Washington Preview: The Anti-Halloween - Coldplay

Perhaps those of you who actually have tickets to Friday night's Coldplay show can fill us in — is this something one wears a costume to?

There's nothing particularly scary about Chris Martin and Co.'s ultra-safe brand of rock, but perhaps audience members will be feeling the spook-vibe nonetheless. Either way, if "Viva la Vida" floats your boat (and, admittedly, it's hard not to get jazzed by those uppity string instruments), you'd probably be going to see them no matter what else was going on that night.

Hit up the concert early and then go adult trick-or-treating (you give a bartender money, he or she gives you a drink) around the Verizon Center.

More discussion on the Washington show here onwards.