9-Mar-2009: Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Aus - Tickets, Previews, Meetups, 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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Australian tour announced
November 22, 2008 8:40 pm
Seven shows in February and March 2009

Good evening (or morning, for our readers down under)

We're very pleased to announce that Coldplay are heading to Australia early next year to play seven shows. They are as follows:

Friday 27th February - Burswood Dome, Perth
Tuesday 3rd March - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Wednesday 4th March - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Sunday 8th March - Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Monday 9th March - Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Wednesday 11th March - Acer Arena, Sydney
Thursday 12th March - Acer Arena, Sydney

Here are the ticket details:

VISA Entertainment pre-sale
Starts Thursday 27th November, 9am (local time). Ends Saturday 29th November, 5pm (unless pre-sale sold out earlier). Any Visa card holder can buy during the pre-sale from visaentertainment.com.au or www.ticketek.com.au (http://www.ticketek.com.au).

General on-sale
Starts 9am (local time) Thursday 4th December – tickets available through www.ticketek.com.au (http://www.ticketek.com.au) or 132 849.

Anchorman

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Setlist

Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Yellow / You're The Voice (John Farnham Cover)
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, Will)
Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)
Viva La Vida
Lost!
Speed Of Sound (acoustic)
Green Eyes (acoustic)
Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will vocals)
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/1660

Wiki reviews

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/9_March_2009:_Entertainment_Centre%2C_Brisbane%2C_ Australia

Videos

Life In Technicolor



Violet Hill



Clocks



In My Place

YouTube - Coldplay - In My Place - Live @ Brisbane

Yellow / You're The Voice (John Farnham Cover)

YouTube - Coldplay - Brisbane 9 3 09 - YELLOW

Glass Of Water



Cemeteries Of London



42



Fix You



Strawberry Swing

YouTube - Coldplay - Strawberry swing - Brisbane entertainment centre 9.3.09

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)



Talk (techno version)



The Hardest Part (Chris piano, Will)

YouTube - Chris Martin from Coldplay talks to me during the show! (Brisbane, Australia Concert)

Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)



Viva La Vida



Lost!

YouTube - Coldplay - Lost - Brisbane entertainment centre 9.3.09

Speed Of Sound (acoustic)



Green Eyes (acoustic)



Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will vocals)



Viva La Vida (remix interlude)



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Politik

YouTube - Coldplay - Politik - Brisbane entertainment centre 9.3.09

Lovers In Japan

YouTube - Coldplay - Brisbane 9.03.09 - LOVERS IN JAPAN

Death And All His Friends



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The Scientist



Life in Technicolor ii



The Escapist (outro)




Merchandise

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

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Check out the shop for more items and other colours.

[Raven12]

Bump...

So.. Is anyone going to attend the gig tonight?

[Jayzo]

Have fun tonight anyone going :nice:.

[crestingwaves]

Wow...by the amount of posts on this thread, looks like the concerts gonna be full of Coldplayers tonight!

[Ab]

Anyone going?! :uhoh:

[Christa42]

anyone? Bueller?

[Cobalt]

Don't think there's many pre-existing Brisbane Coldplayers but we ought to get some later tonight or tommorow (this ends soon)

[Zeya]

the brisbane people seemed a bit quiet...:thinking:

[I_saw_sparks_87]

exact same set as last night but acoustic set was as follows: speed of sound, green eyes, death will never conquer

[Ab]

Thanx! :D

[I_saw_sparks_87]

I'll post some pix up tomoro. got insanely close to the boys so should have some sweet snaps!

[Ab]

got insanely close to the boys so should have some sweet snaps!
:stunned:

[Pris]

Weee piccies!!!

:dance:

[Jay Niguez]

Wow...by the amount of posts on this thread, looks like the concerts gonna be full of Coldplayers tonight!

:laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

[Jenjie]

Twittery type stuff (strangely enough, they seem to be lost in lots of Canadian twitters!!!:lol: ):

JyeBoy: Just got back from Coldplay concert. Fricking amazing!

ittykat: Saw Coldplay live tonight, I'll never forget the raining butterflies

jasonwt: Coldplay rocked

cheersbabie: @coldplay Guys Just came back from your Brissie Concert - FANTASTIC!!! Chris where do you get all that energy from? Truly Awesome!

[Mimixxx]

Ooops, wrong thread :P

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[jellyman]

Bump...

So.. Is anyone going to attend the gig tonight?

Yippee!!!!! I was there!!!!!! They ROCKED!!! Wanna fly to Sydney then NZ to see them again!!:laugh3::D

[Mimixxx]

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Anna with one of the best acts around - they have generously donated 50% of the proceeds to the Premier's Disaster relief appeal.

[I_saw_sparks_87]

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[I_saw_sparks_87]

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[I_saw_sparks_87]

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[I_saw_sparks_87]

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[crestingwaves]

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Anna with one of the best acts around - they have generously donated 50% of the proceeds to the Premier's Disaster relief appeal.

Lol, Chris hasn't bothered to get changed yet.

[Mimixxx]

I think it's before, given that he isn't soaked in sweat. So Will and Jonny haven't bothered :P

[I_saw_sparks_87]

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[I_saw_sparks_87]

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[I_saw_sparks_87]

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[I_saw_sparks_87]

Had the best spot in the whole arena in my opinion!

[KellieP]

Sparks what night were you? I was Sunday and from the looks of it we would have been standing like next to each other omfg

[Zeya]

awesome photos!
gosh...cant wait fr tomorrow...it will be my turn!! :D

one question though...
where were u standing sparks and kellie?
what time did u line up?

[Mimixxx]

This is cute, some girls shout that they love Chris and he's like "you don't love me" :lol:

Beware: Squealing

YouTube - Chris Martin from Coldplay talks to me during the show! (Brisbane, Australia Concert)

[anniea89]

LOL @ the vid! I could barely hear Chris' response.

[Ab]

Crazy girls! :wacko:

[Clocks In My Place]

Beware: Squealing

YouTube - Chris Martin from Coldplay talks to me during the show! (Brisbane, Australia Concert) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_a_0uYhHug)

What did Chris say in the end? :confused: I didn't get a thing.

[Mimixxx]

According to the description given on YouTube:

After declaring my love for Chris Martin from Coldplay, he replies back with 'you don't really love me. If you really got to know me you wouldn't love me. I fly to brisbane every few years for two days and then you'll be over me.'

[Pris]

:lol:
Thanks for the transcript!! :D
This is cute, some girls shout that they love Chris and he's like "you don't love me" :lol:

Beware: Squealing

YouTube - Chris Martin from Coldplay talks to me during the show! (Brisbane, Australia Concert) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_a_0uYhHug)
:lol: :lol: :lol:

OMG, i had to turn the volume really low, that is some LOUD screaming!! :P

And other than "We love you Chris" "No you don't really love me" & "I really do love you", i didn't understand a thing he said :P

[Clocks In My Place]

Thank you Mich.
According to the description given on YouTube:

After declaring my love for Chris Martin from Coldplay, he replies back with 'you don't really love me. If you really got to know me you wouldn't love me. I fly to brisbane every few years for two days and then you'll be over me.'
No, Chris! How can you say like that? I love you. :kiss:
(okay, he spoke to the girls in the video, but anyway.. :rolleyes:)

[svenky]

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[svenky]

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all these pics are from the 8th aren't they?

[Khalplay]

This is cute, some girls shout that they love Chris and he's like "you don't love me" :lol:

Beware: Squealing

Love the vid, I actually discovered that this girl is a friend of a friend of mine, she also posted her vid on facebook, that's how I noticed that. Well done hehe
Love her ''AHHH THAT'S ME'', quite funny...

[svenky]

yes on site flick

[-|Sean|-]

Argh - I have a 28minute highlights video, but youtube only allows for 10minute videos :(

EDIT: wrong thread, but oh well.....

[Ab]

Great pix, thanx svenky! :D

[I_saw_sparks_87]

Sparks what night were you? I was Sunday and from the looks of it we would have been standing like next to each other omfg

Haha I was there both nights :-D Good to know I wasn't the only coldplayer there! LOL if were were standing right next to each other!!!!

[I_saw_sparks_87]

awesome photos!
gosh...cant wait fr tomorrow...it will be my turn!! :D

one question though...
where were u standing sparks and kellie?
what time did u line up?

I personally think it's safe to get to the venue at least 2 hours before doors open... And to me, aiming for the techno stage (ie the end of the off-ramp on the right of the stage) is the best way to get super close to the band :-D

[Jenjie]

One of the best concerts I’ve been to! He was out of breathe for the first two songs (must have lost his voice the night before), but by the third song Chris Martin was into full gear, swinging and jumping around like a 10 year old with ADHD. Full points for enthuasism!

They started the set with Life in Technicolour (Instrumental) and ended it with the version with lyrics. Other highlights include:

Confetti during “Lovers in Japan”
A girl passing out during “Fix You”. Yes, right at the part where the guitars kick in
An acoustic set situated right in the middle of the audience far in the back row. I’m sure it was all rehearsed, but the band looked like they were really having a good time!
They threw huge yellow balloons into the crowd. Just take a guess which song was this.
A medley of “God put a smile on your face” and “Talk”
Drummer, Will Champion can sing!
The audience call for encore was the rousing “Whoooahh” from “Viva La Vida”
I love the the new album songs live, especially “42″, “Death and all his friends”, “Lovers in Japan” and “Viva La Vida”
Sing alongs for “The Scientist” and “Fix You”
That was a pretty good show, if you asked me!

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[Jenjie]

I'll go ahead and say it; Brisbane is my favorite city in Australia. The reason is simple. Everything about it screams Chicago. If you don't look for landmarks and you ignore the side of the road that the cars are driving on, you could easily mistake the Brisbane architecture for buildings in Chicago. As far as size, it certainly doesn't compare to Chicago. It's different, but it undoubtedly reminds anyone who has been to it of Chicago. It was clean, safe, and surprisingly green for a big city. More on Brisbane later.

The big highlight of the trip, and the reason we went in the first place, was to see Coldplay. Any chance you get to see the biggest band in the world while studying abroad... well, it's a tough thing to pass up on. Coldplay is currently touring the world and they were here in Brisbane on Sunday and Monday. I had never seen Coldplay in concert before, but they were nothing short of amazing. Our seats were nothing spectacular (they were behind the stage and to the right), but it was certainly a fine view. The crowd was awesome for a Monday, it was definitely sold out. The concert really made me realize how much I appreciate Coldplay's older songs compared to their newer stuff on Viva La Vida. The new stuff was great, but the old stuff is just impossible to beat. Luckily, they didn't just stick to their new songs; there were a lot of old ones mixed in.

We made it back to our hotel after the concert, but because of a long cab ride and a late ending concert, it was pretty late. If it wasn't a Monday night, there might have been something to do. As it was though, the area was pretty much dead. We checked out the casino, which was fairly cool, but there were not really any bars or nightlife accessible nearby. The only people out seemed to be people coming back from the concert like us. However, with a little exploration, we found what has to considered one of the gems of the southern hemisphere; The Pancake Cafe. It was a bar that served liquor and pancakes located in an old church. An absolute testiment to human invention. They had quite possibly the best pancakes I've ever had, and certainly the best butter. Combined with their chocolate and butterscotch sauce and awesome maple syrup it was an awesome experience. I didn't have anything to drink, but I can't imagine the appeal of beer and pancakes together.

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[Mimixxx]

First post updated with some videos

[Jenjie]

ty :D

[katienz]

:angry:oh my hubby took pics for the concert on the 09/03/2009 and they all turned out hopeless especially the ones when they were performing right beside us on the little stage in the crowd, guess he was too excited as he was standing next to a secureity guard then the platform, so have any of you people got any good pics of this night please, especially the wee platform pics, would be apprecitated, all ours turned out rather blurry, and we had a digi cam too :angry:

[jay.jett]

hey guys. i know this is very late. but i went to the concert on the 9th march 2009! if anyone wants pictures just say the word :)

i actually have one of guy looking right at me :)

[katienz]

Hey I was there too at the same concert, we were sitting right beside the little stage in the crowd:D:D and my hubby took real bad shots, so would love to see what piccies you have:D:Dhey guys. i know this is very late. but i went to the concert on the 9th march 2009! if anyone wants pictures just say the word :)

i actually have one of guy looking right at me :)

[Macintosh]

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THATS FANTASTIC!!!
what kind of camera have you used?

[jay.jett]

guys I'm freaking out! As i have previously mentioned, i went to this concert but I can't seem to remember if they played cemeteries of london. My friend says they did. I AM LOSING MY MEMORY! haha can someone please link me to a video or something?