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I know I'm a bit late but... What a fantastic gig that was - I'd forgotten how good a show Coldplay put on. They thrived off the energy of the small venue and it felt as though I was really part of the concert and not simply watching them. For those people that tell me Coldplay are slow and boring, this show proved otherwise - it was lively, full of hits and packed with energy. I didn't think it was possible to get so into Fix You that you could smash a microphone stand! Highlights: Shiver - what a beautiful song - I've been singing it to myself ever since the gig. I can't believe that it has been out of the set for so long. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - packed full of energy. Jonny and Will were really going for it by the last instrumental part. I don't know how Will managed to stay on his stool with the way he was jerking about banging the drums as hard as he was. Chris signing my ticket after the show - I came out of the pub, saw a large group of people waiting at the stage door so I joined them and within 5 minutes there was the Chris Martin. No-one's commented so far that once he got into his car it sped off and jumped through a red light... Lowlights: The number of obvious mistakes that were made in most songs. One or two I'd forgive but for so many to occur, especially in songs they've been playing professionally for up to ten years, was disappointing. Politik, for example, lost its atmosphere when Chris descended into cursing under the sun at forgetting the words. The set was far too short; it felt like it had ended no sooner than it had started. Songs like Speed of Sound, Talk, Lovers In Japan, 42 all seem to be popular yet were not included. The only song that was played that I would have taken out was Cemeteries of London.

I'm surprised how early the text message came through. I was expecting to be sat at the computer all night waiting for an email message to arrive. I'm a little concerned about the weather but looking at the BBC forecast for Liverpool, it looks to be just cold and icy, but no snow. Touching wood, there's no problems with my train line (Nottingham, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool) but we all know how quickly it can change. I already missed one show because of the bad weather, I'll be damned if I miss a second!

That didn't stay hidden for long! On the positive, it's on the exact same street as that hostel is where I've booked into.

At the moment the highest auction bid is £525 and VIP £1000. That's more than doubled within the last hour when I checked. Come seven days time they must surely be well past the £2500 mark. On Ebay there's already someone selling their two seated tickets for this show. Only £1871.26 at the moment. Who has that sort of money to spare?!

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to plug - for those wanting cheap accommodation in Liverpool, the Hatters Hostel appears to be the cheapest at £18.80 for the one night of the 19th. Accessible 24hrs and comes with a light breakfast. It's also directly in the city centre. Be aware that it's a hostel (not a hotel) and I presume you'll be sharing a room with some total strangers, that is unless you book a private room.

You're right it is 24 hours. I must have misread it. That solves that problem then.

I managed to get a seated ticket for the Liverpool concert :) Interestingly the site came online at 1358 - so mine was fully bought before they were even meant to go on sale. Does anyone have any ideas how are we going to be notified of the venue? I read that it's not being released until an hour before the show, so I'll already be up in Liverpool (ie away from an internet connection so emailing would be no good)

Nothing! I'm sure live Chris just plays that with his left hand and then that goes on a loop for almost the entire song whilst he jumps around the stage, with Johnny using a keyboard to add the violin effects. If you wanted to do a piano version then you'd keep going with those chords in you're left hand and I suppose you could just play the top note from each chord in the right. No they're just the individual notes. So for the first one you'd just play the note Db and the note Ab together.

Almost the same as in the PVG book. That has the chord progression in the left hand as: Db, Ab Eb, Bb, Db Ab, C F, Ab, C The C is Middle C. All the chords are written with the lowest note first.

42 Life In Technicolor Square One Fix You In My Place Everything's Not Lost - one of the first beats I learned to play. Lost - Just a shame the rest of the song is awful. Now that's an underated song. One of their few works with three beats in a bar, and also one of the few songs I don't think has ever been played live.

I don't mind if it's the odd extra instrument they are playing as a backing track but I'd rather they do it all themselves live or have other people in the wings playing it live. It's not quite as authentic if they are just playing over a backing track. I notice that loops are used a lot in this tour, particularly to allow Chris to jump around and not be stuck behind the piano. Still, we never hear what these songs sound like without all the extra MIDI sounds being played. It might turn out that without these backing sounds the songs sound rubbish, so if that was the case then the backing tracks are a good thing.

According to the Coldplay PVG book (bought from musicroom.com): Intro RH - C,E,G,Bb and C,F,Ab LH - C and F Verse RH - Bb,E,G and Bb,C,F LH - C and F Chorus RH - Bb,E,G and Ab,C,F LH - C and F The Right Hand C is Middle C. I don't know how to play the additional ending bit which the original poster wanted but I guess it will be built around F Minor, given that is the key of the piece. Hope this helps

Hopefully this will be a less controversial answer! There are major and minor keys which music can be written in. Put simply, major are happy sounding, minor are sad sounding. Off the top of my head Life In Technicolor is in A Major whilst Politik is in F Minor. As an aside, the piano tune played after Politik on this tour (Gnossienne No1) is also in the same key as Politik and that's why they both fit together.

I think that's fair enough. Looking back I've interpreted your posts as being in the tiered seating not floor seating. I'd have been surprised if floor seating actually remained seated given that it was quite a lively set and Chris was encouraging people right from the start to stand up, sing-a-long, clap and cheer. From what I could see from the shows all the floor seated stood up as did the 100 hundred blocks with half of the 200s. I'll be damned if they remove Politik from the set! That was my favourite song of the set and sent shivers right the way through me. It was worth the ticket price alone.

Fair enough we're all entitled to our opinion! True I've never stood up at a Coldplay concert before because I've only had the opportunity to go to the Sheffield and Manchester shows this time round. However, I would never dream of choosing standing anyway (unless it is standing only) because I'm too short to see anything. As I say I think you can have a great time and make a right atmosphere sat down watching the show, singing and clapping along. However I will admit that loads of people sat around me were literally just sat there, doing nothing and seemed surprised/unsure of some of the songs - Green Eyes, Politik, Death Will Never Conquer, The Hardest Part - which is bound to make a poor atmosphere as Chris has frequently picked up on.