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[4-Aug-2012] Coldplay @ Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ, USA

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Christa42

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Oh sorry here is the link:http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tlcegan/Coldplay%20Izod%202nd%20night%20%20August%204%202012/

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So here is the dealio! Well Angie told you of our little blonde moment adventure and now to good parts. We got there and saw Dan Green right away. Lovely man, Lovely conversation. I was a tad nervous when when he said he hoped they would play Warning Sign but it is true no one can confirm a set list, they will play what feels right. Loved the convo about an Aucustic album, I would wait till I'm 90 if I have to if they ever decide to realease one. We talked about how Angie, Mike and I (and Kelly too) were at Lolla a year ago to the day to see Coldplay, what other bands we had seen & older Coldplay shows we had been to, pros and cons of front row as a viewing experience. Just a really nice guy and it was so sweet of him to chat with us.

 

So we get to our seats and im like omg we are on top of the X stage and that's where I knew they would play Warning Sign. Security was pretty cool so we could hang on the barrier and get as many good pics as we wanted, I did not take any vids, my camera was being possessed and I just wanted to enjoy the show. Miller comes out to do the Panoramic and we stand up everyone is screaming his name, it was really cute.

 

I was so happy they sang Lovers in Japan just gorgeous and In My Place was amazing they were right on top of us and Angie got a great vid. So they head down to the X stage right next to us and Angie is like "get on top of that rail right now!!! " I heard the first few chords of Warning Sign and my heart began to melt, I was supposed to call Noelia but I was frozen and so in awe I could not move. but eventually I had to move a little because Will's very nice Arse was right in my face and I could not see Chrissy at the piano :P It was like time stood still still and the most beautiful sound I ever heard was right there for me to take in. I tried to hold back the tears but they came and I was the happiest girl in the world.

 

They went up to the C stage and when they played Us Against the World Will's voice was so gorgeous it was one of my fav songs of the night . Sorry I am all over the place but it all comes back in pieces. Oh GPASUUF was amazing still one of my fav songs. Charlie Brown comes on and the place goes crazy, not as if we weren't already but there is something so joyous about that song that makes everyone smile and sing with delight. Yellow was incredible as ever, Chris was as flexy and jumpy as ever pulling some new moves on the ramp, that yoga is def working for him.

 

It was an amazing night and I owe it all to Angie, thank you for one of the best night of my life and letting me hear my favorite song in the world live......... Now to find a new siggy

 

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storytelling time! :awesome:

i wrote this this morning, so the last line is not exactly true anymore. my muscles are more cooperative and i'm starting to get my voice back. :P

 

 

 

My sister Liv and I got to the venue maybe a little under an hour or so before doors opened. Liv wanted to look at the merch they were selling just outside, so we went to look and both ended up buying $40 shirts. :P I also bought the tour program, which is beautiful. :blush: Anyway, then we went to wait for the doors to open. When they finally did, and we walked into the venue, the guy handing out the Xylobands on my side had a yellow one with the blue casing sort of thing on it, and I thought to myself THAT ONE IS MINE. So I asked him if I could have that one, and he seemed indifferent, but gave me it anyway. :P

 

That pretty much made my night right there... if I had left that venue only having gotten the exact Xyloband I wanted, I would have been happy. But this was just the beginning. Liv and I went in and bought a few more things from another merch stand (a nice poster and 3 really overpriced and cheaply made pins), had our pictures taken by some Oxfam volunteers (who gave us another pin for free, which in my opinion looks better made than the Coldplay ones, but anyway), and then headed to the bathroom so that Liv could change into the shirt she bought.

 

When she was done, we went to go find the section we were seated at, only to find that several cases for the C-stage equipment were sitting up against the wall between the two staircases. There were a few other people taking pictures, so we waited until they were done and then got a few pictures ourselves. It was at this point that I was recognized for the first time! A nice lady came up to me and asked if I was the one who posted about the Mylo doll on Coldplaying, to which I said yes. And then we started talking a little bit, but she never did give me her name. Anyway, nice lady, if you are reading this, hello, and I hope you were successful in trying to catch the band running to get to the C-stage! :P

 

After that we went up the staircase to see where exactly we would be seated. The venue didn't seem that big at all, so even though we were in the upper level, the stage still looked pretty close. The Coldplay boys might not have looked like ants from there.

 

But we never actually sat down. The upper level seats were quite high up; Liv has a terrible fear of heights, and I have to admit that at first even I was feeling a little woozy at the way the seats were set up. It probably would have been fine, but we still decided to go back into the little hall where all the vendors were – mostly because I knew roadies would be walking around giving out upgrades.

 

So we stood near the C-stage equipment and waited. I saw a bunch of Izod Center people walking around, but no one who looked like they were with the band. We waited, and after a while we decided it might be best to just go back to our seats. But Liv had to go to the bathroom again, and so she went in and I waited outside for her, which is when this one guy walked past me and my Mylo doll, then did sort of a double-take and walked over to me. He asked me about the doll, about the comic, about who I was with and where we were sitting. He said, “As soon as your sister comes back out, we'll talk some more,” and showed me his little Coldplay badge thing, to which I replied, “Yeah, I know who you are.” :P So then he asked me about that, how I knew about the upgrading stuff, and I told him I went on Coldplaying all the time, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, Liv came back out not long after, and this guy, who introduced himself as Brad but who I will probably refer to for a while as THE GREATEST DUDE EVER, exchanged our upper level seats for two FRONT ROW SEATS. Section 9, Row A, seats 3 and 4, so we were on Jonny's side. If I hadn't been shaking already, I was definitely shaking at this point.

 

We had to do quite a bit of traveling around the place to find out exactly where we were supposed to be seated, but eventually we did manage. And we were so close...

 

Brad had told us that he'd just upgraded two other guys, one of whom had already attended over 50 Coldplay concerts. This turned out to be, if I'm remembering names correctly, Jimmy (who was also the second person to recognize me from Coldplaying because of the doll), and his friend Hal. They had really awesome light-up shirts with pins that spelled out Coldplay. Very cool.

 

We all talked for a bit, Liv and I freaked out about being so close, and eventually the first opening act came on, Emeli Sande. MAN can that woman sing! I didn't realize it until she was halfway through singing Next To Me, the last song of her setlist, but they used to play that song on the TVs at my work. Anyway, she was really talented, and even though she didn't do a lot of dancing or anything like that, she put a lot of effort into her singing, which I thought was awesome.

 

Then more waiting until Marina and the Diamonds came on. I liked the music, and I think this Marina girl has some talent and is definitely charming, but I didn't really care for the way she presented herself. I don't know how to explain it, but she didn't seem too genuine to me. In any case, she and the rest of the band were all very relaxed and mellow except for the drummer, who was beating those drums like his name was Will Champion. :P

 

And then the final waiting, which felt like it dragged on FOREVER. We watched the roadies do their thing, watched Miller finally come out to take the pictures for the panoramic. 99 Problems came on and then we started to get REALLY EXCITED. Then the Back to the Future theme came on and I thought I was never going to stop hyperventilating. Before I knew it, the band were on stage, right there, living, breathing, before my very eyes and some of them only about ten feet away. I jumped and screamed and belted my heart out the entire time. I can remember lots of little moments from the performance, but it's difficult now to recall during which songs they happened. In any case, I will just sort of list them I guess.

 

The first thing I will talk about is when Chris changed his shirt right on stage, because WOW. OK, so he was hiding over by Will, but I could still see his back perfectly from where I was standing, and the man has such beautiful shoulder blades, geeeeeez. I may love Coldplay more for their music, but I'm not going to deny that they ALL have rockin' bodies. And I don't know if it's just me, but they all look much skinnier in real life??? Like, Chris's biceps didn't look like cinder blocks from that close. :P

 

OK, on to the next thing. There was much Buckin Love going on, almost like they KNEW I was there. Chris was very smiley the whole concert, which was great, and there was one time I caught him groping Jonny, but he also sort of groped Guy and I think perhaps at one point actually grabbed Guy's butt? It was hard to see that side of the stage at times, and I glanced over very quickly to see Chris's hand down near that general area, but I wouldn't put it past him to do that. :P

 

At the beginning of Fix You, I looked up at Jonny and saw that he was smiling for EVER. Liv and I wondered who he was smiling at, so we looked over and saw, standing off to the side in between the barrier and the stage, a woman who I believe was the lovely Chloe. :blush: So that was really cute. :wacky:

 

The Xylobands were neat, of course, but I have to say that I didn't pay so much attention to them, because I was focusing too hard on the band themselves. :P Major Minus, GPASUYF, always great songs live, same with DLIBYH and Speed of Sound fjdashfiodjsackda. If I'm being honest all of the songs were spectacular, so. :P

 

This is the last thing I will talk about. For almost the entire concert, I had my hands in the air and was waving around the Mylo doll. I tried to look at all of the band members instead of focusing just on Chris, but I think that eventually he did see me, because I thought at one point he looked over at me, but it was hard to tell. :P

 

In any case, after Charlie Brown, Chris said something to the audience about having a good evening or whatever, and then the lights went down a bit and the boys started preparing for the next song. Chris walked over toward Jonny's side, but was facing the front seats. His arm went out into the air, and then seconds later I felt something hit my shoulder. I flung my hand over the spot, but whatever hit me had already fallen on the other side of the barrier. Luckily, the security guy who was standing there was able to shine his flashlight on the ground, and we found it – Chris's guitar pick. :o:o:o So, I don't know if he meant to throw it to me specifically, or if it was just pure luck that it hit me, but I have it now and it will have a safe home with my harmonica. :blush:

 

OH AND I PUSHED ONE OF THE BALLOONS ON STAGE DURING LOVERS IN JAPAN AND IT ALMOST HIT JONNY IN THE FACE. Whoops. Sorry Jonny. :P

 

And now, almost twelve hours later, my muscles and throat are still very sore, but it was all worth it.

 

 

 

pictures coming up next...

 

 

 

 

B..... I am so glad this happened to you, I mean, your one of the great fans that have been on this board since I can remember, and it's so fitting you were upgraded:)

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Oh sorry here is the link: http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tlcegan/Coldplay%20Izod%202nd%20night%20%20August%204%202012/

 

So here is the dealio! Well Angie told you of our little blonde moment adventure and now to good parts. We got there and saw Dan Green right away. Lovely man, Lovely conversation. I was a tad nervous when when he said he hoped they would play Warning Sign but it is true no one can confirm a set list, they will play what feels right. Loved the convo about an Aucustic album, I would wait till I'm 90 if I have to if they ever decide to realease one. We talked about how Angie, Mike and I (and Kelly too) were at Lolla a year ago to the day to see Coldplay, what bands we had seen & older Coldplay shows we were. Just a lovely man.

 

So we get to our seats and im like omg we are on top of the X stage and that's where I knew they would play Warning Sign. Security was pretty cool so we could hang on the barrier and get as many good pics as we wanted, I did not take any vids, my camera was being possessed and I just wanted to enjoy the show. Miller comes out to do the Panaramic and we stand up everyone is screaming his name, it was really cute.

 

I was so happy they sang Lovers in Japan just gorgeous and In My Place was amazing they were right on top of us and Angie got a great vid. So they head down to the X stage right next to us and Angie is get on top of that rail right now!!! I heard the first few chords of Warning Sign and my heart began to melt, I was supposed to call Noelia but I was frozen and so in awe I could not move. but eventually I had to move a little because Will's very nice Arse was right in my face and I could not see Chrissy at the piano :P It was like time stood still still and the most beautiful sound I ever heard was right there for me to take in. I tried to hold back the tears but they came and I was the happiest girl in the world.

 

They went up to the C stage and when they played Us Against the World Will's voice was so gorgeous it was one of my fav songs of the night , hold on brb

 

 

 

 

Thank-You for your review and pics, but I have to say don't put your picture down, you looked awesome:)

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Your pics are awesome.

 

Will's sweaty buns was my fav.

 

 

why thank you and so are yours and your IMP vid is delish

 

Could not get get those buns out of my camera frame, no matter how how i tried, they were screaming "Take my picture Christa" !!!

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why thank you and so are yours and your IMP vid is delish

 

Could not get get those buns out of my camera frame, no matter how how i tried, they were screaming "Take my picture Christa" !!!

 

Oh you lucky, lucky woman. If only those buns were in my camera frame like that...

 

I'm SO glad you finally got your Warning Sign.

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Chris Martin of Coldplay braves the confetti blizzard.

 

Coldplay, specialists in euphoria, rock the Meadowlands

 

In the middle of a long catwalk, the grinning pop star lay flat on his back.

 

Confetti had hung thick in the air during "In My Place," blasting out of cannons on the first downbeat of the choruses and catching in the hair of happy concert-goers. It fell like a pastel blizzard on the Izod Center stage, and there Chris Martin of the British pop-rock group Coldplay was a kid, making snow angels. On a lark, he handed the microphone to his longtime bandmate Jonny Buckland and let the guitarist finish the final chorus. Then he sprang to his feet and sprinted back to the center position on the stage, arms outstretched, ready to put his magnanimity in action.

 

Martin thanked the capacity crowd for giving him the best job in the world. Nobody could have doubted the sincerity of his gratitude or located any ambivalence there.

 

It would be wrong to call Martin an unlikely pop star: His talent was evident from his first single, and his ability to connect with millions made it certain that Coldplay would be a presence for years to come. But he is one of pop’s nonconformists. A vegetarian, teetotaler and yoga practitioner, he has no interest in the effrontery that usually accompanies rock performance. Aggression holds no value for him. So attracted is he to the generosity of the grand singalong chorus that his band’s songs connect hook to glittering hook, making no detours into dissonance or difficulty.

 

Coldplay asks nothing but that you sit back and enjoy the ride, and attempt to get your heart to brim over with love, just as Martin’s does.

 

Coldplay is touring behind "Mylo Xyloto," its fifth album and a modest but significant departure from expectations. Although it is allegedly a concept set about a revolutionary movement akin to Occupy Wall Street, there is not an ounce of resistance in it. Instead, it is an enthusiastic (everything Coldplay does is enthusiastic) embrace of radio pop and Eurodance music. Many of the songs have machine beats and thick disco synthesizers; Rihanna, who appeared pre-recorded at the concert via video screen, features on one of them.

 

Gone are the attempts to imitate the solemn grandeur of U2 and Radiohead. (They aren’t missed.) Instead, Martin and his bandmates have freed themselves to chase the pure, unfettered euphoria associated with arena electronica.

 

Often, the Friday night concert — the first of two that Coldplay presented at the arena — sounded like rock but looked like a rave. Coldplay distributed blinking remote-controlled bracelets to all concert-goers, and — politely, of course — requested that fans put them on ("they are part of the show," explained the message flashed on the video screens before the concert started). Once the lights went down, the arena came alive with thousands of firefly flashes of illumination.

 

This was immersive, but the effect was not particularly novel: It resembled the forest of glowsticks at dance-inspired pop shows. Coldplay also swept the crowd with the low, broad laser lights characteristic of deejay sets, and backed these up with psychedelic projections.

 

These visual nods to club culture only accompanied the songs from "Mylo Xyloto." When Coldplay turned to older material — mostly traditional arena power ballads in the style of Oasis, Travis and the Verve — the wristbands and the lasers switched off. If this production decision threatened to darken the dividing line between the new songs and the rest of the band’s catalog, Coldplay compensated by storming through the "Mylo" material with a ferocity absent from the album. For a group of nice guys, Coldplay rocks pretty hard.

 

This includes Martin, whose soulful piano playing on "Paradise" suggested he’s learned something from his collaborations with Jay-Z and Kanye West. But most of the credit goes to drummer and polymath Will Champion, who matched Martin’s enthusiasm for the songs, and who remains an undersung driver of Coldplay’s mass appeal. Champion mashed the accelerator on "Charlie Brown," pounded the tympani on "Viva La Vida," picked up an acoustic guitar for "Up in Flames" and added angelic vocal harmonies whenever he was allowed. Relegated to electronic pads on the synthpop "Mylo" song "Princess of China," Champion made the best of it, but looked as if he desperately wanted to get back behind the kit and bash stuff as hard as he could.

 

The only thing the show lacked was the tension that has always made pop-rock indispensable. Instead, Coldplay flutters straight to the release and hovers there, frustrating those who expect something a little more dangerous from a pop-rock group. This is a band that gives and gives; they’re a heaping slice of apple pie with vanilla ice cream for dessert. It is probably not in Martin’s nature to be anything but, so it is pointless to hope that he acquires an edge. Instead, it’s best to celebrate his band for what it is: a ruthlessly effective generator of cost-free ecstasy.

 

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/08/coldplay_specialists_in_euphor.html

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