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maybe they actually played it???

Angie just sent two texts: 1st one - OMFG! 2nd - Escape What's Escape???

Roadie #42 - Blog #46 November 1, 2008 10:52 pm #42 and the Grateful Undead. Soundcheck in Washington gets canceled in the name of a little more time in NYC in the morning. Whilst this is a right result for all, it does mean that we land at Dulles just after 5pm. Of course, as we get on the road, it becomes clear that we're in for a slow trip. One of the reasons to run away and join a tour is to escape the 9 to 5 and here we are sat in rush hour traffic. I'll wager though, that we're the only ones here on our way IN to work... I'm fairly sure that Coldplay have never done a show on New Years Eve in the US before. Certainly not whilst I've been with them. We've also got a higher percentage of Americans in the crew this time out, so we're celebrating in full this year. As you can see below, tonight saw a very rare stage invasion. Somehow, it would appear that keyboard tech Neil Lambert got possessed partway through the day. Despite several drumsticks through the heart, he still managed to make his way onstage to try to take out Mr. Martin. Somewhere in the blackout, Chris prevailed and we've put Neill away in one of the spare piano cases for now. I'm not sure what the international laws are about transportation of the undead across borders, but we'll let the freight company deal with that... <object width="480" height="370" align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="vidplay"><param name="movie" value="http://www.coldplay.com/FlowPlayerDark.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param value="transparent" name="wmode"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><param name="FlashVars" value="config={ streamingServerURL: 'rtmp://fl.interoute.com/streamrt', playList:[{url: '{e58631c2-9172-42f9-99c4-35b67d778d7e}/{d2261634-93bd-43c6-9e4e-67dc5632c54e}/Halloween' }], loop: false, autoPlay: false}"><embed width="480" height="370" align="middle" src="http://www.coldplay.com/FlowPlayerDark.swf" wmode="transparent" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" name="vidplay" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="config={ streamingServerURL: 'rtmp://fl.interoute.com/streamrt', playList:[{url: '{e58631c2-9172-42f9-99c4-35b67d778d7e}/{d2261634-93bd-43c6-9e4e-67dc5632c54e}/Halloween' }], loop: false, autoPlay: false}"></embed></object> OR [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPUEABUm0c]YouTube - Coldplay - Halloween - Verizon Ctr, Washington (31-Oct-08)[/ame] The ride home is note-able for the fact that lovely Janice, our flight fairy and all of the cabin crew had decked out the plane with cobwebs, spiders and bats. Excellent work folks! Driving back in to NYC in the wee hours of the morning always gives you a chance to see the more colourful characters on the streets. Tonight being halloween however, means that it's somewhat tricky to determine who is a crackhead, who is a hooker and who is a party-goer on the way back home still in costume. This bookends our commute rather nicely. We started this afternoon sat in traffic with some of the country's most powerful and important folks in Washington DC and here we are amongst a freakshow the like of which I've never seen. No prizes for guessing where we're the most comfortable...

Roadie #42 - Blog #46 November 1, 2008 10:52 pm #42 and the Grateful Undead. Soundcheck in Washington gets canceled in the name of a little more time in NYC in the morning. Whilst this is a right result for all, it does mean that we land at Dulles just after 5pm. Of course, as we get on the road, it becomes clear that we're in for a slow trip. One of the reasons to run away and join a tour is to escape the 9 to 5 and here we are sat in rush hour traffic. I'll wager though, that we're the only ones here on our way IN to work... I'm fairly sure that Coldplay have never done a show on New Years Eve in the US before. Certainly not whilst I've been with them. We've also got a higher percentage of Americans in the crew this time out, so we're celebrating in full this year. As you can see below, tonight saw a very rare stage invasion. Somehow, it would appear that keyboard tech Neil Lambert got possessed partway through the day. Despite several drumsticks through the heart, he still managed to make his way onstage to try to take out Mr. Martin. Somewhere in the blackout, Chris prevailed and we've put Neill away in one of the spare piano cases for now. I'm not sure what the international laws are about transportation of the undead across borders, but we'll let the freight company deal with that... <object width="480" height="370" align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="vidplay"><param name="movie" value="http://www.coldplay.com/FlowPlayerDark.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param value="transparent" name="wmode"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><param name="FlashVars" value="config={ streamingServerURL: 'rtmp://fl.interoute.com/streamrt', playList:[{url: '{e58631c2-9172-42f9-99c4-35b67d778d7e}/{d2261634-93bd-43c6-9e4e-67dc5632c54e}/Halloween' }], loop: false, autoPlay: false}"><embed width="480" height="370" align="middle" src="http://www.coldplay.com/FlowPlayerDark.swf" wmode="transparent" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" name="vidplay" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="config={ streamingServerURL: 'rtmp://fl.interoute.com/streamrt', playList:[{url: '{e58631c2-9172-42f9-99c4-35b67d778d7e}/{d2261634-93bd-43c6-9e4e-67dc5632c54e}/Halloween' }], loop: false, autoPlay: false}"></embed></object> OR [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPUEABUm0c]YouTube - Coldplay - Halloween - Verizon Ctr, Washington (31-Oct-08)[/ame] The ride home is note-able for the fact that lovely Janice, our flight fairy and all of the cabin crew had decked out the plane with cobwebs, spiders and bats. Excellent work folks! Driving back in to NYC in the wee hours of the morning always gives you a chance to see the more colourful characters on the streets. Tonight being halloween however, means that it's somewhat tricky to determine who is a crackhead, who is a hooker and who is a party-goer on the way back home still in costume. This bookends our commute rather nicely. We started this afternoon sat in traffic with some of the country's most powerful and important folks in Washington DC and here we are amongst a freakshow the like of which I've never seen. No prizes for guessing where we're the most comfortable...

Probably not!!! Angie: J in white tight t shirt See? Angie gives the important details!!! Hee hee

As of right now: 7 days, 2 hours, 43 minutes to go!!!!! :dance:

Noelia!!!!! I'll be in Detroit in......38 hours! ACK!

No problem!! Waiting for more:D

WOOHOO! :dance:

Angie also just texted to say that the setlist is the same so far...

From where Angie's seat is she said they ran right in front of her to get to the c-stage...she says: Blue shirt right in front of me. Squee! and at 10:03 she says: Will!

9:56 Acoustic set on C stage

Angie texted at 9:44 to say that IMP was OMG :D

^WHOOOOOOP! YAY for Pete!!! Angie texts: Jay Z song on :dance:

:shame: I've been so busy in the Orlando and now the Detroit threads that I've been neglecting this one.....

got very, very lucky to get row 7....squeeeeeeeeeeeee

8:20 still setting up 8:25 Franksie standing right in front of Angie :dance:

there'll be a few but Angie said she has such a good sightline that she is going to try and get videos all night...we'll know start and finish times...and maybe some in between... :dance:

angie: OMG! At the end of ramp and on end seat where no one can block or walk in front of me. SQUEEEEEEE! Holy crap people! Her vids are gonna be EPIC!:stunned:

I am a broken record... SHIVER :dance:

Where are your seats? I'm Melanie, by the way:D We are section A, row 7...WHOOP!

I am too! We will have some banners to show to the boys:D AND its my birthday on Monday...what could be a better present than Coldplay on your birthday???? :dance: :dance: :dance:

yes, but angie says not a lot of texts since she is manning the RAMP O'LOVE tonight. We'll know start and finish times for sure...maybe more.

traveling with rivertop and her husband. Picking up KissesBirds(Lori) right after we land and then later on meeting up with kspillers2 (Kelly) Ought to be a blast:D

Coldplay has the most amazing balls:D