I have been to plenty of concerts. Ive seen Dave Matthews Band, O.A.R., Counting Crows, Maroon 5, and some other bands that most people probably havent heard of that well. That being said...
This was far and away the best concert that I have ever been to...and with relative ease. The energy was astounding, the crowd was pumped, and they didnt hold anything back. Hearing The Hardest Part was something special to me because it was one of my favorite songs off of X&Y. They were really something to see. I was on the Floor in Section 3 (which is about 20 some rows back), but man was it great. I paid $100 for the ticket and I would have paid more. They are my favorite band and have been for sometime, but this is without bias. My particular highlights:
The butterfly confetti during Lovers in Japan, combined with the lights was the best thing I have ever seen at a concert. It is such a great and moving song so to have something special like that take place was truly something to see and I have quite a few pics of it on my phone.
Like I stated earlier, The Hardest Part was great and it is one of my favorite of their songs...BUT
My favorite song on every CD is Death & All His Friends. So when they came back from the second level and started it I was happy to the point at a concert that I have never been before. I actually like what is written about it in...I wanna say Rolling Stone...where the writer states "There have been stadiums built for less than the climax of Death & All His Friends." Couldnt agree more because it was awesome!
Politik is so good and powerful so it was sure nice to hear that. I like what, I believe Will, said about Politik during the VH1 Storytellers a few years back where he says about the timing was right aroun 9/11 and it is a song about personal belief and what is right to some is wrong to others. Very powerful song with a great climax.
Yes and Chinese Sleep Chant were also amazing to hear live. Not to say that I dont like the everything (because trust me my friends hated me by the end of the show. They are the people who like to hear the music and not scream it like I did. While I respect their ways, I do it a little different...by yelling at the top of my lungs.), but I just sang the whole concert louder suring certain songs. You can tell that they really felt the crowd because they kept talking about Ohio and saying it in their songs to keep us all entertained.
Great show and wouldnt have expected anything less from the best band on earth. Keep it coming Coldplay because the fans love you guys.