WOW…..well where do I start??? I’ve just had the best two nights of my whole life, so I thought I’d better tell you guys all about it!!! :)

 

Ok…well on day 1 (14/12) I arrived at Earls Court at around 10.15am with my friend, and after a lot of moving about by Earls Court staff we finally ended up in the right place for the standing que. By that time there were about 8 people already there, so not too bad at all. It was a loooong day stood out in the cold but we had a lot of fun…..Coldplay fans really are the best, everyone was so chatty and friendly, it was awesome. :)

So we eventually got let inside, but what followed was mayhem…it was very poorly organised and to cut a long story short, a lot of people who got there hours and hours later than us lot ended up on the barrier, which seems pretty unfair. :/ But hey, I can’t grumble, 'cos although I wasn’t in the centre, I was on the barrier! So I was a very very happy bunny! :D

The support act, Richard Ashcroft, was INCREDIBLE. :stunned: I forgot how many fantastic song’s he’s written. He really is a legend – or as one bloke behind me shouted ‘Richard you’re the bollocks!’ :lol: . He was amazing, and kept thanking Coldplay for helping him out so much, and he even repeatedly sang at the end of one song “Thankyou Coldplay for letting me be myself again”. Bless him.

When the boys walked out on stage, it felt like i was dreaming. It seemed SO surreal that they were right infront of me; I couldn’t quite take it all in. The crowd were so hyped, and you could see the boys were loving the response they were getting. To be honest, a lot of the concert that night is a blur…..a very happy blur though! :lol:

But here’s the best part….I cant remember what song it was during, but quite near the end, Chris jumped down off the stage and ran past me. As he ran past I TOUCHED HIM!!!!!!!!! :stunned: Yep, I touched Chris Martin’s sweaty back. :stunned: I just stood there, stunned, staring at my friend like a weirdo. I couldn’t even get words out of my mouth, it was nuts. I then (oh the shame :embarressed: ) proceeded to lick the sweaty fingers that touched him – how much of a freak am I?!?!? :freak: :rolleyes4: :roll: Hahaha. :lol:

 

 

1st night set list: (from what I remember - may not be in correct order)

 

*Square One

*Politik (cue Steph jumping around like a complete lunatic :guitarist: )

*Yellow (Chris- “its Chico time for you.…” Haha :lol: )

*Speed of Sound

*GPASUYF (ft a tiny part of Madonna’s ‘Hung Up’) http://rapidshare.de/files/9273251/Hung_Up.AVI.html

*X&Y

*How You See the World (during this song Guy came over and stood right infront of where I was stood, and played the maraccas…..this was possibly the sexiest thing I’ve EVER seen – I will post a short video I took of the ‘maracca action’ ASAP!!! :wink3: )

*White Shadows (cue Chris doing the strange monkey dancing :lol: )

*The Scientist (cue Steph crying :rolleyes: )

*Til Kingdom Come (Before starting this song Chris said “Its so great to be home, and be somewhere were everyone knows what Kelloggs Cornflakes are”, then started the song, and then stopped again and said ‘Actually I’m talking shit, they have Kelloggs Cornflakes in the U.S’ Hahaha :lol: )

*Ring of Fire (great crowd response for this one, it was amazing)

*Don’t Panic (Yay!!!)

*Clocks (the atmosphere during this was electric!!!)

*Talk (cue the crazy bear :/ )

*Swallowed in the Sea

*In My Place :heart:

*Fix You (I bawled my eyes out like a baby….it was so moving, nothing beats hearing 20,000 people sing that song….I just couldn’t hold back the tears! Again! :rolleyes: ) http://rapidshare.de/files/9270178/Fix_You_2.amr.html

 

 

 

So…Day 2 (15/12). I went alone into London, and arrived at Earls Court around 10.15am again. I was the first one there, until Nettie arrived and we found two nice girls who were also waiting and sat with them. It was extra extra cold yesterday, but me and Nettie, and two other girls, kept our spirits up with our beautiful ( :lol: ) renditions of every Coldplay song ever made, haha. :lol: It was so much fun.

Me and Nettie chatted to the security guys, who were lovely, and they promised today would be more organised and that we would definitely be at the front centre, as we deserved to be. Well, it turned out they were right, and after a huge sprint to the entrance (no one was overtaking me today! :angry: ), I got to the front row where wonderful Nettie had saved me a space next to her, right smack dead in the centre (THANKYOU SO MUCH NETTIE, LUV YA!!!! :kiss: ). I was on cloud nine. I couldn’t believe I could get any closer than yesterday, but I was. :stunned:

Richard Ashcroft was again, amaaazing. He’s so passionate when he’s on stage, its great to watch.

So the concert began, and this night became the best night of my whole life. Thank god I went for it and bought that second ticket. It was so much better than the night before (which I didn’t even think was possible), for so many reasons. For a start, the crowd seemed much better – well, the people around me anyway. They were all as passionate and emotional as I was, which was awesome, as the night before I was the only one where I was stood really going totally crazy. Chris and Jonny were really funny and were up to their usual gay shenanigans, haha. :lol: Love it.

After ‘Til Kingdom Come’ they played and AMAAAZING acoustic/folky version of Madonna’s ‘Hung Up’. It was so frickin’ cool, Chris’s voice sounded beautiful, and the crowd were all singing along like mad. Just awesome. :thumbsup:

Then, Chris goes "I know, let’s play Green Eyes" – I nearly died. :dead: It was so good to hear it live, and the whole arena was singing along to every word. Chris had every person in that place right in the palm of his hand.

THEN :stunned: -they played ‘Shiver’. As you guys know, this is my favourite song of all time, and when he struck up those opening chords I had a huge lump in my throat. I was so happy. :dizzy: They did it so well, and seemed to all really enjoy playing it again. That just made my evening complete, I was on top of the world! :D

Nettie had made two really cool banners, which I was already loving her for because it caught the boys eyes during Til Kingdom Come. (Chris mentioned something about "good looking Will" so we held up the banner with ‘Will-Yum’ written on it and shouted “Will Yum! Will Yum! Will Yum!”) Then, the band’s photographer, a lovely lady called Penny, (she had already photographed the banner earlier) came over to me during the show and handed me a set list (YAY!!! :D ), which I thought was really kind of her. But then she signaled to turn it over and she had written:

 

‘Hiya. You two are obviously mad keen Coldplay fans. Can you hang about a bit after the gig to interview for website/DVD? Cheers, Penny (tour photographer).’

 

So at the end we stayed behind and her and the camera man (who was also really nice) recorded us being asked a few short questions about Coldplay and the show, and it could possibly be on the DVD they are making. :stunned: How cool is that?! Wooooot!

 

There were lots of other cool moments, like when Nettie and me were shouting ‘GUY!!! You’re SO SEXXXY!!!!’ :lol: and at first he ignored us, but then he quickly looked right at my face, then kinda looked down and smiled. I nearly died I swear. :dead:

But this is getting quite long now, so I’m gonna leave it at that. I’m on such a high right now…..wow. My ears are still ringing, my arms and chest are covered in bruises from the rail, and I have no sound in my voice from screaming so much…..but it was so worth it. :D Best night of my whole life.

Hope you enjoyed reading that essay and a half!

 

2nd night set list: (not in right order i dont think!)

 

*Square One

*Politik

*Yellow

*SOS

*GPASUYF

*Trouble

*X&Y

*How You See the World (snippet - http://rapidshare.de/files/9306110/How_You_See_the_World.amr.html )

*White Shadows

*The Scientist

*Til Kingdom Come

*Green Eyes ( http://rapidshare.de/files/9269666/Green_Eyes_.amr.html )

*Madonna’s ‘Hung Up’ ( http://rapidshare.de/files/9269734/Hung_Up.amr.html )

*Shiver (Eeeeeee!!!! *dies*) ( http://rapidshare.de/files/9269939/Shiver___.amr.html )

*In My Place

*Fix You

 

 

….The files were recorded off my mobile phone, so they really aren’t great quality, (plus they have me&Nettie singing, and me screaming “OH MY GOD!” in them, :rolleyes: lol) but I thought I’d share anyway! I also have a few very short videos from the 1st night, (2nd night camera got taken away during bag search :( ) which i will post asap. Hope you enjoy. And i hope the people going toight have an incredible time!!!! :kiss:

xoxox

thank you for the vids..lucky lucky you're so lucky..can't wait for the vid of guy.. finally!! :)

this was your first coldplay concert ever, right?

thanks very, very much steph! sounds more than great. :)

‘Actually I’m talking shit, they have Kelloggs Cornflakes in the U.S’ Hahaha

 

you know what, chris? we actually have kelloggs cornflakes in germany! :D :lol:

cute...

AHHHH CONGRATS! sounds like a spectacular time!

thanks for sharing it all! :) :) :)

Steph your review made me go back to the concert I 've been to...the same feelings...you really deserved your palce in the front row because we all know how much you love them, and I am soooo glad that they played Shiver knowing how much you like this song :lol:

 

I went all through the words at once, these are the things that makes me proud to be a Coldplay fan, all this excitement for them knowing that they can give us these special moments that wil stay with us for all our life...or until the next show :P

 

So I'm expecting to see you in their next DVD :D :kiss: :kiss:

 

And of course..Guy playing the maraccas is one of the best part of the show :rolleyes: :lol: :lol:

No probs guys! :) And yes they were my 1st Coldplay concerts.

 

Here's a link for a video i took of the SEXIEST THING YOU WILL EVER SEE IN YOUR LIFE........

http://rapidshare.de/files/9274525/Sexy_Guy.AVI.html

 

 

EDIT: thought i'd move the rest of the vids to here-

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/9289316/SexyGuy2.AVI.html - kindly turned the right way by TLo. :kiss:

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/9301746/SOS_chris.3gp.html

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/9276307/SOS.AVI.html

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/9281039/X_Y.AVI.html

‘Actually I’m talking shit' date=' they have Kelloggs Cornflakes in the U.S’ Hahaha [/quote']

 

you know what, chris? we actually have kelloggs cornflakes in germany! :D :lol:

cute...

 

in Italy too...well actually they're all over the world :lol: :lol:

Chris is a genius :nice:

STEPH.........the Guy thing during HYSTW was the sexiest thing I've seen too.......whoaaaaaa...HOOOOOOOOOTTTTT!!!!!and he stood at my side then too!!!! :wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3:

^Same!!!! I was kinda bummed at first that i was on the side that night, but then when Guy stood infront of me doing THAT, and then i touched Chris....i thank my lucky stars i wasnt at the centre!!! :lol:

Woah, 2 nights Coldplay in a row... you definitely are a Coldplay-fan, Steph :D

Glad, you had such a great time there... I wish, I could have been there, too... :(

man...you're so lucky it makes me cry..i want to see coldplay, even once..

THANK YOU FOR GUY'S VID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HE's JUST ........ :o :o :o :o :blush: :blush: :kiss:

:lol: I KNOW!!!! You should have seen my face, my friend was laughing at me so hard.....my mouth was just wide open....its the sexiest thing i've ever seen!!!!! :wink3:

:wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3: :wink3:

 

Whoooooaaa.....I still have the pic in my mind when he stood there!

Thanks for the concert recaps. Sounds amazing.

 

Also thinks for posting audio/video. :D How do you open a .amr file?

in internet explorer..

 

how do you rotate video in winows media player?

No probs. :)

 

The only thing i can play it in is 'Quicktime Player' or this Nokia Multimedia player thing i got that plays files from your mobile phone.

awww that's awesome steph!! I got goosebumps reading this. They played Green Eyes at our concert as well, I nearly died! you're so lucky you got great seats and being on the dvd! wowww. lucky lucky. those shows really are the best, aren't they? :lol: :lol: congrats on your first coldplay concert!

:lol: I KNOW!!!! You should have seen my face' date=' my friend was laughing at me so hard.....my mouth was just wide open....its the sexiest thing i've ever seen!!!!! :wink3:[/quote']

 

is this the only period in which he plays the maracas?

oh, and I cried during The Scientist too...as you can probably imagine :lol:

oh' date=' and I cried during The Scientist too...as you can probably imagine :lol:[/quote']

 

So I was not the only one :lol: :lol:

of course. :lol: :lol: who could resist during that beautiful song? especially with the crowd interaction he throws in there at the end :heart:

heyy your story is suuuper cooll... :o

 

when I was at their concert in Zurich, Switzerland Chris also jumped off he stage and ran past me..then I also touched his arm.. :D :D I just couldnt believe it.."I touched Chris Martin I touched Chris Martin I touched Chris Martin!!!" I thought all the time.. :D oh my godddd.... I know how you feel..

And when you see them the first time in real, you just think: " Wow! They really exist" :P :P hahaa I know sounds stupid, but it's true anyway. Or better, these are the boys which posters hang on your walls and doors :D

 

here I've got some Zurich pics (only if you wanna see them)

 

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/missberryman/Live%20in%20Zurich/DSC00451.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/missberryman/Live%20in%20Zurich/DSC00442.jpg

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http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/missberryman/Live%20in%20Zurich/DSC00506.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/missberryman/Live%20in%20Zurich/DSC00537.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/missberryman/Live%20in%20Zurich/DSC00655.jpg