[7-Aug-2012] Coldplay @ United Center, Chicago, IL, USA

[wabbit]

Review and some pics from:http://allthingsrainbows.tumblr.com/

 

 

I can’t believe I actually saw Coldplay. it’s still like a dream come true. they are my absolute favorite band. and that was my first concert! and boy it’s gonna be hard to top that. from chris martin, guy berryman, jonny buckland, will champion, to confetti, lights, balloons, light up wristbands, to the sweet melodic sound of their music, I couldn’t have asked for anything better. our seats were absolutely superb AND they even came and played next to our section, literally 20 feet away from us during their encore. they played soooo many good songs. let’s see. mylo xyloto, hurts like heaven, yellow, the scientist, charlie brown, princess of china, speed of sound, violet hill, in my place, god put a smile upon your face, clocks!!!, fix you, warning sign, amsterdam, paradise, up in flames, viva la vida, major minus, us against the world, lovers in japan, don’t let it break your heart, every teardrop is a waterfall, and I think that’s it. but seriously. like all of the best ones. I was basically sobbing during clocks. it’s my absolute favorite song and it always will be. I was smiling so big during the entire concert. I still can’t get it out of my mind. I wanna go back sooo bad. I HAVE to see them again. it’s a must. man do I love them. this was seriously the best night of my life so far. I never wanna forget. ever. ever. ever.

[wabbit]

Review and pics from: http://dayely.tumblr.com/ (I will even forgive that she said "Cold Play" UGH)

 

 

such an amazing concert.

 

Just saw Cold Play. It is more than just the music. It’s a show. A simply amazing show. I was literally speechless. I teared up multiple times. The music has a lot of memories tied to it for me and during certain times the way my boyfriend squeezed my hand or looked at me made me so emotional. Still am emotional, but in a good way. It was so much fun. The music is amazing. The show was amazing. Ah. I really can’t even describe it. Definitely one of the best concerts I’ve been to. So so incredible. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow!

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[wabbit]

http://hell0h0e.tumblr.com/

[the3jr]

Glad to find out I'm not the only bawler lol... :cry: :cry:

 

I'll post pics as an album or something after tonight's 2nd show! :)

[Patricia T. Berryman]

http://hell0h0e.tumblr.com/

 

woow!!! amazing pic!!:lol:

[wabbit]

Aw man that sucks for these people, i hope someone gives them tix:

 

Rene Marroquin ‏@renecito

@coldplay we flight from Guatemala to watch you - and a guy cheat on us with the tickets so sad!! And hoping we can see you sometime

 

Good news, they made it in :D VIP, too!

 

Rene Marroquin ‏@renecito

And the miracle happened!!! http://instagr.am/p/OC8PSvOZoo/

[the3jr]

Good news, they made it in :D VIP, too!

 

Rene Marroquin ‏@renecito

And the miracle happened!!! http://instagr.am/p/OC8PSvOZoo/

 

The meek shall inherit :D

Glad these international fans got a miracle!

[Christa42]

oh that is so nice!! so happy for them

[gonaners16]

Love the Roadies!

 

Well, I've turned another person into a Coldplay fan! First was my dad at Alpine Valley, and now my boyfriend!! We didn't think we were even going because we couldn't get tickets. Then craigslist came along and some guy was selling his section 333 seats. Nosebleeds, 2nd row from the top. I had heard about the roadies and their awesomeness from here, and we bumped into Mick, the Lighting Crew Chief and a really fantastic guy. We chatted a bit about touring and how he got into lighting (by not studying very much in school, he said). He then asked if we knew what the roadies do, and I admitted to hearing about it. Being honest seemed to work (he probably knew that we knew anyway...) and he said he'd ask us a few questions and then maybe change his mind. He did ask if we'd seen any of the questions online and we said no, because I just read about the roadie thing the day before. So I'll keep that going and not repeat the questions! :laugh3: Like any superfan, I answered them all easily. He told us not to scream or yell, and then said to look at our tickets... Section 1. Row 1. :shocked2: I teared up a bit and hugged him and stood in shock for a few seconds... The walk from the 300 level to the floor is so awesome. All this craziness and the concert hadn't even started... and that was mind blowing as well!!!

[KristenCaNaDiAn]

So happy for those international fans!

[KristenCaNaDiAn]

Well, I've turned another person into a Coldplay fan! First was my dad at Alpine Valley, and now my boyfriend!! We didn't think we were even going because we couldn't get tickets. Then craigslist came along and some guy was selling his section 333 seats. Nosebleeds, 2nd row from the top. I had heard about the roadies and their awesomeness from here, and we bumped into Mick, the Lighting Crew Chief and a really fantastic guy. We chatted a bit about touring and how he got into lighting (by not studying very much in school, he said). He then asked if we knew what the roadies do, and I admitted to hearing about it. Being honest seemed to work (he probably knew that we knew anyway...) and he said he'd ask us a few questions and then maybe change his mind. He did ask if we'd seen any of the questions online and we said no, because I just read about the roadie thing the day before. So I'll keep that going and not repeat the questions! :laugh3: Like any superfan, I answered them all easily. He told us not to scream or yell, and then said to look at our tickets... Section 1. Row 1. :shocked2: I teared up a bit and hugged him and stood in shock for a few seconds... The walk from the 300 level to the floor is so awesome. All this craziness and the concert hadn't even started... and that was mind blowing as well!!!

 

Awesome!

[zane]

so what's going on with the coldplay film? Did they film Chicago as well?

[Kmoss52]

What time did the boys hit the stage??

 

Going tonight and don't want to miss a thing

[jamieg]

August 7 Chicago

 

Given the amount of lovely detail provided by fans over time, I’ll just write what stood out to me during the show in Chicago on August 7. The play list is below.

 

The crowd was buzzing before Jay Z’s voice came over the loud speaker singing 99 Problems as that switched to The Back to the Future theme came one and everyone cheered. When they came out, there were waves of screaming and cheering that actually had a physical feel to it.

 

Chris was jumping out of his skin before he began singing, springing up and down on the balls of his feet. The band began with Hurts Like Heaven and it was spectacular. Chris kissed Johnny at one point and wrapped an arm around Gus at another point. The confetti

and wrist lights are just overwhelmingly beautiful. A number of times Chris told us to raise our hands to highlight the feature. Just stunning.

 

At one point, when the stage was mostly dark, two kids were quickly ushered onto stage to look at the audience and gather confetti. They were wearing those super-sized headphone ear protectors that the Martin family children wear. They were of the same size as Apple and Moses, but I can’t say who they were. Chris also changed shirts when it was mostly dark and the girls screamed. I helped.

 

Chris was apologetic that they were here on a Tuesday and worked that into a song as well as some Sweet Home Chicago references.

 

When they piano came out of the floor on the B stage they all headed back that way and while the light were down it was obvious Will was giving Chris a pep talk as the others stood around him. Will put his hand around Chris’s neck and appeared to be soothing him. Apparently there were two young people who held up signs asking for the band to play Amsterdam. As soon as Chris sat down on the piano bench, he mentioned the sign and that the song was probably older than the kids who asked for it, but, sadly they hadn’t played it in so long they no longer knew how to play it. He said he felt very guilty for not playing it, he said, but if they tried the two kids would be happy but the 15,000 others wouldn’t be. After a moment he said he’d try, but said he was going to quit when he forgot the rest and he didn’t want anyone to give him a hard time. The other guys seemed not to know what to do and Chris said they should just take a break and that they’d be getting money for nothing.

 

He played and then sang the first two lines and then laughed and said, “What come’s next?” He reminded everyone what he’d said stopping and promised he would do Amsterdam next year.

 

 

When they made their way to the C stage I noticed they were putting up yellow police-type tape along the aisle three rows in front of me and realized they would be walking there.

 

I ran down to the first row (leaving my purse behind, dur) and asked the girl at the end of row if I could stand near her so that security wouldn’t make me go back and she agreed. Thank you, wherever you are.

 

After the set, I looked up the aisle and saw Will with Guy and Johnny walking quickly. Will went by before I came to my senses so I patted Guy on the shoulder and got a very awkward high five from Johnny. Chris was few feet behind them, so I got ready and when he walked by I out my hand just below his shoulder on his chest. Very happy me!

 

They finished up the show and walked all over the stage waving and bowing. Chris was doing this tip-of-his-hat gesture which he did at the opening as well.

 

After I went outside with my son, I looked at the palm of my and saw orange paint from Chris’s shirt on the palm of my hand, le sigh.

 

I'll see if I can figure out photos, but I'm not so good at this stuff.

 

 

Mylo Xyloto 


Hurts Like Heaven 


In My Place 


Major Minus 


Lovers In Japan 


The Scientist 


Yellow 


Violet Hill 


God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 


B-Stage

Princess of China 


Up in Flames 


Amsterdam 
(partial, first time since 2008)

Warning Sign 


 

A Hopeful Transmission 


Don't Let It Break Your Heart 


Viva La Vida 


Charlie Brown 


Paradise 


Encore:

Us Against the World 


Speed Of Sound 


Encore 2:

Clocks 


Fix You 


M.M.I.X. 


Every Teardrop is a Waterfall 


[faz09]

I am seeing them tonight. Can't F'ing wait. Anyone know what time they came on last night?

[wabbit]

The partayy was at House of Blues last night.

 

D∆NI DE∆HL ‏@danideahl

Chris Martin from Coldplay shook my hand and told me he loved what I was playing #swoon

 

D∆NI DE∆HL ‏@danideahl

@coldplay Thank you for having me DJ your after party last night at House of Blues! Was an honor...and tons of fun.

 

Now i feel like a stalker and will stop. :)

[wabbit]

Pics from https://twitter.com/BrianGarza1:

Will Champion and Jonny Buckland @unitedcenter during @coldplay show 8/7. #coldplay

"...just a puppet on a lonely string" #coldplay @unitedcenter

Chris Martin in a sea of confetti. #coldplay pic.twitter.com/6PJFP4Uo

[viva4life]

This was my second time seeing in a week and I still can't get my mind to comprehend what I witnessed. I took my mom this time (went to the Det. show with two friends). Now she is a fan and it was sooo fun watching her reactions to the xylobands and everything that came with it. I was in section 4 on the floor and to my right I could just watch Dan Green and all the guys do their magic which was awesome. Not much more to add than what others have said. I am personally glad they ended up playing A Warning Sign over Amsterdam. Before DLIBYH started chris did say daddy loves you and I could quite get if it was Mo Mo and apple but after seeing someone post they saw them it now all makes sense. When Clocks came around I got really sad because I knew it was almost over and I wonder when I will get to see them again. This has been such a fun tour and I hope they don't get away for too long. They bring a happiness to me that I know all you can relate to... also wanted to add being in the confetti for IMP is AWESOME! didn't expect that to be so cool..Was able to meet Jason..I have a pic but do not know how to upload here lol I don't have a link...The crew was at the Hard Rock Hotel..Don't know about the band though..really tried to meet them lol...Jason very nice guy..asked me and my mom twice if we enjoyed the wristbands..couldn't put into words what they meant I said. He really enjoys this job!!!

[busybeeburns]

Anyone want to add to the twitter section? I'll do the rest

http://wikicoldplay.com/7_August_2012_-_United_Center,_Chicago,_IL,_USA

[busybeeburns]

Review and pics from: http://dayely.tumblr.com/ (I will even forgive that she said "Cold Play" UGH)

I edited that bit out of Wiki :lol:

[wabbit]

Review from Fender: http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=964

 

Coldplay Near End of U.S. Tour

 

Aug. 9, 2012 - By Chrissy Mauck

 

Coldplay continued its North American tour in support of the platinum-selling album Mylo Xyloto with the first of a two-night stint at Chicago’s United Center on Tuesday, and the band wasted no time in letting the audience know they were in for an evening of sensory overload.

 

A nearly two-hour set kicked off with “Mylo Xyloto” and “Hurts Like Heaven,” as the wristbands handed out upon entrance suddenly sprang to life, pulsating with light and illuminating the audience in iridescent colors of pinks, oranges, blues and greens.

 

Cannons shot off matching confetti during the next song, “In My Place,” as frontman Chris Martin spun and skipped down a middle runway. Guitarist Jonny Buckland joined him there later in the song with Martin kneeling and leaning back to the ground, and thrusting his microphone towards Buckland’s graffiti-painted Stratocaster during his solo.

The set antics weren’t quite done, though. Laser lights cut through the audience throughout the night, with dozens of over-sized beach-ball globes dropping from the ceiling during “Lovers in Japan” accompanied by even more confetti.

 

Coldplay finally slowed things down with Martin taking a seat at the piano for hit ballad “The Scientist” off 2002’s A Rush of Blood to the Head. The crowd helped finish the song, easily drowning out a wide-eyed Martin with its volume.

 

Although the setlist heavily favored Mylo Xyloto, the UK rockers pulled out a few songs from Rush, including “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face.” The band gathered around drummer Will Champion for an extended drumroll that launched the energetic rocker, followed by Martin and Buckland taking to the runway to trade licks on their Tele and Strat, respectively. The Coldplay frontman punctuated the song in dramatic fashion by tossing his guitar high into the air and intentionally failing to catch it. (Note: It didn’t appear damaged.)

 

For the most part Martin kept the banter to a minimum, but midway through the set, three kids holding a sign for “Amsterdam” broke him out of his scheduled routine. The entire band had relocated to the end of the stage’s runway for what was to be an intimate three-song run of “Princess of China” and “Up In Flames” and 2002’s “Warning Sign.” But prior to kicking into “Warning Sign,” Martin hesitated and publically recognized the song request that was practically staring him smack in the face.

 

Although the band hadn’t played “Amsterdam” live since 2008, Martin admitted that he “didn’t want to tick anyone off.”

“Ok, here’s the deal,” he finally offered. “I’ll keep going as long as I can remember but when I stop don’t give me a hard time.”

 

Then after playing a few bars, he ribbed his bandmates, “Take a break, take a break, take a break. You get money for nothing!”

 

Martin played no more than a minute before throwing in the towel, but the audience was still delighted by the spontaneous effort.

 

The singer wasn’t settling for any errors a few songs later after the band returned to the main stage and blasted the arena with the anthemic hit “Paradise” as the set closer.

 

“I’m sorry, fucked that up,” he said during the opening instrumentation. “Let’s go again,” he directed his band, and then attacked the keyboard with venom.

 

The hit-single reverberated through the sold-out arena as the audience chanted the refrain, “Para-para-paradise, Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh” in one of the many memorable portions of the evening.

 

Coldplay wasted no time returning for an encore, although Martin did pop up unexpectedly on a miniature stage located in the middle of an audience section.

 

“This is a song about the US and the UK combining for an Olympics sport and taking over the world,” he explained. “It’s a utopian sort of thing. This song dreams of that day.

 

“That’s actually a load of bullshit,” he said with a laugh. “I made it all up.”

 

Martin started off “Us Against the World” solo on acoustic, but one-by-one the rest of the band joined him, starting with Champion on keys, then Buckland and finally bassist Guy Berryman.

 

Staying at the small stage, Coldplay continued with “Speed of Sound” before dashing back to the main stage for the night’s grand finale.

 

Laser lights again accentuated the stage and the audience as the Brit quartet dazzled with mainstay “Clocks” and tear-jerker “Fix You.” As Buckland’s poignant guitar notes built up into the organ-filled crescendo, Martin took off sprinting down the runway, leap-frogging up and down every few steps with wild abandonment as if he was competing in his own Olympics.

 

Despite all the acrobatics and the second to last stop of this summer’s North American tour, Martin and company still had enough gas after the emotional “Fix You” to finish out the night with Mylo Xyloto’s upbeat electro-pop lead single “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall.”

 

Coldplay At United Center Setlist (8/7/12)

 

 

1. Mylo Xyloto

 

2. Hurts Like Heaven

 

3. In my Place

 

4. Major Minus

 

5. Lovers in Japan

 

6. The Scientist

 

7. Yellow

 

8. Violet Hill

 

9. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

 

10. Princess of China

 

11. Up in Flames

 

12. Warning Sign

 

13. Don't Let It Break Your Heart

 

14. Viva La Vida

 

15. Charlie Brown

 

16. Paradise

 

17. Us Against the World

 

18. Speed of Sound

 

19. Clocks

 

20. Fix You

 

21. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall

[the.hardest.part]

Welp. There is not much to be said that hasn't already been said.

 

I will add that I was one of the lucky ones to get upgraded (front row on Jonny's side) but I have no proof. I found out yesterday when I went to upload my pictures that my sd card for my camera was corrupted and saved NONE of my pictures. It was one of the greatest nights of my life (AND I got so many good crotch pictures!) and I have nothing to show for it. I was not in the panorama picture because I had to go the bathroom before the boys went on and I cannot find my ticket. I'm praying it shows up.

 

The show itself literally took my breath away. Seeing the bracelets light up was mind blowing and the boys were on top form. I got Jonny's attention quite a few times and the reward for my efforts was a large heartfelt smile :dance: Highlights were Warning Sign (finally!!!) and the snippet of Amsterdam. I was the only one in the front row throwing around the likes of 'Holy shit!' and 'Oh my God.' Basically, freaking out.

 

With all that depressing shit aside, I had a lovely time meeting all you Coldplayers after the show. It was so nice seeing Mike, Lori, Angie, and Kelli again, and lovely meeting all those new faces (I'm sorry I cannot remember your names. I horrible at that kind of thing).

[Texasluvsjonny]

I loved that Fender discussed if Chris harmed his guitar. :laugh3:

[Tash]

Coldplay at United Center | Review

 

 

Consider it Lollapalooza Day Four. As the United Center filled with a democratic, x chromosome–heavy crowd on Tuesday evening, I noticed many Lollapalooza armbands still dangling from the wrists of fans. But it was bracelets of a different sort that rocketed this joyous, candy-colored concert into the annals of the arena greats.

 

Coldplay distributed thick neon nylon bracelets of a mysterious purpose to each of the 19,000 (that's the number Chris Martin threw out there) or so ticketholders as we entered. I got a yellow one; my girlfriend, pink. The "xylobands," as they were branded and trademarked, came in blue, green, white and red varieties as well. By now, it won't spoil anything to say these xylobands are loaded with LEDs, radio-controlled and synchronized, and they erupt with light when the British quartet bursts onstage with "Hurts Like Heaven." The stadium becomes a glittering rainbow starfield, and it is undeniably spectacular. The entire show is a similar panoply of confetti (in Lucky Charms–esque shapes: teardrops, bids, butterflies, clovers, hearts and bells) and lasers and ultraviolet and florescent paint and big bouncing, batted balls.

 

Oh, right, there's music, too, equally bright and ebullient. I mentioned the crowd was democratic. If you made a Venn diagram with circles representing the audiences of Ravinia Festival, Radiohead, Jay-Z and the How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular, than Coldplay's crowd would be the diamond overlap in the center. I saw dudes in Odd Future Wolf Gang and Thrice T-shirts. I saw pregnant women, retirees and preteens. It's easy to understand why Coldplay's music appeals to all of us on some level. Two wanna-be pop stars opened the show, yet the PA system played ambient krautrock and Jay-Z before the headliners jumped out of the tunnels. Chris Martin and crew want to be all of this and more. Live, the foursome pull it off far more brilliantly than on record. Will Champion beefs up the tunes with borderline-angry drumming. Jonny Buckland's guitar gets to shriek a little more. And Martin fills the rest of the space with his booming tenor.

 

The set drew largely from Mylo Xyloto—nine of its eleven full songs—and swung for the fences with crowd-stoking smashes like "Clocks," "In My Place," "The Scientist" and "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face." (A Rush of Blood to the Head is rather great in hindsight, isn't it?) Martin is a born showman and infectiously optimistic. Three girls in the fifth row hold up three sheets of loose leaf paper with AMS-TER-DAM scrawled in highlighters. Martin spots the message and confesses he won't sleep well unless he at least meets their demand and attempts to play the closing ballad of Rush. He apologizes for not remembering the tune at all and tells the other three with a laugh, "Money for nothing. You don't have to do fuck all on this one." He gives it a go on his fake, graffiti-splattered piano that rises from the stage with hydraulics. He can hardly get through the first verse. I see him blush. The girls lose their shit regardless.

 

Of course, the immediate comparison to make is to U2. Twenty years ago, I saw the Irish giants at a similar point in their career, on the Zoo Station and Zoo TV tours. While the rock & roll there was more progressive and aggressive, and the stage show more jaw-dropping, and the openers far more stimulating (Kate Bush–meets–Katy Perry warbler Marina & The Diamonds is no Pixies and Public Enemy), Coldplay surprisingly edges out their mentors by connecting with its audience. There's the post-Internet tech stuff, sure, but the group also goes out of its way to touch the people. While U2 continues to shrink and distance itself under gigantic prop monstrosities, Coldplay leaves the dazzling for clever, small-scale tricks. The Mylo Xyloto performance is quasi-in-the-round. Martin scampers all over the place. There are mini-sets in the stands. Those in section 103, have your cameras read in the encore. Everyone else, prepare to become human fireworks.

 

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[Ebs757]

Coldplay at United Center | Review http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/audio-file-blog/15592766/coldplay-at-united-center-review

 

Called it "Lollapalooza Day 4" LOL