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Finally I have found some time for my review, though Thalia and Ronnie have summed it up quite nicely. I have also some pics for you though my little camera did not cope well with the stage lights. I arrived by tram at the stadium to meet up with our little Coldplaying group at about 8am and it was completely empty apart from two of our friends who had arrived at 3 and 6am respectively. We all had tickets for “Front of Stage left”. Some confusion arose about where to queue – not exactly helped by the above mentioned unfriendly guy from security – as we naturally thought we should be at the entrance marked “FOS left”. But logic apparently had nothing to do with it, so after having been sent round the stadium a few times we finally ended up at the correct entrance, which was on the other side from where we thought we should be. We were quite lucky – shortly afterwards they closed all walkthroughs so anyone arriving after us and heading for the “logical” spot had to walk a very long way around the whole area – through the woods – to get to the “correct” spot. The empty stadion The "wrong" entrance It took some hours till the next fans arrived, by noon it was so hot we needed sunscreen, at 2pm it was still quite empty. As Thalia has mentioned we had a good time in the queue, making new friends and chatting with the security guys. In fact all the security personnel (with one notorious exception) were very nice. As we had brought way too much we shared our food and drinks with them and they told us a bit about their rather hard and often boring jobs. We also met Chris the “elephant guy” who went to more than 20 concerts of the MX-tour (he is the one holding up a sign on almost all panoramas) Waiting... It was really hot! "Our" lovely security guys Queue at about 3pm At about 4pm “our” security guys started handing out FOS-armbands to us and as promised we - and the FOS right ticket holders - were let in 10 minutes earlier than everyone else. We took our Xylobands and then had to walk (or run) quite a distance to our entrance but it was no problem to make first line. Handing out the armbands for FOS View from FOS toward the next standing area As Thalia has reported we spotted Phil and he saw our birthday sign. Afterwards we had to explain to some people around us who we had been shouting to. That's Phil Then some more waiting and finally Charlie XCX went on. I still cannot say if I like her music – as mentioned before all I could here was bass and her voice was just a background noise. In the last song she apparently tried to get the audience to cheer for Coldplay but as we simply could not understand a word there was no reaction. A pity really. But she had an impressive dancing style and even more impressive shoes. Charlie XCX... ...and her shoes I liked Marina and the Diamonds but though the sound was a little better it was still not good. When she sang with guitar and piano all was fine but as soon as the bass came in her voice was almost droned out. Some more waiting and finally 99 Problems sounded from the speakers. By that time the stadium was full and instantly people started to shout and sing along – I was astonished that so many knew the lyrics. On the faces of some of the audience you could see the confusion – “What’s so special about this song?” – but when the lights went down and the BTTF theme started playing they caught on. And then: Coldplay! Xylobands, confetti, balloons, laser-show, fireworks and above all the band. What can I say? I am no music critique, so I will leave that for someone else. I again had the feeling that they gave everything they had and in return the audience seemed to give them everything as well. At least from where I stood it seemed that people sang along to literally every song, old or new regardless. For me personally the moment when the Xylobands come on is simply undescribable, and during the outro of Charlie Brown I nearly cried as it went so beautifully perfect with the lights. I liked POC better than I thought I would, loved Don’t Let It Break Your Heart and Will singing the end of Us Against The World on his own. During ETIAW even the security guys were caught in the atmosphere and started throwing confetti at each other.:lol: As always it was over too soon, we collected some confetti, said our good-byes and I went to the tram. The station was full with people but everybody was very nice and as they had the trams coming in head to tail that was no problem. Unfortunately my train does not run that often so I had to wait for an hour and sat outside on the steps of the beautiful cathedral feeling completely drained. In the train I met some Gaga-fans coming from the concert who mentioned her shout-out to Coldplay and made it finally home by 2am.

No, doors opened at 5. We were some of the first there at 8am (apart from two who were there at 3 & 6am respectively). The next fans started to trickle in from noon onwards, but there were surprsingly few, our queue was for FOS left. Doors opened at 5 but the FOS-ticket holder were let in 10 minutes before everyone else :)

Finally back home after missing the train AND the late bus! so photos (if any good) and review tomorrow as I am bone tired. But it was awesome! One thing: on the train home there were fans coming from the Gaga-concert. Apparently she mentioned Coldplay at her gig saying something on the lines of: "Tonight Cologne is the place to be - Gaga is here and Coldplay, too" :)

Same goes for me Thalia - Takes 1 1/2 hours.

I am not a native english speaker and find English much, much easier than Irish - but that may differ for everyone. Welsh is really weird (I have a Welsh friend and he agrees;)) Sorry guys for being off topic - back to Jason :P

Ich denke eventim aktualisiert da nicht viel - ich glaube da eher der Coldplay-Homepage ;)

Oh well, Irish is one of the hardest languages to learn - sometimes I think the Irish designed it particularly to be able to spot foreigners immediately. :sneaky: Why on earth did you pick that?

Warum nur einen Support Act? So viel ich weiß sind Charlie XCX & Marina and the Diamonds vorher - oder hat sich da was geändert?

Oh, sorry, we must have posted at the same time. Raphaele had added a point to square one but something with the colour-marking went wrong, so it's actually all correct.

A Hopeful Transmission 9 A Message 10 A Rush of Blood to the Head 10 Amsterdam 15 Animals 10 Bigger Stronger 11 Billie Jean (Cover) 9 Bloodless Revolution (Demo) 8 Brothers & Sisters 9 Bucket For A Crown 10 Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Cover) 8 Careful Where You Stand 9 Cemeteries of London 16 Charlie Brown 15 Chinese Sleep Chant 10 Christmas Lights 10 Clocks 15 Crests Of Waves 10 Daylight 19 Death And All His Friends 13 Death Will Never Conquer 8 Don't Let It Break Your Heart 8 Don't Panic 13 Easy to Please 7 Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall 16 Everything's Not Lost 16 Famous Old Painters (Demo) 10 Fight For Your Right (To Party) [Cover] 10 First Steps (Demo) 10 Fix You 12 For You 8 Glass of Water 11 God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 13 Goodbye & Goodnight (Demo) 10 Gravity 11 Green Eyes 13 Harmless (Demo) 9 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Cover) 10 Help is Around the Corner 9 Here Comes The Sun (Cover) 10 High Speed 11 How You See The World 11 How You See The World (Alternate) 10 Hunting High and Low (Cover) 9 Hurts Like Heaven 16 I Bloom Blaum 10 I Ran Away 11 I'm A Believer (Cover) 11 Idiot (Live) 1 In My Place 11 Ladder to the Sun (Live) 10 Lhuna (with Kylie Minogue) 6 Life in Technicolor 10 Life in Technicolor ii 12 Life is for Living 11 Lips Like Sugar (Cover) 10 Live Forever (live with Oasis) 10 Lost? 10 Loveless (Demo) 10 Lovers in Japan 16 Low 7 Lukas (Natalie Imbruglia) 6 M.M.I.X. 10 Major Minus 12 Moses 10 Moving to Mars 16 Murder 0 Mylo Xyloto 10 Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground 9 Ode to Deodorant 9 One I Love 12 Only Superstition 11 Parachutes 9 Paradise 6 Perfect Day (Cover) 11 Politik 12 Postcards From Far Away 10 Pour Me (Live) 10 Proof 9 Prospekt's March/Poppyfields 11 Rainy Day 11 Reign of Love 9 Ring of Fire (Cover) 5 See You Soon 10 Shiver 15 Sleeping Sun 9 Solid Ground (Until The Water Flows Over) [Demo] 7 Songbird (Cover) 10 Spanish Rain (Live) 10 Sparks 14 Speed of Sound 12 Spies 13 Square One 12 St. Stephen (Demo) 9 Strawberry Swing 12 Such a Rush 9 Swallowed In The Sea 10 Sweet Marianne (Live) 9 Talk 10 Talk (Alternate) 10 The Dubliners (Demo) 10 The Escapist 10 The Fall of Man (Demo) 10 The Goldrush 10 The Hardest Part 10 The Man Who Swears (Demo) 10 The Nappies 10 The Scientist 13 The World Turned Upside Down 10 Things I Don't Understand 9 Til' Kingdom Come 10 Trouble 11 Twisted Logic 10 U.F.O. 12 Up With the Birds 24 Us Against the World 13 Violet Hill 26 Viva la Vida 13 Warning Sign 12 We Found Love (Cover) 10 We Never Change 11 Wedding Bells (Demo) 10 What If 9 White Shadows 10 X&Y 9 Yellow 15 Yes 11 You Only Live Twice (Cover) 9 42 25 2000 Miles (Cover) 5

I Ran Away 15 Idiot (Live) 5 ---------------- For You 11 I Bloom Blaum 9 __________________

I Ran Away 13 Idiot (Live) 7 ----------------------- For You 13 I Bloom Blaum 7

How did Lost!0 and No more keeping...0 creep back into the list...? A Ghost 2 A Hopeful Transmission 9 A Message 10 A Rush of Blood to the Head 10 Amsterdam 15 Animals 10 Bigger Stronger 11 Billie Jean (Cover) 9 Bloodless Revolution (Demo) 8 Brothers & Sisters 9 Bucket For A Crown 10 Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Cover) 8 Careful Where You Stand 10 Cemeteries of London 16 Charlie Brown 14 Chinese Sleep Chant 10 Christmas Lights 10 Clocks 15 Crests Of Waves 10 Daylight 19 Death And All His Friends 12 Death Will Never Conquer 8 Don't Let It Break Your Heart 8 Don't Panic 13 Easy to Please 7 Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall 16 Everything's Not Lost 16 Famous Old Painters (Demo) 10 Fight For Your Right (To Party) [Cover] 10 First Steps (Demo) 10 Fix You 12 For You 8 Glass of Water 11 God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 13 Goodbye & Goodnight (Demo) 10 Gravity 11 Green Eyes 13 Harmless (Demo) 9 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Cover) 10 Help is Around the Corner 9 Here Comes The Sun (Cover) 10 High Speed 11 How You See The World 11 How You See The World (Alternate) 10 Hunting High and Low (Cover) 9 Hurts Like Heaven 15 I Bloom Blaum 10 I Ran Away 11 I'm A Believer (Cover) 11 Idiot (Live) 2 In My Place 11 Ladder to the Sun (Live) 10 Lhuna (with Kylie Minogue) 6 Life in Technicolor 10 Life in Technicolor ii 12 Life is for Living 11 Lips Like Sugar (Cover) 10 Live Forever (live with Oasis) 10 Lost? 10 Loveless (Demo) 10 Lovers in Japan 16 Low 7 Lukas (Natalie Imbruglia) 6 M.M.I.X. 10 Major Minus 12 Moses 10 Moving to Mars 16 Murder 3 Mylo Xyloto 10 Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground 9 Ode to Deodorant 9 One I Love 12 Only Superstition 11 Parachutes 9 Paradise 7 Perfect Day (Cover) 11 Politik 12 Postcards From Far Away 10 Pour Me (Live) 10 Proof 9 Prospekt's March/Poppyfields 11 Rainy Day 11 Reign of Love 9 Ring of Fire (Cover) 5 See You Soon 10 Shiver 15 Sleeping Sun 9 Solid Ground (Until The Water Flows Over) [Demo] 8 Songbird (Cover) 10 Spanish Rain (Live) 10 Sparks 14 Speed of Sound 12 Spies 13 Square One 11 St. Stephen (Demo) 10 Strawberry Swing 12 Such a Rush 9 Swallowed In The Sea 10 Sweet Marianne (Live) 9 Talk 10 Talk (Alternate) 10 The Dubliners (Demo) 10 The Escapist 10 The Fall of Man (Demo) 10 The Goldrush 10 The Hardest Part 10 The Man Who Swears (Demo) 10 The Nappies 10 The Scientist 13 The World Turned Upside Down 10 Things I Don't Understand 9 Til' Kingdom Come 10 Trouble 10 Twisted Logic 10 U.F.O. 12 Up With the Birds 23 Us Against the World 13 Violet Hill 25 Viva la Vida 13 Warning Sign 11 We Found Love (Cover) 10 We Never Change 11 Wedding Bells (Demo) 10 What If 9 White Shadows 9 X&Y 9 Yellow 15 Yes 10 You Only Live Twice (Cover) 9 42 24 2000 Miles (Cover) 7

Strawberry Swing 3 Sparks 17

Yes, I like both songs, too Strawberry Swing 7 Sparks 13

A Ghost 4 A Hopeful Transmission 9 A Message 10 A Rush of Blood to the Head 9 Amsterdam 15 Animals 10 Bigger Stronger 11 Billie Jean (Cover) 9 Bloodless Revolution (Demo) 8 Brothers & Sisters 9 Bucket For A Crown 10 Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Cover) 9 Careful Where You Stand 10 Cemeteries of London 15 Charlie Brown 13 Chinese Sleep Chant 10 Christmas Lights 10 Clocks 14 Crests Of Waves 10 Daylight 20 Death And All His Friends 12 Death Will Never Conquer 8 Don't Let It Break Your Heart 9 Don't Panic 11 Easy to Please 7 Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall 16 Everything's Not Lost 15 Famous Old Painters (Demo) 10 Fight For Your Right (To Party) [Cover] 10 First Steps (Demo) 10 Fix You 12 For You 8 Glass of Water 11 God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 13 Goodbye & Goodnight (Demo) 10 Gravity 10 Green Eyes 13 Harmless (Demo) 9 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Cover) 10 Help is Around the Corner 9 Here Comes The Sun (Cover) 10 High Speed 11 How You See The World 10 How You See The World (Alternate) 10 Hunting High and Low (Cover) 10 Hurts Like Heaven 15 I Bloom Blaum 10 I Ran Away 11 I'm A Believer (Cover) 10 Idiot (Live) 5 In My Place 11 Ladder to the Sun (Live) 10 Lhuna (with Kylie Minogue) 8 Life in Technicolor 10 Life in Technicolor ii 12 Life is for Living 10 Lips Like Sugar (Cover) 10 Live Forever (live with Oasis) 10 Lost! 2 Lost? 10 Loveless (Demo) 10 Lovers in Japan 15 Low 7 Lukas (Natalie Imbruglia) 7 M.M.I.X. 10 Major Minus 12 Moses 10 Moving to Mars 16 Murder 5 Mylo Xyloto 10 No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground 2 Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground 9 Ode to Deodorant 9 One I Love 12 Only Superstition 10 Parachutes 10 Paradise 8 Perfect Day (Cover) 11 Politik 11 Postcards From Far Away 10 Pour Me (Live) 10 Proof 9 Prospekt's March/Poppyfields 11 Rainy Day 11 Reign of Love 10 Ring of Fire (Cover) 5 See You Soon 10 Shiver 13 Sleeping Sun 10 Solid Ground (Until The Water Flows Over) [Demo] 8 Songbird (Cover) 10 Spanish Rain (Live) 10 Sparks 13 Speed of Sound 12 Spies 13 Square One 10 St. Stephen (Demo) 10 Strawberry Swing 12 Such a Rush 10 Swallowed In The Sea 10 Sweet Marianne (Live) 9 Talk 10 Talk (Alternate) 10 The Dubliners (Demo) 10 The Escapist 10 The Fall of Man (Demo) 10 The Goldrush 10 The Hardest Part 10 The Man Who Swears (Demo) 10 The Nappies 10 The Scientist 12 The World Turned Upside Down 10 Things I Don't Understand 10 Til' Kingdom Come 10 Trouble 10 Twisted Logic 10 U.F.O. 11 Up With the Birds 22 Us Against the World 13 Violet Hill 24 Viva la Vida 12 Warning Sign 11 We Found Love (Cover) 10 We Never Change 11 Wedding Bells (Demo) 10 What If 8 White Shadows 9 X&Y 9 Yellow 14 Yes 10 You Only Live Twice (Cover) 9 1.36 1 42 23 2000 Miles (Cover) 8

Strawberry Swing 9 Sparks 11

Spies 18 A Spell A Rebel Yell 2

Spies 13 A Spell A Rebel Yell 7 Good idea, laxwatcher. And an easy match this time :)

A Ghost 5 A Hopeful Transmission 9 A Message 10 A Rush of Blood to the Head 9 Amsterdam 14 Animals 10 Bigger Stronger 11 Billie Jean (Cover) 9 Bloodless Revolution (Demo) 8 Brothers & Sisters 9 Bucket For A Crown 10 Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Cover) 9 Careful Where You Stand 10 Cemeteries of London 13 Charlie Brown 13 Chinese Sleep Chant 10 Christmas Lights 10 Clocks 14 Crests Of Waves 10 Daylight 20 Death And All His Friends 12 Death Will Never Conquer 8 Don't Let It Break Your Heart 10 Don't Panic 11 Easy to Please 7 Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall 15 Everything's Not Lost 15 Famous Old Painters (Demo) 10 Fight For Your Right (To Party) [Cover] 10 First Steps (Demo) 10 Fix You 12 For You 8 Glass of Water 11 God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 13 Goodbye & Goodnight (Demo) 10 Gravity 10 Green Eyes 13 Harmless (Demo) 9 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Cover) 10 Help is Around the Corner 10 Here Comes The Sun (Cover) 10 High Speed 11 How You See The World 10 How You See The World (Alternate) 10 Hunting High and Low (Cover) 10 Hurts Like Heaven 15 I Bloom Blaum 10 I Ran Away 11 I'm A Believer (Cover) 10 Idiot (Live) 6 In My Place 11 Ladder to the Sun (Live) 10 Lhuna (with Kylie Minogue) 8 Life in Technicolor 10 Life in Technicolor ii 12 Life is for Living 10 Lips Like Sugar (Cover) 10 Live Forever (live with Oasis) 10 Lost! 3 Lost? 10 Loveless (Demo) 10 Lovers in Japan 14 Low 7 Lukas (Natalie Imbruglia) 8 M.M.I.X. 10 Major Minus 12 Moses 10 Moving to Mars 15 Murder 6 Mylo Xyloto 10 No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground 3 Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground 9 Ode to Deodorant 9 One I Love 12 Only Superstition 10 Parachutes 10 Paradise 8 Perfect Day (Cover) 11 Politik 11 Postcards From Far Away 10 Pour Me (Live) 10 Proof 9 Prospekt's March/Poppyfields 11 Rainy Day 11 Reign of Love 10 Ring of Fire (Cover) 6 See You Soon 10 Shiver 13 Sleeping Sun 10 Solid Ground (Until The Water Flows Over) [Demo] 8 Songbird (Cover) 10 Spanish Rain (Live) 10 Sparks 13 Speed of Sound 12 Spies 12 Square One 10 St. Stephen (Demo) 10 Strawberry Swing 11 Such a Rush 10 Swallowed In The Sea 10 Sweet Marianne (Live) 9 Talk 10 Talk (Alternate) 10 The Dubliners (Demo) 10 The Escapist 10 The Fall of Man (Demo) 10 The Goldrush 10 The Hardest Part 10 The Man Who Swears (Demo) 10 The Nappies 10 The Scientist 12 The World Turned Upside Down 10 Things I Don't Understand 10 Til' Kingdom Come 10 Trouble 10 Twisted Logic 10 U.F.O. 11 Up in Flames 0 Up With the Birds 21 Us Against the World 12 Violet Hill 23 Viva la Vida 12 Warning Sign 11 We Found Love (Cover) 10 We Never Change 11 Wedding Bells (Demo) 10 What If 8 White Shadows 10 X&Y 9 Yellow 14 Yes 10 You Only Live Twice (Cover) 9 1.36 3 42 22 2000 Miles (Cover) 8 Up in Flames it out!

Right - I simply cannot decide between 42 and Yes- two of my favourite ones. So I'll wait for a while. We need some more players here!

Don't Let It Break Your Heart 20 Crests of Waves 0 We have a winner!

Glad I could help!:)

No, for laminating you need heat and. I really have no idea if what I means exists anywhere else but in Germany, we call it "Bucheinschlagfolie" and it is transparent and completely sticky on one side. It would be more flexible than laminating it and you don't need a gadget for it. I tried to put a link to it here, but it doesn't work.

Maybe put the confetti between self-adhesive transparent foil (I don't know how it's called in english - the kind of thing one used to wrap books in before e-readers ;)) and then stick that to the door? That way the confetti stays whole if you have to remove it.