12-Feb-2009: Tokyo, Saitama Super Arena - Tickets, Previews, Reviews

[Jenjie]

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

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

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

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Photos

Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Tokyo. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1651

Fan Reviews

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/12_February_2009:_Tokyo%2C_Saitama_Super_Arena

Setlist & Videos


1. Life In Technicolor

2. Violet Hill

3. Clocks

4. In My Place

YouTube - Coldplay In My Place (Saitama Super Areana 2009 2.12)

5. Speed Of Sound

6. Yellow

YouTube - Yellow

YouTube - Coldplay Yellow (Saitama Super Areana 2009 2.12)

7. Chinese Sleep Chant

8. 42

9. Fix You

YouTube - COLDPLAY live in Japan : Fix You

10. Strawberry Swing

11. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (partial techno remix)

12. Talk (partial techno remix)

13. The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)

14. Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo piano)

15. Viva La Vida

YouTube - COLDPLAY live in Japan 2009 : Viva La Vida~Lost

16. Lost!

17. Green Eyes (acoustic)

YouTube - COLDPLAY live in Japan 2009 : Green Eyes

YouTube - coldplay in VIVA TOKYO : 11 [20090212]


18. I'm A Believer (acoustic) - Neil Diamond cover

YouTube - coldplay in VIVA TOKYO : 13 [20090212]

19. Viva La Vida (remix interlude)

First Encore

20. Politik

21. Lovers In Japan

YouTube - Coldplay Lovers In Japan (Saitama Super Areana 2009 2.12)

YouTube - Lovers In Japan/ Reign Of Love ~ Death And All His Friends

22. Death And All His Friends

Second Encore

23. The Scientist

YouTube - coldplay in VIVA TOKYO : 16 [20090212]

24. Life In Technicolor ii

YouTube - Coldplay - Life in Technicolor ii (Live at Saitama, Tokyo, Japan, Mtv World Stage) HD

[stonedewok]

hey i'm a newbie to this forum!

I will be in tokyo on feb 12 and i'm DYING to get tickets to this concert...
is there any way to buy tix from Australia???

i'd appreciate any help i can get!

cheers

[jr!]

First POST!

Anyone knows how to buy tickets for the Tokyo show?

I found the link below BUT

I do not know Japanese :(



http://www.creativeman.co.jp/ticket/coldplay_online.html

[ling333]

http://www.creativeman.co.jp/2009/coldplay/index.html

You can purchase the tickie from now on.

My Japanese is very poor. But you can use http://honyaku.yahoo.co.jp/ to translate the web page into English.

1. English --> Japanese
2. Japanese --> English
3. Chinese --> Japanese
4. ....

[Jenjie]

The time in Tokyo is now:

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anyone manage to get tickets?

[busybeeburns]

me!

[Jenjie]

me!

shouldn't you be at the airport by now then? :P

[Tonsu]

Anyone go?

[Mimixxx]

Bump. Nothing? :(

[WarningGuy]

omg, 5 a clock in the morning and no informations???:o


Edit: YouTube - coldplay in VIVA TOKYO : 13 [20090212]

they must have perform "I´m a believer"

[roche714]

There are videos on Youtube of the concert

[svenky]

YouTube - Coldplay In My Place (Saitama Super Areana 2009 2.12)

[kit42]

the audio on that one is amazing.

[yumi]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e348/kijitorabon/Coldplay/10140397708.jpg

Setlist
almost same as 11th
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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
Postcards From Far Away
Viva La Vida
Lost!
Green Eyes
Ｉ am a believer
Viva La Vida remix
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Politik
Gnossienne(Erik Satie)
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
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The Scientist
Life in Technicolor ii
The Escapist

[yumi]

LIJ
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e348/kijitorabon/Coldplay/IMG_0722.jpg
Chris was so lovely :)




http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e348/kijitorabon/Coldplay/10140481143.jpg

[busybeeburns]

thanks! :D

[WarningGuy]

no death will never conquer??

[busybeeburns]

maybe they replaced it? :confused:

[Lore]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3277250064_0d8afd3b9f.jpg


http://flickr.com/photos/sakulavory/3277250064/sizes/o/

[Jenjie]

Coldplay in concert


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One of the many privileges of living in Tokyo is the opportunity to see great bands in concert. I haven't attended big concerts for quite a while; the main reason being living literally in the middle of nowhere for the past seven years. So you can imagine my excitement when I heard several months ago that Coldplay—one of my favorite bands—was coming to Tokyo and that some people I know were planning to get tickets. I have been following Coldplay since their very first album "Parachutes", which is by the way still my favorite one, and I have enjoyed every album ever since. But, for some reason, I never got the chance to see them live; mainly because I didn't know anybody crazy enough—or fan enough—to drive several hours to reach the nearest city where they would play.



The above photo was taken during the song "Lovers in Japan" (from their latest album) and, as you can guess from the title, they went all in to please the Japanese audience. The most memorable moment was the surprising explosion of thousands of butterfly-shaped bright papers that fell on us. It's my favorite picture because I think it captures well the excitement we all felt then.



I have to admit that I was slightly surprised by the response from the Japanese audience. This is my first concert in Japan, so I did not expect to see such a calm public. Whereas in Western countries you are likely to be smashed by the crowd if you bravely decide to stand very close to the stage, here it's quite more civilized and less violent. Sure, there was a rush towards the front when Chris Martin first appeared on stage, but that was the only time I had to struggle to keep up with the crowd. It seems Japanese people are not so effusive when it comes to concerts—or anything else actually. While waiting for the concert to start, the environment was quite calm, only disturbed a few times by some shouts probably coming from other impatient foreigners in the arena. The emotion was not quite there during the songs either as I sometimes felt we were the only ones jumping and singing in the crowd. Personally, I prefer to attend concerts surrounded by excited fans; my best concert memories often involve very enthusiastic crowds. This experience, however, is only my first one in Japan, and I shouldn't generalize before attending more concerts. Who knows, I might get surprised next time... or just smashed against the front fence!

I should mention that the advantage of such a nice crowd is how close we could get to the stage.

http://unpetitblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/dsc05878jpg.html

[Carlaatje]

maybe they replaced it? :confused:

with I'm a believer :nice:

[busybeeburns]

I know Japan is the photography capital of the world but take a look at these :o

Full album at http://www.flickr.com/photos/30876162@N07/

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1651/medium/182ev19_1.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1651/medium/182ev26_1.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1651/medium/182ev25_1.jpg

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http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1651/medium/182ev13_1.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1651/medium/182ev11_1.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1651/medium/182ev21_1.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1651/medium/182ev20_1.jpg

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[Tonsu]

Great photos! I always remember when a life-sized chocolate David Beckham was unveiled in Tokyo (Shibuya I think it was). You've never seen so many mobile phone cameras all fighting for space!

Thanks a lot for the review Jenjie :) Though I wondered when the first one by a foreigner would pop up criticising the Japanese crowds :\ In my experience they're great when a band have a fanatical follwing (as Coldplay do). They're less aggressive and rude than English crowds that's for sure, I know which country I'd rather be standing near the front in!

At the same time I've watched all the vids and the crowd on the floor were going nuts from what I could see :dance: I suggest if the writer wasn't impressed by the energy he never sees the band in London :laugh3:

[Gya]

It must be awesome in Japan. For us Europeans ist must be so exotic... I mean just look at Chris... he looks like a giant tub of ice-cream with a cute, little umbrealla on the top...

[Mimixxx]

LiJ and DAAHF:

YouTube - Lovers In Japan/ Reign Of Love ~ Death And All His Friends

Yellow:

YouTube - Yellow

Fix You:

YouTube - COLDPLAY live in Japan : Fix You

[janis]

does anybody has an audio of 'im a believer'? cause i want to put it on my telephone as a ring! :p
YouTube - Coldplay - I'm A Believer (The Monkies) - Saitama 2.12.2009

[Jenjie]

YouTube - Coldplay - Life in Technicolor ii (Live at Saitama, Tokyo, Japan, Mtv World Stage) HD

MTV World Stage version of LITii - looks like tomorrow's concert on MTV will be awesome

[Jenjie]

1st post updated. some new vids :D

[Ahlem]

No, stop! don't talk!

ENJOY!!!



YouTube - Coldplay Mtv World Stage Part 1/5

YouTube - Coldplay Mtv World Stage Part 2/5

YouTube - Coldplay Mtv World Stage Part 3/5

YouTube - Coldplay Mtv World Stage Part 4/5

YouTube - Coldplay Mtv World Stage Part 5/5

[kaybeee]

wow that was amazing

Thanks

[twistedCLOCKS]

this should be the tour dvd!

[Ahlem]

you're welcome :nice:
of course it should be the tour dvd

the combination of talk and god put a smile upon your face is amazing!!


i wish that the Paris gig will be like this one or eve n the half is enough :Tongue3: