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Christopher Lipe ‏ @cmlipe Shame on all of you for not reminding me that Coldplay was playing tonight so I could have avoided this Hollywood Bowl traffic. ROFL

True! But earlier today, I watched Glastonbury 2002 (again) and there wasn't a single weak moment. Again I might change the tune when I'm able to watch the whole gig. As it is now, I can only listen and that is my 1st impression.

I have to give the San Jose 4/28/12 gig a 2nd listen, and perhaps piece together all the youtube videos posted. 1st impression is that they started very strong and finished strong, but the middle, between GPASUYF and VLV was week. Perhaps the visuals will make me feel differently.

I agree but our Jonny is way underrated. I'm so excited to see him getting some love. I can't believe I'm this excited about a stupid, meaningless internet poll.

OMG! I can't believe our Jonny is leading! I almost dismissed it b/c I thought readers of Pop Crush might not be acquainted with his work. I'm pleasantly surprised.:D

Agreed! That top Chris is wearing is rich in mileage as well. This boy just don't care about clothes at all :lol:

The sound seems to be much better in an arena setting like 2003 in Sydney, rather than in a stadium perhaps?

Just finished reading Phil O'Brien's Look At The Stars in 1 1/2 days and thoroughly enjoyed it. Now I'm in the mood for the AROBTTH Tour, starting with Glastonbury 2002 though the album hadn't yet been released. I'm watching, listening with brand new eyes and ears.

Geez! Now I have to go and do the same. When I read the article, I just assumed that part didn't air. Thank goodness I still have it on the DVR as well.

Coldplay ‏ @coldplay Yep, this'll do nicely. Hollywood Bowl load-in. R42 http://pic.twitter.com/isCYDH18

May joy ride Chris brighten your day, Ariel! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I22UAqcKFFA]Coldplay - Fix You (live Sound Relief 2009) [HD] - YouTube[/ame]

This is one of my favorite Coldplay songs and I can't believe it was on Parachutes, their very 1st LP. At 2:00 I just hear myself go, oh Jonny! LOL I also have a version where Chris says, this is for GP. I always think, what in the world didn't you do Chris? :lol:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHARON! AND MANY MORE! Here's your bday present. Chris and Gwynnie sneaking in Chris' apartment in those early days of dating, November 2002.

You'll love this one: "From the moment I met Chris, I really did think we could go all the way" Jon Buckland.

I just started reading Look At The Stars by Phil O'Brien today. "Meeting Jonny was like falling in love. He could make all the ideas work and we were writing 2 or 3 songs a night sometimes" - Chris Martin

At this point it looks like your concert is safe as it seems they'll be there in video and not in flesh.

She did not! Bad case of indigestion according to Mario Batali. Gwyneth and Chris never commented on it.

That's Will's hometown team.

He says: How much do you really love me?:laugh3:

I don't know if this review has been posted, it's a really good one. Live Review, Photo Set: Coldplay, Metronomy, The Pierces at Key Arena Posted by Allen Huang on April 26th, 2012 at 8:44 AM A little over a decade ago, I saw Coldplay live for the first time. I actually went to the show for Grandaddy; The Sophtware Slump had just come out and they were touring with the buzzworthy young band from England. Coldplay’s Parachutes, already a hit with the press across the Atlantic, were now barely scraping into 120 Minutes regular rotation, and only hinting at a break into TRL canon. But Chris Martin was as chatty as ever, charmingly nervous but willing to play up the part of the big rock star. Multiple times he commented on the strangeness of the venue (they played Benaroya Hall of all places), and even once he said that this would be the perfect venue for a band much, much bigger than they were. Fast forward to 2012. Coldplay is now playing soccer and football stadiums, with extravagant stage setups and enough set designers in tow to screw in many many fluorescent lightbulbs. Mylo Xyloto marks their fifth album and their fifth reimaging, this time as like a fluorescent, ravetastic version of Disney’s “Newsies.” They brought a piece of the city with them, a large graffiti mural emblazoned with inspirational tidbits and lyric snippet. And of course they have the Arena Rock Catwalk, so they can “come into the crowd” and “feel the audience’s energy.” Which they did. Multiple times. Their set breezed by on a tight schedule, bouncing back and forth between earlier and later hits. All killer, no filler, as they say. Taking notes from the Flaming Lips’ live shows, Coldplay brought their toys: paint splattered balloons, a metric ton of M, X, and heart shaped confetti, fluorescent fish (?), lasers, spotlights, scaffolding, blacklights, you name it. Wristbands were distributed before the show which lit up in sequence to the music, giving the concert at the Key Arena the air of a soccer game. And by the feel of the crowd, our team was winning. Speaking of sports, Chris Martin’s banter was very sports heavy. A shout out to the Seahawks during “Violet Hill“ and a song dedicated to the poor start of the Mariners (“Us Against The World“) had an audience of all ages eating out of the palm of his hand. When you think about it objectively, it’s amazing that a band like Coldplay, spanning the years that they have, haven’t really made an egregious misstep in their careers. Every single one of their studio albums is a little better than average, with a healthy amount of truly memorable modern rock moments sprinkled amongst them. And they’ve never been afraid to grow, to reinvent, to change form and run with it. Kind of like Radiohead, but without the art school shackling or the moody estrangement. It was never meant to be more than fun. But the question remains, does a band like Coldplay, inoffensive enough but never really groundbreaking, deserve a concert like this? As their albums go on, their sound becomes more and more bombastic, epic, arena. But even older tunes like “Warning Sign,” “In My Place,” and “Yellow,” sound larger than life, larger than they were back in 2001. When Martin and company were playing Benaroya, I believe he didn’t think Coldplay were going to be the biggest band in the world. But I do believe he thought they’d get close. PS Metronomy played too. They are a small, small band, rigidly English and not really worth noting. They played like they couldn’t wait to get away from the crowd. Set List: Mylo Xyloto/Hurts Like Heaven In My Place Major Minus Lovers in Japan The Scientist Yellow Violet Hill God Put A Smile On My Face Princess of China Up In Flames Warning Sign Don’t Let It Break Your Heart Viva La Vida Charlie Brown Paradise Encore Us Against The World Clocks Fix You Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall http://www.ssgmusic.com/live-review-photo-set-coldplay-metronomy-the-pierces-at-key-arena/

Politik is one of their strongest live performances. To take it off the setlist is a grave error in my opinion. And I don't see why Politik and DLIBYH can't coexist on 1 setlist. It's a bogus argument.

Ha! So there's some truth to the rumors that artists will mime at the Olympics. :lol: