SO WHO IS SUPER EXCITED FOR THURSDAY!?!?!?!?!?!!! :o:D:shocked2:!!!

Yahooooo!!!

I AM!

 

only problem is I won't be there...

 

have fun everyone! :)

I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

Dave

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Hi, I believe this is my first post here...lol...but I was wondering if any of you knew if the Wachovia Center allows cameras. I know it says "no cameras" on the tickets...but do they enforce that?

Bring your camera!

 

I promise you won't want to miss out on the photo ops!

Okay, good. I freaked out when I saw that on the tickets...I thought I'd die...lol

take lots of pics/vids for us here!

Less than 4 hours! I'm bouncing in my seat!

take lots of pics/vids for us here!

^I second that! Have a great time everyone!

Just returned from the show in NYC @ The China Club...Chris is pretty ill (cough,cold,congestion)...but I'm hoping he holds up well for tonight! T-Minus 3 hours!

Just returned from the show in NYC @ The China Club...Chris is pretty ill (cough' date='cold,congestion)...but I'm hoping he holds up well for tonight! T-Minus 3 hours![/quote']Oh no. :sick: Well since it's the last show, I'm sure he will go all out even if it kills him.

 

Oooo how was the China Club show?

Chris was very ill for the performance with a cold, congestion and throat problems...definitely did NOT want to be there, but bravo to him and Jonny for making a go of it, making us laugh and playing a few songs for the 95 of us that were there.

 

Show started with Chris announcing he was ill, followed by a performance of Til Kingdom Come/Ring of Fire Medley.

 

The host of the show chose me to ask the first question during the first of three Q&A sessions (I had mentioned to her earlier that I'd be following the band to philly this evening) and asked, "Since Jonny has been singing Don't Panic in concert lately, and you're ill Chris, why not have Jonny sing the whole show...yeah, not as witty as I had intended.

 

My question might have been blown off had the very next song not been "Don' Panic" which it was...with Jonny on lead vocals...after a line of the first verse, Chris cut him off and took over.

 

 

With his voice fading, a pair of very gutsy gals volunteered out of the audience to sing "The Hardest Part" with Chris and Jonny, and they did their best, albeit without a complete grasp of the lyrics and 100 or so fairly supportive COLDPLAY fans eyeing them.

 

A lengthy Q&A took place in which a NEW song was played on the fly...it

was rather catchy for a "gag" song, and it was titled "Mariah Carey's Boobs"....you had to be there I guess to get the joke. (The song musically wasn't that bad!)

 

Chris, although ill, kept the humor lively and participated in the five question "Coldplay Trivia" section of the show by giving the answers to five lukcy audience members who all got signed copies of X&Y. Four out of five didn't know the answers to the following:

 

1. Where did Coldplay meet?

2. X&Y is Coldplays ____album?(#)

3. What band/song inspired "Talk".

4. How many grammy's have Coldplay won?

5. Who played with Coldplay at the 2004 Grammy's.

 

Chris helped them all out, very nice of him...

 

A very fine rendition of "In My Place", the song Chris felt was easiest on him to sing, finished off the show. After a quick bow, he bolted for the door with Jonny in tow. My pics show a very sweaty Chris leaving the stage, perhaps indicative of a fever? I hope not...thus far no word on Coldplay.com about a canceled end to the tour tonight.

 

Not quite China Club 2003, but then again, different band and different circumstances three years later.

 

Setlist: (kind of)

 

1. Til Kingdom Come

2. Ring of Fire

3. Don't Panic

4. The Hardest Part

5. In My Place

 

Cheers!

:cry: poor thing.

I hope all your signs cheer him and the band up tonight!!

He thanked everyone for the signs. As I said in the other post, awesome show <3

Having seen a very ill and woozy Chris at the China Club in NY nine hours earlier, doubt about this show even being played had entered my mind.

 

Every ounce of doubt, every criticism about the "same setlist" being played every night and every thought of this being a quick, routine performance were assuaged with this show.

 

 

Immediately following Ashcroft's finale of "Bittersweet Symphony", some brilliant members of this board handed out seemingly thousands of copies of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of white paper with the words "USA LOVES COLDPLAY". Clearly, this was going to add an element to an otherwise already highly charged atmosphere of high energy.

 

At about 9:30, the most energetic and LOUD "Square One" I've witnessed in the six shows I've caught this tour brought the sell-out crowd into a frenzy. High energy, solid sounding voice (albeit shaky at times), exceptional performance.

 

SETLIST HIGHLIGHTS:

 

1) Square One

2) Politik - A proper version, no ad-libs, "give me love over" lyric in it's correct place.

3) Yellow - It appeared not a single balloon made it ONTO the stage, unique and noteworthy as they have obstructed the band in the past.

4) Speed of Sound - The Wachovia Center's 360 degree video screens made the visuals for this truly remarkable.

5)What If

6)God Put a Smile Upon Your Face - Here Chris thanked the Doctor from Philadelphia who enabled him to sing and regain his health in order to perform

7) Don't Panic (Johnny sang part of the second verse)

8) White Shadows - Outro featured Jonny & Chris doing their "Brokeback" spooning on the floor

9) The Scientist

10) Til Kingdom Come

11) Ring of Fire

12) Trouble (TKC, ROF & Trouble were all acoustically performed, the piano Will was using malfunctioned, prompting Chris to utter, "Never buy a keyboard from George W. Bush...that's neither an endorsement nor a criticism")

13) Clocks - Standard countdown conclusion

14) Talk - At the end of the song, out came the "USA Loves Coldplay" signs...the boys clearly saw this and I believe were quite appreciative*

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15) Swallowed in the Sea - I finally wrote down the order of the tracks that appear on the screen during this song that apparently represents a temporary tracklist for "X&Y" from October 25, 2004.

16)In My Place - Clearly exhausted, Crhis still sprinted out into Section 106 and back onto the stage after being groped profusely.

17) Fix You - Very energetic, and enthusiastic with much passion for the last time this song was played on the US tour...Chris destroyed the light bulb with a huge swing out over the audience.

 

*From my vantage point, it appeared Will took a copy of the sign and tore it, realigning the sign's fragments to read "Coldplay Loves USA"...perhaps it was handwritten...correct me if I'm wrong

 

An extended series of bows and curtain calls met thunderous applause that only got louder as Chris remained on the right side of the staging disrobing. After removing his shirt and shoes, it appeared he began to undo his trousers and then headed off the stage, perhaps the fever he had at noon had returned...

 

After seeing them on 8/7/05, 9/3/05, 9/6/05, 3/25/06, 3/26/06 and now tonight...COLDPLAY has proven (not that they needed to), that no matter what criticism may come their way, they can rise above it.

 

I am truly staggered at this band's ability to pull together despite poor health, exhaustion and over a year's worth of touring to put together a US tour finale like this show. Absolutely Brilliant.

^cheers for the review and glad that Chrissy got well enough to give you guys a great show.

It appeared not a single balloon made it ONTO the stage' date=' unique and noteworthy as they have obstructed the band in the past.[/quote']

 

I happened to be watching the balloons, one fell into the sound booth. You should have seen the engineers freaking out as they tried to bat it away. Or maybe you did?

 

On another note... when the X&Y codeblocks were scrolling across the background, does anyone know what they said? Was it anything worth knowing or was it pretty much just gibberish?

I believe it's the X&Y code that scrolls across the back. Compare:

 

 

I don't think so. I thought that originally, and I definitely saw some X&Y codeblocks, but there were wider codeblocks as well and lots of them that looked quite different. That said, the whole thing was a blur to me, so I may be wrong. I just remember a group of code blocks in a row that looked like the X&Y block followed by a series that seemed to say something.

some footage I shot in Houston

i got about 6 videos from the concert, the audio is ok on some of them, good on others...theyre zoomed in all the way because of my seats, but theyre still decent

 

taking a while to upload, ill post them tomorrow

Great Review!

 

I can't wait to see pics with the signs! and Will what a great guy!

 

Getting a bit teary- eyed here. Bittersweet end for the tour. get som rest boys, you deserve it!

I happened to be watching the balloons, one fell into the sound booth. You should have seen the engineers freaking out as they tried to bat it away. Or maybe you did?

 

 

 

That is hilarious!:lol:

 

Poor sound techs, too much action!:P