4-Sep-2009: Estadi Olimpic, Barcelona - Tickets, Previews, Meetups, Reviews/Previews

[busybeeburns]

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1187/coldplayingdotcom.png http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1187/wikicoldplay1.png

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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http://coldplay.com/graphics/newsthumbs/acrowdthumb.jpgSpanish and Italian dates announced
December 12, 2008 10:01 am
Shows in Barcelona and Udine

http://coldplay.com/graphics/news_line.png
Good morning. Yes, we have another two big outdoor shows to announce for next summer. On Monday 31st August 2009, Coldplay will be playing at the Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy. A few days later, on Friday 4th September, they'll roll into Barcelona, Spain to play at the Estadi Olimpic. Tickets for the Udine show will be available on Tuesday (Dec 16th) from ticketone.it (http://www.ticketone.it/newsComplete.jsp?idCat=540&cdNews=191799), while the Barcelona show will be onsale from Wednesday (Dec 17th) from livenation.es (http://www.livenation.es/).

Anchorman

Setlist:

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

Photos:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1720

Wiki Reviews:

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/4_September_2009:_Estadi_Olimpic%2C_Barcelona%2C_S pain (http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/27_August_2009:_LTU_Arena%2C_Dusseldorf%2C_Germany )

Videos:

Life In Technicolor

YouTube - Coldplay - Life In Technicolor.Barcelona 4/9/09

YouTube - COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 09 - Lit + Violet Hill - (04-09-09)

Violet Hill

YouTube - COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 09 - Lit + Violet Hill - (04-09-09)

Clocks

YouTube - coldplay - clocks.Barcelona (4/9/09)

In My Place

YouTube - Concert Barcelona Coldplay - In my place

YouTube - Coldplay in my place

Yellow

YouTube - COLDPLAY - Yellow (HD), Barcelona 04.09.2009

Glass Of Water

YouTube - P1010488

Cemeteries Of London

YouTube - COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 09 - Cemeteries of London (04-09-09)

42

Fix You

YouTube - COLDPLAY 04/09/09 BARCELONA - You can see Gwyneth Paltrow + Apple!AMAZING (Estadi Olimpic)

YouTube - COLDPLAY - Fix You (HD), Barcelona 04.09.2009

Strawberry Swing

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)

Talk (techno version)

The Hardest Part (Chris piano)

YouTube - Coldplay.Barcelona (4/9/09)

YouTube - COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 09 - The hardest part (04-09-09)

Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)

YouTube - COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 09 - The hardest part (04-09-09)

Viva La Vida

YouTube - COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida (HD), Barcelona 04.09.2009

YouTube - Coldplay - Viva la Vida (Barcelona 04/09/09)

Lost!

YouTube - COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 09 - Lost (04-09-09)

Green Eyes (Acoustic, sung by Chris)

YouTube - Coldplay is coming to the other stage!

Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic, sung by Will)

Billie Jean

YouTube - Coldplay - Billie Jean (cover)

YouTube - Coldplay-Billy Jean Live in Barcelona 9/4/09

Viva La Vida (remix interlude)

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Politik

YouTube - COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 09 - Politik (04-09-09)

Lovers In Japan

YouTube - COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 09 - Lovers in Japan (04-09-09)

YouTube - COLDPLAY - Lovers in Japan (HD), Barcelona 04.09.2009

Death And All His Friends

YouTube - COLDPLAY - Death and All His Friends (HD), Barcelona 04.09.2009

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The Scientist

YouTube - COLDPLAY - The Scientist (HD), Barcelona 04.09.2009

YouTube - The Scientist - Coldplay Barcelona 2009

Life in Technicolor ii

YouTube - COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 09 - Lit 2 (04-09-09)

YouTube - COLDPLAY - Life in Technicolor II (HD), Barcelona 04.09.2009

The Escapist (outro)

[ColdplayerMálaga]

http://www.tv3.cat/videos/892249/Lidilli-de-Coldplay-amb-Barcelona


In this video you can hear how a journalist affirms Coldplay are going to gig the olimpic stadium of Barcelona on September the 4th 2009.

Tickets out to selling on dec 17th 2009


YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY


:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Lost!]

MY GOOOOOOD IM OUT OF MYSELF RIGHT NOOOOOOOOW :dance::dance::dance::dance::dizzy2:

PS: if you wait till this crazyness is over i can translate it for you all :kiss: (it is in catalan)

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

OMFG.

Joder :o

quiero ir, quiero ir, quiero ir, quiero ir.

... a rush of coldplay next september :dance:

*jumps all over the house*

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

por cierto lo han añadido a su lastfm.

:o :o

*goes hysterical through all her home*

http://www.lastfm.es/music/Coldplay/+events

[Carla]

I'm so Jealous!!! Can I move in with you Fer??? :lol::lol:

[Daylight Shadows]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss!!!! :dance::dance::dance::dance:

I've just seen it in the Tv3 web, it will be fucking amazing!!!!
Joder, i a l'Estadi Olimpic!! :bomb:

[Lost!]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss!!!! :dance::dance::dance::dance:

I've just seen it in the Tv3 web, it will be fucking amazing!!!!
Joder, i a l'Estadi Olimpic!! :bomb:

siiiiiiiiii quina il·lusiooooo!!!!!!!!!!! :love:

[ColdplayerMálaga]

Joder estoy flipandolooooooooooooo

OMFG IM JUST JUMPING FROM BED TO PC SEAT! lol


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

This is an orgasm

Barcelona 4th
Wembley 18th
Wembley 19th

3SHOWS ON 2 WEEEEEEEEEEEKS!

[annacoldplay]

Ostia.. quina pasada!!!!!!!! i a l'Estadi de Montjuïc.. això no m'hu puc perdre!!!!!!!!!

That's amazing.. I' m so happy!! yeahh we will see Coldplay again!!!!!!!

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot believe it yet...

[rush]

ok *trying to be calm* i think im gonna buy tics for this one too AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :D

[blue_girl]

:shocked2: so close from here

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

@ Rush & Blue Girl: :dance: :wacky: yay come here too, :dance:

(i hope i'll can go to Barcelona's too :smug2: )

[rush]

@ ari i will try :D

[ColdplayerMálaga]

Portugal's your time to come!

[marianatsl]

OmG!
If they go to Barça in the beginning of september, I'll definitely be there!!!
weeeeeeeeeeeeee
:dance:

[blue_girl]

Portugal's your time to come!

:lol: i wish ! but at same time i dont want them to come here next year :lol: or i dont know how to manage London trip :S

[coldpatrix]

Confirmed on Last.fm

[Daylight Shadows]

OmG!
If they go to Barça in the beginning of september, I'll definitely be there!!!
weeeeeeeeeeeeee
:dance:
Barça is not a place, is a football team!
By the way, it's one of the best teams, or maybe just the best :cool:

[rush]

:lol: blue me too. what would i say to hubby?

[Evori]

Great!
I saw it on Tv3... but there's nothing about it on the official web site yet... so, are we completely sure this is gonna happen?
And how much? Because I have this feeling that tickets are going to be expensive... more than
50€, as in last gig...
Anyway, I'm so happy!!!

[Chavi]

Spanish and Italian dates announced
December 12, 2008 10:01 am
Shows in Barcelona and Udine
http://coldplay.com/graphics/news_line.png
Good morning. Yes, we have another two big outdoor shows to announce for next summer. On Monday 31st August 2009, Coldplay will be playing at the Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy. A few days later, on Friday 4th September, they'll roll into Barcelona, Spain to play at the Estadi Olimpic. Tickets for the Udine show will be available on Tuesday (Dec 16th) from ticketone.it (http://www.ticketone.it/newsComplete.jsp?idCat=540&cdNews=191799), while the Barcelona show will be onsale from Wednesday (Dec 17th) from livenation.es (http://www.livenation.es/).

Anchorman

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:dance: yay for Spain and Italy !

[layla1978]

no m'ho puc creureeeeeee!!!un altre cop a Barcelona!3 cops en un any!!! ja tinc ganes que sigui dimecres!
i can't believeeeee it! Barcelona again! Three times in a a year! I'm expecting for wednesday!we're so lucky! good present for christmas yeah!

[layla1978]

no m'ho puc creureeeeeee:o!!!un altre cop a Barcelona!3 cops en una mateixa gira!!! ja tinc ganes que sigui dimecres!
i can't believeeeee it! Barcelona again! Three times in the same tour I'm expecting for wednesday!we're so lucky! good present for christmas yeah!
Thank you Coldplay!!!

[mygdalom]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :):):):):)
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH :):):):):)
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH :):):):D:D:D:D:D
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH :D:D:D:D:D:laugh3::laugh3::laugh3::laugh3::laugh3: :laugh3:

YEEEEEEEEEEEEPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!

no m'ho puc creure, acabava de fer-li una pregunta a l'Oracle sobre això!!!!!!!
I can't believe it, I just asked the Oracle about this!!!!!!!


I'm soooooo happy!!!!!!!

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[mygdalom]

OMFG.

Joder :o

quiero ir, quiero ir, quiero ir, quiero ir.

... a rush of coldplay next september :dance:

*jumps all over the house*



y yo, y yo, y yo, y oy, y yo, y yo, y yo, y yo, y yo, y yo, y yo, y yo, y yo, y yo, y yo, y yo tambien

:D:D

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

@ Patrizio: it was listed on their Lastfm since Fernando said it (back like 4 days ago or so). :uhoh:

woho, they've announced it...

Evori i assume you must know better than most of us, what uses to be the cost of any event in that venue... :thinking: i've never been there. But surely it'll cost more than 50€ :\

@ Ian: thanks for creating the thread and made it more official as it was. ;)

[ColdplayerMálaga]

I gave the NEW like 4 days ago and no body believed me. It was shown on catalonian TV and yesterday was published on a national newspaper. "www.que.es"

Thanks to Busybeeburns to making official this thread.



ESPAÑOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEES QUE NOS VEMOS EN BARNA OTRA VEEEEEEEZ

Madre mia :|

@ Patrizio: it was listed on their Lastfm since Fernando said it (back like 4 days ago or so).

I'm Fernando :D. Thanks ariadnaaaa

[ColdplayerMálaga]

I've been exploring the webs and i didn't see anything about prizes yet.

I'll keep on work to let you all know the prize as soon as posible.

It's also good to remind that tickets will be available at EL CORTE INGLÉS and FNAC, SERVICAIXA and some others as the report of TV3 says.

[ColdplayerMálaga]

http://www.los40.com/articulo/noticias/Coldplay-regresa-Espana-septiembre/l40actn01/20081212l40l40not_1/Tes

http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/436198/0/coldplay/concierto/gira/

[layla1978]

In Spain the tickets are available in Servicaixa, ticktackticket, El Corte Inglés and the web livenation.es.
I call a friend who works in that and no haven't order yet for the prices.
thanks for the info Coldplayer Málaga

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

thanks for the info. :D layla and Fernando :nice:

so any idea about the ticket cost? :thinking:

Previous concert (at Palau Saint Jordi) cost me like 50 € (+7€ that the ElCorteInglés won :uhoh: )

so your guess about it, is that it'll be even more expensive or a bit cheaper?.

I fear them will be sold out soon, although the venue capacity is of 150000 people i think. :thinking:

the exact time when them will be on sale is 10am here, right? :thinking:

[ColdplayerMálaga]

Ariadna la capacidad total puede llegar como mucho mucho a los 60.000.

El precio, pues a mi para el sant jordi y el palacio de los deportes me pillarón en el Corte Inglés 51.25€ en total por cada una :D

Así que si las de Wembley han salido por unos 59€ en total. No creo que aquí en España, siendo el coste de la vida y todo en general más barato, las entradas más caras.

[mygdalom]

Las entradas para el 6 de septiembre pasado las compre desde servicaixa a través de servitiket... pero a al ir al cajero y pedir que me las imprimiera salieron como es normal en ese papel amarillo horrible.

Hay alguna manera de conseguir la entrada 'normal', la impresa con la promo del concierto?. Supongo que las compradas desde sitios web dedicados a la de venta de tickets, no? Cuando te las envían deben ser esas...

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[Evori]

I guess tickets will cost 60€... the venue, themselves, life and economy actually... :laugh3:

If you want the ticket with the tour picture you have to go to shops or I guess online, in Servicaixa the ticket for everything is the yellow one.

So you paid 57€ or 51€ in last gig only for buying tickets in Corte Ingles? :stunned: I paid 50€ in Servicaixa.

And do you know the time tickets will be available?

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

I guess tickets will cost 60€... the venue, themselves, life and economy actually... :laugh3:

If you want the ticket with the tour picture you have to go to shops or I guess online, in Servicaixa the ticket for everything is the yellow one.

So you paid 57€ or 51€ in last gig only for buying tickets in Corte Ingles? :stunned: I paid 50€ in Servicaixa.

And do you know the time tickets will be available?
same question.^^

mmm 60€ :o

mm ElCorteIngles don't give a picture ticket... i mean it just says: the event, the band, the venue, the date and your seat (in case the ticket is for seat).

and yes on El Corte Ingles cost me the same... but the good thing was that i got the ticket just when i bought it, instead as if i would had ordered it through any site. :)

[Evori]

I also got the ticket when I bought it.

For this kind of event, I just go to LaCaixa and buy the ticket because last two times they have come... same thing: in the first hours tickets gone quickly.

[ColdplayerMálaga]

Follow the next links and they will bring you to where see if coldplay's tickets for this show are already available.


Tickets will be available on the next shops or ways:

El corte inglés (the english cut :laugh3:):

http://www.elcorteingles.es/tiendas_e/cda/Entradas/Home/0,5192,ECI,FF.html?cm_re=cizq-_-entradas-_-entradas

Servicaixa, La Caixa Saving banks tickets service:

http://www.servicaixa.com/nws/jsp/session.jsp;jsessionid=JGcYNyyzQpC9yrs7jLgymFTtk7l 1ppvX63N2lSlN58wLFVwBX1V1!1980891940!32118867?cont rol=serviticket.sis.servlets.hSrvSubhome&loce=cas-home-agrupac-musica-1-poblamusica&codTipusEvent=6&idioma=CAS&CODIUSU=servicaixa

Halcón Viajes, one of the famous travelling helpers in Spain:

http://www.halconviajes.com/viajes_mp/servlet/espectaculos?metodo=buscarTipo&codtpt=CN&login=NEWHALCON

Livenation.es, a well known web around the earth and the one recomemded on the Coldplay's official web:

http://www.livenation.es/search/intermediateSearch/searchstring/coldplay/

Gamerco.com, another well known web in Spain for tickets:

http://www.gamerco.com/iguapop/index.cfm?fuseaction=gira&id_gira=473

Ticktackticket.com a Ticketmaster company in Spain:

http://www.ticktackticket.com/entradas/index.do?idPesta=MUS

Fnac, huge deparment stores in Europe:

www.fnac.es


Hope this helps you all.



Another point. Yesterday on the most important spanish newspaper they published this SHIT!

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/6773/84335969eu1.png (http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=84335969eu1.png)
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/84335969eu1.png/1/w450.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img70/84335969eu1.png/1/)

[Evori]

precios precios??

hoy la gente que está suscrita a la vanguardia puede comprar las entradas ya

[Leire]

va, komo el año pasado, yo tampoko podre ir, por las fechas.
le he pedido a mi hermano de regalo de reyes, entradas para wembley del 18, espero q se porte o me echo a llorar por 2 vez.

*nerviosa*

[layla1978]

tomorrow at 10:00h open lines/ways tu buy the tickets.
The prizes are divided in 5 areas of the stadium, based on visibility and seats.
area 1:96 €
area 2: 73'50€
area 3: 62'50€
area 4:57'00€
area 5:51'50€

[Evori]

lol oh my god now i have to decide if i want to see them properly or not

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

:clap: thanks for the info Layla :)

well i hope there will be tickets for next two weeks.. if not i won't be able to see them :\ I can't try to buy tickets earlier. :(

[akire_rk]

:s pero como estará distribuidos, con sillas para crear las areas o se refiere a lo q son los palcos :S??

[Evori]

el precio varia de...
zona pista
zona palco
zona grada cerca del escenario
zona grada más lejos del escenario
y etc pero no sé qué precio equivale a qué zona... pista supongo que es lo más barato 52€

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

akire ... me imagino que lo distrubuirán como en otros estadios, por ejemplo Wembley.
... según zona de palco... :thinking:

y supongo que habrá entra de pie, digo. :uhoh: lo vamos de la zona de "cesped", que supongo es la más cara.

de todos modos el del Palau se distribuyó de un modo similar.

[Evori]

la zona de pista suele ser más barata... siempre
lo más caro siempre es grada... depende que grada claro

[layla1978]

Hola!
Las entradas más baratas son las de pista/general, que es el césped. El resto son asientos
Supongo que pondran el escenario en el mismo sitio que The Rolling Stones, así que las más caras serán las de palco, las de segunda grada (al lado de palco)serán las de 73, las de primera las de 62 y las de 57 € la de laterales.
Consejo (por experiencia), si compráis asientos en lateral, mirad muy bien, porqué a veces cae un mastil que te corta la visión, y si os poneis detrás de la zona de prensa, al principio del concierto no vereis nada, porqué estás todos los cámaras de pie encima del asiento si hace falta, pero bueno, eso no es problema te tiras para adelante y ya está.
No sé si me he explicado muy bien, perdón por el rollo
Espero poder daros más noticias concretas mañana :rolleyes:
Suerte a los que vayamos!!!

[Daylight Shadows]

si compráis asientos en lateral, mirad muy bien, porqué a veces cae un mastil que te corta la visión
Esto aunque joda mucho no se sabe nunca lo que tendrás delante...
y ya veo que estas entradas son caras, bastante caras, però està clar que valdrà la pena :cool4:

[mygdalom]

:clap: thanks for the info Layla :)

well i hope there will be tickets for next two weeks.. if not i won't be able to see them :\ I can't try to buy tickets earlier. :(



Ari, quieres que te compre una? Y te la envio después? supongo que la querrás de suelo :). Dime argo pisha.

(Edit: perdón, queria decir: dirme argo xoxo)

probablemente al final la compre por servicaixa, aunque son feas, las puedo tener cuando quiera en casa y no tengo que pagar los gastos de envio (12 euretes por livenation...)

[mygdalom]

A mi la zona de pista me ha costado 50€ con impuestos incluidos.

(Ojo, que la de 45 igual es la de arriba del todo de las gradas, aunque he visto algunas de arriba del toto que valen 50 o mas según la localización ¿?)

[layla1978]

Ya las tengo!cerquita, cerquita:cry:
Creo que las que rondan entre 50-52€ son todas de pista por lo que he visto, lo que pasa es que según dónde las compres se quedan más de comisión, por eso varia un poco el precio.
Ahora mismo he mirado y quedan poquísimas en Servicaixa.

[Evori]

Menudo robo... Es lamentable el negocio de las entradas.
Yo no iba a comprarlas hoy, pero he ido a ver si realmente se vendían unas entradas tan caras... a las 11.45h he visto que sí:
de pista solo quedaban 44
de grada según qué zona, pero de 3 en una grada, a 128 en otra...
Las de 50 son de pista, de 52 a 97€ son las gradas... eso sí las que quedaban libre eran las de 73€ para arriba...
Yo seguía en mi erre de no comprar.
Luego he ido a varias páginas de entradas (compra y venta) y para mi sorpresa justo dos horas después ya estaban en la reventa a precios desorbitados cuando en principio aún quedaban en venta normal.
De pista se vendían a 80€ e incluso a 120€. Increible!
Así los que pierden son los artistas.

En fin, yo esperaré a que vengan a un sitio más pequeño y más íntimo... porque gastarme el dinero en una grada "algo barata" y tener que verlos a través de pantallas pues como que... paso.

[marianatsl]

I'm sorry but my it takes me way too long to read in spanish and i want to buy tickets for the concert.
which ones are the standing? It just has the prices and nothing about where each price is in the stadium.
can someone help me?

[Evori]

go here
https://www.servicaixa.com/nws/musica/barcelona/estadi_olimpic/coldplay/SeleccionEntradas;jsessionid=JJrcTGjqyNTnyLwJFznGD TqfysNXn7KWLgH4Y0nLTKL1c3vgmmXv!548979216!19015557 6?sesId=11851372&codSTK=CAS!E014EC02
first choose how many tickets
then the place where you want the tickets

[marianatsl]

thank you!!! :nice:

[Evori]

Acabo de ver que aún quedan de pista, pero entonces entiendo que destinadas online hay unas cuantas y en venta por servicaixa otras, porque a mi esta mañana me marcaban que quedaban 44 solo en pista :confused:
En fin, pero quedando aún de pista por 50€, hay gente que las compra en la reventa por 70 y 80€ :rolleyes:

[Evori]

thank you!!! :nice:
you're welcome, good luck!!

[ColdplayerMálaga]

I'm sorry but my it takes me way too long to read in spanish and i want to buy tickets for the concert.
which ones are the standing? It just has the prices and nothing about where each price is in the stadium.
can someone help me?

http://www.elcorteingles.es/entradas/programas/pedidofecha.asp?lstYear=2009&lstMes=09&lstDia=04

Also here :)

General Zone = General Pista*

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

Ari, quieres que te compre una? Y te la envio después? supongo que la querrás de suelo :). Dime argo pisha.

(Edit: perdón, queria decir: dirme argo xoxo)

probablemente al final la compre por servicaixa, aunque son feas, las puedo tener cuando quiera en casa y no tengo que pagar los gastos de envio (12 euretes por livenation...)
gracias por el ofrecimiento, pero como dije prefiero esperar dos semanas y si quedan comprarlas, aunque sé que las que queden entonces no serán muy buenas.

por si a final no pudiese ir o algo :confused:
(porque teniendo 9 meses por delante, a saber lo que estaré haciendo por esas fechas :uhoh: )

pero muchas gracias de todas formas mygdalom :hug:

felicidades por las tuyas. :nice:

[ColdplayerMálaga]

Hope you enjoy my tickets :D

Espero que os guste el pequeño montaje con las entradas ^^

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7738/entradasvivafondowb0.jpg (http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=entradasvivafondowb0.jpg)
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/entradasvivafondowb0.jpg/1/w615.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img131/entradasvivafondowb0.jpg/1/)

[mygdalom]

gracias por el ofrecimiento, pero como dije prefiero esperar dos semanas y si quedan comprarlas, aunque sé que las que queden entonces no serán muy buenas.

por si a final no pudiese ir o algo :confused:
(porque teniendo 9 meses por delante, a saber lo que estaré haciendo por esas fechas :uhoh: )

pero muchas gracias de todas formas mygdalom :hug:

felicidades por las tuyas. :nice:


dime-lo a mi que ando buscando crios. A ver si después de tanto tiempo intentándolo me voy a quedar embarazada ahora, HAH!!, que son 9 mesetes :laugh3:

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[Daylight Shadows]

Alguien ha provado de comprarlas por Live Nation? lo intenté varias veces y no funcionaba de ninguna manera, por el Servicaixa habían poquísimas, en cambio por TickTackTicket habían de buenas, por lo menos a primera hora.
En fin, al final me pude quedar unas buenas, caras, pero buenas :cool:

En cuánto a las de compra-venta, es bastante deprimente...

[layla1978]

Qué bonito el montaje! Y qué bonitas las entradas! Porqué lo que son las de El Corte Inglés ya sabes, blancas, impresas y a correr, ... ni logo ni ná, sólo escrito, pero buenoooooo valen igual!
Ahora a guardarlas bien!!!!
No he probado lo de Live Nation, cuando intente acceder a las 10:05 todo estaba bloqueado excepto El Corte Inglés, que también me han hecho pupita con el precio, pero estan en buen sitio. Al ver que cada vez que probaba iban "quedando menos" pensé: vale más pájaro en mano.
Respecto al tema reventa, indignante, como de costumbre, sobretodo porqué en teoría está vigilado tanto en internet como en las puertas de los recintos, y yo nunca,nunca he visto a nadia que lo haga, en cambio a reventas los que quieras, tanto por web como en los recintos.
Ups, perdón el rollo

[strawberryswinger]

a veure si puc agafar tickets!:)

[ZBYCH]

Dear Spanish friends,

I'm willing to visit the beautiful city of Barcelona to see Coldplay...
and I've visited the livenation.es, and caixa and 2 more sites with tickets,
and as far as I'm concerened I've 2 major problems if you would be so kind to help, I would really appreatiate it :)

1) LIVENATION.ES

it has a CRAP ticket sale programme... where you don't know what you are buying... 5-6 types of tickets but no map attached... so which ones are the ones for PISTA/PELOUSE or GA.... whatever you call it...

IT DOES HAVE A COURIER DISPATCH though... it cost a hefty 25E... ridicilous but ok... can someone identify those types?

2) OTHERS

There is a map, and you can choose PISTA... for 51,50e... but if I understand it well you can only collect those tickets in Barcelona with the same Credit Card that you used via internet...

so now, what if... in not too distant future U2 announcec tour... and f.e. plays on that day in my country... and I decide to go for U2.... instead of Spanish affair with Coldplay....

I will be unable to sell the Coldplay tickets.... coz I won't give anyone my credit card to collect them!!!! .... and I will lose my 100euro.... which is a lot of money...

HELP!
That spanish system is really hard.... I believe it's well anti-scalpers... but ANTI foreign fans also!!!

HELP HELP HELP!

[mygdalom]

I had the same problem with livenation :\ . I finally bought mines by servitiket, its very a good option if you live in Spain....

I've been searching in serviticket for some help, I think you can try to ask here... Customer Service Form (http://www.servicaixa.com/nws/servlet/serviticket.sis.servlets.hSrvBustiaNWS;jsessionid= JQGHQ2YTFGlf7wl0hJ5nnSrXrsvHxZ1CBJhP9TLqLYFk6QLnQT Gr!1208432009!NONE?codOperacio=PresentarBustia&idioma=ING&CODIUSU=servicaixa)

I wish I could help you more but its all I found



Dear Spanish friends,

I'm willing to visit the beautiful city of Barcelona to see Coldplay...
and I've visited the livenation.es, and caixa and 2 more sites with tickets,
and as far as I'm concerened I've 2 major problems if you would be so kind to help, I would really appreatiate it :)

1) LIVENATION.ES

it has a CRAP ticket sale programme... where you don't know what you are buying... 5-6 types of tickets but no map attached... so which ones are the ones for PISTA/PELOUSE or GA.... whatever you call it...

IT DOES HAVE A COURIER DISPATCH though... it cost a hefty 25E... ridicilous but ok... can someone identify those types?

2) OTHERS

There is a map, and you can choose PISTA... for 51,50e... but if I understand it well you can only collect those tickets in Barcelona with the same Credit Card that you used via internet...

so now, what if... in not too distant future U2 announcec tour... and f.e. plays on that day in my country... and I decide to go for U2.... instead of Spanish affair with Coldplay....

I will be unable to sell the Coldplay tickets.... coz I won't give anyone my credit card to collect them!!!! .... and I will lose my 100euro.... which is a lot of money...

HELP!
That spanish system is really hard.... I believe it's well anti-scalpers... but ANTI foreign fans also!!!

HELP HELP HELP!

[Daylight Shadows]

1) LIVENATION.ES

it has a CRAP ticket sale programme... where you don't know what you are buying... 5-6 types of tickets but no map attached... so which ones are the ones for PISTA/PELOUSE or GA.... whatever you call it...

IT DOES HAVE A COURIER DISPATCH though... it cost a hefty 25E... ridicilous but ok... can someone identify those types?
It also happened to me, so I just looked for another site...

2) OTHERS

There is a map, and you can choose PISTA... for 51,50e... but if I understand it well you can only collect those tickets in Barcelona with the same Credit Card that you used via internet...
I think that only happens with the Servicaixa, I guess..


So, in my opinion, for a foreigner is better to look at sites as TickTackTicket or other similar to buy the tickets with a map and only paying a bit more to recieve them directly in your home.

I hope it will helps you a little bit..

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

according to gamerco site:


Tickets on sale 85€ Agotadas!
65€ Agotadas!
55€ Agotadas!
50€
45€


btw i doubt i'll go :(

[ColdplayerMálaga]

Dear ZBYCH

I recomend you to buy them through ticktackticket.es as its the ticketmaster company for spain so you can buy them and they can be dispatch before the concert to your home.

Private message me if you still have problems on it ;)

[strawberryswinger]

I'M GOING I'M GOING SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE:dance::dance :

[mygdalom]

I'M GOING I'M GOING SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE:dance::dance :

Quants més siguem més riurem! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!

[strawberryswinger]

clar qe si!
hem d'emplenar montjuic, qe l'espanyol el te qe fa pena :laugh3:

[ColdplayerMálaga]

clar qe si!
hem d'emplenar montjuic, qe l'espanyol el te qe fa pena :laugh3:


Soys maliggggggggggnos xDDD:lol:

[mygdalom]

Soys maliggggggggggnos xDDD:lol:

Ostia, es verdad!!! :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

Y yo quería ir con una bufanda del barça :laugh3:

Con tal comentario yo llamaría a STRSwinger su alteza Sr. Dr. Maligno :cool:

[Carlaatje]

sooooooooo........ who has 2 extra tickets? :rolleyes:

[Chavi]

:lol: let's bump all the threads..

[cuuliem]

sooooooooo........ who has 2 extra tickets? :rolleyes:

whose 2nd ticket is for? you're going with someone else but me....jealousy

edit : thought it was chavi posting ... so you 're going WITH chavi

[Chavi]

whose 2nd ticket is for? you're going with someone else but me....jealousy

edit : thought it was chavi posting ... so you 're going WITH chavi

:P I'm still going with you Stef. I'm just bringing my fave stalker with me :nice:

[Carlaatje]

whose 2nd ticket is for? you're going with someone else but me....jealousy

edit : thought it was chavi posting ... so you 're going WITH chavi

you know we come in a package only these days :lol:

[Chavi]

take one, you get the other one for free ! woot :D

[Carlaatje]

exactly :lol:

too bad it doesn't work that way with the tickets...

[cuuliem]

take one, you get the other one for free ! woot :D

(is it me or it's getting hot in here?)

...twice the trouble...

[cuuliem]

the thing we have to focus on : we need tickets girls!

[Chavi]

(is it me or it's getting hot in here?)


you aint see nothing yet :wink3: :lol:

oh right the tickets.. ANYONE ?? PLEASE ! :D:D

[Carlaatje]

:lol:

yesss tickets... anyone...... :D

[Daylight Shadows]

I've got two spare tickets for now, but that's difficult to assure when there's still a long time for the show..
never know who may be really interested in them.

[ColdplayerMálaga]

There're are still available tickets for any zone except the MORE EXPENSIVE ONES lol

So if you have a look back in the thread, i left you like 7 webs where to buy them.

[Carlaatje]

I've got two spare tickets for now, but that's difficult to assure when there's still a long time for the show..
never know who may be really interested in them.

I AM!!

[ColdplayerMálaga]

Wouldn't a coldplaying users meeting after the show be a nice idea?

[mygdalom]

Wouldn't a coldplaying users meeting after the show be a nice idea?

sip!!!! remembering after last gig I couldn't barely walk!!! I dindn't stop jumping all the time. We can do some kind of body functional recovery meeting after the show.

[strawberryswinger]

clar qe si!
hem d'emplenar montjuic, qe l'espanyol el te qe fa pena :laugh3:

Soys maliggggggggggnos xDDD:lol:

Ostia, es verdad!!! :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

Y yo quería ir con una bufanda del barça :laugh3:

Con tal comentario yo llamaría a STRSwinger su alteza Sr. Dr. Maligno :cool:


el comentari es de fa ja un parell de mesos, pero ja que ara el veig... :cool:


hauriem d'anar tots del barça, qe a mes a mes l'altre dia els de l'espanyol ens la van fotre:angry:

[mygdalom]

el comentari es de fa ja un parell de mesos, pero ja que ara el veig... :cool:


hauriem d'anar tots del barça, qe a mes a mes l'altre dia els de l'espanyol ens la van fotre:angry:

VENGANZAAAAAA !!!!!!!
:D

[strawberryswinger]

VENGANZAAAAAA !!!!!!!
:D

sii jijiji:D

[svenky]

YouTube - Coldplay- Politic Live in Melbourne 4/3/09

[Daylight Shadows]

Wouldn't a coldplaying users meeting after the show be a nice idea?
Seeeh clar que sí!!

And I take the opportunity to say that there's still 2 available seated tickets in my hands, so whoever is interested please contact me.

[sarasofia]

i'fe found tickets here (http://www.ticketmaster.es/) , I'LL GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :D

anyone staying at urbany hostel barcelona for the show?

[mygdalom]

congrats!!!

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

just announced on their twitter.... support bands will be:

4: Barcelona, Estadi Olimpic - Flaming Lips (http://www.flaminglips.com/) & The Sunday Drivers (http://thesundaydrivers.com/index/index.php) - tickets (http://www.livenation.es/search?q=coldplay&refine=)

estoy feliz por Sunday Drivers :dance:
pena que a este concierto no vaya a ir. :(

[strawberryswinger]

yo he visto bat for lashes i me he emocionado, pero al final van a otros shows :(

[tams]

The flaming lips makes the concert more desirable.
i have not bought tickets yet, cos i'm not sure if i'll make it...so hope it won't be sold out too soon.
:fingers crossed:

[strawberryswinger]

2 months & 8 days to go.. :dance:

[tams]

i've got the tickets :D
plus i've never been in Spain before, so this doubles my excitement.

[strawberryswinger]

menos de un meees!!! :dance::wacko:

[sarasofia]

26 days ?!
ohhhhh goooood, i'm going to flip out :D

[ColdplayerMálaga]

We all can meet at the entering door of the national museum of art that's near to the stadium at the end of the show :)



I REALLY NEED 2 TICKETS for this show! contact me at aquistoy_16_1@hotmail.com

Señores si alguien contesta en catalán mejor contesta en español chicos chicas que no todos entendemos bien el catalán. Que si que es tu idioma y tal y tal pero esto es un foro internacional y hay algunos foreros extranjeros que entienden español... Gracias :lol:

[mygdalom]

Por mi genial, nos vemos ahí. El museo està de camino al bajar de la montaña. Que alguien traiga bombonas de oxígeno para la recuperación post-concierto :)

(Justo por eso, aquí se hablan muchos idiomas, que problema hay? en todos los hilos cuando alguien con un mismo idioma se encuentra lo utiliza, y a nadie le passa nada. Yo no tengo problema en hablar con el idioma que haga falta aunque reconozco que mi inglés és horrible :( )

[Linlaarie]

Ya nos queeeda poooooco :) :)

[mygdalom]

Ya nos queeeda poooooco :) :)

Ni que lo digas, tengo mono!!!!!!, quiero que empiece ya!

Alguien va a poder ir pronto? Yo no podré, trabajo y salgo a las 15:30... Llegar a casa comer y salir pitando para allà seguramente se me haran las 6 de la tarde, vamos, cuando abren las puertas (snif).

[Linlaarie]

Yo ni idea de a qué hora iré aun, soy novata en esto de cruzar media España para llegar a una ciudad que apenas conozco! jaja, pero supongo que al medio día, sip.
Nerviossss :D

[mygdalom]

Yo ni idea de a qué hora iré aun, soy novata en esto de cruzar media España para llegar a una ciudad que apenas conozco! jaja, pero supongo que al medio día, sip.
Nerviossss :D

Tela. Qualquier cosa que necesites dímelo. Vas sola o con alguien?

[Linlaarie]

Uff en principio voy sola, pero ya lo tengo asumido y me he hecho unos mapitas de la ciudad :D. Gracias por tu ofrecimiento!!

[ellis]

It seems that the only change in the setlist last days is between Green Eyes and Til Kingdom Come... They are playing Green Eyes one day and Til Kingdom Come the next concert... so if I'm right they'll play Til Kingdom Come in Barcelona :embarassed:

Please... DON'T DO IT! ... PLAY GREEN EYES IN BARCELONA!! I haven't heard it live since 2002!!

[Linlaarie]

What about Don't Panic, Amsterdam or Trouble instead? :D
Yeah i know i know... keep dreaming!!!!!!!!

[ellis]

What about Don't Panic, Amsterdam or Trouble instead? :D
Yeah i know i know... keep dreaming!!!!!!!!

Pues sí... ojalá! Es una pena que ninguna de las que tú dices las toquen (ni tampoco Daylight, Shiver, A Rush of Blood...) Pero por favor, Til Kingdom Come NOOO!!

Por cierto, que el set "Techno" tampoco me convenció mucho en el concierto del año pasado. Por qué no Til Kingdom Come en versión techno :lol: y tocar como se merecen God Put a Smile y Talk? :\

[strawberryswinger]

seamos realistas, el setlist va a ser el mismo de cada dia...

por otra parte... apenas 96 horas quedan! :dance:

[bart]

I want to go, but I have no ticket, does anyone know if they are still on sale..
also has anyone got any spare.. !

tell me please

quiero que irá … pero no tengo entrada … hay alguien conocer se vendas hasta ahora…
alguien tienes un libre

dime… por favor

[ellis]

I want to go, but I have no ticket, does anyone know if they are still on sale..
also has anyone got any spare.. !

tell me please



The concert is SOLD OUT since months ago.

[mezakote]

Pasadlo bien el viernes, que yo hasta el 19 no los veo. El setlist será el mismo, aunque espero que por haber tocado hace un año en la misma ciudad, haya sorpresas con algún cambio. Todo es posible y más cuando hace 4 conciertos tocaron Trouble. :)

[bart]

me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, me voy, !

[Linlaarie]

Venga es nuestro turno ahora, que se note que semos diferentes!!!!
IT'S BARCELONA TIME BABY!! Yeahhh!! :D :D

[strawberryswinger]

yeah, we are the next ones :cool3:

[Daylight Shadows]

Yeaaah just one day!!!! :cool:

[mygdalom]

I's tomorrow!!! És mañana!!! És demàaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

[mygdalom]

Venga es nuestro turno ahora, que se note que semos diferentes!!!!
IT'S BARCELONA TIME BABY!! Yeahhh!! :D :D


Ei, escuchaste clocks del disco gratuito LeftRighLeftRightLeftRight??? Escuchaste la gente??? Al empezar la canción se escucha un WUAAAAAAAAAAAAA brual de la gente gritando, yo diria que más que en las otras canciones, y es Barcelona en directo!!! Lo tenemos que hacer aun mejor!!!!

A dejarlos sordos joder!!!!!

[strawberryswinger]

sí que es barcelona, porqe durante la cancion chris dice "uno dos tres cuatro" :D

[strawberryswinger]

I's tomorrow!!! És mañana!!! És demàaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

c'est demain? :laugh3:

[*Perrine*]

^Yes !
Aww, my favorite band in one of my favorites cities ! :wacky:

[Servia]

Hello, anyone knows the time of soundcheck or hear it in the last shows ?

16h or 17h ?

Thanks !

[maria_shiver]

Hey Chicos/Chicas divertiros un montón...........WOW estará toda la plantilla del Barça!!!!
A Chris le gusta mucho la ciudad y seguro que hace sus pinitos con los idiomas....igual hasta está la Gynw por allí, bessssssss y a pasarlo bien!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:kiss:

[mygdalom]

Hey Chicos/Chicas divertiros un montón...........WOW estará toda la plantilla del Barça!!!!
A Chris le gusta mucho la ciudad y seguro que hace sus pinitos con los idiomas....igual hasta está la Gynw por allí, bessssssss y a pasarlo bien!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:kiss:

Comorrrrlllll??????? Toda la plantilla del Barçarrrrrllllll???
Whatrrrlllllll???? All the Barcelonas teamrrrlllll?????


(Edit: Diossss, creo que empiezo a desvariar)

[strawberryswinger]

si, todos los que no se han ido para jugar partidos internacionales, incluyendo a Guardiola i a Vilanova (el segundo entrenador)

[bart]

I am going ! well dependent on a reply for a email

[mygdalom]

I am going ! well dependent on a reply for a email

YEHAAAA!!!!!! Que bien nos vemos ahí!!!!!!!

[mygdalom]

NOTÍCIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTICIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PARECE QUE COLDPLAY VA A GRABAR SU DVD EN BARCELONA!!!!!!
SEEMS THAT COLDPLAY WILL DO THEIR TOUUR DVD IN BARCELONA!!!!!!!!

DIOS, LO HE LEIDO Y HE PEGADO UN GRITO BRUTAL!!!!
I SCREAMED SO LOUD!!!!!

News where I read that:
(catalan): http://www.elperiodico.cat/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAT&idnoticia_PK=642148&idseccio_PK=1013
(castellano):http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=642148&idseccio_PK=1013
"El Periodoco" newspaper its a good newspaper, if they say it means that its true

Edit:
I've found more:
(castellano): http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20090904/mas-actualidad/cultura/coldplay-desembarca-barcelona-para-200909040259.html
(catalan): http://www.elpunt.cat/noticia/article/5-cultura/19-cultura/77289-coldplay-actua-avui-a-barcelona-i-enregistrara-el-concert-per-editar-un-dvd.html?piwik_campaign=rss&piwik_kwd=portada&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=portada&utm_campaign=rss
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[Juanma]

SII,parece que si,lo publique en este tema:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61480

:D ojala graben!!!!

que disfruten el concierto!

[mygdalom]

SII,parece que si,lo publique en este tema:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61480

:D ojala graben!!!!

que disfruten el concierto!

ya lo creo!

gracias!

[Khalplay]

Yeah, they will film the concert indeed, that's for sure !

[strawberryswinger]

WOOOOOOOOT i've read it too!


what do we have now? Toronto, Vancouver, and BCN right? I'ts quite strange, since they are playing a single gig here... :thinking:

[Daylight Shadows]

AMAZING!!!! Barcelona is veeeeeery special for them :cool:

ja queda molt pooooc!!!!

[but a dream]

Have great fun tonight guys! Remember to smile for the camera :D

[strawberryswinger]

thanks min:) we'll do, we'll do :D

[nancyk58]

Have fun tonight! :) I am looking forward to hearing what the concert was like.

And a big smile for the camera - like this :D or :). Enjoy! VIVA LA VIVA, por favor! :D

[funkenstein]

Have a fantastic time everyone!:D

[but a dream]

thanks min:) we'll do, we'll do :D
I expect to see your big grin when watching the DVD Ed :P

[*Perrine*]

Aw that's awesome !
But that means they won't film Paris :\

HAVE FUN GUYS !

[Pris]

Have fun everyone, and smile pretty to the camera!! :dance:

[mygdalom]

Aw that's awesome !
But that means they won't film Paris :\

HAVE FUN GUYS !

why not? I think they filmed toronto too. Maybe they do a mixture venues

[mygdalom]

Its raining a lot!!!!!!!!
:shifty:
Last year happened the same, but finally stopped and we had a pretty red sky

[busybeeburns]

are you there? :shocked2:

[mygdalom]

Lo tengo mal para quedar delante del museo. Voy con mas gente y en coche. Ojalà nos veamos. Era delante del museo antes de bajar las escaleras verdad?

[*Perrine*]

why not? I think they filmed toronto too. Maybe they do a mixture venues
Yes, but Toronto wasn't yesterday :P

[blue_girl]

Have fun everyone tonight :D

[Stefan-C8]

Enjoy yourselves and don't forget to post reviews, pictures and videos afterwards. :D

[mygdalom]

thanks!
Leaving home

[maria_shiver]

This is the poster of the day!
http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/acfsptvts.jpg
By the way Ian Olympic stadium where the concert is being held is not Barça Stadium!:wink3:

[maria_shiver]

EL PAÍS - Barcelona - 03/09/2009

Coldplay abre la potente 'rentrée' musical de Barcelona
La banda británica repite 'Viva la vida' un año después

http://www-org.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/Coldplay/abre/potente/rentree/musical/Barcelona/elpepiespcat/20090903elpcat_7/Tes

[nancyk58]

TRANSLATION

Coldplay is going to record this evening's concert and will dedicate it to Barcelona

Link: http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=642148&idseccio_PK=1013

•The 63.500 seats offered for sale were already sold-out in April
•The London quartet is going to record a DVD with this evening's concert at the Olympic Stadium

by NANDO CRUZ / translated by Google tool to Danish and from Danish to English by Nancy Boysen

BARCELONA
Tonight Coldplay intend to offer one of their best and most triumphant performances in the band's career. The tickets were sold-out in April. When at 9.30pm the English quartet enter the stage at the Olympic Stadium, there will be an attendance of 63,500 people predisposed to enjoy this concert which they have been waiting for - for months. Additionally Chris Martin and co. know that their Viva la vida has become an unofficial Barca national anthem, so the apotheosis x) is guaranteed. Therefore today Coldplay will record the concert and release it on DVD very soon. The recordings will take place by means of an advanced camera comprising a very high crane mounted outside of the rehearsal room in order to captivate aerial photos of the show.
When Coldplay released their first album, Parachutes (2000), the critics wrote about the group's monumental profile. "Their songs are designed for being played at larger venues," it was proclaimed with confidence - only time will show whether this verdict is correct. The following albums of the group "A Rush of Blood To Your Head To The Head" (2002) and "X&Y" (2005), confirmed this initial feeling of greatness and a brilliant future for the group. "They are successors to U2 ", "is a group born to fill up stadiums".

Classics for a generation / Artists that can fill-up stadiums are often those, the lifetime of which make them open to several generations of concert-goers. The Rolling Stones, U2, Bruce Springsteen, AC / DC have been active musicians for three to five decades. Coldplay, instead, managed to be included in that league of stadium-filling artists after only a ten-year-long career. Coldplay is the only group from this decade being part of this league.
Who attended the Coldplay concert only 12 months ago at Sant Jordi, should not expect this evening's concert to differ much from that concert. During this time the group have offered their fans some songs for free download from their website and their latest record: Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends (2008). Who has not seen Coldplay live, should know that Coldplay win in the long run. They were born to win and have a repertoire with an epic warmth which is both overwhelming and exciting: A comfortable bombast. They do not need circular or huge scenaries, as they know how to reach the audience in the back row.

Extremely good opening bands. / A group that is infallible at the big stadiums will be one of the opening bands. The Flaming Lips (playing at 7.50pm) will guarantee a spectacular show. The group "Los de Oklahoma" is well-known for their psychedelic and joyous performances; it is somewhat a mixture of Pink Floyd and Teletubbies. And records such as "The Soft Bulletin (1999) and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002), delirious and heart-warming classics of the psychedelic rock, are the most important ingredients of an always colourful show. At 19 o'clock the Toledo quintet will play Sunday Drivers.
apotheosis x) Elevation to divine status; glorification

Paltrow Succeeds Streisand As Star Tourist in Barcelona

http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=642185&idseccio_PK=1028

BARCELONA by IMEDIO FERRAN / translated by Nancy Boysen

No star can resist Barcelona's charm. The list of stars enchanted by Barcelona is interminable: Bruce Springsteen, U2, Woody Allen, Rihanna, Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger ... They have all passed through the Catalan capital and largest city in Catalonia in the latest months. The star visiting Barcelona before Gwyneth Paltrow was Barbara Streisand, who visited Barcelona earlier this week together with her husband, actor James Brolin. Gwyneth Paltrow arrived in Barcelona Wednesday immediately before her partner, Coldplay singer Chris Martin. Today Coldplay plays the Olympic Stadium.

GOAL, dinner at Arola / / Paltrow was the star tourist on Wednesday and arrived with the couple's children, Apple, 5, and Moses, 3, and settled in one of the two big and luxurious duplex apartments in the Hotel Arts, booked at 2.500 € per night. The couple lives in London and has bought the neighbouring property to create a superhouse with 33 rooms; this alone is going to coste eight million euro. NANCY BOYSEN

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As I cannot Spanish, I had to make use of the Google translation tool which translated the Spanish text into very bad Danish - some of the sentences were meaningless consisting of Danish words, but with no connection what-so-ever (some of the adjectives in the Spanish text were suddenly nouns which destroyed the context). It was a nice puzzle of words puzzling me. :) So I spent some time trying (mostly with success) to find out the meaning making use of my knowledge of French and Latin. The result is a translation into English with some rewriting of the passages involving the purchase of the neighbouring property in London. But the above is mostly a translation of the relevant and understandable passages of the Google translation. And I had much fun doing it - so maybe I will be able to "puzzle together" some reviews of this evening's concert again with some help from Google.

[ibo]

thank you nancyk!

[Mimixxx]

http://web4.twitpic.com/img/27659894-d282a3e32f2cf127c5cd5efffdb04831.4aa177ad-scaled.jpg

http://twitpic.com/gguie

[BigFatNoises]

http://web4.twitpic.com/img/27659894-d282a3e32f2cf127c5cd5efffdb04831.4aa177ad-scaled.jpg

http://twitpic.com/gguie

Not a great seat for famliy :D

[busybeeburns]

By the way Ian Olympic stadium where the concert is being held is not Barça Stadium!:wink3::confused:

[nancyk58]

TRANSLATION OF THE ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS" mentioned above:

Coldplay opens Barcelona's great musical 'reentry'

http://www-org.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/Coldplay/abre/potente/rentree/musical/Barcelona/elpepiespcat/20090903elpcat_7/Tes?print=1

The British band repeat 'Viva la vida' one year later

EL PAÍS - Barcelona - 03/09/2009

Tomorrow - (almost) one year later, to the day, after their memorable journey to Palau Sant Jordi, Coldplay will be in Barcelona with practically the same setlist on their Viva la vida tour in the Lluís Company's stadium. They have sold 63,500 tickets for the concert which will have The Flaming Lips as opening band / warm-up band.
Chris Martin's band will of course play Viva la vida, the song that has sort of developed into a special anthem for the Spanish football team Barcelona aka. Barça which has won 5 cups, as well as some of their classic songs such as Violet Hill and Yellow. The new element is however the British band's particular tribute to Michael Jackson: An acoustic version of Billie Jean.
The Coldplay concert opens a very strong musical reentry. On 14 September 2009, the fathers of heavy metal, Deep Purple, on 19 September Steve Earle, and on 21, Leonard Cohen will be playing Palau Sant Jordi. In the month of October Green Day, Diana Krall, Billi Bragg and the veteran Elton John will pass Barcelona. In November Rammstein, Spandau ballet, Depeche Mode, and the North-American extremely beautiful singer Rickie Lee Jones and Muse will be here. December will start with heavyweights such as Marilyn Manson and Franz Ferdinand .

Translated by Nancy Boysen (with very little help of Google translation tool)
I translated the relevant parts, but skipped the last 5 sentences. :)

[MartinFan]

Nancy, thank-you so very much for your time and effort!

[nancyk58]

Article from the Spanish paper Lavanguardia (www.lavanguardia.es):

El cantante Chris Martin, líder de la banda británica, durante el concierto ofrecido, esta noche, en el estadio Olímpico Lluis Companys

Singer Chris Martin, leader of the British band during the concert taking place this evening at the Stadium Olimpico Lluis Companys

Los problemas de sonido castigan a Colplay
A su única cita en España asistieron 65.000 seguidores que llegaron a silbar a la banda

Again sound problems punish(ed) COL!PLAY
In the band's only visit to Spain 65,000 fans assisted the band(singing along) and booed

http://www.lavanguardia.es/cultura/noticias/20090904/53777796619/los-problemas-de-sonido-castigan-a-colplay.html

The article is longer, but now I am too tired to continue. More tomorrow! :)

[Mimixxx]

They were booed? :\

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

They were booed? :\
that remind me to the boo burns moment (simpsons reference).

i bet it means something different,
i'm sure people kept singing "ohh ohh ohh" to them, as chris's lyrics. ;)

i remember a year ago, it was so awesome concert there, great atmosphere. :nice: and the concert ended that way, everybody singing "ohh ohh ohh" just :awesome:

[Mimixxx]

pcambra (http://twitter.com/pcambra) #coldplay (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23coldplay) #concert (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23concert) #bargelona (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23bargelona) HUGE HUGE #fail (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23fail)

:confused:

[scusi]

http://twitter.com/diamagreen

looks like bad sound problems :(

[r25d01]

same setlist?

[*Perrine*]

Ewww that really sucks... poor guys, they don't deserve that :\

[ibo]

and specially when the show is recorded...

[Mimixxx]

Was a huge audience tonight too. Like 65,000 people. Oh dear, they won't be happy

[*Perrine*]

Poor boys ... We really have to cheer them up in Paris !

[crazyduckette]

Was a huge audience tonight too. Like 65,000 people. Oh dear, they won't be happy

hmmmm, when you pay a lot of money for a ticket, then cannot hear anything. Well....you'd be angry... :/

At Glastonbury 2007, I was so disappointed when I was trying to watch The Killers and couldn't hear them because of sound problems.

Lets hope they sort it out!! :o

[Darlene_Ihnfsa]

bart is telling me about the concert, he confirms they had sound problems. :\
he will post a review soon :)

[Stefan-C8]

Ouch. Let's hope it wasn't as bad as it seems right now...

[Pris]

They were booed? :\
Whistled on, which is just as bad :\
pcambra (http://twitter.com/pcambra) #coldplay (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23coldplay) #concert (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23concert) #bargelona (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23bargelona) HUGE HUGE #fail (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23fail)

:confused:http://twitter.com/diamagreen

looks like bad sound problems :(
Ohhhh, that's looking bad :(

[ellis]

I've just arrived home from the concert.

First of all, the sound problems: at Life in Technicolor and Violet Hill there were some problems with the speakers (like little electricity cuts of 1 second), but after that they didn't appear again, maybe later in Strawberry Swing, I don't remember very well. In my place (not the song, more or less 50 meters away the stage) the rest of the concert the sound was OK (at least all you can expect in a big stadium). But it seems that in other parts of the stadium the sound was worse, a lot of people complained about that. Before the encore Chris apologised about that.

The setlist, the same as previous days. Only after Green Eyes, on stage C, they played a song I can't identify. It seemed a traditional song, but I don't know... Maybe someone upload it to youtube and you could find out.

[Stefan-C8]

Well at least we can hear Chris in this video:

YouTube - Coldplay Barcelona

[Stefan-C8]

I've just arrived home from the concert.

First of all, the sound problems: at Life in Technicolor and Violet Hill there were some problems with the speakers (like little electricity cuts of 1 second), but after that they didn't appear again, maybe later in Strawberry Swing, I don't remember very well. In my place (not the song, more or less 50 meters away the stage) the rest of the concert the sound was OK (at least all you can expect in a big stadium). But it seems that in other parts of the stadium the sound was worse, a lot of people complained about that. Before the encore Chris apologised about that.

The setlist, the same as previous days. Only after Green Eyes, on stage C, they played a song I can't identify. It seemed a traditional song, but I don't know... Maybe someone upload it to youtube and you could find out.
Not Billy Jean?

[Pris]

:confused:margaa_ @coldplay Thanks for this big show in Barcelona! What a pitty for the accoustic.

_mofy_ @coldplay no se os oye! Me aburro
The second one says "I can't hear you! I'm bored" :\

[ellis]

Not Billy Jean?


Yes, Billie Jean too, after that song.

[nancyk58]

A FEW COMMENTS (as published in Lavanguardia.es - link: http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20090904/comentarios_53777796619-1.html

playadicto| 05.09.2009, 01:26 | | : You can be sure of one thing : The CD distributed at the end of the concert (which was not bad) was better than the concert!!

Uno del concierto: | 05.09.2009, 01:22 | Barcelona | SPANIEN: I think that Coldplay has not lived up to the expectations. The concert was supposed to be about listening to music. It is alright with the balloons, paper butterflies, fireworks and "eccentricity". Billie Jean was shit.... the concert should have lasted longer than Coldplay actually were on stage - referring to the wave created by mobile phones (Mexican Wave) and other issues, 2 hours (it was rather 1 hour, 50 min) was not much. Take the money and run.

And I just saw that the number of comments after the Lavanguardia.es article are going up fast !

Most of the 18 comments I have copied (will translate them later today) were about the sound problems. Now the number of comments have increased to 34 comments.

[strawberryswinger]

I'M BAAACK! awesome show, im fucking tired :awesome:


sound problems, just little cuts in violet hill, that was all :confused:

setlist...


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



crowd was IN-CRE-DI-BLE, everybody standing up from damn beggining to damn end (i was in the seating zone), they knew a lot of songs (only Glass of Water failed a little in crowd response) and singing along veeeeeery loud. the cellphone wave was really cool, and the amount of people there was just INSANE! the pit was crowded, i'd never seen something like that. oh well, good night.

[Mimixxx]

Ouch!

A FEW COMMENTS (as published in Lavanguardia.es - link: http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20090904/comentarios_53777796619-1.html

playadicto| 05.09.2009, 01:26 | | : You can be sure of one thing : The CD distributed at the end of the concert (which was not bad) was better than the concert!!

Uno del concierto: | 05.09.2009, 01:22 | Barcelona | SPANIEN: I think that Coldplay has not lived up to the expectations. The concert was supposed to be about listening to music. It is alright with the balloons, paper butterflies, fireworks and "eccentricity". Billie Jean was shit.... the concert should have lasted longer than Coldplay actually were on stage - referring to the wave created by mobile phones (Mexican Wave) and other issues, 2 hours (it was rather 1 hour, 50 min) was not much. Take the money and run.

And I just saw that the number of comments after the Lavanguardia.es article are going up fast !

Most of the 18 comments I have copied (will translate them later today) were about the sound problems. Now the number of comments have increased to 34 comments.

[strawberryswinger]

well, im reading some comments and i can't understand the dissapointment... everything was great! :confused:

and a short set? oh c'mon, 24 songs from a band that only has 4 albums? go and buy some U2 tickets you fuckers :dozey:

[ellis]

well, im reading some comments and i can't understand the dissapointment... everything was great! :confused:

and a short set? oh c'mon, 24 songs from a band that only has 4 albums? go and buy some U2 tickets you fuckers :dozey:

For me the sound was correct almost all the time, but it's true that in other parts of the stadium it wasn't, I heard people saying that when we were leaving it.

The setlist would be a loong discussion. 24 songs may sound fine but you shouldn't count as "normal" songs: God put a smile, Talk, that weird one, The escapist... And another ones are pretty short: Postcards, Death will never conquer ...

I think they already have enough material for a concert of 2:15 - 2:30.

But don't misunderstand me! I'm pretty happy with the show tonight!

[bart]

I willl look for the positives in my review.....

Will has learnt spanish.... he speaks better spanish than chris I think I am sure he is like me, and has seen the perfect one but she does not speak english... only spanish..

The sound issues where I was seemed very apearant, nad highlighted they were playing a Cd in the background.

75 euros is a lot of money, and its bad that ,was the average price to go in.. why ??

they need to play more music from parachuets... there are some great songs for the fans on there, but something tells me, coldplay can not be botherd, as the other songs from the other albums are way to easy to play...

[Jdeuceiswild]

did you guys notice any cameras around?

[Jdeuceiswild]

by cameras i mean for a dvd taping

[LiquidSky]

Well at least we can hear Chris in this video:

YouTube - Coldplay Barcelona (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abo1eybE4kM)

That stage looks awesome!

[ellis]

did you guys notice any cameras around?

Yes. Near us there was a big crane with a camera moving above us and filming the stage and the crowd.

[but a dream]

A FEW COMMENTS (as published in Lavanguardia.es - link: http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20090904/comentarios_53777796619-1.html

playadicto| 05.09.2009, 01:26 | | : You can be sure of one thing : The CD distributed at the end of the concert (which was not bad) was better than the concert!!

Uno del concierto: | 05.09.2009, 01:22 | Barcelona | SPANIEN: I think that Coldplay has not lived up to the expectations. The concert was supposed to be about listening to music. It is alright with the balloons, paper butterflies, fireworks and "eccentricity". Billie Jean was shit.... the concert should have lasted longer than Coldplay actually were on stage - referring to the wave created by mobile phones (Mexican Wave) and other issues, 2 hours (it was rather 1 hour, 50 min) was not much. Take the money and run.
Harsh, no? :confused:

[mygdalom]

by cameras i mean for a dvd taping

yup ,one. Moving always over my head :), one of those cameras that moves continually over your head..

[mygdalom]

Hello

I was standing, near the left catwalk. They experienced strong problems at the beginning of the concert, that happened when strong light where used => sound problems (no sound and a CRSSSCRCRCR!! sound each time that big lights shined), imagine glass of water with that problem. Suddenly the music volume was lowered in a few songs (I suppose while they where searching where the problem came from), and for more or less two song it was hard to listen Chris,

But then all began to go perfect. I enjoyed this concert a lot although I was very worry for them at the beginning. After this problems all began to sound great.

Don't believe people saying that or this was a shit. I was in the middle of morons (some of that commentaries must come from there, sure :sneaky:) That didn't move or sing. But I could hear and see the stadium singing loud, dancing and enjoying this concert. My husband and me didn't stop dancing and singing.

Good night to everybody
(please, forgive me for my bad english)

[mygdalom]

They were booed? :\

no

only some people began to shout: we can't listen

[mygdalom]

Harsh, no? :confused:

:angry: people sometimes can be ....... well.... argh!

[marie/pims]

oh man.Stupid sound problems.They must be disappointed as well

[roche714]

This the VLV tour so I guess that is why most of the songs come from that album...:)

[anniea89]

they need to play more music from parachuets... there are some great songs for the fans on there, but something tells me, coldplay can not be botherd, as the other songs from the other albums are way to easy to play...


The point of this tour is promote their current album. They aren't going to ignore Parachutes, but it's not the focal point.

[svenky]

set list ^^

[but a dream]

set list ^^
setlist...


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

[svenky]

so sad no change powaa

[*Perrine*]

:thinking:

All that shit happens just the night when they are filming !They must be quite upset :\

[but a dream]

I don't get how people can say Billy Jean was shit...

YouTube - Openning - Coldplay Barcelona 2009

Looks (and sounds) good to me.

[Juanma]

^ nice crowd singin :D

YouTube - Lovers in Japan - Coldplay Barcelona 2009

nice confetti :awesome:

[*Perrine*]

People can be so bitchy ! We won't be like that in Wembley Min, fo sho ! :P

[but a dream]

People can be so bitchy ! We won't be like that in Wembley Min, fo sho ! :P
Defo :P Coldplayers are the best fans.

[Malcolm-Edge]

Hello

I was standing, near the left catwalk. They experienced strong problems at the beginning of the concert, that happened when strong light where used => sound problems (no sound and a CRSSSCRCRCR!! sound each time that big lights shined), imagine glass of water with that problem. Suddenly the music volume was lowered in a few songs (I suppose while they where searching where the problem came from), and for more or less two song it was hard to listen Chris,

But then all began to go perfect. I enjoyed this concert a lot although I was very worry for them at the beginning. After this problems all began to sound great.

(please, forgive me for my bad english)

That happened when I saw them a year and a bit ago. The main PA would have Treble go way up and Bass way down one moment. Then the next it was vice versa. It wasn't fixed until Politik though.

I feel sorry for the boys, investing so much in all the cameras only to be done in by botchy sound. It must feel like getting kicked in the nuts and hard.

I enjoyed my show too! Its the important thing.

Your english is very good too. I didnt notice much! Glad you enjoyed yourself. I hope you get your show on DVD, just slightly less cause I want Vancouver!

[maria_shiver]

OMG!!!!!!

http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/Chris_Martin-2.jpg

[maria_shiver]

The best cronicle.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Coldplay/reyes/estadio/elpepicul/20090905elpepicul_8/Tes

http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/20090905elpepicul_4.jpg
http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/20090905elpepicul_4.jpg

[busybeeburns]

more photos by majoflower on FLickr

Concierto de Colplay 04/09/09

Grabación de DVD de la gira.
Suena Life in Technicolor y comienza algunos fallos de sonido, se solucionan perooooo.... aún así increibles. Con version de canción de Michael Billie Jean de Michael Jackson en acústico... y REGALO DE CD.

Son los mejores y unos encantos

Coldplay Concert

[ellis]

setlist...


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




That weird song after Green Eyes seems to be "Ode to Montreal".

Chris also played Erik Satie's Gnossienne n° 1, on the main stage, at the end of Politik.

[maria_shiver]

http://www.lavanguardia.es/cultura/noticias/20090905/53778716174/65.000-incondicionales-arropan-a-coldplay-en-el-estadio-olimpico.html
http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/rr_coldplay2_050920090.jpg
http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/rr_coldplay_050920090.jpg
http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/lgcoldplay0409090.jpg

[Mimixxx]

Still got his neck covered :\

[nadi]

Poor Chris :(
I hate to see his neck covered :\

[bart]

I thought Billie Jean was one the very few highlights of the gig.
I have been to 6 coldplay concerts now, and this was poor by their standards...
Still also cant get over the price they charged to get in...
The sound problems were not even reconised by the band until someone told them, they should have played Violet Hill again.... as it ruined the song, and showed them up to have a CD running in the background... !


I still love Coldplay, that love will never go away...

[mygdalom]

I don't get how people can say Billy Jean was shit...

YouTube - Openning - Coldplay Barcelona 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6VGcOV1Cd8)

Looks (and sounds) good to me.

I wasn't!!! They played it wery well in a very good version in my opinion. I could hear everybody joining at singing

[worldtrav]

not sure what went on last night. but the difficulties with stadium esp. those who are not cut out to be used for gigs that you have area's in the stadium where the sound can sound really bad which the bands most ot the time don't hear so they can be not aware of the problem if nobody tells them.
I mean normally soundchecks sort out this problem but not always or things go wrong on the night...

pricewise I find Coldplay quite resonable compared to other bands/artists. Sometimes is not even the artists which make up those prices as for example I found the ticket prices in germany much more expensive then in England but then in Germany we do have some stupid taxes which are put on the selling prices.

So, the stadium they played last night is this actually used for gigs normally? Don't think U2 played there when they play barcelona?

P.

[mygdalom]

OMG!!!!!!

http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/Chris_Martin-2.jpg

yup, he looked very handsome :wacky:

[worldtrav]

On a lighter note...I find it always quite refreshing when things go wrong on a long tour stops them from being to comfortable which I had the feeling CP is getting...:)

P.

[Mimixxx]

I thought Billie Jean was one the very few highlights of the gig.
I have been to 6 coldplay concerts now, and this was poor by their standards...
Still also cant get over the price they charged to get in...
The sound problems were not even reconised by the band until someone told them, they should have played Violet Hill again.... as it ruined the song, and showed them up to have a CD running in the background... !


I still love Coldplay, that love will never go away...


They use a backing track during VH :confused: I knew they did during songs like VLV but Violet Hill? :\ It should be all band, there's no need.

[mygdalom]

The best cronicle.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Coldplay/reyes/estadio/elpepicul/20090905elpepicul_8/Tes

http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/20090905elpepicul_4.jpg
http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/maria_shiver/20090905elpepicul_4.jpg

gracias :)

[ceorlas]

They use a backing track during VH :confused: I knew they did during songs like VLV but Violet Hill? :\ It should be all band, there's no need.

They use a backing track on almost every song ! (LIT, VH, Cemeteries of London, Stawberry swing, 42, VLV, Lost ...)

[Mimixxx]

I know they use them on the songs where there's sounds they can't recreate live, is pretty damn obvious ;)

I meant I was suprised they used them for songs where there's absolutely no need to.

[nancyk58]

I am in my translation mood again today - so I am beginning to translate the two articles recommended by Maria_Shiver: the elpais.com review as well as the lavanguardia review. Have a nice day, everybody. :)

[but a dream]

Hmmm... Violet Hill doesn't seem like a song that they need to use a backing track. It seems quite straightforward, almost every sound can be replicated using 2 guitars, 1 bass and drums...

Whereas songs like LiT... they definitely would need a backing track for the dulcimer sound for example. Or the organs in VLV.

[bart]

.... the failure of the sound also showed there must have been some sort of communcation problem to the band to let them know the sound fecked up big time... If they knew I am sure they would have stooped...

Or they could not halt the backing track. Both excuxues a very poor too.

I hope the dont make the DVD from Barcelona, it was a poor showing, and I know they will be more up for it at Wembley..

[ellis]

So, the stadium they played last night is this actually used for gigs normally? Don't think U2 played there when they play barcelona?

P.

Yesterday the played at the Olympic stadium, and U2 played at the Camp Nou (FC Barcelona stadium). The second one is bigger than the Olympic, 100000 people versus 65000 more or less.

The Olympic is used frequently for big gigs: Madonna last July, AC/DC last June, etc... Camp Nou was the venue last June for the 2 first shows of U2 tour, and Bruce Springsteen played also twice on summer 2008.

[strawberryswinger]

backing track for violet hill? WTF?

i think people here are complaining far too much, it was an excellent show and i didn't see any dissapointed person! everybody cheering, standing up and dancing... and the singalong, well, you can hear it in that Billie Jean video...

seriously, what's going on here? :confused:

[strawberryswinger]

Yesterday the played at the Olympic stadium, and U2 played at the Camp Nou (FC Barcelona stadium). The second one is bigger than the Olympic, 100000 people versus 65000 more or less.

The Olympic is used frequently for big gigs: Madonna last July, AC/DC last June, etc... Camp Nou was the venue last June for the 2 first shows of U2 tour, and Bruce Springsteen played also twice on summer 2008.

i think u2 had an 85.000 crowd

[but a dream]

I'm not complaining... I can't because I wasn't @ the show and it definitely won't be fair for me to pass judgement. Just discussing why people would tweet things like 'mega fail' last night and some online reviews (eg 'Billy Jean was shit') which surfaced. I thought Billy Jean was pretty good.

I take your word for it that it was a good show Ed!

[strawberryswinger]

:nice:

what happens here is that everybody loves comparing Coldplay to U2 and BCN is crowded with damn U2 fans :dozey:

[strawberryswinger]

BTW, i have to alert everyone that getting the free CDs was a battle! Everybody got a couple or three.. so maybe people who were at first rows in the pit left with no CDs, i don't know... but the delivering was MAD!

[Zeya]

Omg they've got sound problem? That's horrible..Both for the band and the audience..
I know the comments were quite harsh, but fom what I've read, the tickets are not that cheap so people were furious when they didn't get what they paid for..
Cant blame them for complaining though..

On the other hand, poor the boys! They (especially Chris as he worries the most) must be really disappointed :\

One more thing..

Still got his neck covered :\

I don't know anything about this..Why is his neck covered?

[but a dream]

BTW, i have to alert everyone that getting the free CDs was a battle! Everybody got a couple or three.. so maybe people who were at first rows in the pit left with no CDs, i don't know... but the delivering was MAD!
Another example why they should give the CDs out when you go into the stadium? :thinking:

[Mimixxx]

One more thing..



I don't know anything about this..Why is his neck covered?

Means he's having problems with his voice.

Oy vey. Hope they sort out this sound problem. Biggest crowd they've ever played up until this point and this happens.

[strawberryswinger]

yep!

and there was a bit of disorder, i had tickets for section 123, and since it was the first seating section the view was too side and we couldn't see the screens, so the crew said we could seat in section 120... i wonder what happened with the people that had section 120 tickets.....

[strawberryswinger]

Means he's having problems with his voice.

Oy vey. Hope they sort out this sound problem. Biggest crowd they've ever played up until this point and this happens.

the 'scarf' he wore was removed just after clocks :P

[Zeya]

Means he's having problems with his voice.

How did you find out about this?
Was there something that I missed?
Sorry for bugging you with these questions..I was just wondering how did I miss this.

[maria_shiver]

gracias :)


De nada cielo! = you are welcome!

por cierto no viene nada en la edición impresa del periódico (el país, of course yo no compro otra cosa) hum:thinking:

[Mimixxx]

How did you find out about this?
Was there something that I missed?
Sorry for bugging you with these questions..I was just wondering how did I miss this.

Well he always wears scarves before shows anyway, to protect his voice:

http://coldplay.com/uploads/rlb17.jpg

But he said he was suffering with a bad throat at the Udine gig and has been wearing them on stage (for the first few songs at least) ever since.

[cpfan50]

I'm a bit confused about the backing track thing... People are saying they use backing tracks for most songs and that was the problem last night, but surely if the backing tracks were mucking up, the boys would know something had gone wrong as they would be out of time as they played along? Are people there sure it was backing tracks and not just the PA system breaking up? That way the boys probably wouldn't know as they would be playing as normal and only hear themselves through their ear pieces, so not be aware of what was going on. I wasn't there so I'm guessing...

They must be so cross - that was such a big show for them :-(

[Zeya]

But he said he was suffering with a bad throat at the Udine gig and has been wearing them on stage (for the first few songs at least) ever since.

Thanks Mich..

When a fit man like Chris gets sick continuously, u know it's nearly time for them to take a break.

[ITF]

I was very very near to the stage and the boys definitely noticed the sound problems. Chris looked to the side of the stage several times saying "f*ck" during Violet Hill. After that, the gig was great. I don't understand all the critics. I was standing in the front and it was great. I had friends seated on the sides and they said it was great too. There were a lot of cameras recording the show (6 or 7 only in the main stage!).

[mygdalom]

oups, sorry, I was confused. That strange problems happened while LIT and violet hill :rolleyes:

[mygdalom]

I'm a bit confused about the backing track thing... People are saying they use backing tracks for most songs and that was the problem last night, but surely if the backing tracks were mucking up, the boys would know something had gone wrong as they would be out of time as they played along? Are people there sure it was backing tracks and not just the PA system breaking up? That way the boys probably wouldn't know as they would be playing as normal and only hear themselves through their ear pieces, so not be aware of what was going on. I wasn't there so I'm guessing...

They must be so cross - that was such a big show for them :-(

True. I think problems wasn't in backing tracks. Problems happened when they forced the big loudspeakers baffle (translation of altavoz?) that where hanged to both sides of the stage. That SSCRRREEE was the typical baffle problem when you force it and it doesn't reach the tone. They don't need to be connect to that big baffle sound to listen themselves playing, then they didn't realise what was happening. Sometimes you are paying and you don't listen the same that people is listening, in a s such a big scenario this problem can be bigger, you have to reach to a lot of people. (My father had a electronic components shop, and my husband plays in a little folk music group for fun :).)

[silvia75]

Hi everyone...

This is my first post here, I´am from Barcelona so sorry for my english.

Yesterday I went to my first concert of Coldplay and I was really excited. The concert was great, Chris and the guys were great and sadly I can confirm the sound problems. I was near the stage and seated and the sound was really poor. I couldn´t hardly understand what Chris was saying when he was singing or talking. The last time they played in Barcelona, they did it in Palau Sant Jordi, a place maybe smaller but covered but this time it wasn´t and I think maybe that was the problem, but the people responsible of the sound should have known that.

The people at the end were a little bit sad, but if Coldplay read this, they should know that Barcelona loves them and that we are very grateful that they chose Barcelona again to play live.

We wait for them when they tour again probably with a new CD and in a big stadium as they deserve, but please with bigger loudspeaker lol lol.

[mygdalom]

I was very very near to the stage and the boys definitely noticed the sound problems. Chris looked to the side of the stage several times saying "f*ck" during Violet Hill. After that, the gig was great. I don't understand all the critics. I was standing in the front and it was great. I had friends seated on the sides and they said it was great too. There were a lot of cameras recording the show (6 or 7 only in the main stage!).

yup, I think I can be a very good recording