[RESCHEDULED DATE] 27-July-2009: SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA

[In a telescope lens]

"Can we get a woop woop for our drummer will"

:D

[Lizzybear]

i'll look through my pictures after i eat dinner

 

but here's a picture with my setlist in it :D

 

 

 

 

 

edit: whoops, i forgot to resize my pictures.....

 

My full review :D

 

when we checked into our hotel the girl working there was going tonight so we were talking to her a little about it, she was cool. And one time when we were walking through the lobby she points to some guy and says "they really like coldplay!" which made us happy.

 

So the venue was really pretty! I think it was in a national forest or something like that. It was really pretty. And it was also really small! I thought it was going to be big so I was a little shocked when we got there. When my friend Amy[i'llwaitforyou] and I saw how small it was we got so excited because that means we would have awesome seats even though we were kind of near the back. And we did, our view was awesome! Before the opening acts started we walked over to B stage just for fun and I took a picture of it on my phone and sent it into twitter. Then we planned to walk over there once strawberry swing started since we were on the right side. Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis were kind of weird. But Elbow was really good! And oh yeah, when we got there 14 people were in the pit! :stunned: It was a quarter the way full! And it was a really small pit anyway. So we were like what the fuck why is no one there?! When all the Oxfam volunteers got there it was fuller.

 

When Magnificent came on we got SO excited because it meant 10 minutes til Coldplay and we put on our glow necklaces and bracelets we brought. Then when Blue Danube came on we stood up and started clapping and tried to get everyone around us to stand but no one would. I was like "uh, they're gonna come in 2 minutes just to let ya know..." then someone in the pit motioned for everyone to stand up so then everyone stood up and started swaying. It was funny.

 

Life in Technicolor and Violet Hill were AMAZING!!! SO good as always!!! At the end of Violet Hill Chris said something like "If you accept our apology for being 2 months late" and then he started talking about how it was "the ugly singer's fault and jonny, guy, and will had nothing to do with it" and he sung a couple other things about finally making it to Saratoga after that. Clocks and In My Place were both FANTASTIC!!!! But before Yellow started there was a really long pause for something. The stage was dark. At first I thought they were waiting for the balloons but then at the end Chris changed guitars before finishing the song so I think maybe that had something to do with it. Everyone got kind of quiet while waiting and Chris joked saying "it really sounds like you want us to continue" when yellow finally started it was awesome! Everyone in the band was kicking balloons the whole time and having so much fun with it! Chris alone popped at least like 10 balloons and Guy and Jonny popped a few too. Then at the end Chris changed guitars before singing and then popped a balloon and put it on his head and said "Not to sound ridiculous..." and then started laughing and shook the balloon the off his head. Glass of water rocked!! But NO ONE knew it!!! Especially around us!! We were the only ones singing ANY song on like the entire right side of the stage at least, except for viva la vida. The guys in front of us sat down after yellow and were being annoying. And the guy next to me was trying to get me to drink his beer at one point. I gave him a really annoyed look, shook my head, and rolled my eyes and I never stopped screaming the lyrics to the song that was playing. I was kind of like excuse me I'm having the time of my life, leave me alone. For Cemeteries of London Chris sang "and the night over Saratoga lay" At the end of 42 Chris started playing something totally different and it sounded so cool!! Then he started singing the end lyrics still playing it differently but then he messed it up and went "fuck fuck fuck" and then sang "those are dead are not dead, i should have played this cord instead woah ohhh" and then he had everyone try and hold the end note for as long as possible which lasted awhile and during that time he laid back over his piano stool and I was like "OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!" Fix You was completely beautiful! But the crowd continued to piss me off. For the first chorus you couldn't hear the crowd singing it at all. I was so shocked!! I could only hear Amy and me screaming the lyrics. At the end when Chris pointed his mic toward the crowd then they sang it but it still wasn't that loud compared to the normality of crowds during that song. In Philly/Camden everyone sang every word so loud, it gave me chills. Here, nothing. It was a little disappointing actually. Then once Strawberry Swing started we grabbed our sign we made for b stage and walked over to b stage. We walked right up to the barriers and were front row. Then, someone told us we couldn't be in that aisle yet. So we were like ok we'll go over there and still get a good spot. We watched the end of Strawberry Swing there which was awesome. Then we tried going back over the barriers but they wouldn't let us!! I was SO pissed!! So the boys get to B stage and they STILL won't let us within 20 feet of the barriers. Which doesn't make any sense! I honestly have no fucking idea why they wouldn't let us at B stage. People are supposed to go there! It was so weird. And the guards blocking us kept moving so it was hard to take pictures and they were blocking our view. Amy and I were also the only ones singing over there, at least on our side anyway. Then during Talk Chris's piano was messed up and sounded really quiet. After it was over I saw/heard him say to Jonny "Go back to the stage? ok!" and then they all ran back to the main stage. I was so confused and sad about that!!! I kept saying "Amy what the fuck?! They play that here! What's going on?! Why is Chris going back there?!?! He's supposed to be here!!" Then we had to walk back to our seats.

The reason Chris gave us for leaving B stage was that the people in the balcony couldn't see so the left. Which I'm pretty sure the could see anyway, and eitherway there's screens. They can't see C stage at all either. But I think he was just saying that cover up. I'm pretty positive something was wrong with the piano there. They had a lot of tech problem last night which was weird to see because they usually don't. So for the hardest part there wasn't any lighting really going on because no one knew what to do. They just had a small spotlight on Chris and Will. I was pretty bummed about it I guess because Amy told me I didn't sing during that song. But then Viva la Vida came on and I was happy again. This is the only song that everyone in the audience sung. And the woah oh ohs were the loudest part of the show, but compared to the Philly/Camden crowds it wasn't that loud. Lost! was great! And we tried to get over to the aisle they were going to run down to get to C stage but no one let us in any aisle at all. I didn't like the security here, they were so annoying. C stage was in the middle of the lawn instead of on the left. Green eyes was so great! And I didn't hear them say this but Amy told me the dumbass bitches sitting behind us said that Chris wrote green eyes about himself because he has "green purplish eyes" I REALLY wish I heard them say that because I want to tell those bitches off!!! Green purplish eyes?! That doesn't even make any fucking sense!!!!! And why would he write a song about himself?!?! He's the most unselfish and modest person in the world and his eyes the most gorgeous blue eyes in the world!! Clearly they knew nothing at all. Billie Jean was amazing! At first I was sad about I'm a Believer being gone especially the "Jonnyboy are you in love?" but Billie Jean was so good! And no one knew that either. I hope people on the lawn knew it because Amy and I and this old couple behind us were the only ones singing it. And oh my gosh! The cell phone wave. QUIETEST THING EVER!! It was awesome and worked but it was quiet. Again, Amy and I were like the only ones screaming. It was so weird!! And during the Viva interlude remix you couldn't really hear Chris singing during it, the vocal part of it was so quiet. I'm sure if that was another tech problem or I just remember it different or what. But before that was over Chris sat down at his piano and played the end of it on his piano which was really cool! Then Politik was incredible! LIJ was amazing!!! And Chris used a white umbrella this time. I know first it was red and then it was blue. It was a white one last night. The confetti rocked and we scored a shitload of it. But the crowd didn't really seem that into the confetti which pissed me off, but hey more for us I guess. Death and All His Friends was so awesome! For the encore Amy and I started the viva woah oh ohhh chant which was awesome. It took awhile to start but once it finally did it was so sweet! At that point we ended up right in front of the pit! Chris joked about LRLRL being bad and that's why it was free, we booed him and he laughed. I was hoping for the mad laugh but he didn't do it. The scientist was so beautiful and it was amazing because we were SO close at that point!! He kept looking in our direction during that song too which is an incredible feeling. Lit ii was awesome!! And then at the end a girl standing right in front of chris held up her sign and HE BLEW A KISS AT HER!!! It was so cute and amazing I really hope someone has it on video because I wanna see it again and get a GIF of it!!

THEN, he saw our sign!!! He waved and smiled at us and kind of bowed a little bit. It was so fucking amazing!! We totally freaked out!! Then when they left and people started leaving we went into the pit. A roadie handed Amy a setlist! She got Rick's setilist! Then, a roadie gave me GUY'S SETLIST!!!! I FREAKING HAVE GUY'S SETLIST!! And then someone randomly walking by us put a setlist that was taped to the stage somewhere in Amy's hand so we got 3 setlists total! Oh yeah, we almost got a pick too!!! But then he gave it to a girl next to us :( we kept reaching for it. I really wanted it but I was just given Guy's setlist so I was happy. Then I saw a pick on stage still in a stand and it looked like Chris's because of where the stand was on the stage and I asked for it but no one was close enough to hear to me. Then we had to leave the pit. So we went and got more butterflies.

 

Completely amazing night!! But the crowd kind of sucked which was a bit of a let down because normally coldplay crowds are so energetic. We talked to so many before the show who said they drove a few hours to get there. You think with that many people from far away they would have been more into it. No one anywhere near us knew words to majority of the songs. It was shocking! And the girls who thought chris had green eyes were texting and talking to each other the whole time not even paying attention which pissed me off, then they made fun of us for dancing and screaming every word during the whole show. Whatever, they were lame.

 

The boys did a fucking incredible job!!!!! Chris was ON FIRE!!!!!! It was the best dancing I've ever seen him do!!! Especially during 42!! He was truly amazing!!! Best I've ever seen him!! All of the guys were really into it despite the crowd and they just did a truly incredible job!! And there was SOOOO much C&J love throughout the whole show!!! The first time Chris went over to Jonny and whispered something to him in the beginning of Violet Hill Amy screamed "LOVE!!!!" During every song there was so much love between them and it was SO cute and adorable! I love them!

 

There was a bunch of tech problems though. In one of the songs in the beginning I can't remember which one Jonny turned away from the audience and was by the speaker fxing something with his guitar which I guess is kind of normal but it seems more important with the other things going on. Chris's guitar was changed for every song, and he had to get a new one before he finished Yellow. And the main thing was the piano at B stage.

 

Despite those few things it was a fucking amazing night!!!!!!! Fuck the crowd, I had the time of my life with my best friend next to me also having the time of her life. I went to this concert as like a get well/ be happy thing because 3 weeks ago I had surgery on both of my legs. And the timing was perfect because my legs were feeling pretty good and I was so bummed about still not being able to play hockey. This made me so fucking incredibly ecstatic!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D And it was the also the last time I'll see the boys until the next tour. So, this was such a good last show for the viva tour, at least for us because got so lucky!! We had some major coldplay karma with us especially at the end!! Truly awesome! :heart:

 

and oh yeah, we picked up the local paper this morning because chris was on the cover :D

 

and i'll look through my pictures but i'm pretty sure most of them came out blurry, my camera sucks :(

 

amy got a really good video of in my place though! and i got a video of butterflies falling. We'll post them asap :D

 

 

sorry this is so long :\

 

 

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All of this BLOWS MY MIND MARISA! :dead:

 

Im so so happy you had some rocking kick ass Coldplay karma Mars :hug:

 

 

 

o wait? What did your sign say? :thinking:

Did you mention it? I know you said Chris noticed it....

[In a telescope lens]

THANKS LIZ!!! :dance::D:kiss::heart:!!!

and THANK YOUUUU for sending me coldplay karma!!! :hug::heart::kiss::D:D:D:hearT:!!

our sign :D...

thanks jen!! :D

oh yeah, sorry. here's our sign :D

 

 

 

[Lizzybear]

THANKS LIZ!!! :dance::D:kiss::heart:!!!

and THANK YOUUUU for sending me coldplay karma!!! :hug::heart::kiss::D:D:D:hearT:!!

our sign :D...

 

haha your welcome :kiss:

 

But you totally made that karma happen! Im jealous :P

 

 

:surprised:

 

OH!! I must of overlooked this!

I love that sign :D:D:D :heart:

Well done

You make me and Chrissy proud Mars :hug:

[In a telescope lens]

haha your welcome :kiss:

 

But you totally made that karma happen! Im jealous :P

 

 

:surprised:

 

OH!! I must of overlooked this!

I love that sign :D:D:D :heart:

Well done

You make me and Chrissy proud Mars :hug:

:wacky::wacky::wacky::wacky::wacky:!!!!

 

thanks liz!!!!! :heart::D:kiss::hug::D:heart:!!!!

[xtickingxclocksx42]

I went to the SPAC show on the 27th and it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I drove an hour & a half with my mom and two friends and all of us had such a great time. I had lawn seats and I have to say that the only way I could probably have an even better time was if I was sitting in the pit. I was right at the baracade for the lawn set, less that three feet away from the band! And I swear if there wasn't a macho security guard right there I would've been able to touch one of them, as weird as that sounds. Guy was right in front of me and he was just so gorgeous. They sang "Green Eyes", this little jingle Chris came up with about the concert, "Death Will Never Conquer" (Will was amazing...) & "Billie Jean" (one of my favorite parts of the concert) It was just so great. With lawn seats I saw the stage perfectly, was a couple feet from the band and 10 feet away from a giant screen. Couldn't have been better. They didn't play anything that I didn't like but out of everything "42", "Lovers in Japan" (the butterflies were spectacular), "Politik" and "Cemetries in London" stuck out in my brain, besides the obvious choices like "Viva La Vida", "Violet Hill". and "Yellow" which equally just as fantastic. Chris was so sweet and apologized so many times for it being postponed. My two friends had tickets next to their B-stage and they were saying that he felt really horrible that the balcony people weren't able to see them so they moved back to stage A, which I think really shows how much they care about their fans when they cancel a show and reschedule it and try to play to every part of the audience can see them, it shows how much they all really love their job. I loved how funny he was when he messed up in "42" he was like "Fuck. Those who are dead are not dead, I should've played those chords instead" Loved when he stuck the balloon on his head during "Yellow" too "Not to sound ridiculous"

 

Great show guys! Can't wait to see you many, many, many times in the future!

[xmonstermaggie]

I loved how funny he was when he messed up in "42" he was like "Fuck. Those who are dead are not dead, I should've played those chords instead" Loved when he stuck the balloon on his head during "Yellow" too "Not to sound ridiculous"

 

I almost forgot about those parts! So hilarious, especially the line in 42! :]

[xtickingxclocksx42]

I know! He was just the cutest thing. I loved when he was telling us about LRLRL and was like "This album is so bad that we're just giving it away for free, that's the type of salesman I am"

[Guest LiquidSky]

this site.[/url] Feel free to check them out! Unfortunately, I had to use a crappy digital camera, so the pictures aren't as good as they could have been. Here are some of my favorites:

 

 

 

 

Also, ColdplayJunior: Your pictures are great! I found my hand in one! :]

 

wow! you were so close!!!!!!:shocked2: Awesome pictures btw!

[masterkraig]

xmonstermaggie: FANTASTIC pictures. Making the one of Chris my profile pic on facebook for now!

 

So good to have you on the team! We all had a fantastic time! :D

[masterkraig]

A request! During Viva, all of us Oxfam volunteers swung our bandannas around our heads, which must have been a spectacle.

 

If anyone has a picture of this during Viva, please post it or let me know! :D

 

Thanks!

[FluMTonks]

 

Think you guys will definitely like these:

 

 

Back to the far away pics:

 

 

And here's the Billie Jean vid again:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axWORb33veo]YouTube - Coldplay cover Billie Jean @ SPAC 7/27/09[/ame]

[In a telescope lens]

I know! He was just the cutest thing. I loved when he was telling us about LRLRL and was like "This album is so bad that we're just giving it away for free, that's the type of salesman I am"

i know i loved that part!! :lol:

:wacky::heart:!!!

 

 

 

and WOW great pictures!!!!!!

[xtickingxclocksx42]

Does anyone have any good videos of Cemetries of London or Politik? Most of my videos are only really horrible looking clips... Just wondering...

[xmonstermaggie]

xmonstermaggie: FANTASTIC pictures. Making the one of Chris my profile pic on facebook for now!

 

So good to have you on the team! We all had a fantastic time! :D

 

 

Haha. Nice! And it was truly amazing to be a part of it. So incredibly fun. And I'm so excited we got 1350 people!

[Jenjie]

Last night, Coldplay came to SPAC, two months late but still a great show. They are one of the bands that I enjoy and never have seen, so now I can cross them off my list, but they put on a really good show.

 

I went with a friend of mine who really didn't know anything more than Coldplay's singles, and for not knowing more than the singles, Coldplay put on a "show." They entertained. They played their music, and played it well, but they also performed in a way that was quite entertaining.

 

For instance, during "Yellow," giant yellow balls bounced around the audience making their way from inside the venue to the lawn seats. During a later song, towards the end of the show, multicolored butterfly confetti shot out at the audience at every chorus. It looked incredible. And during the show, Coldplay kept moving from one spot to another.

 

For example, they played on the left side of the audience for one song, at the right side of the audience for one song, and then they came into the lawn seats to play three incredible songs: "Green Eyes," "Death Will Never Conquer," and "Billie Jean." Each band member (except for Chris) had an acoustic guitar and they were playing in really close quarters. It was really, really cool. It brought them closer to us, the cheapettes in the lawn section. Basically when they started playing there, everyone stormed to the stage. I watched comfortably from a close distance.

 

The night variated from their fast-paced songs to a lot of slower, piano songs. They mixed up singles and non-singles, which was nice. The concert started off with a lot of older singles back to back to back, which is fine, but it might be nicer if they were spread out. I thought they played A LOT of slower stuff, which is part of the band, but for this live show, I thought it was a bit too much. I would have preferred more faster-paced songs to liven up the crowd.

 

I was really impressed with the talent of the band members. I was really blown away by Will the drummer who is also an excellent singer. He played different kinds of drums, guitar, and vocals during the show. He's incredible! Chris danced around all the time, which was entertaining. He messed up a couple of times, which was kind of awkward, I found. One time, he messed up TWICE and then just asked the audience to make a lot of noise and they called the song a day. Kind of lame.

 

But Chris tried to work with the audience a lot. He had us finish "Yellow" with them in unison. He had us help him finish songs a few times. He incorporated Saratoga Springs into his lyrics a few times. He spoke to us a few times, apologizing at the end of "Violet Hill," the first song they played. "If you forgive me, won't you let me know..." (for cancelling the show). It was clever. I liked his audience involvement. He really cared about putting on a good show for the balcony and us out on the lawn--even those listening outside the grounds. It was impressive.

 

Coldplay's attire seems to be that of their Viva La Vida and Death and All His Friends look. They look kind of like Civil War apparell but they are multicolored. They all got into that look. I wonder how they came up with that idea? I think it's unqiue, to say the least.

 

I was a bit upset that they didn't play some of the songs I wanted to hear, not all necessarily singles. They focused a lot on playing their new CD, which is fine, but I hate when bands play the majority of their new album and ignore their other plethora of music that fans really connected with. They did play some older stuff too, but nowhere in comparison to the new stuff.

 

I missed them playing "Shiver," "Trouble," "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face," "Warning Sign," "Whisper," "Square One," "Speed of Sound," and "A Message." But they played a lot of other good songs I like. These were just ones I wish they'd played!

 

I just enjoy their sound. It's different than a lot of other bands out there. And Chris is such a different lead singer. I just love their unique energy they bring to music. I really enjoyed myself last night, and it definitely has to do with their talent. Very well done, Coldplay.

 

So what did you think of Coldplay live?

 

http://musingforamusement.blogspot.com/2009/07/coldplay.html

[Jenjie]

Well, it finally happened. Coldplay came to town. The popular British band had to postpone its original late May date at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center due to singer Chris Martin’s illness. Monday night at SPAC they made good on their absence with an impressive concert that had to fulfill any fan’s dreams. Martin certainly seemed in good health as he bounded about the stage, singing the band’s ethereal, but muscular songs. Martin and company often get compared to U2 because they share a certain anthemic quality as well as a commitment to both causes and their crowd. They could just as aptly be compared to classic bands like The Who and the Clash, because what separates them from the mass of average rock and roll bands is their distinctive swagger and rhythm. Lots of other bands sound a little like Coldplay, but nobody sounds just like them. That uniqueness was apparent on Monday on every tune. Jonny Buckland’s swirling guitar figure, for example, introduced and decorated “Strawberry Swing.” Will Champion’s thumping yet somehow understated drums defined but didn’t overpower “Politik.” And Guy Berryman’s simple but relentless bass kept a heartbeat in “Glass of Water” and “Cemeteries of London.” But Martin is more than just the face of the band. He is its soul, too. Whether playing piano, guitar or simply singing Martin was magnetic in a friendly yet heroic way. It’s beautiful how often he improvises within the context of such a heavily-produced show. After “Talk” for example, Martin had the band leave a small second stage because he was concerned that patrons in the balcony couldn’t see. He apologized for the same before leading the quartet out to a third satellite station for an acoustic mini-set topped with an in-tribute cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” At other points in the show giant yellow balloons floated overhead (during “Yellow,” natch), Martin threw out lightsticks (“Lost”) and confetti cannons exploded (“Lovers in Japan”). But few of these potential distractions really drew much attention away from Martin. He gave especially hard during the band’s hit “Viva La Vida,” which features a classic arena chorus, the fact of which was not lost on the very participatory crowd at SPAC. By the end of the song he was laying face down on the stage in one of those spent-but-ready-to-give-more poses that define true stars. Opening acts Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and Elbow did just what they were called upon to do, which was, in the words of Elbow frontman Guy Garvey, “warm you up for Coldplay.” Elbow’s hushed sound took Coldplay’s quiet dynamics even deeper into whisper territory, brightened with occasional flashes of horns and strings. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis went even further field, adding ukuleles and banjos to the mix. Coldplay, though, owned the night. “If at this point you’d accept our apology for being two months late,” Martin half-sang, half-teased during “Violet Hill.” Apology accepted.

 

Michael Eck

 

http://blog.timesunion.com/reviews/coldplay-spac-72709/1156/

 

[intervention]

hey guys, sorry its a little late but here are some of my videos from this show! theyre not that great as i dont have a steady hand to begin with and with all the excitement and not looking into the camera, theyre way shaky. but enjoy

 

 

 

Strawberry Swing (my personal fave)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGg1pJ8NWns]YouTube - Strawberry Swing - SPAC[/ame]

 

 

 

Viva La Vida

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAtPX4k6wlQ]YouTube - Viva La Vida - SPAC[/ame]

 

 

Death and All His Friends

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwrC9mQdNRo]YouTube - Death and All His Friends - SPAC[/ame]

 

 

i actually have a couple more too i will try to post soon

[xtickingxclocksx42]

The videos are really good. The Strawberry Swing one especially, I sat on the lawn & they didn't have the screens on for that one :P

[fhof88]

Does anyone have a complete recording of the Saratoga concert or know where I can download it? With so many people there I'd be surprised if no one was taping it. Thanks for your help.

[In a telescope lens]

^yeah anyone? :dance:

 

and as for that first review, i don't really agree with a lot of the things he said, this guy seems kind of annoying. and i don't think coldplay ever played "A whisper" live either

:rolleyes:

[CSIHousefan]

I forgot....i recorded billy jean and death will never conquer soo i'll post them now. Not gonna post the pics cuz they didnt come out good at all :(

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVqF232KrdQ]YouTube - Billie Jean cover by Coldplay (from show in Saratoga Springs)[/ame]

 

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbRoXDR48dM]YouTube - Death will never conquer (from show in Saratoga Springs)[/ame]