23-May-2009: Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT, USA

[soxfan1023]

haha, oops, you can't see anything is what I meant!

[Pseudonym]

We don't take kindly to Red Sox fans here. :angry:

 

 

 

JK, I'm sure someone will help you.

[intervention]

We don't take kindly to Red Sox fans here. :angry:

 

 

 

JK, I'm sure someone will help you.

 

true that , no videos for boston fans :angry::angry::angry:

 

:laugh3:

[soxfan1023]

haha, yea, big boston fan! I wish the Whalers still played in Hartford though!

[halokiti]

wow i need to think to go for this then???:thinking:

 

thanks for the info...

 

 

Edit:

 

Yeah i asked my hubby about this and we are going now....to NY Jones Beach concert in July they added ahh...i love NY...

 

When is one of the mods going to start a thread for Wantagh/Jones Beach so we can talk about who is going and such.

[bogotti]

julyyyy 27thhhhhh jonesss beachhhh

[bogotti]

any1 no who is opening there july showss

[jr!]

Here are the pics i took from the hartford gig!

 

Best concert of the year so far...!

 

Hope you enjoy the piccies!

 

[Christa42]

yummy

[cold_love23]

does anyone have video of when they first went to the c-stage, and chris said something like "okay I know Guy is handsome but let's be careful with him." :lol:

 

My guess is that Guy was getting groped, and I wanna see that. :uhoh2:

 

 

:sneaky:

[Monkeybuns]

I have to say that this show was FANTASTICK!!! The guys were in top form and it was well worth the almost 2 hour drive from NJ. Being almost in the front row of the Pit ROCKED. Jonny Buckland was a leap away from us, literally. If I had to chose between the 2008 arena shows I saw, which were all very good since we were right in front of the cat walk, and these smaller shows with a Pit, the smaller ones RULE!!!

I don't even want to go to Jones Beach, even though every seat is great, because it has no pit, normally. Booooo!

[CookyMnstr]

So, I'm finally home and with time to post vids/pics from this show. I"m gonna try not to repeat what everyone else said already, 'cause it's been so long that everyone else who's posted has got it covered. I will say though, that this was the very best concert experience I've EVER had(this was my 11th Coldplay concert). Being front row---there's nothing like it. But being there with a bunch of coldplayers, screaming jumping dancing just as loudly as me--it was so fanfuckingtastically special:nice:!!! The long drive, the waiting in line, the frantic running toward the pit entrance, the nerves, the hunger, the not being able to drink so that we wouldn't have to go to the bathroom:laugh3:, totally 110% worth it!!!!! Hearing the girls(especially my fellow RythmSecLuver Sarah:kiss:)sing so loudly & screaming right next to me was just so cute!!!:D

 

Of course, if Coldplay hadn't been so ON and so energetic and into it and enjoying themselves as much as we were, it wouldn't have been as great. They were all in top form:dance:. Politik was the best I've ever experienced--being RIGHTTHERE you feel it(Sarah says her arm hurt from throwing it up in the air so much:lol:). I thought I was gonna pass out during/after VLV from jumping up so much and trying to keep up with ooohhhooohoohhooohhhhhh's during and after the song, as loudly as I could.(and of course, having Mr Champion just feet from me:bomb::dance::dead:).

 

GlassofWater and 42 were some of my faves, as was The Scientist--I was crying for the 1st half of it :blush:; just too much emotion that night). When they went to the back for B&C stage, we couldn't see anything really, but we still were dancing and jumping around. I love "I'm a Believer" it's so fun!:dance: And The Hardest Part, played this way just on piano is beeeeaauuuttiiiifuuulllll. I got all pissed off during DWNC, 'cause someone was blocking the camera right in front of Will:angry:. Seriously, camera guy, it's Will moment, you couldn't move over so I could seee?!?!:whip: When they do the VLV techno version(that was the weird tweet no one could get and thought I was on drugs:rolleyes:) our little coldplaying group kicked of the ohhoohhhoohhh's :smug:, and kept it going until basically the song was over. I still can't believe we didn't pass out:laugh3:. (oh and I don't think anyone mentioned it; during C Stage Miller was on the blacked out stage taking pics, you could only see a teeny tiny red dot, but when I took a pic with flash, oops there he was! So we all turned around and stared smiling twd him:lol:).

 

 

It was just the best...SUCH A PERFECT DAY!!! NOTHING COULD BE BETTER, and NOTHING EVER WAS. Christa, Pris, Sarah, Steph, Erica, Chelsea...just :hug:And Carla, Chavi, Lore, Denise, Hester, Mel, Kels...:kiss: especially you crazy C&C peeps for keeping up with us all day long via Twitter:D.

 

Ok, not too many good pics/vids 'cause I just wanted to enjoy myself, but I did somehow manage a few decent shots...

 

(this where you see my tweet about the MrB needing more "junk in the trunk" is true!:P)

 

 

 

 

 

It's so damn hard to get a good shot of Chris, he just moves around too much for my camera!:angry:

 

And the best for last:smug:, Willllll:heart:

 

 

 

 

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDPtcUWaTxc]YouTube - Strawberry Swing--Coldplay,Hartford 5.23.09[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsIaz5i38lo]YouTube - 42 Coldplay--Hartford 5.23.09[/ame]

(sorry for all the screaming & SQUEEing:D)

[Raven12]

Cooky, those vids are AWESOME!! Esp. the Strawberry Swing one, I :heart: it! And the audio is so great!! :dance:

Great review and that second pic of mr. B.. :bomb:!!!

[Pris]

I love your review :blush:

I should probably get this done too :uhoh: i'll try and upload everything else tonight... and see if there's anything that's not yet been covered :D

I got all pissed off during DWNC, 'cause someone was blocking the camera right in front of Will[/color]:angry:. Seriously, camera guy, it's Will moment, you couldn't move over so I could seee?!?!:whip:

I was laughing my ass off this morning 'cause i've got that on video!!! There's Will on the big screen singing DWNC and i could clearly listen to you bitch about the black shadow that covered him :lol:

[SwallowedInSea]

Hahahahah I can't wait to see that video!! :lol:

[CookyMnstr]

I was laughing my ass off this morning 'cause i've got that on video!!! There's Will on the big screen singing DWNC and i could clearly listen to you bitch about the black shadow that covered him :lol:

I HAVE TO see that!!!!:laugh3:(but um :uhoh: don't post it on here:blush:!)

[marie/pims]

Great review!!and yes, NO ONE should EVER block Will.EVER

[Jenjie]

Better late than never, I've done som Wikification :D

 

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/23_May_2009:_Comcast_Theatre%2C_Hartford%2C_CT%2C_USA

[SwallowedInSea]

Ooops.... sorry Jen, I'll have a review coming soon as well! :blush:

[technicolor_love78]

CookyMnstr: i loved your review!! and thanks for posting those wonderful pics (esp. of Guy :bomb:) and vids! :D

[Christa42]

thanks Jen, cooky your brain is amazing, can i have a smidjen of your memory please?

[roche714]

Thanks for all the reviews and pics.They are fantastic

 

In the pic of all of the coldplayers,i would love to put a name to a face. Also the girl in the green at the end, was at the Tonight show,wasnt she??I remember her from the video

[SwallowedInSea]

Okay, okay, I guess I can write my review/story now. :P

 

So, let's see... Pris arrived at my house around 12:30 or so on Friday night (the airport pickup is another story in and of itself) and we got right to making our signs. I made the one for me and Cooky that said "The Rhythm Section is Bangin'!" and Pris made one with the phrase Chavi suggested: "Latin America Came Your Way-- Now How About You?" So those looked great and we probably finished making them around 2 or 2:30 in the morning! :lol:

So anyway... the next morning we were off! We got to Christa's house and met everyone and then got in the car to head to Hartford. We hit a bit of traffic but didn't stress too much because we knew we were already ahead of the game, the crazy Coldplayers that we are. :rolleyes: So anyway, after a long car ride of singing and discussing topics such as Guy's weight loss like Cooky mentioned, we arrived in Hartford! We really had nothing to worry about-- we got there before the parking lot even opened, so by the time we parked the car and got to the line and everything there only a couple of other people there already! That included Lauren (cold_love23) and her sister Sarah (or is it Sara? :confused:) whose username escapes me at the moment (sorry! :bigcry:) and they probably thought we were crazy, but soon they joined in with our craziness anyway, so it all worked out. :P So then... we waited. It really didn't feel like waiting too long, because we were all so excited and had some food and games to entertain us, and soon enough 6:30 rolled around and we were just dying for them to open the gates. The staff at the venue were actually really nice and stood on the other side of the gate teasing us for a while, since they could tell we were so incredibly excited. At one point they actually raised the gate and then lowered it again and we were all just like :bomb: But then of course eventually it was time to go in. So we went had our bags checked, our tickets scanned, and then we RAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!! It was insane, I almost fell down a couple times, and since I'm so short I'm not the fastest runner, but eventually we made it all to the next line. :dozey: This was not well organized at all-- there was one poor kid sitting at a table giving out wrist bands to everyone in the pit, and people were like rushing the table and I felt sooooo bad for him. Then they eventually got all of us in a semblance of a line, and let us into the pit. So we went ahead and then.... there it was, prime real estate right in front of Mr. Guy Berryman's bass. So of course we bolted and planted outselves right on the barrier in Guy-land and stood there for about two hours like :wacky: and in total disbelief that we had successful gotten the spots we wanted in the front row right in front of Guy. So, the opening acts.... Howling Bells and Pete Yorn were both very good, but I'm sure I would have enjoyed them more if I wasn't going insane just waiting for Coldplay to come out!!! :bomb:

The openers flew by and then it was time for the main event.... as soon as Magnificent came on we knew what would follow, and then sure enough there was Jay-Z, the Blue Danube, and then.... Life in Technicolor. The boys ran out and it was just so surreal that they were right there in front of us. But we all were just so intent on rocking out, singing, and dancing, that we were enjoying every moment. I got a ton of pictures (even though most were blurry) which I will try and post, and a couple of videos, but I was having too much fun singing and dancing and I realized that my videos were going to give someone motion sickness so I just gave up. :P Cooky and I were so intent on making sure Guy and Will saw our Rhythm Section sign, so we held it up a lot during the show. The first time Guy saw it he gave us a little smirk, and you could tell he was thinking like, "Oh okay, very funny, more crazy fangirls," which I'm sure we seemed like! :lol: But then, later, during Politik (and forgive me because I know how silly/fangirly/lame I sound here) I was totally rocking out because that's always a highlight of every show for me, and I guess he saw how into the song I was (it was pretty obvious, to say the least :P) for about half a second we made eye contact, and he gave me a much more genuine smile than he did the first time and I was like :wacky: :bomb: :dead: and my heart melted or something. :P But, whoops, I'm getting ahead of myself. So.... you could tell right off the bat from the beginning of the show that Chris and all the guys were just in a really good mood that night... probably as a result of the previous night's Guystock.... :lol: So everything was going really well. Chris came up on the ramp next to us and saw Christa's Phil sign, and I missed his reaction, but from what I heard it seemed like he got it! :lol: I just can't wait until he sees it again at Wembley as that banner makes its way all across the world!! So then what happened? Hmm... oh, B and C stage happened, though we couldn't really see them at all. But that was okay, we had a nice time singing and dancing amongst ourselves down in the pit... with the exception of the drunk couple behind me making out without really coming up for air at all. :dozey: Okay, that's not important. Anyway... B and C stage came and went, Chris made some comment about Guy being in a porno and we all freaked out, and some stupid guy's shadow was blocking the screen during DWNC so we couldn't see Will! :angry: Okay, anyway... basically everything about this show was amazing... Lovers in Japan was another highlight for me. I had never been on the floor before during this tour so I'd never been able to experience being right under those butterflies as they come floating down around you. I can't even describe how amazing that feeling is, just the happiest thing in the world. :wacky: I got some pretty good pictures from that part, too. Then there was the encore, which of course made me a little teary eyed because I didn't want them to go. But of course the show had to come to an end, but not before Will looked right at me and Cooky with our rhythm section sign, smiled and gave us a big thumbs up!! :dance: So then I could pretty much go home happy. :P I collected SOO MANY butterflies and I got one of the yellow balloons that bounced backstage!! We couldn't fit it in the car, though, so we popped it and I saved the pieces. :P After that we had a little party in the parking lot and waited for the place to empty out. Christa got the most amazing butterfly cupcakes and of course we had some Stellas. :wink: Overall, it was just a totally incredible night with amazing music, pretty boys :wink:, and even better Coldplayers. :nice:

 

Some pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And my absolute favorite of the night....

 

 

[SwallowedInSea]

Jeez, I wrote a freaking novel! :uhoh: Sorry... :blush:

[marie/pims]

Thanks for the brilliant review!!!That was great!