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No Encore? Hartford - great show. Could of used more 1st album songs but still all in all a good show. However I walked with away with a bad feeling. I'm a musician, i know what its like to perform for people, whats expected, whats on the minds of the band, and how the audience can effect that, and also I'm a fan for thats what started my path in music. NO ENCORE. This is unheard of. They turned the lights on before the curtain was done rolling up. What band doesn't give a packed house with tons of admiration for the band an encore on a Saturday Night? We can speculate it was due to money etc. If thats the case - wow. This band can't afford to go over 10min for an encore for people who buy there stuff and support them in whatever they do? Weak Sauce. THE BANTER. At one point Chris cut a song short and said i hope we know enough hits for you guys. If he wasn't getting the reception he expected then no biggie, make the next song that much better. Don't insult the audience saying they are not hardcore fans who know every second of material they wrote. Who cares if they don't know the song, they are still listening. They undermines the respect that is established at a rock concert. Plus these guys aren't really rocking it hard so I don't know what kind of reaction Chris really wants. Then he went on about Justin Timberlake which seemed lighthearted but i couldn't really tell. then he joked about Coldplay having the best reception a french band could ever have or freedom band - whatever we call it now. Old news, not everyone in US thinks that, way to pigeonhole and stereotype. Also they did a blooper style montage of politicians dancing, Bill O'Reilly clip, lots of Bush, and vairous other stuff. I'm no Bush fan but I don't want a English band making fun of America on American soil. We don't have a perfect system, and through American's apathy this is why our government is so messed up for it doesn't represent all the peoples sentiments anymore. if we took politics more seriously Coldplay wouldn't have idiotic figures to make fun of - but I digress. Then he said they are the best band in the world, and 9th in England. Is that saying England bands are generally better than bands in the world? Its a interesting debate but great argument on the basis that the band plays a encore like a real rock band. Kenny G plays encores for crying out loud. I just saw the police - double encore. radiohead - double encore. pearl jam - plays way over curfew and pays fees because of it - but they love playing music and entertaining people. the list goes on of bands that are humble about their privileged lifestyle playing music and with their extreme wealth they give back to the fans the one moment when it counts - on stage! Great light show, the songs i knew were performed well, great sound, stage antics and gimmicks were good (although Chris's moves get tired by the end of the show) - I had an enjoyable time up until the end. Their music has rock in it, but not enough to constitute no encore. Anyone who read this - thanks. peace