12-Dec-08 - Manchester, MEN Arena - Tickets, Preview, Meetups, Review/Photos

[busybeeburns]

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!


Seating Plan

Block 104
Asherj123

Block 111
Fixed

Block 113
Jenjie
Busybeeburns

Block 114
fix_you_trouble

Block 115
iane

Block 206
Cleeson7



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Setlist

Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Speed Of Sound
Yellow
Chinese Sleep Chant
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)
Talk (techno version)
The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)
Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)
Viva La Vida
Lost!
Green Eyes (acoustic)
Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will singing)
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/1566

Wiki reviews

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/12_December_2008:_MEN_Arena%2C_Manchester%2C_UK

Videos


Life In Technicolor

YouTube - Coldplay - LiT & Violet Hill (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)

Violet Hill

YouTube - Coldplay - LiT & Violet Hill (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)

Clocks

YouTube - Coldplay - Clocks (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)

In My Place



Speed Of Sound



Yellow

YouTube - Coldplay - Yellow Live - Manchester 12th December 2008

Chinese Sleep Chant



42



Fix You

YouTube - Coldplay - Fix You (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)

Strawberry Swing

YouTube - Coldplay - Strawberry Swing (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)

YouTube - Coldplay - Strawberry Swing Live - Manchester 12th December 2008

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)



Talk (techno version)



The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)

YouTube - Coldplay - The Hardest Part (Manchester 12-Dec-08)

Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)

YouTube - Coldplay - The Hardest Part (Manchester 12-Dec-08)

Viva La Vida




Lost!



Green Eyes (acoustic)



Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will singing)



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)




Merchandise

Coldplaying Charity Club Tour Merchandise (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38904). All proceeds go to Oxfam Unwrapped.

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Check out the shop for more items and other colours.

[Jenjie]

Coldplay return to the M.E.N Arena on Thu 11 & Fri 12 December 2008 with their brand new 'Viva La Vida' Tour. Tickets, priced £38.50 & £42.50, go on sale this Friday at 9.30am.
http://www.men-arena.com/about/?page_id=1453

[LiquidSky]

awwww I want to go! :embarassed:

[kvnw24320]

Coldplay return to the M.E.N Arena on Thu 11 & Fri 12 December 2008 with their brand new 'Viva La Vida' Tour. Tickets, priced £38.50 & £42.50, go on sale this Friday at 9.30am.
http://www.men-arena.com/about/?page_id=1453

£42.50 for floor and lower tier and £38.50 for crappy upper tier seats then?

[::Hayley::]

I've love to know why the MEN gig is miles cheaper than the Odyssey gig :P .. rising fuel charges to power the plane over to Belfast perhaps? Should I blame Gordon... :inquisitive:

[GazeboflossUK]

They can shove their over priced tickets where the sun don't shine.

£42.50 is a fucking joke.

And not a very amusing one.

[::Hayley::]

They can shove their over priced tickets where the sun don't shine.

£42.50 is a fucking joke.

And not a very amusing one.

It's verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry overpriced.
But it'll be £46.50 in Belfast :angry:

[gib786]

£42.50 for a soddin ticket? Now thats a giant pisstake

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

in the whoel europe its 100 euro whats like 30 000 in Hungary where i go!

[asherj123]

2 tickets booked block 104, shame about no standing :/ ahh well

[gib786]

im fucked off, its seated in manchester and sheffield, what the hell is the point in going to a seated only gig

[gib786]

oh and ticketbastard suck ass

[swissarmy]

I've got tickets from seetickets, but they don't say where I'm sat?
I don't want to wait until the tickets arrive to find out I'm in some crappy corner of the arena or something. For that price, they better be good.

[kvnw24320]

I've got tickets from seetickets, but they don't say where I'm sat?
I don't want to wait until the tickets arrive to find out I'm in some crappy corner of the arena or something. For that price, they better be good.

I'd phone them in a few hours when things have calmed down to see if they can tell you, or ask when they're allocating. Posted on another thread, a landline number for them is 01159129000

[swissarmy]

I'd phone them in a few hours when things have calmed down to see if they can tell you, or ask when they're allocating. Posted on another thread, a landline number for them is 01159129000

Okay thank youuu :)
Fingers crossed...

[Jenjie]

1.5 hours left til I panic about not receiving my confirmation email

[Jenjie]

have reference number :D

[::Hayley::]

woohoo!!
http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/party/party-smiley-017.gif
i can't revise i'm so excited!!
heeeeeee

[swissarmy]

What's revision?

Oopps.

See tickets need to get their act togetherr :(

[Fixed]

Ian and Jenjie - I am Block 111 for this gig - fancy buying me a cocoa and some nibbles ;)

[busybeeburns]

jenjie will - I'll be on the beer :D

[::Hayley::]

haha ian :drunk:
i can just imagine you waving your pint around and singing your little heart out to "fix you" :laugh4:

[Jenjie]

Ian and Jenjie - I am Block 111 for this gig - fancy buying me a cocoa and some nibbles ;)

cocoa, at a coldplay gig??? :shocked2:

[Jenjie]

haha ian :drunk:
i can just imagine you waving your pint around and singing your little heart out to "fix you" :laugh4:

doesn't need to be drunk to do that :shocked2: you should have seen the two of us dancing round the living room to VH and VLV when we got them through :laugh3:

[iane]

What's revision?

Oopps.

See tickets need to get their act togetherr :(

Did you find where your seats are?
You can log into the tracker with your email address (despite what the form, says, NOT your postcode...) and order number and it tells you your allocation.

I got 115 :-)

[fix_you_trouble]

I'm block 114 for this one :D

[Jedi Master]

I'll be attending !

[Fixed]

One of my tickets, the one I got off TicketMaster, was delivered this morning!

[.sally.]

I need tickets for Liverpool or Manchester. If anyone got spare ones please PM me or send me an email.
My email address is sally.85@hotmail.com

Thanks a lot!

[Spideyellis]

I'm Block 109.
Frist row of lower tier! :D
it'll be my first time seeing the band aswell :)
can not wait.

[hooper68]

If anybody has a spare for Liverpool or Manchester I would be eternally grateful
If so Please PM me
Thank you

[MTF]

I have got block J - Floor tickets on row T, but a friend has got block 113 lower tier and said I could join them !!
Just wondered if anyone could give me their opinion on which tickets they think are the best... the floor (at the back) or block113 ?
Any advise would be appreciated :)

[busybeeburns]

I'd take block 113 any day

[bellynelly]

I know I am going but no idea where my seat is as I have booked with a coach company to have travel included what with the cost of fuel these days, plus I am going both manchester gigs, All I know is that its a lower tiered seat. Will be my first coldplay gig, so am very very excited!!!!

[coxy123]

hey just wondering if had anyone has a couple of spare tickets for either show at the MEN?
coxy_182@hotmail.com

Cheers

[Jenjie]

I have got block J - Floor tickets on row T, but a friend has got block 113 lower tier and said I could join them !!
Just wondered if anyone could give me their opinion on which tickets they think are the best... the floor (at the back) or block113 ?
Any advise would be appreciated :)

113 anytime. its practically on top of the stage at the side. great views

[mainhead]

As the thread title says, I need to get rid of the tickets for the Friday as I cant make the gig. I really want to go though and would rather swap the tickets for 2 on the Thursday.
I will sell them if needs be, dont want a profit though !

Cheers

[busybeeburns]

where are the seats?

[mainhead]

block 214, row N, seats 13 and 14.

[.sally.]

Have you still got your tickets? Are you willing to sell them?

[Idan]

Hey everyone,
New to the forum, I guess mainly for selfish reasons to begin with! But seetickets (as usual) screwed up a bit, and i got a double order so 2x 2 tickets.. I'm not sure which seats are better though:
Block 116 L, 5-6 (too much to the side of stage?)
Block 109T, 15-16 (too far away?)

Will be my first time watching so wanna make sure the seats are as good as possible!

Any help would be really appreciated :)

[busybeeburns]

welcome to coldplaying! ;)

I'd go for 116 because you'll still get a decent view of the arms of the stage. 109 is far too far away for any decent view unless they appear in that block for the acoustic session, which isn't guaranteed.

[Idan]

Thanks for the welcome and the help!

My sister and I were actaully gonna pick the 109 seats if we didn't get a response, though we had no clue how far away it actaully was.. but definitely seems like your knowledge is to be trusted hehe.. 116 it will be, thanks again :) See you around the forum!

[iadamh]

Hey, im block 116 :)

[Jenjie]

seating plan will look a little like this, but Take That didn't have the ramps that Coldplay have

http://media.ticketmaster.co.uk/en-gb/tmimages/venue/maps/uk2/10416s.gif

[Jenjie]

the tricksy tickets turned up in this morning's post :D

[Idan]

hey iadamh, fellow 116'er! I dont think we're very lucky with the seating though, cause yeh the tickets did just come in today, and even on the tickets it says :'sideview!'.. doesnt sound too promising :( Does anyone know if you can actaully see the stage aswell aswell as the arms, or will the side-support of the stage make it completely unviewable?

[Jenjie]

hey iadamh, fellow 116'er! I dont think we're very lucky with the seating though, cause yeh the tickets did just come in today, and even on the tickets it says :'sideview!'.. doesnt sound too promising :( Does anyone know if you can actaully see the stage aswell aswell as the arms, or will the side-support of the stage make it completely unviewable?

we sat in 216 (Ithink) for Take That and it was fine. it was definitely a side-on view but we didn't miss too much, just whatever was happening at the very back of the stage. think I still have pics from that angle on my phone, so will try and upload when I get home later

[Idan]

ah wow that would be great thanks!! Already happier just hearing that it may only be the back of the stage that you can't see, well if it was 216.. but thanks for the help, still had to decide whether to sell the 116 or 109 tickets (for face-value ofcourse:cool:)

[Jenjie]

having difficulty extracting the images from my phone at the moment. it was much easier on my old phone.

[smivs11]

does anyone know the support for the Manchester shows?
will be my first time seeing the guys, so excited!!

[Idan]

No worries, thanks anyways jenjie! Its good enough to know that it may only be the back of the stage that we wont see.
As for supports, I actaully have no clue. Usually I'm much more bothered bout supports, but by far excited enough for coldplay to make up for it!

[Jenjie]

No worries, thanks anyways jenjie! Its good enough to know that it may only be the back of the stage that we wont see.
As for supports, I actaully have no clue. Usually I'm much more bothered bout supports, but by far excited enough for coldplay to make up for it!

the email with the photos finally turned up. Vodafone is rubbish, its taken 2 days!!!!!

I don't think you can tell so well from the 1st picture. the second one is better because you can see the pillar at the front of the page and then the gauzy curtain behind that.

http://www.weblogimages.com/v.p?uid=Jenjie&pid=612590&sid=ikt73dmqG9

http://www.weblogimages.com/v.p?uid=Jenjie&pid=612589&sid=nxE99gilm2

[Idan]

ooh thanks again, really nice of you! Especially cause it seems like it was such a hassle to get the pics off your phone, i thought it would just be a cable?
The seats are much better than i expected, i thought it really would be only the arms of the stage that they would walk onto once in a while that were visible. So all is good!!
As for take that, any good live or just nice nostalgic feelings? Quite amazed they sold out 5 (?) nights in a row in manc!

[disciple]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if Duffy is supporting at Manchester ? Can't wait........

[Jenjie]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if Duffy is supporting at Manchester ? Can't wait........

nope its The High Wire & Jon Hopkins




only 2 more sleeps :D :dance:

[angie green]

trying to get rid of 2 tickets for tomorrow nights gig, im still going but my mum cant go now as she is in hospital so ive got 2 tickets spare.
i could meet to give tickets in Manchester tomorrow, im going shopping there in the morning and i will be obviously going tomorrow night for the gig if thats easier! would hate for them to go to waste, they are seated on the floor, think their block G, would be wanting ticket price for them.
hope someones interested:)

[Jenjie]

one more sleep :D

[cleeson7]

my god im so excited 24hours !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhh coldplay

[squareone13]

Yay! One more sleep :) I'm getting soooo excited now.

Anyone planning/bought anything off the merch stall on this tour? I'd like a badydoll tee but dunno which design to get. The Yes heart looks lush but I'm not really a pink sort of a girl. And I don't know what size to go for...I hope the small isn't really small :(

[iadamh]

Tomorrow :O :)

[squareone13]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! !!!!!!

Can't bloody wait now !!!

[cleeson7]

guys we need to be the loudest crowd in the world tommorow lets make it a night to remember

[Jenjie]

guys we need to be the loudest crowd in the world tommorow lets make it a night to remember

after tonight's slow start, we have ground to make up. No way will I have them going back to London saying Liverpool is better than Manchester if I can help it :lol:

[melanieau]

:dance:

[Jenjie]

arggghhh! the dreaded lurgy has caught up with me. :cry: today I am Death and you are all my friends :laugh3: I have a nose to rival rudolph, my face looks like a hamster's and I knackered my knee last night (think it might have been when the stoopid man knocked into me and sent me sprawling over the Oxfam stall).

[melanieau]

arggghhh! the dreaded lurgy has caught up with me. :cry: today I am Death and you are all my friends :laugh3: I have a nose to rival rudolph, my face looks like a hamster's and I knackered my knee last night (think it might have been when the stoopid man knocked into me and sent me sprawling over the Oxfam stall).


Oh noes!:stunned:

Is Ian ill as well?:\

You have to feel better. You've waited too long for these shows!!:(

[busybeeburns]

I'm fine touchwood :uhoh:

[squareone13]

after tonight's slow start, we have ground to make up. No way will I have them going back to London saying Liverpool is better than Manchester if I can help it :lol:

You going to both MEN gigs then Jenje?!? You lucky bugger ;)

I'm gonna scream like a madwoman tonight when LiT comes on :D:D:D

[busybeeburns]

we're going for a big juicy burger full of grease and cholesterol before the gig. I might even stretch to chips and gravy or a KEBAB on the way back. It's Friday! :D

[melanieau]

Have fun! :dance:

[Pris]

arggghhh! the dreaded lurgy has caught up with me. :cry: today I am Death and you are all my friends :laugh3: I have a nose to rival rudolph, my face looks like a hamster's and I knackered my knee last night (think it might have been when the stoopid man knocked into me and sent me sprawling over the Oxfam stall).

Awwww, sorry to hear that!!!

Hope you're feeling better once you're there!!!!! :nice:

we're going for a big juicy burger full of grease and cholesterol before the gig. I might even stretch to chips and gravy or a KEBAB on the way back. It's Friday! :D

Yaaayyyyy........... heart attack in a burguer :lol:


HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

[CookyMnstr]

So, no live updates tonight? (figures, when i'm around! :sad:)

Can't wait to hear Jen's review of tonight :dance:

[Christa1]

Hi we are waiting with wine and pizza in hand for reviews and baited breath............

[Carlaatje]

hope you had fun peeps :D

arggghhh! the dreaded lurgy has caught up with me. :cry: today I am Death and you are all my friends :laugh3: I have a nose to rival rudolph, my face looks like a hamster's and I knackered my knee last night (think it might have been when the stoopid man knocked into me and sent me sprawling over the Oxfam stall).

awwww.... hope you feel better :\

waitt you went flying over the oxfam booth and pete didn't show? :stunned:lucky....

I'm fine touchwood :uhoh:

aiiiiiiiiiiii :uhoh:

[Cris_Santos]

Hope they have much fun :dance:

[Zincubus]

Right .. where do I start !!!

Firstly , we LOVE Coldplay and all their songs BUT have to say we were very dissappointed in the Thursday M.E.N. concert !!!

They seemed to be showing their b*lls by playing so very LOUD ... we were at the far end , block 205 just above the section where they did that short acoustic section - it sounded all wery distorted to be honest.

We saw Incubus from the same seats last year and there sound was co blear and clean compared to Coldplay !!!

Also , other venues had Girls Aloud or JayZ as support and we got some unknown/ unsigned band .


A have to complain about the the selfish , inconsiderate couple in front of us - Block 206 - THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE !! - sat in seats 5 &6 about halfway up - row J or something.
The bloke looked and acted like a camp Alan Carr clone and stood up , mincing his way through my fave songs ....starting with YELLOW .... everybody else remained seated apart from these two idiots !!!

I don't normally resort to violence BUT lat night I was very tempted !!!!!

[fix_you_trouble]

well guys! i just got back and it was pretty top! during green eyes i went out to the doors the band escaped through (running backstage) i took my prospekt march cover and a sharpie hoping for a autograph but all i got was a wave from Chris and a sympathetic "sorry" from Guy but still it was cool, same setlist as last night but a much better crowd! my seats weren't as good but i met two great people , (if you were in block 114 sat on row G seats 13,14 let me knoww!!) :P

[fix_you_trouble]

we only got ONE encore of two songs wheras recently they have been doijng TWo encores of 5 songs !!



The bloke looked and acted like a camp Alan Carr clone and stood up , mincing his way through my fave songs ....starting with YELLOW .... everybody else remained seated apart from these two idiots !!!

I don't normally resort to violence BUT lat night I was very tempted !!!!!

we got two encores last night! and the guy stood up? seriously? he had the cheek to enjoy himself at a concert he payed £42.50 for! reall? :O

[Zincubus]

We paid £150 quid to see his fat ar*e mincing around !!

[busybeeburns]

much better than last night :D
we were a bit further back to take decent photos, but have I got some videos for you guys :dance:

[melanieau]

much better than last night :D
we were a bit further back to take decent photos, but have I got some videos for you guys :dance:


SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

:dance:

*waits patiently for vids*

[busybeeburns]

ok I'm uploading the first one now, and considering how far away I was I've got some fairly decent zoom pics too which I'll post shortly :)

And guess who Jen spotted before the gig ;)

[Jenjie]

So, no live updates tonight? (figures, when i'm around! :sad:)

Can't wait to hear Jen's review of tonight :dance:


'Fraid not. My phone bill took a battering last night. And sorry to say I'm glad I wasn't doing live updates, tonight outweighed last night by a million squillion times and I was having the best time :D





awwww.... hope you feel better :\

waitt you went flying over the oxfam booth and pete didn't show? :stunned:lucky....



aiiiiiiiiiiii :uhoh:


the show has helped, I'm on such a buzz right now.

Pete was stood the other side of the table, I might have pushed it into him as I sprawled. :embarassed:



Right .. where do I start !!!

Firstly , we LOVE Coldplay and all their songs BUT have to say we were very dissappointed in the Thursday M.E.N. concert !!!

They seemed to be showing their b*lls by playing so very LOUD ... we were at the far end , block 205 just above the section where they did that short acoustic section - it sounded all wery distorted to be honest.

We saw Incubus from the same seats last year and there sound was co blear and clean compared to Coldplay !!!

Also , other venues had Girls Aloud or JayZ as support and we got some unknown/ unsigned band .


A have to complain about the the selfish , inconsiderate couple in front of us - Block 206 - THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE !! - sat in seats 5 &6 about halfway up - row J or something.
The bloke looked and acted like a camp Alan Carr clone and stood up , mincing his way through my fave songs ....starting with YELLOW .... everybody else remained seated apart from these two idiots !!!

I don't normally resort to violence BUT lat night I was very tempted !!!!!

Last night's concert was quite strange.

And we were wondering about the people who were sitting down last night :\ , which very much seems to have contributed to the general mood of Thursday's show. Tonight, pretty much everyone was stood from the outset and the vibe was great, with Chris quite obviously feeding off the energy.


well guys! i just got back and it was pretty top! during green eyes i went out to the doors the band escaped through (running backstage) i took my prospekt march cover and a sharpie hoping for a autograph but all i got was a wave from Chris and a sympathetic "sorry" from Guy but still it was cool, same setlist as last night but a much better crowd! my seats weren't as good but i met two great people , (if you were in block 114 sat on row G seats 13,14 let me knoww!!) :P


we couldn't get out :stunned: for some reason the aisles either side of our block just didn't move for ages


much better than last night :D
we were a bit further back to take decent photos, but have I got some videos for you guys :dance:


plus Mr BusyBeeBurns may very well have a treat (albeit a reasonably distant treat) for Phil fans :D

We were sat on the lower tier about 3/4 of the way down the length of the arena. Whilst we were sat waiting for them to set up the stage & load the roadies into the ceiling, I spotted a certain roadie named Miller lurking with the sound guys in the middle of the arena. Unfortunately, he must be psychic because as I pointed him out to Ian, he moved off quite quickly to the front. I wondered if he might come back so in between watching the expolits of those poor roadies trying to reach the hanging chairs in the ceiling, I kept my eye on the soundcheck guys. And guess who I spotted as he joined them, you guessed it, the one and only Mr Phil Harvey!! So Ian got his camera out and tried to take a few distance photos of him. It may or may not have worked, but I'm sure Ian will post any new Phil photos shortly :D

[busybeeburns]

this is the best phil shot I have

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/philharvey.jpg

[Jenjie]

this is the best phil shot I have

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/philharvey.jpg

noooooo :( bad camera.

you tried lightening them?

[Fixed]

Another incredible night! Jon Hopkins didn't perform tonight, unless he came on before The High Wire?

Highlights included (apart from the actual music of course!) Chris saying, before Green Eyes, something along the lines of, "This is an old song, by Joe Satriani - he writes all of our songs!" and Chris dedicating Politik to Debs, which I thought was lovely. He mentioned her again during The Scientist - aww.

The crowd was amazing and really up for it from the moment the first notes of Life In Technicolor errupted from the speakers. I was sat in Block 102 at the side of the stage and everyone stood for the whole gig, which was great!

I managed to take it all in a bit more this time around and I had fun away from the madness and crazyness of the floor infront of the stage!

What a week this has been :)

[busybeeburns]

Blue Danube, LiT, & Violet Hill, sorry crap video, fair audio :)

YouTube - Coldplay - LiT & Violet Hill (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)

[Jenjie]

Another incredible night! Jon Hopkins didn't perform tonight, unless he came on before The High Wire?

Highlights included (apart from the actual music of course!) Chris saying, before Green Eyes, something along the lines of, "This is an old song, by Joe Satriani - he writes all of our songs!" and Chris dedicating Politik to Debs, which I thought was lovely. He mentioned her again during The Scientist - aww.

The crowd was amazing and really up for it from the moment the first notes of Life In Technicolor errupted from the speakers. I was sat in Block 102 at the side of the stage and everyone stood for the whole gig, which was great!

I managed to take it all in a bit more this time around and I had fun away from the madness and crazyness of the floor infront of the stage!

What a week this has been :)


Debs was in the same block as us last night, and we never knew!! She was same block tonight.

[Lore]

:o you saw debs and Phil :o

cool

:dance: good to hear that this show was even better than the other one :D

[squareone13]

Wow! I just got back home and boy, what an amazing gig. Highlights for me were 42, LiT2, the yellow balls, and surprisingly I really loved The Hardest Part on the piano up front. I've never rated that song particularly highly, but they way they did it tonight, really simple with Will on backing, almost like a duet, was lovely. The green eyes/death will never conquer bit was fab, we were sat almost directly opposite, and it was fun trying to guess/work out where they were heading for when they came down the ramp. Chris stopped the intro to Green Eyes to say "this was written by Joe Satriani - all our songs are.." or something like that. I laughed but I don't think many people by me up in the cheap seats got the joke. By me, the crowd were enjoying themselves but they didn't exactley look like die-hard fans, I felt a bit out of place in my brand new, bright red VLV teeshirt :)

Speed of Sound lacked a bit of oomph for me compared to the other tracks. Chinese Sleep was great but felt like a bit of a lull, a bit of a filler. 42 was stupendous, really stunning. Stawb Swing and LiT2 were f**king gorgeous! Will's drumming was fantastic. I could feel the beat right in my chest, even as high up as we were, in the nosebleed seats. Chris was his usual energetic-toddler self, the long note at the end of 42 was ace. Chris waited for the crowd to sing the end, then he sang it and the oh-oh at the very end became a very long drawn out note, after he'd built himself up to it :)

Anyway, they've made my night, and I'm so glad that after all the gigs they've done this year, it still felt special, even if I have come home with a banging headache and a tummyache from the lager! :)

[Jenjie]

:o you saw debs and Phil :o

cool

:dance: good to hear that this show was even better than the other one :D

didn't see Debs. Had an email waiting when we got in tonight

[busybeeburns]

great review thanks! :D

[squareone13]

Hey does anyone know what Chris played on the piano at the end of Politik..? He played Postcards after Hardest Part and Back for Good after Scientist but I didn't recognise the bit he played after Politik. I'd love to think he was just improvising or ad-libbing but probably not.. lol

[Lore]

didn't see Debs. Had an email waiting when we got in tonight


ohhhh I see

[Jenjie]

anyone know how I get vids off my phone. I have Green Eyes & DWNC to share :D

[busybeeburns]

slightly out of sinch because it was the big screen, but its a great solo :D (also includes Postcards)

YouTube - Coldplay - The Hardest Part (Manchester 12-Dec-08)

[Fixed]

anyone know how I get vids off my phone. I have Green Eyes & DWNC to share :D
If you didn't get a USB cable with your phone then try searching Google or Amazon for your phone and accessories/cables etc. My last phone didn't come with one but I managed to get the right cable off Amazon for only a few pounds.

[squareone13]

^Great vid for the hardest part :) I've just checked my vids on the camera and I have a really crappy one of four tiny sparkler lights in a sea of blackness, hahah it's rubbish. I got a nice one of Yellow and all the balls bobbing down on the floor. Can't find the camera cable at the mo, will have to figure it out tomoorw, need to sleep now, tho I might be Wo-ahing in me sleep. Night all.

Oh and one more thing....


WO-OH-OH-OH-OOOOOOHH
WO-OH-OH-OH-OOOOOOHH


:D

[busybeeburns]

:D :P

[busybeeburns]

Some pics uploaded, rest to come:

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[Pris]

this is the best phil shot I have

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Yaaayyyyy you guys are back!!!! :dance:

And you spotted Phil!!!! :D

[busybeeburns]

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[melanieau]

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nice big screen pics:clap:

[busybeeburns]

shot using continuous mode, 5 pics in 5 seconds! :D

[Jenjie]

If you didn't get a USB cable with your phone then try searching Google or Amazon for your phone and accessories/cables etc. My last phone didn't come with one but I managed to get the right cable off Amazon for only a few pounds.

ty :D luckily the one from the camera is the same size :)

[Jenjie]

shot using continuous mode, 5 pics in 5 seconds! :D

so practising on people walking into the arena worked then? :D

[melanieau]

shot using continuous mode, 5 pics in 5 seconds! :D

almost as good as a video:lol:

[Jenjie]

Jen's photo highlights :D

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[busybeeburns]

so practising on people walking into the arena worked then? :D
no I realised it was a better camera mode just after I shot 10 individual very blurry photos of PH :(

[Jenjie]

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[melanieau]

Blue Danube, LiT, & Violet Hill, sorry crap video, fair audio :)

YouTube - Coldplay - LiT & Violet Hill (Manchester, 12-Dec-08) (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JONh3XFu2is)

cool video! LOVE the sparklers:nice:

[melanieau]

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Love these pics Jen :heart:

Glad you all had a good time! Keep 'em coming! :dance:

[busybeeburns]

Faraway Clocks:

YouTube - Coldplay - Clocks (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)

[Jenjie]

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[Jenjie]

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[Jenjie]

reet that's me done for tonight. Afraid you'll have to wait until tomorrow for my review.

The buzz is wearing off and I'm starting to feel really rubbish again, plus I have to work tomorrow :(

[busybeeburns]

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[busybeeburns]

Strawberry Swing :)

YouTube - Coldplay - Strawberry Swing (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)

[roche714]

Great reviews and pics

.I dont understand why Chris would even make a joke about Joe Satriani. I love him but sometimes he talks too much...

[A RUSH OF VIDA]

Well if hes jokin about it it must be a good sign

[KissesBirds]

(think it might have been when the stoopid man knocked into me and sent me sprawling over the Oxfam stall).


Aww, I'm sorry Jen!



too bad Pete didn't catch you!


:wink3:




They seemed to be showing their b*lls by playing so very LOUD




uh, huh huh, huh huh! :wink3:



I got a nice one of Yellow and all the balls bobbing down on the floor.





Balls! :D

I need to go to UK gigs! :dance:

Thanks for the pics/vids and reviews! :kiss:


.

[Zincubus]

Jees I thought we were MASSIVE Coldplay fans until I visited this forum !!

Hey -I wasn't trying to upset or wind anybody up with my comments - this IS a forum and as such I expected to be able to air/share my thoughts .

I still stand by my tcomments that the overall sound was DISTORTED .... maybe we have been spoilt by the crisp , clear , CD quality of Incubus gigs !!??

Anyways , no hard feelings onmy part anyways .

[busybeeburns]

your opinions are worth the same as everyone elses :)

The gig on the 11th was too loud from where I was sitting (block next to stage), but I was a bit further back last night and didn't come out with ringing ears. I don't know if they altered the sound levels though

[busybeeburns]

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[cleeson7]

Time for my review. Well what can i say. Out of this world simply out of this. They were in on fire. Giving their all. Got back at 3am to bristol so i hade to wait to get online. CColdplay were quite simply out of this world. Highlights were In my place, Yellow Viva la vida, Green eyes (no a song i was fond of before tonight). it was amazing they gave their all and chris was up for it, it felt like that he was talking to u only. One funny moment was a girl who was plastered and had to be escorted out. Great times seriously It was the night of my life and life in technicolor ii was simply amazing. Every song was played with heart and soul. The ballons were back which was nice and even tho i was in the top tier it did not matter because they made sure u heard every little world. Thank you coldplay im in ur debt forever

[busybeeburns]

there were some people next to my at the side bar on the concourse opposide the bar, candyfloss and indian stall, I overheard them saying they came from Bristol and set off at 2pm. You?

[Glossal Fragster]

Great pics Ian :D have you ever met the guys? :D

[CookyMnstr]

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THANK YOU Jen:kiss: (Glad you got to go 2nights in a row:wink3:) Hope you feel better after your Coldplay high wears off :\

Ian, I think you must be obsessed with the Yellow balls:lol: Grrrrreat pics! But I think I love Jen a teeny bit more, 'cause she got the good Will pics:P
(don't ban me! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! You are both equally cool!!;) hahaha)

YouTube - Coldplay - LiT & Violet Hill (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)
DAmn it, this makes me ache to go see a show NOW! :bigcry: It's been almost 7 weeks since my last show, and "only" 9months 'til the next one!!!! :bigcry:

[Cris_Santos]

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:lol: With Ian taking pictures in 2 more gigs we can have a whole set of Chris smileys :laugh3:

Thank you all for the pics, videos and reviews, they made my day :thumbsup:

[Jenjie]

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THANK YOU Jen:kiss: (Glad you got to go 2nights in a row:wink3:) Hope you feel better after your Coldplay high wears off :\



Don't thank me, thank the camera :D I was trying to get a variety of shots, but every time I pressed the button the big screen flipped to Will. And most of the Guy shots I have from the screen are very blurry. The camera was just feeling the Will love :lol:

[busybeeburns]

lots more pics to come, and two more vids :D

[busybeeburns]

Fix You

YouTube - Coldplay - Fix You (Manchester, 12-Dec-08)

[svenky]

waouhhh thank you for all vidéo and pic ^^

[busybeeburns]

Peter Kay at the MEN last night :laugh3:

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[Jenjie]

Peter Kay at the MEN last night :laugh3:

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Pete's psychic :D :laugh2:

[busybeeburns]

Coldplay - Manchester 2008

[busybeeburns]

from the gonz

gigs gigs gigs

[Mimixxx]

Woooooooo! I'm late to the party but looks like you guys had a lot of fun :dance:

Great pictures :D

[bellynelly]

this was only my 2nd coldplay gig, the first being the previous night!!! I have to say I far enjoyed the 2nd, maybe because I was a bit overwhelmed to finally being seeing them live, and I couldn't quite believe it was them I was watching, and not a tv!!!!! On the 11th I was in block 104 and only 4 seats from the acoustic 'platform' as I call it, and everyone in the block was standing and really into it, the 2nd I was in block 106, further back and not so close to 'the platform', and most of the people near me spent most of the night sat
down, which made me feel quite sad, but I never sat down and never stopped clapping and singing!!

I have always had a huge dislike for 'fix you' and 'politik' but after those two shows, I can say that I still don't like them! But 'politik' had a very powerful effect on me. Highlights for me though were '42', 'lovers in Japan' and the beautiful rendition of 'the hardest part'. I took many photos with my phone and video clips, but they are rubbish, so only for my personal enjoyment as proof that I actually was there!!!!

I am worn out now, only had 5 hours sleep in the last 2 days due to not getting home till 1.30am one night and last night 2am and then having to be up at 5.30am for work, and of course my head was still spinning, my hands almost bleeding and the voice has gone away and deserted me. I also spent rather too much on the merch! But was well worth it, I wouldn't change a thing!!!! I'm on top of the world now, thanks Coldplay!!!!!

[busybeeburns]

much better than Thursday's, I wasn't deafened last night, I didn't have beer spilt all over my coat and jen didn't get barged by drunks. And the performance was flawless :D

[busybeeburns]

this was only my 2nd coldplay gig, the first being the previous night!!! I have to say I far enjoyed the 2nd, maybe because I was a bit overwhelmed to finally being seeing them live, and I couldn't quite believe it was them I was watching, and not a tv!!!!! On the 11th I was in block 104 and only 4 seats from the acoustic 'platform' as I call it, and everyone in the block was standing and really into it, the 2nd I was in block 106, further back and not so close to 'the platform', and most of the people near me spent most of the night sat
down, which made me feel quite sad, but I never sat down and never stopped clapping and singing!!

I have always had a huge dislike for 'fix you' and 'politik' but after those two shows, I can say that I still don't like them! But 'politik' had a very powerful effect on me. Highlights for me though were '42', 'lovers in Japan' and the beautiful rendition of 'the hardest part'. I took many photos with my phone and video clips, but they are rubbish, so only for my personal enjoyment as proof that I actually was there!!!!

I am worn out now, only had 5 hours sleep in the last 2 days due to not getting home till 1.30am one night and last night 2am and then having to be up at 5.30am for work, and of course my head was still spinning, my hands almost bleeding and the voice has gone away and deserted me. I also spent rather too much on the merch! But was well worth it, I wouldn't change a thing!!!! I'm on top of the world now, thanks Coldplay!!!!!excellent review! I agree with the Hardest Part especially, in case you missed it here is the vid I took yesterday :D

YouTube - Coldplay - The Hardest Part (Manchester 12-Dec-08)

[squareone13]

Hey bellynelly you were sooo lucky to be up by the acoustic bit :) I thought Politik was fab last night too - really powerful (do love that song anyway, so I'm prob biased)

What did you get Merch wise? I wasn't going to get a programme but my brother got me one as a pressie on the way out. Now, I'm gonna frame it. I wanted some butterflies but I didn't get any :( :( :(

[Jenjie]

much better than Thursday's, I wasn't deafened last night, I didn't have beer spilt all over my coat and jen didn't get barged by drunks. And the performance was flawless :D

but I did nearly die on the tram on the way home instead :\ think I prefer being barged by drunks

Hey bellynelly you were sooo lucky to be up by the acoustic bit :) I thought Politik was fab last night too - really powerful (do love that song anyway, so I'm prob biased)

What did you get Merch wise? I wasn't going to get a programme but my brother got me one as a pressie on the way out. Now, I'm gonna frame it. I wanted some butterflies but I didn't get any :( :( :(

we have 1 butterfly. we weren't in a position to pick any up but as we were leaving the arena one appeared in front of Ian

[squareone13]

Awwww one lonely butterfly ...

btw thanks for putting my waffle of a reveiw up on the main blog - that's so cool :D

[Mimixxx]

I got loads without trying when I went. I had been to Primarni and had a big bag and when I got home I found hundreds of them in there :lol:

I keep finding them in random places now, like my bed, they've taken over my room :uhoh:

[bellynelly]

Hey bellynelly you were sooo lucky to be up by the acoustic bit :) I thought Politik was fab last night too - really powerful (do love that song anyway, so I'm prob biased)

What did you get Merch wise? I wasn't going to get a programme but my brother got me one as a pressie on the way out. Now, I'm gonna frame it. I wanted some butterflies but I didn't get any :( :( :(

I felt abit left out up on the side what with no balloons and no butterflies!!! I was esp. gutted about not getting a single butterfly!!

Merch wise, well, 5 t-shirts!!!! (42, pink skinny, blue butterfly, white skinny and red viva), mug, bag, both the keyrings, badges and programme!! I don't regret spending a single penny!

[busybeeburns]

they've taken over my room :uhoh:

:flutterby: :laugh3: :flutterby:

[Glossal Fragster]

I got loads without trying when I went. I had been to Primarni and had a big bag and when I got home I found hundreds of them in there :lol:

I keep finding them in random places now, like my bed, they've taken over my room :uhoh:

decorate your christmas tree with them like i have :lol:

[squareone13]

5 teeshirts OMG!! hahaha

I wanted the pink Yes one, but they'd run out of mediums :( so I got the red Viva one instead, they were all cheaper than on the website so that was a nice surprise :)

I'm going xmas shopping now and I've got my Viva tee on, gotta give it a proper airing hahaha

[busybeeburns]

ugh, I've just remembered. The bloke who was sick on a crowded tram on the way back.:sick: Everyone was covering their noses just like Chris looked at the fair with Moses

[cleeson7]

I originally came from plymouth uni got a train at 12 but hav gone back by car with my bro. He left at 10 and did a bit of site seeing such as old trafford. Great time

[Jenjie]

I felt abit left out up on the side what with no balloons and no butterflies!!! I was esp. gutted about not getting a single butterfly!!

Merch wise, well, 5 t-shirts!!!! (42, pink skinny, blue butterfly, white skinny and red viva), mug, bag, both the keyrings, badges and programme!! I don't regret spending a single penny!


I've got the pink skinny with the red blobs on and I'm wearing it right now :D



ugh, I've just remembered. The bloke who was sick on a crowded tram on the way back.:sick: Everyone was covering their noses just like Chris looked at the fair with Moses

the only plus point to this cold, I couldn't smell a thing :laugh3:

[Jarvis]

Hi guys, long time member first time post, went last night and it was an amazing show!

I got 2 full songs on vid


YouTube - Coldplay - Strawberry Swing Live - Manchester 12th December 2008

YouTube - Coldplay - Yellow Live - Manchester 12th December 2008

[busybeeburns]

thanks, they're great! :D

[marcscottlow]

A up, just seen ur comment on the review for friday night, just to let u know im the lad u were sat next to, gig was really good wish i was going again!

[Carlaatje]

all pics and vids look so great!!! :D

'Fraid not. My phone bill took a battering last night. And sorry to say I'm glad I wasn't doing live updates, tonight outweighed last night by a million squillion times and I was having the best time :D






the show has helped, I'm on such a buzz right now.

Pete was stood the other side of the table, I might have pushed it into him as I sprawled. :embarassed:





Last night's concert was quite strange.

And we were wondering about the people who were sitting down last night :\ , which very much seems to have contributed to the general mood of Thursday's show. Tonight, pretty much everyone was stood from the outset and the vibe was great, with Chris quite obviously feeding off the energy.





we couldn't get out :stunned: for some reason the aisles either side of our block just didn't move for ages





plus Mr BusyBeeBurns may very well have a treat (albeit a reasonably distant treat) for Phil fans :D

We were sat on the lower tier about 3/4 of the way down the length of the arena. Whilst we were sat waiting for them to set up the stage & load the roadies into the ceiling, I spotted a certain roadie named Miller lurking with the sound guys in the middle of the arena. Unfortunately, he must be psychic because as I pointed him out to Ian, he moved off quite quickly to the front. I wondered if he might come back so in between watching the expolits of those poor roadies trying to reach the hanging chairs in the ceiling, I kept my eye on the soundcheck guys. And guess who I spotted as he joined them, you guessed it, the one and only Mr Phil Harvey!! So Ian got his camera out and tried to take a few distance photos of him. It may or may not have worked, but I'm sure Ian will post any new Phil photos shortly :D

oh no :embarassed: i though you said pete was hiding from you...
stupid drunka ss man :angry:

weeeeeeeee you spotted phil :wideeyed:

this is the best phil shot I have

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/philharvey.jpg


I :heart: it :D
tnx ian!

Don't thank me, thank the camera :D I was trying to get a variety of shots, but every time I pressed the button the big screen flipped to Will. And most of the Guy shots I have from the screen are very blurry. The camera was just feeling the Will love :lol:

you cam thinks guy is to pretty :D trying to make the other feel better..

I got loads without trying when I went. I had been to Primarni and had a big bag and when I got home I found hundreds of them in there :lol:

I keep finding them in random places now, like my bed, they've taken over my room :uhoh:

one word... boobies... :rolleyes:

decorate your christmas tree with them like i have :lol:



ooooh nice idea!!!

[adamkeyworth]

I HAVE A YELLOW BALLOON NEXT TO ME.
i am the lad in a picture holding it!
:D

[Mimixxx]

You took it home? :D

[busybeeburns]

I saw someone take their balls home! They were walking down the street with it :D

[adamkeyworth]

that person was me :)
i'm so proud of myself for getting it home

[roche714]

Great pics everyone.Thanks...

Just had a question A few pages back someone wrote a pretty negative review and said other venues had Jay z and Girls Aloud for openers and all they had was an unsigned band.What's she talking about???

[Mimixxx]

They're referring to Jay Z and Girls Aloud being the support for the stadium gigs.

[Zincubus]

much better than Thursday's, I wasn't deafened last night, I didn't have beer spilt all over my coat and jen didn't get barged by drunks. And the performance was flawless :D

AS I said previously - I think they got the sound levels wrong on Thursday - but it sounds like they may have lowered them somewhat for Friday ... won't bother going to anymore Coldplay gigs though ... not paying £150 ( two tickets) to listen to an hour and a half of distorted, wall of sound .... maybe Phil spector was in control of the sound levels !!

[Zincubus]

[QUOTE= On the 11th I was in block 104 and only 4 seats from the acoustic 'platform' as I call it, and everyone in the block was standing and really into it, the 2nd I was in block 106, further back and not so close to 'the platform', and most of the people near me spent most of the night sat down, which made me feel quite sad, but I never sat down and never stopped clapping and singing!!

!!!!![/QUOTE]

Don't suppose you paid any thoughts for the poor souls who were SAT behind you and who paid a lot of money to SIT !??

Don't suppose you ASKED the people behind you if minded you dancing in front of them ?


Just wondering what goes through the minds of people like yourself BEFORE you decide to BLOCK the view of at least 3 or 4 people SAT behind you - not to mention all the rows of people further behind you , who get to see some thoughtless person's backside jiggling about , rather than see their beloved COLDPLAY !!

Do you realise how distracting it is when just ONE "person" ( see how restrained I am ) is dancing around in the field of view of about 40 other fans !!??

I may sound a bit "tetchy" but that is because some small minded "person" in block 206 , half way up in seat 5 ... basicall spoilt our whole family's evening -by standing up and mincing his way through half of the concert - mmmm ... did I mention that he reminded us of Alan Carr ( in more ways than looks ).


I have a bad back ( violins playing) and so I can't stand at concerts -this is why we always choose SEATS ... and usually high up to AVOID the "dancers ". Even if I was ABLE to stand I simply could live with my guilt of spoiling the view of some innocent person behind me.!!

[Zincubus]

Hi guys, long time member first time post, went last night and it was an amazing show!

I got 2 full songs on vid


[

YouTube - Coldplay - Yellow Live - Manchester 12th December 2008 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQs6RaCg5rk)


Thanks for that video !!

I missed it on Thursday because some thoughtless , Alan Carr wanabee , was mincing his night away - directly in front of our family . He was in block 206 , half way up in seat no 5 !
You know who you are - HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME !!!

[Ebs757]

Awesome pictures everyone! is there a clip with Chris mentioning Joe Santriani

[A RUSH OF VIDA]

Awesome pictures everyone! is there a clip with Chris mentioning Joe Santriani

Ya i want to see that too

[Zincubus]

......

[r2ro]

Don't suppose you paid any thoughts for the poor souls who were SAT behind you and who paid a lot of money to SIT !??

Don't suppose you ASKED the people behind you if minded you dancing in front of them ?


Just wondering what goes through the minds of people like yourself BEFORE you decide to BLOCK the view of at least 3 or 4 people SAT behind you - not to mention all the rows of people further behind you , who get to see some thoughtless person's backside jiggling about , rather than see their beloved COLDPLAY !!

Do you realise how distracting it is when just ONE "person" ( see how restrained I am ) is dancing around in the field of view of about 40 other fans !!??

I may sound a bit "tetchy" but that is because some small minded "person" in block 206 , half way up in seat 5 ... basicall spoilt our whole family's evening -by standing up and mincing his way through half of the concert - mmmm ... did I mention that he reminded us of Alan Carr ( in more ways than looks ).


I have a bad back ( violins playing) and so I can't stand at concerts -this is why we always choose SEATS ... and usually high up to AVOID the "dancers ". Even if I was ABLE to stand I simply could live with my guilt of spoiling the view of some innocent person behind me.!!

More often than not people stand because those in front of them have stood and they can't see. There are of course exceptions, like this time - the only thing you could have done is asked if they would mind sitting down.

Personally I'll stand up if others around me are and even then it is only to see and have a good time, not to detriment the view of those behind. The only positive with me standing up is that I'm only 5ft3 so chances are I won't block many peoples view anyway.

[busybeeburns]

Some more pics:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss165.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss196.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss197.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss198.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss199.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss200.jpg

[busybeeburns]

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss236.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss240.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss248.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss259.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss267.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss268.jpg

[busybeeburns]

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss280.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss282.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss308.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss309.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss312.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1566/medium/burnss316.jpg

[Zincubus]

More often than not people stand because those in front of them have stood and they can't see. There are of course exceptions, like this time - the only thing you could have done is asked if they would mind sitting down.

Personally I'll stand up if others around me are and even then it is only to see and have a good time, not to detriment the view of those behind. The only positive with me standing up is that I'm only 5ft3 so chances are I won't block many peoples view anyway.

Fair comments _ I was so VERY , VERY angry but luckily I noticed an empty seat a few rows in front of Mincing Milly and enjoyed what was left of the gig ... in saying that , I still think the sound engineer made mistakes on thursday night - the sound was too distorted for my liking - it sounded like Phil spector's Wall of Sound !!!!

[Jenjie]

AS I said previously - I think they got the sound levels wrong on Thursday - but it sounds like they may have lowered them somewhat for Friday ... won't bother going to anymore Coldplay gigs though ... not paying £150 ( two tickets) to listen to an hour and a half of distorted, wall of sound .... maybe Phil spector was in control of the sound levels !!

where did you get your tickets from? the official outlets were selling them for £42.50 + booking fees, which came to under £100 for 2 of us.

[hooper68]

I think the issue with people standing up and blocking somebody's view just goes to show that the floor section is much better suited to all standing.

[Jenjie]

Sorry about the delay in the review. Fully intended to get one up yesterday for you, but work was ridiculously busy, not fun when you're poorly. Its been a bit more reasonable to day, so here you go:

---------

We started out earlier on fri night so we could go and get something to eat, which basically meant a trip to Maccy D's for a calorie-laden quarterpounder with cheese & fries, with a relatively healthy orange juice. Calories & Orange to ensure I had enough energy to get through the gig.

The arena seemed a lot quieter when we got there. The queues at the bar seemed shorter and the candy floss queue was non-existent. We went into the arena a little earlier than on thurs night. We were sat on the lower tier about 3/4 of the way down the length of the arena. Whilst we were sat waiting for them to set up the stage & load the roadies into the ceiling, I spotted a certain roadie named Miller lurking with the sound guys in the middle of the arena. Unfortunately, he must be psychic because as I pointed him out to Ian, he moved off quite quickly to the front. I wondered if he might come back so in between watching the exploits of those poor roadies trying to reach the hanging chairs in the ceiling, I kept my eye on the soundcheck guys. And guess who I spotted as he joined them, you guessed it, the one and only Mr Phil Harvey!! So Ian got his camera out and tried to take a few distance photos of him (which we now know didn't work so well :( ).
Jay-Z started, and we got a much better view of the dancing roadie torches :D They were pretty much hidden by the stage on Thurs night. The Blue Danube was much better further away from the speakers, didn't hurt my ears quite so much. The lights went out, and we realised we were in for a much better night. The noise from the crowd was huge, much louder than thurs :D Out came the boys with the sparklers again and on with LIT. We got a much better view of the black nightie, and it looked really cool!
Setlist was the same as the night before, but didn't feel the same. Not sure how to explian it, whether it was just the boost from the crowd I don't know. Fix You had its proper effect, and I had tears in my eyes by the end. Yellow was the best I've ever seen/heard, the crowd was just amazing! I definitely noticed the LaCroix this time :lol: It was pretty cool from near the back. And I forgot the Lovers in Japan butterflies again!! Was so into it, they shocked me!! We had the screaming comp again after IMP. Chris has probably upset the EMI lawyers, because he referred to Green Eyes as a song of Joe Satriani's. Plenty of references to Manchester.
I have to have a paragraph just to mention the crowd. They were amazing. I could hear them singing along to most songs, obviously most loudly for things like Yellow, Fix You, Viva La Vida. They were cheering & screaming, we sang the viva woahs in between encores, waiting for the boys to come back out. The only point they let me down was the mobile phone glowsticks during the Remix. There were more than the night before, but still only in double figures.
The trip home was more interesting than the night before. I think someone was trynig to teach us a lesson because we voted no for the congestion charge. I've never seen the tram so packed before, even on a football day. Halfway home, I nearly got suffocated to death. I've been on packed trams before, but this was different. The way the crowd was pushing me against the doors, I could feel my chest being crushed and was starting to wonder how I'd actually get my next breath. It was very scary, and horrid. And then once, the crowds eased a bit after a few more stops, some drunk guy threw up ALOT all over the floor. Luckily, we got off at the next stop.
So a really, really, really cool night. I'd say it was one of the best Coldplay shows I've been, if not the best. I think I may love them more than Take That now. And nine months seems like nothing to wait 'til we can do it again :D

[melanieau]

Great review Jen :D

And I love your new ticker...9 months 5 days....GAH! :bomb:

[squareone13]

Great review Jenje. Better to nearly die on the way back from a Coldplay gig than on the way there ;)

[busybeeburns]

:laugh3: :thumbsup:

[iadamh]

I have a bad quality Politik vid, cam decided to die on us when we got there :( , so this is phone cam.

YouTube - politik live 08 m.e.n

Epic night, Coldplay forever!

[KissesBirds]

but I did nearly die on the tram on the way home instead :\ think I prefer being barged by drunks



:surprised::cry:


I got loads without trying when I went. I had been to Primarni and had a big bag and when I got home I found hundreds of them in there :lol:

I keep finding them in random places now, like my bed, they've taken over my room :uhoh:


Perv! Sleeping with your Coldplay butterflies! :lol::wink3::kiss: Nice! :thumbsup:



Hi guys, long time member first time post, went last night and it was an amazing show!

I got 2 full songs on vid


YouTube - Coldplay - Strawberry Swing Live - Manchester 12th December 2008 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FZxE5Kw1J0)

YouTube - Coldplay - Yellow Live - Manchester 12th December 2008 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQs6RaCg5rk)



Wow, it's really cool to see the yellow balls from the angle you had there. Thanks!



I HAVE A YELLOW BALLOON NEXT TO ME.
i am the lad in a picture holding it!
:D



Ahahahahaha! Awesome! I so would have taken one home too!



Sorry about the delay in the review. Fully intended to get one up yesterday for you, but work was ridiculously busy, not fun when you're poorly. Its been a bit more reasonable to day, so here you go:

---------

We started out earlier on fri night so we could go and get something to eat, which basically meant a trip to Maccy D's for a calorie-laden quarterpounder with cheese & fries, with a relatively healthy orange juice. Calories & Orange to ensure I had enough energy to get through the gig.

The arena seemed a lot quieter when we got there. The queues at the bar seemed shorter and the candy floss queue was non-existent. We went into the arena a little earlier than on thurs night. We were sat on the lower tier about 3/4 of the way down the length of the arena. Whilst we were sat waiting for them to set up the stage & load the roadies into the ceiling, I spotted a certain roadie named Miller lurking with the sound guys in the middle of the arena. Unfortunately, he must be psychic because as I pointed him out to Ian, he moved off quite quickly to the front. I wondered if he might come back so in between watching the exploits of those poor roadies trying to reach the hanging chairs in the ceiling, I kept my eye on the soundcheck guys. And guess who I spotted as he joined them, you guessed it, the one and only Mr Phil Harvey!! So Ian got his camera out and tried to take a few distance photos of him (which we now know didn't work so well :( ).
Jay-Z started, and we got a much better view of the dancing roadie torches :D They were pretty much hidden by the stage on Thurs night. The Blue Danube was much better further away from the speakers, didn't hurt my ears quite so much. The lights went out, and we realised we were in for a much better night. The noise from the crowd was huge, much louder than thurs :D Out came the boys with the sparklers again and on with LIT. We got a much better view of the black nightie, and it looked really cool!
Setlist was the same as the night before, but didn't feel the same. Not sure how to explian it, whether it was just the boost from the crowd I don't know. Fix You had its proper effect, and I had tears in my eyes by the end. Yellow was the best I've ever seen/heard, the crowd was just amazing! I definitely noticed the LaCroix this time :lol: It was pretty cool from near the back. And I forgot the Lovers in Japan butterflies again!! Was so into it, they shocked me!! We had the screaming comp again after IMP. Chris has probably upset the EMI lawyers, because he referred to Green Eyes as a song of Joe Satriani's. Plenty of references to Manchester.
I have to have a paragraph just to mention the crowd. They were amazing. I could hear them singing along to most songs, obviously most loudly for things like Yellow, Fix You, Viva La Vida. They were cheering & screaming, we sang the viva woahs in between encores, waiting for the boys to come back out. The only point they let me down was the mobile phone glowsticks during the Remix. There were more than the night before, but still only in double figures.
The trip home was more interesting than the night before. I think someone was trynig to teach us a lesson because we voted no for the congestion charge. I've never seen the tram so packed before, even on a football day. Halfway home, I nearly got suffocated to death. I've been on packed trams before, but this was different. The way the crowd was pushing me against the doors, I could feel my chest being crushed and was starting to wonder how I'd actually get my next breath. It was very scary, and horrid. And then once, the crowds eased a bit after a few more stops, some drunk guy threw up ALOT all over the floor. Luckily, we got off at the next stop.
So a really, really, really cool night. I'd say it was one of the best Coldplay shows I've been, if not the best. I think I may love them more than Take That now. And nine months seems like nothing to wait 'til we can do it again :D



Tee hee! Black see-through nightie! Great review, thanks!:D

Hope you are feeling better.:kiss:

.

[bellynelly]

Don't suppose you paid any thoughts for the poor souls who were SAT behind you and who paid a lot of money to SIT !??

Don't suppose you ASKED the people behind you if minded you dancing in front of them ?


Just wondering what goes through the minds of people like yourself BEFORE you decide to BLOCK the view of at least 3 or 4 people SAT behind you - not to mention all the rows of people further behind you , who get to see some thoughtless person's backside jiggling about , rather than see their beloved COLDPLAY !!

Do you realise how distracting it is when just ONE "person" ( see how restrained I am ) is dancing around in the field of view of about 40 other fans !!??

I may sound a bit "tetchy" but that is because some small minded "person" in block 206 , half way up in seat 5 ... basicall spoilt our whole family's evening -by standing up and mincing his way through half of the concert - mmmm ... did I mention that he reminded us of Alan Carr ( in more ways than looks ).


I have a bad back ( violins playing) and so I can't stand at concerts -this is why we always choose SEATS ... and usually high up to AVOID the "dancers ". Even if I was ABLE to stand I simply could live with my guilt of spoiling the view of some innocent person behind me.!!


The night that I was in block 106 when not alot of people were standing, I had a wall behind me!!! I was in row X, right at the back of the block so I wasn't obstucting anyones view. I am only 5ft 1, so I very much doubt I'd be obstucting the views of 40 or so people even if I jumped about like a lunatic. I didn't have an option where my seat was or I would have been on the floor area!!!!! Most of the time its other people obstucting my view, I once went to a keane concert and never saw much, I had a big head in the way, when I asked the guy to move slightly, he told me to piss off!!!

[Jenjie]

Great review Jenje. Better to nearly die on the way back from a Coldplay gig than on the way there ;)

very true!! :D although I had thought that it would have been a tragic waste to go to one of the best Coldplay shows ever & then die on the way home without being able to share with anyone :laugh3:

[Jenjie]

Some vids from YouTube:

Politik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1QjsHiLTdA

[Jenjie]

On Saturday 12th, three other friends and I went to see Coldplay at the MEN arena, in Manchester. We set off at just after 5 at Sowerby bridge, so the train would get us into Manchester just after 6. Jess got on a few stops along the line at littlebrough. Our train was slightly late, we expected that.

We arrived at the arena just after doors opening, at 6. We went straight to one of the many over priced shops. The t-shirts were very small and expensive, £20. I also bought a poster. We wondered along to our block. Got some photo's taken and then climbed the steps onto the arena.

It was empty, about 20/30 people were in there. It was massive. We were in block 217, which was side on to the stage. We could see every detail on the stage. We sat there and talked for nearly two hours. We watch as the stadium very steadily filled.

The support act came on at quater to eight. None of us had heard of them before. The first song wasn't great, and they were very nervous. As they went through there set though, it got quite good. I liked them anyway.

After about fortyfive minute set, they went off. The lights came up and the rodies started to arrange the stage. It took about thirty minutes to do. They even cleaned the stage. Many different instruments where set out. Light men were hoisted about 150 foot into t he air to man hte light deck. The stadium was nearly full. The atosphere was tense. Excitedly we held our breath. Blackness.

They came running out from behind stage with sparkelers, they only light. The crowd errupted. They opened with violet hill. Flashing violet lights. Amazing.

The entire consert was amazing. So many cleaver lighting affects. They had a whole line of bright flashing white lights, which flashed whenever the dummer hit his snare. Giant material balls, to which progections were projected. Chris Martin ran up and down that stage all night. Engaging the crwod at every second. The crowd were heard constantly over the band. Again, amazing.

We came out all saying we wanted to go see them the next day. After making a quick stop to the nock-off hoodies, (which were better looking than inside and were only £10) we dashed to the packed platform, and alighted our train home.
Posted by David at 00:45

http://davidnelsonenglishblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/coldplay.html

[busybeeburns]

nobody else was there on Saturday watching Coldplay :laugh3:

[Jenjie]

nobody else was there on Saturday watching Coldplay :laugh3:

don't be mean :P can quite easily mix your days up when you're excited

[Hilly_2004]

YouTube - Coldplay ~ 12th December 2008 ~ MEN Arena ~ The Scientist & Back For Good

My capture of The Scientist and Back for Good.... The audio quality is pretty good even if I do say so myself (off my phone).

[Jenjie]

YouTube - Coldplay ~ 12th December 2008 ~ MEN Arena ~ The Scientist & Back For Good (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y0QbPELY9M)

My capture of The Scientist and Back for Good.... The audio quality is pretty good even if I do say so myself (off my phone).

that's brill thank you :) no-one had posted the Scientist on youtube that I could find :D

[Debs Wild]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Jenjie78/Coldplay%20MEN%2012-12-08/Coldplay2008Fri12th092.jpg?t=1229133677

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Jenjie78/Coldplay%20MEN%2012-12-08/Coldplay2008Fri12th103.jpg?t=1229133739

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Jenjie78/Coldplay%20MEN%2012-12-08/Coldplay2008Fri12th108.jpg?t=1229133762

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Jenjie78/Coldplay%20MEN%2012-12-08/Coldplay2008Fri12th115.jpg?t=1229133806

You know what? I can see my Mum and brother on the taking the final bow photo!! Yay! Row B in front of stage, best gig ever!

[Jsalyers]

You can! :D

I cant wait to be in the front row, whooo Wembley:D

[Hilly_2004]

Out of curiosity does anyone know how much the touts outside were asking for tickets, and whereabouts they were located.

Silly question I know!

[Jenjie]

You know what? I can see my Mum and brother on the taking the final bow photo!! Yay! Row B in front of stage, best gig ever!

woooooooooooooo :D



Out of curiosity does anyone know how much the touts outside were asking for tickets, and whereabouts they were located.

Silly question I know!


no idea how much, but they were the single guys in black jackets hanging out in Victoria Station and near the taxi rank outside. there was even one near the Printworks!!

[Hilly_2004]

woooooooooooooo :D






no idea how much, but they were the single guys in black jackets hanging out in Victoria Station and near the taxi rank outside. there was even one near the Printworks!!

Lol...I meant where the seats were located!

[Jenjie]

Lol...I meant where the seats were located!

fairy nuff!! no idea! :laugh3:

[nats17]

hey guys =]

I went that night and i thought it was absolutly bloody brilliant!
Best concert i have been to in my life =]

First time in the M.E.N aswell!
Was amazed by everything haha!

Oh a question for you!
The song the roadies were dancing to? was it jay z? and whats the name of the song?
Thanks!

[Liam]

I was also there ive been to the M.E.N arena twice before but this was the best concert by far despite being in the upper tiers couldnt see much!

Did anyone notice there was alot of old aged people there? Im sure me and my missus were the only 2 singing n dancing in our row!

The Jay Z song was big pimpin i think

Roll on Wembley!

[squareone13]

I know I'm a couple of weeks late with this, but I only just set me up a photobucket account - I've been playing around with it and thought I upload this for your enjoyment. Green Eyes C Stage w/Joe Satriani joke

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww142/squareone13/coldplay/th_GreenEyesCStageMEN121208.jpg (http://s714.photobucket.com/albums/ww142/squareone13/coldplay/?action=view&current=GreenEyesCStageMEN121208.flv)

http://s714.photobucket.com/albums/ww142/squareone13/coldplay/?action=view&current=GreenEyesCStageMEN121208.flv

^hope it works ok. :)

EDIT:

And the Yellow Balls in Yellow :)

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww142/squareone13/coldplay/th_Yellowpart2MEN121208.jpg (http://s714.photobucket.com/albums/ww142/squareone13/coldplay/?action=view&current=Yellowpart2MEN121208.flv)

http://s714.photobucket.com/albums/ww142/squareone13/coldplay/?action=view&current=Yellowpart2MEN121208.flv

[Fixed]

What's the piece that Chris plays after Politik?

[busybeeburns]

Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1

YouTube - Piano - Gnossienne I

YouTube - John Williams - Gnossienne No.1 (Satie)

[Fixed]

Ahhh yes. I had a feeling it was Satie, honest. Thanks, Ian!

[busybeeburns]

great tune :D

You can download Satie's stuff here

http://classiclibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/erik-satie-complete-solo-piano-music.html

[TheEscapist]

http://i41.tinypic.com/2q1xl51.jpg

I was about 12 seats away, just 12 seats not close enough...

[busybeeburns]

thanks! :D

[cleeson7]

AHH What a gig, just looking back on old memories