London fan reviews & photos (part 7): Coldplay at Wembley - Saturday 19th September 2009 - Articles

We are now on to part seven (still plenty of reviews yet to be featured!) of the Wembley fan reviews, continuing with more stories from Coldplay's concert on Saturday 19th September. Some great reviews of the two Wembley shows have so far been published at the Coldplay Live forum with still more being added. Tthanks to all the Coldplayers who have contributed with tweets, pictures, videos, reviews and of course masses of discussion so far, and are continuing to do so. Please add your reviews to this thread (now a whopping 386 pages!) if you have something to say about the show. So, here is the promised seventh edition:

I had a brilliant first ever gig, and the whole experience was one I'll never forget. Yes, my feet, legs, back and even my jaw were in extreme pain, but that was never going to ruin a perfect evening, even I predicted and welcomed the heavy rain. Sadly we had to leave our spot to the left of the stage jetty thingy near the corner (looking at it) just before LiJ, and I missed the butterfly shower We then left the stadium for our last train home just after LiJ and heard Death and All his Friends while walking around to Wembley Way. I was really sad we had to leave early but my friends weren't prepared to sleep on the platform at Charing Cross, whereas I was pretty much prepared to Hopefully I'll go again on the next tour, can't wait! [thanks JamesR2]

Hi! I'm just back from London! It was a great trip! Wembley is enourmous, the gig was the same Viva tour gig, buy I really enjoyed it! It was a pleausure and a nice surprise to meet Ian and the other tow coldplayers (whose name I forgotted! so sorry!!!). ... my friends, the crowns, the glowsticks, the really kind girls that kept my jacket safe all long the show (thanks so much!), the rain, the C stage, the music!!! ... It was a really great experience! I'm so sorry for my english ... I can't write a great review and I feel a little bit weird ... but, in practice, I didn't see nothing new in this concert exept the big - big english venue, a really energic chris, a perfec drummer - band coordinator Will and an amazing performance of "trouble " - I was really happy to listen to it so close to the band! [thanks MeriCri]

Thursday: I got the train to London and wandered around for a bit because I was too early for Trafalgar Square! Then I saw Mich coming over to me, and the others (Mel, Angie, Lori and Min) sitting on the steps opposite the fountains Great to meet everyone (Mich and Lori again)! Then we went over to the fountain when we saw Ian and a few others like Anna It was nice to see everyone. We went over to the place where the 'human statues' were on the plinth and watching a lady dressed as a penguin throwing chocolates inside balloons to everyone. More people arrived and it was great! I won't list all the names because I can't remember, but it was really fun We took lots of pics, talked, tried to get on the camera that was watching the statue plinth and it's surroundings, and then we all set off for the tube station.

It was funny with so many Coldplayers in one tube carriage! We all got off at Camden town and boarded the escalator comprised of mostly only Coldplayers. Some people went in different directions, but mostly people walked towards the Dublin Castle pub, where Coldplay played their first gig under the name Coldplay It was a really lovely pub too...... with so much cool history. The other punters probably wondered what was going on when so many of us came in, but we soon took over the back area and many tables next to the room where the gigs took place. It was great getting to know everyone, some people were drinking more than others Lots of laughs and photographs too. After a while, me Mich Mel Min and Chris left the pub to go home, going past the Jay-Z Roundhouse gig on the way. My friend Steph was going to the gig, so I arranged to try and meet her before she went in. So we hung around a back street for a while. Some dudes climbed over a fence into the carpark/back of the venue LOL.... we saw them being escorted out of the gates a bit later. People started leaving the gig in cars when we were thinking of going home..... then we saw Chris walk out! He talked to us very quickly and took some pics and shook our hands awesome!!!! We told him we'd see him at Wembley I went back with the others to the flat that they very kindly allowed me to stay over in.

Friday: The next day, we were up early and on the tube to Wembley Everyone loved it when the Archway (slowly) came into view We walked over and assessed all the queues People already there! Including some people that were queueing for the next day's gig Well, the others had the fiasco of not knowing where their tickets were So I waited in the H&J queue with Mich while the others spread around the other exits in preparation for when they picked up their tickets. We met some nice people that we had met at the Warchild gig again. Queuing was quite pleasant, with a windy but fairly sunny spell. The others got their tickets and luckily they were in H&J too! The queueing got more and more stressful, then when were let through to near the door, people ran past us The doors were opened, we ran in, and discovered that our queue had not been let in at the same time as the other queues. RUBBISH!!!!! We were annoyed, but we managed to be around 4 people from the front still. Annoying, since we waited longer than some people I saw push past in the queue.

White Lies were good!! Good voice but only about 3 songs that made me sing along. Still happy I saw them. Girls Aloud were what I expected them to be..... good for young teenagers and perving blokes. Was funny how they kept waving to everyone! and giving too many shoutouts to their fans (erm, hello? this is not your gig!) Finally when Jay-Z came on, it was absolutely amazing for me! I love his songs and the show he put on was perfect. The girl singing with him was exceptional in the 'Empire State of Mind', amazing. I loved everything! Poor Angie had to put up with some guy who smelt like fish was awful and Mich and Mel had some incredibly annoying people behind them too. Next..... a little wait. And COLDPLAAAAAAAAAAY! Great show as usual. I didn't hope for any setlist changes, and was right.... but it was amazing nonetheless. Highlights for me were Yellow (not really the Simon Cowell bit though), hearing Glass of Water for the first time, GPASUYF (although I wish they played the normal one too), Trouble (when it echoed everywhere, beautiful) and everything really. Just being there in the stadium with them.... incredible. The mobile phone mexican wave looked so pretty and huge. Simon Pegg's harmonica solo was one of the funniest things I ever heard. It felt strange knowing that this wasn't our last chance to see the boys though!! Great stuff. Met Coldplayers handing out cd's after.

Saturday: We didn' t know what time to go and queue, had envisaged getting up a bit earlier but everyone was so tired. We got to the queues around 8am. I was again in H&J I was a bit worried about the same people working the gate and letting me in late again, but there was nothing I could do about it. Sadly, Mich, Mel, Angie and Lori were in the F&G queue. It was so nice to meet Mari, Chelsea, Semy, Johanna, Linda and Darcy though Also to have Ian and Jenjie with us too. Jen, you were brave to stay on that chair at the front for as long as you did! :shocked: I got a bit fed up when everyone moved up, but I was second from the front of the H&J queue. When they let us in, I made sure this time that I wasnt ran past Me and Mari got to the front of the next holding area really, with the others very close behind. I can't believe that we had to run underneath the ribbon, quite dangerous really!!! but hey. Mari was first through the turnstile, I followed....we ran in and YES. The front row was empty. It was perfect. When I got to the barrier, Mich and Chris were next to me We were on Jonny's side. With Coldplayers ALL around and on front row. Making for the best gig ever! Everyone was so hyped.

White Lies were great again....they hold their songs well in such a huge place. Girls Aloud were the same again - pretty much annoying. The previously-Ginger one is very scary I sung along to a few songs like 'Call the Shots' but they played too many other crap ones, and gave too many shoutouts to their fans (erm, hello? this is not your gig!). Jay-Z was exceptional from where I was standing in the front row. Him and his buddy Memphis were ALWAYS on the ledge in front of the stage, so just that extra bit closer to us. I love how he interacts with the crowd. Plus yellow shirts Mich and Chris got a shoutout I'm SO GLAD he was supporting both days, I loved his performances SO MUCH!!! (apart from the strobe lighting).

Ok...so now we'd finally arrived at show time!!! WOOOOOO! It was really emotional seeing the map zoom down until it said Wembley. Finally after so long after buying the tickets, we were all there, having the best Coldplay concert ever. The rain was absolutely crazy. Kinda cool though. I hope that some people got good shots of the lights and the rain maybe! The guys were having so much fun... Jonny was giving it everything and they were all joking, laughing, loving it. PERFECTION!

Unfortunately the person doing filming for the concerts was in front of Jonny for me I could see his face though. I've got over the fact that they weren't going to play any older/different stuff, and just thouroughly enjoyed the set. Maybe because it was the last of the tour. My favourites were pretty much everything.... just soaking up the last lot of Coldplay goodness. Lost+ was awesome. I found it hilarious when our 'local' security guard, a youngish guy, tried to look all tough when the butterflies were falling on him, then he gave up and laughed about it. The butterflies falling was an even more beautiful moment because of where we were. I took a video of The Scientist, because it sounded lovely.

I guess my real favourite of the night was Politik, that 'give me love over, love over.....' bit and knowing it was the last time I'd hear it for a while. Soon it was nearly the end, and I agree with many others that the hug in the back right corner of the stage said it all. I love these guys! Afterwards everyone met and had photos. Soon it was time to head off to get our stuff. We waited for a little bit and met a few people and take a ride in one of the most stupid taxi drivers car ever. Driving us through the busiest streets of London on a Saturday night and then whilst trying to perform a U-turn in a petrol station, getting stuck behind two cars filling up at the pumps. USELESS! Everyone was exhausted and sad. The next day I couldnt make the meetup because I was meeting my friend Steph and Angie at Waterloo, we had a nice reminisce and chat. Overall, this was one of the greatest 4 days ever! Great times, meeting great people who have the same love for Coldplay. And thank you VERY much to Angie, Mel, Mich, Lori and Min for letting me stay at their place with them. I had a fun time with you guys. [thanks crazyduckette]