Texasluvsjonny Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Oh....and I got Jonny's setlist. WOOHOOOOO!!! YOU COW! I hate you! :P:kiss: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasluvsjonny Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Hey Kara, check out what I found on the BBC Radio 1 site: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Ahhhh. Kara! Thank god someone was paying Jonny some attention. hahaha, you look overjoyed in the picture. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathey42 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Hey Kara, check out what I found on the BBC Radio 1 site: I knew I would see a picture of you from this concert sooner or later. :lol: Glad you arrived at home safely. Weird drunken man... :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathey42 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 People keep saying how strict it was, but had my passport in my hand and my ID wasn't checked at all?! Anyway brilliant night all round, I was a bit worried about going on my own but the people sitting around me were really friendly. I thought the boys played a great selection of songs last night and I was thrilled to hear Square One followed by Trouble, what a treat!! Will taking up lead vocal duties on that new song was a lovely surprise as well. Was a bit disappointed not to have DAAHF included in the set and also don't know about everybody else on here but i'm not convinced with Life In Technicolor as the opener, even though i love it on the album. It just doesn't have the same punch as Politik or Square One. That's just a minor thing though, as it was an amazing night, oh and let me just add how impressed with how Raw Jonny's guitar playing sounded at times last night. The best example of this was during God Put A Smile when the whole band really rocked out before Chris broke his guitar, does anybody on here know the lucky sod in the crowd who he gave it to? Fantastic, bring on Wednesday now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Wikicoldplay page updated Thanks for your reviews guys. Gonna have a look at your photos when I get in from work so I can use one of them instead of the official one I have on at the moment. I'll also update any new reviews where possible as I go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Coldplay, Brixton Academy, London Singing does power of good for predictable Martin By Elisa Bray Tuesday, 17 June 2008 As soon as they begin their show, we know that everything we had expected of a Coldplay gig, we are going to get. It's this predictability that has made Coldplay at once so loved by the masses and so rejected by everyone else who errs from the mainstream. By Coldplay's standards, this is a tiny gig – so accustomed to the arenas and even stadiums are the fourpiece. Tickets for this show were won by fans on the band's website and in a piece of promotion, broadcast live on Radio 1, Martin makes sure we recognise just how generous he and the band have been, with self-congratulatory jokes throughout – "no refunds". Coldplay may have helped guitar music into the charts in 2000, but their instant commercial success spawned the onslaught of bands Keane, Athlete and Embrace, simulating their brand of inoffensive indie rock, thus steering British rock straight down the middle of the road. While their answer to Radiohead's earlier indie-rock was to remove their interesting sharp turns in direction and the disarming quality of Thom Yorke's angst-ridden vocals and lyrics, Coldplay have nailed a formula for the heart-tugging epic anthem of the masses. It's early days for the new music, as seen by the crowd's varying reactions. "Violet Hill" is a success tonight, and one to join their line of hits which include "Clocks", whose emotive piano chords and Martin's falsetto has the crowd erupting. "When you think you're going to lose, just sing this song," Martin says earnestly "singing can do the power of good," he says, introducing the title song of their new album "Vida La Vida". It's just one of the many moments in the gig that turns the crowd into a hug-athon. "Trouble" is disappointingly dirge-like. But new song "Lost!", its organ chords of epic proportion, actually creates a ripple of emotion. For the first encore they disappear up to the balcony to play a couple of acoustic songs, brilliant for the portion of fans at front left of the stage, perplexing for the rest of us following the spotlight. The effect, half comedic, especially with one well-timed heckle "Go on Chris, jump!" and emotive at the same time, as they played their first hit "Yellow". Martin unveils a new acoustic country song sung by drummer Will Champion, adding variety to their set. "Fix You" is flawlessly performed, and is the best example of the band's ability to manipulate the strings of their audience's heart. This they follow up with the solid new track "Lovers in Japan" as colourful confetti butterflies start showering the crowd. It's a tasteful way to end the night and shows that Coldplay continue to do what they do predictably brilliantly. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/coldplay-brixton-academy-london-848556.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgandy Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 mp3's of the gig are in the multimedia section now! Pardon my ignorance, but where is the multimedia section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehitcher Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I'm currently uploading my first video from last night. 42, the full song too. But its 280mb and its taking ages, at 24% at the moment, should hopefully be better quality because im uploading the full size video rather than encoding first. Il keep uploading them all day. I have also to upload: Strawberry Swing (Full) Trouble (Full) Viva La Vida (Full) Yellow (Full) Fix You (Missed the end bit as my card run out of space :() Violet Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandi102 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 the morning after the night before....what an amazing performance! Loved every second of every performance and the set list was spot on, incl. Girls aloud's 'Call the shots now'. At that moment me and Kara looked at each other and the expressions on both of our faces was priceless. I think we were expecting some surprises or stunts and the balcony acoustic performance of yellow just topped off what was an inspring night. Just incredibly mind blowing. That's me next to Kara, altho my arms are obscuring my face. Got a chance to say hello to Chris and have my pic taken with him! who hoooo! I knew I would see a picture of you from this concert sooner or later. :lol: Glad you arrived at home safely. Weired drunken man... :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandi102 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Thanks crazyduckette, it was lovely to meet you too and thanks for being such great company last night. We didn't get back until 1am and fortunately i'm working from home this today, so i'm taking things very slow. I'm still on a complete high from last night. I'm going to listen back to the radio 1 show tonight with my little boy and then I'll have to break it to him gently that I was there with them and show him the pics! Well done on getting Jonny's setlist. that's prob made u year!:lol: :sleep:AGGHHHH I just typed a big reply, then my internet crashed. ugh. I was in the first 25 people.....we got a little booklet titled 'Politik'...full of writing and wisdom, heh. I met Sandi in the queue, lovely lady, nice to meet you! :nice: Also found out that Pete (Kimchi) had got tickets... :dance: and saw him and Aakash when they arrived :D Pics and videos will follow tomorrow hopefully! think Im off to sleepies.. :sleep: sorry that was so rushed, but its nearly 3am :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Coldplay at the Brixton Academy Pete Paphides With new album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends sitting atop the charts after just three days and 300,000 sales, you would think Chris Martin might finally relax. But after a month which has seen Coldplay’s frontman walk out of two interviews in the face of the most gentle of interrogations, it’s best to assume nothing. He may have befriended high-rolling rap tycoons such as Jay-Z and Kanye West, but their sense of entitlement has yet to rub off on the man who, in this month’s Q, preemptively referred to his group as “the world’s biggest bland”. Perhaps coming back to the live arena with a free show – tickets “won” on a raffle basis – was a further lowering of the stakes, easing Martin into a role with which his modest ego seems to struggle. “I know there’s been complaints about the ticket price,” he joked prior to the cathartic squall of Chinese Sleep Chant. Usually when a band returns with product to flog, trusted hits are spaced out in order to rack up goodwill for the new, less familiar stuff. Coldplay ought to take pride in the fact that the evening’s most exciting moments came with songs that the assembled throng were only just getting to know. Switching from piano to guitar for 42, Martin bobbed about in his customarily awkward legs-apart manner before guitarist Jonny Buckland lit the touch-paper on the song’s propulsive middle section. Next to that and the instrumental opener, Life In Technicolour, 2003 hit Clocks sounded like a half-formed idea that – under the current regime – would be lucky to fill 30 seconds of a new number. Similarly, the seismic current single Violet Hill sounded like a song with enough going on to sustain its creators a year down the line when they have had to sing it in five continents. That the same couldn’t be said of Coldplay’s last album X&Y perhaps accounted for its almost entire absence from the setlist. Only Fix You made its way into the set – a mawkish memento of a period when creative complacency seemed to render Coldplay irrelevant. [That said, some things remain unchanged. Martin couldn’t resist a deferential allusion to Radiohead – a band whose continued envelope-pushing serves merely to compound his own insecurities.] Three years on, Coldplay sounded like a band who may have finally found an acre of sonic terrain to call their own. The journey travelled to this point was elegantly marked by an acoustic version of their maiden hit Yellow. If the ovation that greeted it doesn’t silence the voices in Martin’s head, only a psychiatrist or, maybe, hearing specialist can help him now. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4153524.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyduckette Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Hey Kara, check out what I found on the BBC Radio 1 site: yes, Angie....stop posting it everywhere!!! :dozey: :uhoh: That might have cost you a Jonny pic or video.....:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I thought it was Will myself, and he backed away from Chris pretty quickly, but may well be wrong, delirious as I was :) :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FixYougirl Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I could listen to it on BBC1, it's better than nothing. I was delighted ! What a great show ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I could listen to it on BBC1, it's better than nothing. I was delighted ! What a great show ! Yes - it certainly was. Really captured the atmosphere.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aakashnaik Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I had lost all hope of going to Brixton, but yesterday a small miracle happened! having woken up now I'm slowly realizing, that yes. That did just happen. Last night was awesome even without the gig, I Truly met the nicest person in the world and hopefully made a couple of friends:D I think i was still in shock for the first half hour of the set , for me it really picked up during Lost!, from then it was the usual Coldplay experience of being pelted with one great song after another. for me the new songs sounded better than the older ones (apart from the acoustic yellow which was probably the highlight). I think the new songs sounded better because they were fresh. I have to admit coldplay were a bit rusty, but that could have something to do with me standing next to the side of the speaker? did anyone hear chris sneak in 3peat by lil wayne and also some girls aloud? that too was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSteve Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Well, that was awesome. Got there around 3pm, 6th in the queue so was happy with that. There was this american guy who got there before us and had sat on a needle and it pierced his skin! People were so worried for him and he was told to go to hospital. We all felt so sorry for him BUT he made it back before doors after having some injection at the hospital :). TOUTS!!!........are so gay and stupid lol. The amount of them that came upto us asking how the tickets worked and walked off in a strop coz they realised they were beaten was a joke. However just about all of them came back asking for any tickets they could buy.... :rolleyes: Anyways, also got one of them politik books which was random but something for the people who got there early. Oh and Chris martin just happened to walk off the street, past the queue and nobody realised until he had gone passed lol. I saw him come round the corner, hat on and head down i just thought it was a randomer, so annoyed! The viva la vida artwork that was on the wall was interesting....while they were putting it up the guy whos wall it was came along and got a lil stressy but they guy said he'll fill in the holes they drilled before they leave lol. It didn't actually have viva la vida on it until fairly late on when a guy came and painted it. Moving on, doors finally opened a little after 6.30pm and security were confused by the 1st people, turns out that guy wasnt at the briefing he was supposed to be at and got in trouble haha. Into the venue, headed straight down to the barrier and got in just left of centre which was exactly where i wanted to be :D. Seemed to take a long time to fill up, persumably due to the ID checks although speaking to people later they were just randomly checking peoples ID later on. Support wasnt bad, not exactly what i would listen to but the screen was kool and at the end of the day, he's dam good at what he does but then it was time for a real band to come on :P. I like LIT as an opener but i dont like the way they did it. To have the song already playing and then just come out and play along with it surely causes doubts? Still brilliant anyhow, Violet hill was great and then i was so surprised by Clocks coming then and followed by In My Place! Actually like everyone i didn't have a clue what to expect which was good tbh. Square one was possibly the biggest surprise being played when it was and it was great apart from at the end...i dont like it when chris changes lyrics and that kinda thing :cry:. Then when they went upstairs to play everyone was just :o. It made it feel as though they were including everyone, except the people who were right underneath them so they couldn't see lol. Wills vocals were great btw. Back down to the stage and Fix you was great, pleased it didn't close as Lovers in Japan worked really well and all the confetti was cool and kinda different. There was so much of it! The girl working one of the machines couldnt do it properly so a security guy helped her, lol. I have a perfect condition, bright green butterfly :cool: Btw the broken guitar....chris handed it to the people on the middle of the barrier, several hands were all over it including that american dude and then it was immediately taken away by security. I still cant believe it actually broke, he didn't exactly throw it he just dropped it (purposly though). Think it was actually Johnny's guitar coz chris said sorry mate to him after. Came out after only to meet james corden (the chubby guy from gavin and stacey). Got a nice pic with him! Hung about afterwards for a bit, saw will in the window above a door so waited there and then suddenly 2 of the band came out the door at the far end. One person told me it was guy and chris and another person told me it was guy and johnny :confused:. Waited a bit longer but nothing happened so i left leaving me enough time to get back to the station car park which closes at 1:30am. Got to rickmansworth at 0:45am only for the car park to be locked already. Nice hour stroll home for me and my mate which was a tad annoying. However was still an awesome night, got my car back now and i will be complaining to the car park people :veryangry2: PS: I saw you Kara and Sandi! I was only 4 people to your right but didn't realise. I was on the phone when Sandi came to the front of the queue, didnt know and the time :angry:. Also, really pleased you get the setlist kara as you were the 1st to ask for it lol. That security guy who gave you it is safe. He's like a mate to me now coz im up there so often :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgandy Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I think my question got lost in all the excitement. Where is the multimedia section on the site to listen to the mp3s uploaded? Glad you all had a good time. Sounded like an amazing experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Thanks for the review :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I think my question got lost in all the excitement. Where is the multimedia section on the site to listen to the mp3s uploaded? Glad you all had a good time. Sounded like an amazing experience. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandi102 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Oh Steve, i wished you'd came and said hello! thanks for the detailed account. When i arrived and asked people whether they were from the Coldplay forum (just realised, that sounds as if we live here!!!) they all said no :( so i was a little disappointed. Then we went across the road for lunch and who do i pass as I'm crossing the road?? Guy Berryman!!!!!!!!! and i'm like "Hey Guy, looking forward to tonight", and then I regret not stopping him for a pic, but the beefy security guy looked scary!! AND THEN...as i'm waiting by the backstage door, i noticed a figure walking from the top, with a green hat and because of the T-shirt he's wearing i know straightaway that's its Chris. We were asked not to run up to him, but he was happy to stand and take pics with us, which was awesome. Its not the most flattering pic of me tho, so i don't like it, but Chris looks gr8. he has such piercing blue eyes. Well, that was awesome. PS: I saw you Kara and Sandi! I was only 4 people to your right but didn't realise. I was on the phone when Sandi came to the front of the queue, didnt know and the time :angry:. Also, really pleased you get the setlist kara as you were the 1st to ask for it lol. That security guy who gave you it is safe. He's like a mate to me now coz im up there so often :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgandy Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=28 Thanks fella, you're a legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyduckette Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 The guy at the very front of the queue told me about the guy and the needle!!! That was soooo bad. I'm glad that the guy was okay though! It made me not want to sit down whilst waiting. :( You should have said hi, Steve! :D Glad you got to the front too :) What do you look like btw? I agree about changing the lyrics to the end of Square One..I was all ready to sing...'is there anybody out there whoooo....." oh well. I'm so happy they played it, was such a shock in the middle of the setlist! woohoo. Thanks re. the setlist! The security guy was awesome in making sure I got it.:dance: I think its a bit sad of me but I noticed there was a Jonny footprint on it, well I hope it was his. It's probably a roadie's haha. Well, that was awesome. Got there around 3pm, 6th in the queue so was happy with that. There was this american guy who got there before us and had sat on a needle and it pierced his skin! People were so worried for him and he was told to go to hospital. We all felt so sorry for him BUT he made it back before doors after having some injection at the hospital :). TOUTS!!!........are so gay and stupid lol. The amount of them that came upto us asking how the tickets worked and walked off in a strop coz they realised they were beaten was a joke. However just about all of them came back asking for any tickets they could buy.... :rolleyes: Anyways, also got one of them politik books which was random but something for the people who got there early. Oh and Chris martin just happened to walk off the street, past the queue and nobody realised until he had gone passed lol. I saw him come round the corner, hat on and head down i just thought it was a randomer, so annoyed! The viva la vida artwork that was on the wall was interesting....while they were putting it up the guy whos wall it was came along and got a lil stressy but they guy said he'll fill in the holes they drilled before they leave lol. It didn't actually have viva la vida on it until fairly late on when a guy came and painted it. Moving on, doors finally opened a little after 6.30pm and security were confused by the 1st people, turns out that guy wasnt at the briefing he was supposed to be at and got in trouble haha. Into the venue, headed straight down to the barrier and got in just left of centre which was exactly where i wanted to be :D. Seemed to take a long time to fill up, persumably due to the ID checks although speaking to people later they were just randomly checking peoples ID later on. Support wasnt bad, not exactly what i would listen to but the screen was kool and at the end of the day, he's dam good at what he does but then it was time for a real band to come on :P. I like LIT as an opener but i dont like the way they did it. To have the song already playing and then just come out and play along with it surely causes doubts? Still brilliant anyhow, Violet hill was great and then i was so surprised by Clocks coming then and followed by In My Place! Actually like everyone i didn't have a clue what to expect which was good tbh. Square one was possibly the biggest surprise being played when it was and it was great apart from at the end...i dont like it when chris changes lyrics and that kinda thing :cry:. Then when they went upstairs to play everyone was just :o. It made it feel as though they were including everyone, except the people who were right underneath them so they couldn't see lol. Wills vocals were great btw. Back down to the stage and Fix you was great, pleased it didn't close as Lovers in Japan worked really well and all the confetti was cool and kinda different. There was so much of it! The girl working one of the machines couldnt do it properly so a security guy helped her, lol. I have a perfect condition, bright green butterfly :cool: Btw the broken guitar....chris handed it to the people on the middle of the barrier, several hands were all over it including that american dude and then it was immediately taken away by security. I still cant believe it actually broke, he didn't exactly throw it he just dropped it (purposly though). Think it was actually Johnny's guitar coz chris said sorry mate to him after. Came out after only to meet james corden (the chubby guy from gavin and stacey). Got a nice pic with him! Hung about afterwards for a bit, saw will in the window above a door so waited there and then suddenly 2 of the band came out the door at the far end. One person told me it was guy and chris and another person told me it was guy and johnny :confused:. Waited a bit longer but nothing happened so i left leaving me enough time to get back to the station car park which closes at 1:30am. Got to rickmansworth at 0:45am only for the car park to be locked already. Nice hour stroll home for me and my mate which was a tad annoying. However was still an awesome night, got my car back now and i will be complaining to the car park people :veryangry2: PS: I saw you Kara and Sandi! I was only 4 people to your right but didn't realise. I was on the phone when Sandi came to the front of the queue, didnt know and the time :angry:. Also, really pleased you get the setlist kara as you were the 1st to ask for it lol. That security guy who gave you it is safe. He's like a mate to me now coz im up there so often :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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