Coldplay’s concert in Manchester, UK in October 2002 was filmed especially for MTV and was one of the best performances the MEN Arena has ever seen. The gig was shown on MTV on Sunday, October 20th 2002 (did you see it?)
At the time, 'The Scientist' proved too elegiac for American audiences, so they got Clocks while the UK lapped up The Scientist. Then the UK got Clocks too - and it's so tense it sounds like it has been wound up. Chris Martin's piano again dominates with a catchy little phrase, the rest of the band filling in the surrounding sonic blanks with understated guitar, bursts of bass and an off-the-wall drum rhythm. And Martin's voice is as impassioned as we've come to expect. "And nothing else compares," he cries, and as far as Coldplay go, it's difficult to argue.
The MEN Arena has been the largest indoor arena in Europe since opening in 1995 and has remained one of the most structurally advanced venues on the continent. The arena was built to coincide with Manchester's 1996 Olympic bid, and was heavily promoted in the campaign for the 2000 Olympic bid. When opened the arena was the first large venue in Europe to follow the traditionally American arena layout of 360 degree seating and its style has been a prototype for many other arenas in Europe such as the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany.
It seems that Coldplay and the MEN Arena go hand in hand.
Watch the clip here
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