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Remember if you can a time, just a few short years ago, when Coldplay weren't the world's biggest megastars. A time when being a fan of Coldplay was a pretty smug affair. Private knowledge that you were listening to some of the most perfect songs every written.

 

And to think, just like so many great things before, it all began in Manchester. "Thanks for having us back in the city where we were discovered," said lead singer Chris Martin at the start of a stunning concert at the M.E.N. Arena last night.

 

"It's taken us three years to come back to Manchester but finally we've made it. It's a place we signed six years ago so I hope if there are any A&R men here tonight we're still good enough to give a record deal to."

 

And so Coldplay unbelievably became something of a homecoming gig. It certainly felt uplifting. On the band's three albums they might sometimes sound a little downbeat but sung live it was almost like a kids party. It's hard to describe the childlike joy when a dozen huge yellow balloons fell from the sky at the rousing conclusion to the anthem Yellow. Even bouncing Martin couldn't resist popping the odd balloon to disperse gold glittering tic-a-tape.

 

The Manchester gig was the penultimate in a mammoth 80-odd date world tour that took in two nights at Bolton's Reebok Stadium in July. But Chris and the lads don't show a drop of waning enthusiasm.

 

A spectacular encore sees Chris sprinting through the crowds to the "cheap seats" to sing In My Place just to show what an all-encompassing guy he is.

 

Just about every cross section of Manchester society is here - from crop top wearing teeny boppers to shaggy haired Indie kids. But then capturing hearts and minds is what world domination is all about.

 

This night was another sort of homecoming for Coldplay's support Wigan rock god Richard Ashcroft. You know it's not your average concert when the warm-up act has the audience playing along and clapping loud enough to warrant an encore.

 

But then Ashcroft is no average performer. The ex-Verve front man put on a virtuoso performance belting out new solo material with soaring vocals before dedicating Verve classics Lucky Man and Bittersweet Symphony to his hero George Best.

 

Source: http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk

Sums it up perfectly, an excellent gig, slightly better than the Reebok gig too!

Well I will say Rebook was great, However when these tickets were being sold I thought I would not miss out on this one it seems I did .....*** dreams of the gig I never went to .... but what the hell I went to a Barcelona gig instead hahahaha ....

 

I thought I found a ticket last night going home, I saw a number of ticket master tickets on the floor... the first letter said C but it was C for Cinderealla gutted.... I would have raced to the gig got in 10 mins late and screamed...

 

Top review Ian ! :)

So where can I get a bootleg for this gig from? I was there last night too ^_^

 

Edit: The Rapidshare ones in the Multimedia section don't work, I meant where else could I get them?