It's not that U2 should be all that worried about hanging onto its heavyweight title for super-sized, heart-on-the-sleeve arena rock. But Coldplay's show at Milwaukee's Bradley Center on Sunday night showed that the British rock band is starting to figure out how to present its emotion-drenched songs in a live setting and is becoming a worthy contender.
In the past, frontman Chris Martin and company seemed at times to be a little tentative in concert, unsure of whether they should overplay or underplay the emotional content of a given song. But this time around, touring in support of the superbly crafted third album "X&Y," every gesture seemed right for its song, and the high-energy, passionate result kept the near-sellout crowd enthralled for nearly two hours.
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