by Jeni » 9/19/2005, 9:45 am
Rushing to a venue hasn't been this exciting in so long, I nearly forgot what it was like. Coldplay. A long awaited show for me. My luck never seemed to pan out when it came to catching one of their sets. Finally, 6 months ago, I got in on a Coldplay "In My Place" pre sale for fan community members and snagged myself two tickets. Hey! It only cost $180 dollars, but last night proved to be worth my money and then some!
They start off with Square One. What a brilliant song to kick off a fantastic evening! The LED screen starts counting down. Chris Martin's sillohette in the background. When it reaches 0.0 Being able to admire Chris Martin this close made me take a step back and contemplate the events that were about to unfold in front of me. This is really it. This is the time that I get my chance to see Chris Martin in all his brilliance, live, singing and performing his heart out right in front of me.
This is it.
They tear through all the famous songs like YELLOW with big yellow ballons popping with confetti over the crowd! Continuing playing, they start flashing on the LED screen "GET YOUR CAMERA READY!" over and over again. Finally the countdown starts and it reaches 1, the house lights blaze on with everyone flashing their camera's in unison!!! Unfreaking believeable. This is one of the best live bands ever!! And that takes a lot for me to say that being that I've seen probably 200 bands!
They all pile onto the smaller stage for a tribute to Johnny Cash. He's a Chris Martin/COLDPLAY hero. They had orginally intended to do a duet with Cash, but his sudden death dashed that dream. "Till Kingdom Come" starts off, the crowd goes wild. I'm smiling, giddy as a school girl witnessing all this brilliance in one man. In one night. "Ring of Fire" is next. The crowd singing along.
Ending the encore set with FIX YOU just left everyone with chills. Sorta bringing everyone into eurphoria in unison. Didn't even matter that we were stuck in the parking lot for an hour after the show. We'd just witnessed something magical and it was enough to keep us buzzing all the way home.
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