18,000 for creating an atmosphere at least a bit like the fantastic scenes Coldplay is accustomed to at home. There was clapping in rhythm, singing in unison and photographs taken on cue.

 

It may be true that "X&Y" is engineered for mass appeal and stands as a regression from the adventurous spirit of 2002 album "A Rush of Blood to the Head."

 

But Martin told no lie within "Politik's" impromptu rhyme: "This is a concert you cannot miss, it's Coldplay in Indianapolis."

 

Supporting act Black Mountain played trippy, expansive blues-rock that won't ever be mistaken for a corporate ploy.

 

The Canadian band, signed to Bloomington-based Jagjaguwar Records, impressed thanks to forceful drummer Joshua Wells and fuzz-toned guitarist Stephen McBean.

 

 

Call Star reporter David Lindquist at (317) 444-6404.

 

 

 

 

i disagree with the reporter; every single song was fantastic, and the hardest part was one of my highlights. id say if i absolutely HAD to pick the weakest song of the night, it would have been speed of sound.

Yello video

 

Here's a small video I took with my digital camera of Yello (Indy show). Not great quality but it's still nostalgic to see the yellow baloons being bounced around Verizon.

http://s87171949.onlinehome.us/yellow.MOV

 

(right click and save as if you'd like)

no beatles

 

no that was the house music coming out - they werent playing the beatles song - incredible show tho - cant wait to see them again sometime

passes

 

the commemorative passes were just to the first few - i got 2- Holla haha - one in the car one in the room - so sweet

haha Kameron i was sitting really close to you at verizon(judging by the angle) didnt see anyone recording tho :p

10. The Scientist (dedicated to some kid who had died in an accident who had played 'The Scientist' in a cover band he was in. His family was there)

 

awww

:cry:

i got teary eyed during that part

awesome show' date=' great weather, but there was this fuck in front of me dancing around the whole entire show, i think he was on acid or something everyone was getting pissed at him[/quote']

 

Was he dancing around like a complete jackass and bumping into everyone like he was tripping out (arms flailing, etc.)?

 

I dance at shows. Not like that though. I just do a little sway-type butt thing. Its fun. I certainly hope you dont get pissed off at people like me. :)

no he was bumping into everyone, throwing his arms into the air i pushed him out of the wasy a couple times

lmao did anyone see the completely wacked out guys that were up in the lawn before the show... one guy was bein held up by his friend and he picked up a piece of the sod and started wavin it around then he passed out and his friend started doin pushups.. soon after they were takin out by security. lol it was by far the funniest drugged out person id ever seen

haha Kameron i was sitting really close to you at verizon(judging by the angle) didnt see anyone recording tho :p

 

walking in from the left side there was a pillar with a "D" on it, the next entrance towardss center is where we were, row U seats 2-6 from the aisle. My camera is pretty discreet so if you didn't know I was recording you probablt wouldn't have seen me. ;)

I snapped this while they played 'Til Kingdom Come

nice picture! :)

this is nice :)

Hey I just joined here a few days ago after I went to my first Coldplay concert in Indianapolis. It was such a great show!! I was wondering if anyone else had any more pictures from the Indy show that they could post? I was rather far back and my pictures didn't turn out. ok thanks! :)

More pics on the way!

 

I took a lot of pics of the Indy show...some I need to fix the lighting...others I am gonna edit out the fingers in the bottom corner of the pic. This is when they were playing Yellow...notice the large yellow balloons?

This pic was taken at the end of Fix Me which absolutely blew me away. The highlight of my evening was "White Shadows". If there is interest...I will post more!