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No rest for the weary around here Ian:D

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Who wants a mimosa? :D

The love was STRONG in Orlando :love:

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Best Birthday Ever Part 8 Next, the boys all walked past us and down Jonny's ramp to get up to the C-stage. In Chicago, they didn't have the big screens up in the middle of the arena so it was nice to be able to see them up close even though they were really so far away. I couldn't stop laughing at the guy who was almost directly behind Chris. He kept reaching out to touch Chris and it looked like Chris was trying to shrug him off a couple of times.:laugh3: The Scientist is nearly tear inducing. :cry:Wonderful. I do lean over and tell Lori something like - Bless his heart he really doesn't play the harmonica well at all. But hey - I'll give him points for trying. Death Will Never Conquer is so lovely. Will's voice is perfect for this song and he sings it so well. Right at the start, there was some little hiccup and I actually thought Will had broken a guitar string but he and Chris had a little laugh and they carried on. And before that Will had something on his cheek that Chris wiped off for him. Awwww.:wacky: DWNC finished and they said goodbye and the VLV remix came on. It felt awfully long until they came back and the opening strains of Politik was pounded into our souls. I texted Angie to tell her it was on and her reply was "Bounce!" - I showed it to Lori and we bounced! :DGreat fun and such an awesome song. This should NEVER leave Coldplay's setlist - EVER. A let down washed over me as I realized Lovers in Japan was next. The show would be over soon. But thankfully it was temporary. My mood lifted as the song began and I watched Jonny just enjoying the song and the crowd and later on lifting his face to the sky and watching the butterflies fall. I think everyone who has gone so far has that little snapshot in their mind of seeing those butterflies fall....sigh. DAAHF is like a warm fuzzy for the concert goer. The show is ending but you somehow feel ok about it. The singing at the end gives me chills and it was especially chuckle inducing to watch Jonny concentrate very hard on playing his part while the others were singing. The song ended and they put down their instruments and began clapping for us. Lori and I held up the Reign of Jonny banner and he saw it but was on the move. Guy came over and I thought I had missed him when I remembered I had our homemade Reign of Guy sign so I held that up really fast and thankfully he looked back in our direction and saw it and smiled and gave us a little clap. :D Then they were bowing and leaving the stage.

Good point:lol:

He's got no where to run. We'll have the place surrounded:D

Lori - You were with me to celebrate the most amazing birthday I've ever had and now its your turn!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO LORI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jonny love for you:kiss: Love you Lori:kiss: See you later:wink::D

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Yes it is:D

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:dance: I'm watching the movie cars with a wide awake toddler and my guest is still sleeping:D

So it looks like the A-Team will finally all be together today... Lori, Angie, Mel, and Mich :D :dance: :dance: :dance:

Awwww....Violet and I have the same birthday...:D

Awwww....Violet and I have the same birthday...:D

I'm working on it:D

Best Birthday Ever Part 7 I actually really enjoyed Speed of Sound...the magic balls looked really cool changing colors. Then after SOS we were sure they were going right into COL but Chris asked for the lights to come up. He said hello to the crowd. At some point (was it before this? help me out Lori and Kelly) he said the thing about it being Jonny's daughter's (Violet's) first birthday...was that right at the beginning?? Anyway, he was talking and saying hello and the lights were up so I held up my birthday banner and he looked right at me and pointed his finger at my banner and said "Happy Birthday." I mouthed a thank you to him and looked directly over at Jonny (for some reason) who also had a big grin plastered on his face. I had NO EXPECTATION he would say anything...it was really so I could try to get them to play Shiver! HA! No Shiver, but I'll take the birthday wishes.:D Clearly, during COL I was out of my mind. I could see what Lori was filming next to me and that didn't help with the excitement level.:wink3: COL is great live and why they didn't have it on the setlist from the beginning is beyond my comprehension. Chinese Sleep Chant was very high energy. Again, Jonny was giving it everything he had. Then 42, which is probably my favorite live performance, just blew me away. Chris was spastic dancing. Jonny was dancing and rocking out all over the place. Will was beating the shit out of his drums. Guy - who I could barely see from where I was - was definitely in the groove - swaying pretty good as he played.:cool: Fix You was good. Chris was so cute leaning down over his piano with this look on his face like - come on guys you gotta sing this next part really loud. We were all singing out as loud as we could but I really have no idea how it compared to other crowds. It didn't seem like the crowd as a whole was that loud.:\ Strawberry Swing I love, such a great song. Pretty sure all I did was stare at Jonny while he played.:lol: Then they moved down to the B-stage for GPASUYF and Talk. We could see them but they seemed so far away. I love the B-stage set. I only wish they were doing the whole songs instead of the abbreviated versions. I can not stress enough how absolutely stunningly beautiful The Hardest Part is when it is Chris on the piano.:stunned: Again, he dedicated it to Jennifer Hudson in the wake of her family's tragedy - very sweet of him. I have new appreciation for that song since Chris started performing it like that. Beautiful. Postcards From Faraway...maybe everyone else knew this but the crowd is so focused on Chris that I was stunned to turn to the stage and see Jonny playing during this song.:o Maybe I never listened to it close enough but I had no idea Jonny was playing during that song. I thought it was just Chris on the piano so that was a nice surprise. Viva La Vida is just jaw dropping. It is a great song on its own but add in the crowd singing and the lights and that song just gets in your blood. And since I was directly in front of Jonny I didn't turn around to see what kind of nutty dancing Chris was doing. I just watched Jonny singing and playing...lovely.:wacky: Maybe its the Chicago connection - since they filmed the video there and I was there also - but Lost! is awesome. I liked it on the album but there is something about it live. Maybe the drums are louder - I'm not sure - but I just LOVE this song live.:D

:dance: Have fun!!!! Coldplay karma vibes coming your way:wink:

HOLY SHIT! Kelly - those look like professional pics :stunned: AWESOME!

Me too! RADIO FREE EUROPE!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

JESUS KELLY! That pic is awesome!! Did your camera have a manual setting?:inquisitive: They are awesome. Tell me how you had it set...gonna try it with mine;)

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Busted! This is taped!