@ marianatsl - Lovely review, thanks for posting, it sounds awesome!

 

It ended. we were all beyond happy. And then a few exchanged words with Phil.

"you guys sent the postcards? from coldplaying.com? I go there at least 3 times a day"

(Ian and Jen, I bet you were proud, weren't you?)

 

Sorry for my ignorance but who was Phil? I saw you guys talking to him at the end of the night....

 

Also, totally agree that it was just like watching a load of boys jamming and just loving the music. I'm afraid Bono just didn't quite do it for me. Something about his arrogant body language and perhaps the eyeliner!!!!

thanks for all the reviews guys!!!:smug: It's too bad they didn't win anything at the Brits.It would have been even more amazing

*apologies, this is really long* and I did the same as Mari :D haha!! :)

 

Ok.... I'm sorry for such a long report....I just like to do it this way :)

 

It was so, so great to just share a gig with a lovely group of Coldplayers. The last couple of Coldplay gigs I've been to, I've been basically on my own (Brixton, Birmingham).

It makes it a hundred times better being with the people that you talk to about the band all the time on here. Love all you guys!

Wembley will be even better. ;)

 

Great to meet Mich for the first time :nice: and see Mari again :) ..... and a big thanks to Kelly and Lori for letting me crash on their hotel room floor.... and you guys were so niiice. :kiss:

Coldplaying group *group hug*! You know who you are!

I'm dreading seeing myself in some of the photos taken...it was a tiring day :lol:

 

 

Don't apologise, we never get sick of reading this kind of thing... green with envy? yes... but bored? never!!!

 

I just want September to be here now so I can see the band again and hopefully share the experience with some fellow Coldplayers

 

BTW, did Ian get any other names for us after the appeal on Twitter?

 

BTW, did Ian get any other names for us after the appeal on Twitter?

 

I sent some amazing ones! so good that if you hear them, you will explode, so probably not the best idea for a new name.

Mari and Kara! Great reviews!! Thanks so much. Can't wait for all the pics and videos:dance:

What have I missed while I was at work? :D

 

A lot I guess!

 

*goes back 10 pages*

Nice!!!

 

:)

^ WAKEEEEEEEEEEEE UP LORRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(sorry, wrong day :P)

 

 

:lol:

 

 

it seems that I felt that because I woke up an hour earlier :lol:

 

 

now it's time to check the thread :D

^ WAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEE UPPPPPPPPPPP....

 

 

oh you're here already :D:p

just read through all the reviews :D

 

I. Am. Not. Jealous. :bomb:

 

 

 

 

:P

 

Awesome guys :dance:

Mari and Kara, your reviews are awesome!!! thanks a lot :D

 

 

 

 

:bomb: I want to see a coldplay concert with all the lovely coldplaying people :bomb:

Great review Kara, so glad you had such an awesome time :)

 

I sent a group text to everyone I knew was going (and had their phone number, of course!) so I sent you one too, hope you got it.

 

Roll on Wembley!!

thnx to everyone who posted this amazing reviews, photos, vids, etc.

 

i was like.. OMG :shocked2::shocked2: *shocked*:shocked2: when i read Bono, Barlow, Brandon & Chris sang together on stage :stunned:

 

what an HISTORICAL music moment.. :embarassed:

i had goosebumps while watching the 'back for good' video..

you guys really should feel proud of having being there..

& you can imagine how jealous people are on here :lol:

ohhh I forgot! Mari, you choose the right year to go to study to the UK :lol:

ohhh I forgot! Mari, you choose the right year to go to study to the UK :lol:

 

I KNOW!!! Can u believe all this awesomeness is going on and I can finally be part of it.

And people wonder why I love the UK so much...

I'm really really happy for you :nice:

 

and I bet you'll come back to south america and they'll decide to come here... :lol:

cool thanks for the video :D

 

and congratulations on meeting Chris!!

 

 

Wooo! I wasnt' able to check all the pages just yet but I caught a few pics and clips...you guys made us proud and you were SO CLOSE to the band! HOLY SMOKES! Hooray for Coldplayers!! lol Glad to hear it was a blast :)

Dear lord!!! :stunned: :shocked2:

 

There's so much stuff to go through already!!! :dance:

 

I'm gonna go through the stories/piccies/vids now, i just wanted to congrat everyone who was there and thanks for posting your reviews on the gig!!!! :dance:

 

***vanishes to spend hours going through posts***

Here is the video that shows Gwyneth Paltrow

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFgci2ZEqwc&fmt=18]YouTube - Gwyneth Paltrow attending Coldplay's War Child concert, 18th February[/ame]

back! what a night, more tomorrow but I need sleep, so I leave you with this ;)

 

 

 

will do the rest of the photos when I get home tomorrow afternoon, my 3G just loves reducing the quality :rolleyes:

 

Just a quickie before sleep. not got time to read the posts which came before, so if any duplication, sorry. Ian's probably twittered most of the highlights. will compile proper report when get back to Manchester tomorrow.

 

absolutely surreal & awesome.

 

queued for 7 hours, before doors opened. Had ace time with all the coldplayers in the queue. lots of time to chat, check out twitter.

 

as we were so close to the front of the queue, we were front row in front og=f Jonny. Looks like we have some awesome pictures to share.

 

Killers were great. Coldplay were better, obviously :p

 

Al Murray (pub landlord ) did a bit of gap filling whilst the roadies worked like trojans to get the kit up.

 

My highlight was when Gary Barlow joined our boys on stage for BAck For Good. I am ashamed to admit, I went into complete fan girl mode and screamed like a girl. I have never screamed like that in my life, and I blame Chris for ending the main set with Fix You, which had made me a bit emotional.

 

The last song with Coldplay, Killers, Brandon Flowers, & Gary Barlow was so surreal, I wouldn't believe it had happened if I didn't have pics.

 

After the show, we managed to talk to Phil, in a reverse Romeo & Juliet moment!! We spotted him on the balcony so yelled up, and he sat on the edge of the balcony to exchange a few words with us.

 

that's all for now. night night :kiss:

This is unbelievably awesome!!!!!!!!! :shocked2:

 

Fantastic pics and quickie review Jen&Ian!!!!

Can't wait for the rest of your pics/story!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

@Kara & Mari

Those reviews are great!!! :D

Insanely jealous but so so sooooooo happy for you guys!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

Hi!

 

I’m finally at home.

I had one hour of sleep… so please excuse if everything I write is confusing :)

 

Where to start?

 

Thanks to a very nice Hotel Manager I could check in at my hotel one hour earlier.

She saw my ticket for the gig when I took out my hotel confirmation and was really interested and wished me fun! Yes, I had fun indeed... :D

 

So I arrived at 3pm at the Empire to find other Coldplayers already queuing. Like the others said before – it was fun meetin up and chatting and it was such a nice picnic atmosphere with all the blankets, Pringles and Jaffa Cakes!! :laugh3:

When we got inside I couldn’t believe that we were front row!!

I didn’t expect it so I was already so happy!! :dance:

Also we were all standing together! even more :dance:

 

Somehow the 2 hours waiting inside passed away and it started!

I’m uploading my videos at the moment, I’ll post them as soon as they’re completed.

 

This drunken boy on the balcony was funny at the start but when it looked like he would fall down it was more scary! :o

 

Brandon’s trousers were REALLY REALLY TIGHT! :wink3:

The set was short but amazing!

 

I skip a little as most of the stuff happening can be seen in the videos or was told by someone else already.

 

I regret that I didn’t film the part where Chris was leaning backwards at the piano!

When he got up again the piano’s front part was lifting a little and I was afraid it would fall!! So glad it didn’t.

 

And about his crazy dancing: He was amazing!! Where does he take all this energy from?? During Lost!, when there was the “Ohhh and I'm...

Just waiting until the firing stopped” line Chris was moving so abruptly that for a moment I thought “OMG? Is he having a seizure??” :P

 

Then during “In My Place” Chris sat down right in front of us!

 

(You will see in my videos that I didn’t really pay attention whether I was filming them completely or not – I was just holding my camera the way I thought it would be ok and enjoyed the concert with my eyes on the boys instead of on the screen…)

 

So during “IMP” he sat down right in front of us and I just pressed the record button – my video is upright!!

See, I just didn’t think at the moment, I just looked and enjoyed and tried to breathe in and out.

 

I think we all divided our “media caption of the concert” perfectly.

You will see that Kirsten made some really amazing pictures!!

I was more or less only filming. The sound isn’t that great but for me the viewing pleasure makes up for the lack of audio quality…

 

When Chris introduced Gary Barlow I didn’t believe it could become any better. I am not a TT fan but seeing Jenjie’s sparkling eyes and Chris having so much fun… it was great! I can’t find words to describe it at the moment (see – the lack of sleep…)

 

We could see the setlist of The Killers and “All These Things” had been on it but they didn’t play it… It came later as we all know now!

In my video you can see Chris going up to Gary and taking him on the stage!

Amazing is the only word coming to my mind now. The atmosphere was incredible. We all witnessed a great come-together of great musicians…

 

The roadies were giving out plectrums and setlists and so on and then we saw Phil sitting on the balcony rails.

You already know what happened!!

 

When the concert was over we were waiting inside for everybody to get their coats and me and some others bought the T-shirt (wearing it at the moment!!)

 

Outside it was unsurprisingly still f***ing cold and my back, legs, just everything hurt. We saw some of the celebs leave the venue at one entrance and when someone left at another exit it wasn’t hard to tell as the flashes of the paps were creating a disco-like stroboscope ball around them. :stunned:

 

So it was getting really late and this pap told us that the others had already left but Chris was still inside.

Those of us who were still there decided to wait for another 10 minutes and if he wouldn’t come outside then we’d go home.

I couldn’t stand still on my feet any longer so I started walking around slowly in front of the Empire.

Then the door of the main entrance opened and Chris walked out!

He was walking around me as I was kind of blocking his way to cross the street. I was just standing there with my mouth open – watching him walking away. When he was on the street, me still on the pavement I shouted really loudly “Thank you!!” and the paps were already following him.

I thought he would just get inside his car as fast as possible… I was wrong!

He was standing there, no intention to get inside the car!

So Carol and me decided we’d try to cross the street as well and catch him…

Somehow suddenly from the middle of nowhere there was a lot of traffic! :o

 

We crossed the street and he was still there!

He said “Ok, I’ll just stand here and you take your pictures.” He was only paying attention to the fans, ignoring the paps. Carol got an autograph!! I wasn’t fast enough to get out of my gloves to get out a piece of paper…

Nevermind. It was great.

Then after a while he said he had to leave now. People begged him to give some more autographs but he said “Hey, it’s almost tea time, I really have to go.” Typically Chris – still joking at 3am! :lol:

 

So he got in the car and drove away.

You know at this very moment that I type it I have a high blood pressure again, haha!

 

So to sum it all up:

A lot of stuff happened I had never expected.

Best night I ever had in London.

 

Have to say it again:

Queuing and waiting for 8 hours sounds extreme… but I had so much fun! Thanks to all of you!! It was great meeting so many Coldplayers and you made the time pass so fast!

 

Can’t wait to meet you again in September!

 

I will post more later, this was everything I could squeeze out of my tired, still dehydrated brain – sorry!

:bomb: thanks for the review!!! it's awesome :D

haaaa ! those reviews are amazing Mari, Kara and Anna :D

it gave me goosebumps I swear, and it got me all excited for September !

Thanks a lot for sharing, and only sleeping a few hours and take the time to write it all down for us to enjoy :nice:

Chris is too sweet with the fans :heart:

 

Laura, thanks for the video ! :)

I am officially uploading the video with Coldplay+Killers+Gary Barlow+BONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!