Test Specimen Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Major Minus, Princess of China, UATW only videos we're missing from the setlist in the first post I've got UATW on my channel on Youtube, here it is. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0VywS2QcAk]Coldplay - Us Against the World (live in Vancouver Apr. 20th 2012) - YouTube[/ame] I also taped it on the 21st show as well, since I was closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getithom Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I've got UATW on my channel on Youtube, here it is. Coldplay - Us Against the World (live in Vancouver Apr. 20th 2012) - YouTube I also taped it on the 21st show as well, since I was closer. Holy shit. This song gets better and better live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomnames Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I've got UATW on my channel on Youtube, here it is. I also taped it on the 21st show as well, since I was closer. I really love how they've started performing the song in a slightly different way, and I agree, it gets better every time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 In My Place [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtlCKurUUs[/ame] Princess Of China [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=30NUd7JyNfQ[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor!42! Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 That DLIBYH performance! wow. Was disappointed with the first performance in Edmonton but this is so fucking amazing. Glad they made Jonny's guitar more prominent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I thought I found a video of Major Minus (the title is Coldplay Vancouver 4/20 Major Minus) but it's a video of Lovers in Japan :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyy Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Jay DeMerit[/url] Awesome to meet some of @Coldplay at their kick around @BCplace yesterday. Looking forward to their show tonight! yfrog.com/oc755yzj link oh those mx uniforms!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Viva La Vida/Charlie Brown [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XCw1rIHBk[/ame] The Scientist [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mE43vkIsM[/ame] Xylobands [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTDgn8Wx_uk[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittybitty Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I can't tell who is singing at the end of UATW? It's not Chris? Is it Jonny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James. Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I can't tell who is singing at the end of UATW? It's not Chris? Is it Jonny? It's Will apparently :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 :nod: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexshep Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 oh those mx uniforms!!! OMG How did you meet them??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Coldplay: A crowd-pleasing cocktail of Lite-Brites, Spirographs and sing-alongs Few acts these days could sell out two shows at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, but Coldplay, easily one of the hottest in the world, boasts cross-generational appeal. (Not to mention sweeping choruses that inspire loud sing-alongs – always the mark of a collective good time.) The U.K. band has sold in the order of 55 million records and is sitting with another new hit album in Mylo Xyloto. Frontman Chris Martin promised Friday night’s crowd that they’d give “119 per cent,” and the band delivered on that rather random promise with a visually compelling and dynamic 90-minute performance. The production was all about clever tricks and crowd-pleasing spectacles. One of the most impressive of these was the multicoloured LED light wristbands handed out to fans upon arrival. The radio-controlled lights lit up in dramatic unison once the band launched into the new album’s title track, and they were used throughout, turning the room into a giant Lite-Brite and the audience into part of the production. Coldplay works hard, plays solidly, writes lovely, magnanimous songs with big, joyous melodies, and understands its audience, which means they are not above playing older hits, this time including In My Place, Yellow, The Scientist, Viva La Vida, Fix You, alongside invigorating, chest-walloping renditions of new tracks like Paradise and Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall, the fittingly dramatic show closer. And while Martin might not be the most natural performer, he makes the most of what he’s got. Only a truly skilled showman can successfully play to a big room, and navel-gazing behaviour just doesn’t do. While Mick Jagger plays to the very back of the hall with the campy moves of a drag queen doing Tina Turner, Martin, who is superbly fit, opts for the utilitarian moves of a calisthenics instructor. If he’d dropped and given us 100 push-ups, it would not have been out of place. The band – including guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion and bass player Guy Berryman – generously moved between the main stage and a B-stage connected by a catwalk. Martin covered all of it thoroughly, frequently praising the crowd, and stopping to catch a red bra thrown to him from a clearly diehard fan. In an effort to reach everybody, the foursome even squeezed into a row at the rear of the room during the encore for a rendition of Us Against the World. Like its predecessor, U2, the band is not one to be accused of subtlety, which is a good thing in an arena, where the sound will never be fantastic, and the group will always be a speck to at least half the audience. And so, being literal wins out against nuance. On Clocks, Martin sang “Tides that I tried to swim against,” and made a swimming motion across the top of his piano. When a song was particularly inspirational, he’d fall to his knees, and then to the floor, in an act that at times came dangerously close to self-parody. As the show went on, giant balls bounced among the crowd, the band’s clothes glowed with drabs of fluorescent paint and a piano rose from the B-stage on cue. We were covered with giant confetti, and dazzled by Spirographs, red lasers and overhead clouds of swirling colour. On the Rihanna duet, Princess of China, a projection of the Barbadian songstress appeared onscreen, while Martin, his T-shirt drenched, rocked the hell out of his piano seat and, voice breaking, sang his part. By show’s end, he triumphantly collected his trademark jacket and bowed to the cheering audience, clearly pleased with their reaction. And he’d earned it. link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Some Coldplay fans duped after buying doctored tickets online Some Coldplay fans are angry today after buying tickets on Craigslist for the band's weekend shows at Rogers Arena that turned out to be fake. Emily Walcott of Maple Ridge says she resorted to Craigslist after tickets for the popular band's show sold out on Ticketmaster. The 19-year-old found a good deal online from a woman she says "seemed pretty nice". When she asked why the woman was selling the tickets for less than face value, Walcott was told it was because the ticket holder's job got complimentary passes to the show. When Walcott arrived at the concert, her tickets wouldn't scan. "We went to a different booth where (the usher) told me they were Photoshopped," she recalls. "I was really choked. I couldn't process anything that was going on." Walcott says she went through a wave of emotions for believing that woman who sold them to her and ignoring the red flags. She was most upset that she was out $220 and wasn't able to see her favourite band. A report has been opened by Abbotsford police, who Walcott says were very nice to her. "After I found out they were fake I was thinking, well at least I learned my lesson,'" she adds. "But then I was also thinking, why did I have to learn my lesson with Coldplay? I was really looking forward to it." Abbotsford Police say they're not pleased. Cst. Ian MacDonald has heard from people claiming to be have been duped up to $400 because they ignored some major warning signs. "[it was for] what they thought were prime seats," he says. "Instead they simply ended up finding transportation downtown and ultimately were turned away when they tried to get through the door." He says crooks prey on emotions. "Certainly, music concerts, need-to-see events, can create those emotions in people which causes them in many instances to pay more than ticket price value for an opportunity to see their favourite band and show," he says. "For at least brief moments in time, they're willing to forgo what normally would be indicators that maybe this isn't a good idea for the hope they're going to get ideal seats for a concert that's in high demand." link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James. Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Looking back, I'm surprised they didn't play 42 seeing as it was 4/20... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Coldplay combines music, theatrics at Rogers Arena As some 12,000 music lovers entered Rogers Arena to see Coldplay in concert, attendants handed each patron a nylon wristband with little electronic gizmos on it. Having seen the group’s previous Vancouver concert, I was already excited in anticipation of what they’d do, how they’d present themselves; this group is renowned for not simply performing their music, but putting on a show that stimulates all the senses, using the whole building as their palette in creating a concert experience. They did not disappoint. From the very second the band began to play, a multitude of multicolored fireflies lit up the arena – the “gizmos” on the wristbands contained little remote-controlled LEDs that flickered on and off at the control of the tour’s lighting operator. It was absolutely magical, and yet so simple an idea one wondered why we haven’t seen this before. All the way from the stage to the furthest corners, the “room” became one and the same with these flickering lights, bringing everyone together in a rush of excitement. Suddenly the hockey arena that can sometimes feel cold and vast, felt like an intimate meadow in the band’s backyard. Truly electric, and at the same time quite organic in its feel, with living, moving audience members wearing the lighting. Opening with the up-tempo “Mylo Xyloto” – title track of their latest album – and moving from that straight into “Hurts Like Heaven” from the same disc, the band hit the stage hard and continued rocking throughout the evening. Five minutes into the set Jonny Buckland’s jangling guitar riff on “In My Place” began a familiar refrain while confetti cannons burst all around Chris Martin as he led the crowd in sing-along, yes, five minutes in – confetti and a full out sing-along. The party was definitely on! Large organic-looking video screens surrounded the audience, the biggest one over the stage looking like two giant vanilla wafers joined together – again a combination of high tech and organic. The camera shots were tight and close – heads only, hands only, sometimes waist-up shots – crisp, hi-def digital video, but the circular frame made them feel less like a TV screen and more like a continuously moving collage. The movement, the action, the tight editing brought you close to the band wherever you sat. The audience was often almost as well lit as the performers onstage, but not with the aptly-named “blinders” that are so often used in concerts today. Here, most of the audience was bathed in the warm glow of a deep red wash. You could see and feel the presence of everyone in the space, and it was a warm enveloping light that brought us into the same space as the band. The red wash stayed on between many of the songs, rather than the stage going dark for the band to prep the next song. At times throughout the evening it felt like the stage and the audience were basking in a giant warm campfire. The use of lasers, fluorescent paint and other lighting effects were a great high-tech counterpoint to the intimate feeling and let us know this was still very much a rock concert – no Kumbayah would be sung around this campfire. A few minutes into the evening, Chris Martin’s honest, gracious welcome included the acknowledgement of what it takes for a concert-goer to get out to a show – babysitters, driving downtown, finding and paying for parking, etc. – and his vow for the band to give 119% in their performance – hoping they’d give us everything we wanted and a little bit more. While it may sound cheesy in writing, when he said it you were certain he meant it. Later on in the concert when he shouted mid-song “We have the best f’ing job in the world,” you knew he was sincere. Drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman maintained a solid groove throughout the band’s set. The band is a four-man unit, but there is no doubt that Chris Martin is the on-stage driving force in this group. Performing live he is completely engaging – with the build of a professional athlete and the energy of a court jester, he commands your attention throughout the evening – constantly moving, skipping from one ramp onstage to the next, at times falling onto his back to punctuate a song. They play a solid set, and of course include their hits – “Yellow,” “Paradise,” “Charlie Brown” – each one with a unique accompanying lighting or stage effect. Black light and black and white images onscreen combine nicely to set the mood for “Violet Hill.” The group moved to a B-stage in the middle of the floor for a short “acoustic” three-song set – “Princess of China” (pre-recorded images of co-singer Rhianna appear onscreen), “Up in Flames” and “Warning Sign” – and later suddenly pop up at a C-stage set up in the middle of the stands halfway up the arena on the far end from the stage to sing “Us Against The World” before returning to the main stage to finish with a four-song closing segment and encore featuring “Clocks” and “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall.” Coldplay is that perfect triple threat – a masterful mix of fine songwriting, engaging live performance, and the art of theatrical presentation – all done at the highest level of professionalism. Next time they’re back, be sure to get out there and be part of the experience. link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Major Minus [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=exR2FjP5mVo[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tash Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Some Coldplay fans duped after buying doctored tickets online Some Coldplay fans are angry today after buying tickets on Craigslist for the band's weekend shows at Rogers Arena that turned out to be fake. Emily Walcott of Maple Ridge says she resorted to Craigslist after tickets for the popular band's show sold out on Ticketmaster. The 19-year-old found a good deal online from a woman she says "seemed pretty nice". When she asked why the woman was selling the tickets for less than face value, Walcott was told it was because the ticket holder's job got complimentary passes to the show. When Walcott arrived at the concert, her tickets wouldn't scan. "We went to a different booth where (the usher) told me they were Photoshopped," she recalls. "I was really choked. I couldn't process anything that was going on." Walcott says she went through a wave of emotions for believing that woman who sold them to her and ignoring the red flags. She was most upset that she was out $220 and wasn't able to see her favourite band. A report has been opened by Abbotsford police, who Walcott says were very nice to her. "After I found out they were fake I was thinking, well at least I learned my lesson,'" she adds. "But then I was also thinking, why did I have to learn my lesson with Coldplay? I was really looking forward to it." Abbotsford Police say they're not pleased. Cst. Ian MacDonald has heard from people claiming to be have been duped up to $400 because they ignored some major warning signs. "[it was for] what they thought were prime seats," he says. "Instead they simply ended up finding transportation downtown and ultimately were turned away when they tried to get through the door." He says crooks prey on emotions. "Certainly, music concerts, need-to-see events, can create those emotions in people which causes them in many instances to pay more than ticket price value for an opportunity to see their favourite band and show," he says. "For at least brief moments in time, they're willing to forgo what normally would be indicators that maybe this isn't a good idea for the hope they're going to get ideal seats for a concert that's in high demand." link Abbotsford man arrested for alllegedly selling bogus Coldplay tickets One man has been arrested after Abbotsford police, in a small sting operation, uncovered a scam selling bogus Coldplay concert tickets on Craigslist. Police said they received five complaints in April from would-be concert goers who discovered their Coldplay tickets - selling online for more than $100 each - were fake. One complaint was also made for phony Madonna tickets. A detective set up a meeting yesterday with a 24-year-old Abbotsford man claiming to be selling Madonna tickets online and the tickets were determined to be fraudulent. Const. Ian MacDonald said police expect fraud charges to be laid. No names have been released. link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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