Coldplay Live Reviews and Setlist - SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY (27th July 2009) - Coldplay News

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued across North America last night as they played at SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY, in a rearranged date from May that was postponed due to an illness in the band. The Coldplay-shaped puppets were seen clowning around a Wisconsin clown - see all those pictures after the jump. No major changes to the setlist as Billie Jean replaced I'm A Believer in the acoustic set again. The Hardest Part was played on the main stage and not the B-stage as has previously been expected - this was due to heavy rain.

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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)

Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)

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 missimmons @ Twitter

I just got back from the concert!!!!!!!!!! My first EVER COLDPLAY CONCERT! ONE I HAD TO WAIT MORE MONTHS THAN I WANTED TO FOR! Needless to say, I wasn't let down! I really worried the crowd would be bad though. Just from looking at this thread you can see how few "true" coldplay fans are attending this concert. It took a long time for the inside part of the ampitheater to fill up. Elbow played to about 50 people and the lawn crowd. Well by the time Magnificent and Jay-Z and I'm not sure what classical piece it is but it's one I love and am annoyed i don't know the name to, the band came in. I didn't expect the light swingers (what I shall call them), but they had them and they were quite spectacular. Really all one can say about this concert is it's design and aesthetic. The music was great with the minor hiccups to be expected. Chris swore and kept it light and funny admist all the earnestness of the music. I was just taken aback by how perfect this concert was planned. Lovers in Japan was by far the stand out. One many have grown to love in concert. I thought they hit everything out that they could. Chris was in a great mood and kept apologizing for missing the original date. But we wouldn't expect anything less. All in all this was a wonderful experience. I'm sure someone else can give you some more insight, but I'll prefer to look back on this as a collective. It really was quite an amazingly blissful experience. Even though I was one of the only people there who could sing the words to every song, the crowd came through. And behind it was Chris, Jonny, Will and Guy. The did a great job. [thanks footyfan10]

Was my first Coldplay show as well. Hopefully you weren't referring to me as one of the 'non-true Coldplay fans' because of my post count. But anyway...had an amazing time. Was lucky enough to get some awesome seats for the encore due to some awesome guy giving my friend and I his on the way out. Which was especially good because I could hardly see on the lawn towards the end. The show was amazing and worth every penny and then some. Grabbed a piece of butterfly confetti on the way out for the ticket/scrap book. Glass of Water, Clocks, 42, Lovers in Japan and of course the encore when I was down front were the highlights. (That I can remember right now). Definitely have to see Coldplay again from somewhere where I can actually see the whole show. They do an amazing job in the video presentation. Also the light show is very well done. All in all a great time! [thanks The Bootleg Saint]

This was my first too! it was awesome! OMG i just got back.....i recorded them doing billy jean and death will never conquer.....they came near us and i was soo lucky! I was NOT let down @ all! I absloved it!!!! [thanks CSIHousefan]

OMG!!! This show put the Darien Center one to shame!!! It was simply awesome ... something not to be taken lightly, as I felt that the Darien Center show was the best show I've ever seen by ANYONE!!! First of all ... I'm really sorry to all the fans who had to wait the two months to see this show, but the truth be told, it's the ONLY reason I got to see it!!! After the Darien Center show, I went home and saw the Saratoga Date and bought tickets right then and there!!! Had it not been postponed, I would have missed it all together. As for the show itself ... The band, including Chris seemed tired ... Definitely understandable!!! I want to mention that just because they seemed tired does not mean there performance was lacking in anyway. I would have to say that perhaps it was for this very reason that they seemed to put forth extra effort to entertain us all. There were definite positives and negatives when it came to this venue, but I think over all it was a great place to see the show. I think the balcony, which certainly hindered the view of the upper half of the stage area, ultimately ended up adding something ... by that I mean Chris and the band were aware of the issue and went out of their way to make the show enjoyable for EVERYONE!!! The ONLY part which was sad was that no butterflies made it out into the lawn area... I was hoping to "capture" some for a friend who's children had destroyed those she collected @ Darien Center back on June 1st. I suppose I could have fought the crowd after the show and moved up to get some, but when you are relying on someone else to drive you the 4 1/2 hours home, you tend to stay on their heels. In my opinion, an A+++ show! Can't wait to see another in the future!!! [thanks pitaboy1968]

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

The Coldplay-shaped puppets clowning around a Wisconsin clown: