milesahead89

if its GA PIT, you have a way better shot in my opinion. Normally the pit is pretty large and it seems like more tickets are released online for those. Plus they release them in waves it seems. SO if you miss out when they first come out, don't worry, they will release more as time goes on. I feel like when the entire floor is assigned(especially at smaller venues, like arenas), it's impossible to get ahold of them.

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Thanks Perejro!!!

How did i misss this???? please pm me some links for this. i will be eternally grateul

they probably wouldn't even notice it happening. The audience probably wouldn't recognize any of the people except gwenyth paltrow, so they would be confused. The roadies would never allow it, if we managed to even contact them. changes in the show would have to be approved by the band anyway. AND if coldplay did see it... they would not know it was form the fans. they would think it was the roadies work. And if for some reason they did not like it(which im sure they wont), someone could get into a lot of trouble. I don't think this would ever happen. Showing thanks to the band is good, but in showing our love for them, not their families. The Postcards From Far Away Project was brilliant.

a good calculator

So I just had the idea of taking every single Coldplay song I have on iTunes and totaling up the play counts to see how many listens I've had. I thought it'd be cool to share and see what other people got as well. I have 3,722 plays. It's quite a bit, but I have a feeling it's nowhere close to as some of you. That's only really 10.3 days straight of Coldplay songs if the average song is 4 minutes. I'm actually surprised it isn't more. I think on some versions of iTunes, it wouldn't give a song a play unless you directly clicked on it and played it all the way through. The new one however, will give the song a play if it runs through it in order. So 3,722 is the magic number... who has higher?

ok... seriously? I'm not going to be able to get there with my cousin until 10 am, and I KNOW that it won't be early enough to get front row... maybe even 2nd or 3rd row. The yellow shirt could come up big.

welcome to coldplaying!

I was the one that hit it. I'm pretty sure it just bounced off him. I think it him on the guitar though.

Phil! You are the man. Tell Chris I'm sorry for hitting him with a Yellow balloon.

i definitely would have asked for pictures. haha.

makayla.... what did your sign say???????

This is why Coldplay needs to do a Coldplayer show. :)

amazing video. I don;t understand how it's possible to do things like that. it blows my mind.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVIVqT9trA]YouTube - Fix You - Coldplay FRONT AND CENTER Live at The Home Depot Center - 7/18/09[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfmfycmLdA]YouTube - In My Place - Coldplay FRONT AND CENTER Live at The Home Depot Center - 7/18/09[/ame]

lisa_noelle judging by your pictures you were right next to me. My friend and I were on the other side of that little boy.

42 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGEgtC-a_5I]YouTube - 42 - Coldplay Live at The Home Depot Center - 7/18/09[/ame]

Also, at the end of yellow, when had the crowd sing it, my friend and i screamed "and everything you do".. and the lyric is "and all the things you do"... we think chris heard us and thats why he said "we need to work ot the lyrics for that bit"

wow thanks great quality

THAT WAS ME!!! I hit it right at him. HAHA. I just wrote it in my review thing. Haha.

This concert was a dream come true for me. Ever since I saw Coldplay for the first time at the forum in the nosebleed seats when I was 19, I knew I had to find a way to get to the front. I never would have guessed I would do it in a year. I had GA tickets so I got to the venue at 7:30 a.m. There was only one other group that got there at roughly the same time. Maybe an hour later, a guy called Noel began waiting in line with my friend Nader and I. He was from Mexico City, and he is a Coldplayer: Ginga Joy. It was good meeting you man. Then shortly after, two young girls began waiting in line with us as well. Jessica and Stephanie. They were very excited as well. The wait was long, and many were trying to just get glimpes of the stage through the gates, just to see what was going on. One particular individual was extremely excited when the Viva banner came down. Haha. To pass the time we also started playing a game where you give someone a question, and the answer is a Coldplay song. Example: Where do you keep your things? Ans. In My Place. Corny, but fun when the sun is baking on you and you have nothing to do. They told us the gates would open at 6, so when we were all ready to go in... they changed it to 6:30. My friend and I wanted to make it down there as quick as possible. We went to the stairs and the security gaurd stared at our tickets for about 20 seconds.... not knowing what to do. SO we went to another set of stairs and we thought we were done for! We hustled around some people, mde it down, and when I made it into the pit, there were only a few people in there, and FRONT AND CENTER was open. I know a lot of people say that, but this was legitimately right in front of Chris's microphone. Also, the first ten people in my line also made it to the front. I was happy about that. They were all cool people. I thought the openers were great. Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis got me snapping my fingers. I liked their style, and it s very hard to describe. They were almost like a British retro, folk band. They were extremely talented. We asked them if they were all a family, and they were. It looked like Mom and Dad and the kids. Amadou and Mariam were also good. However, I wanted them to end as soon as possible so I could see Coldplay. I loved the bass player. He had so much energy. Coldplay was due to come on, but this lady directly behind me was giving everybody around her a hard time. SHe seemed to think that she had the right to be in any spot she wanted, so when she tried to get closer to her daughter(who made no attempt to get to her), she pushed people and started going off on everyone around her. She tried to get security to help her out, saying she knew a guy "Raul" who could come down and sort it out for her... Eventually, everyone in the front started pointing at her chanting for security to take her out. It was hilarious. Thankfully, when the show started she faded out of sight. When the Blue Danube came on, the roadie stood up right in front of me and started leading the clap. The spotlight was right on us. The show was so amazing. Life in Technicolor is such a great intro. Once Violet Hill came on, I could not even believe how close I was. It wasn't until In My Place that Chris was allowed to roam free. He came right up to the edge of the stage. I could almost smell him. Yellow was AWESOME. A ball came to me and I instinctively hit it forward towards the stage, and I PEGGED Chris with it who was singing into his microphone. SORRY buddy. haha. Did anyone see that? It's great being up so close to the stage. When you are in the back, you can't see the interactions between the band members. At previous concerts, i have always thought that Chris was the only one that rocks out, but now since I've been up front, I can say that they ALL do. Will goes crazy on the drums and really gets into it. Jonny may not move around too much, but when he gets a solo, or exposed bit, he really digs into it, and I could see the energy coming off of him. Guy does looked relaxed, but you can tell he is groovin' and loving it in his head. Viva La Vida was amazing. I was right in front of Will on the drums. The Viva chant was magical. I stopped singing it for a bit just to listen, and it was SOOO loud. It was amazing. During Strawberry Swing, Noel got a drum mallet that Chris bounced off the drum into the audience. Good job man! Also this was the first time butterflies rained down on me in Lovers In Japan. It was a great experience. Everyone was so happy about it, it was like magic. The concert really flew by, and before I knew it, it was over. When the boys were doing thier bows, Jonny walked by me, and I screamed his name. He looked down right at me, smiling, and began applauding my section of the audience. It was awesome! The Encore was brilliant as always. The Scientist is a great singalong, and Life in Technicolor 2 really gets you up and going. I was also lucky enough to get a set list from a Roadie after the show. This was really the best Coldplay experience of my life, and it ranks in the best nights of my life as well. It could not have gone any better. Nader and I had a blast, and I'll get some videos up here soon, as well as some pictures.

YEAAAA, and the wait in the line. Good meeting you man. It was awesome that we all got to the front!!!

WOW I just got back. It was amazing. I got FRONT AND CENTER. I could not believe it. I was so close to the boys! I also got ahold of a setlist. Here it is: Life in Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Yellow Glass of Water Cemeteries of London 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing Talk(Dance Version)/God Put a Smile (B) Hardest Part(B) Postcards From Far Away(B) Viva la Vida Lost! Green Eyes© DWNC© Billie Jean© (Viva Remix) =========== Politik Lovers in Japan Death and All His Friends ============ The Scientist Life in Technicolor 2 (The Escapist) Thats how its typed out, verbatim. I'll post my review, and some AMAZING videos soon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0LGqPR7geE Clocks!