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We asked one of the guys handing them out if he had a signed one :lol: He even looked through his package for us! That was after all the craziness when it was calmer at the exits. They were handing them out behind the barriers and some guy who randomly walked past asked what it is that they're hadning out and he got a CD as well. Imagine some person just randomly walking by would get one! :shocked2: @Pguild142: Were you the one who got a signed copy because of wearing the yellow shirt??

My Düsseldorf pics! Video not uploaded yet! It'll take another 6 hours for the Billie Jean vid :(

:lol::lol::lol: So sorry .:VivaLaVida:.!!

Are you still with me?? Here comes the part you actually wanted to read :lol: Like people said before they didn’t use the curtain. Phil had a short look at the arena from the other side of the stage and saw my roadies sign! He gave me a thumbs up :dance: Hoppy: A look behind: When “Magnificent” started we all went crazy as the “countdown” had begun! Ilione was so right when she said that this one track just managed to do what 2 opening bands couldn’t: we were right in the best mood!!! I’ve never seen the “Breakdancing Roadie” action before and was so happy when he came on stage during the Jay-Z song! Wow, he’s good! The guy from my town had never been to a CP concert before so I “instructed” him to clap to the “Blue Danube” :lol: So he did - I’m proud :laugh4: They had this amazing animation on the screens with a zoom from the earth right into the arena with “Düsseldorf” written across the screens (Snow Patrol moment for Ilione and me :lol: See, I didn’t say they copied it!!!) It was really fitting and made the crowd go crazy then already. The boys came on stage and you probably know what it’s like: All the hurting legs and feet and sorrows are forgotten!! I have to disappoint you concerning pics: I didn’t take many. It’s just soooo much better to just enjoy and dance and clap and sing than holding up a camera… too many people did that already around me. During IMP I held up the “Chris, do you want a twiglet?” banner. It was written in red with Kris (= Knitted Chris) and a pack of Twiglets attached on both sides :) Picture will follow! Chris saw it, smiled and licked his lips :lol: He also did a really funny dance / jump and I hope someone filmed it!!! I couldn’t stop jumping like that the following day whenever it fitted – such a funny moment! Another thing that made me smile was that he obviously didn’t adapt to the bigger stage yet. At the point where he normally does his jump towards Jonny on the ramp he wasn’t even at the beginning of the ramp and just did a rather small jump and laughed and continued running :lol: :wacky: At the end of Yellow he made gestures to people in the middle to throw a balloon to him. When it finally reached him he didn’t manage to pop it with his guitar so he ran to where it flew and popped it there. Will was so quick and banged a drum right at this point!!! :drummer: :heart: Next was GOW… I always wanted to hear it and can’t tell you how happy I was when I heard the first notes :dance: So so so so good!!! I keep thinking back to he first time they played it live and how “different” that sounded. Now it’s really perfect! When they went to the B-stage I thought I could relax a little but who can resist dancing to these beats? I certainly couldn’t! I filmed Will singing during THP… going to upload it later! VLV was amazing as always, the crowd really went mad when it started. (There were so many people filming it as well.) VLV and Lost are just indescribable live… I love the drums sooooo much! After that they played “Singing in the rain” through the speakers and all the boys went past us to go to the C-stage. On the setlist it says: “PLAY SINGING IN THE RAIN TRACK – EVEN IF NO RAIN” :lol: A couple behind me started dancing together – so cute!!! It wasn’t possible to see the C-stage so it was time for me to relax a little. I didn’t say enough about the awful organisation in Düsseldorf but I think it’s better to keep those negative things to a minimum. Let me just say that the security weren’t allowed to give us water and at one point I panicked: I couldn’t swallow because of my mouth being so dry. The only things you could buy before the concert were beer and ice-cream. After 5.30pm I never saw these guys again either :dozey: I filmed when Chris was speaking German!!! :heart: :heart: Well, I filmed from when he was TRYING to speak :lol: They crowd just didn’t let him – we were all doing the VIVA chant :dance: So he tried to explain the Mexican wave, called it “Lola Welle” – so cute! It didn’t work so he said “I have to work on my German” :lol: Then they started Billie Jean and a huge cheer came as response from the crowd. I’ll upload that video later as well! It was then that I took out my blue fan (you Main Square people know it already :lol:) because I was afraid to really start throwing up because of not drinking enough… :sick2: The security guy kept checking if I’m alright, he was looking at me a couple of times but I’m sure he was shaking his head inside that at every new song I found energy again :) The things Coldplay are able to do haha. That fan was handy again to protect my eyes from the MASSIVE lights during Politik! Next was LIJ and it is incredible every time – those butterflies are just amazing and the atmosphere is perfect. I can’t even find words. It’s difficult to try to recall how it all happened… But Brooke went to check the confetti bombs in front of me and so I held up my roadies banner again and screamed his name. He turned around and smiled. Then all of a sudden another roadie was in front of me and gave me one of the drum sticks Chris was throwing away during Lost!!!!!!! I didn’t really realise what had just happened :lol: It was pure disbelief. It had landed in the middle of the gap between the stage and the barriers and it was so nice of him to give it to me! :heart: From that moment onwards my body suddenly found a new reservoir of energy :lol: :wacky: Nicole, I have a video of Phil giving you the shirt!!! I completely forgot that I filmed it – otherwise I would’ve told you!! I only “discovered” the video here at home :) It’ll only cost you one sleeve to watch it :wink: So I knew that they’d play LIT II soon and I took my banner from the barrier to hold it up during the song. Here’s a picture of it: So I held it up during the song and I knew that they’ve seen it before but the best thing was yet to come: Chris looked at me, placed his hand on his heart and made a little bow!!!! I’m still so incredibly happy! I didn’t expect anything like that. Even though we were front row we could still see the fireworks during LIT II. They had tested some fireworks in the morning and we were cheering then already, but it was really nice, even from that perpective. Lovely addition to the show. (But we had to look up quite a lot and I’m happy I don’t have a stiff neck.) As soon as it was over the security took a plastic strap and started pushing us to the back with it like cattle!! :confused: But I saw a roadie removing a setlist from the floor so I screamed towards him if I can have it. He just made a gesture that it went into pieces while removing. BUT another roadie had heard me and was holding one and wanted to give it to me!!! This huge security guy was moving towards me with the “cattle drive” strap and didn’t want to let me back!! I wanted to go get my setlist however. :snobby: And I won the fight haha. He let me go to the stage again and take it – without mumbling “and then get the fuck out of here” however :angry: My lucky earrings proved their name once again: Then there’s the big “I think I lost my mobile in the arena”-panicking bit. Let me just say I didn’t – and I talked to a nice chief security guy and we even exchanged text messages afterwards :) After that we went outside to collect our LRLRL CD! :dance: And guess what was still at the same place I left it many hours ago? My old blanket!! :lol: It was a huge chaos so we all agreed to meet at the entrance of the sports hall. There we sat a couple of minutes, said bye to Larry who went back home straight after the concert. So did Frank. Ilione, K., Nicole, Carol and me were on another mission now: Getting something to drink!!!! We heard GOW – but we didn’t get one. So we went to the hotel by the arena (inside actually) and bought some drinks which was heaven! We sat there for some time and then went to the train station together. Thank you so much for keeping me and Carol company on the platform until our train arrived! :hug: It was great meeting you all and thanks again to Mich and Kirsten and Camille for the text messages! :hug: I’ll stop here for now. I’m sure I’ll remember more later however :lol: Pics of Kris’s adventures and videos will follow, promised. Carol: Thanks for the yummy yummy Jammy biscuits, can't believe I still have 2 packages left. And Ilione - you have to tell me the name of these chocolate biscuits again - I am determined to find them in my town now!!!!

Hallo Frank!!! Hoffe, du bist gut nachhause gekommen. Vielen vielen Dank für den Scan!!! Toller Bericht!

Good morning!!! (YAWN) The postman woke me some time ago and delivered my shirts from cafepress... Don't know if I'm happy about that - I wouldn't have minded to sleep a little longer TBH. Anyways, I can as well continue now! Soon the Kilians came on stage. K. saw them before and said they were good. How right she was!!!! The singer told us that 6 years ago he went to his first concert – and that was Coldplay here in Düsseldorf! How amazing must that be? Opening for the band you once saw from the “other side”! He even said that he knows that you actually don’t want to see the opening bands but that he hoped that we like them. I surely did and it was the general opinion that they’re a good band. Here are some pics: Next were the Howling Bells. I won’t say much about them – I was glad when it was over. The box standing in front of us said “ColdPlay”… who was writing that?? :lol:

I asked a security guy if I can put my banner in front of the barrier (I copied that brilliant idea from you, Camille! I made holes on the edges and brought some strips of cloth to bind them). He first said it wouldn’t be possible but then asked someone else and said it would be fine as long as the step is accessible. PERFECT. The funniest coincidence was that the guy standing on my right was calling someone as soon as we got in and his accent sounded all too familiar! So after he finished his phone call I asked where he’s from and it turns out he was only living in the town next to me!! He was really nice (and we had the same opinion about the Howling Bells…) Soon afterwards Fraetes joined us and the waiting time began. I can’t really say that it took long – there was so much happening! Miller and “Breakdancing Roadie” working on stage for example! I really have to go to bed now!! The rest will have to come tomorrow...

Thursday I talked to a security guy on Wednesday and when we mentioned we wanted to start queuing at about 8am he said that would be too late!! But we were determined to get to the front row so we went there at 6am. Carol, Ilione. and K. – again: I apologise soooooo much for making you get up so early but this is what this guy told me! Of course Carol and me were the first ones there and we sat down on my blanket that I actually didn’t intend to take back home… More about that later! Soon after E. & K. arrived and joined our early picnick. We saw the Dixie toilets arrive :) One of the many highlights at 6am in the morning :lol: A lovely security guy became our new friend. He was really helpful and gave us loads of information (he told us about the live blog and the 1LIVE interview etc) and time passed quickly (also because of this telephone conference with Ilione’s lovely and patient mother who bought her a ticket for SP in November!!! :dance: Can’t wait to see you there again! :kiss:). Later in the morning we were joined by Philip, Mark and… oh sorry, I forgot her name – I said it before that I’m so bad at remembering names!!! :embarassed: We should be the only ones queuing at this entrance for a long time! Apparently people only saw the other entrance and didn’t walk further. We had the better one however because we could use the toilets of the sports hall right next to the entrance. Kris had an amazing time queuing with us as well, but more about this later – I’ll only write about the concert now… In the afternoon we were joined by other coldplayers. Only from 3pm onwards it started to became more crowded and at about 4pm the security people started standing at the about 25 locks. They decided however to NOT open the locks we were standing at. “We used to rule the queue…” :angry: I started a little riot, complaining that I wouldn’t go to the back of the other queues because we were the first ones arriving and queuing the longest time. We nearly had a heart attack! After some discussions however we could go to the front of another lock. The plan was as follows: Ilione and me will run first, her friend K. and Carol will take the backpacks and run after us. I only had Kris and my mobile in a see-through plastic bag so I wouldn’t need long to enter the arena. The guy standing next to me said: “Oh, I’ve seen him already!” So I asked if he was a member as well and he said he wasn’t – he just checked the concert thread to get more information! :) Kris was spotted after his first trip already! Ok, so we were all excited and shuffling our feet to run inside. (Carol just said “No, I was shaking!") This nice security lady kindly already checked my plastic bag before the locks were opened. She was so nice and I think a bit afraid of the people standing in front of her :) I was the first one to enter the inside area and started running like crazy… I was expecting that other people behind me would be faster but they weren’t!! It’s just unbelievable! Either I don’t realise how much I walk around at work or it was the adrenaline OR people behind us were as unathletic as I am :lol: I really was the first one to arrive at the entrance of the arena. There however my heart dropped: They had opened the other entrance before ours and there were loads of people inside already. I ran past Jackie (who we’ve seen at 9am already) and saw that luckily there was still an empty space at the barriers on Jonny’s side. This was the place to go then! Quickly Ilione arrived and helped me reserve the space for K., Larry and Carol. There we were – FRONT ROW!!!!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: I was so happy, if it wouldn’t have worked this review would have been completely different!

Hi! I filmed Will during "The Hardest Part" :heart: As soon as I uploaded the video I'll post it here!!

Wednesday Carol and me arrived in Düsseldorf and went straight to the arena to check out the place. I didn’t feel ashamed to ask basically ANYBODY we saw how many entrances there will be, where to go once inside etc. So we walked around quite a bit and everybody we talked to gave us different information! :confused: But the best info definitely came from the person at the reception of the arena. I asked how far the works on the stage are done and he said: “I’ve just taken a couple of pics of it but I won’t show you… Look at it yourself!” :shocked2: I didn’t get what he meant. He then told us that the restaurant of the hotel next to the arena has a terrace that is INSIDE the arena and we should go there and have a coffee. Of course we followed his instructions! Best 3 Euros we spent that day. We couldn’t believe we are really inside the arena and can watch the roadies working there. Even funnier: Franksie was having a coke on a table there as well! :) We ordered a coffee and I don’t know if it was the caffeine or the excitement that made me shake :lol: They’ve just started building the “ramp of love” and testing the huge screens. Here are some pics of what it looked like inside after a pic of my favourite trucks: The view from the terrace: Setting up the ramp of :love: The world turned upside down: They started testing the screens: "Are you taking a picture of me??" LeftRightLeftRightLeft: The VIVA test screen :dance: VIVA balloon, still touching ground: Amazing to watch as well: In the lift of the hotel the “Lauschangriff – Menü” was displayed. It was really hard to leave there :) We'Ve been told they started working on Sunday! We then just quickly checked in at our hotel and went to town centre where we met Ilione and her friend to get dinner. It was so lovely meeting you!!! :hug:

:lol: Great!

Hi!!! Just wanted to say that we're back home and that I'm scared of this thread! :lol: I laughed so much when I saw the poll!!!! :laugh4:

Good evening everybody! :) I just don’t know where to start and this live blog thread REALLY scares me!!! You’ve certainly been busy posting here… :shocked2: I didn’t read anything in this thread so far. So please excuse if I repeat things that had been said before. The adventures of Kris will get their own thread – he just experienced too much!! :lol: I have to start my review from Wednesday onwards however – I promise it’s worth reading it!

Good morning! Soon we'll be on our way as well... We'll send some tweets, but not as many as Kirsten :) Have a lovely day everyone and see you soon! :kiss: Anna and Carol

:lol::lol::lol: I laughed so much!!! Great!

Chris's little brother Kris goes AWOL for the day. See the evidence! http://bit.ly/1cwCqI less than 5 seconds ago from web

The CDA on Tour - #01 August 25, 2009 11:39pm Good evening!!!! Anna and Carol here. Guess who spent the day with us?? :D It was Kris!! :dance: We suggested to him that we go on a day trip to the picturesque country / city of Luxembourg! He became a bit impatient on the journey and started to climb around in the car!! Look where we found him! Doing a back bend on the mirror! After all those exercises he said he was hungry and made us stop at a patisserie for waffles! We weren't even in the city yet! Kris has mood swings we can tell you!! After eating the waffles he felt guilty and was afraid of getting love handles. Before we knew it he went on a bike and suggested leaving the car there and take a bike trip instead. Poor Kris, we had to tell him we don't do sports except running across stadiums towards the barriers! He wanted to find more energetic friends, but the ones he found were only less energetic than us!!! So he gave in and came with us to Luxembourg by car. We took him to a bridge with a nice view but all he did was moan about the height and how it made him feel dizzy (was only the waffles I can tell you :dozey:). He kept saying "Water, water, water!" so we went to the "Grund" by the river. But all he really wanted was a "scared...of losing all the time..." you know the rest of the lyrics. Kris was delighted to see the name of the water! Well, unfortunately he was full of beans again after the water and wanted to go on a bike ride again! We politely refused again and had a feeling he felt a bit guilty! See what he was holding when we arrived back home!!! Trouble is - he wants to come with us. :dozey: So watch this space for chapter 2!

There's not much going on on Flickr... Hopefully we can bring you new nice pics in 3 days!

Good morning!! :dance: Carol and me are just having a quick look around here and checking emails before we go on a little sightseeing day-trip! Hope you all have wonderful day!

Ich schließe mich an!!! Guten Morgen und VIEL SPAß!!!!! :dance: :dance:

:laugh3::laugh3::laugh3: When I saw this last night I just couldn't stop looking at it again and again! I see it as this: that's Chris punishing Jonny for playing the tambourine the way he did in Sweden. :lol: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wbGCrobg5g]YouTube - Coldplay live at Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden - UP CLOSE & FREAKING PERSONAL! Part 1(2)[/ame]

Roadie #42 - Blog #98 August 24, 2009 9:26 am #42 and the awkward delivery I spent the days off before the Stockholm show putting together some video from the first two big outdoor shows - here it is (don't forget the full screen button on the bottom right) : <object width="400" height="230"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6236258&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6236258&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="230"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6236258">Stadiums 1</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/coldplayyalpdloc">Coldplay</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> Link to video on vimeo For the majority of the European stadium shows, the band are spending the days off at home with their families. Being as I live outside of London, I'm booked into the same London hotel room for the whole month. It's a very spiffy hotel and an excellent room, but all is not well. As any regular traveller will know, failing to observe the Do Not Disturb sign is one of the most basic but heinous crimes a hotel can commit. Now, getting in at 2am and then winding down for an hour or so, means rising late by normal standards if you want a good night's sleep. Therefore, after several knocks on my (Do Not Disturb adorned) door, followed by a 9am phone call from housekeeping to say "When can we clean your room? Your DND is on." I finally get up with the Mr. Grumpy head on. I politely inform the gent on the reception desk that unless the hotel is on fire, I really do not wish to be - erm, well - disturbed. No towels, no turndown service, no nothing. I'm very easy to look after indeed. Just give me a bed, a kettle and some wi-fi and I'm happy. I can't help thinking as I make my way back to the lift, that I've maybe got off on the wrong foot with them. After all, I'm going to be here for another five weeks. The benefit of hotel living though, is anonymity. I'm sure once the lift doors close, I'll just be another nameless body that's staying in the building. I get back to my room and text Andy Rugg, the band's studio assistant at The Bakery. I need to get some files sent over in order to make some changes to the show at the next gig. He asks how the tour is going and an SMS conversation ensues: "Any TVs out the window?" "No, all the transvestites go straight to Franksy's room" We continue on in this vein until we have created an entire imaginary scenario with a boy band called "Franksy and the Transvestites" who will have this years Christmas number one with a single whose name I probably shouldn't repeat in polite company such as this. We also manage to organise the job that needs doing and he promises to burn the files to DVD and have them biked across town. Some hours later, I'm sat at my desk and hear a rustling under the door. Having instructed the front desk not to phone, knock or otherwise disturb me, their only option for contact is pushing a note under the door. On rather posh headed note-paper, I read the following: "Dear Sir, A courier has arrived and has delivered two DVDs marked "Franksy and The Transvestites XXX Xmas Special". Please collect them from Concierge when you are able". Plainly, Ruggsy has handed the disks straight to the courier and they are sitting downstairs with the comedy label clearly readable. I emerge from the lift into reception and am greeted by smirking faces all round. The concierge hands me my disks and wishes me happy viewing. I head back for the lift feeling somewhat less annonymous... R#42

Good morning Maria! The interview was available as a podcast on iTunes, Coldplay section thread here, Radio station website here. I'll post a mp3 download link in the Audio interviews links thread for you!

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