Thank you :)

 

Here are some more:

 

 

Aw, thank you for the photos. And especially for this one. :nice:

Coldplay: München

 

Link: http//www.laxmag.de/laxlive/1189-coldplay-muenchen

 

Riesenluftballons, Papierschmetterlinge und zum Schluss noch ein Feuerwerk: Coldplay haben in München mit einem nahezu magischen Konzert bewiesen, dass sie völlig zu Recht als eine der besten Live-Bands der Gegenwart gelten. Tina vom LAXMag hat sich verzaubern lassen.

Große Ereignisse werfen bekanntlich ihre Schatten voraus. In diesem Falle heißt das: Schon auf der Autobahn wird der Weg zum Coldplay Open Air ausgeschildert. Wenn das Auto dann für sieben (!) Euro auf dem Parkplatz abgestellt ist, geht es mit dem Shuttlebus weiter zur Reitarena München Riem. Dort gibt die imposante Bühnenkonstruktion bereits einen ersten Hinweis darauf, dass hier heute Großartiges zu erwarten ist. Hier findet nicht einfach ein Konzert statt, sondern eine Band inszeniert ein überwältigendes Rundum-Erlebnis. Selbst die Pfandbecher sind mit dem Coldplay-Logo bedruckt. Ein Blick in den Himmel, vorbei an den überall auf dem Gelände angebachten riesigen Luftballons, lässt hoffen, dass Petrus den Musikfans an diesem Augustabend ausnahmsweise einmal wohlgesinnt ist.

 

Eine angenehme Spätsommersonne scheint über Riem, als sich eine Band aus Nordrhein-Westfalen bereit macht für das vermutlich größte Konzert ihres jungen Lebens: Um kurz vor 18:00 Uhr eröffnen die Kilians den Abend. Falls die Jungs nervös sind, so lassen sie es sich jedenfalls nicht anmerken. Stattdessen bewegen sie sich auf der Bühne, als würden sie jeden Tag vor Zuschauern im fünfstelligen Bereich spielen. Mit ihrem Britrock sorgt die Band aus Dinslaken für ausgelassene Stimmung in den vorderen Reihen und kann das Publikum sogar zum Mitklatschen bewegen, was für eine Vorband in München schon eine bemerkenswerte Leistung ist.

 

Schade nur, dass die Organisatoren sich aus unbekannten Gründen entschieden haben, den auf den Tickets mit 19:00 Uhr angegebenen Veranstaltungsbeginn um über eine Stunde nach vorn zu verlegen. Zum Glück haben sich viele Fans dank des schönes Wetters schon am Nachmittag die besten Plätze in der Arena gesichert, denn wer vermeintlich pünktlich zum Konzert kam, verpasste nicht nur die Kilians, sondern auch einen Großteil des Auftritts der australischen Howling Bells.

 

Für das Quartett um Sängerin Juanita Stein haben sich die englischen Medien den Begriff "Indie Noir" einfallen lassen. In Riem präsentieren sich die Howling Bells bei immer noch strahlendem Sonnenschein jedoch alles andere als düster. Gutgelaunt stellt die Band hauptsächlich Songs aus ihrem aktuellen Album vor. Los geht's mit der Single Cities Burning Down, am Ende steht der Titelsong Radio Wars, bei dem Juanita mit sichtlicher Begeisterung auf ihre Trommel eindrischt. Dazwischen sorgt die Band mit Low Happening vom Debüt-Album für Gänsehaut, und Juanita erobert die Herzen des Publikums, als sie sich an der Bühnenkante niederlässt und eine kurze Geschichte über die Band erzählt. Bleibt zu hoffen, dass dieser außergewöhnlichen Band mit der Unterstützung durch Coldplay jetzt endlich die Aufmerksamkeit zuteil wird, die sie schon längst verdient hätte.

 

Über mangelnde Aufmerksamkeit brauchen sich Coldplay natürlich schon lang nicht mehr beklagen, hat die Band doch unter anderem das meistverkaufte Album des letzten Jahres eingespielt. Punkt 20:00 Uhr betreten Chris, Johnny, Will und Guy die Bühne, die an ein überdimensioniertes Wohnzimmer erinnert. Besonderes Gimmick ist ein Fernseher auf der Bühne, auf dem immer wieder Live-Bilder von der Show gezeigt werden.

Überraschenderweise spielen Coldplay mit Violet Hill und Clocks zwei ihrer größten Hits gleich am Anfang. Wer denkt, dass das Beste damit jetzt schon vorbei ist, irrt jedoch gewaltig, denn die Band übertrifft sich nahezu im Fünf-Minuten-Takt selbst. Mit übergroßen Videoleinwänden hinter und seitlich der Bühne sowie Laserstrahlen wird ein buntes Lichtspektakel erzeugt, die riesigen Kugeln über der Bühne verwandeln sich dabei mal in Himmelskörper, mal in Erdbälle. Man weiß gar nicht, wo man zuerst hinschauen soll. Zu Yellow fliegen gelbe Ballons ins Publikum. Bei Lovers In Japan regnet es farbenfrohe Papierschmetterlinge, was im Publikum zu lustigen Hüpf- und Ruderbewegungen führt, während Chris Martin mit einen japanischen Sonnenschirmchen über den Laufsteg tanzt.

 

Die Bühnenkonstruktion ist äußerst publikumsfreundlich gestaltet: Mehrere Laufstege reichen bis weit ins Publikum hinein, die Leinwände übertragen nahezu jede Bewegung der Band und immer wieder auch Bilder vom begeisterten Publikum. "Lights out und Handys bitte, Handys bitte!", ruft Chris Martin, als er mit seiner Band auf einem kleinen Podest mitten zwischen den Zuschauern angekommen ist. Das Licht geht aus, und die Reitarena Riem verwandelt sich in ein blinkendes Meer aus Handylichtern, als Coldplay eine erstaunlich unpeinliche Akustikversion von Billie Jean zum Besten geben.

Trotz allem Bühnenbombast zeigt sich die Band bodenständig und publikumsnah. Den Herren ist deutlich anzumerken, dass sie mit großem Spaß auf der gigantischen Bühne stehen. Besonders viele Sympathiepunkte sammelt Chris Martin, als er kurzzeitig seinen Text vergisst und unter Lachen spontan weiterdichtet: "I wanted to sing a song, but didn't know how to go on". Superstars sind eben auch nur Menschen.

Die Band überzeugt musikalisch und menschlich auf voller Linie. Hier stehen Vollblutmusiker auf der Bühne, die nicht vergessen haben, dass sie ihren Ruhm den Fans zu verdanken haben. Coldplay bedanken sich dafür mit einem beeindruckenden Konzert, das nicht der Selbstdarstellung der Band dient, sondern die Fans glücklich machen soll. Und das gelingt ihnen an diesem Abend in München ganz außerordentlich gut!

Nach zwei Stunden, die sich wie dreißig Minuten anfühlen, endet der Ausflug ins Coldplay-Wunderland standesgemäß mit einem Feuerwerk. Viva La Vida-Chöre hallen aus Tausenden Kehlen über das Gelände. Am Ausgang erhalten die Fans noch eine kostenlose Live-CD als Andenken. Danke, Coldplay!

Von: Bettina Koch

 

(29.08.09)

 

TRANSLATION

 

Coldplay: Munich

 

Source: http//www.laxmag.de/laxlive/1189-coldplay-muenchen

 

Huge balloons, butterflies made of paper, and at the end of the concert fireworks as well: In Munich, with an almost magical concert, Coldplay proved that they are quite rightly considered one of the best live bands of today. Tina, employed by LAXMag, allowed herself to be enchanted by Coldplay.

As you will know, big events cast their shadows ahead. In this case this means as follows: Already on the motorway, the road to Coldplay Open Air was signposted. When the car had been parked at a price of sieben (!) Euro at the parking area, you had to go by shuttlebus to the venue “Reitarena München Riem”. There already the impressive stage construction gave you the first indication of something magnificent to be expected here today. Here it was not simply a concert taking place, but a band staging an overwhelming all-round event. The Coldplay logo was even printed on the cup. A look at the sky, past the huge balloons placed everywhere at the venue, allowed you to hope that Saint Peter / the clerk of the weather exceptionally would be well disposed towards the music fans this August evening.

 

A pleasant late-summer sun was shining over Riem, when a band from North Rhine-Westphalia prepared for the presumably biggest concert in their young lives: A little before 18 o’clock the German band “the Kilians” opened the night. If the young boys were nervous, at least they did not show it. Instead they were moving on stage, as if they were to play in front of a five-digit number crowd every day. With their britrock the band from Dinslaken provided an amazing atmosphere in the front rows, and they even managed to make the audience clap along, which is already remarkable for an opening band in Munich.

 

It was only a pity that, for reasons not known to us, the organizers decided to move forward the beginning of the event by more than one hour. The beginning of the event was stated on the tickets to be at 19 o’clock. Fortunately, due to the nice weather many fans had secured themselves the best seats in the Arena already in the afternoon, because whoever arrived punctually to the concert, missed not only the German band “die Kilians, but also a large part of the performance by the Australian group Howling Bells.

 

For the quartet around singer Juanita Stein, the English media had come up with the concept of "Indie Noir". In Riem the Howling Bells appeared everything but dark in the sunshine. In high spirits the band introduced songs off their current album. At first the band played the single Cities Burning Down, and they finished with the title track Radio Wars, where, with noticeable enthusiasm, Juanita played her drum. In the meantime with Low Happening off the debut album, the band brought goose-bumps to the listeners, and Juanita won the hearts of the audience when she sat down on the edge of the stage and told a short story about the band. Remains to be hoped that the extraordinary band with the support of Coldplay finally gets the attention they have deserved for a long time.

 

Coldplay, of course, no longer need to complain of lack of attention, the band having among other things recorded 2008’s most sold album. At 20 o’clock Chris, Johnny, Will and Guy entered the stage which reminded me of an oversized living room. A special gimmick was a television set on the stage, the whole time displaying live pictures of the show.

Most surprisingly, Coldplay were playing two of their greatest hits, Violet Hill and Clocks, at the beginning of the show. Anyone who thought that the best part of the concert was already over, was mistaken, because the band almost surpassed themselves every 5 minutes. With oversized video screens at the back and on the sides of the stage and laser beams, a multicoloured light spectacle was produced, the huge spherical globes located over the stage changed into celestial bodies and then into globes. You did not know where to look first. When playing Yellow, yellow balloons were flying round among the audience. When playing Lovers In Japan, there was a flood of colourful paper butterflies making the audience move in funny ways waving their arms and jumping, while Chris Martin was dancing across the catwalk with a Japanese-style light umbrella.

 

The stage construction was designed in a very audience-friendly way: Several catwalks extended from both sides into the audience, the screens showed almost every single movement of the band, and it also showed pictures of the enthusiastic audience. "Lights out und Handys bitte, Handys bitte!" (meaning: Lights out and mobile phones, please, mobile phones, please), Chris Martin, shouted, as he and his band had arrived at a small stage amongst the audience. The light went out, and the venue “Reitarena Riem” changed into a gleaming ocean of mobile phone lights, as Coldplay obliged with a surprisingly not embarrassing acoustic version of Billie Jean.

In spite of all the stage pomp, the band appeared to be down-to-earth and close to the audience (interconnection). You could clearly feel that these gentlemen were having much fun playing on the gigantic stage. Chris Martin scored particularly many points in relation to sympathy as, for a short time, he forgot the lyrics of The Hardest Part and, with a laugh, spontaneously rewrote the verse forgotten: "I wanted to sing a song, but didn't know how to go on". After all, superstars too are human beings.

The band were fully convincing in terms of their musical performance and in terms of showing us that they are human beings. High-spirited and fully trained musicians were standing on the stage here, and they had not forgotten that they owe their fame to their fans. Coldplay thanked the audience with an impressive concert the purpose of which was not to show off the band, but to make the fans happy. And the band succeeded extremely well in doing that this evening in Munich!

After almost two hours’ show that felt like only 30 minutes, the trip into Coldplay wonderland ended in a manner consistent with Coldplay’s station - with fireworks. After the concert the entire area resounded with Viva La Vida chorusses sung by thousands of fans. At the exit the fans received a free live CD as a souvenir. Thank you, Coldplay!

 

By Bettina Koch / Translated by Nancy Boysen

 

(29.08.09 / Translated on 31 August and 1 September 2009)

Btw. just want to give you some notion, that I am still writing on my review.

Sorry, I am slow :laugh3:

 

Had to go back to work today and I was busy.

Hopefully I'll finish my review soon, but one thing I know already. I can't keep things short :D

A few more of my pics will follow as well, but it's mainly photos of Guy since we were standing on his side of the stage ;)

A few more of my pics will follow as well, but it's mainly photos of Guy since we were standing on his side of the stage ;)

 

The only reason??? :laugh3:

The only reason??? :laugh3:

 

Damn! :cool:

No chance to hide anything, eh?!? ;) :laugh3:

But I just had to take advantage of the spot I was standing at ... hence mainly pics of Guy :sneaky: :heart:

:D No chance - big brother is watching you :D

:D No chance - big brother is watching you :D

 

Haha ... not at all.

No way you make me believe that you kept watching/spying on me :laugh3:

You only had eyes for someone else, don't you!?? :P :wink3:

I confess :D And fortunately he recognized me :) I hope he doesn't think I'm a stalker :D

I confess :D And fortunately he recognized me :) I hope he doesn't think I'm a stalker :D

He'd never, would he? :D

 

Although Will and Guy either like to ignore screaming girls or they don't react to their own names. :dozey: *is still bit sad Will didn't look*

Our "Breakdancing Roadie" video :D

 

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@TickingClock: Aww, Bianca, don't be too sad! You know we tried our best to get his attention! ;) And you know, you still got Jonny's gorgeous smile instead! :cheesy::hug:

 

Now it's time for posting the photos I took on Saturday. I should say they genereally turned out better than the ones from Düsseldorf, perhaps because I had a better spot. :D This time, I've got quite some gems for all the Guy & Will fangirls out there... :wink3: Anyways, here you go...

 

The Howling Bells

Chris during LiT

One of my favourites :cheesy:

Guy

Chris, Will & Guy

Jonny & Chris :wacky:

I love the colour of the lights there :D

Jonny & Guy :D

Guy & Will :)

Chris

Chris²

Chris smiling

Chris :D

Guy again

Surprise, surprise, another one of Guy :lol:

I really like that one

Will!!! :cheesy:

Will²

Will³

Guy on the drums :cool:

Guy :lol:

Jonny, Chris & Guy

Guy

Jonny and his stunning smile :wacky:

See you... ;)

Chris during LiT ii

Have I mentioned that I totally adore Guy's red jacket? :D

One last close up :cheesy:

LiT ii

 

Videos will follow later this afternoon. ;)

@TickingClock: Aww, Bianca, don't be too sad! You know we tried our best to get his attention! ;) And you know, you still got Jonny's gorgeous smile instead! :cheesy::hug:

Yeaaaaaah ... *dreamy* :wacky:

One just like THAT one. :nice:

 

Guy & Will :)

 

Will!!! :cheesy:

Will²

Will³

Got some weird Willluver next to you, eh? :lol:

 

Your photos are soooooooo great, you'll get a LONG list of which I want to have - or you'll send me the CD over. ;)

Awesome pictures, Ilione!! :stunned:

 

The one of Jonny is a really good one!! :heart:

 

--> awesome (nose) pic :dance:

Amazing pictures!!You got everyone!Thanks for posting!

thank for pics, they´re great! I had a few too, but I´m so stupid, Inadvertently I deleted all my pics from Munich :(

Lovely pics, thanks. XX

Thanks everybody! I'm glad you like my snapshots. :)

 

@TickingClock: You know what? I think I actually took that photo of Jonny either just seconds before or just a few seconds after he smiled down on us... I'm almost sure about that. :smug:

And I don't know which "weird Willluver" you're talking about, really... :rolleyes::P:lol:

@mehelik: Oh, I'm really sorry to hear that. That's a very annoying thing to happen indeed... :\

 

Ladies and gents, here are some of my videos... And you should know by now where to find the other ones as well... ;)

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I16d2vV7LtI]Glass of Water[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yim2TCOIuM]Cemeteries of London[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwqrGndDEUU]Fix You[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYDojvsBsTc]Strawberry Swing & Birthday Greetings to Chloe[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5FwWmyU7c]The Hardest Part[/ame] Filmed after Chris forgot the lyrics... --> "And I tried to sing, but I couldn't remember anything..." :lol::laugh3:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_i9kkg8xho]Viva La Vida[/ame] Filmed by TickingClock and dedicated to all the Willluvers out there :D

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCxzKIPXJ4Y]Green Eyes[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKm-52jLrL4]Munich Song[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8auIp6XzQE]The Scientist[/ame]

Jonny and his stunning smile :wacky:

Photo of the year :wacky:

Oh Elena, your pics and videos are really good!!!

Thank you :)

^They really are !! And indeed that picture of Jonny is gorgeous, well done ! :nice:

What camera do you use ?

^They really are !! And indeed that picture of Jonny is gorgeous, well done ! :nice:

What camera do you use ?

A gorgeous, magical one! I hold it for a few seconds - filming Viva La Vida - but as I fell in love with it Ilione just took it from me. So no stealing possible. :lol:

And I'm soooooooooooooooo glad Ilione took photos and such great ones too! As my camera decided to not have enough power for more than two blury photos. :dozey: And you know what? As I turned it later on at home it said it has more than enough power. :angry:

Stupid camera :dozey:

I didn't know you were at that show Bianca !! How awesome :wacky:

 

Sure it must be an amazing camera... I still wanna know which one :P

Aww, thanks everybody! I'm so glad you like my photos and videos. :)

 

@TickingClock: Oh, come on dear, don't exaggerate! :P It's not a magical one - I really wish it was, though! :lol: It's just a normal Casio Exilim EX-FC100 and please let me point it out again: I edited all the photos you can see on here and they are the best shots out of over 200 - so I also have loads of blurry ones as well. ;)

Bianca, I'm still sorry about the fact that your camera had to be THAT bitchy that day, but oh well... I tried my best to take as many photos & videos for you as possible. ;)

Wow that's cool ! I thought your camera was a reflex or a bridge :stunned:

Still you have many gorgeous pictures ! :wacky:

Wow that's cool ! I thought your camera was a reflex or a bridge :stunned:

Still you have many gorgeous pictures ! :wacky:

 

Thanks again. :blush::)

But nooo... I wouldn't dare to take a reflex camera to a concert here... :stunned: The security guys would either take it from you at the gates or if they saw you using one at the show you'd be in serious trouble... :uhoh: ;)