Jen and Ian! I'm so glad you had a great time :D Huge thanks for the amazing pictures and videos :thumbsup: And your pic with Pete is the cutest ever :nice:

mine too. was going to google later and see if I could change it, but it generall looks like gobbledegook when I try those types of sites

Yeah I've had a google too and I always end up more confused lol.

 

I tried allsorts last night and finally settled with quickest shutter speed with no flash.

Tar love, I'll give this a go.

Coldplay still have plenty of vida left in them

 

We've said it before but it bears repeating: Coldplay are unfairly maligned. Just because they make popular songs, are hugely rich and yet don't conform to every rock-band cliche in the book (OK, we'll pass over the one about the frontman marrying a film star), it seems necessary to mock their every move. No wonder they've been taken to American hearts: there they actually like and encourage success.

 

Perhaps all those who denegrate Coldplay as being whiny bedwetting cohorts of Keane and Snow Patrol would think differently if they saw them live. At the Arena last night, Martin and co were awesomely powerful, Jonny Buckland's riffs set to stadium and anthem after anthem blowing away any of the bad moods they'd suggested they'd been in.

 

True, Martin doesn't so much like the sound of his own voice as like the sound of the crowd's - too often he opts for simply playing along as the audience bellow the words to Yellow. It's fun for a while, and then a little annoying - you don't pay £42.50 to hear the bloke next to you roaring the words. But in a sense it does prove how effortless Martin and co find writing memorable, clear-eyed pop songs.

 

The new songs from Viva La Vida fit snugly into the greatest hits; particularly the immense bombast of Lovers In Japan and 42. But the surprise - and they continually do surprise here, playing songs down the runway; at the back of the arena; letting the drummer sing - is when they play a techno version of God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, melding it into Talk and back again and somehow making it all work.

 

And yet it's The Hardest Part which sums Coldplay up. Or rather, the intro to it. Martin says it's a song about 'realising you'll never be quite as good as Oasis'. Look at their records and you have to wonder whether that's actually true - three out of four for Coldplay ain't bad compared to the Gallaghers' hit-rate of, ooh, two and a half out of seven. They want the critical acclaim that a Radiohead or an Arcade Fire enjoy, and yet they want the era-defining swagger of Oasis. Say one thing for them, at least Coldplay are still hungry - striving for, basically, an impossible dream.

 

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Wow guys thanks for the pics and vids. I'm just had a quick browse thru them, it's getting me really excited for tonights gig now :)

 

Another couple of hours and I'll be there rocking along to Coldplay SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Guys from last night's gig.... what time is best to arrive at the MEN arena when parking?

 

Cheers

depends where you're parking? (and welcome to coldplaying! ;))

Wow guys thanks for the pics and vids. I'm just had a quick browse thru them, it's getting me really excited for tonights gig now :)

 

Another couple of hours and I'll be there rocking along to Coldplay SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

don't forget to sign up at petes oxfam stall! :D

my final half-decent video from last night's gig, apologies for the dickheads who kept walking past to leave early :whatever:

 

[ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rptIjUP909w]YouTube - Coldplay - Life In Technicolor ii (Manchester, 11-Dec-08)[/ame]

depends where you're parking? (and welcome to coldplaying! ;))

 

Thanks!

 

Not sure where I'm going to park. I was hoping to get into one of the NCP parking lots... is it easy to park around there?

not really - but the arena does have a NCP next to it, but get there about 6-7pm for that, it will still be busy from the commuters. Other that that you could try the printworks:

 

http://www.men-arena.com/arena/?page_id=1152

 

we parked at brooklands and got the tram in, which is our preferred option :)

not really - but the arena does have a NCP next to it, but get there about 6-7pm for that, it will still be busy from the commuters. Other that that you could try the printworks:

 

http://www.men-arena.com/arena/?page_id=1152

 

we parked at brooklands and got the tram in, which is our preferred option :)

 

Great....thanks for the advice! Might give the printworks a try then.

no probs enjoy the show and don't forget to sign the oxfam register :P :)

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I'm pretty sure they did Crests of Waves as well, but its not on the set list on the first page? Am I wrong??

 

definately no Crests of Waves

 

Do you have a flickr account?

 

I would've died of excitment and jealousy :dead:

my final half-decent video from last night's gig, apologies for the dickheads who kept walking past to leave early :whatever:

 

YouTube - Coldplay - Life In Technicolor ii (Manchester, 11-Dec-08)

 

Great vid:clap:

 

I reckon that song is going to sound great at Wembley:D

now you know what I mean when I say shit camera for videos, at least the audio is "ok" :laugh3:

:dizzy: why do I see double and triple posts ?

now you know what I mean when I say shit camera for videos, at least the audio is "ok" :laugh3:

 

its not that bad Ian. Hell at least it was steady.:laugh3:

 

Like I said, you stick to the stills and I'll get the video;)

 

We'll be able to piece together the entire gig:lol:

my final half-decent video from last night's gig, apologies for the dickheads who kept walking past to leave early :whatever:

 

YouTube - Coldplay - Life In Technicolor ii (Manchester, 11-Dec-08)

 

In glasgow i was one of those dickheads :embarassed:

 

I had to leave to get the last train! :lol: didn't want to go :(

we'll tie you to the bladdy chair next time :angry: :P

as long as you also pay for a hotel for me that is fine and dandy! :smug:

can't you stop at Borrell's, he must have pads everywhere :D

I could certainly give him a call :smug:

I'm pretty sure they did Crests of Waves as well, but its not on the set list on the first page? Am I wrong??

I had a little heart attack, thank god it's not true, they have to wait other 9 days before playing it :P

 

Anyway, great pics, vids and reviews Jen and Ian :D