Coldplay Live Reviews and Setlist - Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland (14th September 2009)

Coldplay's Viva La Vida stadium tour flew into Ireland last night as they played at Phoenix Park in Dublin. No changes to the setlist that was played in Manchester, except for a small cover of an Irish song called "Ride On" (best known for being performed by Christy Moore) at the end of The Hardest Part. Chris Martin once again did an interactive question and answer set on stage talking to a video recording of Simon Cowell on X-Factor, who basically criticised the crowds rendition of the ending of Yellow... until it was done a second time. If you missed it the first time around in Manchester, see a video of it here at the Coldplay Live forum. [thanks SueDeNimes]

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Setlist:

Life In Technicolor

Violet Hill

Clocks

In My Place

Yellow

Glass Of Water

Cemeteries Of London

Fix You

Strawberry Swing

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)

Talk (techno version)

The Hardest Part (Chris piano)

Ride On (Christy Moore cover - acoustic)

Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)

Viva La Vida

Lost!

Trouble (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)

Photo: Irish Times

Too amazing to put into words right now! Best gig I've ever been at! Same setlist as Manchester except a small cover of an Irish song called "Ride On" (best known for being performed by Christy Moore) at the end of The Hardest Part. Also the first time in Cemeteries of London when it came to that part he changed it to Dublin. Other than that I'd imagine everything was the same as Manchester! Also someone near the front had a funny banner. It said, "Chris I wanna have your Apples!" [thanks bohs man]

Back from Coldplay. Absolutely amazing I'm too excited to sleep but also sad that the concert is over. Got really close to the stage Chris Martin is really really gorgeous. [thanks annabanana]

Okay folks, logging in from my hotel in Glasgow! Yesterday's show has been bloody amazing, everything around was more than perfect and Chris fucked up the beginning of THP as someone (a girl/woman) in the crowd yelled his name and he was really thrown off track by it and he was then joking that only his mum yelled at him like that ... everyone was laughing and cheering. He was in an absolutely chirpy mood despite his cold/throat problems. His singing voice was still great though but you could hear it when he was talking (which he did a lot). C-Stage was wonderful with Trouble and everyone singing along. So when Billie Jean was on Chris changed a line and instead of singing 'She thinks that I am the one ...' he sang 'She thinks that Will is the one ...' which got everyone laughing.

Loads of Chris/Will action to be seen on the huge screen ... a sight for sore eyes. I was standing miles away from the stage and therefore hardly took any decent pics but I am going to upload some later on nevertheless. Oh and I kind of pumped into Phil and he remembered me from Nijmegen (and that I told him which concerts I was going to see) and he gave me a signed LRLRL CD

When going out, I didn't get one and I just saw a few people having one CD so I don't know where they handed them out ... [thanks LittleMissMessy]

I couldn't find anyone giving out LRLRL either! Lucky I got two in Manchester, my friend asked someone where they got them but they said it was a long way back and they had an extra one so they gave it to my friend. I saw the poster of : Chris I want your Apples too! I think I saw Chris nudging Will and pointing at it and laughing..but maybe im wrong! [thanks x_Coldplay_x_Lover_x]

I was there last night and just happened to spot what I thought was gonna be the c-stage so promptly positioned myself right beside it! Sure enough, I was right!! Brilliant stuff! So close to the action....got great pics too (including Chris's sweaty backs of his knees!!) Another triumphant gig by our boys....certainly giving our very own Bono a major run for his money ;-) [thanks suzy66]

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

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