We've had a spate of excellent reviews of Coldplay's most recent show at Omaha's Qwest Centre and also much discussion and feedback on the crowd. Below are some of the fan reviews found on the Coldplaying forums, which you can also read and reply to (even if you went to the show or not) at the Coldplay Live forum here in the Omaha thread...
The show: I hung around outside early to try to get a glimpse of them, but some fat ass security guard who makes $10/hr had to feel on a power trip and tell me I couldn't hang there. I asked him to show me the sign that said that, which he couldn't but told me that is why he was there. I mumbled something not so nice and went on this pedestrian bridge to watch, but I think they were already in there as I could hear bass drum kicks comming from the arena. I was right up by C-stage. The people around me were actually fairly into it, which is good because I warned them I am a pretty hardcore fan. My fiancee and I made a sign that said "Will has the voice of an ANGEL". Chris saw it, smiled for quite a while, and poked Will 3 times to make sure he saw it, and he got a kick out of it as well. Little disappointed he didn't say anything about it to the crowd though. [thanks bearcat1229]
Viva La Vida was rough, the crowd was kind of blah. Des Moines was actually a better crowd, which I never would have expected. I think Chris was even mad at the end when he you might not see us here for quite a while, the crowd started booing and Chris said in a harsh and irritated voice "Don't boo". It was then I snuck out with my sign, took a gamble of which way they came out. Went back to this secluded area and I caught them just in time, but they were definitely in a hurry to get out. Two black SUVs and a big black van doing Mach 10 away from the arena. All in all I had a good time. Chris awknowledged our sign, which was the most I was hoping for. Yeah...maybe my post wasn't clear but I thought I said they booed after he said they might not be back for really long time. This was my 9th show, and I had just seen them in Des Moines the night before. It just seemed like they were a lot more lively the night before. Chris tried hard but the crowd really didn't feed into it at times. [thanks bearcat1229]
I was there, and the booing was NOT for the band. Chris mentioned that they were nearly done with the show, and said something like "then you won't have to see us for another 10 years." THAT'S when the audience "booed". And Chris didn't seem irritated about it to me. Maybe a bit surprised that they responded to the comment with booing instead of maybe like "awww" or something. He said "Don't boo!" and laughed a little. The crowd was a bit dead at times, though. Even though some articles have said that there were a lot of teens and twenty-somethings, there were a lot of older people there too, and parents with their children. A lot of them seemed like they weren't really excited to be there in the first place. [thanks izznl_90]
Hey folks. I'm new, but I was at the Omaha show, and I wanted to jump in and defend Omaha a little bit here. Admittedly, I have not been to any other Coldplay shows, and am really just a casual fan, so I don't have other crowds to compare it to. Maybe the Des Moines crowd was better. I don't know, but I felt like this crowd was really into it, and definitely not as bad as they're being represented here. The sound in those videos, where the crowd sounds silent, is NOT accurate, at least from my perspective towards the back. The crowd was definitely chanting along, and I really felt like we were vocal and into it the whole night. In fact, after listening to the Left Right Left Right Left CD (awesome that they did that, btw), I feel like our chanting to the "whoa whoa whoas" was a lot less sloppy and more energetic than the crowd on the CD. Regardless, I had a BLAST, and my appreciation of the band has increased ten-fold, so I'll be saddened if a negative perception of the crowd reduces the odds of them coming back in the future. Everyone I talked to loved it, so I hope the band didn't think we sucked as much as people here do. [thanks ACWatt]
I've been to quite a few concerts all over the country and would say that last night's crowd was above average in regards to their enthusiasm. 12K in attendence might seem somewhat unimpressive but considering it was the opening day of the College World Series (pretty much the biggest annual event in Omaha every year) the final numbers are fairly admirable for city with under 1 million people. The crowd was not booing Chris Martin. He had made a few comments earlier about why it had taken them so long to come to Nebraska (even though they were here 3 years ago). Towards the end of the show he joked with the crowd about it possibly taking another ten years to come back. The crowd responded with laughter and boos (jokingly) suggesting they wanted to see them back much sooner than that. Overall, I would say it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. They certainly do know how to put on a show. [thanks randomomaha]
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