jelynch2

Okay, here it goes... My mom, me, and two of my best friends drove from Maryland to see the show...took us 7 HOURS! Anyway, we got there and were the FIRST in line at the gate. I chatted up the security guards and they told me (actually, let me look at their "secret" security paper detailing all the stuff at the show) exactly where the c-stage was. I got the woman to "pre-screen" us so we wouldn't have to wait in line with our bags. My mom and one friend took all the bags so me and my other friend could sprint to the c-stage. The steps to the lawn were DIRECTLY in front of us. As soon as they let us go, we sprinted like our hair was on fire. My friend lost her flip-flop (I was smart enough to wear sneakers!) and I left her in the dust. hahah Anyway, I ran to the top and down to the c-stage. FIRST ONE THERE!!!! (I'm the one in the yellow t-shirt on the main page!!) :) The only other people around it were two super cool Ox-Fammers. The rest of my group caught up and we were all set. When I saw the boys in Pittsburgh, I had the exact same spot, so I was well prepared. I brought 150 glow bracelets and handed them out to everyone so the boys would see a ton of glowing arms in the air. My friend and I BEGGED the one security guard to take down the tent above the c-stage so we could see...we finally convinced them and they did it before Elbow came on. Elbow was outstanding. I am going out to buy their cd as soon as I can...unbelievable sound and their lead singer is an incredible musician. Really wowed. Anyway, when Coldplay came out, we screamed and danced our heads off. I thought Chris was sooo playful and personable with the crowd...WAY more than any others I've seen. He must have been in a really good mood. Not getting burnt by a sparkler will do that to you, I guess. :) I don't know about everyone else, but I thought the crowd was phenomenal... maybe it's just because I was at the c-stage, but everyone was SOO loud and sang everything. When I saw them in LA a few weeks ago, NO ONE sang ANYTHING...it was awful. The reason why Chris told us the lyrics to Yellow was because no one knew the words in LA and not many people sang. Afterward, he said the Will, "I guess we'll have to work on those lyrics a bit, huh?" I was so shocked that people kept the VLV chant going at the end of the song to bring Chris back to life...hasn't happened at the other four shows I've been to. So, now the c-stage... In Pittsburgh, Chris totally ignored the people right in front of the railing and looked over us at the people way in the back of the lawn. Here, it was the exact opposite. The man looked RIGHT at me and leaned WAY down to read my sign ("You had me from Yellow")....cheesy, I know...but true. Anyway, he leaned over, read it, looked at me, laughed, and smiled!! AHHHH!!! Then, guy looked at me and laughed!! Double AHHH!!! :D I saved four glow bracelets and threw them up onto the c-stage for the boys to put on, but they didn't see them. I have a picture of Jonny stepping on one of them..hahah Oh, well. I couldn't see Will at all from where we were. How funny was it that Jonny couldn't find the beat during DWNC? lol We were dying laughing. Even Chris was laughing. He couldn't even purse his lips around the harmonica for a few minutes. hahah I love them. :) The kid who got the harmonica was right beside us. We met him when we came in and he was totally awesome...he about DIED when Chris gave him the harmonica. As they were leaving the c-stage, the one really nice roadie gave me a guitar pick! I'm not sure whose it was, but it's really thin and white. Any ideas?? When they left the c-stage, my mom, my two friends, and I STARTED the Viva chant that the rest of the crowd got into. No one sat down the entire show. It was amazing. By far, it was the best concert of theirs I've seen. I think they kind of just wanted to take it all in since they knew they'd be leaving the states in a few days. I couldn't believe how into it the crowd was and how awesome of a concert it was. Totally made up for my disappointment in the LA show. I viva for Coldplay. :D

THAT'S ME IN THE YELLOW T-SHIRT!!! AHHH!!!! :D

Wow. We've got some..uhh...interesting conversations going on here. I'm simply going to say that I will see you all tomorrow and that if you want free glow bracelets...I'll be somewhere in the lawn. I'll probably be handing them out after Elbow. I've got 150 of them. Safe travels, everyone! :D

I'm leaving Maryland really early in the morning...like 7 or 8...and hopefully getting there around 3 or so

I'm in the lawn too. How is the view from there?

Yeah...I'd say they're totally fake. They look so much like the ones on the make-your-own-simpson site... no worries! :D

ONE WEEK !!!!! AHHHH!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D

This IS super exciting!! I'll be with my mom and two friends. I just bought 150 glow bracelets (only red, white, and blue - because they were sold out of the multicolored) today at this really cheap store near here and I'll be passing them out for FREE to anyone in the lawn near me. So...if you want to have fun, make sure you find the really short girl wearing a yellow t-shirt passing out FREE glow bracelets!!! :)

Awesome!! I'm going to wear my yellow t-shirt I'm making, but I was hoping we could do the glowstick thing. I was going to buy a TON of them before the show (and when I say TON - I mean a few hundred) and hand them out to anyone who wanted one. I'm out in the lawn, so at least a few hundred of us out there will be decked out in glow bracelets. Where are your seats?

Sorry...just read Makayla's review...it IS from Fix You! :)

What song is your little video from? Is it from Fix You when he was running around? Or maybe from In My Place? hmmmmm ....

Trouble was off the list in Houston... :(

Oh, my gosh! Your video was AWESOME! What a great souvenir you made to document your trip. I actually flew from LAX into Denver that day, so my husband and I may have been on your plane! hahah I would LOVE to make one of these videos for my Raleigh show, so I have so many questions for you: - What software did you use to make your video? - What kind of camera do you have? - How were able to record that much video without filling up your camera card?

Okay...here's the right one http://picasaweb.google.com/jelynch222/ColdplayInLA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMHCxNewzure9AE#

Okay...here's the link to my photos on picasa...there are about 150 pictures of the show from section A2 and the screen right in front of us... A few (about 20 at the end) are out of order, so I'm sorry...when I uploaded them the last 20 went all crazy, so just pretend they're in order hahah Enjoy! :) *sorry...had to take the link off :(

I give up...I'll try to post my links...

THANK YOU!!!! I've tried doing exactly what you said you did and it still is not working. ick. Maybe I'll just try and post a link to my web album on picasa? I dunnooo... soooo frustrating. gggrrrr But thank you so much for helping! :)

Okay, so I'm hitting "insert picture" and pasting the link for the picture from the web album into the little box, then hitting "okay" then posting it... what am I missing???

OKay....how about this?