Apparently Chris read the review of the Liverpool gig (by JJ at www.shakenstir.co.uk) and thought it was so good that they are going to use it as part of the press release for the new album. I'm sure the fans would love to read it as well.
Lets wait and see!
"What is there left to prove for this act? They've released a classic debut album, critics love them, fans adore them, and they need not try anymore! But that would not be in their make up, for as vocalist Chris martin said to me after the show, 'We now want to go on to justify the coverage, justify earning this amount of money, justify people paying money to come and watch us - by becoming the greatest band ever.' They seem to be caught in the triangle of, 'we are quite duff, the records are duff, we are the best band ever' it's a mixture of self-doubt and sheer arrogance.Becoming the greatest is a tall order, as you would imagine. But you would be so wrong! For Coldplay right now, anything is possible; everything is probable.
Tonight the band enter stage left to a reception fit for kings, and then deliver a set that has all the right moves, with songs from their debut album being welcomed like homecoming heroes while brilliant songs from their forthcoming second album are received with open arms. Song titles just don't matter; like the first time you heard 'Yellow' it mattered not what it was called or what it was about; it was just pure pop-rock brilliance.
The band have once again recorded huge chunks of their new album right here in Liverpool, just as they did with the PARACHUTES and it shows; the new songs are all one part REM, one part Beatles, one part Bunnymen, and for the most part Coldplay.
Four giant screens set behind the band focus on each member, Chris calls it their 'Bon Jovi moment' and it's like watching an arena show in an intimate setting, there are over two thousand in here tonight for this 'secret' Glastonbury warm-up, yet Coldplay make you feel like it's just an intimate two hundred.
They end the show with the mighty bunnyman himself, ol' uncle Ian coming out and Coldplay become the backing band while they run through 'Lips Like Sugar' (which is my favourite Echo and the Bunnymen song) and I've never heard it sound so good.
You see, this band is magic. They captivate with a spell that cannot be broken, and when they play for an hour it feels like ten minutes. And when they say goodnight it's like they just said hello; they transcend space and time with such effortless precision.
Chris told me that they turned down touring with U2 to record their new album and that the band has so many songs that they could release three. He also told me he needs to stop swearing so much, but for a chap that does not drink, smoke or does not have any rock and roll vices, the odd 'fuck you' can only be human.
I have watched the Rolling Stones, Bowie, Springsteen, U2, REM, and Radiohead (the latter three progressing from small venues to stadiums) and each time I have said the following words and I never think I will ever say them again; well tonight ladies and gentlemen Coldplay became the best rock and roll band in the world.
Nuff' Said."
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