Jenjie

c-stage varies. sometimes it's on the left, sometimes the right. also depends on the venue. seems to be on the lower tier of seats in an arena and on the floor at the back in a stadium.

if you check out the gallery, there's a section for each gig. I'm sure I've seen c-stage pictures for most shows

that's fantastic! :D

WOW! Has any live act ever left you ‘gob-smacked?’ Well for me, Coldplay did exactly that when I went to see them live on 7th June 2012. Their concert was unreal – I didn’t want it to end! I am a huge HUGE huge fan of Colplay, therefore, for me, seeing them live was like a dream come true. I booked my ticket just under a year ago and from that moment, I felt extremely excited – the day I got to see them live felt like a life time away. But, when the day arrived, my whole body gleamed with excitement. Despite the heavy rain on the day, I fought my way through thousands of people to get my spot as close to the main stage as I possibly could. Fireworks illuminated the dull, grey skies above me as Coldplay entered the temporary stage at the Sunderland Stadium of Light. My face was shocked – I couldn’t believe the day had finally arrived. Chris Martin stood close to me singing my favourite songs. The songs rang in my ears and the lyrics created powerful images. Guitars, drumming and singing all blasted in my ears which forced goose bumps to take over my body. The Stadium lit up with colourful flashing lights which came from every fans given wrist bands. It was an unreal and also an unforgettable moment, as the entire night was too. Memories of this night will remain with me forever! [thanks Kayleigh] http://kayleigh1993.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/coldplay-tour-2012-11/

Last week, Coldplay arrived in the North East for their show at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light and were greeted with weather so harsh that they described it as “apocalyptic!” I was there getting soaked among 55,000 other Northerners whose determination left the band impressed, even after they themselves played through the downpour. The gig itself didn’t suffer too much from the rain – in fact some thought it even added to the atmosphere. It was hard to keep up the excitement and adrenaline when standing outside the stadium afterwards though, drenched from top to bottom while waiting 45 minutes for buses which were supposed be waiting for us straight after the gig (there was a Metro strike on that day). A damp bus trip resulted in getting home after midnight, but did give everyone chance to share their videos on the way which they’d recorded on soaked mobiles and cameras. With the next day’s cold having finally worn off and countless YouTube videos watched, I can safely say that it was one of the most incredible gigs I’ve seen, only next to Muse and Foo Fighters in terms of sheer size and production. The Xylobands did make it that bit more special though… http://transmitpromo.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/coldplay/

Whilst you were all off enjoying the summer party, I was lucky enough to watch a band called Coldplay set a stadium alight in Manchester. With the Jubilee weekend and the lovely weather passing before the end of exams, it seemed that most of the entertainment for the summer had died away until the Olympics begin next month. Instead a post-exams trip to Manchester provided one of the events of the summer, and the perfect post-exams celebration. The day didn’t begin in the most positive of manners, the moment we stepped off the bus we were greeted by a freezing blast of rain. After sheltering from this, there was a lengthy queue to get into the stadium. Once this obstacle was passed though, we were on the pitch and were suddenly able to set up camp barely ten feet away from the end of the catwalk that went out into the audience. Satisfied with our work we waited for support act Rita Ora, however she didn’t emerge; amidst confusion young pop singer Charli XCX came out and impressed everyone with music that sounded like Rihanna with backing music from the Pet Shop Boys. Once people realised this wasn’t Rita Ora, they seemed to enjoy it even if we hadn’t appreciated the two and a half hour wait to simply get a singer onstage. I did remark how difficult would it have been for Netherlands Vs Denmark to be put on the screen, because it’s fair to say that for this time the crowd was very bored and chilly. However, musically up until this point all had been OK, if not spectacular. This pattern continued as Robyn came on and played a reasonable enough rendition of her songs. However Robyn appeared to be a little intoxicated, as she almost fell over three times. Thankfully, this didn’t affect her too much and she even made the brave move of covering Coldplay’s ‘Every Teardrop is a Waterfall’ in a set; it was an audacious move for a support act which she just about successfully pulled off. Then after a torturous half an hour of waiting, when the excitement had reached fever pitch Jay-z’s ’99 Problems’ blazed out and the audience were told to put on the wristbands they were given upon entry. Coldplay emerged to the theme from Back to the Future, before a spectacular fireworks display accompanied ‘Hurts like Heaven’. From this moment on you knew that no expense had been spared for this show. This prediction proved to be correct as the money from everyone’s ticket seemed to have been spent on the exceptional amount of confetti that poured onto the crowd during crowd favourite ‘In my Place’. Coldplay had played two songs and they already seemed to have done everything that can be done for a stadium performance. There was more to come though, as they ran through ‘The Scientist’ and ‘Yellow’, Chris Martin had basically been made redundant because, through both of these songs, there is no way that anyone could have sung over the crowd. There was more to Coldplay than just turning up with spectacular effects and well rehearsed songs though; they enlightened the crowd with a rearranged, slightly heavier version of ‘God put a smile upon your Face’. After this, Coldplay came to the end of the catwalk, barely feet away, and were joined by five giant Rihannas (on the screens) for ‘Princess of China’. For the next two songs, the band were so close that I could see the stubble on drummer Will Champion’s face; this was not something I expected from a stadium show. I have neglected to mention until now the most spectacular part of the show, something of unprecedented beauty, which had been impressive if not remarkable until now, due to it being daylight. As the “woah-oh”s of ‘Viva la Vida’ died down, Chris Martin commanded the crowd to put their arms in the air and “watch this”. Suddenly, the whole stadium was alight with the glowing wristbands that every audience member had been given; 50,000 individual lights of white, pink, green, red orange and blue gazed down upon the band. I have been to a lot of gigs, but this individual moment was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. The wristbands then flashed in time to the music before ‘Charlie Brown’ ended with the lines “We’ll run wild / we’ll be glowing in the dark”. The wristbands were an audacious and no doubt expensive stage prop, but it was an idea that worked; it really worked. Coldplay then ran to the back of the stadium to a tiny stage where, though I could see nothing, those who had seen barely anything until now got a fantastic view for a couple of songs. The band then come back onto the main stage to play an encore which included super-ballad “Fix You”; a song which has an uncanny knack of reducing me to tears whenever it is played live. This night was no different; thankfully I got over myself ahead of the fireworks towards the end of the song before they closed with “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”, where the wristbands continued to dazzle. The show ended here and I was stunned; Coldplay did more than enough to tick all the boxes for a spectacular stadium show. Yet they had also provided rousing tunes and played them to perfection. However, I also felt that Coldplay were still a band having fun; they didn’t have the U2 mentality of “We’re massive, let’s just turn up and play the tunes to a great show”. Coldplay still seem to be a band based on great friendships, they just happen to also be very successful with it. Therefore, Coldplay demonstrate through their friendship exactly what a band should be about at every level; something which really should be commended. All in all Coldplay provided everything. I’m sure you all had a great time at the Summer Party, but I wouldn’t have wanted to miss a show like Coldplay’s for the world. http://www.impactnottingham.com/2012/06/live-review-coldplay-manchester-etihad-stadium-090512/

The weather was good for our trip down the motorway to Manchester but I felt lousy. I had done a night shift at work on the Friday and for some reason hardly slept on the Saturday night, so Sunday during the trip tiredness caught up with me, so much so that I felt physically sick. At around 2.30pm we arrived at Glen's son's house (he was at the Download Festival with his girlfriend that weekend) in Swinton where we were staying, I went to bed for a couple of hours and actually slept, anyone who knows me knows that normally I don't take naps but I so needed this one! I felt much better when I got up. At 6pm we went for am meal at a nearby pub called The Farmer's Arms. It was ok, typical pub fayre, nothing, special but ok. With the aid of my sat nav Glen drove through the centre of Manchester and on to the Etihad Stadium, I doubt we would have managed it without the sat nav. We parked our car for the extortionate fee of £10 and then walked the short distance to the stadium, it was a cool but pleasant evening, so much better than the monsoon conditions there had been the previous night. Everyone was given wristbands (xylobands) to wear at the turnstiles. Our seats were in the 2nd last row of the top tier but not far back from the stage, it was a bit windy up there lol! One of the support acts, Robyn, was just finishing her slot. The set consisted of four circular screens at the back of the stage, a curved main stage and a small, x-shaped b stage reached by a catwalk, it was all decorated with vividly coloured graffiti. There was a buzz in the audience, I just love the atmosphere of a live gig. Coldplay made their grand entrance at 9.15pm. Everyone's xylobands (named after part of the latest album's title Mylo Xyloto) started flashing in unison. There was a sea of red, blue, pink, green, blue and white lights all around the stadium and fireworks whizzed into the air from behind the stage, it was pretty amazing. Later confetti canons spewed hearts and butterflies into the air, some even managed to float up to our level. It must have been amazing to be in the crowd at the front. The opening song was Hurts Like Heaven, followed by Rush of Blood to the Head. The sound where we were (I know sound can vary so much in a stadium) was not good unfortunately, it seemed to improve as the gig progressed but was never really good. Chris Martin gave an energetic performance, bouncing about like one of the huge balloons that were fed into the audience at one point. He talked to the crowd a bit, but I didn't feel he had the charisma that makes a front person in a band really special. It was good to hear some of my favourite songs such as Yellow, Viva La Vida, Paradise which I really enjoyed. But there was never a time that I got that lump in my throat, felt deep emotions, felt transported by the music. Coldplay are good but they - for me as music is very subjective - haven't the depth about them that I find in bands like U2 and Snow Patrol. They came on for the encore and for a moment I thought "where the hell are they?" It turned out that they had come one at a time onto small stage right at the back of the field, a nice touch giving those fans furtherest away a close up treat for a couple of songs. The band then ran down the side of the pitch and went back onto the main stage for the final three songs. The first was Clocks and the xylobands flashed into life again. Now that it was completely dark the effect was absolutely stunning, so beautiful, like colourful blanket lying over the whole stadium, gently flashing and undulating in time to the music. It made every person feel a part of the gig as indeed they were. To see that on such a huge scale (I think the stadium holds 55,000 people) and hear the crowd singing along was awe-inspiring. The penultimate song was the lovely Fix You, another of my favourite songs by Coldplay. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, combined with communal singing, sparkly xylobands and then fireworks brought the gig to an end. I enjoyed the concert, it didn't move me, but I had fun. Coldplay have been accused of being a bit bland, and sometimes I can see where that comes from. But it can't be denied that they have also created some wonderful songs over the years too. Would I see them again? I don't think so, but I am glad I went this once - though I am miffed my xyloband remained stubbornly dark lol! [thanks Sue Fell] http://the-crystal-gazer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/coldplay-manchester-10th-june-2012.html

I wondered how you were getting through!! couldn't get any t'internets at all my 3g signal went completely

yay :D which dates?

there's alot of Atlantic hopping goes on too!

i did wonder. the google image search was throwing up some random picutres!

£400,000 for the whole show sounds a bit cheap as well though. on one night you'll have the cost of: xylobands fireworks huge balloons confetti a very lot of electricity wages for the crew per day for the number of days it takes to set up the stage wages for the roadies who work that night wages for the other staff working that night presumably the wages or a contribution to the stadium security staff petrol for all the trucks catering for all the people working

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=86701659838 http://www.twylah.com/coldplay/tweets/1190085839 - think this is the one http://yfrog.com/584cdxj http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/508/will_coldplay205.jpg

Arlene & Phil did imply there are a few photos of her floating out there in cyberspace. they referred to a specific one but I don't remember what they said about it

it's a side view. no-one behind it. although there were large butterflies at the back of the crowd which I imagine must have blocked some people's view

On Sunday I went to see Coldplay with my Scottish friend Neil Bird. We went into Manchester for lunch with Laura and Cathrin of Goodnight Astor fame. We had lunch at Bella Italia which was really nice then walked around the city and had a couple beers at a place called Dry. We got the bus to the venue which was the Etihad Staium and had a sneaky portion of chips. Opening the show was Ritaora who was quite good but nothing special in my opinion. Then Robyn did a set, I didn't think she was very good at first but as her set went on it got a lot better and I found myself enjoying her set more then Ritaora's. Coldplay were pretty damn awesome and performed really well. I am not the biggest Coldplay fan but I did really enjoy myself and was excited to be going. Chris Martin is a pretty good showman and performed really well. He used the lights and they did a few sneaky things that were pretty cool. I really liked the stage setup it was very Coldplay. Before the set they handed out wristbands for free which flashed during set and looked really cool. After the set we walked back to the car as the traffic was a nightmare. The night was pretty good I was a bit tired for work the next day but it was all cool. http://wyatthaplo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/coldplay.html

Review on the Key 103 site which won't let me C&P grrrr http://www.key103.co.uk/near-you/coldplay-mylo-xyloto-tour/

Great weather, a surprise appearance by Jay-Z, Beyonce and naturally Gwyneth Paltrow (Chris Martin's wife), awesome crowd (new friends) and a smashing set. Coldplay's live show was simply amazing. We arrived early enough to guarantee us a quite-close-to-the-stage position. Then, the waiting. People naturally found ways to entertain themselves with beach balls, singing, Mexican waves etc. It was great fun. Some one next to us was smoking (and distributing) hash...tsk tsk. So the 4 hours passed rather quickly (not really, actually)........ and after a not so amazing Rita Ora, but a great show by Robyn..it was time!~ Chris Martin is energetic as he is entertaining. Never fails to create desire in the crowd for more. Johnny ripped on his guitar, screaming out the oh-so-addictive solos that we know, especially in the newer songs. Of course, when they played the classics like Yellow and The Scientist, we were happy souls. But nothing blew the mind more than the Xylobands. Yes, those wrist bands that light up like Christmas lights. "Charlie Brown" came on, and suddenly the wrist bands exploded to life. 50000 lights shone the area, and everybody went mad. You'll see all this in the video below! All in all, it was worth the trip to Manchester. Enjoyed some dimsum in China town and the nice weather proved uplifting for the rest of the time there. [thanks TheSkateMusicianer] http://theskatemusicianer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/coldplay-live-in-manchester-concert.html

for some reason, photobucket uploaded everything backwards so the album starts with Fix You on 10/6 and works it's way back to the stadium filling up on 9/6. I didn't take as many on the 10th, was concentrating on having fun :D http://photobucket.com/ColdplayEtihad A few favourites from the 10th

for some reason, photobucket uploaded everything backwards :confused: so the album starts with Fix You on 10/6 and works it's way back to the stadium filling up on 9/6 http://photobucket.com/ColdplayEtihad Elephant Miller taking the panoramic photo: a few favourites from the 9th

so the non-alcoholic view of the VIP experience then!! Sunday was more relaxed than Saturday, as we knew we had seats, albeit no idea where they were. We also weren't due to meet Phil til about 7:30pm. We got to the stadium and headed to the admin office to sign-in. We had our ID checked and got ticked off the list. We were handed our tickets, wristbanded up with our gold VIP bands and handed Guest passes to be stuck to the top of our trouser legs. We also had a piece of paper giving us directions to the Friends and Family room. We headed over to the Colin Bell stand. You can tell it's special, the security on the door were wearing smart navy blue suits and not the high vis stuff the other ones around the ground had. They checked our tickets and then we walked to the door where there was another security man with a table to check our bags. Inside the door, they checked the tickets again and were directed to a table where the Xylobands were laid out in coloured piles. Ian picked a yellow one and I took a blue one. The lady then put them on for us. As we had Guest passes, we were then directed to a security lady to escort us to the F&F room. We went down 2 flights of stairs, into the bowels of the stadium. At the bottom of the stairs, we started seeing the Coldplay signs that Anchorman quite often posts in his photoblogs. We went through a set of double doors and we were at the bottom of the player's tunnel. The security lady asked if we'd like to walk up the tunnel, so we walked to the end and had a look out. We then walked back down and she took us down a corridor to the F&F room. We grabbed a drink from the table and then found a seat. There weren't many seats available so Ian and I ended up sharing a big white chair. Luckily, there was just room for 2 of us. The door to the room was wedged open as it was quite warm in there so we could see everyone walking past. It was very difficult staying cool and not appearing over-excited. Every so often I'd nudge Ian and whisper, pointing out who went past. Saw, Jonny, Will, Phil, Dan Green, Miller, Jackie & Kelly. A blonde lady in a white top came in the room a few times, looking very busy, we later found out she was Arlene. The people in the room ebbed & flowed with people entering & leaving, some coming back others not. I didn't notice Guy come in the room, but turned round a little while later and saw him stood chatting to some people. He was wearing his stage t-shirt, trousers & shoes. When Will came in, he was wearing a white t-shirt & jeans. I think Ian mentioned Jonny was wearing his red stage trousers but then had changed to the green ones by the time he came out on stage. We didn't see Chris at all but I had thought at the time that, as Jay-z & Kanye were in town for their show tonight, he might be elsewhere with guests. I've since seen that Gwyneth was there last night, so now we know :) Phil came to see us after his haircut. He is such a sweetheart. He's got sparkly, smiley eyes too. I've no idea how long we chatted but talked about the tour, MX, Coldplaying.com, the media and all sorts. Phil checks Coldplaying.com most days but not the forum. Will apparently also checks the main site quite often. Chris doesn't read any media at all. Phil needed to disappear and see someone else then, and Arlene came to fetch him. Phil introduced us to Arlene, who also seems very nice. We headed up to our seats then. We had to find a security person who took us to the lifts and we went up to what I think must be the executive lounge on match days. He found us one of the stadium security to escort us to our seats. We were row B on the comfy seats, in the block to the side of the tunnel. Sunday night's show was even better than Saturday. The crowd was even more into the show than the previous night and the band seemed to be buzzing too. It was very disconcerting as the concrete floor of the first tier was bouncing along with all the fans. Took a while to get used to it. I think they may have been filming some of the #Coldplayfilm. Towards the end of Yellow, the screen showed Phil in a tent at the back of the crowd, and just after the song ended Chris said something along the lines of "sorry Phil, I fucked up that bit at the beginning, can we do it again?" He then told us that he needed us to sing the "I love you so" bit again and then we would do the end of the song. I've been to a few Coldplay concerts so was surprised that the first time I've ended up covered in beer was sat in the VIP section! We had to leave a touch early as we needed to get back into town and pick up the car, and I didn't want to get stuck in traffic. We disappeared from our seats as ETIAW started. It was still fun though. We saw the fireworks going off on the stadium roof and could hear the crowd belting out the lyrics. And as we walked towards the main road, there was a Stagecoach bus parked up, you couldn't see the people sat on it but you could see the Xylobands flashing through the windows.

pics to follow in a bit. camera batteries died mid upload :( If it turned out (we were quite far away). I have a few of Miller taking the panoramic shots.

Loving the fireworks! there were loads :) MX is still a great intro as it builds into HLH. When I'm listening in the car it gives me that feeling of joyful anticipation and live it's just 100 times more powerful. I don't know why but when I'm at the show, I can never remember the setlist, so every song was "oooh, what's next?". I thought I'd miss Politik but didn't notice it's absence at all. Not sure what it was, but the Xylobands seemed a lot brighter than they did at the Arena in December. Ian got a duff one this time around. My red one worked fine :) Where we were sat, Guy came down the ramp once that I saw, Chris came down that way a few times. The last time he was on our ramp, I nearly didn't see him, he was hidden in the clouds of smoke from the ETIAW fireworks. The crowd were really great. The block we were on were up & dancing from 99 problems. The singalongs were really loud. Getting home was a bit manic. 30 min walk from the stadium to town. Then we struggled to get on a tram. I still can't believe that nobody at Metrolink/GMPTE envisaged the chaos and thought to lay extra late night public transport on. What with Coldplay, Westlife, and the ParkLife festival traffic and the usual saturday night revellers it was packed. Eventually got home about 1am.

Just uploading pics, so I'll write a quickish review. Apologies as my memory is a bit hazy, for various reasons I only got 2 hours sleep between the 2 shows and so last night's is fresher in my head. We left Sam with my Mum and got the tram into town. It was overcast and cloudy but no rain. As we got to the Stadium the heavens opened and we huddled under our brolly for a bit. The GA tickets could go in at any GA entrance in the Stadium so we had a wander round outside first. When it started raining for the second time we'd just reached the outdoor bars, so went in there for a drink and to huddle under the little bit of shelter. When we saw the lines start moving at 5pm, we went and joined the back of one. Took a little while to make our way through and then we were in. We'd picked Guy's side, not that we knew that from outside. We found aisle seats about 2/3 of the way up the lower tier. We then spent the next 2 hours putting the brolly up and down. Manchester was doing it's best showers just in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought it's reputation for rain was unjustified! It was cold too :( Even with the onboard central heating and 4 layers, I was cold. So ended up drinking decaf coffee and watery hot chocolate in a bid to keep warm. On the plus side, the Giant Chocolate Buttons were cheaper than they are in the Co-Op. Our seats weren't bad. We were level with the side ramps, and could see backstage quite well. I love watching the Roadies and the comings & goings whilst waiting for the band to come on. The pyrotechnic guy made me laugh on Saturday. City's security obviously didn't know what was coming and had let people stand too far along the barriers. He came out to speak to one of them and then the supervisor came out and they had a long chat. The pyro guy was quite animated but the supervisor obviously didn't take on board what he was saying. About 20 mins later, the pyro guy came back saw the crowd had hardly moved and looked to be kicking off! When he came back again, he was obviously pleased with the result as he gave security a big thumbs up. 99 Problems eventually arrived. I don't remember that song being that long, it seemed to go on for ever! Back to the Future kicked in and we were off! Back in a sec....

oooh! they've changed it again! :) http://uk.weather.com/weather/tomorrow-Manchester-M11 sunny til 3pm then cloudy