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Awesome, they played LIJ? I can't picture LIJ in an MX set. Looking forward to a video. Hope those injured people are OK...

It's in the same key. Not too psyched about DLIBYH, I don't think Chris sounded that great. But it's a nice addition to te set. 0.12: "Psst Will, what's the name of that famous ice hockey player again?" :P

Don't know if anyone has ever done this before, but here's a video I found of Chris's vocal range. This person basically put his low and high notes in order. I thought it was interesting. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m_-Tgw67VY]Chris Martin's Vocal Range - F2-A4(-G5) - YouTube[/ame] I'm particularly fond of his low register... :wacky:

Agreed.

Great idea! I'd like to join the want list. :) (And like everyone else, I might have a spare.)

Another setlist-related post: Edit: oops, added spoiler!

I already thanked you guys with the button, but it's weird not saying thank you in my post... So thanks for the info. :P Pre-odered it too. In French. I'm spending the weekend in Amsterdam but I probably won't be able to make it to a record store in time, so let's hope Amazon has some copies... :uhoh:

:lol: I wanna see the burp. This! :bigcry:

^^Oooh I like that song. Thanks Chris.

So this was a hint! :P I love that they played Warning Sign. Thanks for the reviews, pics and vids so far!

It already says 'coldplayfilm' on the wristbands. Maybe they'll film everywhere?

:dance: :dance:

Aaaah a C-stage, that's awesome :D

Chris fishing for compliments. :P

Aaaw :wacky: So I bet from now on we'll see Gwyneth wearing jeans all the time. :P

Haha absolutely. :lol: See You Soon would be a dream :dazzled:

^Agreed. This thread seems eeerm... a little naive. On the other hand, this is a fansite, you can't expect everyone to understand a 'hater''s point of view. I think the main reason they're disliked is because they're not the most innovative of bands, and still they're massively succesful. If you don't like them, it's really annoying to hear and see them everywhere, so you start disliking them more and more. In the same way Justin Bieber or Lady Gage are disliked by most people on here. (Coldplay are obviously on another level, but still.) Also, some people find them depressing. I don't think that's much of an argument though.

Watched the live stream this morning too, they were so amazing. I'm super excited to see them in October :)

Just came across this article and I liked it, so... Coldplay remains rock’s constant star BY FRANCOIS MARCHAND, VANCOUVER SUN APRIL 13, 2012 *Coldplay* *With Metronomy, The Pierces (Apr. 20) and City and Colour (Apr. 21)* April 20-21, 7 p.m. Rogers Arena Tickets: $26.75 - $110 plus service charges at*Ticketmaster.ca* or 604-280-4444 VANCOUVER — There is no arguing Coldplay has been an omnipresent force on the pop-rock scene for the past decade, but what is it about the British quartet that has enabled them to endure for so long? Coldplay’s rise to fame was never rooted in a reputation for being cutting-edge innovators or rock saviours. Instead, their success can be attributed to something far simpler: inoffensive, accessible, feel-good appeal. Let’s rewind to June 2001. Coldplay was touring North America with a set consisting of every single song on debut album Parachutes. Their concerts included a pretty spectacular rendition of hit single Yellow, complete with a giant mirror ball sending myriad yellow stars spinning around the room — that number being the sole draw for many of those in attendance at venues like Montreal’s Metropolis, Toronto’s Warehouse and Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre. In My Place was the encore — a song that would become the entry point for 2002’s sophomore and best effort A Rush of Blood to the Head, an album that is arguably Coldplay’s artistic peak. But another song made its way into the set, and you won’t find too many mentions of it these days: Hank Williams’ forlorn classic Lost Highway. This may have been Coldplay at its edgiest, doing a song that didn’t require Martin singing ‘woah-ooh-ooah’ at the top of his lungs, no megaphones, no confetti or streamers raining down from the ceiling, and certainly no lasers. Coldplay playing Lost Highway had a subtle hidden meaning: It represented four guys lost out there on the road, swept up in a sea of hype and coasting on unexpected success, unsure of what was supposed to happen next. We all know what did happen: Coldplay became a band that defined the ’00s, a stadium-filling tour-de-force that dominated the media. Covering Lost Highway also gave the band a certain sense of music-nerd cred: Here was a British pop-rock band showing love for one of America’s biggest country music legends — one that most of their crowds barely knew. It wasn’t exactly an innovative thing to do, but for all intents and purposes it showed a band willing to experiment beyond its borders. After all Parachutes was, as Allmusic’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine once wrote after Radiohead abandoned guitar-rock for electro weirdness on 2000’s Kid A, the album that made Coldplay “everything Radiohead weren’t but what the public wanted them to be.” There was something immediately accessible about the fresh-faced bunch, especially in Chris Martin’s good guy appeal and infectious smile. Most importantly, his persona was easier to identify with than the weird and tortured Thom Yorke. Here was a guy who could easily have been one of your best pals from high school fronting what was destined to be, following the release of A Rush of Blood to the Head, one of the biggest stadium rock acts on the planet. Of course, it didn’t hurt that the love story between Martin and actress Gwyneth Paltrow was keeping at least one fourth of Coldplay on the magazine stands on a weekly basis. By the time Coldplay were being compared to U2, thanks to being the top band worldwide in 2005 with X&Y selling 8.5 million copies, you still couldn’t really compare Chris Martin to Bono. Where Bono often came across as holier-than-thou, pompous and patronizing, it felt as if Martin just wanted people to be a little nicer to each other, a little more eco-friendly, a little more self-aware. If Coldplay was considered a younger generation’s U2, Martin didn’t pretend his band was changing the world. Coldplay just played massive anthems people could lose themselves in and come out feeling somewhat liberated. Concerts certainly involved a few heartfelt speeches about how to make things better, but it wasn’t like Coldplay was setting up to be Bob Geldof’s heirs. Coldplay, whether you were a fan or not, connected with just about everyone. They had become pop stars. It didn’t take long for imitators to crop up: Single Clocks became the most plagiarized piano line of the past decade (how many commercials have re-adapted the melody to sell their products?), with drummer Will Champion’s pounding beats becoming the blueprint for a pile of sub-par alt-rock. Just as so many tried to emulate Radiohead at the turn of the millennium (something Coldplay actually wasn’t really doing but was regularly accused of), all of a sudden it was all about trying to sound like Coldplay. Unlike Radiohead, Coldplay were never afforded the luxury to truly reinvent themselves. Pop stardom also comes with obligations to fulfill fans’ expectations of a recognizable identity (unless you’re Madonna). So where does that leave Coldplay now? Each new album since X&Y has retained the basic essence of the band, whether on 2008’s Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends or on last year’s Mylo Xyloto, both recorded with luminary Brian Eno. Both featured some notable sonic re-invention, namely less piano balladry and Martin falsetto, more earthy tones, and a slicker pop direction on Mylo Xyloto. Ironically, much-imitated Coldplay began to look like imitators themselves. Viva La Vida’s French Revolution-style costumery and marching band imagery in videos like Violet Hill were certainly reminiscent of classic rock pageantry, but also strangely in tune with indie trailblazers Arcade Fire’s emotive populism from Funeral, the landmark album recorded around the same time as X&Y. Coldplay was also accused of lifting elements from guitarist Joe Satriani’s If I Could Fly on Viva La Vida, but the case was later dismissed. Unfortunately, not every new approach worked on Mylo Xyloto. What could have been a grand statement felt more like a series of missed opportunities. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall was a detour into the insufferable nu-folk trend that has taken over the “alternative” radio airwaves, and Paradise was a shiny anthemic number with little depth lifting the underlying elements of candy pop. Mylo Xyloto was a super-produced affair that showed Martin and pals not as grabbing the world and shaking it up, but as being shaken by it, trying to remain in tune with a new generation of music fans just learning about Coldplay. The downside is that it has made Coldplay look like like a band that’s trying to hang on, rather than one willing to dictate where it really wants to go. By playing the “good guy” card and always aiming to please its fanbase, Coldplay has remained at the top of the food chain, but it may have done so at the cost of its freedom for authentic artistic reinvention. Ultimately, “hipster” headquarters Pitchfork probably nailed it best when it wrote, “Mylo Xyloto finds Coldplay successfully continuing to explore the tension of wanting to be one of the best bands in the world and having to settle for being one of the biggest.” [email protected] http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/entertainment/Coldplay+remains+rock+constant+star/6456230/story.html?rel=6122402

:| I feel weird.

:lol: That WORM thingy. Ewwwww.

Politik might be their best song... Definitely in the top three. Watching that Grammys performance was the first time I understood why people enjoy live music so much, the way Chris goes crazy made a massive impression at the time. I think it will always be my overall favourite Coldplay song.

Well they can't be accused of selling out anymore. :P

Oh the second one is horrible. :|

Basically what everyone else says. More songs that they haven't played in a while and a longer setlist. Also, more changes throughout the tour. One of the great things at a concert is not knowing what's going to happen next. And I cannot imagine it's more fun to play the same set every night. :shrug: But my absolute dream would be to hear Amsterdam live...