Yes, yes, we get it - you're a VIP pisshead :P

I've not even reached the Executive Bar on the 2nd floor yet :laugh3: We're still on the ground level. In fact the friends and family room is very close to the pic below posted earlier. Just down the corridor to the right of this pic were there were all different coloured Coldplay signs (the ones you see in the Liveblogs for e.g.) for things like dressing rooms, and catering etc.

 

 

 

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Dan Green also popped in but he was only there a few minutes. After Phil's gone we finish drinks and get escorted up the lift to the area behind where Beyonce and Jay-Z were stood in the earlier pic. It was only when 99 Problems came on that everyone in our block started turning round and it became apparent that Jay-Z was in da house. that's when I sent that tweet.

 

Here's what SJM concert guest tickets look like

 

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After Phil's gone we finish drinks and get escorted up the lift to the area

 

I'll bet you did get 'escorted' - away from the fridge and champagne you greedy so'n'so, you might have bankrupted Citeh :laugh3:

 

So glad for you both mate, you deserved every minute of it, great work Debs and Phil :thumbsup:

I took my kids 7 & 9 to their first concert. They absolutely LOVED it.

Such a great event, i thought the piano sounded amazing, Xylobands wow, insane.

so the non-alcoholic view of the VIP experience then!!

 

Sunday was more relaxed than Saturday, as we knew we had seats, albeit no idea where they were. We also weren't due to meet Phil til about 7:30pm.

We got to the stadium and headed to the admin office to sign-in. We had our ID checked and got ticked off the list. We were handed our tickets, wristbanded up with our gold VIP bands and handed Guest passes to be stuck to the top of our trouser legs. We also had a piece of paper giving us directions to the Friends and Family room.

 

We headed over to the Colin Bell stand. You can tell it's special, the security on the door were wearing smart navy blue suits and not the high vis stuff the other ones around the ground had. They checked our tickets and then we walked to the door where there was another security man with a table to check our bags. Inside the door, they checked the tickets again and were directed to a table where the Xylobands were laid out in coloured piles. Ian picked a yellow one and I took a blue one. The lady then put them on for us.

 

As we had Guest passes, we were then directed to a security lady to escort us to the F&F room. We went down 2 flights of stairs, into the bowels of the stadium. At the bottom of the stairs, we started seeing the Coldplay signs that Anchorman quite often posts in his photoblogs.

We went through a set of double doors and we were at the bottom of the player's tunnel. The security lady asked if we'd like to walk up the tunnel, so we walked to the end and had a look out. We then walked back down and she took us down a corridor to the F&F room.

 

We grabbed a drink from the table and then found a seat. There weren't many seats available so Ian and I ended up sharing a big white chair. Luckily, there was just room for 2 of us.

The door to the room was wedged open as it was quite warm in there so we could see everyone walking past. It was very difficult staying cool and not appearing over-excited. Every so often I'd nudge Ian and whisper, pointing out who went past. Saw, Jonny, Will, Phil, Dan Green, Miller, Jackie & Kelly. A blonde lady in a white top came in the room a few times, looking very busy, we later found out she was Arlene.

The people in the room ebbed & flowed with people entering & leaving, some coming back others not. I didn't notice Guy come in the room, but turned round a little while later and saw him stood chatting to some people. He was wearing his stage t-shirt, trousers & shoes.

When Will came in, he was wearing a white t-shirt & jeans.

I think Ian mentioned Jonny was wearing his red stage trousers but then had changed to the green ones by the time he came out on stage.

We didn't see Chris at all but I had thought at the time that, as Jay-z & Kanye were in town for their show tonight, he might be elsewhere with guests. I've since seen that Gwyneth was there last night, so now we know :)

 

Phil came to see us after his haircut. He is such a sweetheart. He's got sparkly, smiley eyes too. I've no idea how long we chatted but talked about the tour, MX, Coldplaying.com, the media and all sorts.

Phil checks Coldplaying.com most days but not the forum. Will apparently also checks the main site quite often. Chris doesn't read any media at all.

Phil needed to disappear and see someone else then, and Arlene came to fetch him. Phil introduced us to Arlene, who also seems very nice.

 

We headed up to our seats then. We had to find a security person who took us to the lifts and we went up to what I think must be the executive lounge on match days. He found us one of the stadium security to escort us to our seats. We were row B on the comfy seats, in the block to the side of the tunnel.

 

Sunday night's show was even better than Saturday. The crowd was even more into the show than the previous night and the band seemed to be buzzing too. It was very disconcerting as the concrete floor of the first tier was bouncing along with all the fans. Took a while to get used to it.

 

I think they may have been filming some of the #Coldplayfilm. Towards the end of Yellow, the screen showed Phil in a tent at the back of the crowd, and just after the song ended Chris said something along the lines of "sorry Phil, I fucked up that bit at the beginning, can we do it again?" He then told us that he needed us to sing the "I love you so" bit again and then we would do the end of the song.

 

I've been to a few Coldplay concerts so was surprised that the first time I've ended up covered in beer was sat in the VIP section!

 

We had to leave a touch early as we needed to get back into town and pick up the car, and I didn't want to get stuck in traffic. We disappeared from our seats as ETIAW started. It was still fun though. We saw the fireworks going off on the stadium roof and could hear the crowd belting out the lyrics. And as we walked towards the main road, there was a Stagecoach bus parked up, you couldn't see the people sat on it but you could see the Xylobands flashing through the windows.

Heyyy guys - I put up a few pictures from the gig on Flickr. I'll pop the link here if that's ok?

 

What a night eh?

 

I was a bit disappointed with Robyn's reception (I Love her so much) - but starting her set with DFTMWTD was a bit inaccessible for those who don't know her stuff I think :s

here [/url]if that's ok?

 

What a night eh?

 

I was a bit disappointed with Robyn's reception (I Love her so much) - but starting her set with DFTMWTD was a bit inaccessible for those who don't know her stuff I think :s

 

yes, that's ok and I love your pics!!!! :D

yes, that's ok and I love your pics!!!! :D

aww thank you :)

 

we were so lucky that we'd stood right where Chris and Johnny ran around. Chris was in front of us by like the 2nd song! I think I screamed :stunned: (first time I've ever done that at a gig :P)

 

man I love you guys on the boards - I should come on more often

 

- thanks for the backstage info oh mighty mods :D you're super ace!

aww thank you :)

 

we were so lucky that we'd stoo right where Chris and Johnny ran around. Chris was in front of us by like the 2nd song! I think I screamed :stunned: (first time I've ever done that at a gig :P)

 

man I love you guys on the boards - I should come on more often

 

- thanks for the backstage info oh mighty mods :D you're super ace!

 

This is such an amazing forum!! Hope to see you around more. And thanks for sharing your pics!:D

 

EDIT: Do you mind if I post the two you took of Chris and Jonny in the C&J thread?:)

aww thank you :)

 

we were so lucky that we'd stoo right where Chris and Johnny ran around. Chris was in front of us by like the 2nd song! I think I screamed :stunned: (first time I've ever done that at a gig :P)

 

man I love you guys on the boards - I should come on more often

 

- thanks for the backstage info oh mighty mods :D you're super ace!

 

I understand! I was just in front of the x-stage on the 2nd show at Emirates so when they came, it was so magic!!!

Ohh man I was front row at this gig as well as the London one, what an amazing experience best night ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had another incredible night last night, my family were totally shocked when I told them where we were going, they had an amazing time :) It was certainly a very different experience up in the seats, couldn't believe that people were going out and in and back again all evening... is it really too much to ask to put your life on hold for 2 hours to stop disturbing everyone else's experience, is it so important to go away for 5 minutes mid show to get another drink? :confused:

 

Also, there seemed to be hundreds of people leaving at the back after In My Place... very strange. And I was astonished that the three people next to me left after Clocks to beat the traffic!!!

Luckily we had parked right next to the gate so got out pretty much straight away, and only had to queue for 5 minutes outside before we were out of the traffic.

 

The view was good though and the xylobands spectacular, I was worried that the sound wouldn't be as good being so far away but it was ok - not as good as standing though!

 

I know what you mean, I went to the June 2nd show at Emirates Stadium and the two people next to me left before the acoustic set at the back of the stadium so this meant they missed a total of five songs! Perhaps they weren't enjoying themselves for some strange reason.

holy cowwwwwwwwwww!! Thank you Ian and Jen for all the updates. It must have been so exciting for you both so happy for you two and so well deserved. Thank you for everything you do for us to give us this wonderful forum, now to the Arlene thread....................

:bomb:

 

Jen and Ian! So awesome that you all got this opportunity! Can't wait to see some pics :D

 

Our lovely coldplayers playing with the beach ball before the gig.Of course,there's another kind of "ball".:D

So great that Mr. and Mrs. Boss got this amazing opportunity from Phil. :)

 

holy cowwwwwwwwwww!! Thank you Ian and Jen for all the updates. It must have been so exciting for you both so happy for you two and so well deserved. Thank you for everything you do for us to give us this wonderful forum, now to the Arlene thread....................

 

Did someone make Arlene's thread? Where is it? :)

Not yet. I don't have a clue what we should post in that thread :lol: (sorry Arlene)

This might seem weird to you all but I don't feel like I'm fulfilled my Coldplay dream. I can't really remember the night very vividly, it all just rushed. I knew the setlist too much maybe, I knew the songs too much, I'd listening to too many live shows? I don't know.

 

I think meeting them is the only way (and always has been), the way I'll feel I've completed my goal

go ahead!

 

This is such an amazing forum!! Hope to see you around more. And thanks for sharing your pics!:D

 

EDIT: Do you mind if I post the two you took of Chris and Jonny in the C&J thread?:)

 

No problem. post away :) Thanks for asking!

I might head over there to check things out...:)

This might seem weird to you all but I don't feel like I'm fulfilled my Coldplay dream. I can't really remember the night very vividly, it all just rushed. I knew the setlist too much maybe, I knew the songs too much, I'd listening to too many live shows? I don't know.

 

I think meeting them is the only way (and always has been), the way I'll feel I've completed my goal

 

Do you feel disappointed about it all flying by?

The gig I went to in December was by far my best Coldplay gig for that reason - Chris was saying goodbye while I was thinking what!? I swear they've only done a couple of songs - I was so into it all and so overjoyed, that I can't remember much!

 

But if meeting them is your goal - then go for it :)

(I'd be so scared and uncool - I thought about waiting before a Robyn gig once, but couldn't think what I'd say except I love you so much, you're a magical music pixie, will you marry me? )

Do you feel disappointed about it all flying by?

The gig I went to in December was by far my best Coldplay gig for that reason - Chris was saying goodbye while I was thinking what!? I swear they've only done a couple of songs - I was so into it all and so overjoyed, that I can't remember much!

 

But if meeting them is your goal - then go for it :)

(I'd be so scared and uncool - I thought about waiting before a Robyn gig once, but couldn't think what I'd say except I love you so much, you're a magical music pixie, will you marry me? )

 

Well, this on top of the fact I met some nice girls around me but got no names and I'm in a desperate attempt to find out who they were. One person I wasn't looking for called ILUVCOLDPLAY, not sure if that's right, was near me but there was a family and these girls that I haven't got yet. They're in the coldplay panorama, that's all I have to go on!

for some reason, photobucket uploaded everything backwards so the album starts with Fix You on 10/6 and works it's way back to the stadium filling up on 9/6.

 

I didn't take as many on the 10th, was concentrating on having fun :D

 

http://photobucket.com/ColdplayEtihad

 

A few favourites from the 10th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for sharing all the backstage info, Jen and Ian! You made me feel as if I had been there with you (and man, I wish I had been). No one deserves the VIP treatment more than you two!

Has no one uploaded any videos for this concert?

No problem. post away :) Thanks for asking!

I might head over there to check things out...:)

 

THanks! I usually just go ahead and post if people aren't regular to the forum, but if you're sticking around, I won't be so presumptous,lol. And I ALWAYS give photo/posting credit when I know it. :)

Has no one uploaded any videos for this concert?

 

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=coldplay+manchester+10+June&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&uni=3