26-Sep-2008: Olympiahalle, Munich - Tickets, Preview, Meetups, Review/Photos

[Denise]

Magoo are you also on TK board?

 

Thanks for the reviews and setlist :nice:

Still no Glass of Water....and the hope is still alive :uhoh:

[professa95]

Oh my god, it was so amazing! I honestly have never ever been to such an awesome concert! It had everything you'd want. It was really an unforgettable experience and I definitely want to see them again this tour. I'm still speechless.

They rocked the house real good. We were in the 2nd row right in the middle.

 

I also have some videos but I don't know how to upload them.

I can't believe it's already over :-(

 

By the way, Albert Hammond Jr was not really in good shape tonight and played just about 20 minutes.

 

 

 

amazing photos!

[professa95]

i dont think finishing with yellow is a good choice id have either politik or lovers in japan

[sledgehammer]

Even though Lovers in Japan is not my favorite Coldplay song, I still think it was the highlight of the concert.

I took a whole bunch of paper butterflies with me :)

[Carlaatje]

aww yayyy now I can sleep !

[MagooUK]

Magoo are you also on TK board?

 

Thanks for the reviews and setlist :nice:

No problem!

 

Yep, I am on TK board! I guess you are too?! :) Your username seems familiar.

[sasa08]

I was there, too! It was amazing! My personal highlight was the piano version of 'The Hardest Part' - sooo beautiful.

 

Unfortunately, the sound was a bit crappy at times, as it usually is at this venue... Also, Chris' voice sounded like he has a bit of a cold or a sore throat, but he still sang beautifully. He said that the concert was being recorded for absolute radio, hopefully they'll put the whole thing online soon...?

[Mimixxx]

Nevermind

[melanieau]

Nevermind

 

:thinking:

[BostonSportsTD]

i literally DON'T KNOW what they are waiting for to premeir glass of water... WE JUST WANT TO HEAR IT.

[Larry]

11 000 Fans feiern Coldplay bei Tour-Abschluss in München

 

 

 

München (ddp-bay) Etwa 11 000 Menschen haben am Freitagabend in München die englische Band Coldplay zum Abschluss ihrer Deutschlandtour begeistert gefeiert.

 

 

 

München (ddp-bay). Etwa 11 000 Menschen haben am Freitagabend in München die englische Band Coldplay zum Abschluss ihrer Deutschlandtour begeistert gefeiert. Bei dem Konzert in der seit Monaten ausverkauften Olympiahalle präsentierten die Musiker um Frontmann Chris Martin ihre Erfolgssongs wie «In My Place», «Clocks» und «Speed Of Sound» sowie ihren jüngsten Hit «Viva La Vida».

 

Während des fast zweistündigen Konzerts spielte die Band mehr als 20 Songs. Dabei bot «Großbritanniens bester Softrock-Export», wie Martin die Band am Abend selbst bezeichnete, vor allem seinen gewohnt hymnischen Sound. Das Quartett überraschte das Publikum aber auch mit einem Abstecher mitten unter die Fans auf die Tribüne, wo es bei «The Scientist» und «Death Will Never Conquer» mit akustischen Gitarren und Mundharmonika in der riesigen Halle ein wenig Lagerfeuerromantik aufkommen ließ. Dabei versäumte es Martin nicht, den Münchnern «a happy Oktoberfest» zu wünschen.

 

 

Bei allem musikalischen Pathos verstand es der Sänger, immer wieder Nähe zum Publikum herzustellen - mal unterhielt er es mit selbstironischen Bemerkungen, mal erklärte er Coldplay zum Beitrag zur deutsch-englischen Völkerverständigung. Mehrfach versuchte er sich auch auf Deutsch. Zudem überzeugte das Konzert mit einer ausgeklügelten und aufwändigen Bühnen- und Lichtshow - samt Videoprojektionen und einem Konfettiregen aus bunten Papierschmetterlingen zu «Lovers In Japan».

 

 

Vor dem Abend in München hatten Coldplay bereits vier Konzerte in Deutschland bestritten: in Mannheim, Köln, Hamburg und Berlin. In den nächsten Tagen folgen noch einige Auftritte in Europa, ehe es für die Band Ende Oktober nach Kanada und in die USA geht.

 

 

Coldplay war mit dem aktuellen Album «Viva la Vida» im Sommer auf Anhieb der Sprung an die Spitze der Charts gelungen. Bereits mit «X&Y» hatte die Band Platz eins der Charts erobert. Das Quartett zählt mit mehr als 30 Millionen verkauften Alben, vier Grammys und sechs Brit Awards zu den erfolgreichsten Bands des Jahrzehnts.

 

 

ddp/pje/mar

 

 

http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/11-000-Fans-feiern-Coldplay-bei-Tour-Abschluss-in-Muenchen--/de/Politik/19696505

[Mimixxx]

The Scientist:

 

(drinking on the job Christopher, tisk tisk :P)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WrlZE6JAGE]YouTube - Coldplay - The Scientist - Munich 2008[/ame]

 

DWNC

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cWVkZji-NE]YouTube - Coldplay - Death will never conquer - Munich 2008[/ame]

[FlorianLey]

Hahaha, nice signature, Larry :D

[Larry]

Hahaha, nice signature, Larry :D

 

Thanks! What a fantastic game it was, eh? :laugh3: One of the best i've seen for ages! :cool:

 

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The famous and big Süddeutsche Zeitung (Southern German newspaper) just published this article:

 

Coldplay in München

 

Die wollen doch nur spielen

 

Sie sind britische Superstars und gelten doch als uncoolste Band des Planeten. In der Münchner Olympiahalle gaben Coldplay ein stimmungsvolles Konzert und zeigten, dass sie besser sind als ihr Ruf.

Von Beate Wild

 

 

Von wegen langweilig und sentimental: Coldplay - hier Frontmann Chris Martin - begeisterten 11.000 Fans in München. (Archivbild)

Foto: AP

 

 

Die Show fängt mit einem Pathos an, der sich kaum überbieten lässt: Erst der Strauß-Walzer "An der schönen blauen Donau", danach erscheinen die vier Briten hinter einem Vorhang, das Instrumentalstück "Life in technicolor" ertönt. Es folgt "Violet Hill", der Vorhang hebt sich, im Hintergrund sieht man das Revolutionsgemälde von Eugéne Delacroix "La Liberté guidant le peuple”, das man schon vom Cover des neuen Albums "Viva la vida" kennt. Schon etwas übertrieben das Ganze, aber egal. Wirkung ist Wirkung, das ist alles was zählt.

 

 

An Coldplay scheiden sich bekanntlich die Geister. Mädchenmusik, laues Kaufhaus-Gedudel, Sound für Bettnässer sind nur einige der Schmähworte, die in Zusammenhang mit der britischen Band gerne fallen. Auf der anderen Seite verkaufen sie erfolgreich ihre Platten, stehen wochenlang mit ihren Songs an der Spitze der Charts, füllen problemlos die größten Konzerthallen und können dafür auch noch horrende Eintrittspreise verlangen. Was ist los mit dieser Band? Liegt der Fall hier etwa ähnlich wie bei dem deutschen Popbarden Xavier Naidoo? Niemand scheint ihn offiziell zu mögen, doch seine Charterfolge beweisen das Gegenteil?

 

 

Auch die Kritiker sparen nicht mit Hieben. Langweilig, sentimental seien die Briten, oder schlichtweg die "unerträglichste Band unseres Jahrzehnts", wie die New York Times schrieb. Die Musik von Coldplay hatte man längst in die Schublade "Öder Stadionrock" gesteckt. Dann kam das neue Album "Viva La vida. Or: Death And All His Friends." Allein der Titel und das Cover ließen Schlimmstes befürchten. Doch es kam anders.

 

 

"Viva la vida" ist das beste Album der Briten seit ihrem Durchbruch vor acht Jahren. Vor allem deshalb, weil es nicht Coldplay-haft ist. Die Abkehr von den bekannten Mustern kann man wohl zu einem guten Teil Brian Eno zuschreiben. Der einstige Keyboarder und Mitbegründer von "Roxy Music" hat als Produzent schon Rockgeschichte geschrieben - er hat unter anderem mit U2, den Talking Heads und Depeche Mode gearbeitet. Auf dem neuen Album hören sich Coldplay unter seinem Einfluss endlich bunter und fröhlicher an. Sie arbeiten mit exotischen Instrumenten, probieren sich an afrikanischen Rhythmen und Lead-Sänger Chris Martin versucht, nicht mehr ganz so pathetisch und weinerlich zu singen.

 

 

Musikalisch müssen sich die Briten fast keine Vorwürfe mehr gefallen lassen. Außerdem schaffen sie es, mit ihrer Show eine mitreißende, fast euphorische Stimmung zu verbreiten. Von der Decke hängen illuminierte Riesenbälle, auf die Bilder projiziert werden. Von der Hauptbühne reichen zwei laufstegartige Arme in hinein die Menge der Fans. Auf den Stegen läuft Martin ständig hin- und her, einmal folgen ihm sogar seine drei Kollegen Jonny Buckland, Will Champion und Guy Berryman.

Coldplay entern die Tribüne

 

Ein Hit jagt den anderen. "Clocks", "In my place", "Fix you" und "Viva la vida", um nur einige zu nennen. Dazu springt Martin wie ein Aufziehmännchen über die Bühne. Es ist kein Tanzen, er fällt eher wie ein Betrunkener hin- und her. Er wirkt extrem hibbelig, selbst als er alleine auf der vorderen Bühne am Piano "The hardest part" performt, schaukelt er mit seinem Stuhl herum, wie ein Zappelphilipp. Sein Gesang, in altbekannter Weise zwischen Tenor und Kopfstimme schwankend, suggeriert große Gefühle: Liebe, Herzschmerz, Melancholie. Da kann sich Coldplay noch so bemühen, weniger Erregung vermitteln zu wollen, ganz ohne schaffen sie es nicht. Und offen gesagt, ganz ohne wäre auch halb so schön.

 

 

Einer der Höhepunkte des Konzerts ist, als die vier plötzlich von der Bühne stürmen und die obere Tribüne entern. Von dort geben sie "The Scientist" zum besten, in einer Akustik-Version mit Mundharmonika-Einlage von Martin. Coldplay befriedigt das musikalische Bedürfnis nach Geborgenheit, da kann man an der Musik herumkritisieren, soviel man will. Millionen von Fans können nicht irren.

 

 

Die Klavierballade "42" und das fast schon sakral wirkende "Lost" des neuen Albums "Viva la vida" sind Beweise dafür, dass Coldplay es Ernst meinen mit dem Relaunch ihrer Musik. Sie wollen ihr weinerliches Image ablegen und mit diesen beiden großartigen Songs ist das auch gelungen. Coldplay ist eine hervorragende Stadionband, am Freitagabend in München haben sie ihre Sache gut gemacht. Die 11.000 Fans sind glücklich und beschwingt nach Hause gegangen. Und das ist doch das Einzige, was wirklich zählt.

 

(sueddeutsche.de/cag)

 

 

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/35/311953/text/

[Denise]

i literally DON'T KNOW what they are waiting for to premeir glass of water... WE JUST WANT TO HEAR IT.

They're waiting for Monday or Tuesday :smug:

 

 

(yes...of course..wishful thinking)

[melanieau]

The Scientist:

 

(drinking on the job Christopher, tisk tisk :P)

 

 

DWNC

 

 

 

So 12 hours after the gig and some videos surface:dozey:

 

Its ok though....Chris touching Jonny's nose during the Scientist nearly makes up for it:D

 

 

edit:

IMP - faraway

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYGm1trVCV0]YouTube - Coldplay - In My Place (Live in Munich 08)[/ame]

 

SOS

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWKDhRrQXgc]YouTube - Coldplay - Speed of Sound (Live in Munich 08)[/ame]

 

THP

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLnimjvkTj8]YouTube - Coldplay - The Hardest Part Live in München[/ame]

 

Fix You

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4EX_Hgag7U]YouTube - Coldplay - Fix You Live in München[/ame]

[*Sarah*]

11 000 Fans feiern Coldplay bei Tour-Abschluss in München

 

 

 

München (ddp-bay) Etwa 11 000 Menschen haben am Freitagabend in München die englische Band Coldplay zum Abschluss ihrer Deutschlandtour begeistert gefeiert.

 

 

München (ddp-bay). Etwa 11 000 Menschen haben am Freitagabend in München die englische Band Coldplay zum Abschluss ihrer Deutschlandtour begeistert gefeiert.

 

 

[lol bis dahin dürfe es dann auch dem letzten deutlich geworden sein, oder? ;D]

[melanieau]

42

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3E8ekgWN0]YouTube - Coldplay - 42 Live in München[/ame]

[busybeeburns]

By Robert Mueller:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[melanieau]

GPASUYF - actually pretty good!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_fqMyfHOVE]YouTube - Coldplay Konzert[/ame]

[Loki0012]

Amazing viva sells strongly and its not the end of the year yet.....!

[Mimixxx]

VLV:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_CuVp1WIo]YouTube - Coldplay München 2008[/ame]

 

DAAHF (far away)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHOdoOW2xZo]YouTube - Coldplay - Death And All His Friends[/ame]

 

Politik/LiJ (again far away)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFR3ByrCN3Q]YouTube - Coldplay - Politik/Lovers in Japan (Live in Munich 08)[/ame]

[Jenjie]

Chris was very talkative, saying that the show was being recorded for the launch of a new UK radio station (the name of which has temporarily slipped my mind),

 

Its Virgin, relaunching themselves as Absolute Radio. They had a competition this week, and the winner flew with Absolute & the band to the gig.

 

He said that the concert was being recorded for absolute radio, hopefully they'll put the whole thing online soon...?

 

 

its going to air on Wed 1st October around 7pm GMT. if you've downloaded the Coldplaying toolbar, you can listen to it on either Absolute or Virgin Radio.

[Ilione]

Well, everybody, now I'm finally back, a little bit recovered and managed to get "my head out of the clouds" again. At least a tiny little bit. Or whatever. ;) My ears are still ringing, my head, feet and back are still aching, but you know what? I just don't care as I had the time of my life! Therefore I'd happily do it all over again and again and again because it was so much worth it!!

 

So, what can or what should I say except

IT WAS SO ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!! :heart:

Well, being honest, I actually didn't expect anything less, but I also didn't expect them to blow me away like THAT, either. ;)

So here's my "little" step by step review, just in case anybody's still interested...

 

When I arrived at the venue at about 2 o'clock, absolutely no one was there, so I took the chance and used the time for a little walk through the amazing Olympiapark and to get something to eat. I really haven't been away for such a long time, but when I finally came back there were already a few people sitting at the entrances... I guess it must have been because of the soundcheck which had just started. So I sat down at another door and listend to Chris singing "There was snow, white snow..." all over again and again. It was kind of funny because Violet Hill was the only song they practised for a whole while and after that they just played a few bits of VLV and CoL. That was everything.

So after a while a security guy told us to leave the doors and stand behind the barricades. And that was when the very boring and difficult part of the "adventure" began... Because having to stand and wait for about 5 hours in the freezing cold all on your own among not too chatty people who were only fooling around with the security guys wasn't that much fun at all and the time was passing by so slowly... :thinking:

But luckily, they let us in about half an hour earlier and as I was one of the first ones to get inside, I finally found myself standing in the middle of the first row, right between Jonny and Chris. :D

So I patiently waited for Albert to enter the stage and nearly fell asleep due to the very tiresome music that was played... :laugh3:

At exactly 8 o'clock, the lights went off and Albert entered the stage... Never having listened to his songs before, I was quite curious how it'd be, but being honest, Albert disappointed me for some reason... I mean it wasn't the fact that I didn't like his music, but I didn't like the way he acted - or actually DIDN'T act - on the stage... He seemed very exhausted and pretty lethargic, just like he didn't really enjoy the performance and didn't want to be there... Which was a pity, because I think his songs were quite nice. :confused:

Again, the tiresome music was played , but this time the crowd got more and more excited... But at 9 o'clock, there was still no sight of the guys of Coldplay and everybody got cutty... 10 minutes later the song by Jay-Z was played and then it was time for "An der schönen blauen Donau". And that actually was when one of my hightlights of the evening took place... A couple who had seats stood up and danced a waltz to the song! The whole crowd was clapping and cheering for them. It was so hilarious indeed! :laugh3: I wonder whether the guys saw it behind the stage because the big applause at the beginning of LiT was at least half for the couple. :lol:

Now my heart started beating faster and faster because I couldn't believe it just began and that they were standing so close to the spot where I was! I think LiT is such a perfect song to begin and it definitely was one of my favourite parts of the evening and I didn't want it to end... VH sounded just absolutely awesome but was over too fast, too. Clocks took me by surprise, I somehow didn't expect them to play it but I really enjoyed it. Chris sounds so awesome when he's playing on the piano! When they played SoS afterwards, I was a bit afraid that they'd put CoL off the setlist, but everything was fine when the magic balls turned blue and I could hear the first tunes of it. I'd have loved to watch Chris and Jonny fooling around on the side stage during IMP, but I couldn't see much of the happenings on the side stages from my spot, unfortunately. But what I could hear was totally lovely! :D Furthermore, I really loved the intro of 42 and the part when Chris wouldn't stop singing "And I will try to fix you..." at the end of Fix you. He also let us sing the end of the song and said it was "fantastic". What a liar. :laugh3: I was very happy they decided to play Strawberry Swing and Chris's little acting parts were just too hilarious! Then they moved on to Guy's side stage and played the dance version of GPASUYF. Being honest, that actually was the only song I didn't really like... It sounded a little bit too weird to my ears. But what I truly loved was the dance version of Talk. That one rocked indeed! :D

After that, the other guys left Chris all alone on the piano, playing THP. And that was the moment I was totally blown away! It definitely was my highlight of the night because it was so absolutely beautiful and really got me and Postcards from far away sounded lovely as well. :)

So now I guess the moment for which everyone has been waiting finally arrived as it was time for VLV. The whole crowd went crazy and sang along enthusiasticly. :) When the crowd eventually had stopped singing "oooohooooo ooo", Lost! was played which is an awesome live song, too! Then our guys disappeard and after a while they popped up among the audience in the back of the venue and played The Scientist and DWNC. It was magical and I had goosebumps all over my body!

As the VLV remix was played while they were on their way back to the stage, it got dark and everybody was singing "oooohoooo ooo" again. Then very bright flashing lights turned on again and I felt like blind while the first tunes of Politik could be heard. Chris then played a to me totally unknown instrumental part as a kind of outro which sounded very nice indeed.

All too soon it was time for the butterflies to come down on our heads and the effect of it and Chris singing LiJ in the background was just phenomenal! I've eagerly been awaiting DAAHF to be played as I believed the song's climax must be so breathtaking live! And it really was! What a fabulous way that is to put an "end" to the show! :o When they'd left the stage, my biggest fear was that they'd put Yellow off the setlist as well, but when the whole venue finally was flooded with yellow lights I felt relieved again but also kind of sad because I knew that this would be the last song... So after one of the best 5 minutes of my life, it was time to say goodbye...

Thinking about it now, I actually think Chris has been pretty chatty last evening. Well, maybe not so much at the beginning of their performance, but he grew into it more and more during the show. He for example told us that he thought it was really kind of us to spend two hours or our precious time at the Oktoberfest just to see them. :lol: And once during the middle of their show, he told us he knew about the not-so-good relationship between the British and German people, but that they were trying and doing their best to make it better. :lol: And before they started playing The Scientist, he talked for quite a while... About the airing of the show by a new launched radio station called Absolute Radio and also about his drink which was a mixture of water and whiskey according to his account. :laugh3: Chris later introduced us to Will as he told us that he knew that lead singers could be very annoying and that he too believed that they sometimes were "a pain in the arse". :laugh3: And at some part during their performance he also wished us "a happy Oktoberfest" again. ;)

 

Well, now I honestly can't think of anything else to tell you as I'm still pretty out of my mind. ;) But I'm just about to upload my videos and photos and I will post the links to them as soon as possible! :)

 

All in all, I have to say that this was the best concert I've ever attended and I'm so glad I got the chance to be there! COLPLAY SO ROCKED MY SOCKS! :) I wish I'd have a ticket for the show in Zürich tomorrow, though... I now want to be there soooo badly... :(

[Mimixxx]

Thanks for that AWESOME review :D