Shoshy ‏@Shoshy

 

#coldplaymtl #coldplayfilm http://twitpic.com/ac4yox

Yair Godinez ‏@YairGodiinez

 

Que que!! Toque a todos los de COLDPLAY!!! #coldplayfilm I touched every band member!

That! Touch all of COLDPLAY! #coldplayfilm I touched every band member!

Maureen Fung ‏@BigEgoMo

 

Coldplay walking offstage. @ Centre Bell http://instagr.am/p/NkWrsZvtBU/

On tour wth Coldplay ‏@oxfamontour

 

Montreal glowing in the dark avec Coldplay

Alain Dassylva ‏@alaindassylva

 

On va se souvenir longtemps de ce concert de Coldplay a Mtl!! Malade! #Coldplaymtl http://pic.twitter.com/JnIDnVXI

We will long remember this concert of Coldplay a Mtl! Sick! #Coldplaymtl http://t.co/JnIDnVXI

Marie Jay ‏@MissJay911

 

Voici l'homme Jesuuuuus Manman mari sove'm tonnerrrre @coldplay #ColdplayMtl http://pic.twitter.com/Oe2li9hB

Here he couldn't find it Jesuuuuus Mother Mary save I tonnerrrre @coldplay #ColdplayMtl http://t.co/Oe2li9hB

 

(that sounds wrong)

Émilie Côté ‏@emicote

 

Chris Martin @ Centre Bell

Lianna ‏@MissLilixo

 

Assfghjldjsksjgaakab #coldplay #coldplayfilm http://pic.twitter.com/m68wQTZR

With the end of the concert I'm out for the night!

 

See ya folks!

thanks wabbit! :D

Andrea Barone ‏@DrePhD

#nofilter #nozoom @ Coldplay Concert Bell Centre http://instagr.am/p/NkZEhfmFcf/

Perfeição!

 

Meu Deus! Como tudo isso é lindo! Amo o Coldplay com todas as minhas forças! Lindas fotos. Parabens!

Publié le 26 juillet 2012 à 22h58 | Mis à jour à 22h58

Coldplay au Centre Bell: du coeur, au-delà du clinquant

 

Coldplay a mis toute la gomme pour le spectacle de la tournée de son dernier album Mylo Xyloto, présenté au Centre Bell.

 

PHOTO ROBERT SKINNER, LA PRESSE

 

 

Émilie Côté

La Presse

Des lasers, des ballons, des confettis, des trucs gonflables, plusieurs écrans géants en forme de bulles, et des bracelets intelligents remis aux spectateurs qui s'illuminent à des moments opportuns.

 

Coldplay a mis toute la gomme pour le spectacle de la tournée de son dernier album Mylo Xyloto, présenté jeudi soir et vendredi au Centre Bell. Difficile de s'ennuyer et de ne pas se laisser impressionner par tout l'attirail visuel. Mais au-delà des «bébelles», il y a des musiciens et un chanteur qui sont capables de créer une ambiance intimiste dans un spectacle à grand déploiement.

 

À 21h, jeudi soir, la foule du Centre Bell était en délire et déjà conquise. Guy Berryman, Will Champion, Jon Buckland et Chris Martin ont fait leur entrée au son de la chanson thème du film Back to The Future. Puis c'est dans une orgie de lumière que Coldplay a lancé le bal avec Hurts Like Heaven, suivi de In My Place servie sous une pluie de confettis multicolores. Chris Martin gambadait en sautillant et tournant en rond (sa gestuelle habituelle), en saluant les spectateurs des quatre coins du Centre Bell.

 

Ce n'était pas un spectacle magique comme celui que Coldplay a donné il y a trois ans en plen air à Osheaga sous les feux d'artifice. Mais fidèle à son habitude, Martin était généreux et énergique, passant du piano à la guitare entre plusieurs allés et retours sur les passerelles encerclant la scène. Son chant était solide, et somme toute assez juste.

 

Des tubes qui font vibrer

 

Au fil de ses cinq albums, Coldplay a accumulé une longue liste de tubes rassembleurs aux mélodies idéales pour faire vibrer un aréna, que ce soit Lovers In Japan, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, Clocks et Princess of China (avec Rihanna apparaissant sur les écrans géants). Les ballades The Scientist, Yellow et Warning Sign ont réservé au public des moments particulièrement touchants, jeudi soir, alors que l'énergie était à son comble au moment de mettre sous presse avant le rappel.

 

Avec son charme candide, Martin a dit avoir «les meilleurs fans du monde» et il a rendu hommage aux victimes de la fusillade du Colorado. Racoleur? Non, c'est plutôt une maladresse naïve et charmante.

 

Coldplay est l'un des groupes rock les plus populaires de son époque, mais il est loin de faire l'unanimité comme U2 ou Radiohead. C'est presque de mauvaise foi que certaines personnes s'amusent à détester la bande de Chris Martin. Pour avoir vu le quatuor britannique au moins cinq fois, le groupe ne déçoit jamais ses fans, même ceux dont l'intérêt a diminué après les deux premiers disques.

 

Le groupe ne se contente pas d'être sur le pilote automatique pour que les spectateurs en aient simplement pour leur argent. Que ce soit quand ils sont en puissance pop-rock ou en finesse acoustique, les membres de Coldplay veulent créer un lien avec le public (ou ils le prétendent très bien, du moins).

 

À notre avis, le set-list ne faisait pas ressortir pas le plein potentiel du catalogue de Coldplay, jeudi soir. Mais au-delà de tout le visuel, il y avait quatre gars qui y ont mis du coeur. Et c'est tout ce qu'il faut pour offrir un bon spectacle en comblant de bonheur ses fans.

 

http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/201207/26/01-4559866-coldplay-au-centre-bell-du-coeur-au-dela-du-clinquant.php

Sébastien Corn ‏@SebastienCorn

Coldplay blew my mind tonight !

Adam Collins ‏@abrainthing

Thank you @coldplay for the beautiful tribute tonight during " Fix You" It meant a lot and Karla would have loved it. # FightForKarla

Emilie Perreault ‏@emilieperreault

Je ne vous connais pas, mais vous vous êtes demandez en mariage pendant le show de Coldplay et c'était juste beau! http://pic.twitter.com/yi2lXSTN

I don't know you, but you proposed to each other during a Coldplay show and it was just beautiful :lol:

EmmaLeckey ‏@THEemmaleckey

That was the most awe-inflicting experience of my life. Thank you @coldplay http://pic.twitter.com/MxwRXs4g

Julie ‏@Juliie17

What an amazing night ! THANK YOU COLDPLAY http://pic.twitter.com/ujrZP1ld

Dominique Ratté ‏@domratte

So close #coldplay http://pic.twitter.com/lrcPwgEd

Edith Kabuya ‏@Didie_K

En tout cas si vous êtes épileptique...n'allez PAS voir le show de Coldplay!!! ;P http://pic.twitter.com/ySb39fVJ

I can't believe I waited 10 months for this and it's over now. Where to begin ... Ok first of all amazing light show. Does Coldplay need this ? No. Was it f#&$@! Amazing ? Yes. Second of all, the set list really disappointed me. Princess of china we don't need ... Don't let it break your heart was ok .... But I was so excited for warning sign and speed of sound. I have Ben waiting for so many months to hear warning sign and I was nervous when I saw they played trouble in Toronto.

 

I have listened to all the festivals this summer (rock in Rio, Glastonbury, iTunes and more) and I was getting used to hear Chris joking and talking to the crowd. Not enough "blabla" with the crowd IMO tonight. I found that they just got on stage, played, and left. But still it was insane.

 

Favorites moments of the night : God put a smile HELLO THAT WAS INSANE !! The scientist with the crowd singing. Viva !!!! Fix you. Clocks. Warning sign my fav.

 

Anyways I would review the set list because really princess of china has nothing to do there. Politik is missing and I wouldnt close with ETIAW. I can't wait for tomorrow to see if they are gonna make some changes.

 

After tomorrow it'll be over. So many months of waiting :( and no more Coldplay shows before ... Years? Who knows.

Concert review: Coldplay at the Bell Centre; July 26, 2012July 27, 2012. 1:24 am • Section: Words And Music

 

 

Chris Martin (right) and Jonny Buckland of Coldplay in a confetti shower at the Bell Centre on Thursday, July 26, 2012. (John Kenney/THE GAZETTE) To see more of John Kenney’s photos from the show, click here.

 

You can’t even trust artists to avoid dropping spoilers these days.

 

Walking through the Bell Centre doors on Thursday, you were given a nifty Coldplay bracelet. Walking into the belly of the arena, you were requested via a host of screens to wear the device, because “it will light up automatically in the show.” Then you were given a pictorial lesson in how to apply a bracelet to a wrist, just in case you had already spent your paycheque at the beer concession.

 

Maybe this was pedantry, but it was also insurance. Because when Coldplay took the stage and segued from the scene-setting Mylo Xyloto to the sprightly Hurts Like Heaven, and thousands upon thousands of flashing wristbands turned the packed Bell Centre into a neon wonderland, it was one of those rare moments that will be seared in the memory of even veteran concertgoers.

 

It wasn’t the only time Coldplay transcended the spectator-sport nature of arena rock during the first of two shows at the venue. When fans weren’t a living part of the set design, they were fully engaged by tireless and eternally jovial singer Chris Martin – a man who can take cheerleading clichés like “let me see those beautiful hands” and make them sound like revolutions in crowd participation.

 

He wasted no time in praising the audience for enduring “the traffic and the ticket prices and all the other s— you have to go through for a concert” – all the (bleep) most artists never acknowledge – promising in return that “we’re going to try to play the greatest f—ing show we’ve ever played in our lives.” He probably meant it, and if he makes the same vow to Friday’s full house, he’ll probably mean it again then.

 

Because Martin was singing – make that performing; this is an entertainer above all else – as if this was the last concert Coldplay would ever give. During In My Place, he had travelled around the circumference of the graffiti-scrawled main stage, acknowledging the obstructed-view seats along the way, before guitarist Jonny Buckland was even done with the intro. When Martin cued the confetti cannons to fire – all those bracelets still twinkling – it felt like an encore less than 10 minutes into the show. Even more astonishing, the atmosphere was so ecstatic that it felt like Coldplay had already earned an encore.

 

Lovers in Japan was ushered in with chiming guitar and psychedelic balloons (filled with more confetti), pointing to two pillars of influence: U2 for panoramic scale and the Flaming Lips for amusement-park elation. Great influences to have, especially if one can get beneath the surface and mine the Lips’ genuine joy and U2’s genuine spiritual salvation. Coldplay brought forth all of the former and a healthy dose of the latter.

 

The eruption of raw enthusiasm that met The Scientist was as magic as that spine-melting, soul-healing piano melody. Yellow was dedicated to Aurora, Colo., starting as a churchly and heartfelt eulogy before the familiar full-tilt arrangement kicked in with the house lights blazing. Another premature but justified encore.

 

The first half of the show was so dynamic, so inspirational that Coldplay risked delivering a top-heavy set. But the momentum didn’t flag, aside from the electro-pop identity crisis Princess of China – the first of several songs played on a secondary stage, with Rihanna’s piped-in duet vocal setting up an awkward situation where Coldplay became its own backing band. It was a rare lapse in taste, quickly redeemed by the sweet Up in Flames and Warning Sign, whose feather touch could be felt in the corners of the room.

 

Indeed, Coldplay have become masters at the art of filling a vast space, and not just musically. Along with those wristbands (which flickered back to life sporadically throughout the show), there were the circular screens hanging from the rafters, the glowing inflatable ciphers that surreptitiously appeared at the exits before a relentless Don’t Let It Break Your Heart, Martin’s frequent trips down the catwalk, and especially the encore played on a platform set up in the far reaches of the red seats. Few bands have taken such advantage of the physical possibilities presented by a cavernous venue, and fewer still have made the Bell Centre feel so intimate.

 

The common criticisms levelled at Coldplay – lightweight, thematically vague, more in tune with the signifiers of anthemic drama than with drama itself – were irrelevant on Thursday. If the show’s visual element had a frivolous side, it was also magical. There was no missing the overriding theme of connecting with the masses. And in an atypically stern God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, a plaintive Fix You and more than a few other moments, the drama was very real.

 

As a whole, the evening was a revelation – in terms of what arena shows can be and, for detractors, in terms of what Coldplay can be. Only the band members know if it was the greatest show they ever played, but it may well have been the greatest show the Bell Centre has seen so far in 2012.

 

Coldplay performs again Friday, July 27 at 7 p.m. at the Bell Centre, with Marina & the Diamonds and Charli XCX. Some obstructed-view seats remain available. Tickets cost $44 to $124.50. Call 514-790-2525 or visit evenko.ca. (Charli XCX also performs Friday, Aug. 3 at 1 p.m. as part of the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival in Jean Drapeau Park; visit osheaga.com for full festival details.)

 

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http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/07/27/concert-review-coldplay-at-the-bell-centre-july-26-2012/

Ediiting the picture

MX/HLH:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLZqTYV2G84]HURTS LIKE HEAVEN - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcZw6XtGxCI]Coldplay Hurts Like Heaven Live Montreal HD 1080P - YouTube[/ame]

 

In My Place:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgCFmcTGHg8]Coldplay In My Place Live Montreal HD 1080P - YouTube[/ame]

 

Major Minus:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1-HufTmMqA]Coldplay Name of Song Live Montreal HD 1080P - YouTube[/ame]

 

Lovers in Japan (the person on youtube has mislabelled it :lol:)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vf1KJUfj7g]MAJOR MINUS - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

 

The Scientist:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbkIfsqtalU]THE SCIENTIST - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

Yellow:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BuWr8_4xhI]YELLOW - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

PoC:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRPeN-FNITU]PRINCESS OF CHINA - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

Up in Flames:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HabFZ3hr4LY]UP IN FLAMES - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

Warning Sign:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NVmwVf7mKk]WARNING SIGN - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

DLIBYH:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ8Xp1TXuVc]DONT LET IT BREAK YOUR HEART - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

VLV:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrXXCaJP4qM]VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

Charlie Brown:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL2n-qp9Dyg]CHARLIE BROWN - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

Paradise:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxmKxOfjtLA]PARADISE - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

Us Against the World:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FnZZljDbmU]US AGAINST THE WORLD - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

Clocks:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPDsBrjF_iI]CLOCKS - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

Fix You:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjU2A0CIq6M]FIX YOU - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

 

ETIAW:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OiYWzE0_Dk]EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL - COLDPLAY LIVE AT THE BELL CENTER MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 2012 MONTREAL - YouTube[/ame]

Good morning people!

Great show on from the guys last night, but I don't feel like the crowd really stepped up. A few times during the show, Chris started singalongs and such, and sometimes they were followed only by awkward silence :( In any case, it was a great night, the setlist was pretty good (can't say I'm a fan of PoC being played live though).