22-Aug-2009: Olympic Stadium, Stockholm - 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
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
Death Will Never Conquer
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/1714

Wiki Reviews:

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.php/22_August_2009:_Olympic_Stadium%2C_Stockholm%2C_Sw eden

Videos:

Life In Technicolor

YouTube - COLDPLAY (LIVE) IN STOCKHOLM STADIUM - life in technicolor

YouTube - Coldplay - Life In Technicolor & Violet Hill (Stockholm 22-08-2009)

Violet Hill

YouTube - Coldplay - Life In Technicolor & Violet Hill (Stockholm 22-08-2009)

YouTube - Coldplay - Violent Hill - Stockholm, Sweden 22/8-09

Clocks

YouTube - clocks coldplay, stadion 22/8-09

YouTube - Coldplay Stockholm Stadion 22/08/09 Clocks YoditW.blogg.se

In My Place

YouTube - Coldplay - In My Place, Sweden Stadion 22/8

YouTube - Coldplay in Stockholm 2009-08-22 in my place

Yellow

YouTube - Yellow - Coldplay

YouTube - Coldplay - Yellow (Live in Stockholm)

Glass Of Water

YouTube - Coldplay in Stockholm - Viva la Vida Tour - AUG/09

Cemeteries Of London

42

YouTube - Coldplay performs 42 live at Stadion, Stockholm 22 august -09

Fix You

YouTube - Fix You Live Stockholm 22/8

YouTube - Fix You - Coldplay

YouTube - Coldplay - Fix You live at Stockholms Stadion 2009

Strawberry Swing

YouTube - Coldplay - Strawberry swing - Stockholm, Sweden 22/8-09

YouTube - Coldplay - Strawberry Swing live @ Stockholm Stadion

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)

YouTube - Coldplay - God put a smile upon your face at Stockholm Stadion 22/8-09

Talk (techno version)

YouTube - Coldplay Live @ Stockholm Stadion, August 22 2009

The Hardest Part (Chris piano)

YouTube - Coldplay, The Hardest Part, Live in Stockholm 2009-08-22

Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)

YouTube - Coldplay, The Hardest Part, Live in Stockholm 2009-08-22

Viva La Vida

YouTube - Coldplay in Stockholm - Viva la Vida (LIVE)

YouTube - Viva la Vida - Coldplay

Lost!

YouTube - Coldplay - Lost - Stockholm, Sweden 22/8-09

YouTube - Coldplay - Lost, @stockholm stadion 22/8

Green Eyes

YouTube - COLDPLAY (LIVE) IN STOCKHOLM STADIUM

YouTube - Coldplay Stockholm 090822

YouTube - Coldplay live at Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden - UP CLOSE & FREAKING PERSONAL! Part 1(2)

Death Will Never Conquer

YouTube - Coldplay live at Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden - UP CLOSE & FREAKING PERSONAL! Part 1(2)

YouTube - Coldplay Stockholm 090822

Billie Jean

YouTube - Coldplay live at Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden - UP CLOSE & FREAKING PERSONAL! Part 1(2)

YouTube - Coldplay in Stockholm - Michael Jackson Tribute

Viva La Vida (remix interlude)

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Politik

YouTube - Coldplay Live - Herning 16/8-2009 - Politik

Lovers In Japan

YouTube - Coldplay - Lovers in Japan (Live in Stockholm)

Death And All His Friends

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The Scientist

YouTube - Coldplay - The scientist (bättre kvalité) Stockholms stadion

YouTube - Coldplay - The Scientist live @ Stockholms Stadion

Life in Technicolor ii

The Escapist (outro)

[eeev]

d'you think they'll play the songs from the prospekts march-ep? or is this the same concert as they played in stockholm in september?

[Stefan-C8]

They will probably have a different setlist :) Or at least some new songs; they are currently playing Life in Technicolor ii at the concerts in the UK.

[Quitter]

I think so too. Prospekt March has just been released and they play only 1-3 songs from it on the concerts today. But later in spring and summer i think they will play some new and old together.

I went to the second Stockholm-concert, and don't think they will play the same songs. It's "the summer tour" not "viva la vida tour" :)
but i'm just guessing of course.

[lindam]

I don't know what to do! :\ I want to come here sooo badly!! But I don't know, if i have that much money to come here, because i'm already going to Wembley.

Are the tickets coming on sale on Friday? Have to make the decision by Friday, then.

[eeev]

if they'll play some new songs, then there's no doubt - i'm going to that concert! i saw them in sthlm this year and it was AMAZING. wouldn't wanna miss an experience like that, it was incredible :D

[Autonom]

imba

[lindam]

if they'll play some new songs, then there's no doubt - i'm going to that concert! i saw them in sthlm this year and it was AMAZING. wouldn't wanna miss an experience like that, it was incredible :D

I was there too, it was so awesome! the best day of my life :P
Wish that i'd have money... :\

[OnMyOwnInASeparatSky]

I don't know what to do! :\ I want to come here sooo badly!! But I don't know, if i have that much money to come here, because i'm already going to Wembley.

Are the tickets coming on sale on Friday? Have to make the decision by Friday, then.

I know.. I have the same problem with their Bergen consert in Norway. I'm also going to the Wembley show, which will probably be 100000 times better since there will be 90 000 people there(!) and their last consert on that tour. Also I live in Oslo, which means that I have to pay for travel and hotel in Bergen and the consert tickets costs as much as 650 kr + charges (the viva-consert tickets were around 500)... But just to know that they're playing in Norway and I won't be there is frustrating!!!:confused::\:(

[lindam]

I know.. I have the same problem with their Bergen consert in Norway. I'm also going to the Wembley show, which will probably be 100000 times better since there will be 90 000 people there(!) and their last consert on that tour. Also I live in Oslo, which means that I have to pay for travel and hotel in Bergen and the consert tickets costs as much as 650 kr + charges (the viva-consert tickets were around 500)... But just to know that they're playing in Norway and I won't be there is frustrating!!!:confused::\:(

Same situation as I have. :\
Except I live in Finland, and the gig is in Sweden. But I feel just the same as you do. I have to pay for travel, hotel and tickets too. But just to know that they're playing in Sweden and I won't be there... :bigcry: but what can I do? :\

[chipotle]

I really don't like this stadium and I don't look forward to deal with ticnet again, but still :dance: yay!

Btw, ticnet's website says the tickets go on sale on Thursday, Dec 11!

See you there! :D I hope.

[CPRani]

I know.. I have the same problem with their Bergen consert in Norway. I'm also going to the Wembley show, which will probably be 100000 times better since there will be 90 000 people there(!) and their last consert on that tour. Also I live in Oslo, which means that I have to pay for travel and hotel in Bergen and the consert tickets costs as much as 650 kr + charges (the viva-consert tickets were around 500)... But just to know that they're playing in Norway and I won't be there is frustrating!!!:confused::\:(

Ah, I'm having the same thought here, altough I'm not going to Wembley :(. Well, atleast not for now.. But anyway, I have to go to a concert!

[leeds113]

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102662470366

[eeev]

and the consert tickets costs as much as 650 kr(

WHAT?! 650NOK? thats almost 800SEK, are you sure that they're so expensive?

[chipotle]

Stockholm tickets cost 495-595 SEK + charges.
Fingers crossed we all get the tickets we want! :)

[OnMyOwnInASeparatSky]

WHAT?! 650NOK? thats almost 800SEK, are you sure that they're so expensive?

Yeah! It says so... That's too expensive...:( And that's for the standing tickets... The Golden Circle ( costs 1000 NOK!!! Omg! How can they take that much money for a CONSERT???? even though it is Coldplay, of course!

[OnMyOwnInASeparatSky]

Just have a look here (http://www.billettservice.no/html/evinfo.htmI?CNTX=3807392&l=NO&C=)....:confused:

[Stefan-C8]

I think so too. Prospekt March has just been released and they play only 1-3 songs from it on the concerts today. But later in spring and summer i think they will play some new and old together.

I went to the second Stockholm-concert, and don't think they will play the same songs. It's "the summer tour" not "viva la vida tour" :)
but i'm just guessing of course.
Well, it actually is the Viva la Vida tour. But they'll probably play some of the new songs and hopefully some old ones they haven't played in a while (Shiver!).

I'm going to see them at least once next year, I'd love to go to wembley but that's just too expensive (plane tickets and all :\), but maybe Düsseldorf or Denmark.
The concerts are expensive though! How may € is 595 DKK? :p

[chipotle]

595 DKK should be about 77 €. Concerts are expensive these days!

[Mimixxx]

Ian or Jen, this thread is in the wrong section, I think. I can't move it though :confused:

[busybeeburns]

Ack, I need to sort out permissions, thread moved back

[Gomattii]

well i allready have my ticets and maybe i'll see som coldplay kompisar there ;)...kompisar means friends by the way...!...så vilka ska gå å coldplay då:)

[Tash1]

Vi ses den 22 aug hörrni! :)
Men våga inte ta min plats längst fram bara...!

[parachutes_]

Jag ska gå! :D :dance:
Jag har ståplatser och kommer med tåget till Stockholm samma dag.. hur länge innan måste jag vänta, tror ni?

[Ohemul]

Got tickets as christmas present, and i can't wait to get there!
If you've ever seen coldplay live, what was it like? :D

[Ohemul]

Jag ska gå! :D :dance:
Jag har ståplatser och kommer med tåget till Stockholm samma dag.. hur länge innan måste jag vänta, tror ni?

Jag vet inte, jag har också ståplatser, och jag vill självklart stå längst fram :rolleyes:
Man måste vara där ganska mpnga timmar innan om man vill ha riktigt bra platser tror jag..

Och är det en bra idé att ta med sig kamera dit? Nån som vet? :P

[MeriCri]

hi! I'm new in this topic ... I'm Italian, looking for informations about Coldplay european stadium gigs. Can somebody help me to find informations about tickets (standing? seating?) prices ... weather?

Thank you so much! :)

[Ohemul]

hi! I'm new in this topic ... I'm Italian, looking for informations about Coldplay european stadium gigs. Can somebody help me to find informations about tickets (standing? seating?) prices ... weather?

Thank you so much! :)


You can find all the tour dates on the band's official website, www.coldplay.com.
There are tickets there too, if you click on the gigs.

Otherwise, you could use google ;D

[parachutes_]

Jag vet inte, jag har också ståplatser, och jag vill självklart stå längst fram :rolleyes:
Man måste vara där ganska mpnga timmar innan om man vill ha riktigt bra platser tror jag..

Och är det en bra idé att ta med sig kamera dit? Nån som vet? :P

Jag skulle vilja stå längst fram men det blir knappast så för jag ska dit med min pappa. (hon som skulle följa med skulle sen åka till USA eller något)

Jag vet inte.. Man lär väl inte får ta med sig en systemkamera?

[Ohemul]

Jag har en systemkamera. Jag vill ha med den :uhoh: Fast den lär väl kraschas om man står längst fram :whip:

[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 stockolm?

please help! thanksssss!!!

[Ohemul]

Youre in venezuela? Then it will be quite a long way to Sweden? :P

[the_escapist]

:laugh3: right now i am in Venezuela - but I will be leaving to The Hague at the end of the month! I would love to go Stockolm....last year I went to see Coldplay at Strasbourg, France and it was amazing! met a lot of nice folks from this forum - so it will be amazing to get to know more coldplayers! so if you can help me with the information i requested, i would be very grateful!

[Ohemul]

The concert is sold out, and I don't know anyone who has spare tickets, unfortunatley.
I suggest you to try ebay. I'm 100% sure that there are tickets for sale in the swedish part of ebay, but the site is in swedish, so it'd be hard. :P

This is from Google maps (Red circle = amsterdam, green circle = stockholm. Found out that amsterdam is close to the hague), if it's to any help.
http://i32.tinypic.com/14brvvn.jpg
(http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:sv-SE:official&hl=en&tab=wl) EDIT: Oh, this link is quite useless :P

So it will not be so far if you take a flight (if you go by car, it will take a few hours, yes.) :P :)

[the_escapist]

The concert is sold out, and I don't know anyone who has spare tickets, unfortunatley.
I suggest you to try ebay. I'm 100% sure that there are tickets for sale in the swedish part of ebay, but the site is in swedish, so it'd be hard. :P

This is from Google maps (Red circle = amsterdam, green circle = stockholm. Found out that amsterdam is close to the hague), if it's to any help.
http://i32.tinypic.com/14brvvn.jpg
(http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:sv-SE:official&hl=en&tab=wl) EDIT: Oh, this link is quite useless :P

So it will not be so far if you take a flight (if you go by car, it will take a few hours, yes.) :P :)

THANKS!!! What about train? Do you know how many hours? I can travel up there and make some touring around Stockolm - and try to find a ticket the day of the concert (i think there's always someone reselling a ticket) and you could help me with the language! :lol:

[Ohemul]

I don't know how many hours it will take if you travel by train.. I can check that tomorrow (i'm very sleepy now, it's very late here :P). (Yes, I like to help people out :p)


And the language.. Almost everyone in Sweden speaks very good english, so you don't need to learn swedish at all! :D :P

[the_escapist]

ok! thank youuu!!

[parachutes_]

Jag har en systemkamera. Jag vill ha med den :uhoh: Fast den lär väl kraschas om man står längst fram :whip:

Jag har också en som jag skulle vilja ha med... men precis.
Ah, får se hur jag gör.

[Ohemul]

Ja..
Och jag tror inte man får ha med dem av säkerhetsskäl... :(

[the_escapist]

@yellowtalking did you manage to find out how many hours does it take from The Hague to Stockholm?

[the_escapist]

ticket ticket ticket! I WANT A TICKET! anybody????? PLEASEEEEEEEEE

[the_escapist]

tickets, anybody???? pleaseeeee....however, probably there will be people reselling tickets some hours before the concert....

[the_escapist]

anybody knows anybody who wants to sell a ticket?

[johkujii]

I need tickets too! :confused: and does anyone know any cheap hotels close to the stadium? :) I'm from finland and i'd love to come with my friend, but haven't been able to find any tickets that could be delivered to finland :(

[Ohemul]

Ebay maybe?

[johkujii]

i could only find them in tradera, and I couldn't sing in there because finlands country code is 358 and you could only write two numbers to the country code box :shocked2: but i'm trying to find them on a good price from somewhere else.. :) hope to see you all there !

[johkujii]

Hey do you guys think there will be alot of people selling the tickets before the show? if someone went to their last sweden gigs, where there alot of sellers then? :rolleyes:

[johkujii]

oh and one more question (sorry about these..) so d'you know if the standing area is divided into parts? because some of the tickets that they sell in tradera don't say anything about that,but one person I know has the ticket said that he has a ticket to the back of the standing area..?

[johkujii]

wow i got the tickets now! it was so scary to bid at tradera and wait if someone will take them from you! the last few minutes were my personal hell! :D but now I'm coming for sure so it's all great! ;)

[parachutes_]

Great! See you there. I'm getting really nervous now. And I hope they play lots of Parachutes stuff.

oh and one more question (sorry about these..) so d'you know if the standing area is divided into parts? because some of the tickets that they sell in tradera don't say anything about that,but one person I know has the ticket said that he has a ticket to the back of the standing area..?
I have no idea honestly. I haven't seen my tickets.

[Ohemul]

I don't think the standing area is divided into parts.
I'm not a 100% sure though..

[nniki]

I think it's divided into different sections.. at least there were two sections the last time I saw them in concert.. =)

[nniki]

It feels so surreal.. the concert's in 17 days! It's so soon and it's going to be awsome!

[Ohemul]

Sorry if I take this in swedish, I don't know how I should translate it :lol:


Jaha.. På min biljett står det "Ståplats innerplan".
Hoppas på att få stå längst fram. Undrar om biljetten tillåter det?

[nniki]

Haha ja jag håller med, det är lättare att ta det på svenska =)

Hm, jag vet inte riktigt.. det kan ju inte direkt vara någon som går runt och kollar när man väl är inne, tycker man ju :) och det brukar inte vara mycket folk utmed sidorna på innerplanen så om man går utmed dem och sedan försöker trycka sig inåt mitten därifrån så tror jag det är lättare att komma långt fram. istället för att trycka på i mitten.. haha, oj det blev otydligt men hoppas du förstår vad jag menar :)

[johkujii]

Well the person who sold the ticket to me said that it's divided into four sections and that our tickets are on the area which is the closest chris&peeps ;) I think it depends on which enterance you have on your ticket or something..but I'm not sure at all! Haven't received my ticket yet.. But I hope it's divided and we'll be in the first section :D

[Ohemul]

Haha ja jag håller med, det är lättare att ta det på svenska =)

Hm, jag vet inte riktigt.. det kan ju inte direkt vara någon som går runt och kollar när man väl är inne, tycker man ju :) och det brukar inte vara mycket folk utmed sidorna på innerplanen så om man går utmed dem och sedan försöker trycka sig inåt mitten därifrån så tror jag det är lättare att komma långt fram. istället för att trycka på i mitten.. haha, oj det blev otydligt men hoppas du förstår vad jag menar :)

Man kan kanske komma dit flera timmar för tidigt och ställa sig i nån form av kö (?) och vara liksom först när de börjar släppa in folk?
Jag har aldrig varit på nån konsert i en så stor arena förut så det där kanske lät dumt :lol:

[nniki]

Nej klart det inte låter dumt, det är ju det som är det självklara. Men ag var på en konsert i helgen och genom att gå utmed sidan och sedan horisonellt mot mitten så kommer jag väldigt nära scenen och väldigt lång fram.. men hoppas du får bra plats hur du än gör =)

[Lost!!]

Inte långt kvar nu:D


Ang. sektioner på ståplats.
På min biljett står det att den gäller den inre fållan så jag tror att det är olika sektioner.

[Ohemul]

Innerplan borde vara samma som Inre Fållan. Eller hur? XD

[Ohemul]

10. Dagar. :stunned:

[Lost!!]

Innerplan borde vara samma som Inre Fållan. Eller hur? XDJa det tror jag nog:)

[parachutes_]

Snart är det dagen D.

Ska ni ha på era några Coldplay relaterade saker eller något sånt? :P

[Ohemul]

Bara 5 dagar kvar! :D:D

Ska nog ha min Life in technicolor-tröja..

[johkujii]

Hey you guys I really need help! When I'm coming to the concert with tunnelbana, which stop do I get off at? :stunned: Is it the one named Stadion?
I'd really appreciate the help! :)

[parachutes_]

Hm, sorry I don't know. I live far away from Stockholm.

[YourArms]

hur länge ska ni kö? :)

[Lost!!]

Hey you guys I really need help! When I'm coming to the concert with tunnelbana, which stop do I get off at? :stunned: Is it the one named Stadion?
I'd really appreciate the help! :)Yes, Stadion it is:)

[strawberryswinger]

so you are the next ones, people!

enjoy the concert:nice::dance:

[johkujii]

@Lost!! : thank you ! :kiss:

@strawberryswinger: oh you bet we will! so exited!! :D

[parachutes_]

Jag är så nervös och förväntansfull nu! Några speciella låtar ni hoppas få höra?

hur länge ska ni kö? :)
Jag vet inte riktigt. Inte så länge. Det får bli som det blir.
so you are the next ones, people!

enjoy the concert:nice::dance:
Thanks Ed!

[parachutes_]

Jag ska sova nu och imorgon så ska jag gå i skolan och sen direkt ta ett flyg till Stockholm. Vi syns på Lördag och nu får vi vara en väldigt bra publik! Min första konsert, så nu får den vara perfekt, haha. Hoppas jag får tag på en LRLRL, några fjärilar och kanske någon spellista eller annat. Hejdå alla! <3

[Ohemul]

Herregud. Imorgon. Imorgon! :stunned:

Satsar på att vara där vid 12 - 1, så jag ska köa rätt länge, vill hamna längst fram (utan att bli mosad). :lol:

[Ohemul]

Herregud. Imorgon. Imorgon! :stunned:

Satsar på att vara där vid 12 - 1, så jag ska köa rätt länge, vill hamna längst fram (utan att bli mosad). :lol:

[CPRani]

Have a great time guys! I wish I could be there!

[Ohemul]

TODAY!

[theloveless]

i. hate. myself.
was of course going to go to the concert today, bought tickets last fall, and have been looking forward to it ever since. i don't live in stockholm, so was gonna take the train from my city today at 10. guess what happens? i wake up, at rougly five past 10. so, i missed the train, and i'll miss the concert...
but... i still have wembley.

[*Perrine*]

Awww that really sucks :\
Can't you go there by car ?

[busybeeburns]

You still have 8 hours! surely there is another way to get there? Coach? Bus? Car? :confused:

[SueDeNimes]

i. hate. myself.
was of course going to go to the concert today, bought tickets last fall, and have been looking forward to it ever since. i don't live in stockholm, so was gonna take the train from my city today at 10. guess what happens? i wake up, at rougly five past 10. so, i missed the train, and i'll miss the concert...
but... i still have wembley.
Oh noooo!! :o
That happened to me with an exam...

There MUST be a way to get there!
Are you trying to find another way?
Like Ian said - There's still enough time!

Go go go!!

[MartinFan]

Have fun today people!!!!!!:)

[marie/pims]

i. hate. myself.
was of course going to go to the concert today, bought tickets last fall, and have been looking forward to it ever since. i don't live in stockholm, so was gonna take the train from my city today at 10. guess what happens? i wake up, at rougly five past 10. so, i missed the train, and i'll miss the concert...
but... i still have wembley.

You're kidding!!NO!:shocked2:

[vanessa]

Have a great time everyone!! :dance: :dance:

[theloveless]

:) thanks for your sympathy. i looked for some last minute-train tickets, but the few that were left were all so expensive, and i don't have much money. And i don't have a driver's license (which i of course now curse myself for not getting during the summer, like i had planned), so there really was nothing to do.... :cry: i'm sad, but i seriously would have DIED if i didn't have the wembley concert in a month.

[Christa42]

so what time is it there? whats the weather like?

[vanessa]

so what time is it there? whats the weather like?

It's 8.15 PM but I don't know about the weather. ;)

[professa95]

shit so who is on now white lies? european time really throws me off track

[professa95]

looking at pictures from google images, its nice but it looks a tad weird. Also its pretty small to be considered a stadium. But i wouldnt go underestimating the power of a european crowd still should be a heck of a show.

[tisnowflake]

up

[*Sarah*]

YouTube - Coldplay @ Stockholm Stadion

:dance:

[*Sarah*]

YouTube - Coldplay @ Stockholm Stadion

:dance:

[LFDianne]

http://img502.yfrog.com/i/2nx.jpg/

That is a lot of people! Sorry, I can't get it to put up the picture.

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1714/20090822stockholm8.jpg

[busybeeburns]

Some early Twitpics:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1714/20090822stockholm1.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1714/20090822stockholm2.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1714/medium/20090822stockholm3.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1714/20090822stockholm4.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1714/20090822stockholm5.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1714/20090822stockholm6.jpg

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1714/medium/20090822stockholm7.jpg

[busybeeburns]

I added the picture dianne :)

[CPRani]

Wow, pictures already!
The concert is done in 20 min.

[lndnsky]

Wow... I love Swedish people.... Pics already. :D

[LFDianne]

I added the picture dianne :)

Thank you:)

[*Sarah*]

YouTube - Coldplay @ Stockholm Stadion #2

seems like they were having a good time :nice:

[WarningGuy]

Any information about the setlist?

[Mimixxx]

Tweets!

RNRJesus (http://twitter.com/RNRJesus): Coldplay were awesome! Check out this great picture of Chris Martin: http://twitpic.com/ewo9b (http://twitpic.com/ewo9b)

hnke (http://twitter.com/hnke): Chris Martin 7 meters away! http://twitpic.com/evzne (http://twitpic.com/evzne)

ejorn (http://twitter.com/ejorn): Coldplay - So cool http://twitpic.com/ewree (http://twitpic.com/ewree)

sharj (http://twitter.com/sharj): http://twitpic.com/ews0p (http://twitpic.com/ews0p) - Back from the most awesomest concert of @Coldplay (http://twitter.com/Coldplay)

jesperregeheim (http://twitter.com/jesperregeheim): just got home from coldplay, it was fucking awesome!

sannaaek (http://twitter.com/sannaaek): THE CONSERT ( COLDPLAY ) WAS SO DAMN GOOD ! YOU CAN'T DESCRIBE WITH ONLY WORDS.... THE MOST AWESOME THING I'VE EVER SEEN! BEST <3

brunetteofswe (http://twitter.com/brunetteofswe): was 1 meter away from chris&co. OMG!!! <3 the mini stage <3 coldplay and it's an everlasting <3 and this eve has made my life! thanks guys!

m4g1c4 (http://twitter.com/m4g1c4): Coldplay were absolutely fantastic tonight.

maddisch (http://twitter.com/maddisch): coldplay at stadion. amazing, just amazing.

fourmoreyears (http://twitter.com/fourmoreyears): i had to pee for twelve hours but chose to stand in line for coldplay instead, will photos tomorrow

lillemagi (http://twitter.com/lillemagi): Just came back, to work, after tonight's show with White Lies and Coldplay.

Rojk (http://twitter.com/Rojk): @coldplay (http://twitter.com/coldplay) Thank you for the wonderful show tonight. You rock!

rebeckafred (http://twitter.com/rebeckafred): I <3 COLDPLAY!!! the concert rocked! Pictures will soon be up on Facebook :)

LanaMarieB (http://twitter.com/LanaMarieB): just went to an AMAZING Coldplay concert... Daniel surprised me as a last date night before I leave :) I love him. Awesome!!!

neeea (http://twitter.com/neeea): neeeajust got home from the @coldplay (http://twitter.com/coldplay) concert. it was AWESOME! <3 now I've seen them live 3 times<3 tjohoo

anneliohlsson (http://twitter.com/anneliohlsson): @coldplay (http://twitter.com/coldplay) ur show 2night was wicked :) i just wish i could get that record "left right.." but they were all gone when i got out from stadion

neeea (http://twitter.com/neeea): hey @coldplay (http://twitter.com/coldplay) thanks for an AMAZING show in Stockhom tonight. <3

sandiepie (http://twitter.com/sandiepie): FUCKING AWESOME CHRIS MARTIN & CO!!!!!!!!!!

studulanudu (http://twitter.com/studulanudu): got to hear, and see, Chris Martin and the band frolicking in Stadion, by standing on a rock, looking through an archway by the stage...fun!

[nancyk58]

A short review tonight (1am Sunday 23 August 2009) from the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet (in Swedish) followed by a translation hereof made by Nancy Boysen :)

Kort udgave af anmeldelse af Coldplay koncert 22.august 2009 i Stockholm, Sverige
(kilde: Nöjesbladet - LINK: www.aftonbladet/supersommar2009)
Snyggt och intimt, Coldplay
På ett fullsatt Stockholms Stadion levererade Coldplay en effektiv och snygg show. Samtidigt som de lyckades skapa en stark vi-känsla med publiken.
Aftonbladets Håkan Steen var på plats när 33 000 personer på lördagskvällen såg Coldplay inta scenen på Stockholms Stadion.
– Publiken var på bra humör och bandet kände av det – de smittade av sig på varandra. Med enkla medel gör Coldplay en effektiv och snygg show – med rätt mycket hjärta.
Trots den stora arenan lyckas bandet skapa en intim känsla med publiken.
– En del av setet gör Coldplay på en liten, liten scen långt ut i publikhavet – vilket skapar en stark vi-känlsa med publiken, säger Håkan Steen.
I morgon kan du läsa en recension av konserten både i tidningen och på Nojesbladet.se.
Karolina Strömbäck Horney

The picture didn't appear, but the text accompanying it the missing picture:
Coldplay gör en snygg show med känsla / Coldplay delivers an amazing show with feel.

NICE AND INTIMATE COLDPLAY

Coldplay delivered an efficient and amazing show at the sold-out Stockholm Stadium. At the same tid they managed to create a strong intimate feeling (a "WE / US" feeling) with the audience (meaning that Coldplay connected well with the audience).

Mr. Håkan Steen employed by the newspaper "Aftonbladet" was in place and ready when an attendance of 33,000 people Saturday evening saw Coldplay enter the stage at Stockholm Stadium.
– The spirits of the audience were high, and the band felt it – the high spirits were contagious. Using simple effects Coldplay delivers an efficient and amazing show – with very much feel.
In spite of the huge arena the band manages to create an intimate feeling and a good connection with the audience.
– Coldplay performs a part of the set on a very small stage among the audience – which creates a strong "we / us feeling" with the audience, so Mr. Håkan Steen.
Tomorrow you can read a review of the concert in both the newspaper and on the website " Nojesbladet.se ". Karolina Strömbäck Horney, who was sitting in the press (gallery / box) to the right of the stage.

When the concert was over I noticed that the newspaper "Nöjesbladet" on its website had minute-by-minute tweets from the concert and answered questions. One of the questions was about the audience. Reply: The audience was varied - most of the crowd was white middleclass "boys and girls" around 30 years old. They played U2 (probably the magnificent "Magnificent" (sorry, but "Magnificent" is magnificent :D)) before the dancing roadie did his act. They did not play U2 in Denmark before the dancing roadie did his act. Maybe U2 was again played as a gesture and tribute to U2. The U2 jet brought the band to Stockholm. It seems that Mr. Superhero needed BONO's assistance to be airborne!! :laugh3::lol:

I will be back later today Sunday with more (must go to sleep now - it is 1.30 Danish and Swedish time).

[CPRani]

Thank you :D!

[Mimixxx]

YouTube - COLDPLAY (LIVE) IN STOCKHOLM STADIUM - life in technicolor

YouTube - COLDPLAY (LIVE) IN STOCKHOLM STADIUM

YouTube - Coldplay in Stockholm - Viva la Vida Tour - AUG/09

YouTube - Coldplay in Stockholm - Viva la Vida Tour - AUG/09

YouTube - Coldplay in Stockholm - Viva la Vida (LIVE)

YouTube - COLDPLAY (LIVE) IN STOCKHOLM STADIUM

YouTube - Coldplay in Stockholm - Michael Jackson Tribute

YouTube - Coldplay - Stockholm

[CPRani]

No fair, the didn't do the wave in Bergen :(!

Nice video, thanks!

[Linlaarie]

thanks for all the info !! :D

[santos]

Anyone who knows of the tracks played before the concert.

1.Some electronic track
2.U2 - Magnificent
3.Some rnb maybe?That was when the "dancer with the broom" entered the stage.

And so on...

So track 1 and track 3 that i mentinoed here is what i would like to know who made them.

Thx in advance and btw, the concert was as always with Coldplay,great.Will browse cam later on for pics and clips.

[nancyk58]

LINK: URL = http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.1680307/coldpla y-lat-for-lat-med-getingbetyg
Coldplay concert at Stockholm Stadium Saturday 22 August 2009 in the evening
(by Mr. Anders Dahlbom, employed by the newspaper "Expressen". He rates each song played at the concert).

The SETLIST
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Life in technicolor
A good start with the intro off the album “Viva la vida”.

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Violet Hill
Weak on the album, but grows / is much better here ("live"). Martin is on the move and squeezes out the lyrics.

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Clocks
Very, very nice with pulsating red light.

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In my place
Martin dances around like a boxer! Magnificent.

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Yellow
One of Coldplay's first and best songs. Vigorous and simple.

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Glass of water
A glass of water? Gasp. Saved by an Aha chorus of good quality.

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Cemeteries of London
Here it sounds very much like U2. But nice white balloons.

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42
A song which wants to be bigger than it is.

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Fix you
Arenas were built for such songs. Quite magnificent.

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Strawberry Swing
… and then back to another weak card. Too anonymous.

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God put a smile upon your face / Talk
For some reason played on a mini-stage in a sort of techno version.

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The hardest part / Postcards from far away
Chris solo on piano. Very beautiful. He thinks that the audience is of Usain Bolt class.

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Viva la vida
Cathedrals were built for such songs. The audience continues to sing along.

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Lost!
Grows with the speed. Now the band has really got up steam.

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Green eyes
Once again out to a new mini-stage far behind among the crowd. Acoustic, not very successful.

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Til kingdom come
A triffle sung by drummer Will.

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Billie Jean
Coldplay interprets Michael Jackson surprisingly well.

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Viva la vida (remix)
Mostly an occasion for the band to get back to the stage again...

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Politik
… a too leaden (heavy / slow) version. It feels like being punched in your belly repeatedly. !!

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Lovers in japan
The nicest moment this evening. Confetti and Mr. Martin with a little umbrella.

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Death and all his friends
Surprisingly strong. Majestic when the “Vida!” flags are covering the stage.

ENCORES :

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The Scientist
The crowd is into this song. Magnificent sing-along. Confetti covers the big screen.

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Life In Technicolor II
Magnificent ending with chorus sing-along and fireworks.

Review by Mr. Anders Dahlbom / Translation by Nancy Boysen
Published 23 August 2009 / Uppdated 23 August 2009.
LINK: URL = http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.1680307/coldplay-lat-for-lat-med-getingbetyg


I know that I wrote that I went to bed, but I wanted to find the setlist and found it in the Swedish newspaper "Expressen" in combination with a rating of each song - here it is. And goodnight! :)

[nancyk58]

Anyone who knows of the tracks played before the concert.

1.Some electronic track
2.U2 - Magnificent
3.Some rnb maybe?That was when the "dancer with the broom" entered the stage.

And so on...

So track 1 and track 3 that i mentinoed here is what i would like to know who made them.

Thx in advance and btw, the concert was as always with Coldplay,great.Will browse cam later on for pics and clips.

At the Roskilde festival in Denmark on 5 July 2009: U2s "Magnificent" was not played, but replaced by a piece of music that was more noisy than "Magnificent". Maybe it was that electronic track in your no. 1. It was followed by a Jay-Z song to which roadie Wayne was breakdancing (your song no. 3). Then the beautiful Danube Waltzt came and then Coldplay entered the stage with sparklers.

In Herning on Sunday 16 August 2009: No "Magnificent" by U2 :cry: , but again replaced by the electronic track in 1. followed by AHA's "The Sun always Shines on TV". Then the Jay-Z song to which roadie Wayne was breakdancing on the ramp on Jonny's side having a broom in his hand. Then the Danube Waltzt came followed by COLDPLAY.

[marie/pims]

fourmoreyears (http://twitter.com/fourmoreyears): i had to pee for twelve hours but chose to stand in line for coldplay instead, will photos tomorrow



good tshirt line :lol:

[LadyMadia]

I love being as close as possible to Coldplay. Arenas are to large if in the wrong seat. When I look at the stadiums I think it must be lovely to see their show with fireworks but people seem to far away to feel connected to the boys in the best Band of the century. I suppose it is still a very wonderful party as long as you can hear them play their amazing music that we all know and never tire of.

Yes, no matter where they performed or the seat I have or dont have, if they are within my area? I will be there. No matter how far away, yes I would still go.

I hope they are together for a very long time and have a strong feeling they will be.


a very Happy thought!:kiss:ChrisMartin

[marie/pims]

So Will sang Til Kingdom Comes again? :D:D

[professa95]

can anyone post a good fix you vid?? the one cuts off right before the crowd. :(

[but a dream]

No Speed of Sound this time??

[busybeeburns]

Coldplay på Stockholm Stadion 090822

[LittleMissMessy]

No Speed of Sound this time??
OMG ... :o
You're right! And I want to hear that song in Hanover sooo badly :bigcry:

Hopefully it will be back on the setlist in two days :\

[nancyk58]

Yes, according to the review song-by-song (giving away the songs sung = setlist) he did not sing "SPEED OF SOUND".

I have just read a review from the Swedish "Dagens Nyheder" (= News of the Day) for curiosity / in preparation for translating it. It is somewhat difficult - in 2 or 3 sentences there are a few Swedish key words that I am not sure of. Instead of spending a lot of time here I have decided to skip these passages to be able to do some more translations - I guess it is more fun with several translations than one superperfect translation, right?

Towards the end of that article I got really WORRIED!!

"From time to time Chris Martin sits down and plays his piano - maybe to compensate for the fact that HIS VOICE FAILS - IT IS SELDOM THAT HE MANAGES TO REACH THE CHARACTERISTIC FALSETTO LEVEL this evening."

Poor Chris - I am sure that he is really suffering :cry::cry: :( and looking forward to the completion of the tour!

I think that the songs "Green Eyes", "Til Kingdom Come" and "Billie Jean" and "Death Will Never Conquer" (the latter apparently not played in Stockholm) could be sung by Will to spare Chris' voice. Rather Will singing more songs than having Chris lose his voice = more cancellations (postponements). And Will does have a nice voice, too. What do you think?

[lndnsky]

^Yeah thats definitely possible. Poor Chris. I hope he'll be alright. :D

[Mimixxx]

can anyone post a good fix you vid?? the one cuts off right before the crowd. :(

Just need to do a YT search :)

YouTube - Fix You - Coldplay

By the way his voice sounds okay to me, not as spectacular as it can be, but no different than the last few nights. :shrug:

[Mimixxx]

First post updated, there's a fair few vids :D

Ian DWNC was played, but isn't on the setlist on the front page. :)

[dasdull]

So at the first Europe concert, we had two more songs(Sos and Herning Song) and one replacement(DWNC=>Til kingdom come)

Herning Song was removed for the second show, Speed of sound was removed for the third show.

That means we have the original setlist length! I thought they wanted to make the stadium gigs longer!

Or did they play DWNC and Til kingdom come?
Then it would be at least one more song.

[Mimixxx]

Not sure about TKC, but they definitely played DWNC.

[Superbear]

Okay to make things clear, during the concert in Stockholm, Will didn't sing any other song than DWNC and Til Kingdom Come was never played (I was really hoping for it)
I think the missunderstanding occured when the reviewer had looked at the norweigan set list and thought that it was the same as this one.

PS: About the voice, when Chris was talking, his voice sounded a bit tired and dry, as if he had a cold or something. Gesundheit!
Oh and the electronic music that was played before the concert was M83, a very charming and good band from France!

[GTskilled]

Hmm...my English is not so good...whats wrong now with Chris? Is he a bit ill or something?

[Mimixxx]

Okay to make things clear, during the concert in Stockholm, Will didn't sing any other song than DWNC and Til Kingdom Come was never played (I was really hoping for it)
I think the missunderstanding occured when the reviewer had looked at the norweigan set list and thought that it was the same as this one.

PS: About the voice, when Chris was talking, his voice sounded a bit tired and dry, as if he had a cold or something. Gesundheit!
Oh and the electronic music that was played before the concert was M83, a very charming and good band from France!

Thanks. Will update the setlist :D

[not01]

Best concert ever. Seriously. And better than last year when I saw them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcbGudn7Mms

White Lies = great.

[santos]

At the Roskilde festival in Denmark on 5 July 2009: U2s "Magnificent" was not played, but replaced by a piece of music that was more noisy than "Magnificent". Maybe it was that electronic track in your no. 1. It was followed by a Jay-Z song to which roadie Wayne was breakdancing (your song no. 3). Then the beautiful Danube Waltzt came and then Coldplay entered the stage with sparklers.

In Herning on Sunday 16 August 2009: No "Magnificent" by U2 :cry: , but again replaced by the electronic track in 1. followed by AHA's "The Sun always Shines on TV". Then the Jay-Z song to which roadie Wayne was breakdancing on the ramp on Jonny's side having a broom in his hand. Then the Danube Waltzt came followed by COLDPLAY.

Thx for info but you dont have a trackname for Jay Z´s track?

Okay to make things clear, during the concert in Stockholm, Will didn't sing any other song than DWNC and Til Kingdom Come was never played (I was really hoping for it)
I think the missunderstanding occured when the reviewer had looked at the norweigan set list and thought that it was the same as this one.

PS: About the voice, when Chris was talking, his voice sounded a bit tired and dry, as if he had a cold or something. Gesundheit!
Oh and the electronic music that was played before the concert was M83, a very charming and good band from France!

Thx for your answer too but i cant find that track.I quickly browsed all tracks on spotify and none of them were the same.Might be so that this track is´nt available on spotify though.I know it from somewhere.I might even have the cd but i can´t recall name or track at all.

Will continue looking but anyone that can help would be appreciated.

Thx again,Viva la Vida!

[Jay Niguez]

Thx for info but you dont have a trackname for Jay Z´s track?

Is it the same as last year?

[santos]

Is it the same as last year?

I can´t really tell since i dont recall any track like that before last years concerts.Any name for it?

And thx for trying to help me out.

[Mimixxx]

This is the Jay-Z song they usually use:

YouTube - Dancing roadie @ Rock Werchter 2009

It's called I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)

[dasdull]

So it's back to the normal setlist, all additions were removed.
That's sad, I wanted to hear Speed of Sound.:(

[santos]

This is the Jay-Z song they usually use:

YouTube - Dancing roadie @ Rock Werchter 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDzEcaauAY)

It's called I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)

Ahhh.....cheers for that one.1 out of 2 now.Only looking for the artist and trackname for the track played before U2.

Thx alot.

[Mimixxx]

Was it Kanye West by any chance? They played him on this tour too:

YouTube - Flashing Lights - Kanye West - Coldplay warmup

[santos]

Was it Kanye West by any chance? They played him on this tour too:

YouTube - Flashing Lights - Kanye West - Coldplay warmup (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFb75pBVN24)

Thx for trying but that one was´nt the one.Its an "electronic" song and there were no lyrics in it either.

Thx again...the search continues.

[nancyk58]

CONCERT REVIEWS
COLDPLAY AT STOCKHOLM STADION ( ON 22 AUGUST 2009 )
(Source: www.dn.se/kultur-noje/konsertrecensioner/coldplay-pa-stockholms-stadion-1.9 = The electronic version of the Swedish newspaper "Dagens Nyheter, the Culture - Entertainment section, concert reviews / coldplay at Stockholm Stadium)
(Published 23 August 2009 at 00:35am Swedish time)
Music review - Artist: Coldplay. Location: Stockholm Stadium
It is hardly a risky guess that what the critics dislike about Coldplay is what the audience likes.
Where U2 and Madonna from the very beginning seemed prepared to take the step to superstardom, Coldplay got there gradually as the nice guys from the countryside. Quite simply, they had to update themselves when the applauses were too loud. The intimacy of the debut album "Parachutes" did not fit into the arenas that suddenly opened up following fame. And at the Swedish venue "Hovet" in 2002 Chris Martin moved round like a playful puppy that had forgotten all warnings (and the lyrics seemed to express just that).
Coldplay's reprogramming to arena group has now been completed. With "Viva la Vida" Coldplay has sufficient material for concerts at stadium level, even some chorusses fit for football stadion sing-alongs - particularly the title track that the audience wanted to continue singing for a long time. It is nice and magnificent with glaring light, a flood of confetti, and hundreds of yellow balloons released during "Yellow". In addition to that Coldplay had mini-stages set up among the audience - just like Rolling Stones during that band's latest tour. But the point is somewhat lost when the selection of songs seems to be very popular. An acoustic version of "Billie Jean" is okay, but "Talk" is one of the most powerful songs by the band and should not be toned down/subdued.
The will to connection with the audience is obvious, but the charisma is limited. Jonny Buckland is - once for all - no Keith Richards, not even a "The Edge", and Guy Berryman and Will Champion are not only withdrawn, but much too anonymous. Chris Martin continues to get all the spotlight, and he has in no way stopped running around like crazy on the stage. From time to time he sits down to play his piano - maybe to compensate for the fact that his voice fails - he seldom manages to reach the characteristic falsetto level tonight.
Coldplay's music and stage show is pleasant and likeable with sufficient good songs for a two-hour-long show. The firework appears to be unnecessary, as the music is powerful enough to stand alone.
Thomas Anderberg, kultur@dn.se / translated by Nancy Boysen
This material is protected under the Copyright Act (DN.se)
(Source: www.dn.se/kultur-noje/konsertrecensioner/coldplay-pa-stockholms-stadion-1.9...)
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COMMENTS IN RELATION TO AFTONBLADET'S REVIEW OF COLDPLAY AT STOCKHOLM STADION ON 22 AUGUST 2009 (to follow later)
CaptainHaddock, posted on 23 August 2009 at 11:49: I am no Coldplay fan, but I like their music, but I find their latest album dark / I don't like it so much. But when the tour management offers you a ticket and pass, you do not say no, but obey and go to the concert. I left Stockholm Stadium a couple of hours later very, very impressed. 4 guys and a lot of special effects (for "protools" = professional tools = special effects?) managed to make the audience at the sold-out stadium feel like a small, intimate club. Their crew members also deserve much praise. Particularly the set designers and those in charge of the show.
HenkeSthlm, 29 years old, posted on 23 August at 12:49: The best I have ever seen .. What they deliver is amazing, not one single bad song. I had hoped for "Speed of Sound" among the encores, but no. But they were still very good. I had Bruce Springsteen and several U2 songs stored ("in the luggage")... , but now unfortunately they have to go, because Chris is king..
mikey_mic, 25 years old, posted on 23 August at 11:38: "Speed of Sound".. that was the second song that Coldplay played. How could Mr. Håkan Steen fail to hear it? :)
Balzary, 21 years old, Katrineholm, posted on 23 August at 12:12: Mikey_mik: Mr. Håkan Steen thought that he failed to hear Speed of sound, but it was not played as song no. 2 - it wasn't played at all yesterday evening!! Song no. 2 was by the way Violet Hill.
Dennadaer, 18 years old, posted on 23 August at 11:27. Wow, it was really a good concert. I saw this as well as the concert in the Globe last autum, both of them were magnificent. Coldplay captivate the audience like no other band or performer. Really good.
Source: www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/supersommar2009. It is the electronic version of the Swedish newspaper "Aftonbladet", the Entertainment section called "Nojesbladet".
The review from "Aftonbladet" will follow later.

More reviews will follow later! But it would be too much to translate articles all day long!! :)

Thanks for the corrections and additional information.

I can't forget this: The Superhero needed help (from BONO) to get airborne!! BONO helped Chris, so Now my feet won't touch the ground. Now we can call BONO ASSISTING SUPERHERO / a true helper of ALL (sorts of ) needy people !

Do any of you have pictures of U2's 360 Air plane?. I would really like to see it. I have seen pictures of the VIVA plane (though there is not much life / VIVA in it. But of course the tour is soon over - maybe the VIVA plane will illustrate the other part of the album title - "or DEATH and all his friends" - by going "dead". :laugh3::D Maybe they should stop singing "And Death Will Never Conquer" thinking of the VIVA plane!! :laugh3::D

[francois]

Thx for trying but that one was´nt the one.Its an "electronic" song and there were no lyrics in it either.

Thx again...the search continues.

You tried "Couleurs" from M83???
listen on their myspace
http://www.myspace.com/m83

I'd like to know too ;-)

[Ohemul]

THIS WAS THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE. FRONT ROW. :stunned:
Can't believe it's already over :bigcry:

[Rodan]

They didn't play Til Kingdom come, they did sound check White Shadows, so maybe in a near future they will start play it?

And Chris did sing a bit of Amsterdam during Strawberry Swing because people in the audience had signs mocking Chris for forgetting the Amsterdam lyrics. "Rehearsed Amsterdam this time?" and some had written down the lyrics for him.

The show was great, but I toughed that they rushed trough it. No much talking from Chris side. The two shows last year was better in my opinion.

[Mimixxx]

Found these hidden away in the Chris thread, taken from this site: http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.1680559/anders-dahlbom-storslaget-coldplay

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There's also video clips on there.

Violet Hill: http://www.expressen.tv/noje/Musiksommar/1.1680294/coldplay-pa-stadion-se-violet-hill

Clocks: http://www.expressen.tv/noje/Musiksommar/1.1680284/coldplay-clocks

IMP: http://www.expressen.tv/noje/Musiksommar/1.1680285/coldplay-in-my-place

[Round sweden]

My 4th time seeing coldplay live, but my first time seeing them on an outdoor arena.

It was a beautiful evening to enjoy Chris & co. And as always they delievered a 100 % entertainment. Loved it.

Especially that we accidentally came in the front when they ran out and played the acoustic songs in "the middle" of the crowd.

I was a bit curious about the Jay-Z song that played just before they entered. Anyone know the name of it?

[Mimixxx]

I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)

[LittleMissMessy]

They didn't play Til Kingdom come, they did sound check White Shadows, so maybe in a near future they will start play it?

And Chris did sing a bit of Amsterdam during Cemeteries of London because people in the audience had signs mocking Chris for forgetting the Amsterdam lyrics. "Rehearsed Amsterdam this time?" and some had written down the lyrics for him.

The show was great, but I toughed that they rushed trough it. No much talking from Chris side. The two shows last year was better in my opinion.
Are you sure, that CP themselves rehearsed White Shadows and that it wasn't just the technicians doing the soundcheck?!?!? :o

O M G !!!!!
SQUUUUEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I'd so love to hear White Shadows during one of my future concerts :bomb: :dead: :heart:

Please!!!! http://www.darren-hayes.de/phpBB2/images/smiles/bowdown.gif

[Rodan]

Are you sure, that CP themselves rehearsed White Shadows and that it wasn't just the technicians doing the soundcheck?!?!? :o

O M G !!!!!
SQUUUUEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I'd so love to hear White Shadows during one of my future concerts :bomb: :dead: :heart:

Please!!!! http://www.darren-hayes.de/phpBB2/images/smiles/bowdown.gif


Yeah, I'm pretty sure about that. It sounded like Chris singing it and forgetting the lyrics.

[LittleMissMessy]

@ Mich

Woah ... the pics you've posted are amazing!!!

Chris looks really great and far from being not in top form, at least he knows how to hide it in case he's not feeling okay by now.

And his haircut :heart: ...

[parachutes_]

I'm home again and... I'll never forget that night! Never! <3

[WarningGuy]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure about that. It sounded like Chris singing it and forgetting the lyrics.


Was it the whole song or only a few seconds?

[nancyk58]

Source: www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/supersommar2009/article 5680861.ab?service= The electronic version of the Swedish newspaper "Aftonbladet", the Entertainment section "Nojesbladet"
AFTONBLADET
COLDPLAY
Location: Stockholm Stadium, Stockholm.
Audience: 33,000 people.
Concert duration: 111 minutes.
Best song: "Fix You" and "The Scientist"
Worst song: "42".
Question: What happened to "Speed of Sound"?

Clearly not hype (UNCOOL)
Coldplay makes everyone very happy - with style and with a twinkle in the eye
One says thanks, bows and raises the imaginary party hat.
When it is getting dark this August night over Stockholm in Sweden, Coldplay invites you to a stadium party almost as intimate and smooth as a slice of lobster.
The globes, with different patterns, located over the gallery of Stockholm Stadium make me think of slices of lobster.
SIMPLE
In all their simplicity, the globes provide the Stadium with an intimate frame, and when the Coldplay members enter the stage with their sparklers and then play three of their most popular songs already in the beginning, they succeed, in just a few minutes time, in making the arena seem even much smaller.
These simple young men from London are world stars, but they want to be our friends. They are not here to be substitutes for rock rebels, they are not here to dazzle and impress. - Coldplay is here to share its songs with us and get us into it, all of us. That is at least the feeling that they propagate and communicate.
The people here at the stadium are certainly easily affected by flirtation. There is fervour in the air before the concert. In several songs the sing-along almost makes the arena shake. And songs such as "Fix You" and "In My Place" have without any doubt meant a lot to many of the people present.
TASTEFUL STAGE
But the Coldplay members do what they have to do very, very well.
They provide a tastefully simple stage. They provide shining sound and subdued arrangements, but they know how to fill out every corner of a big arena. In "Strawberry Swing" the contagious guitar riffs do the job all by itself.
They bring with them an uncoolness which you must probably possess if you want to succeed on the big stages. That uncoolness is a relief.
Chris Martin never poses. He sits at his piano or jumps around and bounces and looks happy without, for that matter, taking the edge off the amount of pain and heartache contained in many of his lyrics and probably being a large part of the reason why so many people are so affected by this band.
They are normal boys just happening to be unusually good at writing pop songs. They perform on a stage among the audience, and the stage is so small that you can hardly see it. They do this in order to intensify that feeling further.
And they realize that it is okay to flatter the audience a little if only they do it with style and with a twinkle in the eye. For example Chris Martin says that, if there had been Olympic Games for audiences, the Swedish audience would have been Usain Bolt.
NOT A BIT BORING
Coldplay may be reputed to be boring and unglamorous, but this show is really good at making the band's audience very happy. The way in which they dramatize, colour and pump up their list of songs even places funny smiles on the face of a purified reviewer who quite seldom feels like playing X&Y at home.
Chris Martin has now become one of this decade's most luminous artists. Without being the least extravagant he attracts the attention of everyone present. The charisma is inherent in his natural talents - just look at him when he is playing - everything looks provocatively simple - and the natural, relaxed stage presence. He makes us feel good and at home just as a good host (party host) would do.
Håkan Steen
Source: www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/supersommar2009/article 5680861.ab?service= The electronic version of the Swedish newspaper "Aftonbladet", the Entertainment section "Nojesbladet"


This translation might not be long, but it was tough!! ENJOY!

I'll might try to do 2 more translations this evening - they are not so long!!
I am listening to I-Tunes Denmark's weekly top 40 chart and can inform you that Coldplay had a re-entry at no. 34 with Fix You following last Sunday's performance in Herning, Denmark (16 August 2009). :):laugh3::)

[not01]

Yes, we heard White Shadows being played inside the arena while sitting outside.
But that was in the afternoon or something.
And I'm not sure if it was the whole song? At least it was over a minute of it.
I really did hope they would play it after that but they didn't.

[parachutes_]

I can write a little something later... maybe. :P

[Starlight Chaser]

I was a bit disappointed when they didn't do 'Til Kingdom Come, but it was nice to finally hear Glass Of Water live! Overall this wasn't the best Coldplay gig I've attemded, it was lacking the real spark at times; even though Chris seemed to be in a great mood the others could have been more 'enthusiastic.' But, I'm more than satisfied.

Bring on Wembley! (:

[nancyk58]

Oh no: I laugh at one of the pictures here where Chris looks as if he is trying to fly. Maybe he is afraid that the U2 plane might "go dead" (like the VIVA jet did). It is also possible that U2 will need their own plane soon so that Coldplay must find other solutions - Chris is trying the Superhero version and knows how to fly. Now it is time for the other members to rehearse as well. :laugh3:


Now they play Viva la Vida at I'Tunes Denmark's Top 40: New entry at no. 19. The week following Coldplay's performance at the Roskilde festival Viva la Vida made a re-entry at no. 20, but the following week it was no more represented. And Fix You new at no. 34. :):cool::laugh3::kiss:

[DZoolander]

What a great show! I had so much fun. :D

I've posted my review of the show plus some pretty good pictures on my music blog, Rock Revival: http://www.rock-revival.com

[bergstrommarn]

I remember hearing Will and Guy rehearsing the main riff of White Shadows. Jonny then joined for the bridge part. You couldn't hear Chris very much. I don't think they played the chorus, but the outro synths was played. So yeah, they sure rehearsed it or the soundguys can remove layers and stuff :P

[johkujii]

I had the worst and also the best night of my life! We came to the stadium at 9am with my friend and had the line up numbers 359&360 and when we got in we were like 7-10 meters from the stage at 4pm when we got in and people sat on the ground, but then I HAD TO go to the toilet around 5pm and when I came back people were suddenly STANDING and I just couldn't get throught to where I used to be!! My friend who I came with from Finland to see the show was there alone and she had my bag which had my cell phone and all my stuff (except my camera) so I couldn't call her that I can't get through to her and I was trying for like an hour to get there from different parts of the field and just panicing and stuff and I just couldn't get there (I got like 5 meters from the end of the crowd and then just couldn't move anymore!) and so I went to the security people and they helped me a little so I finally (after calling for like 30 minutes) got hold of my friend and then I went into the crowd to get a place to watch and ended up being at the end of the long stage on the left..I'm so annoyed! why couldn't I just stay there and see the fucking concert from like the third row and now I'm at like almost half way of the field! SUCKS!!! but well the concert was still awesome (tho I couldn't see the guys on the stage almost at all) but chris came close to me a couple of times and stuff so I guess it was ok, but I was just so sad!! I'm so dissapointed on that side..but still I enjoyed the concert of course and the fireworks, confletties and balloons and stuff were awesome too!!

My favourites were Deathandallhisfriends, strawberry swing (mostly because they did a small moment of Amsterdam there which is my second favourite CP song..) and the amazing LITii with the fireworks and all the singing that was like the happiest moment of my life! (that + singing
'No I don't want to battle from beginning to end
I don't want a cycle of recycled revenge
I don't want to follow death and all of his friends'
as loud as I could ♥

sorry about some of the negativity on the message, but I'm sure you can understand why I'm so pissed off at myself..still loathing in selfpity.. :lol: well while waiting for Wembley (that better go smoothly, I've had such terrible coldplay karma) I think I'll go get some sleep because I feel like I'm getting sick with all the lining up in the rain during the day and being in the wet clothes and stuff..

But still thank you Coldplay for the concert and I'll be posting some videos later! :)

[kspillers2]

I had the worst and also the best night of my life! We came to the stadium at 9am with my friend and had the line up numbers 359&360 and when we got in we were like 7-10 meters from the stage at 4pm when we got in and people sat on the ground, but then I HAD TO go to the toilet around 5pm and when I came back people were suddenly STANDING and I just couldn't get throught to where I used to be!! My friend who I came with from Finland to see the show was there alone and she had my bag which had my cell phone and all my stuff (except my camera) so I couldn't call her that I can't get through to her and I was trying for like an hour to get there from different parts of the field and just panicing and stuff and I just couldn't get there (I got like 5 meters from the end of the crowd and then just couldn't move anymore!) and so I went to the security people and they helped me a little so I finally (after calling for like 30 minutes) got hold of my friend and then I went into the crowd to get a place to watch and ended up being at the end of the long stage on the left..I'm so annoyed! why couldn't I just stay there and see the fucking concert from like the third row and now I'm at like almost half way of the field! SUCKS!!! but well the concert was still awesome (tho I couldn't see the guys on the stage almost at all) but chris came close to me a couple of times and stuff so I guess it was ok, but I was just so sad!! I'm so dissapointed on that side..but still I enjoyed the concert of course and the fireworks, confletties and balloons and stuff were awesome too!!

My favourites were Deathandallhisfriends, strawberry swing (mostly because they did a small moment of Amsterdam there which is my second favourite CP song..) and the amazing LITii with the fireworks and all the singing that was like the happiest moment of my life! (that + singing
'No I don't want to battle from beginning to end
I don't want a cycle of recycled revenge
I don't want to follow death and all of his friends'
as loud as I could ♥

sorry about some of the negativity on the message, but I'm sure you can understand why I'm so pissed off at myself..still loathing in selfpity.. :lol: well while waiting for Wembley (that better go smoothly, I've had such terrible coldplay karma) I think I'll go get some sleep because I feel like I'm getting sick with all the lining up in the rain during the day and being in the wet clothes and stuff..

But still thank you Coldplay for the concert and I'll be posting some videos later! :)


Sorry you had a rough time but I'm sure lot's of us can relate to that experience at a show...it's panic inducing for sure. Stay positive and rest-up, and plan your potty breaks because you gotta be ready for Wembley !!

[nancyk58]

The 2 translations I wrote about. ENJOY!

CHRIS MARTIN PRAISED THE SWEDISH AUDIENCE IN PERFECT SWEDISH

Coldplay's leadsinger Chris Martin seems to have been training Swedish. He is more than pleased with the audience at Stockholm's Stadium. During the concert on Saturday, 22 August 2009 in the evening, he said from the stage: - Tusind tack allesammans´, i.e. "Thank you so much".

The third song played by the band was "In My Place". Then Chris Martin started jumping around on the stage, and later he said: - Good evening everybody. Then he added: - Tusind tack allesammans, i.e. thank you so much.

"Your singing is fantastic"
Several times during the first half of the concert the audience's sing-along was almost louder than Martin's song. During the band's breakthrough song "Yellow" Chris Martin said: - Your singing is fantastic. This is gonna be fun. Later he said in perfect Swedish: - Tusen tack, i.e. thank you so much.
When the band members later huddle together on a small stage among the audience, Chris Martin asks: - Mår ni bra? - i.e. are you alright? That's it for my Swedish. And he continues to praise the audience: - So far you're being a goldmedal audience.

Mattias Bergqvist

Source: http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.1680247/chris-martin-hyllade-publiken-pa-sve...
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Anders Dahlbom: Magnificent Coldplay
Coldplay at Stockholm Stadium
Highlights: "Fix You" and "Viva La Vida" - they are so huge and magnificent
Worst thing: The unchanged setlist - it would have been better with some change / adjustment

Yes, the grandeur / greatness is important
Coldplay demonstrates with a very efficient show, giving you goose-bumps, at Stockholm Stadium that they belong to the group of great names able to play at the big arenas.

Sometimes it is better to rely on your arms. In theory I continue to have problems with Coldplay. It is not due to the quartet's evident feel and ability to create ballads and chorusses appropriate tor being played to an enthusiastic audience. Nor is the reason Chris Martin's cheerful care, which is annoying.
It is rather due to Coldplay's often commonplace lyrics and to the fact that it often feels like a beating heart is missing behind the big gestures.

It is in such cases that I check my arms. They have a never failing ability to be goosey (have goose-bumps) long before my brain perceives that I really, really like what I see and hear. And left is only to note that Coldplay at the stadium are often so good that your arms end up having goose-bumps.
There is a self-evidence in the way in which Martin's band handle a sold-out arena as if they have done nothing else the past ten years. An attitude resulting in Coldplay filling out the big arena costume in a natural way. It is true that nice light, confetti and balloons contribute to this, but it is even the simplicity with which Martin connects with the audience that can be felt.I think it is called weight.
And then it had to do with goose-bumps. It begins already in the introductory "Life in technicolor", in the "Yellow" chorus, in the grandiose ending with fireworks.
But first of all I am knocked down by "Fix You" and "Viva la Vida", two fantastic pieces of work for a band willing and able to play at the biggest stages in the world.

I am still not ready to endorse that Coldplay manages this fully. The setlist is all too familiar and oddly enough it feels like the band is too anonymous. But yesterday Coldplay's performance was often so beautiful that the brain was disconnected - but the arms were receptive. And that is what counts in the end of the day, I suppose.

Anders Dahlbom

Published on 23 August 2009

Source: http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.1680559/anders-dahlbom-storslaget-coldplay?... / translation by: Nancy Boysen

[santos]

You tried "Couleurs" from M83???
listen on their myspace
http://www.myspace.com/m83

I'd like to know too ;-)

Thx again for trying but that one is not the right one.I know this track from before just as i know the band too.Unfortunately it was´nt the right one.

Still looking for help.

Thx for trying everyone.

(For thoose that have´nt read all the posts i´m still looking for artist and trackname for the track played before U2 and Jay Z,it was an electronic song without any lyrics in it)

[LittleMissMessy]

Thx again for trying but that one is not the right one.I know this track from before just as i know the band too.Unfortunately it was´nt the right one.

Still looking for help.

Thx for trying everyone.

(For thoose that have´nt read all the posts i´m still looking for artist and trackname for the track played before U2 and Jay Z,it was an electronic song without any lyrics in it)

Why don't you just ask that question to the 'All-Knowing-Oracle'? ;)

http://www.coldplay.com/graphics/post_oracleformsubmit.png (http://www.coldplay.com/oraclesubmit.php)

[santos]

Why don't you just ask that question to the 'All-Knowing-Oracle'? ;)

http://www.coldplay.com/graphics/post_oracleformsubmit.png (http://www.coldplay.com/oraclesubmit.php)

Did´nt even know it existed.Question posted anyway so i´ll see if i get some answers.If not here first.

Thx !

[johkujii]

Sorry you had a rough time but I'm sure lot's of us can relate to that experience at a show...it's panic inducing for sure. Stay positive and rest-up, and plan your potty breaks because you gotta be ready for Wembley !!

Yeah I'm sure it has happened to so many and it's so unfortunate!! :cry: but oh yes I wont be leaving my place at wembley AT ALL!! I'd rather pee my pants than leave.. :laugh3:

[francois]

We came to the stadium at 9am with my friend and had the line up numbers 359&360

what is a "line up numbers 359&360"? what is it for?

[johkujii]

what is a "line up numbers 359&360"? what is it for?

The people who got there early got numbers so it would be easier to line up..I think they went to like 400 or something (not sure about that) and then no more numbers..) so the people who had numbers got in first in the order of the numbers :)

[nancyk58]

What a great show! I had so much fun. :D

I've posted my review of the show plus some pretty good pictures on my music blog, Rock Revival: http://www.rock-revival.com

Hi Daniel,
I just read your fantastic and very detailed review of the Coldplay concert in Stockholm. I used busybeeburn's Link and read 3 additional fantastic reviews. I was very pleased to read the reviews of the Madonna and two U2 concerts as well. U2 did not visit Denmark this time. :cry: Last time U2 visited Denmark was 31 May 2005, and I was not going to that concert, because I was not U2 fan before June 2005 via Bono. My interest started when reading about BONO being the one persuading a reluctant Bob Geldof to arrange the Make Poverty History concerts on 2 July 2005. I could have been at the recent Madonna concert in Copenhagen on 11 August 2009, but had seen the recent setlists - and she only played 2 songs of particular appeal to me ("Frozen" and "Like a Prayer"), so I decided to stay home, but was pleased to read your review from the Madonna concert in Sweden. THANK YOU SO MUCH. You really made my day. Your reviews get ****** (6*/6*). It was really like being at these concerts myself. I cannot THANK YOU enough. :)

[francois]

The people who got there early got numbers so it would be easier to line up..I think they went to like 400 or something (not sure about that) and then no more numbers..) so the people who had numbers got in first in the order of the numbers :)

ahh tanks!
But I suppose once you have your number, you have to sit and stay there in front of the closed gates?
You can't go away, have a drink, and then coming back later to enter with your number, before the thousands of people, without to queue!

It would be too easier:\ "Ok I go there at 5 am and then i'm going to sleep till the gig:rolleyes:"

[johkujii]

ahh tanks!
But I suppose once you have your number, you have to sit and stay there in front of the closed gates?
You can't go away, have a drink, and then coming back later to enter with your number, before the thousands of people, without to queue!

It would be too easier:\ "Ok I go there at 5 am and then i'm going to sleep till the gig:rolleyes:"

Well you know it was like that at 10am we had to be back there with our numbers and we were put on the line, before that we could just go away and come back then at 10am. So then when we were in that line with all the numbers then I think they didn't give out the numbers anymore. But we could leave the queue to like toilets&get food just like the people without numbers.. But yeah basically we had to queue just like everyone else after that 10am :)

[Ohemul]

I had the worst and also the best night of my life! We came to the stadium at 9am with my friend and had the line up numbers 359&360 and when we got in we were like 7-10 meters from the stage at 4pm when we got in and people sat on the ground, but then I HAD TO go to the toilet around 5pm and when I came back people were suddenly STANDING and I just couldn't get throught to where I used to be!! My friend who I came with from Finland to see the show was there alone and she had my bag which had my cell phone and all my stuff (except my camera) so I couldn't call her that I can't get through to her and I was trying for like an hour to get there from different parts of the field and just panicing and stuff and I just couldn't get there (I got like 5 meters from the end of the crowd and then just couldn't move anymore!) and so I went to the security people and they helped me a little so I finally (after calling for like 30 minutes) got hold of my friend and then I went into the crowd to get a place to watch and ended up being at the end of the long stage on the left..I'm so annoyed! why couldn't I just stay there and see the fucking concert from like the third row and now I'm at like almost half way of the field! SUCKS!!! but well the concert was still awesome (tho I couldn't see the guys on the stage almost at all) but chris came close to me a couple of times and stuff so I guess it was ok, but I was just so sad!! I'm so dissapointed on that side..but still I enjoyed the concert of course and the fireworks, confletties and balloons and stuff were awesome too!!

My favourites were Deathandallhisfriends, strawberry swing (mostly because they did a small moment of Amsterdam there which is my second favourite CP song..) and the amazing LITii with the fireworks and all the singing that was like the happiest moment of my life! (that + singing
'No I don't want to battle from beginning to end
I don't want a cycle of recycled revenge
I don't want to follow death and all of his friends'
as loud as I could ♥

sorry about some of the negativity on the message, but I'm sure you can understand why I'm so pissed off at myself..still loathing in selfpity.. :lol: well while waiting for Wembley (that better go smoothly, I've had such terrible coldplay karma) I think I'll go get some sleep because I feel like I'm getting sick with all the lining up in the rain during the day and being in the wet clothes and stuff..

But still thank you Coldplay for the concert and I'll be posting some videos later! :)

You are so lucky for going to Wembley.. I want to go there too! But it's impossible to find tickets now, isn't it?

I didn't have any line up number but I was in the front row! It was the best night of my life :D Hope you had a great time as well. :)
I actually don't remember anything from DAAHF.. It was just too epic and overwhelming i guess.. I just couldn't understand that I really WAS at a coldplay show and Chris Martin was standing just a few meters away from me!

[johkujii]

HOW did you get to front row if you weren't in the queue??? :oo

[viola87]

Someone know when people started to queque?

[Ohemul]

HOW did you get to front row if you weren't in the queue??? :oo

I was VERY lucky. We arrived about 14 o'clock (guess that's 2 am..?). There were three queues (I guess) and the first was for the ones who had queued since Wednesday (answer for your question Viola87 :lol:), and the second was VERY long.
Well, when we were standing there not knowing what to do, some guy asked a security guard where he should go. And the guard said that there was a third queue, that not so many people knew about yet, which was about 5 meters long! So we followed them and got almost first in that queue!

[lurifix833]

Thx again for trying but that one is not the right one.I know this track from before just as i know the band too.Unfortunately it was´nt the right one.

Still looking for help.

Thx for trying everyone.

(For thoose that have´nt read all the posts i´m still looking for artist and trackname for the track played before U2 and Jay Z,it was an electronic song without any lyrics in it)
Hey!

I´ve found that they played "M83 - Skin of the Night"

YouTube - M83 - Skin of the Night

.. but then there was some other electro song played before or after that one which i would like to know.. have you found the answer yet?

[johkujii]

I was VERY lucky. We arrived about 14 o'clock (guess that's 2 am..?). There were three queues (I guess) and the first was for the ones who had queued since Wednesday (answer for your question Viola87 :lol:), and the second was VERY long.
Well, when we were standing there not knowing what to do, some guy asked a security guard where he should go. And the guard said that there was a third queue, that not so many people knew about yet, which was about 5 meters long! So we followed them and got almost first in that queue!

That's like SO unfair! I mean I'm happy for you that you had a good experience but it is damn unfair still! :stunned:

I added one of my videos (sorry it's very shaky and stuff) it's the end of Politik, some piano song and Lovers in Japan with the butterflied AND CHRIS COMES LIKE A COUPLE OF METER FROM ME WITH HIS UMBRELLA!!

YouTube - Coldplay@Stockholm 22.8.2009 Lovers In Japan

So my question is: WHAT IS THAT PIANO SONG AFTER POLITIK??

Here you can see where I stood and I was queing since 9am! (in the morning ofc..) :cry:

[DZoolander]

Hi Daniel,
I just read your fantastic and very detailed review of the Coldplay concert in Stockholm. I used busybeeburn's Link and read 3 additional fantastic reviews. I was very pleased to read the reviews of the Madonna and two U2 concerts as well. U2 did not visit Denmark this time. :cry: Last time U2 visited Denmark was 31 May 2005, and I was not going to that concert, because I was not U2 fan before June 2005 via Bono. My interest started when reading about BONO being the one persuading a reluctant Bob Geldof to arrange the Make Poverty History concerts on 2 July 2005. I could have been at the recent Madonna concert in Copenhagen on 11 August 2009, but had seen the recent setlists - and she only played 2 songs of particular appeal to me ("Frozen" and "Like a Prayer"), so I decided to stay home, but was pleased to read your review from the Madonna concert in Sweden. THANK YOU SO MUCH. You really made my day. Your reviews get ****** (6*/6*). It was really like being at these concerts myself. I cannot THANK YOU enough. :)

Thanks for the kind words! :) I'm very happy to hear that people enjoy my reviews. I started my website as a way to help me to remember all the concerts I go to. I still have tons of setlists and pictures from old concerts to add to the site, but it's quite a task so I try to add a little at a time.

BTW, U2 are coming back to Europe next summer, so chances are they'll play Denmark then. So far I've heard Austria, Switzerland, and a couple of German cities are "confirmed" for 2010, by U2 crew members.

As a side note, I'd just like to say that Coldplay blew away both U2 and Madonna! They just have an amazing stage presence that can't be matched. :D

[nancyk58]

[Quote= The German radio stationNDR2 has a special "Coldplay Day" on Wednesday 25 August 2009 as Coldplay are playing Hannover Wednesday evening. On the thread for tomorrow evening's show I read that NDR2 will air / transmit the concert (and it makes sense when announcing a "Coldplay Day"). NDR2 will play a lot of Coldplay music during the day. I heard a little bit of Viva la Vida on NDR2 yesterday evening after 22, and then it was announced that there would be a special "Coldplay Day", but I didn't get on which day as Coldplay has 3concerts in Germany, namely on 25, 27 and 29 August. So I was glad to get the relevant information on the thread for tomorrow's concert. :)

The Edit relates to what I wrote about NDR2 aring / transmitting the concert from Hannover tonight. That was not true. NDR2 presents Coldplay AS A SPONSOR and GIVES AWAY some tickets for tonight's show. But it is true that NDR2 has a COLDPLAY day and probably will play several Coldplay songs - more than the other days.

[Isab3lla]

I'm a little late here but whatever. I did also attend the show this saturday and it was amazing! It was the first time for me since I didn't get tickets last time they were here (No money was one of the reasons :/). This time I got a seat in the F section which costed me 595 SEK. The view was good and I saw both the scene and the screens (very cool effects during 42 and some other songs btw) but I was very far away :/ I didn't see anything when they performed on the smaller stage cause I sat on the wrong side. It would have been fun to at least see Will sing DWNC. I was so surprised when they sang Viva La Vida and Fix You. I have never seen something like it - everyone was singing! I guess the same thing happend at Ericsson Globe too and all the other concerts but still, first time I saw something like it.

One of two big artists I've seen this summer, the other being Madonna (I had GC tickets there). I won't compare them but Coldplay had a better crowd for sure.

I feel really bad for those people who didn't get a CD. I was among the first one to get out from Stadion cause I sat near the exit so I got one but I heard alot of people screaming at the securitymen because they had nothing left to hand out. People write about it here (http://www.lastfm.se/event/860653+Coldplay+at+Stockholms+stadion+on+22+August +2009) (in swedish).

Great concert! I only wish I could have been closer to the stage and I hope they will use the Golden Circle system next time so you don't need to sleep outside or be there early in the morning to get a decent view :P

Btw, in which songs did Chris do something wrong (?) and said "Oh..." and laughed a bit. It was in one of the first songs but I don't remember and it drives me crazy! Always when I go to a concert I don't remember anything after the show cause seeing the artist with my own eyes is so huge for me that I forget everything else LOL.

Wow, a lot of negative comments but don't get me wrong - I LOVED IT! Please come back next time! :)

Edit: WTF happend with Speed of Sound?! My favourite single by them and they skipped it -_-

[johkujii]

I wanted SOS so bad too!!! I was all prepared for it and waiting for it so much but then it didn't come and I was so sad! :( But I guess you can't get everything.. I didn't get the cd either, and I probably won't get it at wembley either because I'm gonna stay after the concert for butterflies and stuff, so that sucks! :(

[Stefan-C8]

So my question is: WHAT IS THAT PIANO SONG AFTER POLITIK??

Gnossienne no. 1 by Erik Satie. In Antwerp last year I made a front row video of it :D :

YouTube - Coldplay - Gnossienne no. 1 Antwerp 4-10-08

[santos]

Hey!

I´ve found that they played "M83 - Skin of the Night"

YouTube - M83 - Skin of the Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Pg-2LP76g)

.. but then there was some other electro song played before or after that one which i would like to know.. have you found the answer yet?

That was´nt the one either but thanks for trying.No i still have´nt found what im looking for.

[Stefan-C8]

That was´nt the one either but thanks for trying.No i still have´nt found what im looking for.
Maybe it was something from Jon Hopkins? Juest guessing though.

[johkujii]

Thank you Stefan (?) for the piano song! I love it, thought it was so beautiful :)

[Ohemul]

Johkujii! Did you wear large peace earrings for the concert? :lol:

[parachutes_]

I'm a little late here but whatever. I did also attend the show this saturday and it was amazing! It was the first time for me since I didn't get tickets last time they were here (No money was one of the reasons :/). This time I got a seat in the F section which costed me 595 SEK. The view was good and I saw both the scene and the screens (very cool effects during 42 and some other songs btw) but I was very far away :/ I didn't see anything when they performed on the smaller stage cause I sat on the wrong side. It would have been fun to at least see Will sing DWNC. I was so surprised when they sang Viva La Vida and Fix You. I have never seen something like it - everyone was singing! I guess the same thing happend at Ericsson Globe too and all the other concerts but still, first time I saw something like it.

One of two big artists I've seen this summer, the other being Madonna (I had GC tickets there). I won't compare them but Coldplay had a better crowd for sure.

I feel really bad for those people who didn't get a CD. I was among the first one to get out from Stadion cause I sat near the exit so I got one but I heard alot of people screaming at the securitymen because they had nothing left to hand out. People write about it here (http://www.lastfm.se/event/860653+Coldplay+at+Stockholms+stadion+on+22+August +2009) (in swedish).

Great concert! I only wish I could have been closer to the stage and I hope they will use the Golden Circle system next time so you don't need to sleep outside or be there early in the morning to get a decent view :P

Btw, in which songs did Chris do something wrong (?) and said "Oh..." and laughed a bit. It was in one of the first songs but I don't remember and it drives me crazy! Always when I go to a concert I don't remember anything after the show cause seeing the artist with my own eyes is so huge for me that I forget everything else LOL.

Wow, a lot of negative comments but don't get me wrong - I LOVED IT! Please come back next time! :)

Edit: WTF happend with Speed of Sound?! My favourite single by them and they skipped it -_-

Ja, det var kaos när de började kasta ut skivorna. Jag var en av de sista så jag var i mitten av allt. Jag var inklämd som tusan, men det var värt det - jag fick en av de sista. Fångad i luften.

Förresten, vad tidigt alla köade. Jag var där ungefär en, två timmar innan, och fick en plats jättenära den scenen som sitter ihop med den stora scenen. Om ni förstår... Där Chris springer ut många gånger. Kanske hade jag bara tur? Jag stod ungefär där de alla tjejerna svimmade, om ni vet var det var.

An amazing night which is a memory for life. <3

[Ohemul]

Jag kom precis när skivorna var slut, men en av de där tjejerna som delade ut dem hittade två i botten av en kartong. Så jag ryckte åt mig en av dem :D

[Ohemul]

Svimmade tjejerna för att a) de var så inklämda eller b) för att Chris sprang ut där många gånger? :lol:

[nancyk58]

That was´nt the one either but thanks for trying.No i still have´nt found what im looking for.

I suddenly remember that Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" was played in Herning, Denmark on 16 August 2009 before the main event - Coldplay. Also played before the main event was Aha's "The Sun never Shines on TV" followed by a Jay-Z song with the title "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" and the Danube Waltzt. I hope that this can help you. :)

[johkujii]

Johkujii! Did you wear large peace earrings for the concert? :lol:

No I didn't, I had rose earrings :)

[santos]

I suddenly remember that Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" was played in Herning, Denmark on 16 August 2009 before the main event - Coldplay. Also played before the main event was Aha's "The Sun never Shines on TV" followed by a Jay-Z song with the title "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" and the Danube Waltzt. I hope that this can help you. :)

Depeche and Aha i know for sure since i have all their albums.None of thoose but will look into Jon Hopkins as someone wrote.

Thx again...

EDIT:Tried Hopkins on Spotify but it was´nt him either.

[Isab3lla]

Ja, det var kaos när de började kasta ut skivorna. Jag var en av de sista så jag var i mitten av allt. Jag var inklämd som tusan, men det var värt det - jag fick en av de sista. Fångad i luften.


Är det sant?! Jag skulle ha blivit förbannad om jag var en av dem :stunned: Jag förstår inte varför de inte kunde ge ut skivorna i början när de kollade biljetten. .

[parachutes_]

Jag kom precis när skivorna var slut, men en av de där tjejerna som delade ut dem hittade två i botten av en kartong. Så jag ryckte åt mig en av dem :D
Vilken tur!
Svimmade tjejerna för att a) de var så inklämda eller b) för att Chris sprang ut där många gånger? :lol:
Hahahaha. Det var innan de började spela så kanske var det helt enkelt tanken på att vara så nära Chris?
Är det sant?! Jag skulle ha blivit förbannad om jag var en av dem :stunned: Jag förstår inte varför de inte kunde ge ut skivorna i början när de kollade biljetten. .
Inte jag heller!

[Ohemul]

Det var massa tjejer längst fram som jag tjuvlyssnade på (:lol:) som snackade om att de inte hade hört så många Coldplaylåtar ("Jamen du vet den där med jay-z.. Vad heter den nu igen?") men var där enbart för att få se Chris :angry:

Tycker de skulle lämna plats där framme för dem som verkligen är riktiga fans! :D

[Autonom]

Politik = Pr0

[Jenjie]

Went to the capital without any expectations for the gig. Kom hem med mitt livs bästa konsertupplevelse! Come home with my life the best concert experience!

Nog trodde jag att det skulle bli väldigt bra; Coldplay på en stor utomhusscen. Surely, I thought it would be very good; Coldplay on a big outdoor stage. Men, wow. But, wow. Jag vet egentligen inte hur jag ska sammanfatta allting, SÅ bra var det. I do not really know how I can sum up everything, HOW good it was. Så bra att det knappt går att sätta ord till det. So good that it can hardly be put words to it. Det var verkligen en helthetsupplevelse och mycket tack vare att de lagt ner en hel del på den visuella delen. It really was a completely security experience and thanks that they have done a lot on the visual part. Hela bakre delen av scenen var som en stor skärm där det hela tiden visades bilder och färgregn i olika slag. The entire rear portion of the scene was like a big screen where it always was shown color photos and rain in different kinds. Två mindre skärmar vid sidan av scenen, samt några större "bollar" i taket som ibland användes som "videodukar" eller skiftade i olika färger. Two smaller screens on the side of the stage, and some larger "balls" on the ceiling, sometimes used as a "video screens" or changed into different colors. Stora färgglada bollar runt stadion och bra ljussättning. Large colorful balls around the stadium and good lighting.

Efter en regning förmiddag och tidig eftermiddag sprack himlen upp och det blev en solig och fin kväll. After a rainy morning and early afternoon, the sky broke up and it was a sunny and nice evening. Stämningen i publiken var på topp och runt 19.45 klev White Lies upp för att värma upp scenen. The mood of the crowd was on top and around 19:45 White Lies stepped up to heat up the scene. En bra spelning, egentligen inget märkvärdigt men bra. A good gig, really nothing fancy but good. Tyvärr lite otacksamt för ett band av deras slag att spela på en stor scen när det fortfarande var ljust. Sorry a bit ungrateful for a band of their kind to play on a big stage when it was still bright. De skulle helt klart passa bättre på en mindre inomhusscen eller att få spela under mörkare timmar. They would clearly be better on a smaller indoor stage, or to play during the darker hours. Men brittkvartetten gjorde ett bra jobb. But the British quartet did a good job.

Efter en stunds väntan och omriggning och en förväntansfull temperatur i publiken som steg allt mer och mer, var det äntligen dags. After a while, and omriggning and an expectant temperature in the audience rose as more and more, it was finally time. 22,10 traskade Coldplay upp och började med Life in Technicolor vars intro jag hade haft på hjärnan hela dagen. 22.10 Coldplay trudged up and started with Life in Technicolor, whose intro I had on the brain all day. Därefter gled de över i Violet Hill , som enligt mig är en av deras bästa låtar (om än få verkar hålla med mig). Then they slid over in Violet Hill, which according to me is one of their best songs (though few seem to agree with me). Enligt mig kunde det med andra ord inte ha blivit en bättre start. For me, it was in other words not have been a better start.

I cirka 1 timme och 50 minuter bjöds vi på låtar från samtliga fyra album, om än det till större delen var spår från senaste plattan Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends , och tråkigt nog bara en från första plattan Parachutes . In approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, we were invited to songs from all four albums, though it was mostly songs from latest album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, and sadly only one from the first plate Parachutes. Ska jag klaga på någonting är det just att jag saknade fler spår från debuten, och även Speed of Sound som konstigt nog ratades också. Should I complain about something, it is precisely because I had no more songs from her debut, and also the Speed of Sound, which, strangely enough, also was rejected. Annars var det en utmärkt spellista. Otherwise it was a great play list.

Det som förvånade mig mest var att den låten jag har haft allra svårast för, Fix You , var den som gav mig mest gåshud under hela konserten, samt även lockade fram ett par tårar. What surprised me most was that the song I have had the most difficult for, Fix You, was the one who gave me the most goose bumps throughout the concert, and even attracted a few tears. Den satt klockrent. Viva La Vida är också en låt jag haft svårt för, men där, med den enorma publikresponsen, allsången och allting som ingick i paketet var tillika den helt klockren. It sat klockrent. Viva La Vida is also a song I had trouble, but where, with the huge audience response, either at all and everything contained in the package were also the completely clear as a bell. Jag gillar sånt. I like that. När låtarna man har lite svårare för träffar mitt i prick under en konsert. When the songs have been a bit harder to hit the nail during a concert.

Vackra In My Place , en annan av mina topp fem favoritlåtar med bandet, var lika ljuvlig som alltid. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face framfördes i en riktig skön version och gled över i en lika skönt avskalad version av Talk . Beautiful In My Place, another of my top five favorite songs with the band, was just as lovely as ever. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face forward in a real nice version and slid over into an equally beautiful stripped-down version of Talk. Där och då insåg jag också att jag kunde ta ur öronpropparna för stunden. There and then I realized that I could remove the ear plugs for the moment. Det om något är en underbar känsla. Lost! fick håret att resa sig återigen precis som under The Scientist, och Strawberry Swing lät ännu bättre live än på skivan. That if something is a wonderful feeling. Lost! Was hair-raising, once again, as in The Scientist, and Strawberry Swing sounded even better live than on disc.

Utöver ljuset och allt som visades på skärmarna skickades det ut ett gäng stora gula ballonger under Yellow . In addition to the light and everything was on the screen sent out a bunch of large yellow balloons in the Yellow. Senare regnade det ut självlysande konfetti och hela konserten avslutades med ett hejdundrade fyrverki till tonerna av Life in Technicolor II . Later, it rained out luminous confetti and throughout the concert ended with a hejdundrade fyrverki to the sounds of Life in Technicolor II. Med andra ord var det en lika mäktig avslutning som start. In other words, it was an equally impressive finish of the boot.

Min kusin som var med beskrev konserten bra: "det kändes som att det hände någonting hela tiden". My cousin who had described the concert with me, "it felt like anything happened all the time." Utöver visuella biten, gula ballonger och konfetti verkade bandet vara på riktigt bra humör och förflyttade sig också en hel del. In addition to visual piece, yellow balloons and confetti band seemed to be really good mood and also moved a lot. Ena stunden var de på den stora scenen och lirade, nästa stund var de ute på en av ramperna och rev av ett par låtar där. One moment they were on the big stage and lirade, next minute they were out on one of the ramps and reefs of a few songs there. Efter halva spelningen springer de ut i ett temporärt avspärrat spår genom publiken och tar sig upp på en liten scen vid mixplats mitt i arenan. The mid-gig they run out of a temporarily cordoned off track by the audience and jumps up on a small stage at mixplats middle of the arena. Där drar de sedan av ett kort akustiskt set varav den ena låten är en cover på Michael Jacksons Billie Jean . Chris Martin lyckas även få publiken att starta en mobiltelefonvåg i mörkret. Where they prefer since a short acoustic set of which one song is a cover of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. Chris Martin succeeds even get the audience to start a mobiltelefonvåg in the dark.

Chris Martin sa även vid ett tillfälle att om det hade funnits ett världsmästerskap för publiken hade Stadion-publiken fått Usain Bolt-guld. Chris Martin even said at one point that if there had been a World Championship for the audience had stadium-crowd had Usain Bolt gold. Och det är bara att hålla med. And that's just to agree.

Jag kom på mig själv med att skratta och le stort mer eller mindre hela konserten igenom. I found myself having to laugh and smile wide, more or less the whole concert through. Och jag har nog aldrig fått så mycket gåshud under en och samma spelning. And I have never received so much goose bumps during a single event. Jag hade nog inte ens kunnat drömma om att det skulle bli en sådan magnifik upplevelse som det blev. I had probably not even dreamed that there would be such a magnificent experience that it became. Trodde att NiN och Korn på Arvika skulle bli enormt svårslaget iår, och ärligt talat hade jag nog inte räknat med att Coldplay skulle peta ner dem från tronen över årets bästa konserter. Believed to NiN and Barley in Arvika would be hugely difficult to beat this year, and frankly, I probably would not have thought about that Coldplay would poke them down from the throne of the year's best concerts. Men jag gillar överraskningar. But I like surprises. Det här var utan tvekan det bästa jag någonsin sett och det kommer bli svårslaget. This was undoubtedly the best I have ever seen and it will be hard to beat. Och då väntar ändå en konsert med Editors under hösten. And then wait yet a concert of Editors in the autumn.


Har ännu inte kollat om mina bilder från spelningen blev lyckade. Have not yet checked if my pictures from the gig was successful. Men förhoppningsvis blev ett par stycken användbara och då dyker de upp här inom kort! But hopefully, was a couple of pieces of useful and when they show up here soon!

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[Jenjie]

I saw Coldplay at the stadium and it was a great incredible number of ways.


Två citat från recensioner som på ngt sätt sammanfattar det hela: Two quotes from reviews that SOMEHOW sums it up:
* ”Hur kan ett band som är så tråkiga på skiva vara så bra live?” * "How can a band that is so boring on disc to be as good live?"
* ”De vill inte vara världstjärnor. * "They do not want to be world stars. De vill vara dina kompisar” They want to be your friends "

Jag gillar deras hits men även om jag samlar ihop deras bästa så har svårt att lyssna på dem längre än en halvtimme utan att bli uttråkad. I like their hits, but although I gather their best to find it difficult to listen to them longer than half an hour without getting bored. På stadion körde de på i knappt två timmar och det var inte en död sekund. At the stadium, they drove on in just under two hours and it was not a dead second. Visst. Sure. Scenshowen och fyrverkerierna gjorde sitt till. Stage show and fireworks have made her into. Det superba ljudet likaså. Men det som verkligen gjorde det var: The superb sound as well. But what really did it was:

1) Bandets attityd. 1) The band's attitude. Det var på bra humör. It was in a good mood. Jag fattar inte att man kan vara så avslappnad på en så stor scen. Har aldrig sett ett band få en konsert inför 33.000 människor att kännas som ett litet klubb-gig. I can not believe you can be so relaxed on a big stage. Have never seen a band have a concert for 33,000 people to feel like a small club gig. De hade bra mellansnack. They were good between snack. De verkade fortfarande bli tagna av att sjukt massa folk kommer och ser dem spela och var tacksamma för att alla tagit sig dit för att lyssna. They seemed still to be taken to a sick bunch of people come and see them play and were grateful that all taken there to listen. Plus att alla som var där fick en CD med sig hem. Plus, everyone who was there got a CD to take home.

2) Publiken. 2) The audience. Jag har sällan upplevt en publik som varit så med på noterna. I have rarely seen an audience who were so caught on. Stämningen i folkhavet var helt otrolig. The mood in the crowd were amazing. Alla var glada. Everyone was happy. Ingen aggresiv trängsel, bara pepp. No aggressive crowds, just pepper. Allsången på Fix You och Viva la Vida var bland det häftigaste jag varit med om. At all either on Fix You, and Viva la Vida was one of the coolest I have ever known.

OK, så där stod jag med ett leende på läpparna och blev alldeles glad och fortsatte vara glad hela konserten och flera dagar framåt. OK, so where I stood with a smile and was very happy and continued to be happy throughout the concert and several days ahead.


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[Jenjie]

Coldplay, the music and the audience

I just can not resist to share from me of what I think was so unbelievably cool experience in every way. Alla kanske inte tycker om Coldplay, men med den show det brittiska bandet bjöd på i lördags kväll under sjärnklar himmel på Stadion i Stockholm, så skulle inte någon kunna förneka hur genialiska de är. All may not like Coldplay, but with the show the British band offered on Saturday evening during sjärnklar sky at Stadion in Stockholm, so would not have to deny how brilliant they are.

Köerna till insläppet, som var 3 stycken vad jag uppfattade det som, var vardera nästan 800 meter långa när vi själva började köa runt kl. Waiting lists for admissions, which was 3 pieces of what I understood that, were each almost 800 feet long when we started queuing at around. 15. 15th Nästan 33 000 personer gick in på Stockholms Stadion vid halv sex och såg först förbandet White Lies vifta runt med sina gitarrer och sparka igång publiken. Nearly 33 000 people entered the Stockholm Olympic Stadium at half six and first saw the bandage White Lies waving around with their guitars and kicking off the audience. White Lies är inget dåligt band att ha som förband, och det ska nämnas att Snow Patrol var förband åt Coldplay i bland annat Canada tidigare i sommar. White Lies is not a bad band to have that bond, and it should be noted that Snow Patrol was the opening act for Coldplay in particular, Canada earlier this summer. När man kan ha världskända band som uppvärmningsakt... When you can have world-famous bands like uppvärmningsakt ... ja, då förstår ni kanske att Coldplay är riktigt stora numera. yes, now you know maybe that Coldplay is really big now.

The sun went down and the sky had become even more beautiful when Coldplay entered the stage for what would soon become a starlit sky. Temperaturen inne på arenan var perfekt och i de två tornen på arenan hängde en brittisk flagga till vänster, och en svensk till höger. The temperature inside the arena was perfect and the two towers in the arena hung a British flag on the left, and a Swedish right. Fyra stora, lysande ballonger hängde i kanterna högst upp på Stadion och skapade en mysig känsla för hela publiken. Four large, bright balloons hung around the edges on top of the stadium and created a cozy feeling for the entire audience.

Coldplay is launched with three really big hits and at night had fallen when it was time for a ballad or two. Känslosamma "Fix you" kan ha varit kvällens bästa allsång, men när introt till "Viva la vida" började spelas var euforin lika påtaglig som personen nästintill. Emotional "Fix You" may have been the evening's best singing, but when the intro to "Viva la vida" began to play was euphoria just as real as the person next to. Chris Martin sprang runt och sjöng som en gud hela tiden, och kunde man dopa sig till att sjunga bättre skulle jag genast begära ett test på den mannen. Chris Martin ran around and sang like a god all the time, and you could take drugs to sing better, I would immediately ask for a test of the man. Helt otrolig! Incredible!

Somehow the band managed to create a concert where the music and the audience is with the band, and with lights and confetti, it feels like the four guys in the band just want to embrace the entire audience in a big hug. Chris Martin pratar på om att hans svenska är knagglig, och ber alla på engelska att ta upp sina lysande mobiler och skapa en våg av ljus i arenan som släckts ner för just det. Chris Martin speaks to that his Swedish is rough, and ask all the English to raise their glowing cell phones and create a wave of light in the arena which is switched off for just that. Han fortsätter efter publiksamarbetet att tillsammans med bandet sjunga en egen version av "Billie Jean" som en hyllning till Michael Jackson. He goes after the audience cooperation, together with the band singing their own version of "Billie Jean" as a tribute to Michael Jackson. Alla känner till texten. Everyone knows the text. Stundens magi är obeskrivlig. Time magic is indescribable.

Coldplay goes for about 20 songs out to a minute to come back and tear of "The Scientist" as the century ballad in my eyes (and ears). Konserten avslutas och när vi är på väg ut förstår vi knappt vad vi varit med om. The concert ends and when we are on the way out, we understand just what we have been through. Coldplay hade just skapat magi rakt framför oss, och trots att scenen inte är i klass med U2's "The Claw" eller har rekvisita som Madonna, känns det som att allt blivit så perfekt som det kan bli. Coldplay had just created magic right in front of us, and although the scene is not on a par with U2's "The Claw" or have props like Madonna, it feels as if everything is as perfect as it could be.

The only negative I can think of is that the band skipped "Speed of Sound" on the track list. Väldigt fel enligt mig, men Coldplay har faktiskt råd att göra fel. Very wrong to me, but Coldplay has actually afford to get wrong. De har det. They have it.

Och jag kommer definitivt se Coldplay nästa gång de kommer till Sverige. And I will definitely see Coldplay next time they come to Sweden. Tack för showen! Thanks for the show!

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As promised a translation of an article in the Swedish paper "Aftonbladet" dated 23 August 2009

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article5677665.ab

Rock regarded as a sin by Christian Chris Martin

How Coldplay frontman took a step from church to a life as one of the world's hottest artists

Chris Martin opens a bottle of Jameson and takes a sip. Leans his head back. Gurgles loud.
It's dark in the dressing room in Dallas and on the floor are dozens of pill bottles.
Drummer Will Champion looks up at the reporter Brian Hiatt of the Rolling Stone magazine.
- Is it not exciting here? It's like Mötley Crüe! he says and laughs.
The irony is palpable.
The pill bottles contain vitamins and on the floor next to them is a yoga mat. Chris Martin drinks the whisky to loosen up his vocal cords.
It is a meaning picture of Coldplay and their frontman.
Approximately ten years into their career, the British band learned media dramaturgy. And they do not fit into it.
The world's best selling rock and pop band is not very rock'n'roll. A singer who has been chosen as the world's sexiest vegetarian, who had his sex debut as 22-year-old and who likes to draw fair trade symbols on his hands is proof of that.
But it has hardly stopped him.

Chris Martin was born in 1977 and grew up in a deeply Christian home in Devon in South-West England. He was introduced early to singing and music as part of a religious community and was already, when young, showing a great interest in the family's piano. Despite that, music was never seen as an option.
- If you are born into a white middle-class family in Devon, there are some things you feel that you should not take part in. Such as becoming a popstar or letting your hair grow, so the singer.
Awareness of right and wrong is a common thread through childhood and adolescence.
Religion affects the family strongly. Life is black and white, the knowledge of heaven and hell is always present. Chris Martin himself has described his youthful me as naive, ultra-religious and judicial. Not least against himself.
- I could spend a year in the belief that I would be punished for having sung the "Sympathy for the Devil" by Rolling Stones.
As a teenager Chris Martin was sent to the boarding school Sherborne. Quickly, the conservative views made him unpopular and soon the religious belief began to crack.
- I began to think: "I'm not entirely sure about this with a hell. I'm not entirely sure that it is wrong to be homosexual. And who knows what is right and wrong? ".
- It sounds childish now, but as a young man I thought I would burn in hell if I liked guys or if I married a Jew.
The Christian moralizing about sexuality has subsequently been cited as one of the reasons why the Coldplay singer lost virginity so late.
After boarding school Chris Martin was admitted to University College London. He moved into a shared student accommodation in a two-storey house on Camden Road. Previously, the building had been headquarters for the fan club of the punk rebels Clash. Now it was the manger for a rock band which would be known for anything but rebellion.
A late night Chris Martin discovered that one of the other fellows living in the shared student accommodation - Jonny Buckland - shared his musical interests.
- I heard him play guitar at three o'clock in the morning, and I suggested we could meet and play together the day after. Since then, we spent every day together.
According to Chris Martin, already the duo's early creations remind him of Coldplay songs that are famous today. And when Guy Berryman and Will Champion later joined the configuration, the musical puzzle was complete.
In the summer of 2000, Coldplay released their debut album "Parachutes", with the preceding single "Yellow". It is a success story. In the UK the album sold 1.6 million in six months, and soon a U.S. launch opened.
The sequel "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" cemented the success, and when in December 2003 Chris Martin married actress Gwyneth Paltrow, he entered the absolute epicentre of being a celebrity.
Before Coldplay's third album, expectations were so high that the shares of the record label EMI fell in value because the release date had been postponed.
But this also marked a turning-point.
While "X & Y" was a sales success, more critical voices than before were raised.
Condescending comparisons with fellow U2 were becoming more common, and the New York Times reviewer called Coldplay "the decade's most unbearable band". In the British press the band members were more often ridiculed and called dull and smooth.
Before the fourth album, the legendary producer Brian Eno was hired. Now a change was required.
- He broke everything down. Said things like: "Your songs are too long, you repeat yourselves too often, using the same tricks and the same sound too much. And your lyrics are not good enough". It was just to say: "Fuck you, you are wrong" or think: "Okay, probably he has got a point," says Chris Martin.
The latter proved to be right.

Three days after release, "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" was topping the British sales charts. The album would later be the best-selling album of 2008. That same year Chris Martin met reporter Brian Hiatt.
In what the singer himself calls an epic interview he explains how a Christian school boy from Devon managed to become one of the world's biggest rock stars.
And how he actually fits in the role.
- We do not believe that rock'n'roll is about taking cocaine and running around in tight leather pants. For us, this is not rebellious. It's about freedom. To follow your convictions and not worry about what everyone else thinks. I know that people criticize us for one thing or the other, but as long as we believe in what we do, we cannot be sorry.
The title of the article is: "The Jesus of uncool".

By Niklas Strömberg / translated by Nancy Boysen

This is Coldplay
Members: Chris Martin, 32 (vocals), Jonny Buckland, 31 (guitar), Guy Berryman, 31 (bass), Will Champion, 31 (drums).
Discography: "Parachutes" (2000), "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" (2002), "X & Y" (2005), "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (2008).

[parachutes_]

Snart är det nästan en månad sen. Åh, ta mig tillbaka!

Det var massa tjejer längst fram som jag tjuvlyssnade på (:lol:) som snackade om att de inte hade hört så många Coldplaylåtar ("Jamen du vet den där med jay-z.. Vad heter den nu igen?") men var där enbart för att få se Chris :angry:

Tycker de skulle lämna plats där framme för dem som verkligen är riktiga fans! :D

Ja, personerna bredvid mig var precis likadana. De hade bara hört Fix You men ändå trängde de sig. Irriterande.

[Ohemul]

Oerhört irriterande.
Några killar där sjöng Fix you-refrängen med darrande melankolisk och ironisk röst och började asgarva. "Fan, varför är vi här egentligen", sa en av dem.. Idiots :angry:

Ja, en månad sen :bigcry:..
Jag längtar redan till nästa turné. Och Viva Tour är inte ens slut(Även om den känns slut. Sorgligt.). Ska till mer än en konsert nästa gång, det är i alla fall ett som är säkert.
:lol:

[parachutes_]

Nej, haha, verkligen? Du borde ha slagit till dem!

Jag kan inte heller vänta tills nästa! Hoppas bara nästa skiva är bra nu, VLV är deras sämsta i min åsikt. Så vi får se hur utvecklingen går...

[Isab3lla]

Oerhört irriterande.
Några killar där sjöng Fix you-refrängen med darrande melankolisk och ironisk röst och började asgarva. "Fan, varför är vi här egentligen", sa en av dem.. Idiots :angry:


Jag blir så jävla arg på såna människor :angry:

En månad sen (nästan) alltså :cry: jag brukar lyssna på hela LRLRL på min ipod påväg till skolan ibland. Vilka minnen som väcks till liv och man får precis den där känslan som man får när man var och såg dem.

[parachutes_]

Vad mysigt! Nu måste jag lägga in LRLRL i min, haha. Jag har inte ens tagit bort plasten än.

[Ohemul]

Jag tror inte jag ska ta av plasten från min LRLRL.. Man vet ju aldrig ;)



Jag kan inte heller vänta tills nästa! Hoppas bara nästa skiva är bra nu, VLV är deras sämsta i min åsikt. Så vi får se hur utvecklingen går...

Tycker du?
Jag gillar den. Det lite drömmande och "konstiga" soundet i låtarna.. Och texterna! I want more :D

[parachutes_]

Haha, ja! Det var väl någon som sålde den dyrt på Tradera?

Nja. Jag gillar, uppenbarligen, Parachutes bäst. VLV kan vara första steget till att förvandlas till U2...

[Ohemul]

Det tror jag inte. Eftersom alla album har varit så olika tror jag de kommer hitta på något nytt till nästa.. Eller jag hoppas det i alla fall! :D

[parachutes_]

Vi får hoppas! :wacky:

[Ohemul]

Ja! :wacky:

[Isab3lla]

Jag har tagit bort plasten från min skiva men jag har inte spelat den än. tvekade först lite också om jag skulle göra det men jag kom fram till att jag kommer aldrig sälja den (hoppas jag) så då kan jag lika gärna öppna den. Efteråt kom jag på att den blir lättare sliten om inte plasten finns där :/ Jaja, gjort är gjort. Underbar skiva hursomhelst.

[Ohemul]

:heart: @ din status: bärmannen! :D :lol:

[Isab3lla]

:heart: @ din status: bärmannen! :D :lol:

Haha jaa... det är bara något vi svenskar kan förstå :heart:

[parachutes_]

Haha jaa... det är bara något vi svenskar kan förstå :heart:

Hahaha, det tog mig någon minut att förstå det. Dåligt värre av mig!

[Ohemul]

Gillar noterna i parachutes's signatur :3

[parachutes_]

Tack! :wacky: Lite improvisation. Jag orkar inte fixa det här med signaturer. Vad jag kommer ihåg, har jag aldrig haft någon här, bara några slumpade ord då och då.

[Ohemul]

Hörröni, jag tycker vi borde hålla den här tråden levande, som ett bestående minne av konserten. Eller vad säger ni?

(@parachutes: oj, 5000 posts :stunned:
Har inte sett dig så mycket i forumet, hur gick det till? :lol:)

[Ohemul]

Tack! :wacky: Lite improvisation. Jag orkar inte fixa det här med signaturer. Vad jag kommer ihåg, har jag aldrig haft någon här, bara några slumpade ord då och då.

Tog bilden i min signatur på konserten, mest därför jag har den där :lol:

[parachutes_]

Hörröni, jag tycker vi borde hålla den här tråden levande, som ett bestående minne av konserten. Eller vad säger ni?

(@parachutes: oj, 5000 posts :stunned:
Har inte sett dig så mycket i forumet, hur gick det till? :lol:)

Tog bilden i min signatur på konserten, mest därför jag har den där :lol:

Låter som en riktigt bra idé!

Haha, ja du... Jag brukade posta väldigt mycket i The Lounge. Men nu när skolan och verkligheten är tillbaka blir det mycket mindre. Inte på grund av att jag inte har tid, utan det är mer på grund av de andra. Forumet har blivit mindre aktivt, så det blir mycket mindre inlägg. Vilket jag tror gäller för alla, tyvärr. Det är ganska dött.
Så om du inte är mycket i The Lounge, är det anledningen till varför du inte sett mig. :P

Åh bra bild du fick till! Mina blev helt suddiga.

[Ohemul]

1. The Coldplay section är väldigt aktiv faktiskt. Det är där jag är mest. :D
2. Men jag håller med dig, vi borde göra forumet mer levande igen.

Det var den enda bra bilden jag fick till.. Och en video också med kass ljudkvalitét men urskiljbar bild.

[Ohemul]

Dubbelpost :shrug:

[parachutes_]

1. The Coldplay section är väldigt aktiv faktiskt. Det är där jag är mest. :D
2. Men jag håller med dig, vi borde göra forumet mer levande igen.

Det var den enda bra bilden jag fick till.. Och en video också med kass ljudkvalitét men urskiljbar bild.

Jo, jag har märkt det. Fast det är inte riktig mitt ställe helt ärligt. :P Inte för att jag inte gillar Coldplay, men "the chrissygirls" etc skrämmer mig lite. o.O

[Ohemul]

Haha xD
Jag tycker också det är lite överdrivet..
Jag gillar Coldplay för derasmusik och inget annat.
(jo, chris ser bra ut, men musiken är det viktigaste, absolut!)

[parachutes_]

Haha, jo för mig med.

[Isab3lla]

Jag tillhör ju dem som gillar Guy då :wink3: Det roliga är att ingen av mina vänner vet vem Guy är så jag får åtminstone ha honom för mig själv där men här på forumet är det ju lite annorlunda som ni vet.

Lyckades ta några bilder med mobilen.
http://i37.tinypic.com/fdx6ab.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/2vlmhcw.jpg
Haha :thinking:

[William]

Jag tillhör ju dem som gillar Guy då :wink3: Det roliga är att ingen av mina vänner vet vem Guy är så jag får åtminstone ha honom för mig själv där men här på forumet är det ju lite annorlunda som ni vet.

Lyckades ta några bilder med mobilen.
http://i37.tinypic.com/fdx6ab.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/2vlmhcw.jpg
Haha :thinking:

Var det inte tråkigt med sittplats? Inte samma känsla...

[Isab3lla]

Var det inte tråkigt med sittplats? Inte samma känsla...

Jo men som sagt, fanns en del anledningar till att jag valde sittplats. Bl.a att jag gick själv, inte lika kul att köa då om du förstår vad jag menar. Om de hade haft Golden Circle eller liknande hade jag köpt en sån direkt. Jag brukar ha ståplats annars och det ska det bli nästa gång (jag räknar med att de kommer hit igen). Jag såg rätt bra för att sitta så långt ifrån. Ingen skärm som skymde scenen eller så.

[parachutes_]

Två månader...

[Ohemul]

I'm the only one in here, right? :lol:

[Ohemul]

I'll keep spamming! I want to keep this thread alive :uhoh:

[William]

Bump :wacko:

[Isab3lla]

*bump* vill se dem live igen snart! Har hittat en jag kan gå med så då blir det ståplats :dance: