ericsjones

went to the early bird special …aka 5 pm show. great seats . front loge. the show/sound was great and while it wasn't as smooth as their other shows, it was for the better IMO. they are too rehearsed, too produced, etc. show was short though but sound was incredible. 20 plus shows with coldplay. 2nd smallest venue…sick

just got back from the show...didnt have a ticket. hung out up front for an hour, talked to some guy who turned out to be the producer from yahoo..told him i tried to win tickets but to no avail. he said they were going to be way over capacity....then he saw me and my girl just standing there in the cold and he introduced himself and said, "hang out, let me see what i can do"...we had hope. .....30-45 minutes passed by...no sign of any help coming our way. started to watch the door very closely when they started letting people in. they were checking pretty closely for the email notice etc....but then they started letting a good flow of people in and they were just letting everyone in. passing out coldplay necklaces as you entered the door....i told my girl to get in line right away and kept watching to see if this was going to continue. and it did. i hopped in line with her and just walked right in the front door right onto the main floor like 15 feet from the stage, dead center....pretty sick. hung out for a bit just waiting for a while ..lots of talking about the q and a section and a dry run of the q and a...blahblahblah..just pumped at this point. actually grabbed a setlist as well. just prior to the show they were playing one of jay z's songs..so i thought it was definitely going to go down!! lit violet hill clocks lost---jay z and beyonce were there but no jay on stage....very bummed chinese sleep chant 42 yellow strawberry swing viva lij death... q and a all in all a great experience..crowd was kinda mellow. lots of corporate types and sponsors .....one thing that was terrible was it was half empty and they could have given way more tickets away...chris even commented about a lot of empty seats in the balconies.....not "selling many tickets" they seemed to be really happy and just had a good time. pumped for sunday and monday now. stoked i went over there and just hung out....luckily i didnt wait for that guy since he was on stage getting things squared away as the show was getting close to starting..

2 GREAT tickets to Monday nights show in NJ I have 2 extra tickets for mondays show at the izod center in NJ section 123 let me know if you would like them. They are hard tickets and i am going so I can exchange with you there or prior to the show this weekend. I live in NYC. Thanks, Eric 917.763.9329

he said something like "you guys are in great form tonight"..people went nuts

hey, so i am going to keep it brief. everyone else has covered most if not all. 15th coldplay show and honestly the philly crowd was pretty legit. very very excited. lots of energy running through that place. it crushed msg a month ago. there were a few points i thought the sound/timing was a bit off but they figured it out pretty fast. the setlist was good and i was excited because i hadnt been watching the boards too much to see the order of songs. this time around i thought chris wasnt moving around nearly as much as x&y tour but its all good. most songs sounded super clean. my one and only SERIOUS complaint is this: only 1 song off of parachutes.???..now, i know its time to focus on new stuff, but just 1 song....if they could have thrown everythings not lost and/or trouble/dont panic in the mix...just play sparks and shiver and i may call it a day for good!!!! one last thing...15 times, i have yet to see shiver...kills me looking forward to izod...have huge expectations. regardless, great show to cap off a really really tough week...

setlist is so predictable--what about throwing the serious fans a bone and playing shiver, everythings not lost, see you soon, sparks, talk...even politik, maybe amsterdam... im not saying all of these but a few would be great get used to this setlist..it wont change all that much. just being honest

oh and once again, thanks ccsg for bringing me with!!!

what an incredible experience. i am back at work and will write more later but it was sooo much more fun than i thought. the crowd was huge

hi, i just pm'ed you. its a long note, but please read.... thanks, e

yeah, seiously i would love to get my hands on a pass. i thought my true story would be a shoe in. so if anyone is coming in hans solo and needs a friend please let me know!

thats exactly what i was looking for..thanks!

hey, not questioning your note about the way its going to play out, but how did you find this out. just really curious and trying to figure this all out.

its gotta be 7. then they tape it, then they pick when the play it on the show...unfortunately i wont be checking in since i didnt win...thought my story was a lock...i was wrong

im almost certain they play at 7 and then the play like 2 songs that were taped throughtout the show sporadically. the 7 am start needs to be confirmed. i swear i saw it way back when it was first announced but dont know where it is now.

are they scheduled to play right at 7am?