Coldplay Live Reviews and Setlist - All Points West Festival, Liberty State Park, NJ (2nd August 2009) - Coldplay News

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued through Canada last night as they completed their mini-festival return, headlining the muddy and sodden All Points West Festival at Liberty State Park, New Jersey. A similar setlist to that of yesterday's Osheaga festival, however Coldplay did add a Beastie Boys tribute in place of The Hardest Part to make up for their performance being cancelled. Glass Of Water and Cemeteries Of London were removed from the usual Viva La Vida tour setlist.

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Setlist:

Life In Technicolor

Violet Hill

Clocks

In My Place

Yellow

Fix You

Strawberry Swing

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)

Talk (techno version)

You Gotta Fight (Chris piano, Beastie Boys cover)

Viva La Vida

Lost!

Green Eyes (acoustic)

Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic, sung by Will)

Billie Jean

Viva La Vida (remix interlude)

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Politik

Lovers In Japan

Death And All His Friends

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The Scientist

Life in Technicolor ii

The Escapist (outro)

Picture by Jamd

Coldplay just finished their performance at the Blue Comet Stage, closing out the evening for most in attendance at the All Points West Music and Arts Festival. Sure, some may be staying for Etienne De Crecy, going on in a few moments at the Queen of the Valley tent, but as for us, we're still reeling. If you've never seen Coldplay live before, you probably imagine their show to be big, but surely not this big. With balloons, lasers and butterfly-shaped confetti, the British quartet breezed through their library of mega-hits, from "Yellow" to "Viva La Vida." Frontman Chris Martin even took a moment out to do a solo piano version of "Fight For Your Right (To Party)," the classic Beastie Boys party anthem, covered in honor of Adam "MCA" Yauch, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. The second homage came later, with an acoustic version of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." The consensus of the crowd, who sang along to every word, was that it was incredible. Martin and company even felt the crowd's pain as they trekked down a part in the middle of the crowd, through the mud, to a special stage constructed for fans in the back of the crowd. Martin called the ground "a mud Jacuzzi." So that's mostly it for All Points West 2009. Go home and rinse the mud out of your ears, your hair and wherever else it may have gotten! [nj.com]

Ok i just got back now only.I am almost front row at the show.To my front is the VIP area. And the b-stage and where they do In my place runner is just in front of me. And I was so near to them today.While they are performing In my place and gpasuyf and talk set i was just in front of them. And he said this is the best show ever,our singing is fantastic and we audience are number 1 out of all the shows. That's all i can type now. But i say this show just rocked in my words. Instead of hardest part they did another song which i don't know.So there's a change in the setlist. [thanks pallavi]

Just got back. The show was AMAZING. Seriously, the audience was brilliant. The best audience I've been a part of so far. simply brilliant. Pics and vids to come tomorrow! [thanks technicolor24]

Will do a proper review later...and post pics&vids(I did it for most of the show so something good has to come out of that!) But for now I'll say, as cranky as I was at some(lots)of moments....the long wait in the rain and then disgusting mud was all worth it! I guess this really does mean I'll go through anything for Coldplay! And I think someone already mentioned it, but it was same setlist as Montreal; meaning usual setlist but NO Glass of Water or Cemeteries of London and instead of The Hardest Part, the Beasties' song. [thanks CookyMnstr]

More on this concert including reviews, videos, pictures and tweets here onwards.