Also, big :lol: at the Sarah Palin joke in the introduction of Us Against the World. Who was that guy he was talking about then?

 

Bill O'Reilly: He's an obnoxious show host on the Conservative TV network in the US-Fox News. It is his radical commentary that drives those who support people live Palin even farther to the Right. In other words another psycho like Palin.

Wow the crowd were fantastic during the Scientist, only beaten by the Werchter crowd. :smug::P

 

^Thanks, well I thought it would be someone like that...

Watching the rebroadcast at 4:30am...This new era, that has emerged this summer ahead of LP5, is so much better than VLV. I love the choice of old songs and new...I sort of wish they'd drop Yellow and In My Place, but I guess too many mediocre fans would be upset.

Watching the rebroadcast at 4:30am...This new era, that has emerged this summer ahead of LP5, is so much better than VLV. I love the choice of old songs and new...I sort of wish they'd drop Yellow and In My Place, but I guess too many mediocre fans would be upset.

 

I know what you mean. It will never happen... I wish to see them play less known old songs, a bit like they're doing Everything's Not Lost and Life Is For Living.

And I also like the fact that Chris plays the guitar more often, it stops him from running around and it's better for his singing.

 

But... I'm afraid that, after the release of LP5, they will play more new songs and drop the less known older songs, ending up with 10 new songs, In My Place, Yellow, Fix You, Viva La Vida and some other big singles. :\ Fingers crossed that it won't happen.

I know what you mean. It will never happen... I wish to see them play less known old songs, a bit like they're doing Everything's Not Lost and Life Is For Living.

And I also like the fact that Chris plays the guitar more often, it stops him from running around and it's better for his singing.

 

But... I'm afraid that, after the release of LP5, they will play more new songs and drop the less known older songs, ending up with 10 new songs, In My Place, Yellow, Fix You, Viva La Vida and some other big singles. :\ Fingers crossed that it won't happen.

 

I agree....Maybe stating it here will help them make the right decisions after album release...;)

 

Coldplay debuts new music, honors Amy Winehouse at Lollapalooza

 

CHICAGO – Chris Martin’s signature bounce is adjusting to a whole new setlist, if Coldplay’s show last night is a testament.

 

The British band made a live concert return to the U.S. headlining Lollapalooza day one (Aug. 5), and brought a graffiti-spattered pocketful of fresh tracks, many of which made their American debut.

 

Leaving their rustic French Revolution “Viva La Vida” days behind, the four-piece band opted instead for a slicker and, at times, more colorful stage show. Frontman Chris Martin acoustic guitar had scratches and characters etched into it’s slate façade, like a blackboard, while guitarist Jonny Buckland’s electric axe was tagged by colorful marker all over the body. The organ and piano were painted up with various geometric designs, a reflection of the multi-colored laser light pattern that shot out from the back of the stage whenever the band performed a new song. Otherwise, it was all basic and bold colors that shone in monochrome on the stage, like a bath of spray paint. The giant, high-flying balloons in the audience still abounded.

 

It’s right in line with what the band has said was the inspiration for their new, forthcoming album, which will likely include the single (and show-closer) “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall.” That track’s music video brandishes one of the biggest nods, to American graffiti and street art. And while this pop-rock band may have little urban influence about it, they nonetheless have made some new tracks that reflect the rainbow.

 

[Jump...]

 

“Concrete canvas, I'll go making my mark / Armed with a spray can soul,” Martin sings on “Hurts Like Heaven” -- as opposed to Hell -- which opened the show and thus made its American debut. It’d been performed only a couple times before live, starting in May this year, but this banger took to the audience quite well, the front row already drenched as much as Martin. (He took the sweat straight into “Yellow,” the band’s very first smash hit; the stage and video screens in the back were awash in, you guessed it, yellow.)

 

Another painterly suggestion arrives at the end of fresh “Charlie Brown,” Martin explaining, “We’ll be glowing in the dark.” This song also has only made a handful of appearances (listen) since the band took to festivals in May, but it certainly lifted the midsection of a slower setlist. This big, four-on-the-floor pop track gives way to a dance-rock bridge section and gang vocals; Martin’s verse melody reminded me of Bruce Springsteen’s “I'm Goin' Down,” and may even be tipping its hat with the line “Took a car downtown where the lost boys meet.”

 

Coldplay are adept at both this arena-filling sound, and at the softer, sensitive sonics that help tracks like faux-blues song “Trouble” or megahit “The Scientist,” or transitioning “Lost!” to its crippled brother “Lost?” That’s how new “Us Against the World” can be categorized, its sad, solo trek of desperation peaking with the occasional help of harmony vocals on the chorus, “Slooooow it down.” The audience obliged the request.

 

And the sun-soaked attendees were also only a little mixed on Martin’s unexpected tribute, a somber take on the chorus of Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab,” which appropriately segued into “Fix You,” each song touching on those individual songwriters’ fascination with addiction (of all sorts). The now-deceased singer’s voice would have popped right over that cordial funeral organ sound, but Martin merely made his point and soberly moved on.

 

“Clocks” kicked off Coldplay’s one and only encore, and roof-blasting “Waterfall” capped it. All the other smash hits were demolished adeptly, particularly on personal favorite “Shiver,” played in the pocket from note one. “This was the first song we ever played in America,” Martin said, preceding it.

 

“Violet Hill” always sticks out to me, with its Survivor-like Classic Rock underpinnings, and the extended version of “Everything’s Not Lost” had me checking my voicemails and eyeing the bathroom. But with a hit-parade like Coldplay’s, these moments didn’t last for long. The crowd was thrown the lead mic on “Viva La Vida,” or Martin would spontaneously take a knee or lay on the ground like a pool, keeping all guess what he’d pop up to offer next.

 

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/immaculate-noise/posts/coldplay-debuts-new-music-tribute-amy-winehouse-at-lollapalooza

What a difference a day makes. 48 hours ago I was in LA watching what seemed like a different band. Tonight the crowd was amazing, Chris was amped up, Jonny was on fire, and Guy was actually smiling?!? ......

 

Great energy from the boys tonight....and a very enthusiasts crowd.

crowd

 

 

Oh I am so glad for you after L.A. Were you able to get anywhere up front?

The Live Stream showed a great crowd atmosphere and Chrissy interaction.

Jonny and Will have really stepped up the musical aspects of their stage pressence and Guy smiled alot. They are probably looking forward to a bit of time off before they get to Austin and Atlanta. Glad you had a great time, you gotta be tired:D You jetsetter you!!! Hopefully we can be dance partners again someday!!

So much praise for Will, this pleases me :wacky:

 

Me, too, Denise. Me, too.

Got Jonny's setlist. MX is listed separate from hurts like heaven. Will post a pic of it tomorrow.

 

how do you get a set list??? :o I saw someone had one from the L.A show too! do you have a backstage pass and snatch it, or go with an army of coldplayers and demand the setlist!? id love to know!

Spin Review for the show: http://www.spin.com/articles/live-lollapalooza-charles-marc-and-chris?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook

 

EXCERPT

 

"Coldplay Create Intimacy Both Big and Small

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:21:00

 

Catharsis can come in many forms, but there are certain times where it’s best felt in the middle of an enormous crowd. Coldplay closed out the first day of Lollapalooza as only Coldplay can: equal parts epic and endearing, with tens of thousands of fans singing in unison. Oddly enough, it was the London quartet’s first time at the fest.

 

“It took us 20 years to get to Lollapalooza,” said Chris Martin. (Of course, the band only formed in 1996.) “You guys are making four men’s dreams come true.”

 

 

One could chalk the sentiment up to English manners, but that’s the thing about the star singer-songwriter — in his hands, sentiment never feels like a put-on. When SPIN arrived, the band was in the midst of their 2000 breakthrough “Yellow” (whilst bathed in amber stage light, no less). Without missing a beat, they rolled into 2002’s ubiquitous “In My Place,” seemingly just cranking out the midtempo megahits, but Martin handily disarmed cynics with a few simple words:

 

“Let’s sing it together, come on.”

 

It’s no secret that Coldplay’s lyrics aim straight for that main vein where universal heartache meets everyman yearning, but experienced in the middle of a sea positively frothing with those same emotions, that broad-stroke general interest bigness becomes strikingly personal. Who can’t graft the following couplet, from “Scientist,” onto some bit of sadness in their own life?

 

“Nobody said it was easy / No one ever said it would be this hard.”

 

The band pulled another trick too — one far more impressive. In between the inescapable familiars (including a spiky, percussive remake of “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face”) and a handful of new ones from their pending fifth album, Coldplay frequently dipped back to their debut Parachutes. The best moments were “Shiver” and “Everything’s Not Lost,” and on each, they managed to sound like a much smaller act — four guys not yet famous, but aiming for those stars (the yellow ones, of course)"

LOLLAPALOOZA 2011, DAY 1: COLDPLAY VS. MUSE VS. GIRL TALK

 

The lineup isn’t the most compelling in the festival’s 20-year history, but Lollapalooza has grown into such a well-executed and inclusive event since setting up semi-permanent shop in Chicago’s Grant Park six years ago that I’ve started coming habitually just for the experience.

 

A good excuse to go to Chicago is a good excuse to go to Chicago, after all. And Lollapalooza’s as about as good as excuses to go to Chicago come if you’re a music fan. This is why the thing keeps growing, year after year, even during times when the American concert industry is supposed to be contracting. Lollapalooza 2011 is the first in this town to completely sell out all 90,000 tickets available for each of the three days, meaning more than 270,000 people will roll through the gates – or clamber over the fences, as they were doing once the sun went down on Friday night – by the time this thing wraps up with a headlining performance by the Foo Fighters on Sunday. Its many stages now occupy nearly 120 acres of parkland sandwiched gorgeously between the shores of Lake Michican and the Second City’s famous skyline. That’s about as big as festivals get in this part of North America and, fortunately, Lollapalooza is up to the task of handling the crowd volume; even at this scale, the lineups for concessions, beer and washrooms are only just starting to get mildly patience-testing for the first time since Perry Farrell et al. revived their fabled ‘90s modern-rock road show here in 2006.

 

Friday boiled down to a pitched three-way battle between Coldplay, Muse and Girl Talk, all of whom drew ridiculous throngs to three of the fest’s half-dozen big stages during the headlining hours.

 

Coldplay, the monstrously popular U.K. combo making its first trip to these shores in a long while, was easily the biggest draw, but everything’s relative when you’re dealing with a mob of nearly 100,000 people. Yes, there were at least 50,000 bodies swooning to Chris Martin’s nice-guy piano ballads in the north end of Grant Park until the final curtain call, but fellow British makers of grand statements Muse probably had 20,000 people at their end of the field and Girl Talk another 15,000 on hand for his crowd-pleasing electro-mash-up madness in the gigantic rave tent known as “Perry’s.” No one was going unheard, and everyone had their die-hards. Lollapalooza knows what it’s doing.

 

I’m not the world’s hugest Coldplay fan, but I felt compelled to fight my way north after a brief taste of both Muse (impressive players with equally impressive swagger, but a trio who’s showy prog-rock still comes off a little cold and sterile to these ears) and Girl Talk (fun and technically accomplished, but a bit too “what’s he gonna play next?” gimmicky for my tastes) since my girlfriend is in love with Martin and couldn’t make it this year and, thus, wouldn’t forgive me if I didn’t see at least some of the set.

 

And you know what? I didn’t regret it. Apparently there were some more new songs from the band’s forthcoming fifth album at the top of the set, but what I caught was mostly a run of favourites such as “The Scientist,” an inviting “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face,” a strobing “Politik” and a tingly “Viva La Vida” that had the crowd firmly on side. Where it stayed even during a couple of other new ditties – including a tune called “Us Against the World” that Martin joked was about an imagined romance between Sarah Palin and Bill O’Reilly – brought out towards the end.

 

It was full steam ahead during the encore, where “Clocks” had shirtless dudes embracing and all but making out all over the place and the lovely softie “Fix You” (even I’m a sucker for this one) made it clear just why seemingly every single cute girl in the Great Lakes region had gathered in Grant Park for the day. The band even managed to sell the weak new single “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” better than it did on the recorded version. I think I won a bet made earlier in the day, too, when Martin became the first Lollapalooza performer to cover an Amy Winehouse tune, offering a few quiet bars of “Rehab” in tribute to the late U.K. soul singer.

 

http://www.toronto.com/blog/post/694491--lollapalooza-2011-day-1-coldplay-vs-muse-vs-girl-talk

Lollapalooza Day One: When Big Gets Humongous

 

 

As we waited for Coldplay to start their headlining slot of the evening, we finally figured out what that smoke from the Mountain Goats set was all about. Nearly a decade since "A Rush of Blood to the Head," and Coldplay still loves their lasers and had been quietly filling the north end of the park with fume-free vapor so that their laser light component would be visible. Despite giving us some initial panic that we were in some John Carpenter movie, those lasers turned out to be pretty damn cool. So was Coldplay. We've kind of dismissed the band over the past few albums as having gone MoR, but by the time Chris Martin and company smashed into an awesome version of "Yellow," we say undeniable proof that Coldplay definitely still "has it," at least when it comes to live performances. The older songs in the band's catalogue, those from Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head have held well, but even more impressively was the Coldplay's ability to play these ten year old songs as if they were touring to promote them for the first time. More than intensity, there was a teriffic presence in the songs. The band introduced several new songs, including the opener, "Hurts Like Heaven." Maybe it was the crowd's sheer enthusiasm to see Coldplay finally play Lollapalooza--they've been around for nearly 15 of the Festival's 20 years and have never played the fest--or maybe the audience was genuinely connecting with the band's new material, but whatever it was, excitement levels were charting pretty high the entire two-hour set. The aforementioned lasers, along with some seriously pretty fireworks and the glittering buildings enveloping Grant Park created a backdrop that was nothing short of amazing. "In My Place," "The Scientist" and particularly "Shiver" seemed to draw adoring reactions while exemplifying why many have argued for a solid decade that Coldplay is one of the best bands in the world. Martin seemed humble and focused, while drummer Will Champion was this fireball of unadulterated excitement and kit-bashing power. Shortly after "Violet" something appeared to go wrong with Jonny Buckland's guitar and he threw it across the stage. Whatever Martin is like in private, the world knows him as the frontman of a huge band and married to a famous actress with whom he has a few children with funny names; the rest of the band tends to retreat into the background, so it was fantastic to see the rest of Coldplay live, playing and geting an actual glimpse of how they truly power the music. "Politik" and "I Used to Rule the World" (:dozey:) stood out in the second leg of the set, with Buckland and Champion keeping a positively frenetic pace up during the more driving moments of "Politik." A few bodies started filtering out as the set wound down, only to scurry back once Martin tinked out the opening notes of "Clocks" for an encore (the lasers went nuts yet again for that song!). Martin then started a ballad-y version of "Rehab," a tender nod to the late Amy Winehouse. He sang the chorus through a few times--almost wistfully--before segueing into "Fix You" and the not-so-great "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall." Despite a bit of schlock that crept in with the last song, Coldplay was a standout closer for the festival's first day and reminded us not to count them out just yet. If Friday was any indication, they still have loads in store.

 

http://chicagoist.com/2011/08/06/lollapalooza_day_one_when_big_gets.php

"Politik" and "I Used to Rule the World" stood out in the second leg of the set

 

Ha ha ha ha ha see this is why I don't believe half the stuff written in articles these days; some writers are Viva La Lame.

I'm going to give you a quick review of my time at the festival.

 

Lollapalooza is overrated. Young The Giant were pretty good live, Grace Potter was an attention whore, The Kills were just disturbing all around, as were their crazy fans, who happened to sprain my ankle, throw beer on us (which ruined our new Coldplay tees), and yell Coldplay related slurs while air humping us. My mom, sisters, and I decided the safest thing for us was to move to the back. Once we got back there my sister, who is a nurse, checked my ankle and said it was definitely sprained. We stayed in the back the rest of the night. Bright Eyes was the best of the first four bands. Coldplay were amazing as always, but they didn't play as long as the time slot said, and it almost seemed that because it was a festival they were a bit constrained in terms of what they were allowed to do. They still rocked it out though, and were as good as they've ever been! Once it was just Coldplay fans on the grass everyone calmed down, and we had an amazing time!

 

All you Coldplayers were awesome! We had a fun time meeting new Coldplayers and seeing familiar Coldplayers! :)

The show will be re broadcasted on youtube tonight (8:15 Chicago time).

Ha ha ha ha ha see this is why I don't believe half the stuff written in articles these days; some writers are Viva La Lame.

 

Right?

 

It's not like it was one of their more obscure songs, it's their biggest hit.

 

I think some of them need to hire assistants to help them with their "research"

I saw Coldplay at the iTunes Festival a couple of weeks ago and it was a brilliant gig - it seems the setlist has generally stayed the same, which always fascinates me. If you were at Lolla last night, I'd love you to give me a quick review of YOUR take on the setlist and perhaps songs you wish you had heard. I know I've got a few, which could be seen as the only downer.

 

I've just set up what I call a #Shlogg and did it only this afternoon so it's completely brand new - hope you like it. I've put a short post up there based on this year's Lolla headliners. Please have a look and comment (you don't need to register). I'll be happy to link to this site too if you wish :)

See if this live stream works for anyone, it was on my local radio station, supposed to be in full. 10 minutes of something else first, ENJOY

 

http://mix1051.radio.com/2011/08/06/webcast-watch-coldplay-deliver-one-heck-of-a-set-at-lollapalooza/

 

All I can say about getting a setlist is that I utilize the skills of my wife who is extremely more attractive than I am to schmooze over as many security staff as possible. A little bit of it is luck, but in our case last night the guy actually brought it over to us past many fans who were reaching for it.

 

Setlist hint: It is near impossible to get one of the four from the stage. The area towards the back with the lighting and mixers has a setlist though, and not many know that. It is your best bet.

 

Our experience at Lolla was amazing, and I will never do it again...ha. It was an extremely long day we ran to the fence after waiting an hour to get in the grounds. Had to hold our ground all day obnoxious people who felt they had the right to the front because they were fans of the performing band. Bright Eyes fans were extremely obnoxious. I used to kinda like them, can't say I do much after seeing them live. I have always liked Young and the Giant though, and the Kills were pretty sweet, think I will get into them more.

 

Holding our ground all day and the hour leading up to the show was physically exhausting, but it was worth it. The show was amazing, probably the best crowd of the 10+ shows I have been to. Always hard to tell when your close, because you can't gauge how the rest of the crowd is reacting, but from what I have seen it looks like it was the same front to back.

 

Phil was actually sitting on the barrier right in front of me during Fix You. I was going to ask for a pic, but he left right after fix you, probably for a runner. A guy from the group we were hanging with got a pick after convincing a younger security guy to hop up on stage and look for one even though he wasn't suppose to.

 

Was the best experience of my life, and I will never do it again! If I go again I will won't be so set on being up front, even if it is coldplay. It was a once in a lifetime thing.

 

Last thing - if we ever get a setlist again we will probably give it away to someone who we can tell is a true fan. We have have 4 now and I am pretty sure I will never go to a bigger show than that.

 

All I can say about getting a setlist is that I utilize the skills of my wife who is extremely more attractive than I am to schmooze over as many security staff as possible. A little bit of it is luck, but in our case last night the guy actually brought it over to us past many fans who were reaching for it.

 

Setlist hint: It is near impossible to get one of the four from the stage. The area towards the back with the lighting and mixers has a setlist though, and not many know that. It is your best bet.

 

Our experience at Lolla was amazing, and I will never do it again...ha. It was an extremely long day we ran to the fence after waiting an hour to get in the grounds. Had to hold our ground all day obnoxious people who felt they had the right to the front because they were fans of the performing band. Bright Eyes fans were extremely obnoxious. I used to kinda like them, can't say I do much after seeing them live. I have always liked Young and the Giant though, and the Kills were pretty sweet, think I will get into them more.

 

Holding our ground all day and the hour leading up to the show was physically exhausting, but it was worth it. The show was amazing, probably the best crowd of the 10+ shows I have been to. Always hard to tell when your close, because you can't gauge how the rest of the crowd is reacting, but from what I have seen it looks like it was the same front to back.

 

Phil was actually sitting on the barrier right in front of me during Fix You. I was going to ask for a pic, but he left right after fix you, probably for a runner. A guy from the group we were hanging with got a pick after convincing a younger security guy to hop up on stage and look for one even though he wasn't suppose to.

 

Was the best experience of my life, and I will never do it again! If I go again I will won't be so set on being up front, even if it is coldplay. It was a once in a lifetime thing.

 

Last thing - if we ever get a setlist again we will probably give it away to someone who we can tell is a true fan. We have have 4 now and I am pretty sure I will never go to a bigger show than that.

 

are you referring to this particular venue or??? cuz my friend and i both got a setlist from the stage when we went to a cp concert. then again you did say "nearly". but we got them so easily :)

are you referring to this particular venue or??? cuz my friend and i both got a setlist from the stage when we went to a cp concert. then again you did say "nearly". but we got them so easily :)

 

It does kind of depend on the venue, and luck...but every time my wife went back the mixing/lighting desk she is the only one that asked, and it was quite a while after the show ended. In Des Moines, IA we actually both got one, but mine had Guys name on it so we gave the other one away to a fan.

 

The Lolla crowd was huge which by itself statistically reduces your chances significantly.

are you referring to this particular venue or??? cuz my friend and i both got a setlist from the stage when we went to a cp concert. then again you did say "nearly". but we got them so easily :)

 

how did you get yours so easily?? (i promise im not being a creeper, just getting some knowledge from the awesome coldplaying community for whenever I go to my first concert!)

how did you get yours so easily?? (i promise im not being a creeper, just getting some knowledge from the awesome coldplaying community for whenever I go to my first concert!)

 

I got mine from the last VLV show I went to. I asked the sound guys and they just handed it to me. I also have the band's daily schedule that was on the wall of their dressing room :). My daughter's ex-boyfriend worked at the venue and was responsible for cleaning their dressing room after. So he took it for me :)

I waited all day at the front of the stage with a great group of people. We watched eachothers back when a run needed to be made. It was a testimate to how awesome all the Coldplay fans are! The setlist was great. The boys really brought their A game. It was my 4th Coldplay show, and I got Chris's guitar pick after the show...

It was the best show I have been to. I have never been first row to any show...and to be there to see Coldplay was the dream for me...and getting the pick was the cherry on top.

The setlist wasn't different than any others, but what made this show different was that I got to experience it in the first row, got Chris's pick, and the boys never sounded better.

Here's my progressive review version of Coldplay performance '|×`@´×| Lollapalooza 2011 - 08/05/2011

I watched it livestream on the Lollapalooza youtube channel.

The presentation at Lollapalooza was tremendous! From the very beggining of the streaming, where you could see the roadies and stage crew testing the lights and Fx's, you could guess that it was all set and ready for the boys to be able and feel like rocking all their souls on stage and give all their best to the festival crowd, in name of music and show quality. Not only because the stage was full of stuff, but also because I could see the excitement of the crowd waiting for them to come on stage and going crazy with them on each song! After hearing Back To The Future theme intro, MX started to sound allright and loudy enough for you to wake up your ears and get them ready to became a part of each note and each sigh of the band and crowd.

1) Straight forward, Hurts Like Heaven was next and it sounded allright. Analising it musically, I think this version didn't beat the "Rock Werchter" or "Main Square" versions because of the sound mixing. On the other hand, this version featured a few changes on scene, like having the fuzzy man appearing in opposite directions. On this song, I'll highlight Chris Martin on the piano because it really sounded marvelous and loudy! :)

2)Yellow came after Hurts Like Heaven, and generally speaking it was a mellow version, I really liked it, different from all the rests, with new Jonny Ufoistic guitar sound riffs that are really making all the songs amazing! They released small balloons, the party ones, hundreds of them without confetti because of the Chicago Tribune decition to bann confetti from Coldplay show because of the "mess" it causes... They really knew how to deal with that decition in a decent way! I've to add that Chris acoustic guitar had wires issues on the 2nd part and he had to throw the guitar away, laugh with Jonny about it and continue with the singing... The guitar roadie quickly came onto stage to pick the guitar up and try to fix the problem but that was not possible and 3)Yellow ended with no acoustic guitar from Chris and 3) In My Place began with a 'little' sound mixing problem (no backing track) and wire related issue of Jonny Boy guitar in the beggining... Will was on top shape, hectic and going wild on the drums of In My Place... maybe the reason of his little mistake on a missing kick. All these problems and mistakes occurring in so little song and performance TiMe really got me worried for them having to start the song again or stop until they fixed up the issue like in the Main Square show. Thankfully, the song progressed normally and Jonny's new guitar riffs just calmed me down and let me enjoy the song again without any nerves for them! Gosh these boys never stop surprising me with their versions...

4) Mm (aka Major Minus) started and the version was really well performed with no more sound problems! Also the crowd participation on this song was outstanding, there was a moment where you could only see hands joining together instead of little heads :D -On this song I'll highlight the sound mixing and the new Chris Martin dances :P

5) Lost! packed up the Chicago Lollapalooza Park with coloured balloons over the crowd so you could not see the band performing at all! Gosh, that set was stunning--

6) The Scientists followed Lost! and all I have to say about this version is that I noticed a progression from Chris voice entonation at some part... if you watch it I'm sure you'll realise he's making a great singing variation to it :)

7) Shiver followed up The Scientists and it was a great version... Not sure what to highlight because it was a regular festival live version for me (with no mistakes or problems!)

A long and dark december 8) (bka "Violet Hill") started right after Shiver, it seemed Chris was in a hurry that he didn't begin with "It was a ..." and that he forgot the lyrics on 2 verses and that he made a mistake in the ending chords of the song on his acoustic guitar and that he laughed at it and everything was fine :)

It was a nice version, as well as 9) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face. Well, to be honest on GPASUYF I noticed a few problems I have to remark... there was a problem with Jonny's guitar or Chris guitar, pedals or sound mix table because they performed a creative improvised part on it which they don't use to do on this version... Anyway these are the things that make all their songs unique and amazing when performed live!

10) Everything's Not Lost was mellow like Yellow, maybe because of Chris hard sweating! lol

11) Us Agains The World was not the best version ever, Chris voice was not at its best... I know he can sing it better with a better energy and etonation, but anyway it was not that bad. It's still worth having on my ipod :P I'll highlight the rich looping notes in the end of the song, which led to 12) Politik, where the crowd really enjoyed and seemed very enthusiastic about it, clapping along to the chorus like helping Chris not to lose the time mark! I just have to add on this song that the piano doesn't sound at all! That's a pity because I think it's the main instrument after the drums that make the song Politik a Coldplay anthem... but well still an interesting version

13) Viva La Vida was great but I'd prefer to hear new stuff, I still prefer the "Viva La Vida" version from the Viva La Vida World Tour era... 14) Charlie Brown was magnificient, featuring the NEW WILL CHAMPION UFOistic BACKING VOCALS FOR THE SONG! INSANE version, except for the bass that WAS MISSING! YES! Guy Berryman's instrument was unplugged and was barely heard in the end... what a pity because if it wasn't for that I'd have put this version directly on the album. The visuals were stunning and lasers projected green ufos all the way on the trees in front of stage. Really cool performance of Charlie Brown :D

15) Life is For Living... great version, still with almost no bass sound :(

On the encore the band roadies quickly rushing onto stage to check if the instruments were sounding as they should be sounding, beating the Festival Guiness record for fixing everything in less than 1 minute, getting it all ready for the band to do their thing on 16) Clocks, with the bass sound fixed. After it, Chris made a new tribute version to Amy "Rehab" and went on to 17) Fix You with it's fireworks saved up for 18) Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall.

I'd rate this concert 8.5/10. I know the boys gave their best tonight and that the set up was extraordinary... but I still missed the crazyness and energy Chris have us (or at least me) used to hear on his singing... something like he did on Splendour In The Grass show, plus there were lots of unexpected problems I believe than on Main Square Festival show, which was really a cause of concern for most of the crowd!

Definately a set to have on your iPod! Another Coldplay performance that demonstrates that sounding insane and getting better each time they perform is part of Coldplay virtuosism! Keep up the great work Coldplay and it's team!

 

 

you got tired at the end.

 

nothing about etiaw :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

This gig was special.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHutHOnfLpY]‪Coldplay - Charlie Brown recorded live at Lollapalooza, August 5th, 2011‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]