March 22, 201412 yr I wonder if they will release the Live DVD with the album and have it as an exclusive to, say, iTunes or best buy. But then again, I thought I heard the NBC was going to air it, so who knows.
March 22, 201412 yr Just got back! Just got back from the show and figured I might as well dust off this account. ;) Quick note for those going tomorrow: get there early. We had a priority ticket from 1iota, which said the garage opens at 5:30. 1iota are a bunch of liars. We pulled through the gates at 5:29 and there were already over 100 people in the priority line. Not a big deal as the show held close to 1,000 and we still managed to be about 4 feet from the stage, but it kinda sucked since we had been killing time in that area since about 3:00. I'm not sure how early they starting letting people in, but if you get there early I would suggest trying to park before 5:30. Not sure what's already been covered/gleaned from twitter, but setlist was as follows: 1. Paradise 2. Clocks -5 min break- Ghost Stories cover to cover -5 min break- Viva La Vida Fix You Paradise again (Chris mentioned them needing to film it again, so it sounds like they'll be releasing more than just Ghost Stories on film). Speaking of the film, the show producer mentioned it would be TV and DVD. Chris said at the beginning it would be dropping close to when the album was released. As far as the songs, I'm horrible at giving decent descriptions (especially for songs I've only heard once), so I'll give extremely scattered impressions and you guys can feel free to ask more about any specifics. Nothing about the songs we've already heard has changed. Always In My Head still feels a bit truncated to me, and I was hoping that for some reason they didn't play the whole thing at the iTunes festival, but apparently that's the full song. Still love it though. Magic stayed the same. Sounds great live. Ink was one of the songs that really stood out to me. Classic Coldplay, very upbeat. Chris was on acoustic guitar for this one. True Love I honestly don't remember that much about, other than it being slower than Ink. Midnight... I was not a fan of Midnight when it came out. That said, it's probably one of their best songs live. Something I think they added (at least I don't remember it from iTunes) is that Chris also plays the laser harp for this one. Another's Arms is still probably my least favorite off the album, but it's been smoothed out considerably since their iTunes performance. Still no fixing those lyrics though :P Oceans is another calmer one. Will uses his drum kit to make some sort of ship's horn sound for 3 or 4 notes that builds the base for the melody. The atmosphere definitely live's up to the song's name A Sky Full Of Stars is the other stand out for me. It starts pretty low key. Chris was muttering/whispering something unintelligible toward the beginning. Pretty sure it's part of the song, but I couldn't understand a word. :D Then it builds a little and stays mid-road for a bit before absolutely exploding (think the chorus of DLIBYH). This is also where the star confetti came in. Massive energy in the crowd for this one. Lastly, O closes out the album nicely. It follows the characteristics of some of the other GS tracks in that it doesn't build to that massive conclusion that Coldplay is fond of, but it's still very impactful. Chris on piano; Will plays a bit of electric guitar on this one (I don't remember him touching his drums for this song at all). Again, feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer. The other super awesome thing was the way the set/stage was laid out and decorated. I don't want to spoil anything for those who get to go tomorrow, but let's just say there are no bad seats in the house, and even though there are close to 1000 people in the room, it feels way smaller... Oh, and regarding the wristbands, they were handed out after the tickets were scanned. Nothing special about them.
March 22, 201412 yr Just got back form the show and figured I might as well dust off this account. ;) Quick note for those going tomorrow: get there early. We had a priority ticket from 1iota, which said the garage opens at 5:30. 1iota are a bunch of liars. We pulled through the gates at 5:29 and there were already over 100 people in the priority line. Not a big deal as the show held close to 1,000 and we still managed to be about 4 feet from the stage, but it kinda sucked since we had been killing time in that area since about 3:00. I'm not sure how early they starting letting people in, but if you get there early I would suggest trying to park before 5:30. Not sure what's already been covered/gleaned from twitter, but setlist was as follows: 1. Paradise 2. Clocks -5 min break- Ghost Stories cover to cover -5 min break- Viva La Vida Fix You Paradise again (Chris mentioned them needing to film it again, so it sounds like they'll be releasing more than just Ghost Stories on film). Speaking of the film, the show producer mentioned it would be TV and DVD. Chris said at the beginning it would be dropping close to when the album was released. As far as the songs, I'm horrible at giving decent descriptions (especially for songs I've only heard once), so I'll give extremely scattered impressions and you guys can feel free to ask more about any specifics. Nothing about the songs we've already heard has changed. Always In My Head still feels a bit truncated to me, and I was hoping that for some reason they didn't play the whole thing at the iTunes festival, but apparently that's the full song. Still love it though. Magic stayed the same. Sounds great live. Ink was one of the songs that really stood out to me. Classic Coldplay, very upbeat. Chris was on acoustic guitar for this one. True Love I honestly don't remember that much about, other than it being slower than Ink. Midnight... I was not a fan of Midnight when it came out. That said, it's probably one of their best songs live. Something I think they added (at least I don't remember it from iTunes) is that Chris also plays the laser harp for this one. Another's Arms is still probably my least favorite off the album, but it's been smoothed out considerably since their iTunes performance. Still no fixing those lyrics though :P Oceans is another calmer one. Will uses his drum kit to make some sort of ship's horn sound for 3 or 4 notes that builds the base for the melody. The atmosphere definitely live's up to the song's name A Sky Full Of Stars is the other stand out for me. It starts pretty low key. Chris was muttering/whispering something unintelligible toward the beginning. Pretty sure it's part of the song, but I couldn't understand a word. :D Then it builds a little and stays mid-road for a bit before absolutely exploding (think the chorus of DLIBYH). This is also where the star confetti came in. Massive energy in the crowd for this one. Lastly, O closes out the album nicely. It follows the characteristics of some of the other GS tracks in that it doesn't build to that massive conclusion that Coldplay is fond of, but it's still very impactful. Chris on piano; Will plays a bit of electric guitar on this one (I don't remember him touching his drums for this song at all). Again, feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer. The other super awesome thing was the way the set/stage was laid out and decorated. I don't want to spoil anything for those who get to go tomorrow, but let's just say there are no bad seats in the house, and even though there are close to 1000 people in the room, it feels way smaller... Oh, and regarding the wristbands, they were handed out after the tickets were scanned. Nothing special about them. Do you think O is one of their best closers? I imagine it would be hard to tell live, but I wasn't a huge fan of Up With The Birds so I'm a bit nervous.
March 22, 201412 yr How in the world are people taking pictures?!? I thought cell phones and cameras are not allowed?!
March 22, 201412 yr Do you think O is one of their best closers? I imagine it would be hard to tell live, but I wasn't a huge fan of Up With The Birds so I'm a bit nervous. It was certainly more of a traditional song in the sense that it didn't have the 2 part structure that UWTB had or any of the odd backing vocals. I'd still rank Amsterdam and DAAHF ahead of it, but in the context of the rest of the album I think it's pretty darn good. How in the world are people taking pictures?!? I thought cell phones and cameras are not allowed?! No idea. Everyone was screened/walked through a metal detector before entering. They did a very good job at searching everyone's bag too as far as I could tell.
March 22, 201412 yr How in the world are people taking pictures?!? I thought cell phones and cameras are not allowed?! Maybe that's the back stage (and not the front stage) so they're allowed to take pics there?
March 22, 201412 yr Hey Ostrich, did you get these too? (Especially the folded note with the lyrics) http://instagram.com/p/l1UOK4D5CS/ Edit: From that many pics I seen, she's the only one who has that. Do you?
March 22, 201412 yr Just got back from the show and figured I might as well dust off this account. ;) Quick note for those going tomorrow: get there early. We had a priority ticket from 1iota, which said the garage opens at 5:30. 1iota are a bunch of liars. We pulled through the gates at 5:29 and there were already over 100 people in the priority line. Not a big deal as the show held close to 1,000 and we still managed to be about 4 feet from the stage, but it kinda sucked since we had been killing time in that area since about 3:00. I'm not sure how early they starting letting people in, but if you get there early I would suggest trying to park before 5:30. Not sure what's already been covered/gleaned from twitter, but setlist was as follows: 1. Paradise 2. Clocks -5 min break- Ghost Stories cover to cover -5 min break- Viva La Vida Fix You Paradise again (Chris mentioned them needing to film it again, so it sounds like they'll be releasing more than just Ghost Stories on film). Speaking of the film, the show producer mentioned it would be TV and DVD. Chris said at the beginning it would be dropping close to when the album was released. As far as the songs, I'm horrible at giving decent descriptions (especially for songs I've only heard once), so I'll give extremely scattered impressions and you guys can feel free to ask more about any specifics. Nothing about the songs we've already heard has changed. Always In My Head still feels a bit truncated to me, and I was hoping that for some reason they didn't play the whole thing at the iTunes festival, but apparently that's the full song. Still love it though. Magic stayed the same. Sounds great live. Ink was one of the songs that really stood out to me. Classic Coldplay, very upbeat. Chris was on acoustic guitar for this one. True Love I honestly don't remember that much about, other than it being slower than Ink. Midnight... I was not a fan of Midnight when it came out. That said, it's probably one of their best songs live. Something I think they added (at least I don't remember it from iTunes) is that Chris also plays the laser harp for this one. Another's Arms is still probably my least favorite off the album, but it's been smoothed out considerably since their iTunes performance. Still no fixing those lyrics though :P Oceans is another calmer one. Will uses his drum kit to make some sort of ship's horn sound for 3 or 4 notes that builds the base for the melody. The atmosphere definitely live's up to the song's name A Sky Full Of Stars is the other stand out for me. It starts pretty low key. Chris was muttering/whispering something unintelligible toward the beginning. Pretty sure it's part of the song, but I couldn't understand a word. :D Then it builds a little and stays mid-road for a bit before absolutely exploding (think the chorus of DLIBYH). This is also where the star confetti came in. Massive energy in the crowd for this one. Lastly, O closes out the album nicely. It follows the characteristics of some of the other GS tracks in that it doesn't build to that massive conclusion that Coldplay is fond of, but it's still very impactful. Chris on piano; Will plays a bit of electric guitar on this one (I don't remember him touching his drums for this song at all). Again, feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer. The other super awesome thing was the way the set/stage was laid out and decorated. I don't want to spoil anything for those who get to go tomorrow, but let's just say there are no bad seats in the house, and even though there are close to 1000 people in the room, it feels way smaller... Oh, and regarding the wristbands, they were handed out after the tickets were scanned. Nothing special about them. which do you think will be the official second single ala viva la vida or paradise? :D
March 22, 201412 yr Just got back from the show and figured I might as well dust off this account. ;) Quick note for those going tomorrow: get there early. We had a priority ticket from 1iota, which said the garage opens at 5:30. 1iota are a bunch of liars. We pulled through the gates at 5:29 and there were already over 100 people in the priority line. Not a big deal as the show held close to 1,000 and we still managed to be about 4 feet from the stage, but it kinda sucked since we had been killing time in that area since about 3:00. I'm not sure how early they starting letting people in, but if you get there early I would suggest trying to park before 5:30. Not sure what's already been covered/gleaned from twitter, but setlist was as follows: 1. Paradise 2. Clocks -5 min break- Ghost Stories cover to cover -5 min break- Viva La Vida Fix You Paradise again (Chris mentioned them needing to film it again, so it sounds like they'll be releasing more than just Ghost Stories on film). Speaking of the film, the show producer mentioned it would be TV and DVD. Chris said at the beginning it would be dropping close to when the album was released. As far as the songs, I'm horrible at giving decent descriptions (especially for songs I've only heard once), so I'll give extremely scattered impressions and you guys can feel free to ask more about any specifics. Nothing about the songs we've already heard has changed. Always In My Head still feels a bit truncated to me, and I was hoping that for some reason they didn't play the whole thing at the iTunes festival, but apparently that's the full song. Still love it though. Magic stayed the same. Sounds great live. Ink was one of the songs that really stood out to me. Classic Coldplay, very upbeat. Chris was on acoustic guitar for this one. True Love I honestly don't remember that much about, other than it being slower than Ink. Midnight... I was not a fan of Midnight when it came out. That said, it's probably one of their best songs live. Something I think they added (at least I don't remember it from iTunes) is that Chris also plays the laser harp for this one. Another's Arms is still probably my least favorite off the album, but it's been smoothed out considerably since their iTunes performance. Still no fixing those lyrics though :P Oceans is another calmer one. Will uses his drum kit to make some sort of ship's horn sound for 3 or 4 notes that builds the base for the melody. The atmosphere definitely live's up to the song's name A Sky Full Of Stars is the other stand out for me. It starts pretty low key. Chris was muttering/whispering something unintelligible toward the beginning. Pretty sure it's part of the song, but I couldn't understand a word. :D Then it builds a little and stays mid-road for a bit before absolutely exploding (think the chorus of DLIBYH). This is also where the star confetti came in. Massive energy in the crowd for this one. Lastly, O closes out the album nicely. It follows the characteristics of some of the other GS tracks in that it doesn't build to that massive conclusion that Coldplay is fond of, but it's still very impactful. Chris on piano; Will plays a bit of electric guitar on this one (I don't remember him touching his drums for this song at all). Again, feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer. The other super awesome thing was the way the set/stage was laid out and decorated. I don't want to spoil anything for those who get to go tomorrow, but let's just say there are no bad seats in the house, and even though there are close to 1000 people in the room, it feels way smaller... Oh, and regarding the wristbands, they were handed out after the tickets were scanned. Nothing special about them. which do you think will be the official second single ala viva la vida or paradise? :D
March 22, 201412 yr I was in the front row for the show, so I had a lot of crew near me. I overheard some of them mentioning that there was a q and a with the band happening before they went on stage. These photos would have been from that, but I'm not sure who these people were. They may not have been handled through 1Iota, so they probably did not have to leave their phones behind.
March 22, 201412 yr So you all think I should definitely leave my phone even my Ipod (which can take pictures) in the car?!? I'm actually going to the video shoot and not the performance which is later at night. I wasn't able to get a ticket to the performance. :(
March 22, 201412 yr Hey Ostrich, did you get these too? (Especially the folded note with the lyrics) http://instagram.com/p/l1UOK4D5CS/ Edit: From that many pics I seen, she's the only one who has that. Do you? Card with pins, yes. Note with lyrics, no. Part of the décor involved paper stars hung from the ceiling. My guess is whoever got that managed to snag one of the stars. They looked like they had writing on them. which do you think will be the official second single ala viva la vida or paradise? :D Probably A Sky Full Of Stars, although Ink would probably do well there too. No acoustic kinda songs? Nothing with just Chris on guitar. O would probably be as close to acoustic as GS gets.
March 22, 201412 yr So you all think I should definitely leave my phone even my Ipod (which can take pictures) in the car?!? I'm actually going to the video shoot and not the performance which is later at night. I wasn't able to get a ticket to the performance. :( You have to leave your phone behind, unless you think you can get it through the metal detectors. Even then you won't be able to take it out and use it. I am also attending the video shoot tomorrow and I asked staff how it differed from the evening shows. They said it was going to be almost the same, just focused more on getting pickup shots for the video production they are making over these couple of days. Tomorrow night will be the same as tonight.
March 22, 201412 yr You have to leave your phone behind, unless you think you can get it through the metal detectors. Even then you won't be able to take it out and use it. I am also attending the video shoot tomorrow and I asked staff how it differed from the evening shows. They said it was going to be almost the same, just focused more on getting pickup shots for the video production they are making over these couple of days. Tomorrow night will be the same as tonight. Ok thanks for that. I don't know how my parents will pick me up then. I'm screwed. Is it a very big place?
March 22, 201412 yr Card with pins, yes. Note with lyrics, no. Part of the décor involved paper stars hung from the ceiling. My guess is whoever got that managed to snag one of the stars. They looked like they had writing on them. Unless it's an obvious bait or something, why the heck would they put that there?! So much for secrecy :confused:
March 22, 201412 yr Ok thanks for that. I don't know how my parents will pick me up then. I'm screwed. Is it a very big place? You may be able to check your cell phone with 1iota before entering. Sony Studios is huge. The show is taking place in 1 of their many soundstages. You enter from the Overland entrance.
March 22, 201412 yr You may be able to check your cell phone with 1iota before entering. Sony Studios is huge. The show is taking place in 1 of their many soundstages. You enter from the Overland entrance. Thank God. I'd be so lost with out my phone. With out it I won't be able to tell my parents where I would be for them to pick me up.
March 22, 201412 yr Stage/Outfits themed? No stage outfits, just normal clothes. The staging was real cool, but I won't describe it that much other than to say like in the Midnight video, it's designed to appear like you are outside at night.
March 22, 201412 yr No stage outfits, just normal clothes. The staging was real cool, but I won't describe it that much other than to say like in the Midnight video, it's designed to appear like you are outside at night. Like your outside? That's really cool!
March 22, 201412 yr Author Just got back from the show and figured I might as well dust off this account. ;) Quick note for those going tomorrow: get there early. We had a priority ticket from 1iota, which said the garage opens at 5:30. 1iota are a bunch of liars. We pulled through the gates at 5:29 and there were already over 100 people in the priority line. Not a big deal as the show held close to 1,000 and we still managed to be about 4 feet from the stage, but it kinda sucked since we had been killing time in that area since about 3:00. I'm not sure how early they starting letting people in, but if you get there early I would suggest trying to park before 5:30. Not sure what's already been covered/gleaned from twitter, but setlist was as follows: 1. Paradise 2. Clocks -5 min break- Ghost Stories cover to cover -5 min break- Viva La Vida Fix You Paradise again (Chris mentioned them needing to film it again, so it sounds like they'll be releasing more than just Ghost Stories on film). Speaking of the film, the show producer mentioned it would be TV and DVD. Chris said at the beginning it would be dropping close to when the album was released. As far as the songs, I'm horrible at giving decent descriptions (especially for songs I've only heard once), so I'll give extremely scattered impressions and you guys can feel free to ask more about any specifics. Nothing about the songs we've already heard has changed. Always In My Head still feels a bit truncated to me, and I was hoping that for some reason they didn't play the whole thing at the iTunes festival, but apparently that's the full song. Still love it though. Magic stayed the same. Sounds great live. Ink was one of the songs that really stood out to me. Classic Coldplay, very upbeat. Chris was on acoustic guitar for this one. True Love I honestly don't remember that much about, other than it being slower than Ink. Midnight... I was not a fan of Midnight when it came out. That said, it's probably one of their best songs live. Something I think they added (at least I don't remember it from iTunes) is that Chris also plays the laser harp for this one. Another's Arms is still probably my least favorite off the album, but it's been smoothed out considerably since their iTunes performance. Still no fixing those lyrics though :P Oceans is another calmer one. Will uses his drum kit to make some sort of ship's horn sound for 3 or 4 notes that builds the base for the melody. The atmosphere definitely live's up to the song's name A Sky Full Of Stars is the other stand out for me. It starts pretty low key. Chris was muttering/whispering something unintelligible toward the beginning. Pretty sure it's part of the song, but I couldn't understand a word. :D Then it builds a little and stays mid-road for a bit before absolutely exploding (think the chorus of DLIBYH). This is also where the star confetti came in. Massive energy in the crowd for this one. Lastly, O closes out the album nicely. It follows the characteristics of some of the other GS tracks in that it doesn't build to that massive conclusion that Coldplay is fond of, but it's still very impactful. Chris on piano; Will plays a bit of electric guitar on this one (I don't remember him touching his drums for this song at all). Again, feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer. The other super awesome thing was the way the set/stage was laid out and decorated. I don't want to spoil anything for those who get to go tomorrow, but let's just say there are no bad seats in the house, and even though there are close to 1000 people in the room, it feels way smaller... Oh, and regarding the wristbands, they were handed out after the tickets were scanned. Nothing special about them. Thanks for posting your review : )
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