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the guy with the first vid on youtube, & with the flickr pics Ian found, has posted a blog :D So as mentioned below I wasn't really "feeling" Coldplay prior to the gig. I kind of felt I was arriving at the party about 3 years too late. I was also dreading another show in the god awful Dome, it so sucks in there acoustically and the seating layout is possibly the worst in the world. We got there pretty early because the parking is another major hassle at this place (surprisingly they proved me wrong this time round) and so we caught the support act, Mercury Rev. Well it's always a tough ask to support another band isn't it? You get a shit lighting setup, half the sound output of the headliner and a crowd who'd rather you got the hell off the stage ASAP. But every now and then a support act kicks the butt of the main dudes. Not so much on this occasion. Firstly who the feck are Mercury Rev, what kind of name is that and when will you decide on your own music style. I think we determined they were a bit Muse meets Coldplay meets My Chemical Romance meets Freddy Mercury...........ahhhh so that's what the name is all about. Anyhoo on with the show. Coldplay come out....now is a good time to watch my crappy vid of the opening songs.... They just exploded onto the stage and suddenly I started to feel it, finally, thank christ. This whole French Revolution feel was pretty cool and I kind of started to "get" their latest album a bit more after hearing it in this context. It's still their worst though IMO. These guys really take a leaf out of the U2 how to play an arena gig handbook and I'm okay with that. It was a great show, sure they played for an hour less than a certain 74 year old legend did only a few weeks ago but in their defence they were slightly more active. Possible highlight of the show would have to be the two bogan chicks about 4 seats down from us who decided to scratch each others eyeballs out only a few songs into the show. Something about one of them having such a huge fat ugly head that the other one couldn't see. Bonus entertainment for your dollar right there. I gotta say though that I wished we'd bought mosh pit tickets, we so wanted to get up and dance, the fear deep in our stomachs that bogan chicks would leap at us like a pack of rabid vampire vixens ripping out our jugulars if we dared stand up kept us firmly in our seats. Next time it's the mosh or nothing. Highlight would have to be when the band left the stage and left the arena via the crowd only to reappear way up on the second tier of seats to a small stage with mics and commence an acoustic "busking" session, some peeps got an awesome up close coldplay experience even if it was stinky and sweaty. Pretty sure they didn't mind. So basically song after song that you almost new the words to and if you didn't it didn't matter because you simply mouthed along and everyone believed you did. I had an awesome time, probably top 20 all time gigs and only just out of the top ten. Oh and the confetti pouring out of the roof made for a very cool visual highlight. Edit: The sound was actually pretty good last night, the first track had me thinking it was going to be nothing but reverb all night but I never really noticed it after that. http://yelpar.blogspot.com/2009/02/coldplay-perth-2009.html

If you're staying only for 3 nights, its currently cheaper to book with Premier Inn: for 17th-20th Sept they are charging £340. for 18th-21st Sept they are charing £329 and they're practically on the doorstep of Wembley. Worth noting: if you're bringing a car they advise the following - Extremely limited car parking at this location, £5 per 24 hrs. Additional Car parking is available at a charge of £5 per day at Tube Station opposite the Premier Inn. Higher rates apply during key events

glad you mentioned that, looks like booking nights as a block isn't the cheapest way of doing it. This is an example for 5 nights from Tues 15th-Sun 20th Sept: doing it this way: 1 room Check in: 15 September Check out: 20 September Total: 5 Nights in a twin/double will cost: Flexible rate (Cancel up until noon on the date of arrival) £95 £95 £95 £95 £95 = £475 but doing it in separate blocks is cheaper (you'd have to check out before 12 on 17th & check-in again later): 1 room Check in: 15 September Check out: 17 September Total: 2 Nights Saver rate (Non-refundable) £29 £29 = £58 1 room Check in: 17 September Check out: 20 September Total: 3 Nights Flexible rate (Cancel up until noon on the date of arrival) £95 £95 £95 = £285 Second option saves £132 So for a recap: to get rooms in Wembley Travel Lodge you now have to book for 3 nights either 17th-20th or 18th-21st Sept, and those dates are all £95 per night. double or twin rooms remaining. if you're staying longer, its worth making 2 bookings because the rooms are going from £29 per night on the dates either side of Coldplay's dates.

sounds like the extra day to go shopping/sightseeing is exactly what you need to thank your sister for coming with you :D

twitter: *jamesrobertson8: so Coldplay are amazing....fantastic musicians, a beautifully conceptualized show, pure artistry and spectacle all in one

A few more Twitters about this show Nesca: thought Coldplay were so awesome last night. They massively rocked Perth, wish I was going again tonight! about 5 hours ago from web Jodd: Coldplay concert last night. Beat concert ever. about 5 hours ago from web ItzEddie: Loved the coldplay concert last night was god damn awesome! :D about 7 hours ago from Twadget

awesome :D I'm looking to be able to knit squares, my sewing up is a bit ropey!! I'm keeping my eyes out for charity projects still.

awwwwww :D that's ace! ty for doing the Twitter updates :kiss:

Australia has the best time difference. and now I'm on 9-5 next week, I'll be getting home from work as the reviews are coming in :D

Twitter updates from the masses!! :D jeromerichard: Coldplay - anticipation building, support acts um, ok... 12 minutes ago from twibble ctrl_freak: Waiting for Coldplay to take the stage http://bit.ly/hszTC (expand) http://twitpic.com/1qy55 21 minutes ago from Tweetie ivyclark: Omg!! @coldplay, need better support bands. about 1 hour ago from TwitterFon I'm now off to my Mum's for lunch. if anyone else wants to do Twitter its this easy http://search.twitter.com/search?q=coldplay

and The Sun came up with a beautiful headline to sum it all up :lol: How much do they get paid? Coldplay bloody Coldplay ROCK legend BONO stunned Radio 1 listeners yesterday by calling COLDPLAY singer CHRIS MARTIN a “w****r” live on air. The U2 frontman also branded him “a cretin” and “dysfunctional” during a bizarre outburst. Shocked DJ JO WHILEY asked the Sunday Bloody Sunday singer to apologise — and said sorry herself. The Irish rocker, 48, blamed his language on it being “early” — even though it was nearly noon. The shocking slip came when Bono and the band went on Live Lounge to chat between songs — and perform some of their own. After playing Coldplay’s 2008 hit Viva La Vida, Jo, 43, reminded Bono he recently rated Chris, 31, alongside PAUL MCCARTNEY. He then apologised, when asked, for swearing. But he giggled: “Obviously he is a completely dysfunctional character and a cretin but he happens to be a genius melodist.” The BBC last night apologised “for any offence caused”. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2280636.ece

Someone is playing games with me :D Posted on coldplay.com at 20:10 GMT :angry: The weather's sunny, and so is #42 Sunshine. God's own medicine... Suddenly the whole world feels like a different place. Hardly surprising, I suppose, given the distance we've travelled. I'm sure we must have been somewhere sunny in our summer last year, but I absolutely cannot remember it. I expect we were rushing around working out how to make the gig work. Getting a second chance at a summer then, is an utter gift. Even seeing the light through the production office window and feeling the warm breeze changes my mood beyond measure. I have a feeling we're in for an excellent few weeks I remember this place. It's called the Dome, although it looks more like a very large maggot from a distance. Its white maggotty roof is like a huge lilo supported purely by air pressure inside the venue. I'm sure there are other buildings in the world like this one, but I've not been in any of them. The downside of this particular structural system is that to open two doors at once in this air-pressure-supported building is asking for trouble. Getting around backstage involves a series of airlocks (I'm not making this up), to prevent hapless roadies from being cycloned off like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz (obviously kind of fitting, given the location). Even leaving one door ajar when opening another can leave you permanently maimed or at least short of a finger or two. Indeed, it seems the local staff have been at the mercy of this insane air-lock ritual for many years, but still get caught out. You can actually tell how long a person has worked here by the amount of damage they've sustained. The longest-standing employee is one Bruce "Stumpy" Smith. He's not missed a day in fourteen years. Finds it mighty tricky to keep his watch on though... Just before the sun goes completely, I decide to go outside - for no other reason than to soak a little up. I bump into Phil as I go (although he's clearly had quite enough sun already...), then wander round the front of the building as the sun sinks and squeezes its last over the crowds coming in. The sounds are of laughter and the smells are a mixture of suncream, perfume and beer. You pretty much forget what going to a gig as a punter is like after a while and milling about with folks out the front has put a totally different slant on the day. I wander in through the turnstiles and catch Mercury Rev finishing up. They're dreamy, majestic and an exceptionally good choice. I'd better go readers, I actually feel almost chipper... I shall leave you with a portrait of a couple of jetlagged mates. Roadie #42 http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=337 Retrieved from "http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/Roadie_42_-_Blog_72_-_27th_February_2009"

They stand knee-deep in Danielle Steels, Len Deightons and even the odd Jeffery Archer, rummaging around in the reading matter. Strewn across the floor of the drafty warehouse are thousands and thousands of books, ranging from well-thumbed paperback novels to musty hardback technical manuals, faux-leather bound poetry collections, 1970s cook books and long-outdated sports almanacs. Many are a little dog-eared or have yellowing pages. But this does not deter the army of foragers who have descended on the 56,000 sq ft premises. For the books are being given away after the warehouse was abandoned by its owners, and the lure of acquiring a free, instant library is proving hard to resist. People have travelled from as far as Hertfordshire and the West Midlands to the old Bookbarn site in Bristol. Today Porsches and BMWs were alongside vans in the car park as the most ardent book hunters carried out their finds in crates and on trolleys before loading them into their vehicles' boots. In an endearing display of how the British love the offer of something for nothing, someone had even come with a small trailer on the back of his car. Others were seen stacking books in prams. Inside the warehouse, Travis Speedie was crouched in a mound of books, ferreting about and gleefully placing his finds into a large wooden box. Tossing aside the likes of the Driver's Atlas of the British Isles, Edwina Currie's Life Lines and Winnie the Pooh, the 25-year-old student was on the hunt for something more cerebral. Over two hours he had already managed to find 20 volumes of Compton's Encyclopaedia and was now desperate to complete the set. 'I love old books,' he said. 'It's a mess in here, real chaos, but it's so exciting looking through it all. It's like finding treasure when you discover something you want. 'I've also found a nice, illustrated copy of William Blake's poems and I want to get some history books too.' Hazel Gurneet, 61, a Retired PA, had found 'a couple of cratefuls' of things she fancied, mainly gardening and natural history books, and was coming back for more. 'It's an unbelievable site when you walk in here. Lots of the bookcases have been knocked over and the books are everywhere,' she said. 'It doesn't feel right having to walk over all these wonderful books to find what you want. But given the cost of new books these days, who's going to refuse this?' Nurse Sarah Campbell, 27, there with her son Daniel, seven months, said: 'It's a strange situation, but I've managed to get a carrier bag full of children's books for my little boy.' It is thought that the warehouse on an industrial estate once contained as many as five million books, which came from private homes and college and county libraries or were surplus stock from book dealers, and that it supplied online book sellers. The lease on the premises recently expired and the firm running the secondhand book business moved out, leaving it full of books. Managers of the industrial estate invited people to help themselves so they can free up space at the site. No one at Bookfarm was available to comment. Ashley Nicholson, a director of the company which owns the industrial estate, said: 'We asked Bookbarn to clear the books and they got rid of some of them but there is still a huge, huge number inside the warehouse. 'So we thought it was a sensible idea to give people the opportunity to come along and choose themselves a book or two and help us clear the warehouse. 'The response has been unbelievable since we opened it to the public on Monday. It's like a swarm of locusts. 'I've seen people backing cars and vans into the warehouse so they can stock up. 'One couple even came in a campervan and I think they slept overnight and then crammed as many books as they could into their van and drove off.' The contents of the aircraft-hangar sized warehouse are a librarian's worst nightmare, with the books piled willy-nilly and not separated according to subject or genre. Thus a copy of James Herriot's Let Sleeping Vets Lie can be found beside 'World Famous Unsolved Crimes', and Beginning Gliding next to Kramer vs Kramer. For those with the time to browse, the great giveaway continues next week. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1156973/Thousands-scramble-free-books-Amazon-supplier-abandons-warehouse.html

Tenants of the new Electric Works block in Sheffield are offering their staff a shortcut from the top of the four-storey building to the ground floor: a helter-skelter. The 85ft (26m) slide cuts the journey to seven seconds. Toby Hyam, managing director of Creative Space Management, which runs the building, said: “Electric Works will be the first office building in the UK to have a permanent helter-skelter for the use of those who work there. It will also be available for business visitors and for conference visitors, but it will not be open to the general public. “Companies and the people working here feel that the helter-skelter reflects their approach to work, where the division between work and play is blurred and where the risk, imagination and creativity that characterises their work is going to be reflected in their surroundings.” The building, the second of five that will form the Digital Campus in Sheffield, will open next week. It is intended for companies in the creative and digital sectors and will provide workspace for up to 400 people. The helter-skelter was designed and built by Wiegandslide, the German company that built the slides on display recently at Tate Modern in London. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5811667.ece

Anchorman's updated his post: Toronto venue announced, date changes February 27, 2009 12:00 pm Band to play Rogers Centre on 30th July Good afternoon. We can now confirm that the venue for Coldplay's previously-announced Toronto show in July is the Rogers Centre. The show has also moved back a day to 30th July. Tickets go on sale from here on Monday 9th March at 12noon EST. Anchorman

We knew Hurley would be free because Ben's lawyer said that he would be able to free Hurley from jail next morning. the next morning was the day after they went to the church and saw Eloise Hawking.

short excerpt of Lovers In Japan [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jWeFuo0Q1A]YouTube - Coldplay live in Perth, Australia - Chris Martin Lovers in Japan confetti clip (Viva la Vida Tour)[/ame]

I saw yours earlier :) it just suprised me the number of people suggesting the same thing! in between the people telling him off for being stupid :angry:

Just found this on Twitter, hope it means something so you know where to look: 925JACKFM: Beat the Box Office to win a pair of tickets to see Coldplay for their just announced show, July 30th @ Rogers Centre, inside the NATION!

just found this on twitter, and I think I know a few people who'd be happy to help out & save them the boredom :laugh3: 148dempster: just got given tickets to coldplay for tomorrow night. - yawn about 5 hours ago from web • Reply • View Tweet

Thanks to Philip Schofield (@Schofe), I have just found a way of searching Twitter for peeps tweets about the concert (only the public ones): RootinBrand: Chris Martin - best front man I've seen in awhile! Coldplay were bleeding brilliant tonight. sharkola: coldplay was amazing. SOB I WILL FIX YOU SOB. nicolecorreia47: @coldplay OMG, you guys were FREAKING AMAZING tonight. Love, love LOVE YOU!!! Thanks for running into the crowd & singing near us too ;) an9ie: Coldplay concert = mmmMMMMmmm. Now, if only Depeche Mode would come to Perth on their current tour, I would die a happy woman. Jenny_p: As much as everyone loves to bag coldplay, they sure know how to put on a damn good show davidtanth: Back from coldplay's perth tour. It was SO good! jsmith189: @coldplay amazing show guys. hope you had a great time, and hope you have a great time tomorrow too :) adrianlambert: Just been to see coldplay at the burswood dome. Not too shabby. They played a few duffers but the video show was worth it alone. glenlewis: Coldplay rock. So authentic, engaging and just fun. Best concert this century!! developit: on train home from @coldplay concert FANTASTIC !!! #coldplay i have tshirts & jacket (i know i'm a sucker) antzpantz: Omg. So nervous. In the pit waiting for Coldplay. #m Plus lots & lots & lots of suggestions to Phil to put aloe vera on his sunburn :lol:

oh, and if we're getting a #42 entry tonight, I'll hazard a guess that it'll appear sometime around 20:00 GMT. that's when tonight's Six Nations match kicks off, and #42 has a habit of posting things after I sign off :lol:

that's the same guy who got the first vid up on youtube :)

ty :D

Youtube has a short excerpt of yellow [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3u1kseHmGM]YouTube - Coldplay Viva la Vida Tour live in Perth, Australia - Yellow balloons clip[/ame]