Carlie2622

I don't think it's presale password malfunctions.... the last couple of days they've been having Amer Express presale..... so if you have an AMEX, you can buy tickets. I've been checking a couple times a day and the seats are about in the same sections... my theory is, presale lottery ticket holders will probably get closer to the stage (but I could be totally wrong), I think this because the AMEX thing was selling tickets in the back, but facing the stage. Capice?

Most awesome show! Yes I have to agree this was the most awesome show/concert I've been to! This was my FIFTH Coldplay concert, I've seen them at the Warfield when they were just starting out in 2001, the theater was only 3/4 full!! Those were the days!) :P I also saw them in Berkeley (2002?), then Marysville (2003?), the Fillmore this year (which was quite a show since it was such a small venue and was a great show but I was very disappointed with the crowd that night!! Not that many people were pushing for ancore, or at least they didn't work very hard for it, I actually felt bad for the band... ) But the show at the Shoreline topped them all!! It was very high energy, the crowd was great, Chris was super friendly with the audience (told people to move closer, shook some hands, the band members all had disposable cameras and took pictures of the crowd and then I believe handed them to a few people in the audience, and in one of the last songs Chris ran up behind he seats, in between the seats a lawn and sang the rest of the song [in my Place?] which I really, really thought was personal and not many singers risk doing that these days.) I loved that they played for so long (at least 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours) and they really mixed it up with all three albums very well. Chris was his usual jokey self, making a few jokes throughout the concert, stopped twice because he "messed up" the song somehow or another. And in the back drop screens during one of the songs, the words, "GET" "YOUR" "CAMERA" "OUT" Flashed 2-3 times. Then it counted down... "3" "2" "1" And they displayed the audience on the screen. Pretty funny. I guess they were trying to build us up to something grand and then showed us, ourselves. :D Like the person above said, they played a continuous video feed throughout the "Talk" song... it was a bear that obviously was in a zoo... pacing back and forth, which gave a "trapped" feeling, it wasn't in it's natural habitat, had no where to go. I can only guess Coldplay was trying to get a message through. The message I got was that we place things in awkward sinuations and it's not really nice or fair. The show was just simply amazing! They've come along way with their light displays also. The first few concerts were literally just different colored lights moving back and forth. Now they have all kinds of light displays, back drops, and just more animation and audience participate. Enjoy!!

It says in RollingStone magazine.... http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7539555 Many of the songs on X&Y were inspired by the band's heroes. When I spoke with Martin earlier this summer, I was a little surprised when he told me that he considered Coldplay "incredibly good plagiarists." But that's not the whole story. As he did in childhood with his update on "Axel F," Martin has an incredible ability to ingest someone else's song, twirl it around in his brain and spit out a unique homage. (Strangely enough, Coldplay's first single from X&Y, "Speed of Sound," was topped on the British pop chart by a novelty song from Crazy Frog -- a cover of "Axel F.") "I remember an amazing article about Radiohead when I was first getting into them," says Martin. "Jonny Greenwood said that every song on OK Computer was an attempt to do someone else's song. And that's how it happens sometimes for us." In that tradition, "Talk" wouldn't have been possible without Kraftwerk, and "The Hardest Part" is an ode to R.E.M. (Martin is careful to pay tribute to Michael Stipe: "I've lost all respect for fame, but I haven't lost all respect for respect. So the one great thing about being famous is that I get to meet people who I respect. Our relationship is akin to a dog and its master. I'll always look up to him.") A highlight of Coldplay's show is "White Shadows," which was inspired by Tears for Fears' "Mad World." The title "White Shadows" was lifted from a Seventies TV series produced by Martin's late father-in-law, Bruce Paltrow. Even though Martin never met the man, X&Y is dedicated to him -- the CD sleeve reads, "For BWP." "It's meant to be subtle," says Martin. "It just has a way of making sense of death."

I just saw the concert and I believe Til Kingdom Come is a tribute to Johnny Cash. They are big fans of him.

Thank you for posting the set list!!! :) I had a great time at the show also! People on craigslist were complaining about the show not being that great!?!??? Pfft! What do they know?