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It didn't last for 8 minutes, that's for sure. Maybe the album version is longer, but I think the live version lasted for about 5 minutes... not longer.

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P.s. I nicked these pictures from the 3FM and BNN websites.

OK, here's my gig review. Enjoy! Yesterday night turned out to be an unforgettable one, which I’m not going to forget any time soon. Just imagine, being able to see one of your favourite bands perform only 1-2 metres in front of you. It’s a really great feeling, I can tell you. Ofcourse, I’m talking about the secret Coldplay showcase in the Netherlands. I was one of approximately 300 other lucky fans (+ 200 VIP's) who were on the event's guestlist yesterday, by winning a contest through this fansite. Others won tickets through radio station 3FM, news paper Spits! and TV/radio network BNN. All the fans received e-mails from EMI/3FM/BNN, which granted them access to several ferry boats arranged for the event. Inside, we were handed V.I.P. armbraces which granted us exclusive access to the secret showcase (yes, it was all very secure). The boats took us to a hotel bar, somewhere in the centre of Amsterdam. There, we were allowed to have some free drinks. After approximately half an hour, some people from the organisation guided us to the secret location, not far away from the hotel. The secret location turned out to be one of Amsterdam's most famous concert halls, de Melkweg. Nobody was allowed to bring recording material, camera's or even simple mobile phones, so I had to hand in mine until the gig was over. Obviously, I rushed myself right in front of the stage so I wouldn't miss a thing. There was no security between the audience and the stage, except for a small space for a TV Camera Crew member to move around whilst filming. We were told that the entire gig was going to be recorded for radio/TV broadcast. Unfortunately the TV/radio network are not allowed to air the gig before Coldplay's new album X & Y is released. The airing date is set for sunday June 5th. The album will be released in the Netherlands 2 days earlier. At 21:15 CET approx., the lights went out and intro music started playing. The crowd started cheering as the band entered the stage. First Guy and Will, then Jonny and finally Chris. They kicked off with new album opener Square One, which featured Chris standing in the shadows next to his piano singing the lyrics "You're in control, is there anywhere you wanna go? You're in control, is there anything you wanna know? The future's for discovering. The space in which you travel in.". After this intro of the song, Chris walked forward to sit down behind his piano and played along with the rest of the band. The song ended with Chris playing the acoustic guitar. After this brilliant opening, the band continued with the more familiar piano-anthem Politik, which received a huge deal of applause. That's a great way to start a Coldplay gig, with these two songs. At one point, I noticed a TV camera filming me in close-up. (Wicked!... Can't wait to see it!) Next up was Speed Of Sound, the upcoming first single off X&Y. It's another song featuring Chris on the piano. Some lyircs of the chorus: "... all that noise, all that sound. All those pieces that I have found. And the earth is gone flying at the speed of sound to show how it all began..." It's a guaranteed hit single, I can assure you. Meanwhile, Chris really sweated all over the place. OK, it was pretty warm inside the concert hall, but damn.. this man was literally leaking. Crowd pleaser God Put A Smile Upon Your Face was played, followed by the rarely played AROFTTH track Warning Sign (which is too bad, because it's a really great song). The title track off the new album, X&Y, was up next. That was a really big moment for the die-hard fans in the audience, because the band had never played this track live before... Ever! Like most new tracks, again it featured Chris on the piano. Some lyrics of the chorus: "You and me drifting on tidal waves, you and me floating in outer space..." It was a nice track, with a beautiful instrumental outro. Sounded promising for the new album. Next up was Yellow, which had something special planned for the band. One of the boardmembers of coldplayfans.nl had prepared a surprise by cutting out big yellow paper hearts for fellow boardmembers, which were handed out in the hotel bar earlier. When the song kicked off, more than 50 people raised the hearts way up in the air, which took the band (and TV crew) by surprise. I bet it looks very nice when we get to see it back when aired on TV in 2 months time. After the song, Chris thanked the audience for this nice gesture. Next, another brand new song called Low was played for the first time ever. Surprisingly, it sounded nothing like the other new tracks. As a matter of fact, it sounded much more like earlier singles (Shiver, Yellow), and featured heavy guitar riffs.. even played by Chris. Definite contender for a future single, and bound to be a live favourite within years to come. The Scientist was beautiful as ever, although I think Chris forgot some of lyrics at some point. One thing's for sure.. He did mess up the next song played; another brand new never-before-played tune called Til Kingdom Comes, which is rumoured to be a hidden track on the upcoming album. It's an all-acoustic song, played by Chris and backed by Jonny. It sounded really nice, much like 'Green Eyes' on AROFTTH. Some lyrics: "... For you I'd wait til kingdom come. Oh, I don't know what I've become". Clocks was next, but we've all heard that one. The pre-encore setlist ended with new song What If, which featured Chris on piano. Another favourite of mine. Some quality guitar riffs from Jonny here, and a great chaotic outro. Some lyrics of the chorus: Oooh, that's right. Let's take a break, try to put it aside. Oooh, that's right. I can't ignore it if you won't even try.... After about 2 minutes, the band returned to the stage for a short encore. Obviously, the band had to play In My Place, which remains to be one of my all-time favourite Coldplay songs. Chris did his usual funny dance routine again. Another new new track, A Message, was played next. It kicked off with Chris on the acoustic, backed by Jonny on guitar. Guy and Will joined in later on. The gig ended with another surprise. The band had decided to end this magical night in Amsterdam, with... Amsterdam, which was actually born and written over 4 years ago in the same building. Unfortunately, Chris really f*cked it up by forgetting the words to the song at least three, if not even four(!) times. He even kinda cut the song short in the last seconds. I'm pretty sure it will be cut out of the TV footage later on, because it was a bit embarrassing for the band. I didn't mind it that much though. It's funny to see such a great band mess up a beautiful song like this. All in all the night was magical. One never to forget. I'm pretty sure I will probably never get the chance to see Coldplay in such a small venue ever again, especially since they have decided to only play big venues (stadiums) this summer. I'm still pretty gutted that I wasn't allowed to bring a camera, because I could've made some really great pictures way up front. I thank everybody involved for this opportunity. If it wasn't for coldplayfans.nl, EMI, BNN & 3FM, I would've missed out of this wonderful night. So thanks to all. Really.

We knew it would be somewhere in the Netherlands, because of the various contests going on. When the first winners received emails, it read that everyone was expected to be in Amsterdam at 17:00 CET, so that kinda gave away the city in which they were playing :D A couple of people guessed the exact location when a member of the organisation asked us if we had any idea where the gig could be held, though they didn't gave it away just yet. I think somebody received a phonecall from somebody else saying there was a Coldplay tourbus at the Melkweg, in which they were about to play, so it kinda got leaked a bit early.

... and I was one of these 20 lucky people.

Nope, but it was recorded for Dutch TV and radio. But they aren't allowed to air/show it before the album's released. Will be aired on June 5th. Not sooner :embarrased:

Typo... ofcourse should be April 6. Sorry.

Yup, that would've been my post :smug: Strange though, I also posted this on the Coldplaying.com forum around the same time, but it seems to have disappeared? :embarrased:

Yesterday (wednesday 6th July) Coldplay played a secret gig in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The setlist: 1. Square One 2. Politik 3. Speed Of Sound 4. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 5. Warning Sign 6. X&Y 7. Yellow 8. Low 9. The Scientist 10. Til Kingdom Comes 11. Clocks 12. What If ********************* 13. In My Place 14. A Message 15. Amsterdam Footnotes: X&Y features Chris on piano. Very melodic. Beautiful piano outro. Features the lyrics: "You and me surfing on tidal waves, you and me floating in outer space" (... or something like that) Low is the loudest guitar track since Yellow. Guaranteed favourite for the new album, and possible single if you ask me Til Kingdom Comes is lovely Chris/Jonny track. Is fully acoustic, much like 'Green Eyes' Lovely evening. Magical. P.s. They completely f*cked up 'Amsterdam' P.p.s. No, I didn't record it. Hell, security even took away my mobile phone Oh, and this gig was recorded for radio + TV broadcast, but they aren't allowed to air/show it before the album's released. I think they said it will be aired both on radio + tv on June 5th.

Oh I will... I'm gonna make some notes on the songs/setlist. P.s. I heard it's going to be recorded for radio (3FM) + TV (BNN) broadcast.

Coldplay will be playing their 3rd secret gig this year in the Netherlands tomorrow night... probably in Amsterdam. I'm on the guestlist (along with 200-300 fellow fans), so I'm there! Stay tuned for more in this topic. Who else is going?

http://www.bnn.nl/view/6508344/6508228/6507219 There's another secret gig in the Netherlands tomorrow (link in Dutch, sorry). But the gig's TOMORROW! So stay tuned for more about this event. I'm there, so I'm pretty damn excited :smug:

Yup, I received mine today... as has everybody else (check the coldplayfans.nl board). Sorry dude... I'm afraid you might have to go to the postal office on saturday after all

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weeeeeeeeell, hate to bribe... but yes, I know :rolleyes:

Try again.. They're working now! :D

Why do you think the files keep getting deleted within a couple of hours when they have been uploaded to Yousendit? Normally, files are deleted after 7 days. These Coldplay files get blocked MUCH faster. :o I'm telling you, certain people aren't very happy with these tracks leaking over and over again.

What about the band playing in a desert, and suddenly the ground below them and around them starts moving rapidly... Oh wait... :stunned:

Coldplay - A Message (live) http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...X63EB8F50S68T57 Coldplay - Speed Of Sound (live) http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...MU1U4GT2JX6TMAB Coldplay - Square One (live) http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...OP2UW1X6UKAXWW1 Coldplay - What If (live) http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...6J1HJRXMGQ3GESM Coldplay - White Shadows (live) http://s11.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...NC191T3FB8OVJYB Coldplay - Talk (studio mix) http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...8D2LMGAE09RLZZG Now stop yer b*tchin' :lol:

http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=185256GATKH8D2LMGAE09RLZZG For the greedy ones who are still seeking for the file. Enjoy :D