SwallowedInSea

Okay, gotta look on the bright side-- this is saving me like $100+ and I already went to one more show this summer than I had originally planned :\...

Yay, you're all back. Yeah, my friend just isn't into the whole talking to strangers online thing. :P Whatever, it's her loss! :lol:

I have a friend like that too. :dozey: So lame!! :P

Ahhh Pris you seriously have some of the best pictures from that night!!!! :bomb: I can't stop looking at them :wacky:

My review was soooooooo long. Oops! :lol: I think I need to shut up sometimes. :P

booooooooooooooooo :bigcry:

We tried to get a pic of Jackie after the show on Sunday night! She was outside where everyone was leaving so we tried to pose for a picture with her in the background, but she walked away too quickly. :lol: But yes, she can be scary :uhoh:...

I didn't realize I was writing so much :uhoh:..... but I'm glad you enjoyed it! :nice:

Oh yeah, I've got nothing to complain about. :lol: In fact the show I was talking about there (Hershey) I hadn't planned on going to at all until that afternoon so it was lucky I was there at all!

Jeez, I wrote a freaking novel! :uhoh: Sorry... :blush:

Oh no, definitely stay in your seats. They are looking for people with the cheap seats who seem like they'd be big fans who deserve front row!

It's okay... I had front row the night before so I can't really complain. :P

Very important-- if you see a roadie giving out upgrades, DO NOT ASK THEM FOR AN UPGRADE!! We made this mistake last weekend. We chatted with the roadie for a minute and then there was an awkward silence and we asked "So... any chance we could have one of those upgrades?" and she was said she was hoping we wouldn't ask because she's not allowed to give them to people who ask for them! So... go and chat with the roadie if you want, but DO NOT ask outright if they're giving away upgrades. I'm still thinking about this and it's making me all :bigcry:

Okay, okay, I guess I can write my review/story now. :P So, let's see... Pris arrived at my house around 12:30 or so on Friday night (the airport pickup is another story in and of itself) and we got right to making our signs. I made the one for me and Cooky that said "The Rhythm Section is Bangin'!" and Pris made one with the phrase Chavi suggested: "Latin America Came Your Way-- Now How About You?" So those looked great and we probably finished making them around 2 or 2:30 in the morning! :lol: So anyway... the next morning we were off! We got to Christa's house and met everyone and then got in the car to head to Hartford. We hit a bit of traffic but didn't stress too much because we knew we were already ahead of the game, the crazy Coldplayers that we are. :rolleyes: So anyway, after a long car ride of singing and discussing topics such as Guy's weight loss like Cooky mentioned, we arrived in Hartford! We really had nothing to worry about-- we got there before the parking lot even opened, so by the time we parked the car and got to the line and everything there only a couple of other people there already! That included Lauren (cold_love23) and her sister Sarah (or is it Sara? :confused:) whose username escapes me at the moment (sorry! :bigcry:) and they probably thought we were crazy, but soon they joined in with our craziness anyway, so it all worked out. :P So then... we waited. It really didn't feel like waiting too long, because we were all so excited and had some food and games to entertain us, and soon enough 6:30 rolled around and we were just dying for them to open the gates. The staff at the venue were actually really nice and stood on the other side of the gate teasing us for a while, since they could tell we were so incredibly excited. At one point they actually raised the gate and then lowered it again and we were all just like :bomb: But then of course eventually it was time to go in. So we went had our bags checked, our tickets scanned, and then we RAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!! It was insane, I almost fell down a couple times, and since I'm so short I'm not the fastest runner, but eventually we made it all to the next line. :dozey: This was not well organized at all-- there was one poor kid sitting at a table giving out wrist bands to everyone in the pit, and people were like rushing the table and I felt sooooo bad for him. Then they eventually got all of us in a semblance of a line, and let us into the pit. So we went ahead and then.... there it was, prime real estate right in front of Mr. Guy Berryman's bass. So of course we bolted and planted outselves right on the barrier in Guy-land and stood there for about two hours like :wacky: and in total disbelief that we had successful gotten the spots we wanted in the front row right in front of Guy. So, the opening acts.... Howling Bells and Pete Yorn were both very good, but I'm sure I would have enjoyed them more if I wasn't going insane just waiting for Coldplay to come out!!! :bomb: The openers flew by and then it was time for the main event.... as soon as Magnificent came on we knew what would follow, and then sure enough there was Jay-Z, the Blue Danube, and then.... Life in Technicolor. The boys ran out and it was just so surreal that they were right there in front of us. But we all were just so intent on rocking out, singing, and dancing, that we were enjoying every moment. I got a ton of pictures (even though most were blurry) which I will try and post, and a couple of videos, but I was having too much fun singing and dancing and I realized that my videos were going to give someone motion sickness so I just gave up. :P Cooky and I were so intent on making sure Guy and Will saw our Rhythm Section sign, so we held it up a lot during the show. The first time Guy saw it he gave us a little smirk, and you could tell he was thinking like, "Oh okay, very funny, more crazy fangirls," which I'm sure we seemed like! :lol: But then, later, during Politik (and forgive me because I know how silly/fangirly/lame I sound here) I was totally rocking out because that's always a highlight of every show for me, and I guess he saw how into the song I was (it was pretty obvious, to say the least :P) for about half a second we made eye contact, and he gave me a much more genuine smile than he did the first time and I was like :wacky: :bomb: :dead: and my heart melted or something. :P But, whoops, I'm getting ahead of myself. So.... you could tell right off the bat from the beginning of the show that Chris and all the guys were just in a really good mood that night... probably as a result of the previous night's Guystock.... :lol: So everything was going really well. Chris came up on the ramp next to us and saw Christa's Phil sign, and I missed his reaction, but from what I heard it seemed like he got it! :lol: I just can't wait until he sees it again at Wembley as that banner makes its way all across the world!! So then what happened? Hmm... oh, B and C stage happened, though we couldn't really see them at all. But that was okay, we had a nice time singing and dancing amongst ourselves down in the pit... with the exception of the drunk couple behind me making out without really coming up for air at all. :dozey: Okay, that's not important. Anyway... B and C stage came and went, Chris made some comment about Guy being in a porno and we all freaked out, and some stupid guy's shadow was blocking the screen during DWNC so we couldn't see Will! :angry: Okay, anyway... basically everything about this show was amazing... Lovers in Japan was another highlight for me. I had never been on the floor before during this tour so I'd never been able to experience being right under those butterflies as they come floating down around you. I can't even describe how amazing that feeling is, just the happiest thing in the world. :wacky: I got some pretty good pictures from that part, too. Then there was the encore, which of course made me a little teary eyed because I didn't want them to go. But of course the show had to come to an end, but not before Will looked right at me and Cooky with our rhythm section sign, smiled and gave us a big thumbs up!! :dance: So then I could pretty much go home happy. :P I collected SOO MANY butterflies and I got one of the yellow balloons that bounced backstage!! We couldn't fit it in the car, though, so we popped it and I saved the pieces. :P After that we had a little party in the parking lot and waited for the place to empty out. Christa got the most amazing butterfly cupcakes and of course we had some Stellas. :wink: Overall, it was just a totally incredible night with amazing music, pretty boys :wink:, and even better Coldplayers. :nice: Some pictures: And my absolute favorite of the night....

I just saw on the Keane forum that Will was at the Keane show I was at last night (with Cooky and Christa!!) If that's true....... :bomb: :bomb: :bigcry: :bomb:

That roadie story is so depressing, I can't even think about it. :( Whatever, we had our front row show, we're just spoiled now. :P

I think the lack of news is just making me come up with all these worst-case scenarios and I'm getting panicked that something REALLY bad has happened. I mean, I'm sure that everything is okay, I'm just getting a little carried away. :P

Oh crap, I'm getting really worried... :uhoh:

Ooh, it's dinner time. Be back in a little bit girls! And THANK YOU LORE!! :kiss:

I was chatting up the Oxfam girl! :lol: I was like, have you ever met Pete? Have you ever seen a picture of him??? :bomb: (She knew all about Pete and his cuteness... maybe she was a Coldplayer! :nice:)

That was such a crazy drive up there (not because of your driving skills, just because of everything that happened)... getting pulled over, getting lost, the HELICOPTER (:bomb:) and the rain. It makes a pretty good story! :lol:

It wasn't that hard for us to say yes. :rolleyes: I don't think we Coldplayers are really known for being rational, are we? :P

You girls are cruel.... but so funny!!! :lol:

Mmmmmm blanky? :wacky: You're making me want to take a nap! :lol:

Hehehe... Noelia and I were playing off each other all weekend, I think. We might have gotten to the point where we don't have to be polite to each other anymore. :P