[20-Dec-2010] Crisis: Coldplay in Newcastle (JOURNAL TYNE THEATRE, WESTGATE RD)

[kspillers2]

Loved the review....all of it!!

[lucyb]

Holy shit Jamie!! Guess what??? LOL...nah I'm really happy for you, just fucking wish I could have been there too. Xxxxx

[Bonus_mosher]

Holy shit Jamie!! Guess what??? LOL...nah I'm really happy for you, just fucking wish I could have been there too. Xxxxx

 

hahahaha you cheeky bitch! :P:kiss:

[xxKels]

Great review- thanks for this ! But, grrrrrrr....only about 3 of your spoilers opened for me. Damnit.

[busybeeburns]

Marriage proposal surprise at Coldplay's "secret" gig (Northern Echo media revie)

 

Marriage proposal surprise at Coldplay's "secret" gig (Northern Echo media review)

 

ONE of the worlds biggest bands played a "secret" gig in front of hundreds of ecstatic fans in the region tonight.

 

And one female fan got more than she bargained for when her boyfriend jumped on stage to ask her to marry him.

 

The man introducing himself as Simon proposed to his girlfriend, named only as Ruth, at the end of the concert. The crowd erupted in applause when she said yes.

 

Tickets for Coldplay's hidden gig in Newcastle sold out in just 23 minutes when details were announced last month. The venue for the concert, held to raise money for the homeless charity Crisis, was kept secret until 24 hours before when it was announced as the Journal Tyne Theatre.

 

The Choir With No Name, a group made up of homeless people, kicked-off the concert, opening with a version of the Pogues' Fairytale of New York. Geordie double act Ant and Dec then entertained the crowd before introducing Coldplay, playing their last concert of the year.

 

Lead singer Chris Martin delighted the crowd by opening the set with one of the band's biggest hits, Yellow. A selection of Coldplay's most popular hits, including Trouble, In Your Place, Til Kingdom Come, Viva La Vida and Fix You, kept the crowd in good voice all night.

 

Ant and Dec joined the band on stage during the encore for the last song of the evening, Christmas Lights. A blog on the band's official website said Chris Martin extended his heartfelt thanks to an "amazing" crowd.

 

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8748774.Marriage_proposal_surprise_at_Coldplay_s__secret__gig/

[ReecyBoy42]

None of the spoilers opened for me :( But a good review otherwise!

 

EDIT:

...including Trouble, In Your Place, Til Kingdom Come...

Grrrr...

[lucyb]

hahahaha you cheeky bitch! :P:kiss:

 

In that lets get ready to rumble video...is that Phil in front of you with the camera?

[LauraLaura82]

No spoiler did open.....but the review is great!!! ;) Thanks

 

I had so much fun watching the proposal video......:laugh3: This girl's been very lucky :shocked2:

[jonpeat]

Fantastic gig, awesome just awesome. We were in row B of the Upper Circle and while I got a bit of vertigo when standing up and dancing….they were fantastic! We had a bit of an A-lister on our level though…one half of the hairy bikers . Fix you was my personal highlight but I must also say that Christmas Lights was just fantastic! The band seemed to be having fun throughout and the banter was great. I think I was very lucky to attend such an intimate gig and its something that I won’t forget in a long time.

 

Oh and I don’t think with was Gwyneth in the box during CWNN, we could get a good look from our position and while it was a woman with blonde hair….I don’t think it was that woman (although to start with I thought it was!).

[Raphaele]

thank you for the reviews and the videos:)

[Noémie]

Thanks for this mammoth review Jamie!!! Amazing night! :) :)

I read all of it word for word (do I need help? :P) and enjoyed it a lot!

 

Interesting conversation you had with Chris about Wedding Bells, thanks for sharing it with us! :)

 

PS: just check the spoilers because most of them don't open!

[Tatiana]

I could see only one spoiler....

[lndnsky]

None of the spoilers opened for me :( But a good review otherwise!

 

EDIT: Grrrr...

 

Same here...

 

But amazing review, thank you sooo much!

[busybeeburns]

Coldplay perform a snow-stopping set in Newcastle with Ant and Dec

 

Coldplay perform a snow-stopping set in Newcastle with Ant and Dec

 

TALK about snow-stopping. Coldplay played a secret gig in Newcastle last night, churning out all their hits, including Yellow, Politik and Trouble, plus festive charity tune Christmas Lights.

 

They were introduced by I’m a Celeb hosts Ant and Dec – and Chris Martin took a playful swipe at his Geordie mates as he stopped and started throughout the gig. “I f***** up,” moaned perfectionist Chris. “If you’re just a big PJ and Duncan fan, just have a bit of sympathy. It’s a small venue so we can see all your reactions. I know it’s Christmas but it does make me wanna kill myself.”

 

Despite his suicidal tendencies, everyone was relieved to be at the Nokia Crisis gig… despite the freezing conditions outside. We’d earlier helped a shivering Ant off the train at Newcastle and he told us: “Aye, it was a close call pet. I thought we’d never make it with all the snow. It’s gonna be fun. I’m glad to be back home.”

 

The previous night in Liverpool, Gary Barlow sang Take That mega-anthem Back for Good with Chris and the boys.

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk

[busybeeburns]

Coldplay play secret Tyne Theatre charity gig

 

 

Coldplay play secret Tyne Theatre charity gig

 

IT was shrouded in Tyneside’s very own veil of secrecy – one of the world’s biggest bands about to perform and no one knew where. Just 24 hours before a sell-out concert in Newcastle last night, the venue for Coldplay’s intimate performance was a mystery. Only then was it revealed that Chris Martin and his award-winning group would grace The Journal Tyne Theatre with their most close-up performance to date.

 

Coldplay agreed to play their only two UK gigs of 2010 in aid of homeless people’s charity Crisis, and Newcastle and Liverpool were chosen to be the lucky host cities. Crisis, which has a key centre in City Road, Newcastle, will receive almost £250,000 in vital cash from the events to give displaced people a brighter festive season.

 

And fittingly, Coldplay’s supporting act were an acclaimed choir made up of homeless people and others on the fringes of society. Crowds snaked along Westgate Road from the theatre entrance before the landmark performance, knowing they were among just 1,000 fans to witness Coldplay within touching distance. Anne Emery and her husband David were one of the final couple’s to secure tickets after winning a competition in The Journal.

 

Anne, a financial consultant from Cramlington, Northumberland, said: “We’re huge fans and had given up hope of seeing them. “But then we got a call out of the blue saying we’d won tickets and we were ecstatic.”

 

Tickets for both gigs went on sale on November 12, and general passes sold out within an incredible eight minutes, raising £84,056 for the charity. The following week, a further 400 tickets and 60 VIP places were released, available to the highest bidders via an online auction. This brought in an impressive £154,589.47 – bringing the total amount raised to almost a quarter of a million pounds.

 

Brother and sister Chris, 18, and Kirsty Walker, 21, from Lanchester, near Consett, County Durham, were logged onto the internet from the early hours to bid for a seat tom watch their “all time favourite band”.

 

Kirsty, a trainee teacher, said: “We’ve loved Coldplay since the very start and we were shocked to get tickets. “They must have been the most sought-after tickets in the North East this year. “The band are so talented and ethical, always focussing on charity work and not just being celebrities.”

 

Geordie award-winning television presenters Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were masters of ceremonies at the event, and praised the work of Crisis is helping Tyneside’s homeless. Leslie Morphy, chief executive of Crisis, said: “The incredible £238,645 raised by Coldplay fans this week will help us to support the thousands of hidden homeless people, who are all too often forgotten, especially at Christmas which can be a particularly lonely and isolating time.”

 

The idea behind keeping the Coldplay concert a secret was to give people a taste of the uncertainty faced by the thousands of homeless people who do not know where they will spend the night.

 

 

http://www.journallive.co.uk/

[lucyb]

No spoiler did open.....but the review is great!!! ;) Thanks

 

I had so much fun watching the proposal video......:laugh3: This girl's been very lucky :shocked2:

 

My husband could have never risked that with me....if I had Chris Martin standing behind me when my beloved proposed, I would have been like, 'er, sorry love....I've moved on' and duly leapt into Chris' arms....and off we would go into the sunset....:rolleyes:

[fru.overvad]

*Photo's in Spoilers*

 

Chapter 1: Pre-show

 

So hi... is... is this thing on? *taps mic* *get's awful feedback*

ouch, hey.... so welcome to my big review of all things Coldplay from tonight at the Tyne Theatre. and sincere apologies for the awfully cheesy intro, cracking on...

 

It started (these things always start with 'it started...' or 'it was a cold october morning...) when I received my ticket from the box office at the MetroRadio Arena. Naturally like most others I figured having bought the ticket from the general allocation that I would be up in the rafters or at least in the upper tier; but for some reason unbeknownst to me, my coldplay karma was about to strike. I tore open the envelope that the ticket had been handed to me in and quickly read where I was.... 'Stalls, Row A, Seat 10' and perhaps out of a lack of expectation I thought 'oh, so in the upper circle, not too shabby and at least I'm in the front row of THAT' but it wasn't until Natascha kindly sent on a link of the floorchart that I realised that the stalls were infact the grounded seating area, and I was in row A, I.WAS.IN.ROW.A' - well, this was brilliant!! off I set to the Theatre itself.

 

 

 

 

Upon approaching the theatre I thought 'Maybe I should pop into the Apple store to charge my iPhone a little (I do that sometimes, DEAL WITH IT :P) but out of excitement and seeing the coaches I hastily made the decision to wait by the stage door where there were already a few people waiting by who had been there since the early afternoon, it wasn't long before we got into conversation and they told me how "allegedly" the band had been inside for hours and Will had only just gone in, damn! I missed him!... moving on, after this I couldn't bring myself to leave because knowing my luck I'd go for a coffee and Chris would enter with bitches and hoes on his arms, sporting a fluffy pink coat and a feather out of his hat... maybe not, but I didn't want to miss ANYTHING. (+1 for 'Bitches and hoes'?)

 

Just incase you're interested and for visual aiding purposes, the Stage Door.

 

 

 

A few of us stood around exchanging pleasantries and generally chatting about Coldplay, there were people who had travelled from Italy, Florence & Sicily to be precise (ps. Girl in red coat from Florence... call me! /sleaze/hadacrushonher/shedoesntposthereitsokay). So while this was going on, there wasn't a lot of movement band-wise, though we did manage to spot the mole-like-in-aapearance-Miller and caught up with him to say hey, he seemed in a rush so a quick greeting was only apt, still though, you could feel that there was Coldplaying Karma in the air (though I doubt you could cut through it with a knife.... some floss maybe? no...). The Coldplaying Karma was about to kick in anyyyyyy minuuuuuuteeeeeeeeeee......now! - I walked to the stage door to get a glance inside past the security guard and weirdly I see a man that I recognise running frantically down the coridoor... I raise my arm and point at him as if to say 'I KNOW YOU!' - and Phil Harvey peeks his head out of the door. We shake hands and talk about how we met on the Christmas Lights set, then he bursts out 'Has Will came out here? I've lost him and I need to find him immediately!' - to which I was a little taken a-back... 'No, he hasn't been out' I said, before adding 'Miller came out before though', Phil looked puzzled then smiled and said, 'I need to find Will, if he comes out let him know I'm looking for him!' and he darted off. Anyyywhooo, after about 30minutes of nothingness, my feet being numb and chatting to two lovely guys who it transpired were still at my old school (turns out my old form tutor Ms. Garside is now a whore and has two kids to the science teacher Mr. Craggs, you can't write this shit...) we saw a burly african security guard making his way from the room in front of us (inside the building) and behind him being led out toward us was a sheepish Jonny Buckland. SHIT! HOLY SHIT! I was probably thinking as I dashed to the entrance and was the first to greet him! 'Jonny! pleasure to meet you!' I said, extending my hand to vigorously shake his, surprisingly not pulling it off. He said hello very politely and nodded as he said 'of course, absolutely' to me asking if I could have a photo with him, I fumbled around to pass my phone to a lovely poster here from South korea (I don't know her name, sorry, but she was on the boat too! and recognised me as the winner of the signed mince spies... ha) and she took an excellent photo of me and the man himself! photo in the doobly-doo down below.

 

 

 

 

Something which I'll never quite know the answer to, but WHAT ON EARTH posessed me to do this.... your guess is as good as mine! (+2 for lyrical puns? :awesome:) - as Jonny was talking to the guy next to me and signing a bunch of autographs, I apparently turned into Ron Burgundy and said very suavely and excitedly 'THE BUCKKLANDDD' - to which he laughed quite loudly, I don't think he, NOR I, were expecting that. WTF? If I turn into a god damn fool in-front of these people I'll never get into the tribute band!! (joking..... :rolleyes:), so that aside, I had so far frozen to death, bumped into Phil, Miller and completely made an idiot out of myself in-front of the greatest guitarist in the world.... Brilliant.

 

After he leaves a bunch of us are talking about how the cold was worth it and that we could probably go queue up now and it would have been worth it... but we didn't for some reason, and half an hour earlier we got our reward. The large african (for you UN-PC users out there - black) bodyguard was back, from behind us this time and behind his broad shoulders was C.H.R.I.S.M.A.R.T.I.N..... :dead: :dead: :dead: :dead: - I have idolised this man for the last ten years of my life! I imploded and I definitely needed the toilet now. He came sauntering through a crowd of maybe fifteen of us, signing autographs, having photo's took and generally chatting to fans, and genuinely seeming interested in what they had to say, I have to say, I was IMPRESSED. it was my turn, I shook his hand, told him what an honour it was to meet him and asked kindly for a photograph to which he obliged. I passed the camera to the lead singer of 'COLDPLACE' (they're an ace tribute band from London, by the way!, played russia and everything, /shameless plug) he snapped the photo then me and chris started to shoot the shit. 'I can't wait to hear the full version of Wedding Bells on LP5' - he looks at me almost shocked and says with an air of surprise in himself 'Shit! it's not going to be on!' I was flabbergasted and replied with 'What!? why?? it was amazing at the apple keynote! I'd love to hear what Jonny could put over the top of that' he smiled and came back with 'Well, it was a bit of a sister song to Christmas Lights and since we're pretty heavily involved with that right now it took a back seat and we decided to go with Christmas Lights instead' he looked like he was thinking about it. I said 'What was the recording of it like?' and he looked excited again 'it was a bit underground like 'Christmas Lights' with the bells and the ringing piano's' - I said back 'You should definitely do something with it, the reception it's got since you played it has been amazing' 'We might release it as a B-Side or do something else with it' he replied, then going off into his own thoughts for a few seconds and signing some more autographs he came back to me and said 'shit, we should play it sometime!' to which I was like 'definitely, It would be a shame to just bin it off' and sensing that our conversation was coming to a halt I chirp in 'oh hey, I forgot to say, I was on the boat for the christmas lights shoot! check out the mince spies I won!' I show him the wallpaper on my phone and he says it's brilliant, then I tell him how I was sitting with Debs when the raffle was made and how some people thought it was fixed and he broke a broad smile and said 'there was definitely some dodgy politics going on there!' I laugh, he smiles and goes to talking to the korean girl next to me, a few moments later he's cracking out all the jokes and says to her 'So, how do I get to korea? what's the bus route and how cheap is the fare?' to which I jump in 'it's probably the number 42 bus! I see that number everywhere now!' he laughs and says 'well hey, 42 is my favourite number' and I leave him to talk it out with the korean girl.

five minutes later he's making his way back in when somebody shouts 'hey, play 'SEE YOU SOON'!' and he stops to talk to us again saying he's forgot how to play it because it has dodgy tuning, no problem, I step in 'I know the tuning, I played it at a college gig once' I tell him the tuning and remind him that there's a Capo on fret 2. he laughs and says 'Fret 2?' disbelievingly to which I just say 'well, it was on the Live 2003 DVD' we shake hands again and he saunters into the venue. GREATEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE HANDS DOWN.

 

 

 

 

We decide after Chris has left to stick around and see if Guy is still yet to enter the building but it's clear if he is that we'll have left by then, but two minutes Later we see Jonny walking back from the coach to the stage door, having already had a photo and chatted and totally eradicated any chance of him thinking I was 'Cool' - I did what all [/s]sane[/s] men would do when he waved at me smiling. I jogged up to him and shouted 'HIGH-FIVE' and well, we high-fived, it was a lot like The Todd from scrubs but not as painfully executed! he laughed and I wished him luck for the show (also, he has an AWESOME high five!), then we really did leave for the show, when a guy called Steve who we'd been talking to before and who had been given Jonny's Plectrum taps me on the shoulder, I turn to him and he passes me the plectrum, I'm like 'what's this for?' and he just says 'You're a bigger fan than me!' I thank him endlessly and shake his hand and tell him what a nice thing that is and how generous he is, then, everything going perfectly so far, We enter the venue.

 

Chapter 2: The show.

And and Dec come out on the stage to rapturous applause, make a few jokes about their ill fated pop career, mention how great a cause that Crisis is and then they introduce Choir With No Name.

 

 

 

 

CWNN are surprisingly good, and they don't try to pretend that they're world class singers; They are what they are and that is decent people who have had a tough time and are enjoying being given this wonderful opportunity, and they even as far as making fun of themselves, one of their members cooly steps forward and introduces himself as 'Naz' before whipping on a pair of sunglasses that even Kanye West would be proud of.

 

 

Also during their performance I look up to the Balcony where I'd previously seen Phil again bobbing his head over the ledge now and then, but this time I didn't see Phil, I saw a beautiful, long blonde head of hair, Gwyneth Paltrow was in attendance and she was loving CWNN and really getting into the set and supporting them, dancing and clapping. Photo in the doobly-doo-pants-bar below.

 

 

 

 

After the set, which was bloody brilliant by the by, I turn to look up at the upper Tier, There's Phil chatting to two ladies, not in the box but the main upper tier, he spots me and we wave at each other, AGAIN, becoming quite pally now! :P then Ant and Dec come back out and start to make jokes at the punters excuse, Dec comes out with the outrageously hilarious 'I have to say, there are ALOT of good looking ladies in tonight, but there's some mingers as well!' - BIG LAUGHS, and they're great as ever! Video of THAT down below! :smiley:

 

 

Then they go on to announce the band and Coldplay enter the Fray. instantly the crowd are on their feet and within seconds the opening chords to yellow are played and we're in full swing, I won't bore you with photo's you've already seen but I did record a really funny video of chris saluting Pj & Duncan :wink:

 

 

After this Coldplay go straight into Lost and at one point Chris has Mad eyes and he's fixating them on a girl in the front row, he literally looked like he was about to murder her... but I guess he was aiming for crazy, I don't really know how else to describe it! :P his dance moves were well and truly out as he blitzed from one end of the stage to the other and wrapped a brilliant performance of the song, who needs Jay-Z, eh? hah.

 

God Put a Smile Upon Your Face was excellent and it was a welcomed return to the hit classic which hasn't been played in it's Rocking vibe since the days of yesteryear and since an electronic version replaced it for the VIVA tour.

 

The boys played Cemeteries of London (my favourite), Trouble and Glass of Water to whet the appetites of the crowd throwing themselves wholeheartedly into the concert and then they pulled off something spectacular which had the attendees of the previous concert in Liverpool at an awe.... Till Kingdom Come made it's return to a live show. Will on Piano, Guy on Harmonica, Buckland harmonising his finesly tuned guitar with will's keys, and Chris sounding good as ever after dedicating the song to Johnny Cash and his own father. sweet. Here's a video of the second chorus! :)

 

 

After a mind blowing performance, the boys went back to another old classic, Shiver, with Guy and Will leaving the stage it was only Chris and Johnny left to pick the audiences jaws off the floor with what was a SPECTACLE and a joy to behold in person, god knows it's a rarity in the setlist these days! Photo in the spoiler below! :smiley:

 

 

 

 

It's hard to top the last two songs these days but they damn well tried and thumped into 'In My Place' and 'Lovers In Japan' and before Chris could start 'Viva La Vida' a heckler shouted 'FIX YOU!!!!' to which the room fell deafly quiet and chris mocked whispering to will through the mic.

 

'Did he just say he 'Fuck you?' he jokes, the crows laugh, he continues when it goes quiet again, whispering still 'Hey Will, I think that guy said he wants to fuck you....I don't disagree with him either, but don't tell anyone, and no matter what, don't turn this mic on...' - the room love it and he breaks a laugh before VIVA kicks in and the room is wild again. Ant and Dec in their box (the same one Gwynnie and Phil were in earlier just above me) start shouting the 'OH OH OHHHH OH-OHHHH's' and the crowd get going in full swing. I've never seen this song played with such atmosphere in the room, it was incredible to experience first hand. Photo down you-know-where.

 

 

 

 

After VLV the boys went into Fix you (not 'Fuck you' as chris had jokingly misheard a fan!) and I recorded the last part of the song which was epic, or would have been if the sound in the video didn't go off after about 7 seconds... so no video for that I'm afraid, but the silver lining is that it was the only video to not work out. bah, humbug!!

have a picture instead!

 

 

 

 

After the song the band wished all the fans a safe journey home and coyly said goodnight, knowing that we know that they know that we know that they know that we know that...... whatever, they're coming back on! and a moment later they ran onto the stage and thrashed into POLITIK, which was sounding as GOOD as EVER (wtf? capitals jamie!?) and the ending was just so moving and beautiful and god... it was good! here's a cracking (or not) picture!

 

 

 

 

Now here it got interesting, because Chris started to talk and the lights went up after the song, he introduces a fan onto the stage and says he wants to ask somebody a special a "question' but he "has no idea" what that question might be... the man is about as subtle as a gun! and it's obvious to everybody what is about to go down, if you don't know, then I won't spoil it, I'll just post the video! enjoy!

 

 

Now because of that video I was unable to get photo's of the Scientist or Christmas Lights but you've seen the videos anyway, so you know as well as I that they were great, and afterwards the band came forward for their encore bow to us, with Ant and Dec dressed in their Elvis attire from the Christmas Lights performance. photo down below.

 

 

 

 

And so that was that, well, almost :sneaky: when the lights went up I waited around a few moments until I saw Phil (my new best friend, apparently :P) come onto the stage, I called out to him and asked him if he could pass me the setlist off the stage, he kindly obliged and here it is for all to see, Chris' setlist from the centre of the stage, and it has his footprints ALL OVER IT.

 

 

 

 

oh, then my phone battery DID die, and now I'm here, writing this.

if you read all of this word for word... you need help!

:P until the next time!

 

Regards, Jamie.

 

Thankyouthankyouthankyou... :stunned: :D Jamie for that wonderful review!! So glad you got all the tiny details down - because they are important and you make us all feel like, we were there with you! So I can´t thank you enough!

I´m so glad you had such a great night - lots of coldplaykarma for you! ;)

Uh, I keep re-reading the post.....the fuck you/fix you comment! Hilarious! :laugh3:

 

And your conversation with Chris - if they do decide to put Wedding Bells on a b-side, it will be because of you! Think about that! Great!! :rolleyes:

 

Uh, I could go on - you just turned on the fangirl in me...

 

But I will just say - have a great christmas, Jamie and a very happy new year - good Coldplaykarma to all!! :hug:

[fru.overvad]

My husband could have never risked that with me....if I had Chris Martin standing behind me when my beloved proposed, I would have been like, 'er, sorry love....I've moved on' and duly leapt into Chris' arms....and off we would go into the sunset....:rolleyes:

 

Me too! ha ha ha...:rolleyes: :D Hobby watch out! ;)

You´re so funny!

 

But - we are true fangirls, aren´t we?! :laugh3:

[vitaamine]

Has anyone filmed Trouble last night? Please put an end to my misery, Im dying to see it!

[busybeeburns]

excellent mega review, thanks! :D

[Chloe_Martin]

well im lucky my boyfriend broke up with me today

because he came to my house and saw all my posters :P

oh well i have more room for Chris :D

[SueDeNimes]

I'm with Noémie, I need help as well. :P

 

Jamie, next time I see you you'll get a big kiss and a drink from me. :kiss:

Thank you so much for your awesome review, my cheeks hurt from smiling after reading it! :lol:

[ceader'schild]

great review Jamie:awesome: it was fun to read, some parts were really funny:laugh3:

and thank you for the updates last night:nice:

[Tash]

Thanks for the review!!!

[crazyduckette]

"I apparently turned into Ron Burgundy and said very suavely and excitedly 'THE BUCKKLANDDD' - to which he laughed quite loudly, I don't think he, NOR I, were expecting that. WTF?"

 

That bit sounds hilarious :lol: