In a word, amazing. In two, f*cking amazing. Coldplay headlined the event, and they didn't disappoint. I stood for 9 hours in the same area being squished by crazy fans waiting for coldplay. I saw some pretty cool acts pre-coldplay (Snow Patrol, Keane, Weezer, although I had to skip out on Bloc Party unfortunately). Then when Coldplay came on, things just went ridiculous. Opened with Square One, played some classics such as Yellow (I *think* that was the only Parachutes song, correct me if I'm wrong), as well as several ROBTTH songs and X&Y songs.
NEW SONGS: not sure if they've actually played these before, but they played Low, Til Kingdom Come, Fix You, and other songs from the new album which they have already played live before. All amazing songs, but Fix You is a stand out track. I made some REAL crappy recordings, and I mean using the recording function on my cell phone resulting in some seriously distorted sound. But I got a bunch of pictures of Chris and the boys dancing, prancing, jumping around doing their thing. Will Champion even played the piano for Til Kingdom Come, showing off the bands amazing versatility.
The most amazing event was Chris Martin performing an spontaneous leap from the stage into the crowd, however :worried2: . It was absolutely scary and terrific to watch at the same time. The screams of surprise were deafining. You could tell they didn't plan it because security quickly surrounded him looking quite surprised and shocked. I was all the way up front so I got a good view of it, I seriously thought Chris hurt himself because it was a good 6-7 foot leap to hard packed desert ground. But he got up and continued singing, actually even walking into the crowd. I think this was during Clocks, correct me if I'm wrong any other Coachellites (or whatever you call us), or another ROBTTH song. It just really shows how amazing a character and performer Chris is, he truly is incredible to watch.
And now, it's 4:45am, I've been standing watching my favorite bands for 13 hours straight, I must go to sleep. Hope you enjoyed my little insight into a truly amazing Coldplay performance. ;)