21-Dec-08: O2 Arena, Dublin - Tickets, Preview, Meetups, Review/Photos

[marcus_on]

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)
Jingle Bells (acoustic)
Fairytale Of New York (acoustic - Will lead vocals, Pogues cover)
Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
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Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
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The Scientist / Back For Good
Life in Technicolor ii
The Escapist (outro)


Photos

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1600

Wiki reviews

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/21_December_2008:_02_Arena%2C_Dublin%2C_Ireland

Videos

Life In Technicolor



Violet Hill



Clocks



In My Place



Speed Of Sound



Yellow

YouTube - Coldplay- Yellow

YouTube - Coldplay (Yellow) O2 Dublin

Chinese Sleep Chant



42

YouTube - Coldplay - 42 Live at the 02 Dublin

Fix You

YouTube - Coldplay - Fix You Live at the 02 Dublin

YouTube - Coldplay (Fix You) O2 Dublin

Strawberry Swing



God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)



Talk (techno version)



The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)

YouTube - The hardest part - Coldplay Live in Dublin

Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)



Viva La Vida

YouTube - Viva La Vida Live

YouTube - Coldplay (Viva La Vida) O2 Dublin

Lost!

httpwww.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBr3xIru8U

Green Eyes (acoustic)

YouTube - Coldplay - Green Eyes & Fairytale Of New York @ The O2 Dublin December 21st

Jingle Bells (acoustic)

YouTube - Coldplay-Jingle Bells- @ the O2 Dublin 21/12/08

Fairytale Of New York (acoustic - Will lead vocals, Pogues cover)

YouTube - Coldplay (Fairytale Of New York) O2 Dublin



Viva La Vida (remix interlude)



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Politik



Lovers In Japan

YouTube - Coldplay - Lovers in Japan live at the 02 Dublin

Death And All His Friends



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The Scientist / Back For Good



Life in Technicolor ii



The Escapist (outro)




Merchandise

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[Denise]

:stunned: oh f**k..so they're gonna be the first band to play there?

Oh damn..I must go

[marcus_on]

i think that was the plan, but leonard cohen has announced a show at the same venue for december 1st. so i dont know what is going on, but coldplay are definately playing!!!

what a great way to start the week! im going to both shows! :)

[Denise]

So both dates are sure?

omg..I'm so going to convince a friend of mine to come, Dublin is like my second home, and it would be a greaaaaaat Xmas present :dance:

[marcus_on]

one date is definately sure - one hundred percent certain! i think its the 21st december! you can see from the link anyways the seat plan. they aint going to post a seat plan if nothing is going to happen. and talking to my contact high up in ticketmaster confirmed it for me! :)

[Denise]

Thanks so much for this news :D
I already asked my friend and she's going to check for flight prices..I already checked mine, and they're only 110€, pretty cheap considering the period and for aerlingus usual prices

Ok...I seriously need to calm down, need to find the tickets first :laugh3::laugh3:

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

:dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:

EXCELLENT!!

[ColdplayerMálaga]

OMG

I was last summer for a whole month (july) in Dublin (lovey city, in love of it) and 2 days before leaving it, i attended to Keane gig in The Point Theater, such a great and good old looking.

After reading i am thinking about coming back there and watch them re-opening it :D as i saw it almost in the last concert in the place.

I'd really like to attend to Coldplay concert.


I am already going to Madrid and Barcelona ones in Spain :D Sept 6 and 7th 2008.

Excited? OMG lol

[~ Sandy ~]

:stunned::stunned::stunned:

No ?? It's . . .
I'm gonna cry !
2 dates ??
Holidays ??

Man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope it's truth ! You made my day ! :dance:
Thank you so much !!

[Mimixxx]

It has been announced:

Newsreel: Dublin show announced
July 22, 2008 2:00 pm
Band to play Ireland in December
http://www.coldplay.com/graphics/news_line.png
Good afternoon. We're pleased to report that Coldplay have confirmed a date at The O2 in Dublin on Sunday 21st December 2008. Tickets for this fully-seated concert go on sale this Friday (July 25th) at 9am, from the following folks:

In person: from 100 Ticketmaster outlets nationwide
24hr hotlines: Tel: ( ROI ) 0818 719 300 ( NI ) 0870 243 4455
Buy online: www.Ticketmaster.ie (http://www.ticketmaster.ie/)

This is the first gig to be announced at the newly-developed O2 venue, which used to be called The Point, but isn't any more.

Anchorman

http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=74

[Denise]

Thanks for the update Mich :smiley:

anyone knows if it's gonna be tough to find the tickets? I'm a little bit worried :uhoh:

ahaha funny enough on ticketmaster they already have the page for Monday 22 :rolleyes:
edit: they just took it off

this was the page
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/5821/dublin22tw4.th.png (http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/5821/dublin22tw4.png)

[suzy66]

Yep, its true! They just announced it on Irish radio (only the first gig on the 21st though) and the tickets are on sale this Friday morning priced at 54 euro!! Can't wait but still going to Barcelona in September to catch them :-)

[busybeeburns]

http://www.hotpress.com/news/4668129.html
well done everyone! :D

[Chavi]

:stunned::stunned::stunned:

No ?? It's . . .
I'm gonna cry !
2 dates ??
Holidays ??

Man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope it's truth ! You made my day ! :dance:
Thank you so much !!

Yaaaay ! it's CONFIIIIIRMED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

:dance::dance::dance:

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!

[Mimixxx]

http://www.hotpress.com/news/4668129.html
well done everyone! :D

Amazing! Good work guys :D

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

COLDPLAYING GOT NAMEDROPPED???????

Nice one guys!!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[marcus_on]

id like to say I told you so!!! :) :)

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

...and it got merged. That's what I was hoping would happen, lol.

[Jenjie]

Coldplay to be the first to play new O2 at the Point

British superstars Coldplay will be performing a monster gig at the revamped Point Theatre this Christmas.

The Herald can reveal that Chris Martin and his chart-topping bandmates will be belting out the hits on the stage of the €850m development.

In the first concert confirmed for the new venue, which has been renamed the O2, the record-breaking group has just added a Dublin date to their worldwide tour and will now play here on December 21.

And tickets costing up to €59.80 including booking fee for their fully-seated gig in the 14,000-seater venue are expected to snapped up like hotcakes when they go on sale this Friday at 9.0am.

"This is going to be one of the biggest concerts of the year and there's no better place to have it than in the new O2 building," said a music source. "It was a huge coup getting them to come over and 'christen' the venue with this one-off performance.

"They're one of the most popular bands in the world right now and promoters shouldn't find it too hard to shift the tickets," the source added. "When Coldplay announced they were performing at the Odyssey Arena, they sold out within minutes. It will be the same thing for their Dublin concert."

Charts

Currently riding high in the UK and global music charts with their fourth album Viva la Vida, they have enjoyed five weeks at number one here. Their reign finally came to an end this week after they were knocked off the top spot by DJ Basshunter.

Now on the road as part of their worldwide tour, they're performing in the US and Canada over the coming weeks then playing a sell-out gig in Tokyo and prestigious venues across Europe, before they take to the stage at the O2 arena.

The mobile phone company has joined forces with global entertainment providers Live Nation as part of a multi-million euro re-naming deal.

- SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR

http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/music/coldplay-to-be-the-first-to-play-new-o2-at-the-point-1438139.html

[ColdplayerMálaga]

Lol

I'm really excited about this, cos i'd really like to visit it :D i'm already looking for some flights from Málaga SOuth spain lol

I dont bother attending alone ahahah

[dwellondreams]

Does anyone know the presale password for tomorrow? I registered for their mailing list, which is supposedly how you get it, but they haven't even sent me the confirmation email :/

[JPB]

OH DEAR JESUS AMAZING AMAZING

[Denise]

Jamie are you going? (rhetorical question :laugh3:)

I guess the password is only for O2 subscribers

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

Good thing is I can get tickets reserved.

Will do that tomorrow! :D

[~ Sandy ~]

If I can't get tickets I would be mad :dozey:

[blueandy]

hi guys only came across this site today but i was wondering wots the 02 presale all about. im goin to the london gig but i have family in dublin so might do both! how can u get the password if u live in the uk??

[clintod3]

Hi guys, does anyone know the Pre-sale password?!! can someone let us know please??!

[marcus_on]

i think the pre sale is only for o2 customers. because they have signed a sponsorship deal with live nation for the naming rights of the venue, all o2 customers get a chance to buy the first 10% of tickets to shows there (or a percentage close to that)..... then the rest go on general sale.

I dont care... i have two tickets reserved already and two for the second night when it goes on sale! happy days!

I can't believe this story that i broke got mentioned on hot press with a reference to this site and to the link to the o2 seating plans i posted! brilliant!!

happy christmas everyone! :)

:) :) :)

[but a dream]

Oh gosh. If I get tickets it would be the best Christmas ever!!!

How do you guys get your tickets reserved?

[blueandy]

can anyone in ireland post the 02 password please as im on 02 in the uk but it wont let me have it!

[Denise]

Maybe the password is personalised? dunno, just wondering

I guess I'll have to wait for the general sale, hoping not all the good seats went to O2 customers, but oh well I just want to be there :)

edit: presale tickets are sold out

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

I'm quite friendly with the people who run my local record shop, that's how I can reserve tickets! :D

[Christa42]

I have a sailing instructor From Dublin living with us for the summer who has said we were welcome any time to come visit. When I heard about the concert in Dec. my husband told me not to get any bright ideas and hid my passport. I guess he thinks seeing coldplay twice a year is enough:rolleyes::cry:

[Jenjie]

I have a sailing instructor From Dublin living with us for the summer who has said we were welcome any time to come visit. When I heard about the concert in Dec. my husband told me not to get any bright ideas and hid my passport. I guess he thinks seeing coldplay twice a year is enough:rolleyes::cry:

boooooo at Mr Husband :laugh3:

[~ Sandy ~]

Do you really think I can get tickets tomorrow on ticketmaster.ie ??
Even if I'm in France ?
Or I'm really dreaming ? :(

[busybeeburns]

why wouldn't you be able to?

[gaz o c]

Is this definitly fully seated? iv never seen coldplay play to a fully seated audience at one of their gigs?

[busybeeburns]

most of them are fully seating for this current tour, yes.

[gaz o c]

Really? Wow, usually id be in the know about these things but my internet connectionbs been down for so long. Jeez a fully seated show for rock music? i thought seated shows were for westlife gigs! anyway im gonna start queing at 5am, no way am i missing out on these tickets!

[~ Sandy ~]

why wouldn't you be able to?

Don't know . . .
Just I'm really unfortunate sometimes :rolleyes:

Fully seating ? :thinking:

[Denise]

Please someone tell me the second date is not already sold out :bigcry:

I mean I got tickets for the first (not bad, I'm at the end of the b-stage where they play chinese and god put a smile) but I so want tickets for the second too, really hope they're gonna put more in the next days. A friend of mine tried at once when they went onsale and he only got crappy noosbleed seats, I mean after 1 minute all the other seats where already sold out? :stunned:

anyway see you on the December 21 :dance:

[~ Sandy ~]

:stunned::stunned::stunned:

I can't buy any !
Currently Not on Sale !
WTF !!!!!

It's already sold out ????
I'm waiting since 2 hours to get a ticket :embarassed:

[Denise]

Right now both shows are unavailable, but I bet they're going to put more tickets on sale..they MUST do it.

Oh and someone's already selling the second show tickets on ebay..crappy seats btw :dozey:

[~ Sandy ~]

I knew it !
With all these stuffs I'm always unfortunate :embarassed:

[Denise]

Sandy keep checking the site, don't lose hope :nice:
I'll be keeping my eyes on the site and if they're available I will tell you here or by PM :wink:
which date do you want to go?

[~ Sandy ~]

Thank you :wink:

Both of them if I can :rolleyes:

[Louise909]

Hey guys im new so HEllllooo ....

Im a bit confussed ... are coldplay doing a second day in dublin (22nd Dec)! ... I had my dad buy me some tickets srom seatwave and he got 2 tickets for coldplay on the 22nd of december !! .... wot im asking is .... are they gonna be playing in dublin on the 22nd or have i been ripppped!!! lol

thankz xxxxxxx:kiss:

[slipshaney]

Hi guys, only just joined but long term fan. I missed out on tickets this morning for dublin dates - if anyone knows of 2 tickets going id be very grateful....thanks a million

[bohs man]

fucking gutted :( I'm totally pissed off that words just cannot express

[Passenger]

i got ticketsssssss! i am so happy! i think my seats r crap but i don't care (in berlin i have standing tickets so who cares if i'm going to sit the next time)... now i just have to arrange my 3 day holiday to Dublin. lol I've always wanted to see this place.

gosh i'm mental... da da da da :D

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

Picking my tickets up soon. I hear I've got some pretty good seats.

Floor seats all went in the presale. OR SO I THOUGHT.

Seriously! 2 dates, 2 sellouts, 10 minutes.

Fucking hell. Radiohead must be kicking themselves.

[Carla Machado]

I just wanna know WHEN I'll go to their show.

[ØzzYCoHeN]

I just wanna know WHEN I'll go to their show.

me either..

but they never come..

maybe they can come when the kingdom come :P

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

Got them!

I HAVE FLOOR SEATS!!! :D :D :D

[Denise]

Floor seats all went in the presale. OR SO I THOUGHT.
that's the same thing I thought as well, or at least most of them were for the presale, I got the email confirming my order at 9.01 and I got block F row 5 (pretty nice seats anyway)

[~ Sandy ~]

Guys ! How did you do ! :embarassed:

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

We were both really quick, I guess.

[Denise]

Well I had a page of Firefox open on the world clock just to be sure to refresh the page at the right time, and that's what I did :smiley:

anyway, I don't know why TM keeps saying "find tickets" for this date but if you try to put one you come up with nothing...this should mean there are no tickets :thinking:
I still think they're not sold out, they must have kept some and will sell them once in a while, they did the same with London as far as I know.

[marcus_on]

i have my tickets for both nights. im in row 6 on night 1 and row 7 on night two! not too shabby at all!! the first time ill get to see them here. ive only ever seen them once and that was in 2005 in boston!

roll on christmas! :)

[busybeeburns]

Well I had a page of Firefox open on the world clock just to be sure to refresh the page at the right time, and that's what I did :smiley:

anyway, I don't know why TM keeps saying "find tickets" for this date but if you try to put one you come up with nothing...this should mean there are no tickets :thinking:
I still think they're not sold out, they must have kept some and will sell them once in a while, they did the same with London as far as I know.I think they'll release another batch in a couple of days

[~ Sandy ~]

We were both really quick, I guess.

Well I had a page of Firefox open on the world clock just to be sure to refresh the page at the right time, and that's what I did :smiley:

anyway, I don't know why TM keeps saying "find tickets" for this date but if you try to put one you come up with nothing...this should mean there are no tickets :thinking:
I still think they're not sold out, they must have kept some and will sell them once in a while, they did the same with London as far as I know.

I was online one hour before . . . And I waited the right time, second per second.
Anyway congrats guys ;)

[cant think of a name]

Is this definitly fully seated? iv never seen coldplay play to a fully seated audience at one of their gigs?
Yeah I was pretty surprised to see that the Dublin gigs are seated too - but do you seriously think an Irish crowd is going to stay seated? Hee hee. I'm going to see them in Paris in September, standing ticket for me! :D

[busybeeburns]

fucking gutted :( I'm totally pissed off that words just cannot express
Don't give up hope, as interest in these threads and the new layout to this forum picks up there will no doubt be members coming here offering face value tickets nearer the time. We've see that happen here in almost all the live threads done so far :)

[bohs man]

Don't give up hope, as interest in these threads and the new layout to this forum picks up there will no doubt be members coming here offering face value tickets nearer the time. We've see that happen here in almost all the live threads done so far :)

Thanks Ian ;) That was an initial reaction yesterday. I'm a lot more relaxed now and I've got a lot of people looking out for tics for me too so hopefully something will come up. One thing I don't want to do is buy over ebay for some extortionate price just to make some bastard rich who doesn't even care about Coldplay or their music.

[polkahard]

Anyone else find it odd that you can't even pull up single tickets for the Dublin shows? Either it's really sold out, or they've barely released anything.

Hopefully it's the latter, as I've decided to make a trip to Dublin almost strictly for this concert if more tickets open up!

[busybeeburns]

:stunned:

[polkahard]

:stunned:

:laugh4: Well, at least you know I deserve those VIP passes now, right, Ian? We did the same thing last year for the Keane show at the O2 in London. Found tickets three weeks before, and there I was!

So if anyone finds out any ticket news on this show, let me know! Still 5 months away, so I think I can get lucky...

[Passenger]

Anyone else find it odd that you can't even pull up single tickets for the Dublin shows? Either it's really sold out, or they've barely released anything.

Hopefully it's the latter, as I've decided to make a trip to Dublin almost strictly for this concert if more tickets open up!

u wanna come all the way from the US?
gosh, and i thought i'm doing quite a long trip from London. lol

amazing...:stunned::stunned::stunned::stunned::stu nned::stunned:

[~ Sandy ~]

Any news ??
I'm desperate . . . :embarassed:

[polkahard]

Any news ??
I'm desperate . . . :embarassed:

Likewise! I'm looking for any news anyone has as well (or maybe 2 unwanted tickets! :laugh4: ).

Ticketmaster.ie currently lists both concerts as "currently not on sale" as well. What's going on there? :huh2:

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

Meaning "these concerts are sold out".

[polkahard]

TICKETS ARE RELEASED FOR BOTH SHOWS! GO, GO, GO!!!

I'm going to Dublin! :D

[busybeeburns]

well done :D

More tickets just gone on sale?

[polkahard]

Yep, and not bad seats either!

I managed to grab 32nd row in Block E (one of the front blocks) for the show on the 22nd. And there's nearly identical seats I just pulled up for the 21st out of curiosity...Block C, row 32.

[Denise]

Yay me too :dance: :dance:

which seats did you get?

I got 140-142 (I'm with two other friends) in Block E row 32

You don't know how much I love you right now, it's only time I wasn't checking ticketmaster :kiss:

[polkahard]

I'm in Block E, Row 32, Seats 132-133. But I see you're going on the 21st from your sig, right? Or did you happen to get tickets for the 22nd as well? If it's the former, you'll have to tell me how those seats are, as I'll be there the day after! From the "virtual tour" at the O2 website, it looks like there's really no bad seats in the house.

[Denise]

No I just bought the ones for the 22nd, I got better seats for the first gig, but I don't care, I just wanted to be there on the last show of the EU tour (by now) :D

gonna update my sig

[polkahard]

Awesome!! I was considering getting tickets for the 21st as well, but decided against it considering 150 MORE euro on top of the actual getting-to-Dublin part AND US dollar to euro exchange rates just wasn't worth it.

And I've just realized...how good will The Dubliners be IN DUBLIN?? :laugh4:

[Denise]

LOL I was thinking the same from the first time I heard the song was called that way, it's gonna be insane :laugh3::laugh3:

[onemanarmy]

Awesome!! I was considering getting tickets for the 21st as well, but decided against it considering 150 MORE euro on top of the actual getting-to-Dublin part AND US dollar to euro exchange rates just wasn't worth it.

And I've just realized...how good will The Dubliners be IN DUBLIN?? :laugh4:

Why go all the way to Ireland for a coldplay concert. theres tons of unsoldout concerts in the states

[polkahard]

Unfortunately, I'm heading across the country for college, so none of the October concerts in the States work for me...and I was going to go away during Christmas break anyway to some destination in Europe. Dublin is lovely...and even lovelier when Coldplay's involved! :D

[Denise]

bump

there are still tickets available for both shows at The O2, catch them while you can :)

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

I still cannot believe that I ACTUALLY have floor seats!!! :o

This is going to be all sorts of epic.

[~ Sandy ~]

Shit shit shit !
I missed it ! :dozey:

[Passenger]

do u know when ticketmaster will dispatch them? i know it says that it can take up to 10 days before the event. but do u have any experience? can't imagine to wait that long as i don't wanna have an e-ticket.

[Denise]

Uhm I only experienced it once with The Killers gig in August, bought the tickets in March and got them delivered three days later (even faster than sending them from city to city in Italy btw :dozey:), but I know a lot of people didn't receive them until some weeks ago.

[alohomora713]

anyone know if there'll be more blocks of tickets going on sale for either of the gigs?

i was on poxy holiday when it was announced and now have no bloody tickets. fcukin sick i am.

massive fan and have been dying to see em live again ever since they kicked marlay park's arse a few years back.

anyone know of anyone lookin to sell two tickets at face value or know of anyone that would be interested in selling their tickets for either date?

cheers for the help lads

[Passenger]

I received my tickets today! yay!!!! :)

[emmettU2]

anyone know if there'll be more blocks of tickets going on sale for either of the gigs?

i was on poxy holiday when it was announced and now have no bloody tickets. fcukin sick i am.

massive fan and have been dying to see em live again ever since they kicked marlay park's arse a few years back.

anyone know of anyone lookin to sell two tickets at face value or know of anyone that would be interested in selling their tickets for either date?

cheers for the help lads

I will have two spare tickets which i'm selling at cost price. The seats are in Block M for Monday the 22nd of December. Just send me a Private Message if you are interested!

[clixxx]

Do you still have them?????

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

Less than three months to go now! :D

[JENNY34]

I cannot wait.... Did you get good seats?

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

As I may have pointed out a few times (:P), I got floor seats. :)

[JPB]

^ nice

cant remember where im sitting. im goin to the monday one with a few friends, some die-hard coldplayers, others soon to be converts! :D

[Brian Power]

Hello everyone I am a lost soul looking for 2 tickets for either of the 2 shows in December. If for unforeseen circumstances you cannot go to a show and have 2 tickets to give to me I would be forever indebted to you. Fingers crossed

[SophD]

Any word on support acts?
Or is it too soon to call?
Hmmm, Id love if we got the same as the ones on the European Leg. (:

[suzy66]

Nooooo!!! You definitely don't want Albert Hammond - utterly CRAP :-((((

[LittleMissMessy]

Okay, as I am not very rational when it comes to music I do a lot of weird things ;)

I will come to Dublin just to see Coldplay live!

Problem: I haven't got tickets yet but I have the chance to get a really cheap airplane ticket and accomodation is also sorted.

Now I 'only' need one single ticket. Either for the 21st or 22nd - or even both, as I will be flying back home on the 23rd only.

Is there anyone out there who's willing to help.
Maybe you know someone who's got a spare tickets and needs company.

I would be so very happy if you could help me ... :)
You can contact me via PM :D

Thanks heaps!!

[Denise]

bump..tickets available again for this one too, hurry up :D

[busybeeburns]

http://www.herald.ie/multimedia/archive/00223/0711_Boyzone_H_223664t.jpg
O2 FIRST: Boyzone

The very first show for the sensational new O2 arena in Dublin can finally be revealed.

The Herald can exclusively announce that the honour will go to the Childline Concert on December 16.

The event will feature a host of pop acts including Boyzone, Shayne Ward, Scouting for Girls, The Script, Alphabeat and The Saturdays.

The first gig at the amazing new 13,000 capacity venue that has replaced the Point Depot had been subject to intense speculations for months.

Glorious

U2, Oasis and even Britney Spears had all been mooted as being the first act to play the venue, so it comes as a huge surprise that promoters have opted for the Childline Concert.

However, insiders have told the Herald that the charity event was "a glorious dress rehearsal opportunity" to ensure that the new venue will be "up to scratch".

Priced at €40 each, Childline tickets will go on sale next Thursday, November 13, at 9am and concert promoters are expecting them to sell out fast.

Although those who don't manage to get a ticket will still get a sneak preview of the multimillion-euro venue with the concert being televised on RTE 2 on Friday December 19 at 7pm.

Since the first concert was held in 1997, Childline has benefited to the tune of €2.5m and the children's charity will receive €400,000 alone from 2008's concert.

Thanks

According to a representative of the charity: "Childline would like to thank all parties involved with the concert including the artists, organisers and The O2 Dublin, who are generously giving their services and time free of charge on this historic opening night of the O2 arena.

"Their involvement will contribute significantly to ensuring that every child who contacts Childline will be heard," they added.

Meanwhile Mike Adamson, CEO of The O2, Dublin said: "We are very excited and find it fitting that the Cheerios Childline Concert, a major charity event, will be unveiling The O2 Dublin.

"We are looking forward to the concert and everyone enjoying the fabulous new facilities on the night," he added.

Following the much anticipated Childline concert, Kings of Leon will play the impressive arena on December 19 while Coldplay will take to the stage on December 21 and 22.

http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/charity-will-be-main-star-of-opening-night-1527155.html

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

22 DAYS :dance::dance::dance::dance:
SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!

[bohs man]

I have 2 tics for Monday 22nd of December show. Unfortunately my sister can't make it now. Depending on the seats available I'd like to swap one of my tickets for the 22nd for a ticket on Sunday 21st.

The tickets I have are Block C, Row 31, Seats 73/74.

Thanks :)

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

WHY AREN'T THERE MORE PEOPLE SQUEEING OVER THIS.

*bump*

[JENNY34]

Squeeeeeee five days to go....

[Denise]

*comes here one second just for this*

- 3

ubersquee :D

*goes back to work*

[polkahard]

Unfortunately, I got news today that I'm not going to be able to make it to the concert on the 22nd. Prior committments, combined with the nasty snowstorm here in the States, made sure of that.

Thus, I have two tickets available for the show on the 22nd for face value.

But, if anyone is interested in buying my 2 tickets, let me know TODAY. I could still do international overnight shipping today and the tickets should in all likelihood make it to you in Ireland by Monday. And I'll also send along the scans by e-mail as a back-up in case the real thing doesn't make it there in time. (Which actually does work, believe me.)

Thing is, if you want any chance of getting them shipped, I need a PM [b]today[/i]. Tickets are Block E, Row 32, Seats 132 and 133. Cost is face value, 132.30 euro, (exactly what I paid for them through Ticketmaster with booking fees), and say, 10 euros tacked on to get them out to you. Or I can just e-mail you the scans and forgo the shipping--and you can pay me through Paypal. You put faith in me, and I put faith in you. :laugh4:

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

Oh my God, it's tomorrow.

supermassive-ultra-mega-ubersquee.

Who's supporting then? Jon Hopkins and The High Wire?

[Denise]

I'm freaking out I think I won't be able to sleep tonight :laugh3::laugh3:

If you see some people with an Italian flag and banners..that's us :D

see you all tomorrow :dance:

@Martin: yes, they are the supporters

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

Where are you seated?

I'M FREAKING OUT. BUT, I'm going to have to try and sleep tonight as I have to be up at 9am GMT, which is never something I do on weekends.


squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[Denise]

I need to wake up even earlier to take the flight :disappointed:

We are block F row 5, shouldn't be too far from the B-stage, but I will try to get closer when they come there if security allows me to :P

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

I wonder how far away the B-stage is from the floor seats? Hope I don't miss anything.

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[Denise]

It's not far away, you won't miss anything :wink:

A friend of mine is already there, she told me the weather it's not too cold, we can happily stalk then :D

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Nearly there]

As the thread says i have a spare ticket for tomorrow nights gig in the 02 due to the fact my (ex)girlfriend is not going:shocked2:. Any takers out there? send me a pm with a contact no. if someone is interested.

[Frozen_Entertainment]

gig for what?

[iPsy]

Coldplay, obviously! duh :P

[JENNY34]

Who is playing beforehand?

[bohs man]

To all who are going to this tonight, have the best time! I'm sure the boys won't let you down! I've still got 1 more day to wait!

[melanieau]

:dance:

Have fun everyone!!

[busybeeburns]

I’m sitting in the newly revamped O2 Arena, Dublin. Last Tuesday, this venue was re-opened. Coldplay is only the third show to pass through. 8′500 people will pack into the arena tonight, and again tomorrow. There is only three days to go on this tour. I thought I was going to escape the strange illness that has been doing the rounds in the crew. Unfortunately, it got me in the end. I’m on the kiwi fruits and orange juice today..

Yesterday, I visited the famous storehouse of Arthur Guinness. The cobbled streets and darkened passages around the old factory buildings was quite a sight. Real atmosphere. You could just imagine the barrels rolling down the streets and a huge workforce piling in and out. The black gates through the streets guarding the special secrets of this ancient brew.. As we pulled up on the open-top bus tour, it felt a bit like Charlie the Chocolate Factory for adults. Sadly.. I didn’t see any umpa-lumpas..

939 people signed up to be campaigners (http://www.oxfamireland.org/whatyoucando/campaign.shtml) at the last show in Belfast. It was a good start for Oxfam Ireland (http://www.oxfamireland.org/). Lot’s of people making their mark and taking a moment to find out a bit more. That’s 74′125 people who have done just that on the tour so far. Countless more will have seen us there and hopefully gone in an Oxfam shop, bought someone a goat for christmas, or signed up online. Maybe even read this blog, to see what the tour part is all about. Oxfam’s work goes far beyond this paragraph I write every couple of days, from the road. It’s life-saving work, in the case of disasters. Working with local partners to help people out of poverty. Getting more children in school. Giving people the supplies they need, when they lose their homes. Campaigning to put pressure on governments to help people change their lives for the better. Those are the sorts of reasons that Coldplay supports Oxfam. Because Oxfam helps to give people in poverty a voice and a better chance. If you are coming to a Coldplay show (http://www.oxfamireland.org/whatwedo/campaigns-advocacy/events/2008/coldplay.shtml), why not come and talk to one of Oxfam’s volunteers, to see how you can use your power? If you are not, then, why not click on one of the Oxfam links, over there on the right, and see what you can do there.. sign an online petition calling for action to combat climate change, give a different sort of gift (http://www.oxfamirelandunwrapped.com/), buy Fairtrade smellies (http://www.oxfamirelandshop.com/catalog/index.php), join an outreach group, make a donation (http://www.oxfamireland.org/donate/index.shtml). Whatever fits for you. There are plenty of ways to use your power.

http://www.oxfamblogs.org/coldplay/?p=134

[Chavi]

Have fun everyone !!! Denise, waiting for your full report afterwards :dance:

[ColdplayBirdsFly]

GAH!!!
The show's probably over by now
Eeeeeep!!! *Awaiting news/reports!* :bomb:

Hope everyone had a blast! :)

[Mimixxx]

971 stand up to be counted.. and a few more.

It’s quite a spectacular sight to see 8′500 Coldplay fans on their feet in Dublin, singing the final few lines of ‘Yellow’. I came back here into the crew room to write, and heard a similar roar of noise at the end of ‘Fix you’. ‘Viva’ has just struck up as well, and I can already hear the chanting starting.

971 of those people, on 1942 feet, all signed up with Oxfam tonight. They all now have the chance to be active campaigners for Oxfam in the years to come. 2009 will be a huge year for Oxfam, and Coldplay as well. They will be back here for a massive outdoor show in September. Maybe some of those people who signed up, will be volunteering as campaigners themselves next year..?

There’s that chorus. I might have to nip out and see this… The seats are all banked up in front of the stage. Everyone is packed in together, all with a great view. Must be a fantastic view for the 4 in the band too. There is not a seat to be had out there. I’m sure the Oxfam team are enjoying their prize. Thank you to them for all their hard work. The completed sheets are all sitting safely here next to me. Enjoy the show!

http://www.oxfamblogs.org/coldplay/?p=135

[.: Fix You :.]

iriden called me during fix you *.* she sent me an sms and she said they played a cover during the concert: she taked the setlist at the end of the gig and on the setlist there is written "farewell to new york": i've tried to search over internet probably the song was "body of an american" by The Pogues..right?

[Mimixxx]

The Pogues? Wow. Fairytale of New York :D

They actually played it? :D

[busybeeburns]

:o

[bohs man]

I hope they play it tomorrow too!

[marcus_on]

yep, they played fairytale of new york and will sang it! What an amazing show..... I was in the very front row!

Roll on tomorrow night - unfortunately, I'm in the second row!!!! ;) :)

[Mimixxx]

Will sang it? Yay! :D

[.: Fix You :.]

no on the setlist she has taken there was written the title "farewell to new york" not "fairytales of new york"...so the first is a verse of "body of an american", the second is another the pogues's song right? but she filmed all so we are lucky! tomorrow i'll write to denise for more infos :) good night everyone

edit: my message is old now eheh

[bohs man]

Thats class! I'm thinking about bringing my mp3 player with me tomorrow to record the gig (I know it probably wouldn't be good quality) but would there be any kind of hassle with security or security checks to get this inside? or would they think nothing of an mp3 player?

[kmurph]

Hello. First time posteer, long time reader.

Just back from the O2 and what a fantastic show! Never considered myself a huge Coldplay fan. Always thought (and still do) that their best album will be their greatest hits but found myself loving VLV so got a ticket when they went on sale.

So glad I did now. Fairytale went down like a house on fire being Dublin.

[deise59]

Sounds great guys, can't wait for tomorrow night!

Can any of you who were there tonight tell me round what time they started and finished their set at?

[busybeeburns]

full setlist? Did they discard Jingle bells and did will sing DWNC too? :)

[marcus_on]

they came on at 21:15 and finished around 10:50 I think?? ...... and they didn't discard jingle bells..... and they sang Fairytale of new york instead of DWNC ;)

No issues with security.... they are mainly checking womens bags - thats about all. Fantastic venue! So much better than the old point theatre!

[uwwedoogie]

marky! great ya had a good time mate! might give ya a txt tomorrow, maybe have a pint before the gig.. cirs going too isnt he?

[everybodystilllovesandrew]

Fairytale of New York is so perfect this time of year. I hope someone gets a decent recording of it.

[marie/pims]

yep, they played fairytale of new york and will sang it! What an amazing show..... I was in the very front row!


Amazing!That's so great!

[Mimixxx]

:dance:

YouTube - Coldplay (Fairytale Of New York) O2 Dublin

[Larry]

Wow astonishing! The crowd is absolutely fantastic as well as Will!

I love Dublin! :nice:

[Jenjie]

:dance:

YouTube - Coldplay (Fairytale Of New York) O2 Dublin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqCHQ5VITLc)

:dance: that's amazing!!! :D

[Jenjie]

Photos: Coldplay, The O2, Dublin

With just a couple of days to Christmas, Coldplay became one of the first bands to play Dublin’s newly revamped Point Depot. The venue’s rechristening under the corporate banner of the O2 should have been a sign that Coldplay too, are now a huge corporate entity. Having easily sold out two nights in the O2 and with a huge outdoor summer show coming to the capital in 2009, tickets are being touted outside for well over €100 as fans made the long walk down the quays in the drizzling December rain.

We had wanted to bring you a review of the bands performance, lots of audience feedback on the gig and the new venue but sadly, corporate PR companies got in the way. Coldplay are at a stage where they are worth so much money that they have people who enforce rules on the way the media can report their shows. The photographers were ushered into an area, no more than 10 foot by three foot, about 100 metres from the centre of the stage. We could photograph songs 2, 3 and 4 only. Coldplay’s PR company made us sign contracts to hand over all copyright of the pictures to them to exploit as they wish. Not really the sign of a band who are looking for attention at a time when most bands need as much press coverage as possible to survive in a troubled financial time.

After the three songs we were escorted out of the venue and as for what the remainder of the show was like you’ll need to do the review for us in the comments below as we weren’t allowed back in to see for ourselves.

Enjoy the few pictures that we have for you and let us know what you thought of the shows on Sunday & Monday.



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[Denise]

Just a short post as we're here searching for them around Dublin..let's say we discovered where they're staying :D

Yesterday was absolutely amazing, the irish crowd is great and everything went smooth, they tried to make us sit but it was impossible and everyone stood up the entire time and danced on the floor.
Will singing Fairytale of New York was a real surprise and it was even greater listening to all the crowd singing with him (apart from us since we didn't know the words)...and I got it on video with Jingle Bells as well.

Setlist was the same as London except for the abovementioned cover of The Pogues, Chris sang also Back for Good at the end of The Scientist.

I was front row close to the B-stage but my camera sucks so my pics won't be all that great.

Roll on this evening...we're going to stalk them in a short time at the venue :wacky:

[lara____]

thanks mimixxx!!!!!! that video just made my day :D

[Chavi]

Amazing video :D :nice:

Just a short post as we're here searching for them around Dublin..let's say we discovered where they're staying :D

Yesterday was absolutely amazing, the irish crowd is great and everything went smooth, they tried to make us sit but it was impossible and everyone stood up the entire time and danced on the floor.
Will singing Fairytale of New York was a real surprise and it was even greater listening to all the crowd singing with him (apart from us since we didn't know the words)...and I got it on video with Jingle Bells as well.

Setlist was the same as London except for the abovementioned cover of The Pogues, Chris sang also Back for Good at the end of The Scientist.

I was front row close to the B-stage but my camera sucks so my pics won't be all that great.

Roll on this evening...we're going to stalk them in a short time at the venue :wacky:

:dance: Yaaaay !!! stalking luck to you !!! Go get our men !!! and have a blast tonight !

[Twisted mind]

:dance:

YouTube - Coldplay (Fairytale Of New York) O2 Dublin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqCHQ5VITLc)

:stunned:

Will sounds so absolutly wonderful... :shocked3:

*is speechless*

[but a dream]

:dance:

YouTube - Coldplay (Fairytale Of New York) O2 Dublin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqCHQ5VITLc)
Aww that was wonderful!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

[melanieau]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

:dance:

Great find, Mich :D

[kmurph]

Just about that slightly bitter State review, there were press photographers at the side of the left hand catwalk from just before the show started and for the first 3 or 4 songs.

Obviously State offended someone in Coldplay's PR department.

[Tinttis]

:dance:

YouTube - Coldplay (Fairytale Of New York) O2 Dublin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqCHQ5VITLc)

Sweet Video... And Chris' ass looks so big :P

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

HOLY SHIT, THAT WAS PHENOMENAL.

I was meant to be in the flat seats in Block G, an area which looked like it had been put together at the last minute. A few minutes before the High Wire come on, I say to my cousin, "Man, these aren't great seats. I have a plan."

Two minutes later we're in amongst the majority of the still-empty flat seats, dead centre, seven rows back from the stage.

So The High Wire come on. I have their album by now (picked it up at the merch stall - a snip at €7), and am impressed by them. They remind me of early Puressence.

15 mins after The High Wire go off, Jon Hopkins comes on, aka One Man, His Macs, And A Massive Screen. I recognised a few of his songs - from his third album, called Insides, due out in March. The massive screen, meanwhile, was showing the weirdest animated film I have EVER seen. For half an hour, everyone's talking amongst themselves. Then, as the credits roll, the applause starts. He got an amazingly good reception from us down at the front, even though for most of his set we were like "WTF?"

He then goes back to DJing as equipment checks get underway. The place is buzzing now, and we are on tenterhooks for 20 minutes. Then a familiar classical piece comes on. I'm like, "Yup, that's it."

The lights go down, and the Jon Hopkins sample at the beginning of Life In Technicolour begins to play. The crowd just erupts, and I have butterflies in my stomach at this point - the ohfuckmethisisgoingtobeamazing kind. I get told to sit down by some random woman who chose not to get to her feet. She's changed her mind by the time Violet Hill starts though, standing up, as we all are, our seats forgotten.

Yellow was a partcular highlight, what with balloons and confetti and whatnot. I get an elbow in the mouth from the guy sitting next to me, trying hard to catch one of those balloons. That was fun.

42 and Fix You get astonishingly good receptions. Then suddenly we're all clapping as the opening notes of Strawberry Swing are played. I'm like, oh, fuck yes. This was always going to be the highlight of my night, and it was astonishing. Such a good live song.

Then off they go the b-stage, where they play a techno version of God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, segueing it into Talk. That went down quite well, and I videoed the whole thing. It turned out shit, though.

Chris is then left on his own at the piano. He plays the Hardest Part, which goes down really well, and I get a good pic of him. Postcards From Far Away follows, and it seems to me that not many people recognise it. I'm like "Have you lot not bought Prospekt's March?"

Nobody has ANY trouble recognising the next song though. Viva La Vida gets the best reception of the night. As the song ends, the audience keep singing the refrain, then Coldplay, the sneaky bastards, surprise us by launching into Lost! without any warning. I was wondering how it'd go down live. It was brilliant.

Off to the b-stage again then. Or so I think. They go past it. I ask my cousin where the fuck they're off to. Then I spot a stage. Hello, acoustic set.

Green Eyes gets a very good reception from me, as it had never been one of my favourites on A Rush Of Blood To The Head up until recently.

The lads then decide to get festive, with acoustic renditions of Jingle Bells, and - get this - Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues, which I cannot believe they pulled off, it was acetastic.

That Viva La Vida remix plays over the PA. I'm like, oooh, encore coming.

Politik was immense. I loved the lighting, and got a video of Jonny doing his thing near the end of the song.

Lovers In Japan? It was all about the butterfly confetti. I got around 100 pieces. My cousin got 400, which I suppose is well possible when your jumper has pockets. The video for this song was, erm, interesting.

Death And All His Friends is next. I overhear some randomer near me saying, "What song's this?". I laugh. As the song explodes into life, a VIVA banner unfurls itself at the back of the stage. The guys take a bow, and I see some of the roadies taking away a few props. Everyone else has got the right idea though, and we start making serious noise.

Cue a second encore of The Scientist and another Prospekt's March Track, Life in Technicolor ii, which, again, most people fail to recognise. I could swear I was the only one in a group of 50 singing along.

The lights come back up, and people start to make their way out of the venue, as The Escapist plays over the PA. Once we're outside, I ask my cousin what he thought of the gig. He replied, "It was epic."

What an awesome show.

It was, indeed, such a perfect day.

[Mimixxx]

Great review :D Thanks.

[but a dream]

Glad you had an awesome time at the concert :D
Politik was immense. I loved the lighting, and got a video of Jonny doing his thing near the end of the song.
Could you share please??? :dance:

[melanieau]

Is this up yet? Blurry but you get the idea :D

YouTube - Coldplay - Lovers in Japan live in the 02 Dublin

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

Ah, I'm getting confused about the vids I got - I didn't get one of Jonny doing his thing, sorry.

Some random pics that came out reasonably well are on their way, including one of Chris doing his thing at the piano, and some shots of The High Wire.

[busybeeburns]

great review! :D

[but a dream]

Ah, I'm getting confused about the vids I got - I definitely got one of Jonny doing his thing, but it wasn't during Politik - I got the build up of that song instead. I'll go check.

P.S. Yes, camera phone, so the audio quality will be shit.
Awww it's alright!!! :dance: Can't wait :D

[but a dream]

Is this up yet? Blurry but you get the idea :D

YouTube - Coldplay - Lovers in Japan live in the 02 Dublin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ9JYU5VLis)
:laugh3:

Poor Jonny!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

How does he do it? He gets manhandled (:sneaky:) by Chris onstage yet he still manages to play his guitar???

[melanieau]

:laugh3:

Poor Jonny!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

How does he do it? He gets manhandled (:sneaky:) by Chris onstage yet he still manages to play his guitar???


The awesomeness that is Jonny Buckland:D

[but a dream]

The awesomeness that is Jonny Buckland:D
*doffs cap in respect*

:heart:

[svenky]

set list please =) ??

[melanieau]

set list please =) ??

http://coldplaying.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5540

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

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 (Piano)
Postcards From Far Away

Viva La Vida
Lost!

Green Eyes (acoustic)
Jingle Bells (acoustic)
Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues cover - acoustic, Will singing)

(Viva La Vida Remix)
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends

The Scientist
Life in Technicolor ii
(The Escapist)

For the lazy ones among you. :P

[Timothy Q. Mouse]

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Pics galore!!! :D

[busybeeburns]

YouTube - Coldplay - Lost! At the 02 Arena Dublin

YouTube - Coldplay- Yellow

YouTube - Coldplay - Fix You Live at the 02 Dublin

YouTube - Coldplay - 42 Live at the 02 Dublin

[bohs man]

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 (Piano)
Postcards From Far Away

Viva La Vida
Lost!

Green Eyes (acoustic)
Jingle Bells (acoustic)
Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues cover - acoustic, Will singing)

(Viva La Vida Remix)
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends

The Scientist
Life in Technicolor ii
(The Escapist)

For the lazy ones among you. :P

AND Politik before Lovers In Japan ;) and that concludes the same setlist for the 22nd also.

[CookyMnstr]

:dance:

YouTube - Coldplay (Fairytale Of New York) O2 Dublin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqCHQ5VITLc)

SSSSSSQQQQQQQQQQQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:WILLLLLL L:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

:D

[clionad89]

Wow, thanks for putting my videos in! ;)

I recently added Clocks and Death and All his Friends if you want to use them too.

I also have the Scientist and back for good in the same video.

Plus I just uploaded 30 seconds of the piano from 'Postcards from far away', which is just wow.

http://youtube.com/smileitssunday89

Coldplay were absolutely AMAZING. ^_^

[Mimixxx]

The members of Coldplay arriving at Lillies Bordello
Dublin, Ireland - 21.12.08

http://photo.wenn.com/get_preview.php?id=3867040
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[Carlaatje]

The members of Coldplay arriving at Lillies Bordello
Dublin, Ireland - 21.12.08

http://photo.wenn.com/get_preview.php?id=3867038


is that Guy and Phil? :stunned:

i it me? doesn't seem like Guy? :confused:

edit: I'd say they all had 2 for 1 deals on coats: Jonny and Will, Guy and Phil :P

[Cobalt]

One in the cap is Will you goose :P

Yes and I think that's Phil on the side

[Carlaatje]

no you duck will is in the black coat in the first pic! :P

[Cobalt]

Well that can't be Guy it doesn't look like him. Looks more like Will's jawline than Guy's.

Perhaps it's a look-a-like :P

[Carlaatje]

it's a mystery! they photographed each band member seperatly, so are they just idiots and took a pic of the wrong person?

the beard seems to blond/reddish to be Guy's butthe shape seems the same, and the posture seems to fit :thinking: complicated

[bello-lo]

If that's Phil he looks like the chef James Martin in that pic :thinking:

[Larry]

The members of Coldplay arriving at Lillies Bordello
Dublin, Ireland - 21.12.08

http://photo.wenn.com/get_preview.php?id=3867040
http://photo.wenn.com/get_preview.php?id=3867038
http://photo.wenn.com/get_preview.php?id=3867039
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http://photo.wenn.com/get_preview.php?id=3867042

Did you post any pictures? For some unknown reason I'm not able to see them... :confused:

Merry Christmas to everyone! :D

Edit: Ah now the pics are working again! :D

[Denise]

I knew they were there, lots of paparazzi outside and I saw Miller and Matt going inside, we were just out of Mc Donald's waiting for a friend :D

Review and pics coming after Christmas

[Denise]

Ok so let's starts with the first review.

I had the flight to Dublin at 10.10 in the morning but I just put my foot inside the departure hall when I realised it had been delayed..well, that's a good start I thought, but at least there was no fog so the flight was not risking to be cancelled (which is not that uncommon).
We arrived in Dublin one hour later than scheduled, welcome by the typical irish weather: grey clouds, wind and a bit of rain, not the best to wait outside the venue :laugh3: :laugh3:

Anyway, we took a bus to the city center, tryig to find our flat then met with another friend who was coming with another flight from Milan, left the luggage and we were ready to head to the O2 Arena. We arrived there a bit "late", around 4.30pm, and took a look around to understand where our entrances were (I had entrance 3, she had entrance 1) and where the band could arrive. It was still raining, but it was not too cold, we didn't want to walk back to the center so we waited outside on a bench on the other side of the street, saw a few vans and cars going inside but the security told us they were already in :(

At 6.30 people started to get in the queue, we waited for our other two friends to arrive and decided we were to meet somewhere inside. Organisation at the O2 was perfect :)
Once inside I found where the Oxfam stall was and look who's there...Pete :nice:, I introduced myself and told him he's really famous here at coldplaying, but he was talking with a girl from Oxfam so I didn't bother him any longer and went around the venue to take a look also at the merchandise.
But we were super excited to find out where our seats were, so we walked in and realised row 5 was not really the fifth row, but the first on the rail, right in front of the b-stage :D

Here's some pics of the O2 outside and inside

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And already waiting for next year :P
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[Chavi]

Annnnd, she's finally back with a review :dance: :P



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it looks a bit like Lyon's venue :thinking:

[Denise]

Uhm I could review all the three gigs via PM just for you Chavi, you seem the only one interested :P

[Chavi]

that's what you get for waiting so long ! :P jk
but yeah I'd love it :D it's been five days since the first gig you attended, I'm dying to know about Crests of Waves and everything else !! :dead:

[Denise]

But I came back home only two days ago :disappointed:...I guess everyone is still partying, eating and drinking for Xmas :lol:

back on the review

The High Wire came on stage short after, and must say I really enjoyed them...opposite reaction for Jon Hopkins, but I already saw him in Barcelona so I knew what to expect and warned the others about his kind of music and imagery :lol:

The stage had a strange set up, it didn't occupy the whole length of the arena, so on the two sides you could see all the instruments cases and roadies going back and forth, and I spied Miller with a light on his head like the ones used by miners :laugh3:
On to the show, Jay-Z's song was played, The Blue Danube and then lights off..they came out with sparklers, a surprise for me as I hadn't followed the previous UK shows reviews since I didn't want spoilers.
Life in Technicolor is perfect as usual as intro, then when Violet Hill kicked in people started standing up (I was already, I can't help it), though most of the arena was still stead, only when Chris told there was no need to stay seated everyone raised up ad were totally into it.
Loving lasers during Clocks, it's always great to listen and sing along to, then In my place, which I didn't remember was so early in the setlist..not much ramp of love action tough :)

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[Chavi]

Haha about Jon Hopkins :lol: had the same reaction.. first time, I stayed and 'listened' to his whole set.. second time I ran outside :laugh3:

I hate it when Chris has to make that kind of comments about people who should stand up :confused: he shouldnt have to !

:dance: next part please !

[Carlaatje]

Loving the review so far denise :dance:

[Denise]

I must say Jon's images are quite intriguing though, I mean you stay there staring at the screen as if on an acid trip..or what I always tought and acid trip would look like :laugh3: :laugh3:

Ok then, Speed of Sound...magic balls in action :lol:

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Then lights on and Chirs starts talking, making a challenge between Jonny and Guy and who between men and women could scream louder for each of them before playing Yellow, which I have on video but I can't seem to be able to copy it from the camera to my pc :angry: But it was absolutely great, I'm so glad the yellow ballons are back, more than ever

Well you know the setlist, it was time for Chinese Sleep Chant, 42 and Fix You (sung by the audience from beginning to end)

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then Strawberry Swing, which I love especially for the "it's such a perfect day verse", it just suits so well when you go to a Coldplay gig :nice: it was great that everyone startes clapping before they were hinted to do so

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And time for the B-stage :dance:
I must say I've never been a big fan of the new God put a smile and Talk dance versions, but I learnt to get used to it..though I would never complain should they decide to play them the classic way.
Since they were so close we took out our Italian flag (which I doubt they recognised since it was a bit dark and it's not so different from the irish one :laugh3:) and , of course, the CoW banner, which Guy saw but I didn't get the meaning of his look, or it was just a sign of approvation, I'm not sure..well, I thought, at least he saw it :lol:

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Chris on piano for The Hardest Part, really loving this version, it made me appreciate it more..straight to Postcards from Far Away

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[Denise]

Hey Carla, how are you? hope you enjoyed Xmas :nice:

[Chavi]

Evil pc and camera !! let her copy ! :angry:

[coldpatrix]

Very good Denise!
A great review so far...

[Carlaatje]

^^ I never get Guy's look when he notices something.. I think it's mostely embarresment :lol:

Hey Carla, how are you? hope you enjoyed Xmas :nice:

I'm good :D
enjoying the lovely Xmas presents you;ve brought us :wideeyed:

what about you? did you catch up on sleep during the xmas days?

[Denise]

Yess I've slept a lot these past two days, the trip was great but a bit tiring, especially going back from Belfast to Dublin in the middle of the night, getting back to flat and find out an alarm going on that no one cared to stop, I woke up in the morning and it was still on :dozey:

and the presents are not over yet :D

[Denise]

And then it's time for what has become their hymn..Viva la Vida, funfuckingtastic, the audience went completely nuts, on the floor section people were dancing everywhere, and the tiers where trembling with everyone jumping, and at the end of song Chris sat down to watch us singing

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Lost! as always is way better live..and I'm actually curious to see if they're playing the + version at Wembley :P
Then they run up straight to the C-stage where as you may know, after playing Green Eyes and Jingle Bells, Will sang Fairytale of New York, which as I already said was amazing, I was only sad I didn't know the words, because I guess there was really no one in the venue who was not singing along. Again I have this on video but it refuses to work on my pc :bigcry:

Funny thing: it was named Farewell to New York on the setlist :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

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During Viva la Vida remix people sang along the chorus till they came out again on the main stage to play a great three-songs set: Politik, which is my favourite song ever by them :heart:, Lovers in Japan, which is climbing up my Coldplay top ten list (once again all the butterflies were incredible) and Death and All His Friends

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and it was goodbye

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but not before playing The Scientist, which I'm glad they started playing again as it needs to be, full band not acoustic, and Life in Technicolor II :nice:

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And that's the end of the first review...when we went outside we spied inside the gates but no vans were to be seen, tough after a while one stopped outside and I saw Bash and Hoppy get inside.
We headed to the city center because my friends wanted to find a place to eat something, and while some of them were inside me and another were outside because we saw some paparazzi outside Lillie's Bordello, and since every band goes there when they play in Dublin, maybe we could see Coldplay as well, but they were prolly already inside and just saw some roadies and random people entering. We also took a stroll around their hotel which one of the security guy at the O2 gave the name of to some random girls...and tried to lie to me when I asked if he had just told them the name :angry:
We saw one van arriving, again with some roadies and maybe Will, at least that's whom my friend believes to have seen..I didn't :P
anyway, right on the back I saw this sign, and I needed to take a pic :lol:

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and this is the lovely Grafton Street with Xmas decorations :nice:

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[Chavi]

:dance: I can feel a GREAT end for that night !! :dance: come on :P

[Denise]

No happy ending for the night :disappointed:
They were still partying at Lillie's when we left (around 1.15 am, that's the deadline I gave to my friend), I didn't feel like staying there with the paparazzi and I wanted to take a sleep and be ready for the day after :D

[Chavi]

Oh I thought you met Chris on THAT night ... thought that's what Patrizio said in the other thread. anyway, I guess I will find out later tomorrow, hopefully when I wake up in the morning :D thanks for the reviews ! :nice:

[Carlaatje]

well still AWESOME stalking... you were right about them being inside :D

[Denise]

Just a few pics of the c-stage that my friend took, they are amazing :nice:

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[Carlaatje]

OMG they ARE amazing *drool*

[bohs man]

I've put together a collection of some recordings from both nights in Dublin (although its mostly 21st) and put them in a rar. At present I'm missing, Speed Of Sound, Chinese Sleep Chant, GPASUYF/Talk, Politik and Life In Technicolor II. The rest is pretty much full versions of most songs. I have each song labelled with their date too. I guess its the best thats available at the moment until a proper bootleg emerges hopefully!!

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[Denise]

More vids from my friend :)

YouTube - Coldplay - God Put a Smile Upon Your Face + Talk - O2 Dublin 21.12.2008

YouTube - Coldplay - The Hardest Part - O2 Dublin 21.12.2008

YouTube - Coldplay - Politik - O2 Dublin 21.12.2008

YouTube - Coldplay - Lovers in Japan - O2 Dublin 21.12.2008

and this (http://www.youtube.com/mlkluke) is his youtube account for other bits of songs

[ethernet]

Fantastic gig. Very well organised as well in terms of buses running to the venue. Here are a few more snaps (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=13041&l=d9388&id=1031939104). Excuse the bad quality -- didn't bring my camera as I innocently thought it would be a no-no so used phone. So much for being searched. Kicking myself now.


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This was unexpected. Was in B block.

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[Macintosh]

It seems that DAAHF version (leftrightleftrightleft) exactly from this show..

[bohs man]

It seems that DAAHF version (leftrightleftrightleft) exactly from this show..

Unfortunately I don't think it is

YouTube - Death and All His Friends - Coldplay Live in the 02 Dublin