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31-Oct-08: Washington DC - Verizon Center - Tickets, Preview, Meetups, Review/Photos


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OMG!!!!!!!!!! Lori prepare yourself! I shot the end bow and clapping and when Jonny walks over to my side, when he raises his arms to clap you can see his belly button! :stunned:

 

 

 

 

 

OH NO YOU DIDN'T :bomb::bomb::bomb::bomb:

I freaking LOVE HIS BELLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My hotel internet connection, that I have to pay $10 a day for, is slower than shit! It will take forever to upload videos.

 

 

 

Well, please prioritize then. JONNYBELLY first! :D:kiss:

 

 

 

 

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OH MY GOD. WHAT A CONCERT.

 

I can confirm that Chris wore the Obama armband. Seeing as I ended up in the SECOND ROW!!!!!!! Almost dead center, but slightly over toward Guy's ramp. If you saw anyone literally freaking out and shaking from overwhelm before the show...yeah, that was me.

 

Um um um where to start? Well, unfortunately, my camera decided to have almost no battery so I have almost no pictures :( Halloween was definitely mentioned and added a great energy - the roadies and the band and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

 

They switched up the order of the songs a little bit, and it felt to me like they switched up the setlist. However, that might just be me getting caught up in the moment! They definitely moved Chinese Sleep Chant off of B-stage and did it on the larger stage.

 

LOTS of cute interaction between Jonny and Chris - I hope someone got it in video! If not I'll have to hope my cellphone caught something of it. LOTS of interaction with Chris and the audience too - not so much political stuff, but typical Chris at his most chatty :D

 

And, um, at the end I was cheering like the fangirl I am...AND HE LOOKED RIGHT AT ME, POINTED AT ME, AND SAID "EXACTLY". I'm not the only one who saw him do it either - I met other people in my section before the show and they saw it too!

 

The bat and pumpkin confetti was amazing. They had the usual sort of paper confetti and then they also had metallic pumpkins and bats! I brought some home so I'll try to snap a picture unless someone else has a good photo of them from the venue.

 

They also turned the magic balls into halloween pumpkins and at one point Jack Skellington's head complete with changing facial expressions. Lots of people dressed up, including quite a few of the roadies. Crowd was GREAT. All the boys were in fine form. Chris took off his jacket fairly early as did Jonny; Guy didn't take anything off but he was only wearing red shirt w/ a vest to begin with so he wouldn't have had much to take off! Will seemed to be really into the drumming thing tonight, particularly during VLV.

 

I guess the most amazing thing of the entire concert, at least to my eyes, was getting to see them interact. When they'd play near each other they'd talk and chuckle. Their smiles are so priceless! You can really tell they're friends, particularly Chris and Jonny. In addition to the square dancing there were some times when they'd do a sort of "dueling guitars" thing, playing really close to each other.

 

Sorry this is so long. I'm just so...aah! :D :D :D :D :D YAY COLDPLAY!!!!

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I'm back to say that for some reason the videos I shot won't upload onto my computer :( Hopefully I'll be able to figure that out tomorrow, though! How frustrating!

 

I have the pictures, at least... Is there a specific way that I should get them here? Flickr or something?

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I'm back to say that for some reason the videos I shot won't upload onto my computer :( Hopefully I'll be able to figure that out tomorrow, though! How frustrating!

 

I have the pictures, at least... Is there a specific way that I should get them here? Flickr or something?

flickr or photobucket, then use the url they give you to post on here.

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And, um, at the end I was cheering like the fangirl I am...AND HE LOOKED RIGHT AT ME, POINTED AT ME, AND SAID "EXACTLY". I'm not the only one who saw him do it either - I met other people in my section before the show and they saw it too!

 

Aaahh, that was YOU he pointed to?? I was wondering what he was doing! How fun! And here I thought that making eye contact with him at SNL was exciting...

 

Did you always have second row, or did someone come and move you up?

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I always had second row. I paid a fortune and a half for it (literally - I have almost no money leftover in my bank account) but it was SO worth it! Oh man :D But see my tickets were for row D, so I was expecting to be 4 rows back. But apparently D means 2 in the Verizon Center, and when I discovered that I literally flipped out. I hugged the usher who showed us to our seats XD

 

I just wish my camera hadn't been out of batteries. Must go charge it so it's ready for Philly tomorrow!

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I always had second row. I paid a fortune and a half for it (literally - I have almost no money leftover in my bank account) but it was SO worth it! Oh man :D But see my tickets were for row D, so I was expecting to be 4 rows back. But apparently D means 2 in the Verizon Center, and when I discovered that I literally flipped out. I hugged the usher who showed us to our seats XD

 

I just wish my camera hadn't been out of batteries. Must go charge it so it's ready for Philly tomorrow!

 

Although, I should note that a LOT of people seated around me had been moved, which was awesome cause it meant that everyone down there was REALLY into the concert. The atmosphere was great.

 

 

 

How is that possible? I thought they weren't selling rows 1 through 5. Was it ebay? Maybe someone who knows the band or something sold them to you.

 

 

 

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Yeah, I was row J, and I thought I'd be much further back than I was. Apparently they don't know the alphabet at the Verizon Center, since row H was the one right in front of me :confused:

 

I'm uploading my photos on Flickr right now...

 

EDIT: to clarify, row J section 6... so not right in front, alas :P but still pretty damn good!

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Ohhh I had an awesome time! :D

 

As to how I got my tickets, it was a last minute ebay auction. The guy who bought them originally has connections at the Verizon center, I believe, but either way he had them and was going to actually go himself with his girlfriend. At the last minute she couldn't make it, and so he auctioned them. I won, and actually a part of me believed the tickets were somehow fake up until the point that I actually sat down in the row XD But no, I don't think they were ever available through ticketmaster or anything.

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Ohhh I had an awesome time! :D

 

As to how I got my tickets, it was a last minute ebay auction. The guy who bought them originally has connections at the Verizon center, I believe, but either way he had them and was going to actually go himself with his girlfriend. At the last minute she couldn't make it, and so he auctioned them. I won, and actually a part of me believed the tickets were somehow fake up until the point that I actually sat down in the row XD But no, I don't think they were ever available through ticketmaster or anything.

Wow I'm happy for you! I wouldn't trust eBay for tickets, but I guess this was an exception.

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OH moment I don't think has been mentioned yet!

 

During the encore performance of Yellow, Chris didn't even start singing it himself - once they started playing, he turned the microphone to the audience and just sort of provided backup vocals, letting us take it. He would kind of sing into it backwards every so often, with the microphone facing the audience and him facing the audience, sort of turning his head. But at one point he danced away, and then came back to the microphone expecting to sing into it, but it was still pointing toward the audience! He made the most adorable Chris face and kind of shrugged and turned it around so he could face the audience and sing into it at the same time.

 

That was an awful explanation. I hope someone has video!

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Wow I'm happy for you! I wouldn't trust eBay for tickets, but I guess this was an exception.

 

DEFINITELY trust ebay for tickets. I've gotten every good Coldplay ticket of mine from Ebay. See, if the ticket isn't exactly as described or doesn't arrive on time, Ebay gives you a full refund. I had that happen to me once (not with Coldplay) where the tickets didn't come on time. Bam, full refund!

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OH moment I don't think has been mentioned yet!

 

During the encore performance of Yellow, Chris didn't even start singing it himself - once they started playing, he turned the microphone to the audience and just sort of provided backup vocals, letting us take it. He would kind of sing into it backwards every so often, with the microphone facing the audience and him facing the audience, sort of turning his head. But at one point he danced away, and then came back to the microphone expecting to sing into it, but it was still pointing toward the audience! He made the most adorable Chris face and kind of shrugged and turned it around so he could face the audience and sing into it at the same time.

 

That was an awful explanation. I hope someone has video!

I got video of it. He also changed into the purple shirt. :wink3:
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DEFINITELY trust ebay for tickets. I've gotten every good Coldplay ticket of mine from Ebay. See, if the ticket isn't exactly as described or doesn't arrive on time, Ebay gives you a full refund. I had that happen to me once (not with Coldplay) where the tickets didn't come on time. Bam, full refund!

Hmmm... Sounds good :D

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