Coldplay live in Barcelona - 27/05/2016
I have to tell this story from the very beginning. When tour dates came out, back in November 2015, I found out that Coldplay had decided to come to my country (Spain) but not to my city. Besides they would come in May, when I always have all my final exams. So that was all. Hope was lost. I was really disappointed and sad… but I was also really busy in that time, so I didn’t spend more time trying to find other ways to go to see them. I gave up so easily… I forgot one of the main messages that Coldplay give us: Don’t ever give up. But fortunately in this life it’s never too late…
A few months later something unexpected happened. A friend told me he had an extra ticket to 27th May concert in Barcelona. He knew I love the band as much as he does, so he called me to go with him. At first I had doubts because it was so far away from home and I had my last exam at 30th May. But then I thought: Life is for living! And some kind of divine power made me say “Yes!! I’ll go!”. In fact I could have made the same decision when the dates came out in November… but this time I had something more important: a friend who wanted me to be there. That's all I needed to follow my dream.
So the big day came. 27th May 2016. The CP performance was scheduled at 21:30 and our plane was supposed to arrive to Barcelona at 19:15. Nothing could be wrong, right? Unfortunately, sometimes even the right is wrong… so guess what? Our flight was one hour and a half late… and we arrived at 20:45!!! We spent some terrible hours. When we were flying we thought: “Oh no, we’ll miss AHFOD and maybe more wonderful songs… why is this happening to us? Why? We won’t get to see them, we have spent money and time for nothing… ”. But even in those times of desperation I said this to my friend: “Come on, this won’t happen to us. We’ll be on time, I’m sure. Remember what Coldplay says: the sun will come out! Don’t let it break your heart! We’re gonna get it, get it together!” Seriously, at that time all those positive lyrics came to my mind and made me believe we could get it… Coldplay reminded me nothing is impossible.
After the plane landed we had to run as fast as we could, we had to lose our breath several times (actually we were already really tired and the concert wasn’t even started lol)... but finally we made it. We were there!! We arrived to our sites in front of main stage at 21:35 and Coldplay began their performance at 21:40. Yeah, miracles do happen guys!! We live in a beutiful world!! :bliss:
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After the epic beginning, everything happened really fast. During AHFOD I was still trying to recover my breath haha :laugh3: I couldn’t believe I was living my dream after all. One of my favourite songs, the one I was afraid of no listening to, it was actually sounding… it was something unbelievable. I was also shocked by my Xyloband… every time it lighted up I really freaked out! It was beautiful. And music was so loud… it felt like it really came from my body, it was an amazing feeling. That’s when I knew this would definitely be a night to remember...
First songs were incredible. ETIAW was like an ecstasy to me, really love this song and really enjoyed the powerful performance. Then they played Birds and I think I was the only one who was jumping like crazy, I was very excited to hear that wonderful song. The live version is even better than the original one, so at this point of the night I became a bird and I was flying free… :wings:
Next guys went to B-stage and played some of my all time favourite songs: Ink, Magic and Everglow. It was like they knew exactly I loved that set of songs… I had listened to those ones so many times before… and suddenly they were there, playing them for me. I was still thinking that this wasn’t real, this was maybe some kind of celestial dream… they gave me this feeling, this everglow!!
Later it was the turn of my favourite CP song, Clocks. All the stadium turned red… Chris became one with his piano… I have no words to describe this. I would have loved to live in that moment forever.
After that they played their most popular and epic songs: Charlie Brown, Hymn for The Weekend, VLV and AOAL (I have to make an special mention of VLV moment, when the crowd made an amazing chorus: “Ooooh ooooh ooooh, ooooh ooooh ooooh!!”). The stadium literally went crazy with those ones. Sometimes I could only see arms with Xylobands shining, I was kinda lost haha…
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When I thought it couldn’t get any better, I was wrong again. They went to C-stage and played two brilliant songs I love so much: Trouble, which is the first CP song I ever heard, and See You Soon, a song with a really special meaning to me (it gave me a lot of strenght in difficult times of my life). Beautiful atmosphere… I was in heaven but I wasn’t aware of it…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKLID2slzxM
The night was about to end. Only three more songs, but those were not just songs. They were something more. Amazing Day had the most beautiful scenery I had ever seen in my entire life, so I took thousands of pictures during this song…
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ASFOS was like travelling to a different world, I can proudly say this time I touched the stars with my own hands (confetti stars, you know…). Then came Up&Up, the perfect ending. Before the concert I used to dislike this song, but since then I totally love it. This one will always have a precious place in my heart. I’ll never forget this moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7OXeSbwmwM
And that’s how our dream ended. Sadly all good things come to an end (bittersweet, I could taste in my mouth), but we were actually really happy. We made it. We made our dream come true. Despite all the unexpected events, we saw the whole concert, we didn’t miss a single minute of those two magic hours. Call it magic, call it true…
I also have to say this CP concert gave me hope. Before that night I felt completely lost in my life, but this wonderful experience opened my eyes and made me believe in my dreams again. Now I feel like everything's possible. Thanks God my friend called me, thanks God I decided to go… my Head Full of Dreams showed me the right way to go :cheesy:
27th May 2016 was definitely the best day of my year… now it’s just a memory, but I know his everglow will last forever in my heart.
PD1: sorry for my english, hope I didn't make so many grammar mistakes
PD2: all pictures and videos included in my story (except Everglow video) were made by myself :)