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Three years ago, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin warned that his band wouldn't be "in this neck of the woods again for quite a while". Since that tour, the English quartet have staked their claim for the title of biggest rock band in the world, selling millions of albums and playing to vast crowds nightly.

 

The group even affected the share price of their record company, EMI, when they missed the deadline for the release date for their third album, X&Y.

 

As usual, last night's crowd was greeted by stands for Fair Trade, Martin's charity of choice.

 

After a sturdy set from Sydney-based rockers Youth Group, Coldplay staged a consistently thrilling night of melodramatic pop music. Martin is the band's undoubted focal point on stage, scampering around energetically and commanding the fans' attention.

 

In the first of their three Melbourne shows, the group delighted the 12,000-strong crowd by dipping into what has become a commanding arsenal of hits.

 

There was Talk, Clocks, Speed of Sound and the poignant ballad The Scientist.

 

During the band's breakthrough hit song Yellow, the crowd roared as huge yellow balloons filled with gold confetti were released into the arena.

 

The crowd roared again when the singer dedicated Don't Panic to the Socceroos.

 

He even managed to dedicate a song to Shane Warne. When Warne was spotted walking through the crowd, a huge chant of "Warney" went up through most of the audience.

 

The band's much vaunted cover of Johnny Cash's classic Ring of Fire was also included.

 

However, among the omissions to the set-list were tracks such as Shiver and even current single The Hardest Part.

 

They were jettisoned in place of key tracks from the now 12-month old X&Y such as Square One and White Shadows.

 

The band ended with one of their most polarising moments - the slow-building ballad Fix You, with Martin leading the crowd in a compelling singalong.

 

A handful of tickets remain for tonight and tomorrow's shows.

 

Source: http://www.theage.com.au

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Some music critics have labelled English rock band Coldplay as "bland", but surely they did not mean the outfit that played Rod Laver Arena last night.

 

Chris Martin and his three band mates had the capacity crowd in the palm of their hands for the first of their three Melbourne shows. Last night's audience saw how success has transformed a band that was unknown when it played Melbourne's Big Day Out several years ago. Martin now leaps and prowls around the stage like a showbiz veteran.

 

The band played much of the latest album, X&Y, plus favourites such as Yellow, during which huge gold balloons filled with gold sparkles floated around the stadium.

 

Martin also drew attention to the presence of cricketer Shane Warne in the crowd.

 

When Warne left the concert several songs before it finished, Rod Laver Arena erupted into chants of "Warnie, Warnie".

 

Source: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au

they sang hardest part and shiver??

 

that would've been so good! Lucky people whoever was there!

No they didnt do those songs. The set list was the same as normal.

they said the hardest part and shiver were ommitted, not included.

right.. me and my awful eyesight.

 

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