bohs man

Haha thank you! don't be silly you don't need to ask! Just go right ahead :)

I have to say all the stuff thats been shown in here so far is amazing, really great stuff. I don't have any pictures or any kind of decorations, I do have one poster on my ceiling with my tickets and pit pass pinned underneath it from when I went to see Coldplay. So "My" Coldplay things that I have are my covers. Some of you may have heard them before, some may have not, either way I hope you enjoy them and they don't offend your ears too much :P Violet Hill [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-eRXQRrTxw&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Coldplay - Violet Hill (Full Cover)[/ame] God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - with added solo at the end :P [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq4Sylokih8&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Coldplay - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face cover[/ame]

1. Life In Technicolor II 2. Yellow 3. In My Place 4. Clocks 5. Cemeteries Of London 6. Daylight 7. Everything's Not Lost 8. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 9. Talk 10. Lost! 11. One I Love 12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head 13. Viva La Vida 14. White Shadows 15. Violet Hill 16. Strawberry Swing 17. Low 18. See You Soon 19. 42 20. Fix You 21. Politik 22. The Scientist 23. Lovers In Japan

I've put together a collection of some recordings from both nights in Dublin (although its mostly 21st) and put them in a rar. At present I'm missing, Speed Of Sound, Chinese Sleep Chant, GPASUYF/Talk, Politik and Life In Technicolor II. The rest is pretty much full versions of most songs. I have each song labelled with their date too. I guess its the best thats available at the moment until a proper bootleg emerges hopefully!! http://rapidshare.com/files/177422500/CO2D21.22.DEC.2008.zip.html

I've put together a collection of some recordings from both nights in Dublin (although its mostly 21st) and put them in a rar. At present I'm missing, Speed Of Sound, Chinese Sleep Chant, GPASUYF/Talk, Politik and Life In Technicolor II. The rest is pretty much full versions of most songs. I have each song labelled with their date too. I guess its the best thats available at the moment until a proper bootleg emerges hopefully!! http://rapidshare.com/files/177422500/CO2D21.22.DEC.2008.zip.html

Brilliant video of Viva La Vida and most of Lost! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB91eMoofBU]YouTube - coldplay O2 Arena dublin 08[/ame]

I was literally about 5 or 6 feet just to the left of Jonny. It was fantastic!

Queen and The Beatles.

I thought the High Wire were pretty decent. Would like to see them in a more intimate venue and with less distractions of the arena filling up while they were playing. The 2nd act I didn't really pay much attention to, and the videos on the screen were just plain weird! Onto The Main Event! - COLDPLAY! It's about 9:05pm and the arena is pretty much full. You can feel the anticipation and buzz in the air. Everybody was waiting for that serenade of sound. That familiar classical piece of music echoes throughout the arena to the sound of rhythmic claps. I know the moment I've been waiting for (3 years and 5 months to be precise) was not far away. The lights dim and the crowd unify in delight. 4 shadowed figures parade about with what could only be described as sparklers behind a draped curtain whilst the intro to Life In Technicolor rings loud. I can feel my arms tense as the excitement and adrenaline flows through my veins. Life In Technicolor concludes in a chorus of WHOA OH'S! The curtain lifts...."It was a long a dark december...." This is it I thought. My favourite Coldplay song was just starting and at that moment it felt like I could do anything I wanted. The bass, the drums, so powerful and progressive marching in time. Violet Hill finished to Chris saying "If you're having as good a time as we are....won't you let us know" the cheers followed loudly. Then it was like a little step back in time as they played Clocks and In My Place and it was like rekindling the fire of just hearing them again. The reason I fell in love with Coldplay, the reason why I was hooked. The lasers throughout Clocks were amazing and also the euphoric choruses of In My Place went down a treat. A slightly shorter version of Speed of Sound followed and it was no less great. Chris then had a little interaction with the crowd just before Yellow. He wanted to know if the rumours were true that the crowd tonight were going to be louder than yesterdays audience whom he gave "10 out of 10" He began to whip the crowd up into a frenzy by suggesting that when Jonny lifted his arm all the men should scream as loud as they could. Similarly when Guy lifted his all the women were to scream as loud as they could. As if they needed any incentive I thought! Chris also said that if will did any kind of movement that was the signal for everyone to scream. So screams were traded and I think it was quite clear the girls were louder as there were some piercing screechs! Chris then gave the signal to Will who started the crowd and Yellow was in full swing complete with gigantic yellow balloons. Chinese Sleep Chant was next which I appreciate to its fullest even if the majority of the crowd decided that this was the time to take that all important leak/beverage top up! This was then followed by brilliant 42. I loved the way it was built up to its climax and the energy could be felt all the way to the back row. Chris moved back to his piano as 42 concluded and those jazz organ sounding notes of Fix You began to illuminate the arena. Everyone was on their feet for this. Every single vocal cord was put to use as Chris didn't even need to sing the first chorus. The anthem grew into its glorious climax with the crowd staying with it til its conclusion. The crowd settled for a little and drew breath when the guitar riff from Strawberry Swing began to soar through the air accompanied by Guys clapping. It was such a beautiful sweet sounding song which then came to life as Will inflicted his African sounding beats upon it. The songed faded out as calmly as it began along to the systematic clapping of the audience. Over to the B stage they went as the techno version of God Put A Smile Upon Your Face and Talk which had everybody rocking. Really enjoyed the shorter renditions of both songs. This was then followed by Chris' solo performance of The Hardest Part and Postcards From Far Away. Just before The Hardest Part he dedicated the song to anybody having any struggles or difficulties in their lives which I thought was a nice touch. He also said that in about 5 minutes he hoped he would have a famous Dublin sing along. Back to the main stage they went and the strings from Viva La Vida brings the whole arena to its feet. This was the highlight of the night for. The crowd were so loud! dancing, singing, jumping it just had everything. Even long after the song finished the crowd continued to keep the momementum going with continuous OHHHH WHOA OHHHHHHHHHHHH OHH's! Then I think everyone was taken by surprise as suddenly the sound of African drums once again filled the arena as Lost! was belted out. I really really enjoyed this one and I think Viva La Vida and Lost! in succession of each other is pretty irresistable combination! Then another personal highlight of the night when the band left the stage and began ascending the stairs to a tiny platform in the middle of the crowd which just happened to be no more than about 6 feet away from where I was situated. I had debated this earlier in the night with my friend that they would come to the spot beside us to play the acoustic set, and luckily I was right :D I tried to collar Jonny as he came up the steps, I scream to "let me play Green Eyes" unfortunately it wasn't to be! Heart warming renditions of Green Eyes/Jingle Bells (which Chris proclaimed as a new song!) and Fairytale Of New York followed. Fairytale of New York went down a treat with the Dublin crowd as they ably assisted Will with his vocals on this. They promptly made a quick exit from their little platform and gave the crowd a little respite as a remix of Viva La Vida played. After a short break the band re-emerged on stage to a thumping rendition of Politik. I just love the contrasts of the song from the thumping chorus' to the subtle piano of the verses. Again building to another astonishing climax. This was followed by Lovers In Japan which is probably my most listened to Coldplay song of late. Its really infectious and again it didn't fail to deliver both in audio values and aesthetics. Literally hundreds of confetti butterflies were scattered and blown across the arena as the band played. As the song was nearing its conclusion they dimmed the lights and turned on these kind of ultraviolet blue lights which seemed to make the butterfly confetti illuminate and mesmerize the audience. Chris returned to his piano to start off Death And All His Friends. Which again was very pleasing to hear and one which went down extremely well as its little funky bassline in the middle had everyone grooving. The song finished to rapturous applause and the band made sure the crowd knew they appreciated their participation and contribution to the evening by walking to all corners of the stage and applauding. The band left the stage as more Viva La Vida chants struck up from the crowd. They returned to the stage from their brief encore break with an absolutely beautiful and heartfelt rendition of The Scientist. It really was moving to have been there and to have witnessed what a beautiful song it truly is. Chris also threw in a Take That cover of Back For Good at the end which sounded a lot better accompanied by The Scientist's chords rather than the original, or am I being a little biased?? I knew by this time the concert was just over and I just wanted to appreciate the final song in all its glory. It ended how it started, with Life In Technicolor. Except this time it was the Life In Technicolor II in all its glory with lyrics and more anthemic chorus' Chris thanked the crowd for coming and also wished everyone a Happy Christmas during the song. The song finished an ultimately the gig. I felt exhausted, elated, overwhelmed all the emotions you could imagine. I was just speechless, but I had a permanent grin on my face. One which is still here now as I write this! The gig maybe over, but the memory of this night will never fade away. Thank you Coldplay for one of the best nights of my life!

Yeah I tried recording the High Wire as a test but it was the same, the bass was just too loud and drowns out everything else. Sorry folks :(

AND Politik before Lovers In Japan ;) and that concludes the same setlist for the 22nd also.

no sadly not!!! and its a real shame because I was literally about 6 feet away from them when they were playing the acoustic set! :O I kept screaming to Johnny to let me play Green Eyes but he couldn't hear me :(

Just back now! UNBELIEVABLE! sadly the rumour regarding Crests Of Waves was untrue! Same setlist as last night I do believe. I recorded the whole gig on my mp3 player but the quality is awful, the sound was too loud for the mic and as such its just mostly noise. I'll try write a proper review when I'm more composed! :D

Tonight! :D why am I the only one who seems be getting excited about this!???

Thats class! I'm thinking about bringing my mp3 player with me tomorrow to record the gig (I know it probably wouldn't be good quality) but would there be any kind of hassle with security or security checks to get this inside? or would they think nothing of an mp3 player?

AHHHH LESS THAN 24 HOURS TO GO!!! IF I KNEW HOW TO DO THAT SQUEEE SMILEY I'D SURE USE IT NOW!!

I hope they play it tomorrow too!

1 day to go! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT I can't wait :D

To all who are going to this tonight, have the best time! I'm sure the boys won't let you down! I've still got 1 more day to wait!

I have 2 tics for Monday 22nd of December show. Unfortunately my sister can't make it now. Depending on the seats available I'd like to swap one of my tickets for the 22nd for a ticket on Sunday 21st. The tickets I have are Block C, Row 31, Seats 73/74. Thanks :)

I have 2 tics for Monday 22nd of December show. Unfortunately my sister can't make it now. Depending on the seats available I'd like to swap one of my tickets for the 22nd for a ticket on Sunday 21st. The tickets I have are Block C, Row 31, Seats 73/74. Thanks :)

Is it true Jay-Z is the support act?

1. Life In Technicolor II 2. Cemeteries Of London 3. Lost+ 4. Postcards From Far Away 5. 42 6. Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix) 7. Prospekts March 8. Glass Of Water 9. Viva La Vida 10. Violet Hill 11. Strawberry Swing 12. Rainy Day 13. Death And All His Friends 14. Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground

Welcome Jenny :D

I got my tics today :D