9 September 2009 - Goffertpark, Nijmegen, Netherlands

[BigFatNoises]

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Welcome to the thread for the above concert which can be used for all discussion prior to, during and after the gig.

One thread one concert - should hopefully keep everyone organised and up-to-date with Coldplay on the road.

Did you get tickets?
Are you looking for tickets?
Are you looking for ticket swaps?
Need help/directions on getting to the concert?
Not sure what the arrangements and rules are for the particular venue is?
Are you just bloody excited?
Do you have a review for the concert?
Did you take any pictures... share them here!


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according to coldplay.com:

We can also announce that a second show at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, Holland has been confirmed, after the first one sold out. The second gig will take place on Wed 9th Sept 2009. Tickets go on sale this morning from www.livenation.nl (http://www.livenation.nl).


tickets go on-sale today at 12 pm (livenation.nl)

Setlist:

Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Yellow
Glass Of Water
Cemeteries Of London
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)
Talk (techno version)
The Hardest Part (Chris piano)
Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)
Viva La Vida
Lost!
Trouble (Acoustic, sung by Chris)
Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic, sung by Will)
Billie Jean
Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
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Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
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The Scientist
Life in Technicolor ii
The Escapist (outro)

Photos:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1722

Wiki Reviews:

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/9_September_2009:_Goffertpark%2C_Nijmegen%2C_Nethe rlands (http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/27_August_2009:_LTU_Arena%2C_Dusseldorf%2C_Germany )

Videos:

Life In Technicolor

YouTube - Coldplay Live @ Goffertpark Nijmegen 2009

YouTube - Coldplay 9 september Goffertpark - Begin concert

Violet Hill

YouTube - Coldplay 9 september Goffertpark - Begin concert

Clocks

YouTube - Coldplay - Clocks - Live @ Goffertpark Nijmegen - 09-09-2009

In My Place

YouTube - in my place

Yellow

YouTube - Coldplay / Yellow / Nijmegen / 09-09-2009 (Viva la Vida Tour @ Goffertpark)

Glass Of Water

Cemeteries Of London

42

YouTube - Coldplay - 42 - Live @ Goffertpark, Nijmegen 09-09-2009

Fix You

YouTube - Coldplay Goffertpark - Fix You

Strawberry Swing

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)

YouTube - Coldplay Live @ Goffertpark Nijmegen 2009

Talk (techno version)

YouTube - Coldplay Live @ Goffertpark Nijmegen 2009

The Hardest Part (Chris piano)

YouTube - Coldplay Live @ Goffertpark Nijmegen 2009

Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)

Viva La Vida

YouTube - Coldplay Viva La Vida

Lost!

Trouble (Acoustic, sung by Chris)

YouTube - Coldplay @ goffertpark 09/09/09

Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic, sung by Will)

YouTube - Coldplay @ goffertpark 09/09/09

Billie Jean

YouTube - Coldplay @ goffertpark 09/09/09

Viva La Vida (remix interlude)

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Politik

YouTube - Coldplay Live @ Goffertpark Nijmegen 2009

Lovers In Japan

Death And All His Friends

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The Scientist

YouTube - Coldplay - The scientist - Live @ Goffertpark Nijmegen, 09-09-2009

YouTube - Coldplay - The Scientist (Live @ Goffertpark, Nijmegen 09-09-09)

Life in Technicolor ii

YouTube - Coldplay - Life in Technicolor II - Live @ Goffertpark Nijmegen 09-09-2009

The Escapist (outro)

[busybeeburns]

thanks for adding the new thread! :D

[Stefan-C8]

I'll be there too! :)

Coldplay costs me thousands of euros (a year) :rolleyes:

(it's worth it though)

[Chavi]

:bomb: OMG !

[RoosAnne]

just bought tickets:dance:

[Carlaatje]

OH HOLYYY CRAPPOLA.... now what?! Chaviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii what to do what to dooooo

[Chavi]

:bomb: too many i's in my name ! I'm freaking out ! why cant they wait freaking January... what if they announce French dates .. :bomb: DONT KNOW !!

[SwallowedInSea]

Do it! Go go go go go! I have to live vicariously through you! :P

[Carlaatje]

:bomb: too many i's in my name ! I'm freaking out ! why cant they wait freaking January... what if they announce French dates .. :bomb: DONT KNOW !!

okay let's vicoursly wait for a french date.... I feel it in my gut... they are sooo doing it!

[Chavi]

dont know why but I'm sure we'll eventually get tickets for that one too :lol:

[Carlaatje]

off course... in the end.. we can;t resist them...
note how I say THEM

[Gya]

I wouldn't mind Strasbourg. Or sth. close to the border.

Now I really become too greedy :laugh3:

[Chavi]

bump ... :whistle: :wacky:

[Stefan-C8]

Just 264 more days to go :dance:

[Chavi]

:dance: those countdowns are killing me but still Yayy !

[Bauk]

Yay, i'll be there too! :D

[lovingChris]

does anyone of you know if there are seating tickets still available for this concert since I already have one for Düsseldorf a while yet but I'm thinking about going to another Coldplay concert and this would be a few steps from here...

[Stefan-C8]

No seating at all this concert ;)

[lovingChris]

yeah I know now :rolleyes:...and got my tickets today :dance:

[Raven12]

I just won tickets to see this gig! So I'll attend both this and the gig on sept. 10 :) Happy me!!
:dance:

[LoversInJapan]

I bought tickets for this gig as well:D
So I'm going to the 9th and the 10th Gig:dance:

[Raven12]

Extra tickets available on www.livenation.nl!

Because both shows sold out so fast, lots of fans couldn't get tickets to one of the two Dutch shows. There for it has been decided to expand the capacity and sell extra tickets.

If you haven't got tickets yet, here's your chance.. But be fast!

[LoversInJapan]

Hooray for coldplay! :D

[Raven12]

On request of "markport", some info about the Goffertpark in Nijmegen:

http://www.goffertpark-nijmegen.nl/pics/plattegrond.jpg

The concert will be at the "speelweide" which is more or less in the center of the park.
There won't be seats as far as I know.. I believe it's got an capacity of approximately 50.000 people..

[markport]

Thanks 'Raven12' ! Wow the area looks bigger than the stadium. ... cant wait!! Any idea how early we should start queuing to get a chance to be in the front??

[Raven12]

No problem! I'm Hester, nice to meet you! :nice:
Haven't got a clue to be honest.. I know I'll be there pretty early to be sure to make it front row! :dance:

[LoversInJapan]

I'm thinking about queing at around Noon..
Not sure about it tho, but o well.. I still got a lot of time to decide :P

[markport]

Are Cameras Allowed? Should be written somewhere on the ticket but i cant understand a word loll...

[Raven12]

wahaha, maybe you could quote what's on the ticket. I'll translate it for you! :nice:

[Carlaatje]

guess who has tickets :rolleyes:

*points at sig*

[Raven12]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!! :dance::dance:
:D

[LoversInJapan]

guess who has tickets :rolleyes:

*points at sig*
Hahaha. And I thought you said that you already were going to so many Coldplayconcerts, that you would skip this one:P
It's still awesome tho ^_^ Congrats:p

[Myra]

Elbow is supporting act!!! I'm so excited, I've never seen Coldplay or Elbow live and now I get to see two of my favorite bands at the same time!! :dance:

Edit: Urgh. Seems to have been a mistake on coldplay.com... :confused:

[LittleMissMessy]

Sorry to bump this thread for these tiny and unimportant news but I have just bought myself tickets for both Nijmegen shows :)

So I will be there as well!!

SQUUUUEEEEEEEEEE! :D

[Raven12]

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Kirsten!!! :D:dance::dance:

[LittleMissMessy]

Squuuuuueeeee Hester :)

And we are soooo going to meet there with Carla and Chavi and god knows who else ... :D
Even though I will see them before at Hannover and Munich I am sooo very excited about going there as well ;)

Even today I asked my jobmate whether she would borrow me her navigation system for the car so that I can make my way to get there easily :)

[Raven12]

My sister in law and brother are going to freak out when the find out about us crazy coldplayers! Wahahaha! :nice:
They both aren't members of the board and they haven't got a clue about what's going on over here!
Oh and 09-09 (first gig), is my sister in law's b-day! So extra double party! :D

[LoversInJapan]

Sorry to bump this thread for these tiny and unimportant news but I have just bought myself tickets for both Nijmegen shows :)

So I will be there as well!!

SQUUUUEEEEEEEEEE! :D
Awesome!:D Congrats!:lol:

Caaaaan' t wait! :D

[Carlaatje]

:dance:

[Dee]

I wish I could go...it's on my birthday after all :disappointed:

[Sirhc]

Guys.... On the 9th the opening acts are Flaming Lips and Bat for Lashes!!!
On the 10th it is White Lies & Miss Montreal.

Whaaa, Flaming Lips and Bat for Lashes are two of my favorites!!!

Now... I have tickets for the 10th, but of course I would prefer to go the 9th. So, maybe... Is there anyone here who prefers White Lies & Miss Montreal above BFL and FL, and wants to trade? :blush:

(not that I expect anyone will respond, but hey, if you never try....)

[Carlaatje]

Bat for lashes?! :wacky: wooohoooooo :dance:

Sorry to bump this thread for these tiny and unimportant news but I have just bought myself tickets for both Nijmegen shows :)

So I will be there as well!!

SQUUUUEEEEEEEEEE! :D


whiejjj yayy meeting kirsten earllyyyy
:dance:

[PianoRocker]

I have tickets for my second Coldplay concert! :D
And the coolest thing is.. I live so close that I can go with my bike. :shocked2:

Hope the weather likes Coldplay too. :P

[Raven12]

woah, go to a coldplay gig by bike! That's cool!!
Are so close you could hear them play when you stand in your backyard (or on your balcony for that matter?)

[PianoRocker]

Nah about 11 kilometers from it.

I'm indeed thinking about to go with my bike... no traffic or busses. :D

[Raven12]

Exactly 5 weeks from now we'll be waiting for the gates to open!! :dance::dance:

[PianoRocker]

:dance::dance:

[rokestar]

Hi Guys, i realy need your help! I'm gonna visit Holland for the first time and i'll be staying in Amsterdam, which means i gotta take a train to nijmegen -thats not a problam to get there by train, all i gotta do is get in NS site and chack when the train goes...but there BIG HUGE PROBLAM is -how do i get back to amsterdam in the middle of the night?

i saw in the NS site that the last train to amsterdam is in 23:18!!! and the nijmegen train station is about 3 km away from Goffertpark, there is no way i'll be there on time to make it for the last train, as i unserdtand the concert is over in about 23:00, which means 18 minutes to get out of the goffertpart and run/take a texi in the bad traffic to the train station...=impossible!

Is there anybody here going back to amsterdam/other city after the show? how are you getting back? do you have any idea how to save me? are there any night-buses?

please HELP!!!

[Raven12]

3 weeks baby, 21 days!

Can't.Fucking.Wait!!!!! :bomb:

[BigFatNoises]

Hi Guys, i realy need your help! I'm gonna visit Holland for the first time and i'll be staying in Amsterdam, which means i gotta take a train to nijmegen -thats not a problam to get there by train, all i gotta do is get in NS site and chack when the train goes...but there BIG HUGE PROBLAM is -how do i get back to amsterdam in the middle of the night?

i saw in the NS site that the last train to amsterdam is in 23:18!!! and the nijmegen train station is about 3 km away from Goffertpark, there is no way i'll be there on time to make it for the last train, as i unserdtand the concert is over in about 23:00, which means 18 minutes to get out of the goffertpart and run/take a texi in the bad traffic to the train station...=impossible!

Is there anybody here going back to amsterdam/other city after the show? how are you getting back? do you have any idea how to save me? are there any night-buses?

please HELP!!!

everyone has that problem.... luckily my last train departs at 23:48, hopefully enough time to get from the venue to Nijmegen Central station...


The train company "NS" will normally put some extra trains in service, but as I saw this information is not available yet... you can check this webpage (only in dutch) http://ns.nl/cs/Satellite/reizigers/plan-uw-reis/evenementen?packedargs=packedargs%3Dsar_1 for information about the extra trains... If you're going to see Coldplay at a thurday, you'll be able to take this "extra" train to 's-hertogenbosch and from there, you can take the Nighttrain to Amsterdam... If you're going on a Wednesday you'll have to check that webpage, because on a wednesday there is no night train available from 's-hertogenbosch to Utrecht Central station.


Option number 2: There are no regular busses from Nijmegen to Amsterdam. But you can take the "event bus" http://www.tripticket.nl/vervoersinformatie/evenementgroep/19/coldplay-the-viva-la-vida-tour.html (only in dutch)

Option number 3: Take a taxi, but that will cost you around 100 euros
Option number 4: Hotel Room... rates starts at 30 euros a night.


If you need some help you can pm me

[Raven12]

We sorted out Rokestar's problem in the Sept. 10th thread..

[Macintosh]

I would go to the Amsterdam after gig too, but I don't think that it would be big problem. Anyway if we will miss the train we could wait the second gig under the park gates and be in the first row next day;)

[PianoRocker]

Tomorrow only one week to go! :dance: :dance:

[Stefan-C8]

Just a week! How many people from here are going, by the way?

[Raven12]

I am!!! :D:D:D
:bomb:

[RoosAnne]

I am too.

ONE WEEK. :dance:

[Macintosh]

Iwill go!:cool:
6 days left... only!
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8171/999z.jpg

[Stefan-C8]

4 days!

[BigFatNoises]

4 days :o time is going to fast :P I hope the weather will be good....

[RoosAnne]

What time have you guys planned to start queueing? Doors open at 3 pm already :stunned:

[Stefan-C8]

About noon or something...

[BigFatNoises]

I'll wake up... have breakfast... bag my stuff for the day and will go to the train station :) I hope to be there asap to claim the best spot :D

[Macintosh]

I'll wake up... have breakfast... bag my stuff for the day and will go to the train station :) I hope to be there asap to claim the best spot :D

So, you think that would be entering with the bag? in Budapest that was impossible...

[LittleMissMessy]

I will be there as well :)

Can't wait to meet Hester for the very first time .... SQUUEEEEEE! :D

[BigFatNoises]

So, you think that would be entering with the bag? in Budapest that was impossible...

It would be possible... only if you put the right stuff in you bag. It isn't allowed to bring bottles and cans and stuff like that... But I hope they'll allow orange juice cartons etc.

[LoversInJapan]

I will be there as well :)

Can't wait to meet Hester for the very first time .... SQUUEEEEEE! :D
Nice:D How early are you going to be there Kirsten? I was thinking about being there at 10am.

Man, I can't wait!:D I'm going with 2 people who've never been to a Coldplay concert before, so I think they are going to enjoy it very very much.

3 days to go! :smug::D

[Stefan-C8]

Yay!

[BigFatNoises]

Nice:D How early are you going to be there Kirsten? I was thinking about being there at 10am.

Man, I can't wait!:D I'm going with 2 people who've never been to a Coldplay concert before, so I think they are going to enjoy it very very much.

3 days to go! :smug::D

haha 10 AM :shocked2: If i want te be there I'll have to set my alarm at 7 am LOL:laugh3: I hope to be there around 11 am or noon

[LittleMissMessy]

Nice:D How early are you going to be there Kirsten? I was thinking about being there at 10am.

Man, I can't wait!:D I'm going with 2 people who've never been to a Coldplay concert before, so I think they are going to enjoy it very very much.

3 days to go! :smug::D
Not sure yet. :confused:
I arrive the day before and Hester is going to stay at the same hotel and she needs to put her stuff in my room first (as check in time is after noon) and we'll head to Goffertpark as soon as this is sorted ;)

So maybe we will get there by 11 am ....?!

[LittleMissMessy]

Okay, facing my last day at work today :D
Then I will be off for 3 weeks straight :D

Can't wait to get to Nijmegen :cool:

[Macintosh]

Oh, I really can't wait now!!! I;m shiver thinking I would be there!!!
In the morning I will to Amsterdam and then... only COLDPLAY!

[Macintosh]

9/9/9 - magic date for setlist changing!

[LoversInJapan]

haha 10 AM :shocked2: If i want te be there I'll have to set my alarm at 7 am LOL:laugh3: I hope to be there around 11 am or noon
Hmm yeah well, the thing is that I'm always late:laugh3: So when I say 10am, it will probably be 10.30 or 11am:P
I have to wake up at around 8 am'ish to be there at 10am:thinking:

Not sure yet. :confused:
I arrive the day before and Hester is going to stay at the same hotel and she needs to put her stuff in my room first (as check in time is after noon) and we'll head to Goffertpark as soon as this is sorted ;)

So maybe we will get there by 11 am ....?!
Hmm 11am is a good time I think.. I'm not sure, since Ive got no clue what tpo expect:P Kirsten, how late were the people there on the germany shows?

9/9/9 - magic date for setlist changing!
9/9/9 - Yessssshhhhh!
I didn't even seen the 9/9/9 date:o Awesome!:D

[Raven12]

Kirsten!! 1 day and a few hours till meet up!
I'll be at the hotel at 10 AM, quickly stuff my bag in your room and than, of we go, to the Goffertpark! With a bit of luck we'll be there somewhere betweet 10.30 and 11 AM.
I just hope there won't be too many people like there were in Paris this morning!
30 people at around 8 AM!!

[Raven12]

Kirsten!! 1 day and a few hours till meet up!
I'll be at the hotel at 10 AM, quickly stuff my bag in your room and than, of we go, to the Goffertpark! With a bit of luck we'll be there somewhere betweet 10.30 and 11 AM.
I just hope there won't be too many people like there were in Paris this morning!
30 people at around 8 AM!!

[Stefan-C8]

Does anyone know if there are already busses between Nijmegen Centraal Station en het Goffertpark at 11am-12pm?

[Raven12]

I'm not sure, but I think there will be busses.
Since the gates will be opening at 3 PM..

[Stefan-C8]

By the way, about Rokestars problem, a couple pages back: I think you can get back to Amsterdam after the concert, as there will be extra trains.

[Macintosh]

Oh, now I'm looking Paris gig's photos and band old videos and at 2 hour I will fly to Amsterdam... Its like Coldplaymania! Two night without sleep and two nights without sleep in the next days :bomb:

[LoversInJapan]

It' s tomooooooooooorrooooooow! Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!

I can't wait :D I had this weird dream about coldplay last night. I was at a concert en Chris touched my hand or something.. Then suddenly I was on stage sitting somewhere. It was very very strange.. But also awesome :D

I'll see you tomorrow people! ^_^

[Raven12]

See you tomorrow!! :dance:
@ Lovers in Japan; what time will you be queuing up?

[LoversInJapan]

See you tomorrow!! :dance:
@ Lovers in Japan; what time will you be queuing up?
I was thinking about being there around 10 am, I know.. It's eaaarly =p
But I probably can't sleep anyway tonight and my friends didn't bother going early. So yay!:D It'll be their first Coldplay experience:laugh3:

Oh btw, maybe it'll be easy to recognise me if you know how I look like:lol:
I'll probably be wearing a grey t-shirt and maybe my Viva-jacket. It can be cold in the mornings ^_^
That's me:
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9196/foto0027z.jpg

Hope to meet you all there:)


I can't frigging wait.. I'm so hyper right now, it's bad:laugh3:

[KingChris]

Have fun tomorrow, to all of you!! Please take lots of videos!! I'm not bringing my camera thursday so.

[lafferty23]

have fun everybody! Take lots of foto's! I had a dream I went to all these festivals with Coldplay and was like running all over the place singing with Chris! It was really wierd..... but cool!

[Raven12]

@ Lovers: See you tomorrow! You won't be the only who is too hyped up to sleep :p
I'll be the girl on my avi; but I'll be wearing a black jeans and my black top with butterflies on the front and the gig dates on the back. And probably my black jacket with my purple Will-like scarf! :D

See you tomorrow!!!!! :dance:

[LoversInJapan]

Raven, ok I will try to remember what you will wear tomorrow, but I think it won't be that hard:D Oh man, I cant wait!

[RoosAnne]

see you tomorrow guys :dance:!

[Stefan-C8]

Last Minute!
I have a spare ticket left. A friend of mine is ill at the moment and it doesn't look that she will be better tomorrow. She decided not to go, because she would probably puke over all the people or something:P
I really feel bad for her, but she takes it with humour thank god.

Soooo if you know someone who wants/needs a ticket you can get it for €45,-, since it's reaaaally last minute and I know it will be hard to get rid of it now:P.

If you're interested text me on this number: +31628059587 and I'll call you back. I will probably asleep within an hour, but I'll be up at 8:30am:lol:
I'll be in the queing at around 10am and I will bring the ticket with me.

First person who contacts me, will get the ticket.



Raven, ok I will try to remember what you will wear tomorrow, but I think it won't be that hard:D Oh man, I cant wait!
You'd better not post your phone number here...

[GoneDutch]

Hi Guys!

Dutch-based English fan signing in. Nice site.

Going with some friends to Goffertpark for the show on Wednesday. :cool: Don't need to stand front row so expect to get there around 6pm. Is this a bad idea?

[Stefan-C8]

Hi Guys!

Dutch-based English fan signing in. Nice site.

Going with some friends to Goffertpark for the show on Wednesday. :cool: Don't need to stand front row so expect to get there around 6pm. Is this a bad idea?
Nah, you'll probably still have a great night and you are still fresh, cause you don't have to wait all day! I like to stand near the front, so I'll be leaving in an hour or so for the 2-hour drive. :dozey:

[RoosAnne]

hey guys. have been queueing for some hours now with some very nice people. my sister and i are number 5 and 6 in the queue. front row here we come!

[Nikki84]

I looked around on Twitter and I found Raven12's tweets :)

"Merchandise stand has been set up and we hesrd from security that there will be some kind of golden cirkle. Gates open in less than 3 hours!" 13 minutes ago from mobile web

"So we made it to the venue, there are around 30 people here!" about 1 hour ago from mobile web

The golden circle thing is good to know for tomorrow!

[1der]

Someone please let us/me know how the LeftRightLeftRightLeft distribution went along!
(I'm going tomorrow but I'm not sure yet what time I'll be there, but I wanna have a LRLRL!:P)

[Nikki84]

more from Raven12

"Surprisingly they opened up the first gate already. We're still in de race for our front row spots.." 22 minutes ago from mobile web

Let's hope they make it front row!

[nancyk58]

Hi folks,

I found this info on the link stated below (translated from Dutch via Google online tool):

Coldplay - Viva la Vida Tour Concert Tickets
Buy Coldplay - Viva la Vida Tour tickets for the performance of Coldplay in Goffertpark, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Time: Wednesday, 9/9/2009
Doors: 15:00 Start: 18:00
Tickets from € 59 (excluding service charges)
Age Restrictions NA

Further information:
The two sold-out concerts in Ahoy were phenomenal class. So whether or not it will be the last Dutch Coldplay concert ever, make sure you do not miss it!

Telephone sales: 0900 - 1010 2020 (45 cpm)

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE
Doors open 15:00
18.15u Bat For Lashes
19.15u Flaming Lips
21.00 Coldplay

You can throughout the concert (leave ?) grounds and there is no specific time that you should be inside. We expect the concert to be over between half 11and 11 hours (between 22.30 and 23.00 o'clock). Note: times are indicative only. Private drinks may not be included on the site.

TRANSPORT INFORMATION FOR VISITORS:
Goffertpark is very easy to reach by public transport. Parking is limited.

The event site, with extensive hospitality industry, will open at 15:00 hours. Avoid the regular files in the evening at the nodes around Nijmegen and come on time to the Goffertpark.

Public Transport: The NS will long (Google translation) and there will be extra trains. From NS Station Nijmegen Central Park and ride shuttle buses Goffert € 5.00 return. Check www.ns.nl or www.9292ov.nl travel advice for custom.

Trip Ticket: Via www.tripticket.nl line transport you from your house. After entering your zip code, you immediately see a complete and independent transport advice of transport with public transport, your car or an organized coach.

Car: There are several parking lots near the Goffertpark. These are approximately 15 to 25 minutes walking distance, to parking with shuttle buses connected to the Goffertpark.

Coming by car to the event, if you follow the signs are near Nijmegen Concert Parking. These lead you to the nearest parking. Some parks charge a parking fee of € 5 to € 15. Let you in Nijmegen not guided by a navigation system. Link: http://www.livenation.nl/event/1009/coldplay-viva-la-vida-tour-tickets/?c=feed_ad.nl

I wish all of you going tonight good luck - and hopefully it will be another wonderful concert. Have a NICE TIME. :)

RoosAnne - I saw that you are there, too. HAVE FUN and ENJOY! :D

[Nikki84]

And 3 more tweeds from Raven!

"we heard a recording for the soundcheck and it has been raining a little. 35 minuted left till gates open!!" 1 minute ago from mobile web

"We should have taken this entrance!" http://twitpic.com/h2jfn 32 minutes ago from TwitPic

"bought myself the beautiful butterfly shirt :) Am stsrting to develop a headache, which is not so good.. please send us Karma!!" 40 minutes ago from mobile web

Karma sent!

[nancyk58]

Karma sent to you Nikki - hope that your headache will be gone before the concert begins! And that the only rain will be "rain" of butterflies. :D

I think that there will be reviews of one of the Dutch concerts (probably the first one) here: Nu.nl (has a section with concert reviews, de Volkskrant (with a section called "recensies"), the paper AD with a link to livenation: www.livenation.nl/event/1009/coldplay-viva-la-vida-tour-tickets. Therefore, this paper might have a review of one of the concerts. I am going to check it out.

Once again: ENJOY and HAVE FUN! Lots of Coldplay karma to you all! :D

[Nikki84]

Hey Nancy, thank you, but I was just quoting tweets from Raven12. She is there at the venue now waiting to get in. Unfortunately I'm nog going to the show tonight. Your karma is sent to Raven!

I'm going to the show tomorrow :D so it's nice to read her tweets. hopefully it won't rain!


Karma sent to you Nikki - hope that your headache will be gone before the concert begins! And that the only rain will be "rain" of butterflies. :D

I think that there will be reviews of one of the Dutch concerts (probably the first one) here: Nu.nl (has a section with concert reviews, de Volkskrant (with a section called "recensies"), the paper AD with a link to livenation: www.livenation.nl/event/1009/coldplay-viva-la-vida-tour-tickets. Therefore, this paper might have a review of one of the concerts. I am going to check it out.

Once again: ENJOY and HAVE FUN! Lots of Coldplay karma to you all! :D


Talking about Raven's tweets, there's two more: gotta love those active tweeters :)

"10 minutes left.. KARMA BABY!! Next tweet will probably contain our location in front of the stage, keep everything crossed!!" 12 minutes ago from mobile web
"we are now standing and very antsy for the gates to open. Soundcheck ended SO LET US IN!! *sigh*" 24 minutes ago from mobile web

I have no idea what antsy means, but I hope they make it to the front!

[iriden]

This is the last twit from Hester

Nearly front row! Well actually we are front row, but to the right side close to the Ramp!

so even if not too central they're front row :D

[Sirhc]

Is there anyone of you on Twitter, and followed by Raven? Could you then please ask her if there were many people at the gates around 3 pm? I won't be able to get there sooner tomorrow, and I really wonder if I still make a chance on a decent spot...

[Nikki84]

Is there anyone of you on Twitter, and followed by Raven? Could you then please ask her if there were many people at the gates around 3 pm? I won't be able to get there sooner tomorrow, and I really wonder if I still make a chance on a decent spot...

I can follow her, but she's not following me. Does a person have to be following you too in order to ask them a question and get a reply from them?
If that is the case, I won't be able to ask her your question.

[Sirhc]

I can follow her, but she's not following me. Does a person have to be following you too in order to ask them a question and get a reply from them?
If that is the case, I won't be able to ask her your question.

I don't know :blush:
We could just give it a chance, and see if she replies. Would you? Thanks so much!
(I'm getting really nervous, and worried that I won't get a good spot. Agh, the pre-gig nerves! :lol:)

[Nikki84]

I don't know :blush:
We could just give it a chance, and see if she replies. Would you? Thanks so much!
(I'm getting really nervous, and worried that I won't get a good spot. Agh, the pre-gig nerves! :lol:)

Ok, I asked her! Now let's hope she'll answer :) I have to leave work in 10 minutes, so I hope she'll answer before that (if she can see my message anyway)
I'm nervous as well! Took the day off tomorrow, so I can queue early.

[Sirhc]

Super, thanks :dance:

Are you going tomorrow? Getting excited yet :D ?
I am :dance: :dance:

[Nikki84]

Yep yep, I'm going. I'm very excited, can't wait.
I doubt I'll sleep well tonight, but I don't mind! :D

[Eline_]

Well, the sky is grey here and it's going to rain, I guess.. But I hope not!
My school is in Nijmegen, so it's pretty weird to go home and leave the Goffertpark :P I'm going tomorrow!

Oh, and I've heard the soundcheck.

Really, I've heard it. I had English class and we had to read something. It was suddenly quiet and I thought I heard Viva la Vida! My friend next to me heard it also.. At 12:30 I think. It was far away, but I recognized it immediately :P

Have a great time everybody! :D

[iriden]

littlemissmessy (http://twitter.com/littlemissmessy) Setlist change! Trouble on C-stage! 3 minutes ago from txt

[worldtrav]

littlemissmessy (http://twitter.com/littlemissmessy) Setlist change! Trouble on C-stage! 3 minutes ago from txt


OMG - what happend!!! :)

[Imke]

littlemissmessy (http://twitter.com/littlemissmessy) Setlist change! Trouble on C-stage! 3 minutes ago from txt

Waaaah! :stunned:

[iriden]

Another update from Kirsten

Coldplay Karma at its best! You cant top what happened to us! Just saying P.H. 15 minutes ago from txt

she's a teaser, we want to know what happened with Phil :angry:

edit: and Hester
Oh My God!! Coldplay Karma baby!! I got killed by the most beautiful smile ever..2 minutes ago from txt

[busybeeburns]

Some recent photos from Twitter:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme1.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme2.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme3.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme4.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme5.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme6.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme7.jpg

[CookyMnstr]

Trouble?!?!?:D aww:nice:
and Phil siighting!?!? ahhhh these girls are teasing us!:bomb:

[maria_shiver]

Some recent photos from Twitter:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme1.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme2.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme3.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme4.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme5.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme6.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1722/20090909nijme7.jpg

Thanks!!!!

[juliejulle]

Yeah to setlist change... always exciting to see what they have thoosed to play, if there are changes or not.... Trouble is good, listening to it now :wink:

But what about Phil??? hmm... :blank:

[mrman78]

Dammit! I was hoping 'Trouble' was a Dallas only thing, lol! Oh well, I guess we all need to share :rolleyes:

Good to see a change again! :thumbsup:

[r25d01]

YES!!!!! but i hope they don't leave out green eyes completely. in nijmegen and wembley they could do trouble on one night and green eyes on the other or just play both :D

[Mimixxx]

Nicer if they'd added it instead of replacing something with it, but I won't complain :lipsrsealed2:

Can't wait to hear from the girls

[worldtrav]

YES!!!!! but i hope they don't leave out green eyes completely. in nijmegen and wembley they could do trouble on one night and green eyes on the other or just play both :D

by guess is the played trouble instead of the hardest part....

P.

[marie/pims]

Kirsten and Hester always tease us...why?why?

[r25d01]

by guess is the played trouble instead of the hardest part....

P.

Ah you're right that's where the C-stage is. And it'd make more sense. Well though I really love that version of The Hardest Part, I'd be totally happy with that since I already heard it 3 times now =)

[Mimixxx]

Raven12 (http://twitter.com/Raven12)So Guy saw the banner and gave us the most gorgeous smile. During encore Phil came at us, we had a chat. He got us a setlist & guitar picks!

:dance:

[CookyMnstr]

If I didn't love them, I'd be so frggin' jealous!!!:bomb:
(who am I kidding, I"m jealous anyway!!!!:p but sooo happy for them SQUEEE!!)

[*Perrine*]

Squeee for the girls !!
And omg why did they add Trouble JUST after Paris :bigcry: I so wanna hear it in Wembley guys !!

[r25d01]

Squeee for the girls !!
And omg why did they add Trouble JUST after Paris :bigcry: I so wanna hear it in Wembley guys !!

the hope for trouble seriously is one of my reasons to go to the wembley gigs :D now pleeeaaase just keep it in the set! so great they did it tonight

[CookyMnstr]

I haven't heard Trouble live in so long...so wait, it was instead of Hardest Part(which I absolutely:heart: so dont' want to lose) or during C-stage:thinking:?
Trouble was the song that made me feel that CP is MY band...:nice: it might not be the best CP song, but it's so special to me! I hope we hear it at Wembley, even one of the days!!!

[Noémie]

Raven12 (http://twitter.com/Raven12)So Guy saw the banner and gave us the most gorgeous smile. During encore Phil came at us, we had a chat. He got us a setlist & guitar picks!

:dance:

Ah Phil is so charming... :rolleyes:
I'm so sad I didn't notice him in Paris 2 days ago! :(

What was the chat about??

[lndnsky]

If I didn't love them, I'd be so frggin' jealous!!!:bomb:
(who am I kidding, I"m jealous anyway!!!!:p but sooo happy for them SQUEEE!!)

Hahahaha!!! So true!!!!!!!!!

[Stefan-C8]

Hi! Just came back from the concert, completely exhausted, but it was AWESOME. Best Coldplay concert I've been to, the audience was great (where I was at least), the weather was perfect, the supporting acts were absolutely fabulous and oh yeah... Coldplay was ok too :P!

We were lucky to choose the right entrance for once, so I was (one of) the first to enter the field. After a long run we easily made it first row, right in front of Chris' piano. :cool:
Wasn't able to get a setlist or anything... except for a Bat of Lashes setlist. Yay. :dozey:

I'll post a longer review and some pics/photos later. :)

The setlist was the same as always, except Trouble replaced Til Kingdom Come/Green Eyes.

[*Perrine*]

So they didn't add it :\

Anyway, I WANT TROUBLE IN WEMBLEYYYYY ! :P

[SueDeNimes]

Hi! Just came back from the concert, completely exhausted, but it was AWESOME.
Welcome home!!
Glad to hear you had a great time!

Get some rest, come back and then tell us everything pleeeaaaaase! :)

[Stefan-C8]

Yeah, I could use some sleep, tomorrow I have to go to see Coldplay again.... pffffff... :P

[SueDeNimes]

Yeah, I could use some sleep, tomorrow I have to go to see Coldplay again.... pffffff... :POh what a stressful week you have, poor you! :P :laugh4:

Have fun tomorrow! :dance:

[BigFatNoises]

WOW... Awesome night. I was at the venue around 1.30 pm and I had a spot right in front of Chris :) No surprises in the setlist though, apart form Trouble @ the C-stage.

I will try to write a review tomorrow... before I go to Nijmegen again.. :D

The Gigs in Rotterdam were superb but this concert was just the best coldplay show I've ever been too :p

[PianoRocker]

I'm back!
IT was :awesome: !!! Trouble at the C-stage.. WOW! I was just near C-stage WOW! :D
More from me later.. just returned home 10 minutes ago.. missed the last bus so used a taxi :P

[Stefan-C8]

I'm back!
IT was :awesome: !!! Trouble at the C-stage.. WOW! I was just near C-stage WOW! :D
More from me later.. just returned home 10 minutes ago.. missed the last bus so used a taxi :P
I thought you were going on the brommer?

[Noémie]

Have a good night sleep everyone!
And a good concert tomorrow for those who're lucky enough to see them again tomorrow...
:)

[PianoRocker]

1. Life In Technicolor
2. Violet Hill
3. Clocks
4. In My Place
5. Yellow
6. Glass Of Water
7. Cemeteries Of London
8. 42
9. Fix You
10. Strawberry Swing
11. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face(techno)
12. Talk(techno)
13. The Hardest Part(piano)
14. Postcards From Far Away
15. Viva La Vida
16. Lost!
17. Trouble(C-stage)
18. Holland song(C-stage)
19. Death Will Never Conquer(C-stage)
20. Billy Jean(C-stage)
21. Viva La Vida(Remix)
22. Politik
23. Gnossiennes
24. Lovers In Japan
25. Death And All His Friends
Encore
26. The Scientist
27. Life In Technicolor II
28. The Escapist

[Stefan-C8]

So many songs and it was still over so quickly.

By the way, The Flaming Lips are fucking awesome! The music sucked, but the act was so great!

[PianoRocker]

Yeah the Flaming Lips had a great act! Loved the Allien and Frog costumes :laugh3:
But the singer... very bad voice.. alot out of tune :disappointed:

[Stefan-C8]

I loved how he walked over me in his bubble. :D I have a nice vid of that, which I'll post later. First: sleep.

[PianoRocker]

I loved how he walked over me in his bubble. :D I have a nice vid of that, which I'll post later. First: sleep.
:dance:

I'm uploading some audios of : Violet Hill, Fix You, 42, Strawberry Swing & Politik :D

[PianoRocker]

Audios: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JHFUXS21

[starsinheavenalign]

OMG - what happend!!! :)

I think she meant the song Trouble is being played on C-stage.It's okay,I thought she meant that there was actual trouble, at first lol.:laugh3:

I wish I could be there though!

[coldpatrix]

Audios: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JHFUXS21

How's the quality?

[busybeeburns]

3FM photos on Flickr:

3FM Present Coldplay 09

[Jdeuceiswild]

looks like chris got a new jacket!

[ze_scientist]

1. Life In Technicolor
2. Violet Hill
3. Clocks
4. In My Place
5. Yellow
6. Glass Of Water
7. Cemeteries Of London
8. 42
9. Fix You
10. Strawberry Swing
11. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face(techno)
12. Talk(techno)
13. The Hardest Part(piano)
14. Postcards From Far Away
15. Viva La Vida
16. Lost!
17. Trouble(C-stage)
18. Holland song(C-stage)
19. Death Will Never Conquer(C-stage)
20. Billy Jean(C-stage)
21. Viva La Vida(Remix)
22. Politik
23. Gnossiennes
24. Lovers In Japan
25. Death And All His Friends
Encore
26. The Scientist
27. Life In Technicolor II
28. The Escapist

wooow you got Trouble :shocked2::shocked2::shocked2:

[Stefan-C8]

Yeah, I was surprised they played Trouble!

[RadioMad]

Hey all,

Hope you enjoyed the gig. I'm off to see them tonight. Will be there early, around 13:30

Question though... at what time (approx.) were the front sections near the stage 'full'?
My sister will be there around 16:00 hrs, and she wants to know if she can still get into the front?

[Stefan-C8]

Hey all,

Hope you enjoyed the gig. I'm off to see them tonight. Will be there early, around 13:30

Question though... at what time (approx.) were the front sections near the stage 'full'?
My sister will be there around 16:00 hrs, and she wants to know if she can still get into the front?
If it is the same as yesterday, she will. We ran into some people we know and they arrived at 16.30, but were still able to get pretty close to the stage. ;)

[InYourHonor]

How was security yesterday? Can you only bring a camera with 3x zoom or do the allow 10x zoom too?

And if I'm there at 16:00 I can get pretty close to stage? What if I have to go use the toilet? Will I get back to my friends? :P

[ze_scientist]

Hey all,

Hope you enjoyed the gig. I'm off to see them tonight. Will be there early, around 13:30

Question though... at what time (approx.) were the front sections near the stage 'full'?
My sister will be there around 16:00 hrs, and she wants to know if she can still get into the front?

:dance: have fun :D

[evadekker]

Hey there.

I'm going to the concert tonight, jeee.
But can anybody give me an indication how late the concert ended last night?
I really would like to know that, in case of buses, trains etc....

[Larry]

A review (in Dutch), some pictures and a short video of "Violet Hill"...

http://www.gelderlander.nl/voorpagina/maasenwaal/article5492670.ece

Two other reviews (both in Dutch)...

http://alternative.blog.nl/concerten/2009/09/10/concert-verslag-recensie-coldplay-in-het-goffertpark-warmt-vooral-zichzelf-op

http://www.oor.nl/deruit_concertverslagen_details.asp?id=1143

Sadly I don't have enough time now to translate them. :/

[Open, Politik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulviBLh85C8

[Open, Politik]

Trouble^

[unique]

I took some pictures last night. They're not very good but here they are :)

http://94.100.113.33/726800001-726850000/726805401-726805500/726805428_5_KfHT.jpeg
http://94.100.114.30/726800001-726850000/726805401-726805500/726805467_5_XYpA.jpeg
http://94.100.113.84/726800001-726850000/726805401-726805500/726805483_5_oF5C.jpeg
http://94.100.113.41/726800001-726850000/726805501-726805600/726805512_5_xtVZ.jpeg
http://94.100.113.178/726800001-726850000/726805501-726805600/726805571_5_xNzL.jpeg
http://94.100.116.180/726800001-726850000/726805501-726805600/726805534_5_ovIq.jpeg
http://94.100.115.208/726800001-726850000/726805501-726805600/726805587_5_CZx0.jpeg
http://94.100.113.86/726800001-726850000/726805501-726805600/726805593_5_0ScY.jpeg
http://94.100.114.123/726800001-726850000/726805601-726805700/726805607_5_h0pe.jpeg
http://94.100.114.21/726800001-726850000/726805601-726805700/726805619_5_Hhlt.jpeg
http://94.100.114.44/726800001-726850000/726805601-726805700/726805633_5_XNSP.jpeg

[MartinFan]

Great pics!! thanks for sharing!

[nancyk58]

I am translating the article www.gelderlander.nl and have problems with the word rouwrandje (so has Babylon translation tool - it wrote the word again in the English field). Google translation tool suggested "a mourning border?" Could a translation of "rouwjandje" be "Wailing Wall" - "randje" alone should be something like "edge", and here it then should be something like "Wall". Please help. Thanks in advance!

[SueDeNimes]

I am translating the article www.gelderlander.nl and have problems with the word rouwrandje (so has Babylon translation tool - it wrote the word again in the English field). Google translation tool suggested "a mourning border?" Could a translation of "rouwjandje" be "Wailing Wall" - "randje" alone should be something like "edge", and here it then should be something like "Wall". Please help. Thanks in advance!
Google translate says "The only thing it lacks is a mourning edge."

[nancyk58]

Google translate says "The only thing it lacks is a mourning edge."

And what is that? A mourning edge?? Can you Dutch - for then I would send the lines to you as a PM. :) Before I post the translation (6 paragraphs).

[nancyk58]

http://www.gelderlander.nl/voorpagin...cle5492670.ece

Translation of the above article - review of the Coldplay concert in Nijmegen, The Netherlands on 9 September, 2009

Nobody goes away disappointed with world band Coldplay

Wednesday 9 September, 2009 | 23:30 | Last updated: Thursday, September 10, 2009 | 16:56

IJMEGEN - Would you recognize Coldplay's bass player on the street? Very unlikely. Coldplay singer Chris Martin has become hot. Even more hot than U2's Bono. Yet Coldplay is just as popular as the biggest band in the world, perhaps even bigger than U2. Coldplay is a band for the whole family, young and old can be found at Nijmegen Park.
120,000 people will attend Coldplay's two concerts in two (consecutive) days at Nijmegen Goffert. At 19 o'clock on Wednesday there were long traffic jams on highways around Nijmegen. On the A50 direction Nijmegen, the traffic jam had a length of up to 13 kilometer. Also on the A15 and A325, traffic was stuck at the end of the afternoon. On the route Arnhem-Nijmegen via the A325, many motorists were stuck in the traffic for two hours. Due to the traffic, the Coldplay concert began somewhat later. The mobile telephone network was down, hundreds of meters of the podium were still full.
Chris Martin who looked a little pale today, could save/spare his voice: The audience sang, word by word, along to all the songs. But Martin did not spare himself - from the first minutes the sweat was dripping from his face. He ran around, played guitar, sat moving on his piano stool and took the occasion to say a few words in Dutch, i.e. the words "good evening", "thank you" and "sorry, my Dutch is not so good", learned by heart.
All the Coldplay hits were played, and there are many of them. There was good singing-along to the British band's hits. Yellow, Fix You, Clocks and The Hardest Parts were all played.
That would really be enough to make a successful concert, but in addition Coldplay had costumes, a huge backdrop, interludes and an additional instrumentation.
For people on the far field, there was even an acoustic version of Trouble and Billy Jean by Michael Jackson on a separate stage in the middle of the field. The only thing it lacked was a wailing wall? (rouwrandje = mourning edge). It remains up to the good/brave and directed side, although you may wonder whether such an wall (such an edge - rouwrandje) fits in this mega-event.

Translated and edited by Nancy Boysen (with the help of Google translation tool and Babylon online translation tool)

[MartinFan]

It is thought by Jews to be the most sacred of places, because the temple itself was thought to be the place where God resides on earth. Praying at the Wailing Wall signifies being in the presence of the Divine.

[MadTinus]

It was an amazing show.

[Stefan-C8]

I am translating the article www.gelderlander.nl (http://www.gelderlander.nl) and have problems with the word rouwrandje (so has Babylon translation tool - it wrote the word again in the English field). Google translation tool suggested "a mourning border?" Could a translation of "rouwjandje" be "Wailing Wall" - "randje" alone should be something like "edge", and here it then should be something like "Wall". Please help. Thanks in advance!
That's a very literal translation! When you say something has a 'rouwrandje', it means there was a feeling of mourning surrounding it. I don't quite understand what that has anything to do with a Coldplay concert? :P

Edit: aah, because of Billie Jean.

[lfdianne]

YouTube - Coldplay @ goffertpark 09/09/09

I found this video of C stage with Trouble, Chris' improv, DWNC, from someone who was right at C-stage, not from the video screen.

[marie/pims]

http://www.gelderlander.nl/voorpagin...cle5492670.ece

IJMEGEN - Would you recognize Coldplay's bass player on the street? Very unlikely.

Errrmmm....Yes, I would:D


VERY nice C-stage video

[nancyk58]

That's a very literal translation! When you say something has a 'rouwrandje', it means there was a feeling of mourning surrounding it. I don't quite understand what that has anything to do with a Coldplay concert? :P


Thanks a lot. I might turn to you again for help (maybe in a PM). Thanks! :)

[Sirhc]

She was there too yesterday, the blond girl, that's Vicky, right?

http://www.coldplay.com/uploads/mgmtbrum.jpg

[Zeya]

Nope..Vicki is the brunette.
The blonde one is Arlene if I'm not mistaken.

[nancyk58]

Reply to the question: She was there too yesterday, the blond girl, that's Vicky, right?

The blond girl is Arlene from the Management. The other girl is Vicki Taylor, Personal Assistant to the band. Beautiful pictyre, btw. :)

[Sirhc]

Sorry, I've put it in the wrong thread, I was there the 10th.
It's not my pic, it's a pic Miller once posted in a live photoblog :)

[Zeya]

Sorry, I've put it in the wrong thread, I was there the 10th.
It's not my pic, it's a pic Miller once posted in a live photoblog :)

Haha don't worry about that. Besides many of us had seen the photo ;)

[evadekker]

Went to the concert last night, and I'm still with my head in the clouds.... It was so amazing. I was standing near the C-stage, let's see if my photo-link works here.

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9046/chrismartinl.th.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/chrismartinl.jpg/)

[Stefan-C8]

Thanks a lot. I might turn to you again for help (maybe in a PM). Thanks! :)
Sure, no problem! :)

[Chavi]

12 pages ? where are you people :whip:


Carla and I decided to go for C stage. We saw them front row already so we thought it'd be cool to have a change and not enjoy the moment watching the screen or the back of people's head looking for the band from far away :wacko:
We arrived at the Goffertpark around 6:30pm. The traffic was hell, and parkings were full. So we missed half of Bat for Lashes set.. what a pity! Although we could hear the concert while we were walking up to the venue from the parking lot. We got to the Cstage where few people knew about the band playing there. Enjoying the end of BFL and Carla's favorite song Daniel (;)), we were debating on where would be the best spot, whether the guys would face us. So we settled at the back which turned out not to be in front of the mic, as Chris moved it when he got there, but in front of Jonny :wacky:
Hoppy went to check the guitars which got people curious. I think that's when they realised...

Then Flamings lips were on. Really good show and very entertaining! Balloons and confettis, aliens and cheerful people wearing weird funny costumes dancing.. perfect recipe to be in a good mood for a show. Even if you dont enjoy the music, you always end up with a huge grin while watching Flaming lips on stage! These guys know what they're doing, and they do it good!

Now let's get to the point.. the reason why I'm writting this review, the reason why you're reading it : Coldplay !
Before the band goes on stage, every Coldplayers like to play 'I spot a roadie and his buttcrack'.. let's be honest, it's a moment we're all looking for! Now, I won't say who/what/where/how/why, but the R#42 myth is gone. :lol:
Weird feeling you have when the only thing you wish for at that point is for U2 to be on.. huh?
Then Coldplay's up, it is quite disturbing to see the guys that far from the back. You kinda wish you were with these lucky folks at the front seeing every sweat drops on Chris' face... put this way, you actually dont. But you get the point! haha!
However, we did enjoy it all, singing our hearts out and dancing our booties off until complete exhaustion. I lost my voice on several occasions and coughed my lungs out many times! But singing along the Oohooh's, the yeah's and lalalay's is something I'm ready to give up my voice and energy to!
The band is doing great! The set is good, the lights, lasers and screens are impressive! Could not expect less at a Coldplay concert. They never disappointed me. Of course, you expect more from the setlist, but still you soon forget about it once you're there. It's a shame, but they make up for it being one the best acts live.
Chris is still under the I have to finish this leg pressure, drinking all kinds of stuff as often as he can, wearing his scarf and making sure his collar's tight enough. But still the man gives it all while saving it to last til at least Wembley. He dances and says hello, and puts a smile upon our faces. That's one hell of a good frontman we have there!
Ode to a drummer... Yellow found its perfect ending ! Rocking the drumsticks, Mr Champion gets the crowds' love and attention, which marks that song as one of my highlights!
I heard people like banners, even if they say cheesy things and can attract weird and angry looks. Still as someone told me, it's always nice to see people getting involved and being that enthusiastic. And it is true, we're enthusiastic people trying to get a few cheery smiles. So when it's time for some close up songs at the Cstage, us very happy people, cant help but hold our banners. What does it say ? "5 pounds for Dont Panic... 10 pounds if Jonny sings". And yes, we waved a 5 pound bill. Now, let me tell you, you can't buy Coldplay, but please make a gesture! Although we paid nothing for the grins and reactions they gave us!
It took us some time to realise they were playing Trouble.. too enthusiastic, maybe ? a change in the setlist which indeed didnt go unknown to the audience. It was fantastic! They had a good laugh and went on with DWNC and Billy Jean.. great sing along! Cstage was short, but worth it!
Politik got me even more hyped up, it always does, and always will. The show's about to come to an end, and we're still enjoying every bit! It's raining butterflies over the Goffert and the almost entirely Dutch crowd, it's a beautiful night! And the fireworks come announcing the end of an amazing show...
People grining all the way to the exits, parking lots, hotels, or buses... drunk people, enthusiastic people, all going back home with their heads full of memories and recognition from the band in their hands !

[SueDeNimes]

[...] People grining all the way to the exits, parking lots, hotels, or buses... drunk people, enthusiastic people, all going back home with their heads full of memories and recognition from the band in their hands !
Wonderful review, Chavi... I'm speechless! :kiss:

What a great and funny idea with the Pound notes!! :lol:

[Raven12]

Chavi, great review!! :D
I'm thinking about mine, but nothing will come up so far.. :(

[marie/pims]

What does it say ? "5 pounds for Dont Panic... 10 pounds if Jonny sings". And yes, we waved a 5 pound bill. Now, let me tell you, you can't buy Coldplay, but please make a gesture! Although we paid nothing for the grins and reactions they gave us!
It took us some time to realise they were playing Trouble.. too enthusiastic, maybe ? a change in the setlist which indeed didnt go unknown to the audience. It was fantastic! They had a good laugh and went on with DWNC and Billy Jean.. great sing along! Cstage was short, but worth it!


so funny :D:D

[nancyk58]

http://alternative.blog.nl/concerten...al-zichzelf-op / Hollandsk artikel om CP Koncert i Holland 9.9.9 med kommentarer

Translation / editing by Nancy Boysen (and help from Google online translation tool
and Babylon translation tool)

Concert Report: Coldplay in Goffertpark mainly warmed themselves up

Wednesday evening, in front of a full Goffertpark Coldplay played the first of two concerts in the Netherlands in the framework of the Viva La Vida tour. Thus twice 60,000 men and women in Nijmegen, which is more people than U2 currently draws in two Arena evening shows (soirees). The ten thousand fans present witnessed a strong performance. It is a show that occasionally was plagued by factors that the like-able British quartet could not control / handle.
This show has everything a big 'stadium show' should have: From a sublime scenery and a perfect light show to the dream frontman who spoke a few Dutch words and a band that makes you feel like the members are your best friends. Coldplay is for everyone.
The set leaned of course heavily on the latest album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends which is actually not more than one year and some months old. Due to some very strong (and significantly promoted) singles the album feels very familiar, and that is certainly after a top record as X&Y once again a very clever name. Songs like Cemeteries of London, Strawberry Swing and Lovers in Japan and of course the instant evergreen Viva La Vida are great pop songs that still reach a wide audience.
And the wide audience was one of the factors that kept tonight's performance from having a truly brilliant status. Probably due to the fact that this performance was second in sales / was less important than sales, you could not find too many people who could really sing every note. There were Parachutes banners and A Rush of Blood To The Head-lovers, but most of the concert-goers seemed particularly familiar with the songs off the Viva La Vida album. That album has nevertheless turned out to be the Coldplay album that has helped them get their mega-mega status. The setlist also somewhat indicated that Coldplay had definitively got rid of X&Y (what a pleasure that the terrible Speed of Sound was not played). Thus the audience in Goffert was seldom really euphoric, though the constant repetition of the Viva La Vida chorus from thousands of throats was an entertaining / amusing phenomenon.
That the audience was not completely mad / crazy was really clear from the two opening acts that already in this context were alternative. Bat For Lashes gave a truly formidable show. As we all very well know, Natasha Khan was leaning on a Björk sound, but Fever Ray as well was never far away (though perhaps it is a question whether it is not the other way round). The sound was great and even the live hand-claps were perfect. Bat For Lashes will not win many souls, but that does not reduce their performance.
Typical of the huge gap (literally and figuratively) between the audience and the number two warm-up = supporting act, Flaming Lips, was that singer Wayne Coyne already five minutes before the show announced that he would instantly run over the heads of the audience in a huge balloon. Something that he has done for only about 33 years and 82 tours, so the average indie-lover would certainly not be particularly surprised. It was one round shorter than usually, but neither band nor the audience was injured. Moreover, the Americans also played an excellent show. Wayne Coyne will never be a nightingale, but his voice was fine, and with all the confetti and euphoria this was in any case a good warm-up / supporting act for the main attraction.
Then Coldplay opened somewhat strained, partly due to factor number to: The wind. During Flaming Lips’s confetti rain it was clearly seen that the strong wind was blowing diagonally toward the stage, which certainly ensured that the sound was not always reaching far. One factor which had little to do with it, but it does raise curiosity how it must have sounded back in the immense field (Chris Martin: "It's like 7 miles to the back of the field”). But as time and the show progressed, the sound and the songs were better and better with highlights in the form of the older hits = oldies Politik, Yellow and the acoustic set (on the little stage in the middle of the field) Trouble - Holland Song - Death Will Never Conquer and Billie Jean. The only misses were the techno remix versions of Talk and especially guitar song God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, that on all sides were brutally slaughtered. Also slightly misplaced: The constant comments from Martin about how we all defied the weather. It was drizzle, it was blowing a little, but do you want to speak about the Vlieland weather: no. Perhaps Martin himself also sought a reason for the somewhat unenthusiastic response now and then.
As location/site, Nijmegen Goffertpark remains a pleasure between the trees. In terms of toilets, bars and food stands, the organization was more than prepared for the large group of people. Tip to Mojo. Or would this now be the ridiculously high fees? The lines around the shuttle buses and at Station Nijmegen alone seem to have been (too) long, but also seem almost insurmountable.
As a gift from the always friendly quartet, additionally every concert-goer got a free live CD which can be a souvenir of a nice concert evening. Coldplay was already hot and hopefully the die-hard fans will get a just as excellent performance on Thursday and the love is this time 100 percent mutual.
Has it also been an intense pleasure or not? Let us know in the comments? Do you have beautiful photos or videos of Coldplay, shot in the Goffert? Mail them to joris.rietbroek @ blog.nl o.v.v.?? Coldplay - and who knows – have a beautiful place on the site this weekend.

[462410doctor]

I've been there! Coldplay rocked and was just as awesome as I had expected. (My first concert yay!) Glad I went the first day, some say Chris was a bit ill the second...

[Stefan-C8]

I don't know where to begin to describe this excellent day. Let's start with the very beginning then!

We (me and a friend of mine) arrived at about 11 am, after we took a walk around the Goffertpark. Our plan was to arrive at 1 pm, but because the person who brought is had to be somewhere else, we couldn't go later. :P
It didn't matter anyway, the waiting wasn't so hard as last year, because the weather was better, there was grass we could sit on and I was looking forward to it more than ever.

Once the first gates were suddenly opened, there were about 3 gates you could wait at, but we were among few who waited at the entrance on the right. We weren't sure if that really was an entrance, because everyone else was at the one in the middle.
Well... we were lucky! Our gate opened and I fast-walked (I was "smart" enough not to run, because the security mister was stopping people who were running :rolleyes:) to the gates were your bags were checked and your tickets were beeped. As soon as I was on the field I looked behind me and noticed I was (one of) the first who was on the field!
I waited for my friend, but he had problems with his ticket or someting and people started running past me, so I decided to go running too and save a place for him. :)
It was a long run (I felt sorry for the people I ran past :P), I couldn't breath anymore, but what an awesome place we had! The only downside of being front row is that you have to look to yourself on the screen. :lol:


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Then, after three hours of waiting (everything was on time, the gates opened at ~15.00 and the support acts were on time too) Bat for Lashes came on. They were really, really good, much better than I expected. Beautiful music.

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Bat for Lashes also wins the price for cutest drummer:

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I'm thinking about going to see them in october, I never enjoyed a support act so much! But the next support act came close, because The Flaming Lips were totally weird, but in a good way! They came on stage before their act actually began, during the soundcheck and the singer was telling that he was going to walk over us in a balloon (I made a great video of that!).
They came on at about 19.15 and it was a fantastic act. The music was alright, but I loved how they made a show out of it. Coldplay hadn't even begun and I already had the time of my life!


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At the end they played Over the Rainbow because Chris asked for it, which was nice (his voice isn't great, but he's almost 50, so that's okay). I'm glad I got the opportunity to see this amazing band. So... the waiting for Coldplay began!

To be continued...

[marie/pims]

GIRL DRUMMERS!! :)

[Stefan-C8]

I spoiler-tagged the pictures because of the size. :)

[SueDeNimes]

I loved the drummer as well!!!!

Love your pics, can't wait to read the rest!

[Stefan-C8]

Thanks, I'll post more tonight. :)

Does anyone know if it is possible to embed videos from photobucket?

[scusi]

Great reviews, videos and pics everyone. No-one seemed to recognise Trouble when they did sing it, or like Chavi said no one realised immediately. Sorry but I have to say it, Jonny's tambourine playing hasn't improved any! :)

[lfdianne]

Great reviews, videos and pics everyone. No-one seemed to recognise Trouble when they did sing it, or like Chavi said no one realised immediately. Sorry but I have to say it, Jonny's tambourine playing hasn't improved any! :)

Ha ha, once again, Jonny's in his own alternate tambourine universe.

[Raven12]

So here's my review:

09-09-09, a date to remember!

I woke up at 4 AM and couldn't sleep anymore. The excitement took over and it was useless to try and battle it!
Got on the 7 AM train towards Nijmegen and met up with my sister in law Kim. I decided to take her to the show when I won the tickets because she loves Coldplay as well.

We arrived on Nijmegen Central Station at 9.15 and took the bus to the hotel. At the bus stop, Kirsten (littlemissmessy) was waiting for us with her car so we didn't have to walk all the way to the hotel with our luggage. We dropped the luggage in her room, had a last bathroom break and made our way to the Goffertpark where we arrived at around 10.30 AM.
Let the long wait begin!

All of a sudden, at around 1 PM they opened the first gate! We grabbed our stuff and walked in, the security told us not to run cause they would kick you out! Glad I didn't run.
We got our spots against the fences and could hear the soundcheck. It was clearly a tape, but people still tried to see if the band was on stage. Hilarious!! :lol:
At 3 PM the gates finally opened! I got patted down, my bags got checked and my tickets scanned. Then Kim and I ran towards the stage, Kirsten had made her way up there already.

When we got there, Kirsten saved us spots.. FRONT ROW! We were standing on the far right of the stage where the ramp starts so we had a good view on Guy! :D:wacky:
Another long wait, go to the bathroom for the last time and the first support act was on!
Bat For Lashes, quite okay actually! It reminded me of Bjork, I liked it.

Then the Flaming Lips. Quite a show, but the music wasn't my cup of tea. Loved their rendition of over the rainbow though!
But we were there for Coldplay, so let's get it over with!
While the crew was setting up stage, we did some roadie-spotting. We yelled for Hoppy, spotted Miller, Bash and Wayne. No sign of Phil though..

Finally, U2 is on and I'm going nuts! Then Jay-z and the dancing roadie, the blue danube and.. THEY'RE ON!!! :dance:
Kirsten had this big banner that said; Please, please play the best bassline.. White Shadows. During In My Place, Guy stood right in front of us and we showed him the banner. The smile he gave us was priceless and it killed me at the spot! :dead: We kept holding it and I gave Guy my thumbs up, he kept on smiling.
When we folded it, I was trembling like mad! The only thing I could get out of my mouth was; OH MY GOD!

Yellow was great as ever, Chris asked us to sing the last line to Will, "Coldplay's scary drummer". :D
Cemeteries of London, FINALLY!! I've been waiting for this song for so long, and when I saw Guy walking to the piano I was so happy!! :D:D

The guys made their way to the B-stage, passing in front of us. We held the banner again and you could see Guy smiling. No reactions from the others though and Chris didn't even see it because he changed shirts before he went out and he had to run to get to the others.
Chris didn't mess up The Hardest Part this time :nice: and he spoke a few sentences in Dutch. He also apologized for the rain which was sweet!
We held the banner again when he made his way back to the main stage but he was running again so he didn't see it.

Viva was great as ever and so was Lost. Guy on drums is great, a sight for sore eyes so to speak! :P
Then the C-stage. The tape played was Singing it the rain which was quite accurate :nice: When the boys started Trouble I went crazy! I love that song sooooo much and I was really surprised to hear it! Really really great!

Back to the main stage, Politik live is always awesome! I danced and jumped and sang on top of my lungs.. Oh wait.. I did that during the whole gig! :P :D
During Lovers in Japan a whole bunch of butterflies fell straight in my hands! Which is really great because I'm going to decorate at least one room in our new house with them, so I need loads of them!

After Death And All His Friends we held the banner again and Chris and Guy saw it! Chris nudged Guy and pointed at us and Guy laughed and said something like he saw it. Then Chris made some gestures like: sorry I can't play bass so I can't play it for you and he gave us a thumbs up. We went totally crazy! :D

Then, the boys walked of stage and someone asked us what was on the banner. When we looked up, we saw it was PHIL!!! :shocked2::o
He asked for our names and how many shows we had been to. He was very impressed with the number of shows we saw! :) Kirsten asked if he was in Munich too and he said he wasn't and I said; "ah probably because it was your birthday!" And Phil was like: "how do you know when my birthday is?!"
Phil took a picture of Kirsten and me with the banner and Kirsten asked him if he could get us a setlist. I immediately asked if he could get me some guitar picks but at first he said he couldn't get some because the boys would be back on stage soon.
We didn't ask any further and then Chris came on and we listened to him while Phil was still standing near us. During the Scientist, he came to us again and said he'd try and get something for us. He left for the stage and we freaked out!
The Scientist always makes me cry (well, actually it does since Werchter) but I didn't want Phil to see my tears so I didn't listen to the song too much. :blush: Two minutes later Phil came back and handed us both a setlist and some guitar picks!! :shocked2::o We thanked him for like a million times and then he had to go.
We totally freaked and the boys played LIT ii. We showed the banner for the last time and got more smiles from all of the boys!

What a night!! I was totally trembling and I still can't believe what happened! I'll post the picture of Kirsten and me with the banner after I get it from Kirsten. It's still on her camera and she just got home so you have to be a bit patient..

09-09-'09, a date to remember and the day I got killed by the most gorgeous smile ever seen..!! :bomb::dead:

[CPRani]

^ OMG, THAT SOUNDS AWESOME!! I'm soo happy for you Hester :D:D!!

[Jsalyers]

Wow Hester that was awesome:stunned: Great review and really really exciting about meeting Phil:dance::dance:

So happy that you had a great time:kiss:

[marie/pims]

GREAT review Hester!!Glad your banner noticed :D It takes a lot to make Guy smile

[Raven12]

Thanks guys!! Though all the credit for the banner goes to Kirsten. I only held it, which resulted in this awesome night! :D :dance:

[Stefan-C8]

I guess I should make a banner once too, lol.

[lndnsky]

Hester I love your review... You made me all teary... :D :D :D

And Phil... Ooh he is so nice... And Guy's deadly smile!!!

[Raven12]

Here are some pictures that should go with the review. I didn't take any at night during the gig because my camera sucks. But still, a few nice pics.

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Our view at the stage. :nice:

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Ramp and B-stage.

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All the people behind us.
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The Viva balloon.. It was quite windy!

[CookyMnstr]

Then Coldplay's up, *it is quite disturbing to see the guys that far from the back. You kinda wish you were with these lucky folks at the front seeing every sweat drops on Chris' face... put this way, you actually dont. But you get the point! haha!
...
Could not expect less at a Coldplay concert. They never disappointed me. Of course, *you expect more from the setlist, but still you soon forget about it once you're there. It's a shame, but they make up for it being one the best acts live.
Chris is still under the I have to finish this leg pressure, drinking all kinds of stuff as often as he can, wearing his scarf and making sure his collar's tight enough. But *still the man gives it all while saving it to last til at least Wembley. He dances and says hello, and puts a smile upon our faces. That's one hell of a good frontman we have there!
...
I heard people like banners, even if they say cheesy things and can attract weird and angry looks. Still as someone told me, it's always nice to see people getting involved and being that enthusiastic. And it is true, we're enthusiastic people trying to get a few cheery smiles. So when it's time for some close up songs at the Cstage, us very happy people, cant help but hold our banners. What does it say ? *"5 pounds for Dont Panic... 10 pounds if Jonny sings". And yes, we waved a 5 pound bill. Now, let me tell you, you can't buy Coldplay, but please make a gesture! Although we paid nothing for the grins and reactions they gave us!
...
People grining all the way to the exits, parking lots, hotels, or buses... drunk people, enthusiastic people, all going back home with their heads full of memories and recognition from the band in their hands !
*BRAT front-row spoiled, much?:dozey::rolleyes:
*It's true, before shows I'm like "cross my fingers for setlist!" and then afterward when thinking back I'm think "damn I wish they'd played x" but while you're there, you're having suuuch a good time, you dont even think about the fact that you've heard these songs many times before.
*Arghhh:bomb: He better make it to Wembley!!!:stressed:
*That is a genius, hilarious banner!!!! You guys are so clever with those...I have all the enthusiasmn for holding signs up, but not the creativity to come up with them:P:shame:
So here's my review:

09-09-09, a date to remember!
Finally, U2 is on and I'm going nuts! Then Jay-z and the dancing roadie, the blue danube and.. THEY'RE ON!!! :dance:
Kirsten had this big banner that said; Please, please play the best bassline.. White Shadows. During In My Place, Guy stood right in front of us and we showed him the banner. The smile he gave us was priceless and it killed me at the spot! :dead: We kept holding it and I gave Guy my thumbs up, he kept on smiling.
When we folded it, I was trembling like mad! The only thing I could get out of my mouth was; OH MY GOD!

....

Then the C-stage. The tape played was Singing it the rain which was quite accurate :nice: When the boys started Trouble I went crazy! I love that song sooooo much and I was really surprised to hear it! Really really great!

....

After Death And All His Friends we held the banner again and Chris and Guy saw it! Chris nudged Guy and pointed at us and Guy laughed and said something like he saw it. Then Chris made some gestures like: sorry I can't play bass so I can't play it for you and he gave us a thumbs up. We went totally crazy! :D

Then, the boys walked of stage and someone asked us what was on the banner. When we looked up, we saw it was PHIL!!! :shocked2::o
He asked for our names and how many shows we had been to. He was very impressed with the number of shows we saw! :) Kirsten asked if he was in Munich too and he said he wasn't and I said; "ah probably because it was your birthday!" And Phil was like: "how do you know when my birthday is?!"
Phil took a picture of Kirsten and me with the banner and Kirsten asked him if he could get us a setlist. I immediately asked if he could get me some guitar picks but at first he said he couldn't get some because the boys would be back on stage soon.
... Two minutes later Phil came back and handed us both a setlist and some guitar picks!! :shocked2::o We thanked him for like a million times and then he had to go.
We totally freaked and the boys played LIT ii. We showed the banner for the last time and got more smiles from all of the boys!


FANfukcingTASTIC karma girl!!! Woooot for killer smile:guy: and PHIIIILLLLL is suuuch a sweetie:nice: Guitar picks?!?!<jealous>;):D

Thanks guys!! Though all the credit for the banner goes to Kirsten. I only held it, which resulted in this awesome night! :D :dance:
Aww Kirsten so sweet...yeay for awesome banner:thumbsup:

[Stefan-C8]

Alright, after a long wait without food, Magnificent finally started and we knew it was going to start soon. Also, roadie spotting was fun too.

Blurry Miller:

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This is (blurry) Hoppy, right? I'm not a Roadie specialist. :p

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So, after the dancing roadie and Blue Danebu (such an epic opening), Coldplay came on stage. And like I said before, it was so freaking awesome. This was the best experience I've ever had at a (Coldplay) concert, even though I've been front row before). I'll let the pictures speak for themselves:


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Guy was there too, but I only have a blurry picture of him. :P


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The only thing I can moan about is the setlist, but that was to be expected.
It was really nice to hear Trouble (I love old Coldplay songs) and although I couldn't see them when they were on the C-stage (not even on the screens, only on the balls), I loved every second of it. Chris sang Billie Jean perfectly, with a little assistance of Will. :P
My favorite moments were, besides the beginning, Politik and Lovers in Japan. Two of my favorite Coldplay songs with lots of flashes and butterflies... perfect!

That's about it I guess. Oh, getting a LRLRL CD wasn't too hard, getting out of the parc was a lot harder. 65.000 people walking in the dark through a forest, drunk people falling over bushes, it was quite funny actually. Almost as funny as local people trying to sell soda cans for 5 times the normal price. :dozey:

We left at 9.30 am and got back at 1.30 am the next day. I'm still tired, but it was definitely worth it.

[marie/pims]

"Guy was there too" :lol:

Thanks for your review

[Stefan-C8]

Yeah, I made close-ups of Jonny, Will and Chris, but I almost forgot Guy... but I couldn't get a good one of him. :P

See more pictures and vids here: http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f72/Stefan823/Coldplay%20Goffertpark%209-09-2009/

[*Perrine*]

Chavi and Hester, those reviews were awesome girls !
Not the same spot at all, but we see it's possible to enjoy the show wherever you are !
Your banner was hilarious Chavi, I'm glad the guys smiled at it !
And Hester, you're so lucky ! Phil is such a sweetheart :blush:

[Jenjie]

apologies for the tardiness in updating Wiki. I completely forgot that Min was going to be on a plane on her way to Manchester :embarassed:

Is partially updated now, just some media reviews to sort :D

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/9_September_2009:_Goffertpark%2C_Nijmegen%2C_Nethe rlands

[Raven12]

Thanks Jen, no problem at all! :nice:

Here's the picture Phil took of Kirsten and me with the banner:
http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo245/Ravenhester/P1030885.jpg

:dance::dance:

[Jenjie]

awesome pic :D

[Raven12]

Thanks!
Oh man.. I still can't believe all that really happened! It's more than I had ever dared to dream of.. :blush:
All thanks to Kirsten's banner! :D:dance:

[worldtrav]

Brilliant picture!!!!! :)

P.

[iriden]

Slowly catching up with the reviews..

Soo happy coldplay karma hit again and that you had a great a time, Phil is such a nice guy :nice:

and the pic is great girls, it was impossible not to see that banner :D

[LittleMissMessy]

Don't want to take the credits all alone, the actual idea/wording for that banner is from 'worldtrav' ;)
So it's kind of a 'community project' :laugh3:

Plus they probably also couldn't oversee the yellow jacket I was wearing :laugh3:

I still can't believe it all myself ... it was the icing on the cake and Phil was indeed absolutely nice to us, he didn't need to do all that ... :stunned:

The funny bit about the setlist Phil gave me was that it was some kind of 'directors edition' :laugh3:
There's some stuff written on it when Chris gets tea inbetween the songs ... so he clearly had to take care of his voice. :(

[lndnsky]

Thanks Jen, no problem at all! :nice:

Here's the picture Phil took of Kirsten and me with the banner:
http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo245/Ravenhester/P1030885.jpg

:dance::dance:

Great pic... Hahah everyone are turned on the other side and you two are posing to Phil! :D :D :D

[KeesOetAssen]

Maybe the setlist 09 09 09 is completer with Gnossienne Nr1 between Politik and Lovers in Japan. I have made a videoclip :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pykYeh7pmb4

[*Perrine*]

Who did take that lovely pic Hester ?

[Raven12]

Who did take that lovely pic Hester ?

Phil took it! :D

[*Perrine*]

Omg you're kidding me !! With your camera ? :o

[LittleMissMessy]

Omg you're kidding me !! With your camera ? :o
No, it was my camera ... ;)
I asked him whether he could take a pic of us together since I wanted to have some kind of souvenir of that banner and all the good vibes it caused ;)

[Lore]

uploading audio here : http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=61892

[*Perrine*]

That's so awesome girls ! Phil is just so nice :blush:

[Noémie]

So here's my review:

09-09-09, a date to remember!

I woke up at 4 AM and couldn't sleep anymore. The excitement took over and it was useless to try and battle it!
Got on the 7 AM train towards Nijmegen and met up with my sister in law Kim. I decided to take her to the show when I won the tickets because she loves Coldplay as well.

We arrived on Nijmegen Central Station at 9.15 and took the bus to the hotel. At the bus stop, Kirsten (littlemissmessy) was waiting for us with her car so we didn't have to walk all the way to the hotel with our luggage. We dropped the luggage in her room, had a last bathroom break and made our way to the Goffertpark where we arrived at around 10.30 AM.
Let the long wait begin!

All of a sudden, at around 1 PM they opened the first gate! We grabbed our stuff and walked in, the security told us not to run cause they would kick you out! Glad I didn't run.
We got our spots against the fences and could hear the soundcheck. It was clearly a tape, but people still tried to see if the band was on stage. Hilarious!! :lol:
At 3 PM the gates finally opened! I got patted down, my bags got checked and my tickets scanned. Then Kim and I ran towards the stage, Kirsten had made her way up there already.

When we got there, Kirsten saved us spots.. FRONT ROW! We were standing on the far right of the stage where the ramp starts so we had a good view on Guy! :D:wacky:
Another long wait, go to the bathroom for the last time and the first support act was on!
Bat For Lashes, quite okay actually! It reminded me of Bjork, I liked it.

Then the Flaming Lips. Quite a show, but the music wasn't my cup of tea. Loved their rendition of over the rainbow though!
But we were there for Coldplay, so let's get it over with!
While the crew was setting up stage, we did some roadie-spotting. We yelled for Hoppy, spotted Miller, Bash and Wayne. No sign of Phil though..

Finally, U2 is on and I'm going nuts! Then Jay-z and the dancing roadie, the blue danube and.. THEY'RE ON!!! :dance:
Kirsten had this big banner that said; Please, please play the best bassline.. White Shadows. During In My Place, Guy stood right in front of us and we showed him the banner. The smile he gave us was priceless and it killed me at the spot! :dead: We kept holding it and I gave Guy my thumbs up, he kept on smiling.
When we folded it, I was trembling like mad! The only thing I could get out of my mouth was; OH MY GOD!

Yellow was great as ever, Chris asked us to sing the last line to Will, "Coldplay's scary drummer". :D
Cemeteries of London, FINALLY!! I've been waiting for this song for so long, and when I saw Guy walking to the piano I was so happy!! :D:D

The guys made their way to the B-stage, passing in front of us. We held the banner again and you could see Guy smiling. No reactions from the others though and Chris didn't even see it because he changed shirts before he went out and he had to run to get to the others.
Chris didn't mess up The Hardest Part this time :nice: and he spoke a few sentences in Dutch. He also apologized for the rain which was sweet!
We held the banner again when he made his way back to the main stage but he was running again so he didn't see it.

Viva was great as ever and so was Lost. Guy on drums is great, a sight for sore eyes so to speak! :P
Then the C-stage. The tape played was Singing it the rain which was quite accurate :nice: When the boys started Trouble I went crazy! I love that song sooooo much and I was really surprised to hear it! Really really great!

Back to the main stage, Politik live is always awesome! I danced and jumped and sang on top of my lungs.. Oh wait.. I did that during the whole gig! :P :D
During Lovers in Japan a whole bunch of butterflies fell straight in my hands! Which is really great because I'm going to decorate at least one room in our new house with them, so I need loads of them!

After Death And All His Friends we held the banner again and Chris and Guy saw it! Chris nudged Guy and pointed at us and Guy laughed and said something like he saw it. Then Chris made some gestures like: sorry I can't play bass so I can't play it for you and he gave us a thumbs up. We went totally crazy! :D

Then, the boys walked of stage and someone asked us what was on the banner. When we looked up, we saw it was PHIL!!! :shocked2::o
He asked for our names and how many shows we had been to. He was very impressed with the number of shows we saw! :) Kirsten asked if he was in Munich too and he said he wasn't and I said; "ah probably because it was your birthday!" And Phil was like: "how do you know when my birthday is?!"
Phil took a picture of Kirsten and me with the banner and Kirsten asked him if he could get us a setlist. I immediately asked if he could get me some guitar picks but at first he said he couldn't get some because the boys would be back on stage soon.
We didn't ask any further and then Chris came on and we listened to him while Phil was still standing near us. During the Scientist, he came to us again and said he'd try and get something for us. He left for the stage and we freaked out!
The Scientist always makes me cry (well, actually it does since Werchter) but I didn't want Phil to see my tears so I didn't listen to the song too much. :blush: Two minutes later Phil came back and handed us both a setlist and some guitar picks!! :shocked2::o We thanked him for like a million times and then he had to go.
We totally freaked and the boys played LIT ii. We showed the banner for the last time and got more smiles from all of the boys!

What a night!! I was totally trembling and I still can't believe what happened! I'll post the picture of Kirsten and me with the banner after I get it from Kirsten. It's still on her camera and she just got home so you have to be a bit patient..

09-09-'09, a date to remember and the day I got killed by the most gorgeous smile ever seen..!! :bomb::dead:

Awesome review!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so glad for you!!
:dance:
Coldplay karma :dance:

[nancyk58]

Translation of article, published on 9 September 2009, made by Nancy Boysen (with a little help from Google online translation and Babylon online translation)

Link/Source: http://www.oor.nl/deruit_concertverslagen_details.asp?id=1143

COLDPLAY, THE WORLD BAND ON ROUTINE: 10/9/2009

How much bigger can COLDPLAY get? This is the first question that arises when you see the tens of thousands of people at Goffertpark in Nijmegen. In two days the British quartet brings 120,000 people on their feet. U2 played this year in front of a smaller audience in the ArenA. Coldplay can match the Irish band and that without spectacular scenery, but with the charisma of the leader and with strong material.
A big band requires a great support act. That was on Wednesday “Bat For Lashes”, which the day before just missed the Mercury Prize, and The Flaming Lips. Wayne Coyne and his men put their famous multicoloured show on in front of an audience that, for a change, had the due attention paid to the support act. The furry characters on the edge of the stage are part of the party, just as are the confetti guns.

As the stage is stripped of all the confetti, one is waiting for the COLDPLAY members who arrive with some delay. From the opener Violet Hill every song is sung, word for word, by the audience. Chris Martin could spare himself and his voice tonight, but despite a pale and tired face he did not do that. From the first minute, he runs around, he plays his guitar or sits rocking on his piano stool. For the occasion he has learned the words “good evening”, “ thank you” and “sorry for my bad Dutch" by heart.
The audience is more than satisfied with all the hits, and they are singing along to Fix You, loudly and with enthusiasm, and yet they get more. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, Talk and The Hardest Part are played on a little stage, creating an intimate atmosphere. The quartet draws to a small stage somewhere in the middle of the field to play an acoustic version of Trouble as well as Billie Jean. There Death Will Never Conquer is also sung by drummer Will Champion who for the whole concert forms the backbone of the group with his tight drumming.

Lacking anything in this concert? Yes, a jagged edge and some extra excitement. It's all very tightly directed, they have done it a hundred times before, and it is all routine at the end of the fourteen-month-long Viva La Vida tour. That has its downside as well. They do not pack in the audience. After a little more than one and a half hours they have completed the concert. All the big hits are played, just as almost all songs from the latest album. We are not blown away. It is time for a long vacation, a new album and then see how much bigger Coldplay can still get. ALEX van der Hulst

Views: COLDPLAY, Goffertpark, NIJMEGEN (WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9)

There a some comments to this article - a translation of these (or most of them) will follow later - probably tomorrow. :)

[Noémie]

Great article, thank you! :)

[nancyk58]

You are welcome, Noémie. Translation of the omments to the article will follow - probably tomorrow.

Might see MTV tonight from 2 o'clock Danish time to 6 o'clock: MTV Video Music Awards. I don't think that Viva la Vida will win after such long time, but who knows.

[nancyk58]

Translation of comments to the concerts in Nijmegen, the Netherlands (primarily the first one on 9 September, 2009) - by Nancy Boysen, Google online translation tool and Babylon online translation tool

http://www.oor.nl/deruit_concertverslagen_details.asp?id=1143

jamie rocky - 10-9-2009 9:57:56: GB: That is strange, 120,000 people, that is simply a rough estimate made by the journalist [ALEX VAN DER HULST]; through other channels I heard that the attendance was 40,000 people per night, i.e. a total attendance of 80.000, but a difference of 40,000 - again it is less than U2, and besides there were still tickets on sale for the Coldplay concert, but no longer for U2 which had also been able to fill-up the third and fourth evening, not that I'm a huge U2 fan.” The meaning in the following is that Jamie Rocky thinks that the journalist made up the figures.

2Rowdy - 10-9-2009 10:35:21: GB: Pity that the reporter (Alex) was not present at the concert. Or were you too late and stuck in a traffic jam?

Pinjo - 10-9-2009 11:23:16: GB: Strange report . Read everywhere that Flaming Lips’s singer indeed ran over the audience in a plastic ball. So little credibility left?

Ricko - 10-9-2009 11:25:38: GB: But Jamie… It is true! Yesterday there were over 59,000 people ... Today is completely sold out, there are even more tickets added for both days! So you better check it carefully, before you make an unfounded call. Because you accuse people of carelessness, and what do you do? Exactly the same ..! GR!

2Rowdy - 10-9-2009 11:42:26: GB: According to Coldplay there were about 65,000 people present, nothing surprises me, the venue was filled-up from stage to the entrance. And the Flaming Lips’ rubber ball honestly went over the audience. The rest of the story is copy / paste (fuzzy) from the paper “De Gelderlander”. Got a free live CD at the exit, nice).

burrito - 10-9-2009 13:50:04: GB: But smaller audience than by U2, there were 125,866 people (i.e.62,933 each evening). Too bad though that a relatively jung band is already playing on the autopilot. The concert in Ahoy was just bad. This one was better.

Hans van den Heuvel (OOR): GB: Alex has indeed missed the start of The Flaming Lips. His comment about the ball is removed from his review.

Pothuijse - 10-9-2009 15:48:58: What is true in any case is that the stadium, at the Coldplay concert, is not packed out. It was packed out yesterday, what of course everyone knows, but not particularly. I thought that Chris Martin's voice - in the first songs - was very bad, but I was not one hundred percent fit to sing along either. Unfortunately, the audience has not been quite into it what the singing along is concerned. Support acts were somewhat vivacious, and it should be noted that the waiting for Coldplay at the start of the concert also had to be digested/processed. All in all it was an amazing gig, and it was nice music. According to Coldplay there were indeed 65,000 people (and it was very well organized indeed!). Later in the evening also the singing along was more successful. Unfortunately, no goose bumps, at least not to such a degree as at the recent U2 concert. julia € |

staynice - 11-9-2009 13:11:53: Good concert! And about the "not packed", well ... that's always very personal. My only moment with goose-bumps was "Race for the Prize" by The Flaming Lips, but the Coldplay concert was as a whole – again much better.

Mellowbob - 11-9-2009 14:28:09: GB: I was really not packed-out by Coldplay. It was my first Coldplay-concert and probably also the last one. As someone already noted: Not one moment with goose-bumps, well, maybe one. The show was of course good, but the show was too much / too massive for me.

[Stefan-C8]

Everybody has something to complain. :dozey:

[Macintosh]

oh, here is right place
OK, I'm starting, below are some of my best photos from 09/09/09 gig, not perfect, but I tried the best I can:cool::

after the crazy running
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6789/img3721.jpg
I still don't know who is it, but I love their music
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3512/img3741d.jpg
Great Flaming Lips!
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9425/img3756o.jpg
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3413/img3807x.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9967/img3817u.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9963/img3818.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7069/img3828h.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/37/img3834t.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8392/img3836s.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8380/img3849a.jpg
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3917/img3850d.jpg
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5945/img3872.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8030/img3877m.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5782/img3883c.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4701/img3897y.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9117/img3899s.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5744/img3906c.jpg
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9568/img3913m.jpg
unintended photo, its RoosAnne's setlist)
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5962/img3916i.jpg

[Noémie]

Amazing pictures, thank you!!!
:)

The first support act with the beautiful singer is Bat For Lashes. Great music! :)

[R23]

Also visited the show last Wednesday in Nijmegen. We had a great spot on the front row and as you can imagine: it was amazing. It was my first Coldplay show.

Let me share some of our pictures with you:

http://94.100.113.203/727200001-727250000/727236901-727237000/727236909_5_nPYv.jpeg
http://94.100.116.8/727200001-727250000/727236901-727237000/727236918_5_ZKS4.jpeg
http://94.100.113.165/727200001-727250000/727236901-727237000/727236978_5_9Tw1.jpeg
http://94.100.113.49/727200001-727250000/727237001-727237100/727237032_5_6B05.jpeg
http://94.100.113.25/727200001-727250000/727237001-727237100/727237075_5_-Rmf.jpeg
http://94.100.114.180/727200001-727250000/727237101-727237200/727237162_5_OKb-.jpeg
http://94.100.113.164/727200001-727250000/727237301-727237400/727237364_5_KCQU.jpeg
http://94.100.115.86/727200001-727250000/727237301-727237400/727237385_5_gHux.jpeg
http://94.100.115.227/727200001-727250000/727237301-727237400/727237398_5_ua4J.jpeg

[SueDeNimes]

Welcome to coldplaying, R23!!

Wonderful pics, thanks for sharing! :kiss:

[Raven12]

Let me share some of our pictures with you:

http://94.100.113.25/727200001-727250000/727237001-727237100/727237075_5_-Rmf.jpeg



R23, you caught the moment during In My Place when Guy and Jonny were right in front of us, spotting the banner! :dance:

[R23]

And is my picture the first pic you see of that moment or did you caught it yourself too? :)

[*Perrine*]

So many smiiiiles ! :wacky:

[Macintosh]

R23, your pictures are really better! Welcome!:)

[Raven12]

And is my picture the first pic you see of that moment or did you caught it yourself too? :)

Unfortunately I didn't catch the moment myself, due to a crappy cam. I didn't take any pictures of the gig at all.
It's not the first pic I see of the moment but it's definitely a good one! :D

[Macintosh]

Is it precisely truth that Coldplay has arrived on a gig by the helicopter? Chris told something about a comedy with transport...
I have photo:
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7973/img3747.jpg

[Noémie]

Is it precisely truth that Coldplay has arrived on a gig by the helicopter? Chris told something about a comedy with transport...
I have photo:


:thinking:
I've never heard of them coming to a concert on a helicopter...
They usually arrive by car, don't they?

[Raven12]

Is it precisely truth that Coldplay has arrived on a gig by the helicopter? Chris told something about a comedy with transport...
I have photo:
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7973/img3747.jpg

Haha, no the boys didn't come flying in with a helicopter. And if they would, they wouldn't use that kind of chopper for sure!
It's a search and rescue helicopter or trauma helicopter. Used for emergencies or very sever accidents. :)

[Macintosh]

When there was this helicopter, someone has shouted: "it is Coldplayj!", and I have thought "Why not? After all weather was terrible and besides they already used the helicopter in a LIT II video";)

but haha, well... what the comedy with the transport Chris told about?

[Raven12]

The comedy rather was drama. Traffic has been hell, there's a lot of people who missed a big part of the gig because they were stuck in traffic. So I think he was referring to that..

[Macintosh]

Oh, yes, I have forgotten that many people went on a gig only after work... It is a pity (
I did not see it... But I have to say that stand on the feet from two o'clock till 11 under a drizzle rain also was an original extreme!
I have one more question: that last song which leader of Flaming Lips has devoted to Chris Martin is called it seems Song Of The Rainbow, who sings it? Question probably stupid, but here in Ukraine it is not too popular..)

[Loversinmyplace]

hay,

did they played green eyes 10 september??

thanx!

[Stefan-C8]

hay,

did they played green eyes 10 september??

thanx!
Yes, they did.

[Shenanigans]

I was there. My daughters and I were front row Guys side of the stage. One of the best nights of my life. I planned our family vacation around the concert and made my kids miss their first week of school (bad Mom lol) it was well worth it though. It was so amazing seeing them up close ahhhh.
I also saw them in Calgary Alberta in June nose bleed seats but still so very cool.
My profile pic is from this concert at Goffert Park

[Chavi]

the only two vids I have from this show !

YouTube - Cstage Coldplay in Nijmegen sept 9th 2009

YouTube - Hoppy at C stage : Nijmegen 9th sept

[*Perrine*]

Love love love your first video !

"When it's raining and cold on a tuesday ni... no wednesday" haha silly Chris !
Gives us a great opportunity to see how good is Jonny at the tambourine :lol:

[Macintosh]

Hahah, it was pretty stupid!
On my first Coldplay gig in Budapest Chris asked Jonny about date too!:laugh3: