Lining up at 5 due to the sisterling not wanting to wait in the rain (curse BrisVegasers!)

Have fun!!! Take a paper bag in case you need help breathing :P

Have fun!!! Wish I was still there :cry:

Same. I want to go back. Oh well. I am NOT MADE OF MONEY.

Can't help but notice that this show is tonight...ie right now. Aren't we all excited on the prospect of new songs possibly being played? Or at least Glass of Water becoming a regular?

Or is it just me...

Yeah, GOW was in the setlists a while back, it's good to hear it again. I would have thought 'Rainy Day' was more appropriate for the setlist last night and also tonight!!

Yer I remember when they tested GOW with Hammond Jnr.

But possibly this is a chance for it to be more permanent in the setlist, since it is after the release of the EP. But yer...Prospekt's March is probably more likely live - the strings might be a problem with Rainy Day.

A worthy addition? A string section? They could use it for VLV.. also, wasnt Yes in the setlist earlier on? Surely they got by without having a string section for that

Well, that's it Melbourne! By now they would have finished the last show and its PARTY PARTY PARTY

 

Bring on the reviews

So, yeah. That was just amazing.

 

I don't have time to write a complete review because I really have to get to bed. I'll say that I definitely enjoyed myself more tonight than last night (considering I had no grumpy shit behind me telling me to sit down). GA, all the way.

 

Setlist was the same as last night, except that "Green Eyes" was switched out for "I'm A Believer". Which means that, yep -- "Glass Of Water" was played again instead of "Chinese Sleep Chant". Pictures/videos/reviews to come over the long weekend. I swear I got the best picture of Guy, and a nice one of Jonny's backside...

Aww, i like Green eyes :disappointed: but I'm a believer is good too (Tambourine Guy :wacky:)

 

Can't wait to read your full review and yayyy for Glass of water becoming a regular on the setlist!! :dance:

 

And

THE BEST picture of Guy

i like how that sounds!! :wideeyed: :wink3:

No Green Eyes? :sad:

 

But Glass of Water :dance:

Twitter-tastic!!

 

spectrelives: @coldplay Saw the boys play tonight in Melbourne, best fucking show of my life. What a party... well worth the cash. We all loved it so much

43 minutes ago from web

 

misswretched: Coldplay: bloody brilliant, out of this world show. The tech effects alone were enough to put most other performers to shame. WOW.

about 2 hours ago from web

 

twit_tiwt: Coldplay concert in Melbz was fantastico! Supreme Artists! Visually stunning show!

about 3 hours ago from web

 

nosajmun: Coldplay was awesome! Crowd singing happy birthday to Chris, sightings of Shane Warne, stadium full of crazy fans...

about 4 hours ago from web

 

The_Shifty_One: Home again now ... time to apologise for being nasty - coldplay are great at what they do, I'm just not that into them. Fun night though.

about 4 hours ago from Tweetie

 

sophielewis: Sneaking into Coldplay was awesome. Biggest win yet! Crowded tram is not so awesome! Arg so amazing! Paper butterflies.

about 4 hours ago from twitterrific

 

The_Shifty_One: I think coldplay are almost done ... ooh, confetti, fancy! They definitely have spiffo special effects!

about 5 hours ago from Tweetie

 

doddsi: Just behind #coldplay in the crowd at #Melbourne http://twitpic.com/1uxf3

about 5 hours ago from twitterrific

Someone sneaked into the venue :P

Just Amazing.

 

Again, I don't have time to write a complete review tonight -- I must get to bed. But I will say I enjoyed myself far better than last night -- GA. All. The. Way.

 

Setlist -- same as last night, except 'Green Eyes' was switched out for 'I'm A Believer'. (Yep, 'Glass Of Water' was played again instead of 'Chinese Sleep Chant').

 

Pictures/ videos/ reviews to come over the long weekend -- I swear I got THE BEST picture of Guy, and a nice one of Jonny's backside... :D

Awesome, can't wait.........thanx! :kiss:

Mmm, new good picture of Guy! :wideeyed:

[/Homer Simpson]

nosajmun: Coldplay was awesome! Crowd singing happy birthday to Chris, sightings of Shane Warne, stadium full of crazy fans...

about 4 hours ago from web

 

Three days too late, but awww :D

Awww... they sang happy bday to Chris?? :nice:

Aww, i like Green eyes :disappointed: but I'm a believer is good too (Tambourine Guy :wacky:)

 

Can't wait to read your full review and yayyy for Glass of water becoming a regular on the setlist!! :dance:

 

And

i like how that sounds!! :wideeyed: :wink3:

 

^what she said :D

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_F3r0OKCAk]YouTube - Coldplay Live In Melbourne! The Viva La Vida Tou[/ame]

Where's Emma? :surprised:

 

Is morning in Oz now.

Morning Mimi, right on schedule!

 

Just give me a bit to type up something...

Okay :nice:

I went again last night, was amazing, much better to be in GA. I taped quite a few songs on my camera, will upload if I can find the time.

I waited after the show to see if I could meet them but they actually held Chris' party at Rod Laver Arena. Saw Shane Warne again as well as Molly Meldrum. Waited for quite a while and one of the tour guys took my setlist in to get signed by the guys because he said they wouldn't be out for hours. It got signed by Chris and Guy - my 2 favourites yay! I did see them walking past the windows a few times - guy talking with shane warne and chris running like crazy like a kid haha. Just before I left, Jonnie left in the tarago and then when I left guy was talking to shane warne again next to the car :)

Ok, so. ilovealias4ever already hath given you the setlist, so I don't need to do that. People in GA spotted Shane Warne being escorted to his seat. Also, I think I was right next to alias - or her lively copper-haired friend, at least. If she was wearing a light blue X&Y shirt and chatting to said friend about the roadies and setlist before the gig then yes for a large portion of the show I was next to her friend. Alias if that was you, I was the girl with straight brown hair and a black and gray striped V-neck shirt (don't think you would have seen the navy blue jeans but eh).

 

Show was great, I was about fourth row from the stage I think? On Guy's side. Probably. Support acts - I think Decoder Ring was okay, my sister thought they were a bit strange. Most of the crowd didn't really get what they were about, they were completely instrumental. Mecury Rev, well. If you're going to a show and thinking of skipping some supports, Mercury Rev are a DO NOT WANT. Their set went on for 45 minutes, tooooo long. Audience didn't like them either :P.

 

Soon enough JayZ and the Blue Danube started, everyone sort of sang and danced along to the Blue Danube, very funny? It was! Then the lights darkened and LiT began. I think a few people where I was freaked out realising how close they were :D. Nice big singalong for Violet Hill, same with Clocks and In My Place. And yes girls, the Ramp of Love was loving that night with Chris and Jonny playing around at the end on it.

 

Out came the balloons for Yellow, everyone had fun with those, great way to keep the crowd entertained because everyone loved them. Some guy near me had cheekily pulled out a pen and was popping them all though :lol:. Cemeteries next, pretty good damn performance of it, and Glass of Water. Only two others including myself knew the words (and I'm pretty sure that was ilovealias4ever and co). Everyone was dancing along to 42 by the middle section of the song. Fix You was a massive singalong like Yellow. Strawberry Swing everyone clapped the beat to at the start. Chris mentioned that it was written in Melbourne too :D

 

Then everyone noticed the boys were moving down Guy's runway. There they played GPASUYF and Talk. After those two Jonny, Guy and Will moved back up the runway while Chris stayed and started blabbering on about his birthday in Melbourne, everyone started singing Happy Birthday to him and he was so embarrassed :lol: It was very sweet. Then he went on about a musical they were going to make about some cricketer or something, can't remember the name, but "the fucking bastards stole our idea!" :lol: Thus he introduced The Hardest Part as one of the songs left over from the musical. Very lovely performance of it :kiss: Chrislovers, be jealous as I had a prime view of his back and all while he was performing it. Hah. After that was Postcards From Far Away, turned around, Jonny was playing a little piece to it but everyone was facing Chris. I think Jonny spotted me and I gave him a smile, heeee.

 

Next up, Viva La Vida. Crowd went nuts. Great great great performance of it. Then Lost! got a play. Afterwards, the boys disappeared off the stage and then reappeared in the crowd :D. Acoustics were Speed of Sound, I'm A Believer (which everyone clapped and sang along to, although it had a false start with Chris' shoddy keyboard not working when they started the song :lol:) and Death Will Never Conquer. Chris asked everyone to get their mobiles out at the end of DWNC and the Viva remix played. Be sure to look around when everyone's doing this, it's amaz-ing.

 

Politik came on, everyone bounced along to it. Lovers in Japan, everyone went nuts with the confetti :lol:. I got some along with Yellow confetti by the waye (even got a neon green one but lost a neon orange one, booo). Next was DAAHF... last song, I thought! Noo! But ALAS! The people wanted an encore. And an encore they got.

 

Chris bounded back on stage and The Scientist was played, full band, non-acoustic. Then Life in Technicolor. Unfortunately I realised I couldn't sing the start of it, and then midway through the song desperately needed a) water, b) air. This was a problem because I was in standing and security had actually confiscated one of our bottles of water, so we were forced to conserve the other one. Anyway had a sip of water, but then felt a bit sick as the boys were taking their final bow. Over to the ramp I go and was sick. Three times. Thank god the boys weren't on stage or Chris would have needed personal assurance I was going to be fine :lol:. Not nice. Few people asked if I was going to be okay, said I was, just stayed there for a bit drinking the water and getting fresh air. The fustrating thing I think about now is, if my bottle of water hadn't been obscured in my bag I could have been sick a lot earlier or a lot worse. Thanks a lot, security, your money-grabbing ways of getting us to buy your ridiculously over-priced drinks forced me to be sick. Congrats, morons. Have fun when the parents of several overly-dehydrated teeny-boppers get on your ass.

 

That's about all... was great though. Two meters from stage, perhaps less. Jonny was cute and shy with his hat on as usual, Will was banging away on the drums although I didn't really see him what with Chris' piano in the way. Berrygirls, I will admit Guy was quite attractive :P although my eyes were not averted from Chris. Bright blue eyes, pretty curls and a v. nice smile :D. He looked straight at me at one point, to which I responded with a smile, although I admit I was wearing a lowish-cut V-neck shirt so uh :uhoh: lol! But he was joking about during the night, you could tell he was very excited and happy to be on stage :nice:

 

Warning for merch fans, posters are $10, keychains $20 (you heard me right), shirts are $50 as well as the green hat and a hoodie is $120. Didn't find out how much programmes were, perhaps I should have got one but oh well.

 

All in all fun night for all :D (except Mercury Rev. My sister wanted to rather comically commit suicide from "torture by music". DO NOT WANT!)