Knotty Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Welllll you don't KNOW me but you're half-acquainted in internet form, that seems to be the order of the day :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 weeee just over 24 hours to go :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlissfullyMuse Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Im so excited for this gig! Haven't seen them in 3 years...plus its the first UK gig! whooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 so if anyone wants to meet...i'm thinking first bar on the left at 8.00. that's where i'll be anyway :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianatsl Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 first bar? what bar? what? I've never been to Sheffield or the arena. i want to meeeeet :nice: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyh1 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 managed to get my friend some tickets last night from the box office,they have added a row 27 a and 27 b onto block a,b and c.was hoping there might be some production release in that front block but they say thats it now.i suppose because its a sat nite and the first uk gig that all the freebies are taken .oh well at least we are all going. I got 2x Floor Seats Row 16 the other day from Seetickets.com. Couldn't believe it. I wasn't planning to go to this as I'm off to the o2 but I couldn't resist seats like that. Especially with it now being the opening night in the UK.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professa95 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 uk opener!!!!!!! wonder if theyll pull something special out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyh1 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Info for those going to Sheffield (From Sheffield Arena website) :- Timings for Coldplay are as follows (please beware these are intended as a guide only and may be subject to change): 6.30pm Doors Open 7.30pm Support : Jon Hopkins/Eugene Francis 9.10pm Coldplay 10.50pm Event ends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 uk opener!!!!!!! wonder if theyll pull something special out new setlist :D 42 mentioned something of the sort weeks ago, and it would be a logical point to start the changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa42 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Everyone have a fabulous time, it will be a very special concert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watto Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 My stepfather works as a baggage handler at Sheffield Robin Hood Airport. Does anyone want to take a guess as to who's equipment he unloaded yesterday? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 ^Wow! Cool :D BUMP Coldplay are back in the UK baby :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiminy Cricket Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 SETLIST CHANGE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS INCOMING. Hopefully. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 My stepfather works as a baggage handler at Sheffield Robin Hood Airport. Does anyone want to take a guess as to who's equipment he unloaded yesterday? ;) Britney's? :laugh3: only 7 hours and they should be on stage :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Weeee. :dance: AND we don't have to wait 8 hours for the reviews! :dance: Yay for GMT :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Weeee. :dance: AND we don't have to wait 8 hours for the reviews! :dance: Yay for GMT :lol: I know!! I can stay up late instead of get up early :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marie/pims Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 YAY!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted November 29, 2008 Author Share Posted November 29, 2008 [Coldplay Oxfam Blog] A foggy day back in the U.K. On a train to Sheffield, England. The accents have changed. The scenery (or what I can see of it), is very different. There’s coffee fumes in the air from the buffet car. Bleary-eyed Saturday shoppers are shuffling along in the carriages, for a boost of morning brew (with chocolate sprinkles). Autumn looks like it’s been and gone. Trees stripped bare of leaves. Frost on the wiry grass. Thick.. Thick, fog. To be honest, I can’t see a lot at all. Aside from the occasional rooftop, lonely-looking horse, or another patchwork field. It’s all quite poetic. To think that it was the start of the summer days, when Coldplay took the stage for their live return in Brixton, London, back in June. When ‘Viva La Vida’ crashed into the charts worldwide, and the band began to take the world by storm. I remember back in April, when I got my new job. Preparing for the tour, back in Oxfam House. Designing t-shirts and collecting boxes of materials. The buzz of waiting for the tour to begin. Over 60 shows later, and I feel like a seasoned veteran. OK, so not quite like some of the guys on this tour.. But at least I’m not quite so fresh-faced as I used to be. It’s been quite an adventure that’s brought us back (almost), to where we started.. Albeit, just a few hours up the M1. Two tours of North America and one whistle-stop trip around Europe later, and we are back ‘home’. Home for the band and about half of the crew at least. I’ve been looking forward to seeing how the show goes down here. Seeing some familiar faces, working with Oxfam GB, changing my dollars into pounds, and buying some of the snacks that haven’t been discovered yet, across those ponds. Las Vegas to Boston, Strasbourg to Antwerp, Ottawa to Salt Lake City. With Budapest, Paris, Munich, Stockholm, Barcelona, New York, Chicago, Houston, Milan.. And many more in between. It’s been a long journey so far. Lots of miles. Lots of sold out Coldplay shows. Thousands of fans joining Oxfam along the way, and nowhere near enough sleep. Here I am, on a train to Sheffield, to start the last 3 or so weeks of the ‘Viva La Vida’ / Oxfam tour, 2008. Tonight the focus will turn back to asking people to show their support for Health and Education FOR ALL. I have spoken about it before in this blog. Just simple things. Things, even that many people take for granted. But the same things that, without which, can deepen poverty, risk lives, limit opportunities and remove freedoms. With your support, Oxfam is asking for everyone to have clean water. Bars of soap. The chance to learn to read. For life-saving immunisations. Access to a doctor, locally. If you live in Sheffield. There are hospitals. Schools with teachers and train stations with running taps. Not everyone in the world, has this chance. It doesn’t seem much to ask. I hope that a few thousand more Coldplay fans will agree with that tonight, and pledge their support, for everyone to be given the same chance. Those record breakers in Ottawa, back in October, were campaigning for exactly the same thing. Why don’t you click here now, to join the campaign? Just went through Derby. Almost there. It’s busy. More emptying coffee cups have joined the train. I still can’t see much out of the window, but it’s good to be home. It’s foggy, and I’m proud. Pete http://www.oxfamblogs.org/coldplay/?p=111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 weeeeeeee its real :D the UK leg of the tour is about to start :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Squueeeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted November 29, 2008 Author Share Posted November 29, 2008 make Pete's day and go and comment on his blog :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 make Pete's day and go and comment on his blog :D erm I want him to say hi to me in Manchester not hide from me :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 I know someone who is at this gig and I also know what Coldplay are playing right at this moment in time! :sneaky: Unfortunately my phone has decided to crap out and didn't record it :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 how many hours until the gig? :uhoh: or is it on now? I love the time difference when there are shows in europe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 I know someone who is at this gig and I also know what Coldplay are playing right at this moment in time! :sneaky: Unfortunately my phone has decided to crap out and didn't record it :( you know someone at the soundcheck?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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