The “Lost” quartet play an invite-only show at the Hammerstein Ballroom
While the CMJ Music Marathon is taking over New York City, Coldplay snuck into town to tape a Yahoo / Nissan Live Show at Hammerstein Ballroom. While the 4,000 capacity venue ain’t peanuts, it certainly is a small venue for the arena rockers who have won back a devote fanbase with Viva La Vida.
A mellow crowd of mostly industry folks filled the Hammerstein floors, but the balconies, which were open, were surprisingly empty. The producers of the show easily could have gotten another thousand or so folks in. At one point, Chris even joked about how, apparently, Coldplay couldn’t get rid of enough tickets to pack the venue for a free show.
Considering the last time Coldplay played a show like this was when they did an AOL live session at the Beacon Theatre to kick off the X&Y tour and it was a total disaster, I’m surprised how close this show came to becoming a repeat of that. What saved the show was the fact that the Viva songs are so much stronger than the X&Y songs and the band is so much more energized.
Oh. Jay-Z was in the house with his woman. Everyone noticed him and was hoping for him to come out on “Lost,” but sadly, he did not. Oh well.
Setlist
Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
Lost!
Chinese Sleep Chant
42
Yellow
Strawberry Swing
Viva La Vida
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
(Q&A With Audience)
You can read more on this show including fan reviews and all the pictures here and here [thanks CookyMnstr, StephBerryman & ericjones]
Source: storiesinhighfidelity.com
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