[18-Apr-2012] Coldplay @ Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB, Canada

Alexshep · April 19, 2012

Great list! I love to hear Moving to Mars too! They did it on the iTunes festival last year and it sounded awesome.

Now that would be the greatest setlist ever, I really want to hear them sing Moving To Mars again!! And A Rush Of Blood to the head!!

Alexshep · April 19, 2012

Also, what about Swallowed in the sea??

AlfredB · April 19, 2012

If they replace Warning Sign with SITS in London, and keep DLIBYH, that would be AMAZING!

Tash · April 19, 2012

Yellow

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w3o0pAmodI[/ame]

Charlie Brown

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=zukrM83WmPs[/ame]

Paradise

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0kGSRw2ltE[/ame]

[email protected]. · April 19, 2012

is warning sign going to be the next song-interruption-joke like the hardest part during the viva tour was?! :dozey:

but good to see/hear that song back on the setlist! :) will it remain on there?

playyourlife · April 19, 2012

Very clear the position of DLYIBYH in the setlist is wrong. It came directly after warning sign according to the vid...

EDIT: nevermind...

EDIT2: Can you see how fast the roadies are. Chris end his piano solo after WS. AHT starts, everything dark. DLIBYH starts, piano is gone :o

The piano rose up and down out of the B stage. They might've had one each for both the A and B stages but I'm not sure.

The outro of Warning Sign was one of my favourite parts of the concert! I found PoC to be awkward and I would've preferred if it was swapped for something else, but it's my mom's favourite song. That's the problem, I think it wouldn't make the mainstream crowd happy if it wasn't played.

Charlie Brown was awesome. Chris said something like, "Okay, if you can jump, I want to see you jumping!" Needless to say, everyone jumped. Where I was at least. So fun.

TraceOddity · April 19, 2012

Yup. Two pianos.

Christa42 · April 20, 2012

Loving WS right in Don't let it

coldplayfan_115 · April 20, 2012

I just love it when Chris plays electric. :)

Prospector · April 20, 2012

Yeah 2 pianos, with different paintings and everything, both beatiful by the way.

glennjamin · April 20, 2012

1:21 They both have 5 glowbands! :wtf:

Haha.. Our VIP Host had almost a full box of em left after the dinner reception was over. I didn't have two arms full, but i was able to snag a red, white, and pink band.

On a side note, I found on youtube that you could re-trigger them on by sticking a paperclip through the side of em. :)

Prospector · April 20, 2012

^ Yeah people around here had alredy discovered that trick

coldplaymom · April 20, 2012

Coldplay’s comfort rock

Posted by Josiah Hughes

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First of all, how the hell could anyone have been violently slashed at the Coldplay concert? From where I was sitting, it was the most cleancut show I’ve ever attended. The men could only be described as “people who noticed when Randy River and Bootlegger went out of business,” while the women, a vast majority of whom could be described as “cool moms,” were dressed more business casual than any administrative employee I ever saw in my years as a temp. A lot of sleeveless blouses for the women and weirdly cut black leather jackets for the men.

While the Saddledome normally smells like hot dogs, beer, weed and farts at these giant events, the Coldplay concert smelled very upper middle class. The room’s collective cologne wafted together, colliding with the strong smell of clean laundry to create something that can only be described as suffocatingly pleasant.

The only reason I noticed all these things was that I didn’t really want to be there. I was sulking in my seat, thinking about how much I disliked the band’s sappy light rock and how their overly earnest, heart-on-sleeve schtick was not for me.

Then the set started, and holy crap do these guys know how to beat the shit out of your heartstrings. First of all, everyone who bought tickets was given a wristband that lit up along with the music. It was seriously magical, and brought me on board as soon as they started. The live gimmicks peaked early as they followed up the wristband trick with confetti canons, giant beach balls, lasers and, halfway through the set, weird inflatable objects.

Then there was the music. Here’s the problem: to say you hate Coldplay is to pretend that you’ve never heard them before. When they’re not doing a better U2 impression than U2 themselves, the band plays some seriously enchanted music. I tried to be a hater, but I can’t help having a heart. You would have done the same thing. Coldplay is a fucking lite rock hit factory. I don’t care how many Eddy Current Suppression Ring LPs you own, you would have been singing along to “Fix You” too.

As people, too, they’re charming as shit. Chris Martin looks like a Quentin Blake illustration from a Roald Dahl book, and he’s so funny. He won me over with the line “Gwyneth’s making drumsticks” on Extras, and he was even more awesome onstage. He interrupted one of the band’s quieter songs, saying, “Oh fuck, we messed it up.” Then he referred to his own band as “the world’s seventh biggest soft rock band from England.” Dammit! Even Coldplay makes fun of Coldplay!

That’s not to say the whole night was a warm musical hug. There were some awkward moments, particularly when Coldplay tried to “rock out.” Loud Coldplay is some sort of weird, shitty twang rock that doesn’t sound very good. But it does get the moms shuffling their feet in a sensible manner.

Then there was the weird duet that Chris Martin did with a video of Rihanna performing. While the more up-tempo songs have the sort of agreeable beat that’s ideal for rich women to tap their frail, diamond-encrusted fingers on the steering wheel of a Range Rover, it was less exciting in person.

In my section, the ultimate momgasm occurred during the band’s debut hit “Yellow,” as a legion of middle-aged ladies gently swayed back and forth as they sang along and recorded some guaranteed-to-be-unwatchable iPhone videos.

Before ending the show with a one-two punch of their most recent singles (which further proved their invincibility when it comes to writing waiting room hits), Chris Martin took the mic to thank the audience for coming. “Thanks for putting up with parking and all the other hassles that involve coming to a concert.” If that’s not proof that this is upper middle class rock, I don’t know what is. Aside from finding a good accountant and booking the right all-inclusive holiday, these people’s biggest inconvenience is finding a decent parking spot for their night out. And their biggest pop stars are the world’s seventh biggest soft rock band from England.

http://www.ffwdweekly.com/calgary-blogs/2012/04/19/coldplays-comfort-rock-1029/