19-Aug-2009: Koengen, Bergen, Norway - Tickets, Previews, Meetups, Reviews/Photos

[busybeeburns]

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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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Good morning. We're very pleased to announce that Coldplay will be playing some outdoor shows in Europe in August 2009. The confirmed dates are below. Tickets for all shows go on sale on Friday 12th December, apart from the Dutch gig, which is onsale now.

Sun 16th Aug - MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark - www.billetlugen.dk (http://www.billetlugen.dk)
Wed 19th Aug - Koengen, Bergen, Norway - www.billettservice.no (http://www.billettservice.no)
Sat 22nd Aug - Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden - www.ticnet.se (http://www.ticnet.se)
Tue 25th Aug - Hannover Stadium, Hannover, Germany - www.eventim.de (http://www.eventim.de)
Thur 27th Aug - LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany - www.eventim.de (http://www.eventim.de)
Sat 29th Aug - Reitstadion Riem, Munich, Germany - www.eventim.de (http://www.eventim.de)
Thur 10th Sept - Goffertpark, Nijmegen, Holland - www.livenation.nl (http://www.livenation.nl)

Anchorman

Setlist

Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Yellow
Glass Of Water
Cemeteries Of London
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
Speed Of Sound
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (Partial Techno Remix)
Talk (Partial Techno Remix)
The Hardest Part (Chris Solo Piano)
Postcards From Far Away (Chris Solo Piano)
Viva La Vida
Lost!

Green Eyes (acoustic)
Til Kingdom Come (Acoustic - sung by Chris)
Death Will Never Conquer
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover - Acoustic)
Viva La Vida (Remix Interlude)

Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends

Encore

The Scientist
Life In Technicolor ii
The Escapist (Outro)

Photos

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1713

Wiki Reviews

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/19_August_2009:_Koengen%2C_Bergen%2C_Norway

Videos

Life In Technicolor

Violet Hill

Clocks

In My Place

Yellow

Glass Of Water

Cemeteries Of London

42

Fix You

Strawberry Swing

Speed Of Sound

YouTube - Coldplay live in Bergen - Speed of sound (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-gwVNjTHLY)

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (Partial Techno Remix)

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

Talk (Partial Techno Remix)

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

The Hardest Part (Chris Solo Piano)

Postcards From Far Away (Chris Solo Piano)

Viva La Vida

Lost!

Green Eyes (acoustic)

Til Kingdom Come (Acoustic - sung by Chris)

YouTube - Coldplay - Closeup gig Bergen, Norway 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT6vyr7YJns)

Death Will Never Conquer

YouTube - Coldplay - Closeup gig Bergen, Norway 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT6vyr7YJns)

Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover - Acoustic)

YouTube - Coldplay - Billie Jean - Bergen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb_sTFOJKto)

Viva La Vida (Remix Interlude)

Politik

Lovers In Japan

YouTube - Coldplay - Lovers in Japan @ Koengen, Bergen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vifj1Fcj8Q)

Death And All His Friends

Encore

The Scientist

Life In Technicolor ii

YouTube - Coldplay - Life in Technicolor II @ Koengen, Bergen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn6lfElHlOE)

The Escapist (Outro)

[leeds113]

Jadda! :) forhåndssalg i morgen...

[OnMyOwnInASeparatSky]

Forhåndssalg? Hvordan får man tilgang til det?:s Jeg tror jeg venter med å se dem til Wembley, jeg...:)

[Vegard90]

JAAA:D:D fant nettop ut av det!!
Da blir det to CP konserter på en måned!!

[Vegard90]

Jadda! :) forhåndssalg i morgen...

Hvor fikk du høre om det? når blir de lagt ut da og hvor, hvis i morgen?

[CPRani]

Forhåndssalg ?! Speak out!

Gjett om jeg skal på den! Muligens Stockholm også tenker jeg.

[leeds113]

http://www.livenation.no/promo/presale

bli medlem på siden.. (tar 1min). så kan dere i morgen forhåndsbestille til konserten.

husk på at det ikke er dyrt å dra fra Oslo til Bergen. Det er bare 199kr med tog - og de fleste kjenner noen i Bergen, som man kan overnatte hos;)
hvis ikke så får man ungdomsherberge til 200kr natten på hostels.com

[Vegard90]

http://www.livenation.no/promo/presale

bli medlem på siden.. (tar 1min). så kan dere i morgen forhåndsbestille til konserten.

husk på at det ikke er dyrt å dra fra Oslo til Bergen. Det er bare 199kr med tog - og de fleste kjenner noen i Bergen, som man kan overnatte hos;)
hvis ikke så får man ungdomsherberge til 200kr natten på hostels.com

Takk! kan man forhåndsbestille via tlf?

[leeds113]

Takk! kan man forhåndsbestille via tlf?


du kan prøve, men du må uansett være/bli medlem av live nation. sikrest over nett.. viss du ikke kan selv, få noen andre til å logge inn for deg å reservere - så kan du selv hente billettene på narvesen/7eleven

[Vegard90]

fikk bestilt, de er på vei til meg nå!:D

[thinker]

Jeg har billett!
hurra.zzz

[CPRani]

Ja, jeg har også bestilt :D!

[drl]

I'm guessing tickets are sold out for this?

Me and the girlfriend were going to go over to Bergen at somepoint next summer and it would have been excellent to get tickets.

Billetservice says tickets are on sale (and doesn't have a sold out icon next to it) but when you try to look for tickets it cant find any.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks,
DAvid

[Vegard90]

Its sold out, pretty shure, cant order on billettservice so pretty shure it is.

[CPRani]

Well, there are many people that are selling at finn.no

Here's the exact link : http://www.finn.no/finn/bap/all/result

[drl]

I logged in early on today and there were tickets avaliable, but by the time I found my credit card they had gone again.

A few attempts through out the day and I eventually got tickets!! Hurray. Will be booking my flight.

Despite being to Norway and Bergen 13 times, I don't speak a word of Norwegian so glad I got them off Billetservice and not a Norwegian version of ebay!

Looking forward to the gig. Saw Eric Clapton earlier this year at Bergenhus, brilliant place to see a band. Lets hope the rain stays away.

David

[CPRani]

Haha, I was thinking about the rain actually! Man, it's always raining in Bergen!

[a bad one]

thanks for d link
:):):):)

[the_escapist]

i want to go to this concert - don't have a ticket though! and on friday 14 i will be in the hague, netherlands...

so...does someone here have a spare ticket or knows someone who does? and do you know if it is very far from the hague to bergen?

please help! thanksssss!!!

[Vegard90]

I have 3 tickets I have to sell because of sickness...too bad:(

But if you want to buy any of them just PM me and we can discuss the price;)

[Vegard90]

The tickets are sold, sorry

[busybeeburns]

hardly any Coldplayers going to this show?

[CPRani]

I am going :D!!

[CPRani]

Well, I am heading of to Bergen now! I'll take alots of pics and videos!

[marie/pims]

Please, someone record Will singing Til' Kingdom Comes :D

[Zeya]

It's awfully quiet in here...

[nancyk58]

To those going to the concert in Bergen tonight: Enjoy - you have something to look forward to. :)I went to the concert in Herning, Denmark on 16 August, and it was an amazing concert. The 2 hours went by much too fast! :laugh3:

If for some reason you are not going to see Coldplay in Bergen tonight and are able to watch Swedish television I can inform you that tonight you can see recordings of some of Coldplay's greatest hits (played at Top of the Pops) on Swedish TV channel SVT1 from 23.40 o'clock to 0.30 (the same programme was shown yesterday, i.e. on 18 August at 20 o'clock to 20.50).

There were BBC recordings of the following Coldplay songs:

01. Violet Hill (from outside the BBC building early summer 2008)
02. Shiver (from 2000)
03. Yellow (from 2000)
04. Trouble (from 2000)
05. Spies (banned in China as this song was considered an anti-communist song)!
06. In My Place (from 2002)
07. The Scientist (from 2002). CM inspired by George Harrison's "All Things Must
Pass")
08. Clocks (from 2003)
09. T in the Park at the Glastonbury Festival (melody: "What a Wonderful World")
10. Speed of Sound (from 2005)
11. Fix You (from 2005)
12 Viva la Vida (from outside the BBC building early summer 2008)

HAVE A NICE EVENING. ENJOY ! We envy you! :laugh3:

[vanessa]

Only 2 pages in this thread??? :stunned:

Anyway, to everyone going: have fun tonight! :dance:

[tisnowflake]

tonighy ^^

[SueDeNimes]

To those going to the concert in Bergen tonight: Enjoy - you have something to look forward to. :)I went to the concert in Herning, Denmark on 16 August, and it was an amazing concert. The 2 hours went by much too fast! :laugh3:

If for some reason you are not going to see Coldplay in Bergen tonight and are able to watch Swedish television I can inform you that tonight you can see recordings of some of Coldplay's greatest hits (played at Top of the Pops) on Swedish TV channel SVT1 from 23.40 o'clock to 0.30 (the same programme was shown yesterday, i.e. on 18 August at 20 o'clock to 20.50).

There were BBC recordings of the following Coldplay songs:

01. Violet Hill (from outside the BBC building early summer 2008)
02. Shiver (from 2000)
03. Yellow (from 2000)
04. Trouble (from 2000)
05. Spies (banned in China as this song was considered an anti-communist song)!
06. In My Place (from 2002)
07. The Scientist (from 2002). CM inspired by George Harrison's "All Things Must
Pass")
08. Clocks (from 2003)
09. T in the Park at the Glastonbury Festival (melody: "What a Wonderful World")
10. Speed of Sound (from 2005)
11. Fix You (from 2005)
12 Viva la Vida (from outside the BBC building early summer 2008)

HAVE A NICE EVENING. ENJOY ! We envy you! :laugh3:
Hi!

Did you watch it last night?
Any parts in it we haven't seen so far?

[Mimixxx]

liquidizer (http://twitter.com/liquidizer): Coldplay in a few mins. Last song before the band comes in is aha. Nice touch. http://mobypicture.com/?iyz258 (http://mobypicture.com/?iyz258)

[Mimixxx]

AANESTY (http://twitter.com/AANESTY): @coldplay (http://twitter.com/coldplay) just opened the show in Bergen in the perfect way!!!

[WarningGuy]

Hoping for Trouble :thinking:

[Jay Niguez]

Hoping for Trouble :thinking:

Same here!

[marie/pims]

liquidizer (http://twitter.com/liquidizer): Coldplay in a few mins. Last song before the band comes in is aha. Nice touch. http://mobypicture.com/?iyz258 (http://mobypicture.com/?iyz258)


REALLY?Nice!

[*Sarah*]

seriously... how can people actually twitter during a gig? :inquisitive:
i mean, obviously that's good for us, but how on earth can anyone focus on her/his mobile while coldplay is on?

i don't get it.

:rolleyes:

[LoversInJapan]

I waaaant updates ^_^

[Gitta Rensolo]

I think I will send at least one tweet from the concert next week....

[LoversInJapan]

m crap.. did it wrong.. they were just listening to the songs... XD
A little fail =p

[*Sarah*]

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/liquidizer/view/441887

what's wrong with that crowd?! no cheering, many people are even looking away.
come on :rolleyes:

[marie/pims]

Yeah, that's weird.

[Jay Niguez]

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/liquidizer/view/441887

what's wrong with that crowd?! no cheering, many people are even looking away.
come on :rolleyes:

:dozey::dozey::dozey:

What's wrong with those ... :shocked2::inquisitive:

[WarningGuy]

The show must be over. I really hope that they don´t play the same songs every time.
Is it not boring for the band to play the same songs every concert?
A little special highlight for every concert, why not?

[Linlaarie]

Yeah I hope so... waiting for news and some variations on tonight's set list!!! :D

[Gitta Rensolo]

that picture looks so wrong..:uhoh:

[strawberryswinger]

this thread is so dead! :confused:


no tweeting?

[Stefan-C8]

No huge Coldplay fans in Norway it seems! I wonder about the setlist, but I'm guessing it'll be the same as in Denmark.

[LoversInJapan]

I'm afraid that it's the same.. So I'm gonna go and get me some sleep. I'll check the setlist tomorrow =)

[WarningGuy]

I´m going to bed, too.
I haven´t the appetite to wait long and then the setlist is the same.
Good night.

[Mimixxx]

Some tweets:

malenekolnes (http://twitter.com/malenekolnes): http://twitpic.com/eiq96 (http://twitpic.com/eiq96) - From the @coldplay (http://twitter.com/coldplay) concert in Bergen.thanks for an amazing concert!Behind words,couldn't have been any better ...

stiank81 (http://twitter.com/stiank81): Just returned from an amazing #Coldplay (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Coldplay) concert..! http://bit.ly/xIGJT (http://bit.ly/xIGJT)

sanneholt (http://twitter.com/sanneholt): Now I'm taking a good night sleep (after shouting, singing, clapping and jumping on the Coldplay conecert I'm pretty exhausted) GOOD NIGHT!

kristine_ann (http://twitter.com/kristine_ann): I JUST SAW COLDPLAY LIVE IN BERGEN! AWESOME!! :)

Karamouche (http://twitter.com/Karamouche): Coldplay and White Lies were amazing!!!!

sanneholt (http://twitter.com/sanneholt): COLDPLAY WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! That was the best and craziest conesert ever! I THOUGT I LOVED THEM BEFORE, BUT NOW I REALLY LOVE THEM!!!!

Susannen88 (http://twitter.com/Susannen88): Ive had the best night EVER.. cuz of @Coldplay (http://twitter.com/Coldplay) and their awesome concert.. I will never forget this.. i love you guys!!! thank you!

Sukkerspinn (http://twitter.com/Sukkerspinn): Cried when I saw Coldplay tonight. It was incredibly romantic and wonderful. wish they would never leeaave!'

dagbirkeland (http://twitter.com/dagbirkeland): @coldplay (http://twitter.com/coldplay) That was for sure the best day of my life. LOVED YOU IN BERGEN! sick sick sick!

SidneyClay (http://twitter.com/SidneyClay): Just saw @coldplay (http://twitter.com/coldplay) live in Bergen, Norway. What an amazing show! My soft spot for Coldplay just got softer.

[Mimixxx]

Some tweets:


stiank81 (http://twitter.com/stiank81): Just returned from an amazing #Coldplay (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Coldplay) concert..! http://bit.ly/xIGJT (http://bit.ly/xIGJT)



Chris got a haircut :D

[SueDeNimes]

Chris got a haircut :D
:dance:

And thanks for searching the tweets! :kiss:

[SueDeNimes]

bt.no is great!!

But did you see those HUGE "Urinal" signs in the slideshow? :o

[MartinFan]

Chris got a haircut :D

Damn-it, damn-it, damn-it and double triple damn=it!:bomb::bomb::shame::chris::whip::whip::chr is::smash::bomb: Ok Chris you have 4 weeks to grow it back out or I am not coming to Wembley:laugh3::laugh3:
Thanks for the tweets Mich and the pics!!!!

[marie/pims]

I hope we get some videos soon.I WANT TIL KINGDOM COMES :) (by Will)

[greeneyes1207]

OMG HAIRCUT!!!! :inquisitive: I want to see what it looks like!!

[kuti3xoxo]

OMG HAIRCUT!!!! :inquisitive: I want to see what it looks like!!

http://www.bt.no/kultur/konsert/Hyllet-Michael-Jackson-910946.html

I believe the link above will send you to a website where you can see it. The website is in another language though.

And he looks cute :heart: (well, he always does...) :)

[MartinFan]

Yes, yes, he is so very sexy with or without hair, but these pics, at least they caught him smiling and looking like his old self, the pics from the 16th, he looked tired and no smiling pics, at least none I could see.

[kuti3xoxo]

He looks best when he is smiling, then you can see how truely happy he is. :D

[iduran20]

Grrrr....he cut his hair! Oh well, he looks great however it is.

[but a dream]

No reviews? No setlist? :(

[Mimixxx]

Nada as yet :(

I hope someone pops along to see us soon

[Larry]

No reviews? No setlist? :(

Well, I think someone already posted this link, but here you can find more information about the setlist. ;)

http://www.bt.no/kultur/konsert/Hyllet-Michael-Jackson-910946.html

Seems like it's nearly the same as in Herning, isn't it?

[Mimixxx]

Ooooh, I hadn't seen the setlist, it's a very messy page :dizzy2:

And yes it's exactly the same setlist. Sigh

[but a dream]

Thanks for the link, must have missed it.

It's messy indeed :dizzy:

[Miha]

Chris has shorter hair?!

[WarningGuy]

But where is Green eyes?

[lndnsky]

Still nothing?!

[Stefan-C8]

I don't know why the Norwegians got their own live ep, they don't even have fans there :P

[SueDeNimes]

Here's an article at least!

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/1.6738285

(And pictures!!)

http://www.nrk.no/contentfile/file/1.6738559!f169CropList/img650x367.jpg

[Stefan-C8]

They forgot Talk in the setlist.

[strawberryswinger]

just two songs in the acoustic set? and speed of sound was moved..

[Stefan-C8]

Three acoustic songs: Green Eyes, Til Kingdom Come and Billy Jean.

[lndnsky]

just two songs in the acoustic set? and speed of sound was moved..

Speed of sound was not moved. It was 6th song.

[Stefan-C8]

Speed of sound was not moved. It was 6th song.
Moved, but not removed. In Denmark it was the last song before the B-Stage.

[lndnsky]

Ooh sorry... :D :D :D I woke up 10 min ago. :D

[LittleMissMessy]

I have to say that Chris' hairlength is just perfect :)

At least that's how I like it best ;)

[Larry]

Another link...

http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/snop/coldplay-pa-scenen-2866574.html

:)

[Jay Niguez]

Nothing's up in here?!?!?!
I can't believe it!

[busybeeburns]

Pics:

Coldplay Konsert Koengen 19.August 2009

[coldplay12]

Here's an article at least!

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/1.6738285

(And pictures!!)

http://www.nrk.no/contentfile/file/1.6738559%21f169CropList/img650x367.jpg

http://www.nrk.no/contentfile/file/1.6738548%21f169CropList/img650x367.jpg

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http://www.nrk.no/contentfile/file/1.6738554%21f169CropList/img650x367.jpg
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http://www.nrk.no/contentfile/file/1.6738557%21f169CropList/img650x367.jpg

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[coldplay_is_louve.]

Chris cut his hair! :cheesy:!!

Many Chrissygirls have been waiting a long time for this day. :laugh4:!

[busybeeburns]

thanks for posting the pics!

[In a telescope lens]

Chris's hair looks amazing!!! Perfect! :heart::wacky::heart:!!!

[Mimixxx]

By Mountainstruggle @flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mountainstruggle/tags/coldplayatkoengen/show/

[Zeya]

The good thing about huge venues is that you always get good photos :D

[but a dream]

Nice pics :D

[Christa42]

its not too short, very nice do, damn he is flexy

[LittleMissMessy]

its not too short, very nice do, damn he is flexy
As I wrote earlier, it's the perfect length :)
It was almost shaved off last year in Hamburg and I didn't like it but this hairdo makes him look really sexy and cheeky ;)

[Mimixxx]

Til Kingdom Come was sung by Chris last night, not Will. DWNC was back too:

YouTube - Coldplay - Closeup gig Bergen, Norway 2009

More vids in first post

[marie/pims]

Not Will??? :( Was it a one time thing and we're never gonna hear it again...

[Mimixxx]

Nope, is Chris singing the whole thing in that vid am afraid.

[busybeeburns]

personally I think he should platt it or have himself a pony tail.

[ilovechrismartin09]

:P x

[Stefan-C8]

So Green Eyes AND DWNC AND Til Kingdom Come AND Billy Jean in the acoustic set?

[nancyk58]

I have been reading some articles about the Coldplay concert in Bergen, Norway in the netpaper "BT" (BT = Bergen Tidende. "Tidende" means news). I read a review of the Coldplay concert song by song; the main review of the concert by Einar Engelstad, Bergen Tidende; fan comments / reaction to the main review. I will try and make a summary of these articles and then post it here later this evening.

The concert was not very different from the one in Herning on 16 August. But the Danish crowd seemed much more into it than the Norwegian crowd. In one of the articles it said that Chris had a hard time trying to move the crowd / get it into it.

I understand that it was raining in Bergen, but there is a saying that "it always rains in Bergen"! Chris Martin had a haircut (and really needed it, I must say - and I am one of the fans preferring him with curly hair, but it was some centimetres too long imo. I was afraid that he would have shaved off too much hair, but I find his new haircut amazing - just perfect for the rest of the tour.

I will be back with the essence of the main review and an overall review of the concert goers as well as the review of the concert song by song. :)

[marie/pims]

Are Norwegian/Danish/Swedish crowds always "quiet" at concerts?

[Mimixxx]

Tommy (http://twitter.com/TommyBowen) from The White Lies via Twitter:

It has to be said, the Coldplay show last night was nothing short of incredible.

:D

[nancyk58]

Here is the promised "song-by-song review" of the concert in Bergen, Norway on 19 August 2009 - a translation:

(source/link: http://www.bt.no/kultur/konsert/Slik-var-Coldplay-festen-910946.html?start=1#kommentarer)

Megahits, sing-along and spectacular light show.
Our music reviewer, Stephan Meidell has rated each song:
SONG TITLE and Rating OF THE SONG (highest possible is 6*)
Life in Technicolor/Violet Hill: Dreamy instrumental intro with the band behind a thin curtain which covers the entire stage. Excellent sound, and the audience is quite into it / prepared to sing-along. Seamless cross-over between the opening song and Violet Hill. Rating: 5* (out of 6 possible)
Clocks: Everyone recognizes this song taken from the 2002 album «A Rush of Blood to the Head». Enthusiasm and laser light. Chris Martin suffers when singing the high notes / when being in the high register Rating: 5*.
In My Place: Another hit track from the same record. Chris Martin does not need to sing the chorus - the crowd (attendance of 23.000 people) knows the chorus and is singing along. Rating: 5*.
Yellow: It had to be somewhere in the set, and it appears early in the set. Yellow light and yellow balloons everywhere. Here the crowd is singing along (to the lyrics as well as during the instrumental party?). A little early (for this song), but Chris' voice is now sufficiently warm. Rating: 4*.
Speed of Sound: Nice song - one of Coldplay's best songs, accompanied by an impressive cosmic video, which covers the the entire, huge stage. Grand and magnificent sound. Rating: 6*.
Cemeteries of London: Rhytms like the ones found in folk-music, and percussion for a short while. Fine, but the audience is not quite into this song. Rating: 4*.
42: The audience is not quite familiar with this song, and people begin to small-talk!! Maybe not quite the right time for such a song, although it is a fine song. Rating: 4*.
Fix You: "New" song in the sense that it is sung in a lower register, but the crowd at the Koengen venue is quite into it! It is taken from the «x&y» album, released 2005. The song ends with fireworks, and the crowd is singing along. Nice. Rating: 4*.
Strawberry Swing: Funny and catchy oriental country riff, and everybody is clapping along. Chris sings it loud, and the stage show is magnificent. Rating: 5*.
God Put a Smile on Your Face: The band members enter one of the ramps of the stage, arousing enthusiasm, and start the song in an electro/beat version. Fine in combination with acustic piano. The laser lights are dancing across the "Koengen" venue. Rating: 5*
The Hardest Part: Chris is still at his piano and sings this song alone, until Will joins him for the chorus - and then also the audience. Nice. Really good atmosphere in spite of the raindrops (drizzle). Rating: 5*.
Viva la Vida: Chris plays the «Postcards from far away» interlude before the crowd takes completely off hearing the start of the title track of the tour & album. The band plays extremely well, while Chris, full of enthusiasm, runs from one end of the stage to the other. The atmosphere is extremely good)! Rating: 5*.
Lost!: This song, too has rhytms similar to the rhytms in folk-music, but is much more catchy. Here Guy is percussionist, and the enormous/huge sound and the rhytm please the ears. Rating: 5*.
Til My Kingdom Come: The band members go to the second ramp and seem to disappear, before they appear on a new small island with acustic guitars, harmonica and shakers. They perform a fine version of the song, but many people within the audience cannot see the band and are therefore confused asking: «Where are they?!» Rating: 5*.
Billie Jean: We are kindly asked to light up the sky with our mobile phones, and it is like a new starry / starlit sky on the hill. The acustic version is worthy of a salute. Rating: 6*.
Politik: Change of scenery / stage with a remix of «Viva la Vida». Amazing light show when the «Politik» chorus sets in. Chris sings this song with nerve. All the time he includes Bergen and Norway in the lyrics. And the audience's response is a very enthusiastic «yeah!» Rating: 5*.
Lovers in Japan: Chris plays an instrumental intro on his piano to this mesmerizing song, and butterflies made of crêpe paper in all colours are blown across the Koengen venue. Beautiful! Rating: 6*.
Death and all his Friends: While the butterflies continue to fly around, there is another amazing light show. This is impressive, both visually and sonically. The moment the music ends, the audience starts singing along. (My qualified guess is: The ooh, oohs of Viva La Vida?). The band takes a bow and leaves the stage, but a sold-out "Koengen" venue insists on the band reappearing. Rating: 5*.
The Scientist: A humble Chris enters the stage again and he delivers the trademark of melancholy-feelgood. This song touches / hits everyone - fine, but not clichéd. Rating: 6*.
Life in Technicolor II: Perfect song to close the act accompanied by fire works. It is as professional as it can possibly get. Coldplay fully lived up to expectations. Rating: 6*.
Source: BT = Bergen Tidende (a Norwegian newspaper - "Tidende" means News) and translated by Nancy Boysen, coldplayer

More to come later tonight or tomorrow! (It took longer time than I expected) :)

[coldplayisawesome]

I have to say that Chris' hairlength is just perfect :)

At least that's how I like it best ;)

same here! :wacky:

[Mimixxx]

Here is the promised "song-by-song review" of the concert in Bergen, Norway on 19 August 2009 - a translation:

(source/link: http://www.bt.no/kultur/konsert/Slik-var-Coldplay-festen-910946.html?start=1#kommentarer)

Megahits, sing-along and spectacular light show.
Our music reviewer, Stephan Meidell has rated each song:
SONG TITLE and Rating OF THE SONG (highest possible is 6*)
Life in Technicolor/Violet Hill: Dreamy instrumental intro with the band behind a thin curtain which covers the entire stage. Excellent sound, and the audience is quite into it / prepared to sing-along. Seamless cross-over between the opening song and Violet Hill. Rating: 5* (out of 6 possible)
Clocks: Everyone recognizes this song taken from the 2002 album «A Rush of Blood to the Head». Enthusiasm and laser light. Chris Martin suffers when singing the high notes / when being in the high register Rating: 5*.
In My Place: Another hit track from the same record. Chris Martin does not need to sing the chorus - the crowd (attendance of 23.000 people) knows the chorus and is singing along. Rating: 5*.
Yellow: It had to be somewhere in the set, and it appears early in the set. Yellow light and yellow balloons everywhere. Here the crowd is singing along (to the lyrics as well as during the instrumental party?). A little early (for this song), but Chris' voice is now sufficiently warm. Rating: 4*.
Speed of Sound: Nice song - one of Coldplay's best songs, accompanied by an impressive cosmic video, which covers the the entire, huge stage. Grand and magnificent sound. Rating: 6*.
Cemeteries of London: Rhytms like the ones found in folk-music, and percussion for a short while. Fine, but the audience is not quite into this song. Rating: 4*.
42: The audience is not quite familiar with this song, and people begin to small-talk!! Maybe not quite the right time for such a song, although it is a fine song. Rating: 4*.
Fix You: "New" song in the sense that it is sung in a lower register, but the crowd at the Koengen venue is quite into it! It is taken from the «x&y» album, released 2005. The song ends with fireworks, and the crowd is singing along. Nice. Rating: 4*.
Strawberry Swing: Funny and catchy oriental country riff, and everybody is clapping along. Chris sings it loud, and the stage show is magnificent. Rating: 5*.
God Put a Smile on Your Face: The band members enter one of the ramps of the stage, arousing enthusiasm, and start the song in an electro/beat version. Fine in combination with acustic piano. The laser lights are dancing across the "Koengen" venue. Rating: 5*
The Hardest Part: Chris is still at his piano and sings this song alone, until Will joins him for the chorus - and then also the audience. Nice. Really good atmosphere in spite of the raindrops (drizzle). Rating: 5*.
Viva la Vida: Chris plays the «Postcards from far away» interlude before the crowd takes completely off hearing the start of the title track of the tour & album. The band plays extremely well, while Chris, full of enthusiasm, runs from one end of the stage to the other. The atmosphere is extremely good)! Rating: 5*.
Lost!: This song, too has rhytms similar to the rhytms in folk-music, but is much more catchy. Here Guy is percussionist, and the enormous/huge sound and the rhytm please the ears. Rating: 5*.
Til My Kingdom Come: The band members go to the second ramp and seem to disappear, before they appear on a new small island with acustic guitars, harmonica and shakers. They perform a fine version of the song, but many people within the audience cannot see the band and are therefore confused asking: «Where are they?!» Rating: 5*.
Billie Jean: We are kindly asked to light up the sky with our mobile phones, and it is like a new starry / starlit sky on the hill. The acustic version is worthy of a salute. Rating: 6*.
Politik: Change of scenery / stage with a remix of «Viva la Vida». Amazing light show when the «Politik» chorus sets in. Chris sings this song with nerve. All the time he includes Bergen and Norway in the lyrics. And the audience's response is a very enthusiastic «yeah!» Rating: 5*.
Lovers in Japan: Chris plays an instrumental intro on his piano to this mesmerizing song, and butterflies made of crêpe paper in all colours are blown across the Koengen venue. Beautiful! Rating: 6*.
Death and all his Friends: While the butterflies continue to fly around, there is another amazing light show. This is impressive, both visually and sonically. The moment the music ends, the audience starts singing along. (My qualified guess is: The ooh, oohs of Viva La Vida?). The band takes a bow and leaves the stage, but a sold-out "Koengen" venue insists on the band reappearing. Rating: 5*.
The Scientist: A humble Chris enters the stage again and he delivers the trademark of melancholy-feelgood. This song touches / hits everyone - fine, but not clichéd. Rating: 6*.
Life in Technicolor II: Perfect song to close the act accompanied by fire works. It is as professional as it can possibly get. Coldplay fully lived up to expectations. Rating: 6*.
Source: BT = Bergen Tidende (a Norwegian newspaper - "Tidende" means News) and translated by Nancy Boysen, coldplayer

More to come later tonight or tomorrow! (It took longer time than I expected) :)

Thanks! :D

[parachutes_]

Are Norwegian/Danish/Swedish crowds always "quiet" at concerts?

I can only speak for the Swedish people and only of what I've seen on Youtube, reviews and quotes from Coldplay but: No. Not at all.

[iduran20]

"I was afraid that he would have shaved off too much hair, but I find his new haircut amazing - just perfect for the rest of the tour. " by nancyk58

I thought that too. It's not too short and it's not too long.

[MartinFan]

Thank-You Nancy!!!!

[Crystaline]

Chris got his hair cut! Yay. He looks amazing. <3

Thanks for all the vids and photos!

[JustSpies84]

That looks amazing. How is it to have a giant show like that around buildings? Can people see it from their homes?

That doesn't happen much here. The amphitheaters are always off to a non-residential area, because of noise restrictions.

But to have the buildings around the stage? Especially European structures which are almost always filled with history?

It's way too beautiful. I can't even imagine what it must be like to experience that. Thank you for the pictures!!

(And speaking of way too beautiful: Chris's haircut looks perfect on him.)

[SueDeNimes]

That looks amazing. How is it to have a giant show like that around buildings? Can people see it from their homes?

That doesn't happen much here. The amphitheaters are always off to a non-residential area, because of noise restrictions.

But to have the buildings around the stage? Especially European structures which are almost always filled with history?

It's way too beautiful. I can't even imagine what it must be like to experience that. Thank you for the pictures!!

(And speaking of way too beautiful: Chris's haircut looks perfect on him.)
Did you see pictures or videos from the Main Square Festival?
It was AMAZING.

[*Perrine*]

08-19-2009
This historic day should be remembered as the day when Chris got his haircut... at last ! :D
But wow only 8 pages ? The crowd was huuuge though ! Get your asses here people:whip:

Edit: exactly Anna ! This place was gorgeous !

[jelynch2]

By Mountainstruggle @flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mountainstruggle/tags/coldplayatkoengen/show/

WOW! You've got some incredibly beautiful pictures! Nice job! Thank you so much for sharing! :D

[yellowtalk]

Those visuals in Speed of Sound are beautiful :)

[JustSpies84]

Did you see pictures or videos from the Main Square Festival?
It was AMAZING.

Where can I see those?!

It just looks way, way cool. Like a massive giant stage set up in the middle of the town square, for everyone to enjoy. Venues aren't like that over here, at least in Florida they're not. The show looked like it was a lot of fun. The Speed of Sound video was out of this world (literally). Imagine seeing that in person... wowowow!

[SueDeNimes]

Where can I see those?!

The link to the thread (videos, pics etc in first post) is in my signature and here are the gallery pics (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1695)from the festival.
You can see the Main Square quite well in some of them!

[Coldplay]

Hope you guys had a great time! :)
I was so jealous when I saw they played Speed of Sound and Til' Kingdom Come at your show! :bomb:

[nancyk58]

Now I am back with the promised review of the concert with comments made by Norwegian concert goers:

Gigantic Mania at the Coldengen venue (Coldplay at the Koengen venue on 19 August 2009)
(Source: www.bt.no/kultur/koncert)
The largest stage ever used in Bergen and a really perfect and consistent show guaranteed a very good atmosphere, when Coldplay performed in front of 23.000 fans at/in the Koengen venue Wednesday evening. It was not the same ecstacy as during some previous huge concerts. Although as the concert developed the audience was getting extremely into it.
If anyone had told me that the band playing at the Garage venue one evening at the beginning of this century would attract an attendance of 23,000 people to the Koengen venue, I would have laughed right away. That evening it seemed just as likely as frosty weather in hell.
Coldplay is a relatively anonymous band. It is true that lead singer Chris Martin is a celebrity by virtue of his marriage to actress Gwyneth Paltrow. But it is a question if anyone had noticed the three other members even if they had passed the queue / line waiting to get into the Koengen venue this afternoon.
It is obvious that Coldplay must do something more than just stand up and perform the songs. The Koengen venue requires other effects than the basement of the Garage venue does, and the Viva La Vida Tour is making use of all of them.
Because it is magnificent. From the introduction at 22.20 o'clock (local time) where the big screens take you on a journey through space. You guessed it - you end up at the Koengen venue and Bergenhus. Thanks to Google Earth.
Then the intro with «Life In Technicolor» from the last album, and they four musicians ("the fab four") make their entry swinging their individual sparklers. The big curtain in front of the stage falls down, and the show is on. Then «Violet Hill» follows, and a piano is taken to the stage for «Clocks».
Then ”In my place” which the audience responds to very well - with enthusiasm, while Chris Martin runs out on the ramps to please the audience there. He seems to have a minor problem with his voice, but it is not easy to jump around, perform a backwards somersault and still have some breath left. Because the sound is perfect tonight.
Then it's time for the break-through track «Yellow». Complete with big, yellow balloons being scattered over the audience and the area in front of the stage in a flood of yellow light.
It is getting dark and the special effects are increasingly showing to their best advantage. And there is certainly no lack of effects: Coloured lasers and big-screen effects. The three other musicians, solo guitarist Jonny Buckland, bass player Guy Berryman and the drummer Will Champion are walk-ons (playing second fiddles) compared to Mr. Martin, but they do their job. The sound elements of some songs are stored on harddisk which is what must be expected when trying to recreate the sound from the records.
«Viva La Vida» really makes the audience sing along, and the Koengen venue continues to sing also between the songs. Suddenly the quartet ("the fab four") appear on a minor stage in the middle of the audience in acoustic format. It's is a nice break from all the laser effects. An acoustic version of Michael Jackson's «Billie Jean» is also popular.
«Lovers In Japan» towards the end is a magnificent seance with impressive video effects. And a few truck loads of confetti are sprayed on the audience. Poor Bergen Live which has to clean up the venue afterwards.
And the last song (encore) accompanied with fireworks on a large scale similar to the fireworks on 17 May (the Norwegian national day).
Guess what some thousand people were singing when the concert was over and it was time to go home - the title track ”Viva La Vida”.
EINAR ENGELSTAD
http://www.bt.no/kultur/konsert/anmeldelser/Gigantomani-paa-Coldengen--911330.html / Translation by Nancy Boysen

Generally positive comments from some people attending the concert and submitting comments to the above article. In the following most of the comments (the highest rating possible is 6*):
This must be the perfect concert - hitparade deLux - the best concert ever at the Koengen venue (Martin).
A good concert, but nothing more than that. And several songs were performed in a careless manner (here only 2*, but all in all 4* - Tove).
I am seldom so impressed and convinced by a band as tonight. It is difficult to reproduce the massive sound from the Coldplay records, but they managed to do just that to the full. And the "live" element makes it even better. And the crazy show! (Stephan Meidell).
Very good concert today. I have heard Coldplay two times before, and both concerts were not nearly as good as this one. A great concert with a great band (Torbjørn).
An extremely good concert - Coldplay delivered to the full! An incredibly good "live" band, a crazy stage show and an audience really being into it. Bergen city wants more concerts like that! (Eva).
I think that this concert all in all deserves 5* - a lot of good lighting, effects (Marianne).
The other man: Concert 6*, but the police only deserves 1! You do not remove cars legally parked ... Bad planning?
A fantastic feel good concert! One of the best concerts ever for me! Good sound, good stage show, good atmosphere. 6* (Dolo).
One of the greatest concerts I have ever been to. I have been to concerts with Stones, Kiss, Beck, Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, The Cure, Metallica, Gasolin (a Danish band, popular throughout Scandinavia), Blur, Oasis, Springsteen, Eagles, the Who. Should have been to the Michael Jackson concert in London. The concert tonight was magical. Amazing! 6* from me (Oddikk).

Unimaginative - dull/boring concert. The band has 3 or 4 good songs - the rest is bad copies!! After 30 minutes just idle running! The sound quality was very poor! A band with a very uncritical audience that is not very interested in music!! (K Evjen).

Response from Mari: Unimaginative!? Standing where? The sound quality was fantastic!! And bad copies - of their own songs??
Response from Pinda: Unimaginative? Did you spend 700 Norwegian Kroner on a concert with a band with only 3 or 4 good songs? Why did you do that? Maybe so that you could write about it on BT (Bergen Tidende)? The sound was as good as the sound at the Roger Waters concert, if not better.

FANTASTIC!!!! (Boobooo and Maria Thomassen - 6*).

Simple and fantastic (Benedicte).

Hoorah! Supershow from Coldplay tonight! The effects were quite fantastic - both confetti, lighting, sound and fireworks. But I missed "Trouble" and some other songs. But all in all a quite fantastic experience. I salute Coldplay! :) (no name stated)

This is clearly one of the best performed concerts ever in Bergen. Feelings of joy and community / solidarity between the audience tonight. Thank you, Coldplay and Bergen for having given me a most memorable Wednesday evening! (Kristoffer G).

Fix You deserves 6* and is clearly the best and most moving song played at this concert! (Frank).

The music yesterday was extremely good ... but the audience was dull ... I felt ashamed to be there (Anders).

Middle-aged former Bergen citizen: Holy Moses, BT - SO many articles about a group on tour in Bergen - a group that I have not even HEARD of before??!!!!!

Response from a very shocked Coldplay fan: WHAT!?! Not heard of the band that sells just as much as for instance Radiohead (over 30 mio. records) and recently having USA record in sales of fully digital records. This is impressive, indeed! Coldplay is 100 times more relevant today than old Bruce, but ends up with a little fraction of the press coverage. BT has done a magnificent job here !

Thank you Anders! You hit the nail on the head! Coldplay did a really good job, but no matter how hard Chris Martin tried to get the audience into it - trying to bring about a unique and great experience, in most cases it all ended up in nothing! The enthusiasm among a large part of the audience was almost non-existent which made me sad and quite ashamed / embarrassed! (Oppgitt)

6*, and I wasn't even there... !! (Vidar).

BT's reviewer, quote: "It was not the same ecstacy as during some previous huge concerts". What is this?? Nonsense! There has never been a better atmosphere during a concert in Bergen than last night. The atmosphere was electrical, and Coldplay delivered to the full! 6* (Gwyneth!!).

Thank you so much! Fantastic sound! Fantastic video show! Very good lighting -, laser - and pyro effects (fireworks)! Chris Martin is really fit for fight. Hitparade! Moving tribute to Michael Jackson! All this combined was MAGIC and without a doubt one of the best performed quality concerts in Bergen ever. PS: I was not even a Coldplay fan, but I think that I became a Coldplay fan yesterday. (Trond).

I can inform you that Coldplay arrived travelling in U2's "360 airjet", that transported U2 round in Europe on their tour. U2 didn't need the plane now, because U2 is now touring Great Britain. Just a funny fact<:) (Svein).

It was a scandalous concert! I was not there, but I do read newspapers?!? ?!?! (BergenskGuru)

The concert was fine, and there were many fine moments, but at the same time there were many dull songs - something that I think that everyone with a little objectivity left agree to. (!!!). I have always liked Coldplay and had not great expectations to this mediocre band...but this was all in all a fine concert - the band has, however, delivered much better performances in other concerts I have been to. And thinking of Coldplay having ambitions of being larger than U2, one might expect more from them than this?? Rating: 4* = more than enough imo .. some of the performances / songs deserve 6*, but other performances only deserve 2 or 3*. (Lars Erik).

I have never been to a better concert. The atmosphere in front near the stage was very good. The sound and the stage show were impeccable, the same applies to the selection of songs. 6*. (Helga).

Source: http://www.bt.no/kultur/konsert/anmeldelser/Gigantomani-paa-Coldengen--911330.html / Translation by Nancy Boysen

ENJOY and have a nice Friday ! :):laugh3:

[busybeeburns]

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[watsername182]

Chris looks absolutely gorgeous with the new haircut.
It's the perfect length.

[nancyk58]

Translation of NRK's coverage of Coldplay's Concert in Bergen, Norway on 19 August 2009
(Source: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/1.6738285 - Translation by Nancy Boysen, coldplayer)

At 21.25 o'clock local time, that means with a little delay, the British rock band Coldplay entered the stage. Before Coldplay the British band White Lies and the Norwegian Bergen-based group Datarock had warmed up the audience. The atmosphere was tiptop underlined by the enormous roar of enthusiasm when A-HA's hit song "The Sun Always Shines on TV" was played loud coming out of the loudspeakers immediately before the band entered the stage.

IMPRESSIVE !
It all began with a magnificent intro, "Life in Technicolor", where the band played behind a solid stage curtain. Then it continued in a very impressive way, although it was predictable that "Violet Hill", "Clocks" and "In My Place" would open the blast!
Without doubt a fantastic opening for the audience of 22,000 wild people in Bergen. The band's light show is without doubt one of the most impressive ones ever seen at the Koengen venue, and lead singer Chris Martin is tiptop and really fit for fight singing his tribute to Bergen already during the first song.

JUST AS INTIMATE AS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE "GARAGE" VENUE
In a strange way the band manages to find a subtle balance between exhibitionism and modesty, and the magnificent stage show exceeds the limits of what the Koengen venue has been used to up to now. The sympathic Bruce Springsteen delivered two excellent performances over two evenings, whereas the young British band delivers a huge total package giving the audience a feeling of being at the Nou Camp stadium in Spain and at the same time giving the audience a feeling of intimacy like in the basement of the Garage venue in 2001. Well done, indeed.
"Yellow" is accompanied by a flood of yellow balloons sent over the audience. At the same time the stage is covered by yellow light. Several big, luminous balloons are situated at several locations in the Koengen venue decorated with a map of the world and various writings (such as "Reign of love" and "Viva la Vida").
The audience was surprised when the band suddenly disappeared from one of the ramps. Immediately after disappearing, the band reappeared on a miniature stage among the audience where the band - among other songs - played an acoustic version of "Til Kingdom Come" followed by Coldplay's tribute to Michael Jackson in the form of "Billie Jean".

SING-ALONGS IN THE STREETS OF BERGEN
The concert ended at 23 o'clock (local time) with the encores "The Scientist" and "Life in Technicolor II".
- "Magnificent and intimate! The concert was a blast, and without any doubt it was the greatest concert event ever in Bergen. The audience is enthusiastic and having a very good time singing the title song off the "Viva la Vida" album leaving the Koengen venue". These were the words of Mr. Johannes Morland, NRK Hordaland's reporter immediately after the concert.

I might translate some Swedish reviews of the concert in Stockholm on 22 August 2009 - that is in the case of no reviews from Swedish coldplayers going to that concert. :)

Have a nice Friday and week-end. :laugh3:

[kuti3xoxo]

Love the video. I was amazed at how many people where there. Does anyone know how many ppl attended the show?

Oh and I :heart: his hair cut. SIIIGGGGGHHHH :kiss:

[SueDeNimes]

Does anyone know how many ppl attended the show?
One newspaper says 22.000, the other "more than 23.000"...

[SueDeNimes]

Now I am back with the promised review of the concert with comments made by Norwegian concert goers:
[...]
Source: http://www.bt.no/kultur/konsert/anmeldelser/Gigantomani-paa-Coldengen--911330.html / Translation by Nancy Boysen

ENJOY and have a nice Friday ! :):laugh3:
Thanks so much for all your translation work!! :stunned:

The sympathic Bruce Springsteen delivered two excellent performances over two evenings, whereas the young British band delivers a huge total package giving the audience a feeling of being at the Nou Camp stadium in Spain and at the same time giving the audience a feeling of intimacy like in the basement of the Garage venue in 2001. Well done, indeed. :heart:

[CPRani]

Hey guys, I AM BACK FROM BERGEN!! I came home last night, and I had school today so I could come online! But I have alots of pics and videos for you guys :D!

The trip started with a 7 hour train trip from Oslo to Bergen the 18th! We woke the next day, ate and went right down to the arena.
Me and my to other friends were the first ones in line, and we got interviewed three times because of that, haha! We waited for 6 hours and in that time we heard the band rehearse!

So we had been waiting for 6 hours before the gates opened, and another 3 hours for Coldplay.. White Lies and Datarock were okay.

FINALLY, the big earth comes on the bigscreen and start searching for Norway, then, Bergen, then the audience! Chris, Guy, Jonny and Will comes in with some kind of fireworks, and it was adorable :D!
Life in Technicolor was ofcourse amazing!! Then the curtain comes down and BAM! Violet Hill :D! It was great in Oslo and it was awesome now :D! I loved the energy Chris had under the whole concert!
Clocks was fantastic, I LOVE the part when Chris played on the piano like when he playes on the live album, you know which part I mean :P.
In My Place - AAH, CHRIS WAS SOOOOO CLOSE! I stood on the right wing and he came running past us and jumping around :D! AWESOME!
Slowly Chris played the guitar and I knew it was yellow! And the yellow balloons came on, and wow, it was great.
Speed of sound - GREAT EFFECTS, it was soooo beautiful!!! Loved it.
And then they played Cemeteries of London, which they did last time too, and it was even better this time, I love the purple light and the lalalays!
42!!!! Ah, I LOVE IT! I don't what to say, it's just an amazing song.. The crowd went wild on this one!
Fix You - I think that was the audience favorite, besides Viva, but it was.. ah goosebumps all over!
I squueeeld when I heard Strawberry Swing, it's such a nice and lovely song, specially live! So cute.

They came over to our wing to play GPASUYF/ Talk, but we were behind them, still awesome though, they were so clooose :D! I love the techno songs, they are so catchy!
Chris went "solo" and sang The Hardest Part which is just breathtaking, it's wonderful, Postcards From Far Away right after, and then ..
OooooOOOOH! Viva, everbody went crazy!!! It was just awesommmmmeeee!! AH!
Lost! Chris dancing and running like crazy as always during this song, amazing how he can sing and run like that!

Then the C-stage, weird though, every newspaper says they played Green Eyes, but they didnt!
Chris sang 'Til Kingdom Come, and it was soo cute and everybody was so quiet and listened to him.
Will sanf Death Will Never Conquer, he has an adorable voice!
Billie Jean after wards. everybody was singing along, haha, I loved this version of the song.
Then my favorite!! POLITIK!! I was just stunned by it, gaah, goosebumps all over, wow.
BUTTERFLIES!!!! Ah, Lovers In Japan as always is one of the most beautiful and memorable moments of the concerts with all the butterflies around!
Death and All His Friends - Concert almost over, soo sad.. I love the turn on this song, and its better live!
Then they left and everbody shouted . WE want more, we want more!

And then they came back and Chris said he would play two more songs!
The Scientist first, last time I saw them they played it acoustic, so this time I heard the original version and wow, it's just stunning and lovely.

And then the song I've been waiting for the whole day! LiT ii!!!
OH MY GOD! I get goosebumps writing about it, it was sooooo amazing with all the fireworks and the song, and everybody! I love it live, its truely amazing!
And then they left us, and it was over :(.

But I had an amazing experience, the concert got great critics from Bergen but some shitty ones from some other news paper, but then again the always criticize Coldplay. I don't care, I know they are good, and they were AMAZING in Bergen!

[nancyk58]

Reply to SueDeNimes: Quote: Thanks so much for all your translation work!!

You're welcome. It is quite funny though it took me a longer time than expected.
Good training for me not having translated so much in recent years. :)
NANCY

[SueDeNimes]

Hey guys, I AM BACK FROM BERGEN!! I came home last night, and I had school today so I could come online! But I have alots of pics and videos for you guys :D!
[...]
But I had an amazing experience, the concert got great critics from Bergen but some shitty ones from some other news paper, but then again the always criticize Coldplay. I don't care, I know they are good, and they were AMAZING in Bergen!
Aww, cool! So good to hear you had a great time!
Looking forward to see your pics and videos!! :hug:

You were interviewed you said...
Did you see the videos on this site (http://www.bt.no/kultur/konsert/Slik-var-Coldplay-festen-910946.html) already?
It says "Rania"... so that's you, right??
Cool!!! :dance:
I don't understand what you're saying though :laugh3:

Reply to SueDeNimes: Quote: Thanks so much for all your translation work!!

Hey, did you know that when you press on this button on the right side http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/cpstyles/coldplaying/buttons/quote.gif you can quote what someone else has written?
This way you don't have to type it up or copy & paste every time.

[CPRani]

Hahaha, yes that is me :D!! Haha!
I say that I havent slept for days and stuff, lol!

[SueDeNimes]

Hahaha, yes that is me :D!! Haha!
I say that I havent slept for days and stuff, lol!
:nice:
I'm starting to get nervous as well!

[LFDianne]

Reply to SueDeNimes: Quote: Thanks so much for all your translation work!!

You're welcome. It is quite funny though it took me a longer time than expected.
Good training for me not having translated so much in recent years. :)
NANCY

Nancy, amazing translation work! I enjoyed reading the reviews :)

[nancyk58]

Hi CPRani,

Thanks for your review of the concert. I read the other day that you were going to the concert in Bergen, and was looking forward to reading your review and seeing your pictures. I am glad that you had a good time. :)

I read and then translated the articles in Bergen Tidende on BT's website thinking that it would be nice to share the articles with the coldplayers. At the same time I had some translation training. It was quite funny, but took me longer time than expected, maybe because I have not made translations for quite some time.
I also translated the comments accompanying one of the reviews of the concert, because it is always nice to read or hear the fans' opinion of the concert, and there are unfortunately not so many Norwegian coldplayers here. The number of Danish and Swedish coldplayers is rather limited as well. Scandinavia is not so well represented here.

Bergen Tidende was relatively positive as to Coldplay's concert, but do you agree that Chris had a hard time getting the crowd to join him in sing-alongs and getting into it? And did you feel that Chris Martin had vocal trouble at the beginning of the concert? One of the articles mentioned that it took him some time before the voice was sufficiently warm.

Do you know the GARAGE venue where Coldplay was playing in 2001 in the basement. I understand that it must be a venue - it was referred to, as if it is a well-known venue. I have never heard of the GARAGE venue before, but maybe that is, because I'm not Norwegian.

[nancyk58]

Nancy, amazing translation work! I enjoyed reading the reviews :)

I'm glad that you enjoyed my translations. It took me much longer than I expected. So at 1am (1 hour after midnight) my eyes simply would not obey me any more - I was actually sleeping at the keys. Then I went to bed and slept 2 hours and then went back to finish the review accompanied by comments made by Norwegian fans submitting their comments on the BT website. But as
I wrote: It was good training and quite fun. It also helps that it is a topic / subject of interest, if you can follow me. ;)
You wrote that you also love Will's voice. Is he your Coldplay member favourite then? I would not mind him singing some more songs so that Chris could spare his voice. I would not like Chris to lose his voice for a longer period of time or maybe for good!! :( And as you say: Will has a nice voice, too. :)

[nancyk58]

Hey, did you know that when you press on this button on the right side http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/cpstyles/coldplaying/buttons/quote.gif you can quote what someone else has written?
This way you don't have to type it up or copy & paste every time.

Thanks for your tip, SueDeNimes. I would have made two replies at the same time. I used the Quote-button - wrote a message to Ifdianne - and then would press this button again so I could answer you as well - but the QUOTE button was gone. How are you able to quote several persons at a time? NANCY

[SueDeNimes]

Thanks for your tip, SueDeNimes. I would have made two replies at the same time. I used the Quote-button - wrote a message to Ifdianne - and then would press this button again so I could answer you as well - but the QUOTE button was gone. How are you able to quote several persons at a time? NANCY
For this you use the button next to it: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/cpstyles/coldplaying/buttons/multiquote_off.gif
When you have selected a post, the button turns to this: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/cpstyles/coldplaying/buttons/multiquote_on.gif
You can press it on as many posts as you want, then click http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/cpstyles/coldplaying/buttons/reply.gif and they will all be in the message window!

[CPRani]

Here are a couple of pictures :D!

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1705.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1756.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1749.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1754.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1748.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1742.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1736.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1735.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1737.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1734.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1731.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1730.jpg
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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1729.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1717.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1720.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1711.jpg

[nancyk58]

For this you use the button next to it: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/cpstyles/coldplaying/buttons/multiquote_off.gif
When you have selected a post, the button turns to this: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/cpstyles/coldplaying/buttons/multiquote_on.gif
You can press it on as many posts as you want, then click http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/cpstyles/coldplaying/buttons/reply.gif and they will all be in the message window!

Thanks,
You can become an excellent teacher - very instructive, indeed. THANKS. Have a nice week-end. :)

[SueDeNimes]

Here are a couple of pictures :D!
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/IMG_1731.jpg

Thanks!!!
I really like this one.
You had a cool spot!! :bomb:
Thanks. Have a nice week-end. :)
You're welcome! :nice:
Have a nice weekend too!

[LFDianne]

I'm glad that you enjoyed my translations. It took me much longer than I expected. So at 1am (1 hour after midnight) my eyes simply would not obey me any more - I was actually sleeping at the keys. Then I went to bed and slept 2 hours and then went back to finish the review accompanied by comments made by Norwegian fans submitting their comments on the BT website. But as
I wrote: It was good training and quite fun. It also helps that it is a topic / subject of interest, if you can follow me. ;)
You wrote that you also love Will's voice. Is he your Coldplay member favourite then? I would not mind him singing some more songs so that Chris could spare his voice. I would not like Chris to lose his voice for a longer period of time or maybe for good!! :( And as you say: Will has a nice voice, too. :)


Yes, Will is my favorite. I have a thing for drummers, and Will has nice eyes. :blush: I wish he would sing more solos - and I love his harmonizing with Chris during The Hardest Part.

[*Perrine*]

Nice pictures !

The stage is so huge ! And too high... In the US the stages weren't like that, I'm jealous !

[nancyk58]

Yes, Will is my favorite. I have a thing for drummers, and Will has nice eyes. :blush: I wish he would sing more solos - and I love his harmonizing with Chris during The Hardest Part.

Will has nice eyes, but I have also seen his "death stare"! :laugh3: He has a very warm smile - there was a video where Will can be seen smiling on the big screen. He has a very breattaking smile - if you can follow me;) There is a picture of Will embracing Chris - Will is smiling and looking very happy. It is one of my favourite pictures.

Is your hubby a drummer, then? Just curious because you are saying that you have a thing for drummers. :)

I love Will's harmonizing with Chris during The Hardest Part. It was also beautiful hearing them harmonizing during Til Kingdom Come.

[CPRani]

:D
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/P1000697.jpg

[LFDianne]

Will has nice eyes, but I have also seen his "death stare"! :laugh3: He has a very warm smile - there was a video where Will can be seen smiling on the big screen. He has a very breattaking smile - if you can follow me;) There is a picture of Will embracing Chris - Will is smiling and looking very happy. It is one of my favourite pictures.

Is your hubby a drummer, then? Just curious because you are saying that you have a thing for drummers. :)

I love Will's harmonizing with Chris during The Hardest Part. It was also beautiful hearing them harmonizing during Til Kingdom Come.

No, my husband is not a drummer. It goes back to when I was in school band and learned to played drums, it's not easy and I was too uncoordinated to keep it up. I love listening to drum-lines and beats and rhythms. When I met Will, he was so gracious and nice, even though I was barely breathing at that point. lol It was easier to for me to talk to Chris than to talk to Will, brief as it was. And that beautiful smile, gah.

[nancyk58]

To Norwegian coldplayer: Thanks for sharing your pictures from the Bergen concert with us. Beautiful - particularly the last one. And now you can add Bergen -19.08.09 - to your signature. I like your sentence: Keeping up the Scandinavian Pride!

Ifdianne: Heard anything from those receiving your emails with coldplay-shaped fans on tour?

[CPRani]

To Norwegian coldplayer: Thanks for sharing your pictures from the Bergen concert with us. Beautiful - particularly the last one. And now you can add Bergen -19.08.09 - to your signature. I like your sentence: Keeping up the Scandinavian Pride!

Ifdianne: Heard anything from those receiving your emails with coldplay-shaped fans on tour?

Its a pleasure :). Yeah, finally!

[LFDianne]

To Norwegian coldplayer: Thanks for sharing your pictures from the Bergen concert with us. Beautiful - particularly the last one. And now you can add Bergen -19.08.09 - to your signature. I like your sentence: Keeping up the Scandinavian Pride!

Ifdianne: Heard anything from those receiving your emails with coldplay-shaped fans on tour?

@Nancy - I got a reply from Anchorman just this morning.

"Thanks for the pics Dianne - glad you guys managed to have some fun in
Tampa despite the cancellation.
Anchorman"

It's not much, but at least it is something! And I also did what you suggested in your PM, so maybe that had something to do with it. I don't like him using the word "cancellation" instead of their official announcement of "postponement" though.

[nancyk58]

@Nancy - I got a reply from Anchorman just this morning.

"Thanks for the pics Dianne - glad you guys managed to have some fun in
Tampa despite the cancellation.
Anchorman"

It's not much, but at least it is something! I don't like him using the word "cancellation" instead of their official announcement of "postponement" though.


Dianne, I can see what you mean. It is indeed strange that Anchorman uses that word. If you possibly could, maybe you should make it to Wembley in September. Then you could also meet with MartinFan.

One of the Coldplay-shaped fans on tour is named Kelly. Do you know if it is the Kelly with the famous car with VIVA on the side? The car was photographed on one of Miller's / Roadie #42's blogs? I once saw a picture of this car parked in front of the owner's house, and I thought that the VIVA on the side was a trick (maybe photoshop) until I saw the car again, now in Miller's / Roadie #42's blog). :laugh3::D

[MartinFan]

Dianne, I can see what you mean. It is indeed strange that Anchorman uses that word. If you possibly could, maybe you should make it to Wembley in September. Then you could also meet with MartinFan.

One of the Coldplay-shaped fans on tour is named Kelly. Do you know if it is the Kelly with the famous car with VIVA on the side? The car was photographed on one of Miller's / Roadie #42's blogs? I once saw a picture of this car parked in front of the owner's house, and I thought that the VIVA on the side was a trick (maybe photoshop) until I saw the car again, now in Miller's / Roadie #42's blog). :laugh3::D



I have been trying to get her to try and work out coming, but sometimes it is hard to do so, also WE will meet in Tampa when they come back to us!!!!:kiss:

[Mimixxx]

:D
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/P1000697.jpg

Love this pic :D

[CPRani]

A friend of mine took it :D! It's awesome!

[Mimixxx]

It really is :D

[*Perrine*]

Lol @ the butterfly on Guy's face :D
But yes this pic is wonderful !

[LFDianne]

Dianne, I can see what you mean. It is indeed strange that Anchorman uses that word. If you possibly could, maybe you should make it to Wembley in September. Then you could also meet with MartinFan.

One of the Coldplay-shaped fans on tour is named Kelly. Do you know if it is the Kelly with the famous car with VIVA on the side? The car was photographed on one of Miller's / Roadie #42's blogs? I once saw a picture of this car parked in front of the owner's house, and I thought that the VIVA on the side was a trick (maybe photoshop) until I saw the car again, now in Miller's / Roadie #42's blog). :laugh3::D

Yes, it's the same Kelly - she's awesome and we had a good time. There's nothing like spending a day with people who share the same enthusiasm as you do!

[nancyk58]

Yes, it's the same Kelly - she's awesome and we had a good time. There's nothing like spending a day with people who share the same enthusiasm as you do!

I know what you mean.
As to Kelly: When I saw her on that picture (the Coldplay-shaped fans on tour) I immediately had the feeling that this had to be the owner of that awesome car. I simply adore that car - but how did she manage to get the VIVA on the side of the car and a special VLV-related registration plate? Can you just apply for such a registration plate and be allowed to use it? I would think that the VIVA on the side of the car with these colours reminded too much of Coldplay's Viva la Vida.
I tried to find the picture of Kelly's car, but of course I couldn't. And now I feel like going to bed - here in Denmark it is now 0.30am and my eyes are almost closed.
Goodnight and sleep tight when it's your time to sleep. Have a nice week-end!

[ainsley]

I see that Rania allready wrote a review :cheesy:
IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was so close, but all the pics I took were extremely blurry and bad.
I couldn´t stand still enough to take any good pictures, I didn´t stop dancing through the whole concert, no kidding :P
And I sang my heart out, my voice is all FUNKOLA now :laugh3: And my legs and arms are so sore from the jumping,dancing, clapping, waving hands and pounding fists in the air :lol:
Ugh, I am getting all teary eyed by just thinking of the concert!! :bigcry:
I just can´t explain how amazing it was!! :stunned: :cheesy:
I´m not going to upload any pics, because they are so lame anyway :rolleyes: :laugh3:
THANK YOU COLDPLAY FOR THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! :dance: :heart:

[Open, Politik]

YouTube - Coldplay - Lost - Bergen, Norway 2009
YouTube - Coldplay - Life in Technicolor ii - Bergen, Norway
YouTube - Coldplay - Viva la vida - Bergen Norway 2009
Some videos from Norway

[kuti3xoxo]

:D
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/L-Figo07/P1000697.jpg

:heart: :heart: :kiss: :kiss: :D