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Unless people have infinite storage capacity and infinite time to go back and watch their sh*tty quality clips time and again when there is probably much better quality footage floating around the interwebs, then yes, I may be wrong. But for 99.9% of us, that is not true. It's one thing if you are up front and you have pro gear and ideal lighting. But if you are 50 meters back in a stadium, the only "small details" you will see are the neck pimples on the person in front of you. ...except that people's heads don't glow in the dark. And all people have heads on their shoulders; it's unavoidable. But holding up ones hands with a glowing object over your head, no matter your height, is an intentional act of disrespect to the people behind/around you. Under your reasoning, it's okay to throw salt into the wound; after all, you're already suffering from the wound, so a little additional suffering is no big deal. And being short somehow exempts you from common courtesy and decency...(?!) Guess what? No matter what, when you stand on chairs, you're going to block somebody's view. So, in other words, you are lacking self awareness and you somehow manage to delude yourself into justifying acts of rude behavior by token acts of validation. Just because people are "okay" with you standing on chairs/obstructing their view doesn't mean that they don't find it annoying, and it doesn't mean that their experience isn't just a little less special because you are creating a distraction. Would you mind it if I was standing beside you and singing/belting out every single word/note of the show? It's the same thing. The Golden Rule applies here... treat others how you would like others to treat you.

Everybody on the floor stands, period. And a large percentage of people were not in their seats, and many even traveled from stage to stage throughout the show. My ticket was in the third row, but way, way off to the left in Section 1. However, I found a spot right next to the B stage, which was terrific except for the @$$clowns holding up their cellphones to take crappy quality videos whilst blocking my view of the A stage. Okay... if I may for a second rant about people holding up their cellphones during a show. Stop. Just. Stop. And I'm looking at you, Millennials. Nobody wants to see your blurry, distant/overexposed/jittery pictures/video. You will just end up deleting them anyway. Nobody is impressed. Why do you think you are entitled to interfere with others' enjoyment of a show just so you can capture long segments of unlistenable/unwatchable footage that you will forget about anyway? You do realize you paid a lot of money for your ticket, so why not be in the moment and enjoy it, rather than looking at a glowing LCD screen all night. Look... I love to watch concert video clips on YouTube just like anyone else. But there is a way to capture footage politely, i.e., at eye-level, without being a total douche-canoe toward the people around you. Empathy, people. Is that even a thing anymore?

Hey guys... in case you haven't been following the opening night thread at MetLife Stadium, they eliminated the D stage and moved/resized the catwalk and B stage configuration, which has quite a few of us (myself included) on edge about how this impacts our seats. Looking around at other dates, I noticed that TM just released a ton of seats for the second Chicago show in Section 4 where the "D" stage is/was supposed to be. I am beginning to think that the field seats at other stadium dates, besides MetLife, are going to be rearranged as well (to the Euro configuration). I hope I'm wrong!

I HATE seats at concerts. And it's pretty much pointless because everybody ends up standing throughout the show anyway. Having seats just means that the promoter can get away with selling VIP tickets; it's all about greed vs. doing right by the fans. It's certainly not the venue's fault; many shows, including Bruce Springsteen, had GA field at MetLife.

I'm on hold with TM now... apparently they are now taking down requests for re-seating/exchanges that will be handled by the venue itself. So they are supposed to get back to me via telephone either today or early tomorrow. The representative told me that they are getting slammed with calls about these shows. You know... I think it's one thing if tickets were, say, $50 or if they were GA. This change would have been no big deal. But they really brought this on themselves by charging such exorbitant prices for field seats. If a couple is expected to cough up $500 - $1500 to go see a show, everything had better be flawless and meet/exceed every expectation. If they are going to charge high stakes, they're going to have to bend over backwards to make sure that everyone gets what they paid for.

I increasingly feel like, unless the tour organizer does something sensible (like set up a GA area), the MetLife shows are going to be an utter sh*tshow. Only a small percentage of us with field seats are paying any attention to this. Once hundreds of people, many of them VIP, arrive to discover that they have been given the bait-and-switch treatment, there is going to be heck to pay. If I was an usher at MetLife, I would call in sick this weekend.

If they maintain the old seat numbering scheme (ascending R to L when facing the stage), you're probably furthest away. At least you're on an aisle!

I think the new map, validated by the construction photo, pretty much confirms that Sections 3 and 7 will be split right down the middle. My guess is that there will be extra personnel on hand to seat groups that have been split apart by this change. Either that or they may improvise a GA section somewhere around the B stage. From what I can gather, it looks like they are creating a sizeable buffer between the B stage and the seated sections. Just a hunch. This may explain why the B stage went from being huge to a tiny little speck - to make room to stand.

You have to be very careful with Google image search! That is actually the setup for Taylor Swift, not Coldplay. I only wish this was Coldplay!

What construction photos? Yes, I thought that too... lots of people are going to be displaced by this change. It's one thing to change the configuration, but it's another to make a fairly large B stage turn into a tiny little dot in the middle of a massive stadium. Since this new configuration probably has opened up lots of seating real estate, perhaps there will be alternate seats for the hundreds of disgruntled people who will complain vociferously about this. I know I will be complaining!! People should be sure to bring the old seat map as evidence!

I didn't see this mentioned anywhere, but I just noticed something that has me a bit worried... It looks like, at the last minute, they have changed the stage configuration for, at least the MetLife shows. It was this: And as of today, it is this: It doesn't look like they have made this change for the other stadium shows, but perhaps they may be affected as well? If not, why is just the MetLife show getting this change? So, basically, anyone who thought they had a seat next to one of the catwalks or side stages, think again. Da f***??? I'm so unbelievably pissed.

Sooo... has anyone done the Today show with a fan pass before? I went to the Today show many years ago without a pass and I was pretty freakin' far back in the crowd. My understanding is that there is a pit in front of the stage where the camera crew works. Then there is the VIP section. Then there is a "radio pass" area. Then there is the fan pass area. Then the rest of the hoi polloi who get to watch from Pluto. I just received notification in an e-mail that I have won a fan pass!

The top ticket price in NY is $150, which includes handling fees. So I would guesstimate the top ticket in London will be between £ 90 - 100.

As someone who has not been following Coldplay's career with intense scrutiny, I tend to view GS as simply a reaction/rebellion against their last three albums- XY, VLV, MX- which were grandiose, arty, big productions with intricate arrangements that sounded downright cacophonic at times. What's striking about these preliminary GS tracks is that they are so spare and sound downright unfinished at times. The stark, muted visual campaign is also a complete 180° from the brash neon colors of their last album. In some ways, they could be accused of jumping on that atmospheric-hipster bandwagon alongside the likes of Bon Iver and Frank Ocean. And there even seems to be the vague thump of EDM in the mix too. But any way you slice it, I consider the new CP sound to be a big step forward that also pays homage to the "classic" CP sound of their early EPs and albums.

Um, yeah, you pretty much just said in so many words that I am spreading lies. It is offensive, smiley face or not. If you are skeptical, then fine, keep it to yourself. But don't start demanding evidence from me. I don't owe you squat.

Okay, fine. I'm a big fat liar, eh? Don't believe me then. Whatever.

Live Nation e-mail.

Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but a 5PM show has been added in NYC on May 5.

I got the following tweet in my Twitter timeline from Citi Private Pass: Don't miss @coldplay on 5/5 in #NYC @beacontheatre. Tix avail tomorrow morning for elig Citi crdmbrs: http://citi.us/1rf6ckc #Music It seems to imply that tix are on sale only for Citi card holders.

Hello one and all... newbie here. Anyway, for my first post, I'd like to ask a question about a topic that has probably been discussed to death here previously. However, I'm too lazy to look it up. What is the deal with the keyboards at Coldplay shows? I know Chris occasionally sits behind a keyboard (and Jonny seems to have a little keyboard as well), but it appears that 80% of the time the keyboards are clearly coming from another source- a hidden off-stage keyboardist? A pre-recorded track? A sample triggered by a foot pedal? In any case, as much as I've enjoyed the live shows, this is the one thing that really puts me off- the fact that there is no live keyboardist or some kind of acknowledgment that, yeah, we're all paying money to listen to pre-recorded tracks (not to mention the dubious authenticity of the live backup vocals). It's fundamentally dishonest any way you slice it. Why don't they utilize a live touring keyboardist who is present on the stage (like every other major touring band)? Considering the keyboard-heavy sound of "Midnight," I wonder how this will be addressed on the upcoming tour. Will they all just press a button and stand around whilst pretending to playing instruments against a backing track?