July 31, 200917 yr I'm in CA and saw them near San Francisco and Wheatland. I am toying with the idea of going to this, their last Viva show in Tampa. I know, I'm crazy but I'm not as devoted as some of you who follow them everywhere. One day, maybe I will be able to, though. My dream would be to have any job working for them, no matter how menial or low-paying. I checked and it looks as if about 1/3 of the pit is still available, but no other seats in the 100s. After sitting right the behind the pit in Wheatland, I don't think I can return to the stratosphere, or "up on the lawn, 700 meters away!" as Chris said at our show. Starfish42 Coldplay = Love I know once you go PIT nothing else will do... Come down, we have Dianne joining us from CA, so you won't be the only one. :) $1 dollar tickets??? Where are they? :stunned:
July 31, 200917 yr so where should I stay sunday night? I don't know if they will be staying over SundY night since it's their last show or they'll go right back to New York. I know they stay at the Four Seasons and W. Someone mentioned Hard Rock too. Hmm. My flight doesn't leave until 2:30 on Monday. Woo hoo! You're coming to join us! :D I have a theory about there might stay... Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chaper, a eco-friendly resort north of Tampa ^^^^sooo true! i remember trying to take pics in orlando and it totally took away from really enjoying the boys and the music :( to prove ur point further my friend and i were next to these two girls who did nothing but take pics and vids...i dont think they even knew the songs :dozey: yayyy! :dance: That's why I took my brother (and paid his ticket) for the Orlando concert. Besides the fact I cannot take a picture to save my life, I didn't want to waste time and energy taking pics and vids. My bro did a good job :)
July 31, 200917 yr That's why I took my brother (and paid his ticket) for the Orlando concert. Besides the fact I cannot take a picture to save my life, I didn't want to waste time and energy taking pics and vids. My bro did a good job :) haha me too, Lore. i think my friend will be doing majority of the pic/vid taking, although i'll try my best for my contribution here :P and wait, $1 tickets...where? lol
July 31, 200917 yr Hey for those of you who are going to be in the pit, follow me on this piece of advice: Do not waste that precious time in just taking pictures and recording videos of the band while you are in there, try to balance it... (I am telling you this from experience) Take pictures and record videos, but remember to enjoy yourselves during the concert. The concert goes so fast and at the end of the show you will be like, huh? It's over...? :( So yeah... follow me on that pit-goers :smiley: You are right. And the worst part is that you start forgetting the "live" images in your brain and then you just remember the videos (after you watch them over and over again :D). Then, It is like watching someone else videos on you tube.
July 31, 200917 yr I just read on the home page that Coldplay helped Natalie Imbruglia with her new CD. They also did the strawberry swing video, they are on tour, they go to TV shows, give interviews... How do they do it? Do they have personal time at all?
July 31, 200917 yr LOL, yeah I agree, you can get carried away with pics and vids, especially in the PIT. I made sure not to take any during certain songs in Dallas so I could really just enjoy it. However, whenever they came really close I kept getting the urge to take the camera out, and it kind of paid off one time since Chris looked right at me and pulled a funny face, and then actually stood stilll long enough for me to get a not-as-blurry pic: So sometimes it pays off, but definately divvy up your time!
July 31, 200917 yr LOL, yeah I agree, you can get carried away with pics and vids, especially in the PIT. I made sure not to take any during certain songs in Dallas so I could really just enjoy it. However, whenever they came really close I kept getting the urge to take the camera out, and it kind of paid off one time since Chris looked right at me and pulled a funny face, and then actually stood stilll long enough for me to get a not-as-blurry pic: So sometimes it pays off, but definately divvy up your time! It would be almost impossible not to grab your camera if you have Chris standing right in front of you... :)
July 31, 200917 yr Ok when ya'll log in, the page that always has all the news on it, the article is there about the so called 1.00 tickets, but I sure as hell didn't find any:confused: I have no idea what they are talking about. Lore, I played some golf at that resort and yes very very nice, but I am afraid Chris will leave for NY or LA right after the concerts done, the others might stay over night then go back to London cause they have 7 day's before Denmark, plus Chris might be helping his family start the move back to England since I think IronMan2 isn't filming, or it's close to being finished??
July 31, 200917 yr Ok when ya'll log in, the page that always has all the news on it, the article is there about the so called 1.00 tickets, but I sure as hell didn't find any:confused: I have no idea what they are talking about. Lore, I played some golf at that resort and yes very very nice, but I am afraid Chris will leave for NY or LA right after the concerts done, the others might stay over night then go back to London cause they have 7 day's before Denmark, plus Chris might be helping his family start the move back to England since I think IronMan2 isn't filming, or it's close to being finished?? I would love to get the $1 U2 tickets...:laugh3: :laugh3: :rolleyes: .
July 31, 200917 yr Hey for those of you who are going to be in the pit, follow me on this piece of advice: Do not waste that precious time in just taking pictures and recording videos of the band while you are in there, try to balance it... (I am telling you this from experience) Take pictures and record videos, but remember to enjoy yourselves during the concert. The concert goes so fast and at the end of the show you will be like, huh? It's over...? :( So yeah... follow me on that pit-goers :smiley: I am planning on bringing my dslr. Fast focus and shots. Not like my point and shoots where you have to look at the LCD screen to take pics. Having to look through the viewfinder made s big difference because at the CA shows, it seems everyone is holding up their LCD screens and watching the concert through their cameras. And according to the faq's online for the venue, my camera is ok brcause it's not professional.
July 31, 200917 yr I am planning on bringing my dslr. Fast focus and shots. Not like my point and shoots where you have to look at the LCD screen to take pics. Having to look through the viewfinder made s big difference because at the CA shows, it seems everyone is holding up their LCD screens and watching the concert through their cameras. And according to the faq's online for the venue, my camera is ok brcause it's not professional. Good for you and good thinking! :hug: $1 tickets meme The article said that some people were putting those tickets on StubHub and that's where they found them. I literally couldn't imagine someone selling a $130 ticket for $1? :whaaat: @Yangarin: $1 U2 tickets, LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: But yeah, what isn't impossible these days?
July 31, 200917 yr So for you Florida people...how bad are summer rainstorms, really? Like all day rain or showers that just pass through? Weatherchannel.com says it's going to rain for the next 10 days, but what does that really mean? It hasn't rained in CA for like 2 years, lol, and it's a "stormwatch" if we get more than 1/4 inch at a time.
July 31, 200917 yr We get afternoon storms daily, sometimes just scattered thru certain parts of Fl. Lately the east coast Seabreeze have been hitting the west coast seabreeze and producing some bad storms, these usually just pass in a short time, I think Sunday by concert time it should be fine. I live in Central fl. and am 2 hours from tampa which is west of me. I would be shocked if we didn't have some kind of storms that day, but it's not an all day occurance. We will be fine.
July 31, 200917 yr My Coldplay Story Here's my Coldplay story. Please share yours. My Coldplay story is a little more involved as it spans over many years. I used to feel an indescribable curiosity about Chris Martin whenever I would see him on TV. I used to stare at him, wondering what he was about. There was something intangible about him, something about him that I could not put my finger on, or figure out. It is ironic to think that Chris Martin used to seem a little boring to me, because back then, he was mostly shown sitting and singing at the piano, but sometimes I felt that I couldn't stop watching him. For one thing, I noticed that he rocked back and forth enthusiastically on the piano bench. Something about him captivated me. Sometimes, when he was standing and singing, he would put his hand over his heart, patting it. [in the 2008 kick off of the Viva tour, at Coldplay's free show at the BBC, the hostess referred to Coldplay as the "Masters of Self-Flagellation."] That fascinated me, because it looked as if he was purposely focusing on his heart energy - love - as he was singing, and projecting love out from his heart, with a profound sense of sincerity. He did this in a way that I had never seen any performer pull off before. He seemed so sincere, that, with his frequent falsettos, I almost felt sorry for his showing as much vulnerability as he did. But, I used to be able to pull myself away from staring at him and walk away. In 2006, when I saw Coldplay in the music video of "The Hardest Part," (from X&Y) I watched it once but I did not want to watch it again. That's the video in which Coldplay was blue screened into a 1986 clip of a show called "Attitudes Across America," in which an elderly woman is dancing with a young man, the latter almost throwing her around at times. The couple was not even dancing to Coldplay's music, but the editors made it look close enough to fit. In the video, no one recognizes or acknowledges the presence of Coldplay, and because of that, everyone seems distant and indifferent to Coldplay's presence, which I found painful to watch. Later, I saw them on a PBS fundraiser, in which they were giving away their album for a membership drive. I remember the woman announcer's saying that the band had taken on a somewhat edgier sound in their recent album, X&Y. I remember Chris' heavy English accent, which one doesn't hear as much in his singing. I found myself being too drawn to Chris Martin and, still able to walk away, I didn't finish watching the show. I remember feeling almost resentful of the power I felt he might have over me if I let him. I think this is the same fear that resides in the hearts of the many people who are aptly called "Coldplay haters" and I encounter a surprising number of them in my own experience. Everything changed when I saw Coldplay perform Viva La Vida on Saturday Night Live, SNL just three weeks before the 2008 election. I was excited at the prospsect that Obama might be president and hoped for an end to the horrible wars that Bush had gotten us into. VLV seemed to capture a sense of joy about the change that was about to happen. On the same SNL show, at the end of the song Yellow, Chris Martin looked right into the camera and simply said, "Barrack Obama." It was dramatic, and I remember that he was criticized heavily by some Coldplay haters for it afterwards. I began watching videos of Coldplay on Youtube, and reading about them on wiki. There is a lot of information from interviews Chris had given over the years, and he has shared many interesting facts about them and how their songs came to be. What impresses me is that everything Chris Martin does seems to be intentional and intelligently planned. I made a playlist of 200 interviews on Youtube and have been fascinated at how open and honest Chris Martin is. My Coldplay channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/beigecamouflage. From that point, there was no turning back, no ability to walk away from Coldplay. I finally surrendered, but I didn't mind because I concluded that Coldplay was good and trustworthy. I think much of Chris Martin's efforts have been put into assuring people of their credibility. Except for Chris' liberal use of the "F" word in concerts, the band has a squeeky clean image. They are all free of drugs and other vices. It is one of the band's two rules, the other is that they equally split the profits among the 5 of them (including the "invisible fifth band member" Phil Harvey, their manager.) More than that, on a spiritual level, I'm totally fascinated by Chris Martin's level of self-realization. He is very focused and sure about what he wants in life, able to achieve more than anyone I know of. I feel completely mesmerized by who he is, his creativity, and his energy from seeing what he is able to do in concerts. He seems to be a kind of self-sacrificing divo with a purpose. I see this especially in his performance of Viva La Vida, during the sing along part. He is patting his heart as the crowd sings along "Ohhhhh" and he seems to be in ecstacy. I think he and the rest of Coldplay are able to do what they do because they have 100% of their hearts in it. No matter how much Chris strives to share the spotlight with the rest of Coldplay, everyone senses that he is the impulse, drive, and creativity behind the magic that is Coldplay. Chris Martin professes strong principles, like not allowing Coldplay's songs to be used for commercial purposes, and he lives by his principles. He has transcended the physical. He's on another plane entirely. That's how he is able to perform at the top form that he does at concerts, with boundless energy and strength. Starfish42 Coldplay = Love
July 31, 200917 yr Well I think you need to come to Tampa, Starfish42:) I think thats a great story of your personal view of Chris!!! I enjoyed reading your story.
July 31, 200917 yr Wow, great story Starfish42. I become a Chris Martin fan a year ago myself. I always liked Coldplay, but I was not crazy about them as I am now. You should come down to Tampa. Personally, I had never been in a concert with other people who are as exited about it as I am. I can't wait to see you all in the Pit , we are going to have a great time ;). :dance: Dianne I am so tempted to buy a DSRL camera (I've been thinking about it for a while). But I guess I don't have enough time to learn how to use it before the concert. I never knew you can take one of those cameras with you to a concert. Maybe is better if it rains in the afternoon, less heat. No good for the lawn section...
July 31, 200917 yr Wow, great story Starfish42. I become a Chris Martin fan a year ago myself. I always liked Coldplay, but I was not crazy about them as I am now. You should come down to Tampa. Personally, I had never been in a concert with other people who are as exited about it as I am. I can't wait to see you all in the Pit , we are going to have a great time ;). :dance: Dianne I am so tempted to buy a DSRL camera (I've been thinking about it for a while). But I guess I don't have enough time to learn how to use it before the concert. I never knew you can take one of those cameras with you to a concert. Maybe is better if it rains in the afternoon, less heat. No good for the lawn section... My Nikon D40 is pretty much a beginner dslr. To be honest , for the concert, I will leave it on auto. With all the different lighting , I don't trust myself on any other setting! Starfish, you should try to come! Where in the Bay Area are you ? We used to live in Foster City , then Alameda. Two of my children were born in Oakland and Berkeley. But now we live in Orange County, 25 miles south of Disneyland.
July 31, 200917 yr :lol:yeah,its a win-lose situation with rain:\ pit is going to be heaven!!:dance: NUh Uhhh, sec. 8 will be.....(ya wanna trade):laugh3:
August 1, 200917 yr NUh Uhhh, sec. 8 will be.....(ya wanna trade):laugh3: Damn! We are gonna get wet too :lol: Is Lori, Angie, and Mel also in section 8? - Girly Jonny love in there :wacky:
August 1, 200917 yr :lol:I thought they were in sec 15?:lol:guess not anyways look on the bright side you guys can sing Rainy Day:wacko::P
August 1, 200917 yr Damn! We are gonna get wet too :lol: Is Lori, Angie, and Mel also in section 8? - Girly Jonny love in there :wacky:Mel, Lori and Angie have moved on up like George and Weezie....to the PIT. :sneaky:
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