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[Dallas Preview] Coldplay fans have much to look forward to tonight

 

No matter who may be the top selling act this year, alternative rock band Coldplay puts on the best show. On Sunday, Nov. 16. the band played at a sold-out Ford Stadium in Oklahoma City. Tonight they play in Dallas at the American Airlines Center.

 

Coldplay's concert bombards the senses with visual effects, incredible music and even massive amounts of confetti that pour from the ceiling. More importantly, the band is entertaining, especially when front man Chris Martin uses his humility for comedic purposes.

 

"Thanks for being here," Martin said after the first few songs. "We're a band called Coldplay. And I have to say that, as a band, we're thoroughly impressed for a Sunday night in Oklahoma,"

 

The tour revolves around the group's album, "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends," released this past summer. The concert opened with the mostly instrumental "Life in Technicolor," a song perfectly suited for opening a show because it begins in a mellow state but finishes with energy. The group immediately launched into the first single from "Viva la Vida," "Violet Hill." The crowd sang along as Martin threw himself around the stage with abandon and gusto.

 

Martin's energy carried the show through a laser accompanied "Clocks" and "In My Place," two of Coldplay's best known songs. When the group played "Fix You," arguably Coldplay's most emotional ballad, you could see the cell phones lighting up around the arena as fans recorded the song or called loved ones so they could listen in.

 

The best part of the concert was when the group engaged with the audience and joined them in the crowd. Coldplay gathered on a smaller stage among the floor seats to play a club version of, "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" and "Talk." Then, Martin was left alone to play "The Hardest Part," but not before telling the funniest anecdote of the evening.

 

"This next song ["The Hardest Part"] isn't the best Coldplay song, but it isn't the worst," Martin quipped. "The worst one is unrecorded. It's a song we wrote when we first got together and we were very young. It's about body odor and how important it is to wear deodorant. I guess that's what was important to us when we were young. Anyway, that's the worst Coldplay song."

 

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Can anybody tell me roughly what time CP has been taking the stage? I am going tonight and have to work till 6:30. I won't be at the arena till about 8. The tix say 7:30. I know they won't start that early, but I assume somebody is opening. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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