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It's pretty stupid actually. Why play a cover if you have your own, great, Christmas song? It was on the setlist btw, I met a guy afterwards at the merchandising stand who had the setlist. He told me they didn't play it because they didn't have enough time left. A shame though. Ah, ok, haha! Well I hope I didn't bother you with my loud singing and jumping. :P. Also have my tickets for The Hague next year. It feels very far away now. I was there! I even posted in this thread while waiting in the cold!

The guys in the shirts were in front of us, I was the one with the blue v-neck shirt in the group of 5, with 4 boys and 1 blonde girl. And I wore my Rayban glasses. You spotted me? :P It was really awesome. During Up In Flames we were so close to Chris we could actually see the sweat falling from his face on the piano. :laugh3:

So, time for my review of an amazing night in Rotterdam. We arrived pretty early, around 3.30 pm at Ahoy. After scoring some food at the local AH (what a HUGE shopping mall btw) we lined up in the queue. It was about this long by the time we arrived: The wait took forever and it was freezing cold because of the wind. Also the (heavy) rain was a bummer. But even the tough conditions the atmosphere was good. I saw a scooter guy arrive because someone ordered a pizza. What a hero. The doors opened almost on time, around 6.40 pm. We ran in to the arena and got a front row spot at the 'B-stage'. Not long after that Emeli Sande started and she did a great job opening. Definitely had worser support acts. Coldplay came on around 9.15. The moment Mylo Xyloto started all of our Glowbands were turned on and it was an amazing sight. The sound during Hurts Like Heaven was poor from were we stood. But the visuals, light and of course seeing the band again made up for that. I was happily surprised that the balloons were back during Yellow. They really belong to that song and not Lost!. During In My Place I was taking pictures of the confetti when suddenly, for my feeling out of nowhere, Jonny and later Chris were at 'our' stage. We went crazy. It was great. Before Major Minus spoke some Dutch to us and held he's usual speech. Although I'm not a big fan of the song the crowd went really crazy on this one. Also amazing: Violet Hill. Man, I fell in love all over again with that song. On GPASUYF I kept jumping and screaming until I was totally out of breath. How awesome was that. Short after that Chris appeared on the B stage to do Up In Flames and it was absolutely magical to see him 1 meter away from you. This is the short clip I shot: [ame= ] [/ame] Was very happy they play Us Against The World again instead of Till Kingdom Come. The 'fuck up' was very funny. We all screamed so loud Chris and Will started laughing the moment Will jumped in the song. My vids of UATW: [ame= ] [/ame] [ame= ] [/ame] The best part of the show was definitely the Politik-Viva La Vida-Charlie Brown part. Three of my favorite live songs and what a great performance. Chris didn't sound very good on Viva, but in my opinion he never really does. It was awesome that he came so close to us again and the moment the glow bands went on again for Charlie Brown was breathtaking. Charlie Brown was my highlight of the evening btw. What an energy during that song! See here how close Chris comes during Viva and see the glowbands being turned on: [ame= ] [/ame] The encore was as expected with Clocks, Fix You and ETIAW. Also Chris did White Christmas again, which disappointed me because I'd hoped for Christmas Lights. Afterwards I was mind blown. Again. And this was my third time seeing them live. It was amazing. Again. I was very pleased that I could buy the tour program that I so desperately wanted. It's really beautiful. Today my voice is gone because of all the singing and screaming, my legs hurts but I'm still in a kind of graffiti heaven. So happy I was there and can't wait to seeing them again in september. Pff, so far away..

OMG! It was so amazing! We had front row places at the B-stage, so when the guys played Up In Flames and Us Against The World the distance was only one meter! I will post my review later and add some more pics an vids I shot. Still flabbergasted. A few of my pics:

It's so cold, so cold. It's so cold, so cold!

It's raining pretty hard now. Open the doors! Now!

Haha, ok, who ordered that pizza, that scooterguy just delivered?

I'm here guys! Pretty cold though! Here's the queing line: http://t.co/1Z3dnB5u

Exactly. We'll figure something. I'm not there yet, just left Leiden. So another 45 minutes and I'll be there.

I'm wondering the same. I don't want to stand with my jacket all night. :p

Yeah, I'm in the train now! We're early!

Leaving for Ahoy in less than an hour. Super excited! See you guys ( & girls :)) there! And enjoy the show all!

Saturday 17th December 2011, it's finally here!

I say they wait with anonymous boobies in the CB video and wait for the Princess Of China shoot :sneaky:

I really love this idea. Actually thought of this a while back. MX isn't an album you listen on shuffle mode, you listen to it as a whole. Make it an exclusive concert for the real fans in an imitate setting. How amazing would that be.

Eat enough during the day and take some food with you. I don't think you want to eat inside the Ahoy? I don't even know if that's possible.

Welcome to the board! Me and my friends will be at Ahoy around 4pm. I think this is early enough for a good spot. At least, I hope so. :P

I'll be happy if they play in Rotterdam tomorrow. :P

Peter Timofeef, the Dutch weather guy, said in Editie NL that tomorrow the weather will be not as stormy as expected. He even spoke about sun.

A friend bought my ticket this morning so I didn't had much ticket stress this time. Is it sold out btw?

Only one day left! So excited. Tried to stay away from the setlist as much as I could, without much success btw, but I'm also hoping for Christmas Lights. And Trouble would be amazing too. I think I'll be there around 4pm, hoping for a good spot. And hoping the weather isn't as bad as predicted.

Hurts Like Heaven bulletproof

CAR KIDSSSS:sneaky:

Looks like everybody is going to be there pretty early! I hope I will be able to get near the stage, because I'm arriving around 6.. :)

Thank god! A friend is buying for me. I guess this means I'll also be going for (pretty) sure now! :smug: