[9-Dec-2011] Coldplay @ O2 Arena, London, UK

[AmygdalaHijack]

You better be kidding son.

[Yu-tong]

May I ask a question? Will this be on live stream? I can wake up at 2:30 am, and now I have to go to sleep.(7:50pm now)

[AmygdalaHijack]

Don't think there'll be a stream no

[Yu-tong]

Thank you. I get it. Have a nice day, every coldplayer! :)

[FixYou*]

How is the weather in London? :)

[coldplaymom]

Those in the queue are standing, right? I mean if you have an assigned seat there's really no need to show up early.
I'm debating whether I should get a seat or stand when they come back in my neck of the woods.

[FixYou*]

^ Yes, I have seated ticket and I'll be there 18.00 pm. Because I'm going from Brighton. Those in the queue are standing, we don't need to wait in the queue.

[busybeeburns]

https://twitter.com/#!/LdnMich/status/145123263989817345/photo/1

https://p.twimg.com/AgOU1vcCIAAfzNf.jpg

[FixYou*]

I want pink-white onee :lol:

[piggy]

In the queue for standing at door F, been here since 12, it's so cold and so quiet, not many people as yet.

[Comicforce]

WOOO.. I don't care what colour I get.. so long as I get one!

I am at home waiting to go and get my son before we leave for London. I am so excited I can't eat lunch, which is serious! LOL..

[busybeeburns]

is twitter down?

[AnnaElisabeth]

not sure about people but there are 3 elephants
https://twitter.com/#!/LdnMich/status/145081034126540800

Oh, my lovely, lovely elephants :wacky: I wish I was there! :bigcry:

[Comicforce]

Not for me no? It seems OK..

[melanieau]

https://twitter.com/#!/LdnMich/status/145123263989817345/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/#%21/LdnMich/status/145123263989817345/photo/1)

https://p.twimg.com/AgOU1vcCIAAfzNf.jpg

Ooooh :wideeyed: Look at all those glowbands!

Have fun tonight everyone! :dance:

[Tonsu]

Leaving now :dance:

Got a bag of rotten fruit and veg with me in case they play What If instead of UAtW :D

[Coeurli]

Have fun guys ! I'm sure this is gonna be amazing :D :dance:

[busybeeburns]

@LdnMich
A gift to say thanks :) @coldplaying http://pic.twitter.com/tYV0wrh8

https://p.twimg.com/AgPNyXOCAAAgeHn.jpg:large

[busybeeburns]

LdnMich M
Tour programme @coldplaying pic.twitter.com/zdpqblTJ

https://p.twimg.com/AgPOLepCAAA5RGG.jpg:large

[busybeeburns]

@LdnMich
@coldplaying pic.twitter.com/qTo36LQH

https://p.twimg.com/AgPKn3XCQAAEbI3.jpg:large

[LINNEAH]

I'm so jealouse of you guys who got in! I was right behind you :( buuhuu...

[coldplaymom]

I'm so jealouse of you guys who got in! I was right behind you :( buuhuu...

Why didn't you get in?

[busybeeburns]

they're down there somewhere

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1887/20111209ldn7.jpg

[busybeeburns]

no escaping Oxfam

oxfamontour On tour wth Coldplay
Love these fans and their costume tribute to the Paradise video! twitpic.com/7qx8rm @coldplaying @Coldplay

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1887/20111209ldn9.jpg

[busybeeburns]

its started!

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1887/medium/20111209ldn12.jpg

[l0wxo2]

^ So AWESOME!

[LFDianne]

Why didn't you get in?

Maybe because they only asked the first 15 people in line to help with the wristbands.


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[jeremyy]

my friend is calling me from O2 arena, now i'm listening the concert
mx/hlh
yellow
lost
major minus
in my place - now playing

[jeremyy]

6-what if -same tracklsit i guess-

7-violet hill

[jeremyy]

8- god put a smile upon your face

[nancyk58]

^^ I wonder whether Pete has done what he threatened to do when he posted that he had a bag of rotten fruit and veg in case they played "What If" tonight!

[jeremyy]

^^ I wonder whether Pete has done what he threatened to do when he posted that he had a bag of rotten fruit and veg in case they played "What If" tonight!

hahaha same here :D


9-the scientist

[nancyk58]

hahaha same here :D


9-the scientist


Therefore it would be nice with a video of tonight's performance of "What If" so we can see for ourselves what happened during that song. :)

[jeremyy]

Therefore it would be nice with a video of tonight's performance of "What If" so we can see for ourselves what happened during that song. :)

i didnt hear any noice buut we should watch the video of it :D


10-up in flames


the scientist was epic.

[busybeeburns]

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1887/20111209ldn15.jpg

https://twitter.com/#!/Tilly_c/status/145260064578609154

[jeremyy]

THEY ARE PLAYING DONT PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LifeInTechniKarel]

THEY ARE PLAYING DONT PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG, PLAY THAT SONG IN ANTWERP AND I CAN DIE HAPPY

[lndnsky]

never expected Don't Panic! Woooow! So glad for everyone there.

[jeremyy]

12- us aganist the world...

omg don't panic!!!!

[zzz]

THEY ARE PLAYING DONT PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:awesome:

thank you for the setlist updates jeremyy :D

[jeremyy]

:awesome:

thank you for the setlist updates jeremyy :D

haha you would hear the screams during the dont panic :D i could barely hear the song :D

[jeremyy]

13- politik

[Coeurli]

And when so many were a bit disappointed because there was almost no change in the setlist from this summer, they still find a way to surprise us :lol:
:heart: Coldplay :wacky:

[#42vera.inês]

Don't Panic? :shocked2: Wow, what a great surprise! :awesome:

[l0wxo2]

Don't Panic?! :o They haven't played that in awhile!

[nancyk58]

They played Us against the wall - great. As I understand Pete's post, he was afraid that What If would replace Us against the world.

I hope that he did not throw the rotten fruit and veg when What If was played - not now that Us against the world was played. Maybe they knew about the risk of not playing UatW.

[lorraine74320]

So did they do us against the world

[jeremyy]

14- viva la vida

[James.]

Don't Panic?!?!?!? I was just thinking the other day how awesome it would be if they played that again!!! :D

[nancyk58]

So did they do us against the world

Yep, as song no. 12.

[jeremyy]

15- charlie brown
JUMP JUMP :awesome:

[juanif94]

Wow Don't Panic!! That's awesome!!! :awesome: I love how they are playing old songs that were not played since a long time!

[jeremyy]

16-paradise

[James.]

Somebody better have recorded Don't Panic :lol:

[jeremyy]

LdnMich M
What if, vh, GPASUYF the scientist up in flames (apple came on with Vicki to replace daddy's drink :D) @Coldplaying
28 minutes ago

:awesome:

[jeremyy]

encore
17-clocks

[jeremyy]

18- rehab / fix you

[jeremyy]

19- Etiaw - last song i guess-

[busybeeburns]

thanks for the updates! :D

[jeremyy]

:) :)

my phone has closed beginning of the Etiaw :/ :/

anyway, now it's time for the graham norton show :)

[lorraine74320]

Did they paradise

[nancyk58]

^Paradise was song no. 16 according to Jeremyy

Thanks to Jeremyy for his updates. THANK YOU SO MUCH. :thumbsup:

[strawberryswinger]

Wait cause christmas lights is coming now for sure!

[jeremyy]

yeah.. waiting for christmas lights or another suprising song. because 19 songs are not enough :/ :/ but chris said that ' are you ready for one more song?' beginning of ETIAW. but he is Chris, so there would be a suprise :D

[jeremyy]

coldplay Coldplay
Thank you London and goodnight. A pic.twitter.com/sF1gyOU5
3 minutes ago

http://p.twimg.com/AgQde9dCQAAX6ui.jpg


ended already :/

[Coeurli]

wait, so they didn't do christmas lights ? weird :o

[silentlucifa]

can you guys who were there please post pictures?
i'd love to see them. cheers.

[Denise]

So no Daylight, owww I hope they add it back to the setlist :disappointed:

[jeremyy]

So no Daylight, owww I hope they add it back to the setlist :disappointed:

no daylight
no till kingdom come

but dont panic :awesome:

[busybeeburns]

https://twitter.com/#!/el_hill/status/145275138185764864/photo/1

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/data/1887/20111209ldn19.jpg

[busybeeburns]

that is one hell of an acoustic set!

[Denise]

no daylight
no till kingdom come

but dont panic :awesome:
Yeah I know, mine was a totally selfish comment since I've already heard Don't Panic live :P

[S.@.m.]

:wideeyed:

i wish i were london.


:edit: what if!!!!!! :bomb:

[Lawliet89]

Just got home. Wow. Just wow. Nothing beats watching them live. The real deal. =D

And it's really nice to see the crowd already so familiar with Charlie Brown and the new songs.

[42JTR]

I really hope I'll be hearing Christmas Lights next week...

[נєѕυѕσηα¢нσρρєя]

Oh lordy! I'd have been a big mess of snot and tears on the floor by now if I'd been there.
My Mum had Clocks as her ringtone, we played Fix You at her funeral, and after a year of severe illness, I heard ETIAW on BBC at Glasto and it made me cry, mostly with relief that the worst of my treatment was over. :stunned:;)

[Drinky]

Coldplay - Up in Flames (Live at the O2 Arena, London) - YouTube

[Coeurli]

^It's great! thank you for posting:wacky:

[silentlucifa]

more videos! more!

[Drinky]

Coldplay - Don't Panic (Live at the O2 Arena, London) - YouTube

[silentlucifa]

WOAH

[Lawliet89]

I'll try to upload some. But my camera's microphone died on the loud and lower bass.

[silentlucifa]

lol upload guys uploaaaad!
more pictures more videos.. coldplay <3

[James.]

WOW Don't Panic sounds amazing! :awesome:

[l0wxo2]

Coldplay - Don't Panic (Live at the O2 Arena, London) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViAjST7RU0U)

Amazing :dazzled: :heart:

[silentlucifa]

Coldplay-Charlie Brown live,O2 2011 - YouTube

[silentlucifa]

Coldplay - O2 Arena - London - 2011-12-09 - YouTube

[Ziva]

I'm speechless guys!!!!!!!! That was amazing!!!!!!!!! I'll write something better tomorrow, now I'm just too tired lol

[Yeshe]

Don't Panic. That was so GREAT! (thanks for sharing!!!) Tearing up as we speak. Thanks for listening to your fans, Coldplay. You weren't predictable tonight. *muah*

[Lawliet89]

Photos Galore: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111110033037481101263/albums/5684298530314115185

[Tonsu]

Back from the gig before twelve (due to an exceptional and extremely friendly and amenable taxi service :D)

Warning, long, mostly negative, review incoming:

It wasn't a great gig imo. I gave it C+ to my travelling buddy (but to be fair he seemed surprised I'd rated it so low).

A really strange setlist tonight...

After such mouth-watering festival appearances that I've been watching since early summer I was expecting one of the better gigs I've seen from the boys, but it just didn't seem to come together in the way it usually does (16 or 17 gigs for me now back to 2003).

They hit many of the high notes (at times) but often it seemed Coldplay-by-numbers :(

We were about a quarter of the way back from the stage (level with the end of the ramp).

The start was incredible, the bracelets were amazing. They had the crowd rocking from the first song, and I think Hurts Like Heaven is probably one of the most spine-tingling songs live that I've ever seen, by any band. Stunning.

From Lost to Violet Hill it felt on the floor like they increasingly lost the crowd :( Lost is probably my own feeling, more likely it was the song after (MM). The balloons were much enjoyed but it took away from the music. For me those balloons are the YELLOW balloons, and anything else seems wrong. Still it was fun - one of the weakest tracks from VLV for me, but after hearing some of the MX songs tonight unfortunately the feeling I came away with is "one of the worst songs from VLV is better than the songs they think are strongest from MX".

After that MM - crowd didn't care much.

In My Place - great as always, confetti here is very wrong for me - the song doesn't need it and it doesn't 'fit'.

What If - brave of them to play it., I'll say that! It ends like A Day in the Life, and so one of their more Beatle-y efforts. But no thanks. Square One, White Shadows, a number of others - yes please. The crowd were limp here.

Violet Hill - personal fave, would have been absolutely gutted if they'd dropped it, but only half-stirred the crowd I thought.

GPaS - Back on track at last!!

Scientist - they'd just stirred us from our slumber with a real belter, but back into slow-down mode. Lovely performance as always :)

Then onto the three-song set at the end of the ramp (think it must have been the protrusion seen at Manchester as they also sold tickets behind the stage).

Up In Flames - played as just on the record. Many around us shaking their heads by this point :\

Don't Panic - amazing to hear this again after five years, but another lowish-key song, so for me it didn't sit right in the set. Great performance though. Chris stopped it to get a huge cheer for Jonny and Will singing together, which they of course got and all loved. Probably the moment of the gig for me :D

UAtW - So very glad to hear this instead of Daylight :dance: Nice performance, but the end of a very strange 'end of ramp' set (it wasn't acoustic) after the previous 'downtime'.

Things picked up a lot after that :sunny:

Overall a strange gig with standout moments but an incoherent setlist that often left the crowd cold. Most of the middle was completely imbalanced and left people scratching their heads.

I'm probably being harsh after having seen them play some the best gigs ever at the festivals this summer, and this is no way matched those. The bracelets were incredible, but the London crowd is a tough one to please, and with the odd set and a lack of any noticeable extra effort from the band there's little special to take from the gig from me.

I cannot believe they dropped songs like 42, Strawberry Swing and Lovers in Japan for average stuff like Up in Flames, What If (??!) and the (very empty sounding live imho, though I like the studio version) Major Minus.

I'm sure they'll introduce more MX songs (and better live ones) like DLIBYH and PoC (if Rihanna's available) and...can't think of any more :(

At least if they re-balance the setlist it'll be better :)

The feeling I came away with tonight is that, at the time, I loved VLV but thought they would go on to be even stronger. Tonight I feel like VLV will forever be their highlight and they can't top it, because even the weakest song from Viva (Lost) was better than most of the songs they played from MX - and they have given up playing most of their best VLV songs :cry:

It was a great experience tonight, with fantastic company, met one or two really nice people, and it was of course amazing to see so many songs again (Politik, the new version of GPaS). I realise I should just feel lucky at all that I got a ticket! But at the same time, for the first time ever, I don't feel that bothered about seeing Coldplay again...

Sorry for the mostly (very?) negative review, but left very confused tonight that a band this great (all-time great imho - I'm talking the Beatles, Pink Floyd etc) can play just one show in London this year that seemed rather limp...

^^ I wonder whether Pete has done what he threatened to do when he posted that he had a bag of rotten fruit and veg in case they played "What If" tonight!

The fruit and veg is home with me my friend because they did after all play UAtW :) Luckily, as an ex-greengrocer's assistant (albeit twenty years ago) I reckon I can turn a profit tomorrow :P Hope you're well Nancy :flutterby:

Oh lordy! I'd have been a big mess of snot and tears on the floor by now if I'd been there.
My Mum had Clocks as her ringtone, we played Fix You at her funeral, and after a year of severe illness, I heard ETIAW on BBC at Glasto and it made me cry, mostly with relief that the worst of my treatment was over. :stunned:;)

Thanks so much for posting this, it helps get it all into perspective :) I used to listen to x&y with my mum when she was sick. One night we listened to it all night long on repeat (so, six or seven times!) and just talked and talked. It's the closest I think we ever were :) Very best wishes to you, and so glad your treatment is over and you are feeling better :sunny:

[Yeshe]

Photos Galore: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111110033037481101263/albums/5684298530314115185
Really exceptional photos!

[Lawliet89]

Back from the gig before twelve (due to an exceptional and extremely friendly and amenable taxi service :D)

Warning, long, mostly negative, review incoming:
<snip>
Kinda agree with the middle parts that were relatively quiet and "uncared for". I thought it was just me being unfamiliar with those songs but apparently Londoners are quite a tough bunch to please =P

I thought most of their MX songs were great. Maybe it's because it's my first Coldplay gig, that's why I felt it was awesome. I watched the Glastonbury one on BBC and I thought that was awesome too.

[Tonsu]

Kinda agree with the middle parts that were relatively quiet and "uncared for". I thought it was just me being unfamiliar with those songs but apparently Londoners are quite a tough bunch to please =P

I thought most of their MX songs were great. Maybe it's because it's my first Coldplay gig, that's why I felt it was awesome. I watched the Glastonbury one on BBC and I thought that was awesome too.

I think you're completely right - if it was my first Coldplay gig I would have given it 9/10 and said it was amazing. Having seen them so many times though over the last 9 years I thought it was relatively poor. Not in terms of performance, but in effort and (particularly) setlist (the effort doesn't matter so much if the set is great - they can play these songs in their sleep - and probably do!! :P)

The London crowd is hard. But being on the floor and mixing a lot with people, actually very many people were foreign and quite a few didn't even speak English! (No problem but it means I think many fans come to London from around the world so maybe they should try to make these shows special ones). If they played more than one gig in London in a single year it would also help! Standing tickets were going for ~£200 on the ticket sites because they only played one gig :( When people pay that much, they expect something special :/

So glad you had a great time, they are amazing aren't they? :) :sunny:

[boots]

Such an awesome show!!!! Queued for like 7 and a half hours, but it was totally worth it!! I got an ok video of "Don't Panic" so I'll try uploading that here soon. And I got a bunch of pics and I'll figure out a way to upload those as well.

[Comicforce]

I'm home too and would have to agree to an extent with Tonsu.. didn't help that THE ENTIRE section I was in (Upper tier) did not get up on their feet until Viva.. I was up and dancing, but nobody else was.. I did feel a bit billy no mates up until then.

But it REALLY got going from Viva onwards, shame that was nearly the end !

But a great gig for all that. I think I was probably spoiled with being SO up close and personal at the Little Noises.. to be SO far back and with so many sitting people for me meant it was a bit lacking something? My son however LOVED it.. he was amazed.. and overawed by the entire thing. As his first concert, It was great.

I loved Don't Panic.. although UIF was a bit too low key for me.. shame they didn't do Viva earlier, if only to get my section off it's behinds!

Glowbands were AWESOME.. but they only glowed for some songs, not all.. But I still loved it.. LOL..

But all in all a great night.. when's the next one again?! LOL..

[FixYou*]

It was the most adorable thing I've ever seen in my life. I'm still in the paradise.

Some pictures..

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I've more pictures and many videos but I need to sleep now.

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'DON'T PANIC' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube COLDPLAY 'DON'T PANIC' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11


COLDPLAY 'REHAB' AMY WINEHOUSE INTRO 'FIX YOU' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube COLDPLAY 'REHAB' AMY WINEHOUSE INTRO 'FIX YOU' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11


COLDPLAY 'VIVA LA VIDA' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube COLDPLAY 'VIVA LA VIDA' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'MYLO XYLOTO AND HURTS LIKE HEAVEN' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube COLDPLAY 'MYLO XYLOTO AND HURTS LIKE HEAVEN' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11

[Comicforce]

haha you would hear the screams during the dont panic :D i could barely hear the song :D

Ceren was your friend a man? Someone just behind us was telling someone on his phone EVERY song! LOL.. So it could have been you!? How strange if it had been... :laugh3:

[FixYou*]

Ceren was your friend a man? Someone just behind us was telling someone on his phone EVERY song! LOL.. So it could have been you!? How strange if it had been... :laugh3:

It was me ! :lol: Phone was in my pocket :)

[Tonsu]

I'm home too and would have to agree to an extent with Tonsu.. didn't help that THE ENTIRE section I was in (Upper tier) did not get up on their feet until Viva.. I was up and dancing, but nobody else was.. I did feel a bit billy no mates up until then.

But it REALLY got going from Viva onwards, shame that was nearly the end !

But a great gig for all that. I think I was probably spoiled with being SO up close and personal at the Little Noises.. to be SO far back and with so many sitting people for me meant it was a bit lacking something? My son however LOVED it.. he was amazed.. and overawed by the entire thing. As his first concert, It was great.

I loved Don't Panic.. although UIF was a bit too low key for me.. shame they didn't do Viva earlier, if only to get my section off it's behinds!

Glowbands were AWESOME.. but they only glowed for some songs, not all.. But I still loved it.. LOL..

But all in all a great night.. when's the next one again?! LOL..

Yes indeed, Viva got it going, like you say near the end though...once they pulled it back from the late-early to late-middle section it erupted but by then we all knew the gig was almost over. The whole setlist for me was 'WTF?'

Still, a pretty great night though as always. One of the best bands of a generation putting on a great show (even if it wasn't spot on). I should quit complaining and get to bed - nieces and a nephew who are coming early tomorrow morning and will demand all my energy :P

[Comicforce]

LOL ! Were you in the upper tier? Jonny's side of the stage? I am sure more than one person called friends during the show, so it probably wasn't..

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'PARADISE' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

[Comicforce]

Yes bed for me too.. I have family coming as well! Eek! LOL.. Great night though..

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'LOST!' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

[FixYou*]

LOL ! Were you in the upper tier? Jonny's side of the stage? I am sure more than one person called friends during the show, so it probably wasn't..

No, it was me who called Ceren :)


COLDPLAY 'DON'T PANIC' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSCH-xCQRI&feature=share) COLDPLAY 'DON'T PANIC' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11
^Thanks for the videos.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7936/jnnyx.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/35/jnnyx.jpg/)
:lol:

[Jason-DeBord]

Awesome show!!! :) I'm trying to get some pics and video up on my site... but hotel wifi is dragging... video won't be up until morning... funny thing - there's like 20,000 people in the arena, 1 out of 5 shooting video, and they single me out and tell me to stop... :lol: So all I got on video was combo of the 'Hurts Like Heaven' and 'Yellow' opening, and the closing with ETIAW (I figured at the end, worst case, they'd throw me out on the last song LOL). Took tons of pics - was with Oz and we were pretty close to the stage. I'll be seated at Bercy so hope to get 'What If' and 'Don't Panic' on video there...

Jason

P.S. The light up wristbands are totally different from the Madrid ones...

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'YELLOW' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

[Jack1505]

i sang and danced my heart out, was right at the front. loved every second. so great to hear jonny sing, i hope theres even more group singing when i see them at the emirates.

thanks coldplay for a wonderfull night!

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'MAJOR MINUS' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube COLDPLAY 'MAJOR MINUS' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'US AGAINST THE WORLD' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'WHAT IF' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'IN MY PLACE' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'VIOLET HILL' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

[Jason-DeBord]

I put about 75 pics up on my site...

LINK (http://www.originalprop.com/blog/2011/12/09/londonparisliverpool-concert-photojournal-coldplay-at-the-o2-arena-london-england-12092011/)

:)

Jason

[TracieMorgan]

Awwwwwww, Don't Panic!!! You guys are so lucky! I'm really hoping they play it in Toronto too. :D

[MX&Yellow]

THANK YOU SO MUCH Coldplayers for ALL those uploads :)

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY (SMASHED GUITAR) 'GOD PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

COLDPLAY 'THE SCIENTIST' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

COLDPLAY 'POLITIK' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

Thanks for watching - pls share!

[TracieMorgan]

COLDPLAY (SMASHED GUITAR) 'GOD PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2z-JxrZgU8&feature=colike)

COLDPLAY 'THE SCIENTIST' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2pPU9sBeW0&feature=colike)

COLDPLAY 'POLITIK' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kANeHFmaMYQ&feature=colike)

Thanks for watching - pls share!

Thanks for sharing! Don't Panic made a LOT of fans very happy tonight!:D

[Nattatouille]

Seeing 'Don't Panic' really made me flail and scream a lot (there were a few girls in front of me who didn't get it and started texting and I was all :bomb:)

It really was an extraordinary show last night. I am so glad I managed to see it.

[nancyk58]

Glad that you had a good time. I have not yet read through it all - but this is page 42.

EDIT (after having read reviews and watched awesome picts and some of the posted videos.): Thanks for posting / linking to your awesome pics and thanks for posting videos. And thanks for your reviews.


@ Pete: I am glad that you didn't throw the rotten fruit and veg - I am sure that the band would appreciate this as well (had they known - maybe they did as they played Us against the World after all). Have a nice day with your nieces and nephew.

[Coeurli]

^Yaaayyyy, page 42 ! :awesome:

[Jason-DeBord]

Here is my video of Hurts Like Heaven + Yellow:

Coldplay at O2 Arena London 12/9/11 - Hurts Like Heaven, Yellow - YouTube

That was such an incredible show...

Jason

[busybeeburns]

excellent video! :D :santa2:

[busybeeburns]

http://www.theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/mast_image_landscape/mastimages/Coldplay.jpg
Coldplay's Chris Martin: bouncy and charismatic

Coldplay strip away cynicism with their epic choruses and flashy spectacle (The Arts Desk)

4/5 stars

It’s easy enough to diss Coldplay: they make music that’s hugely successful (boo!) and not terribly challenging; they’re middle class – a heinous crime in a form of entertainment that’s steeped in notions of “authenticity” (hence the enduring love affair between music critics and the oafish Oasis – hey, they take lots of drugs and they used to steal car radios!); and as people they just seem a bit nice, to the point of dullness.

I’ve done the dissing thing myself often enough: there’s that way of saying, “Coldplay” that sounds both slightly sneery and slightly shamefaced, in the same way that an aficionado of organic slow food might pronounce “Nando’s”.

So, here goes: actually, tonight, at the O2 Arena, I had a blast. It wasn’t the most earth-shattering gig I’ve seen, and the music was mostly pretty one-dimensional, but when there are 18,000 people singing along to one of Coldplay’s big soaring choruses and there’s all manner of spectacular stuff going on, the effect is, well, tingly. Much has been made by some critics of the way Coldplay seem to deliberately engineer their songs specifically so that they can be sung along to, so that they will shimmer around the walls of arenas such as the O2 (and, next summer, the nation’s football stadiums). Is this a bad thing?

It’s like saying that James Brown deliberately engineered his music so that people would dance the mashed potato to it. But for me the clincher was the wristband thing. Let me explain. Audience members were issued with a special wristband before the show; then, when the band hit the stage to the blaring theme from Back to the Future and struck up the first chords of “Hurts Like Heaven” from this year’s Mylo Xyloto album, someone backstage pushed a remote-control button and suddenly each one of those 18,000 wristbands was flashing in all kinds of colours. Remember the days when people flourished fag-lighters during rock anthems? It was like that, except a million times better. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Once the excitement of that first burst of energy had worn off, the first half an hour was not that great; “Yellow”, delivered surprisingly early in the set, was lovely, but the pace slipped somewhat after that. But then came the run-in, the home straight, the big choruses and the singalong stuff: “Clocks”, “Viva La Vida”, “Fix You”, “Charlie Brown”: in the face of such an onslaught, resistance was futile. And there’s no sign that they’re running out of choruses: one of the night’s finest, “Paradise”, from the new album, was still being sung by the crowd as they funnelled into the tube station after the show. Also, presumably in the full knowledge that Coldplay are not the most exciting band to look at – Chris Martin was bouncy and charismatic, but the other three were just that; the other three – this show’s creators have invested heavily in visuals.

For virtually every song, there was something new to look at: giant balloons descended from the rafters, plumes of confetti shot into the air, lasers twitched, the band played on a satellite stage, the lighting rig swayed and shifted, video screens flickered. And then there were those those wristbands. When they lit up and the audience waved their hands in the air, the O2 became a constellation of glowing, twinkling humanity. All cynicism was stripped away.

http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/coldplay-o2-arena

[busybeeburns]

Coldplay at the O2

[Via p_c_w @ Flicr]

[JosephRengifo]

Coldplay - Don't Panic (Live at the O2 Arena, London) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViAjST7RU0U)

Finally! My favorite Coldplay song ever is played again!

[Comicforce]

Wow thanks for all the videos.. I'm quite emotional this morning. It's all over.. I wish wish wish, that I had been closer, but it wasn't to be.. and it WAS an epic gig. Thanks for all the photos Jason, they're awesome! I will have to take most of tomorrow and watch all the videos, look through the photos others have taken. Unfortunately my iphone died half way through Emile Sande's set and I couldn't get it to turn back on?! No idea what was up with that! Still not fixed.. despite them doing "Fix You" LOL..

I have half a dozen x's and M's collected off the floor on the way out of the O2 last night, a tour guide, a t-shirt, a wrist band and two ticket stubs to remember it all by.. Oh and some crappy photos taken on a very old digital camera with no sound...

NEXT TIME we're going down the front! LOL..

[danjamesbaker]

been eagerly waiting to write my review on this last night, so here goes...
INCREDIBLE. I saw them at the o2 on the Viva tour and it was just as good there, and even though I was on the floor there and this time I was up high, it was still great, despite hardly anyone standing up around me until VLV. for me, I was very happy at the setlist. I was looking at the one's from Glasgow and Manchester and they didn't appeal to me, especially daylight and what if. me and my friend both agreed that we wanted UATW and christmas lights, and we got one of them :') here goes a review track-by-track;
MX/Hurts Like Heaven - Seeing those wristbands light up was the most incredible thing I've ever seen (my friend's one didn't work - felt so bad for hom :embarrassed: ) was the only song I sat down for as I didn't know whether to sit down/stand up as everyone was sitting down at that point :\
Yellow - Always gets the crowd pumped but yet again around us not many people standing up. Wasn't as good as I thought it would be.
Lost! - Love this song, especially Johnny's guitar solo, and lived up to what it was meant to be :smug:
Major Minus - Never has really fitted into the coldplay setlist really, so wasn't that fussed about it.
In My Place - One of the best songs of the night, boys really delivered it.
What If - God only knows why this is in the setlist, this really saw a lot of people text on their phones etc.
Violet Hill - Brilliant song, brilliant performance. Loved it.
GPASUYF - Loved this one too, really got me 'rocking' out.
The Scientist - Loved everyone singing along, was a really touching moment in the show. :')
Up In Flames - Just does not work live.
Don't Panic - Brilliant addition to the setlist, and although hardly anyone knew it, I did and was singing along all the way.
UATW - One of my favourite performances, touching song, beautifully delivered.
Politik - Again, wasn't as good as I imagined it would be from last time, but was still good.
VLV - Hearing everyone sing along gave me goosebumps. Incredible. This one finally got everyone up.
Charlie Brown - Second best performance of the night, everyone worked magically, I was dancing and singing and shouting and screaming and just WOW.
Paradise - Best performance of the night by far. This really was just :O :O the chorus was amazing.
Clocks - Mehh, never has been my favourite, was a good performance though.
Fix You - Definitely wasn't their best.
ETIAW - Stunning. This was a TRUE end to a concert, and was just excellent.

So all in all, an 8.5/10. Would've liked christmas lights and the setlist to have been longer, but everyone about this concert was immense.

[kiwiboy527]

I'm SO lucky. my first gig, and i was standing not 10 rows back from the band, jumping and waving my arms with my mate. it was the best night of my life. The lights, the wristbands, the choruses, Chris' broken guitar, the songs, and my mini moshpit with 2 american girls and 2 italians who had flown in FOR ONE NIGHT JUST TO SEE COLDPLAY!
I loveddd it and it was surreal when i saw chris and the others walked on stage. Johnny and Will singing. Guy like a fucking gorilla. whoever went was amazingly lucky. ''two fingers'' to the unlucky people who missed it :D

[astero]

I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOO JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE PERSUADE THEM TO COME TO GREECE!!! WILL YOU?? A DEMONSTRATION ABOUT NOT COMING HERE WILL BE IDEAL !!:p:p

[Lawliet89]

Funnily I don't recall hearing the crowd sing Paradise to the tube. They were still singing Viva from the entrance to the stadium to the tube though.

[satnam_mann]

The first time I have seen Coldplay and it was one of the most amazing concerts I have ever been to and I have seen all the big acts..
Managed to get a standing ticket for face value outside and then stood 15 rows from the front absolutely loved it, cant wait for the Emirates now in June.
Thank you so much to the guy who sold me the ticket....

[Coeurli]

I've noticed on the photos something on Chris' right arm...like a bandage or something...what do you think it is ? :\

[kiwiboy527]

Viva while leaving the arena. Viva while leaving the o2. Viva while going into the tube station. Viva while lining up outside the tube station. Viva while in the train station. Viva while on the train! It was just magic. It's amazing how one song can bring 20,000 people together

[lafferty23]

i go to alott of concerts, ive seen coldplay before once at wembley where they were fantastic but last night was THE MOST INCREDIBLE thing. the music, the wristbands, everything... i was lucky enough to be in a fantastic place right on the barrier at the x meaning i could see the whole of the show with no obstruction and when they came out to play dont panic etc i was right next to that.

it was just amazing amazing amazing and i will never forget that night and how my friend and i and everyone around us was literally grinning uncontrollably for the entire hour and a half. FANTASTIC ! ive got some pictures ill post in a bitt

[coldplaymom]

I put about 75 pics up on my site...

LINK (http://www.originalprop.com/blog/2011/12/09/londonparisliverpool-concert-photojournal-coldplay-at-the-o2-arena-london-england-12092011/)

:)

Jason

Great pics! TY for sharing.:)

[dylan86]

This is our review of the concert, I hope you will like it :)

http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2011/12/10/coldplay-light-up-the-o2-arena/

[cleeson7]

Well where do i beginning. They were brilliant, the wristbands were simply stunning. Great setlist. Highlights were probably Viva La Vida, Us Against the World, Don't Panic.....actually it was all brilliant. I was hoping for xmas lights but it never came and I was alittle disappointed it wasn't longer. However that does not take away from a great concert, the atmosphere was incredible. 5 stars.

[astero]

I've noticed on the photos something on Chris' right arm...like a bandage or something...what do you think it is ? :\

YEAH I NOTICED THAT TOO. does anybody knows??:(

[Denise]

and my mini moshpit with 2 american girls and 2 italians who had flown in FOR ONE NIGHT JUST TO SEE COLDPLAY!
I might "know" them :D
See the crazy things we have to do to see them (flight price was really expensive for this weekend) because they completely ignored southern EU for this leg :whip:


@lafferty23, can't wait to see your pics, I was thinking about standing at the X for the show in Frankfurt, so those might help me take my final decision :wacky:

[lafferty23]

@denise i queued from only about 4.30 but if i had been at the front of the queue i promise you, i would amost definetly pick where i was last night as the place to stand :D

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

[CHEVALLIER]

YEAH I NOTICED THAT TOO. does anybody knows??:(

yes I saw it
a tatoo ?

[FixYou*]

Viva while leaving the arena. Viva while leaving the o2. Viva while going into the tube station. Viva while lining up outside the tube station. Viva while in the train station. Viva while on the train! It was just magic. It's amazing how one song can bring 20,000 people together

:)
Coldplay-9.12.2011 [Leaving The Arena-VLV] - YouTube

[busybeeburns]

thanks everyone for their reviews and pics so far, the wikicoldplay latest is:

http://www.wikicoldplay.com/09_December_2011:_O2_Arena,_London,_UK

:D

[peardoor]

Amazing gig. We were stood about 5 metres from Gwenyth, Apple, Moses, Phil and his wife for the entire show. Chris was so cute blowing kisses to them from the end of the runway and pretty sure he did a shout out to Moses during Charlie Brown when he was waving his wristband around.

[Coeurli]

:)
Coldplay-9.12.2011 [Leaving The Arena-VLV] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDNF1nwDR-U&feature=channel_video_title)

Wow :awesome:

[Coeurli]

Amazing gig. We were stood about 5 metres from Gwenyth, Apple, Moses, Phil and his wife for the entire show. Chris was so cute blowing kisses to them from the end of the runway and pretty sure he did a shout out to Moses during Charlie Brown when he was waving his wristband around.

Wow again :awesome:

(don't know how to multi quote)

[Prospector]

What If is one of the few Coldplay songs I don't enjoy listening, they should stop playing it. But I'm happy with Us Against The World and Don't Panic returns.

[86Timewarp]

Wow again :awesome:

(don't know how to multi quote)

hit the little + thing next to quote :nice:

besure to actually hit "quote" on the last post you wish to qoute as well :P

[Prospector]

And I hope they put more Viva La Vida songs during the Tour....Lovers In Japan was amazing during the Viva Tour.

[Denise]

^ I know right :nod:
@denise i queued from only about 4.30 but if i had been at the front of the queue i promise you, i would amost definetly pick where i was last night as the place to stand :D
Great, you probably have a wider view of the stage from there, and being 1.65 with no tall people in front of me would be great, otherwise I always need to stand on my toes, and being in the front rows you miss a lot of what's going on behind

[Mister MX]

What an absolutely fantastic show, I loved every second of it. It could only have been improved by playing Christmas Lights as a second encore. I'm so glad they played UATW, I would've been really disappointed if they hadn't. I've got a new love for Major Minus now, and I loved the image of the face that flashed on the screens for about 1/2 a second on the lead-in to the chorus. Amazing to see Don't Panic, totally unexpected. What If? was surprisingly good too. My particular highlights were Hurts Like Heaven, Charlie Brown, UatW, Viva, Scientist, GPASUYF and ETIAW. There wasn't a bad song in there, though. So glad they didn't play Daylight, that one really grates on me. Bit of a strange ordering, but still awesome!

The crowd were a bit flat where I was, no-one got up til Viva even though me and my mate were up. Ah well.

All in all, thanks Coldplay!

* * *

Took a few pictures, mostly blurred. Also filmed bits. Sorry for terrible sound quality :( Click videos to play...

MX / Hurts Like Heaven (only the intro bit and mostly for the wristbands)

http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx132/Long-Live-The-King/Coldplay%20Live/The%20O2%20-%209th%20December%202011/th_VIDEO0002.jpg (http://s749.photobucket.com/albums/xx132/Long-Live-The-King/Coldplay%20Live/The%20O2%20-%209th%20December%202011/?action=view&current=VIDEO0002.mp4)

Us Against the World (only a small bit of it, sorry)

http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx132/Long-Live-The-King/Coldplay%20Live/The%20O2%20-%209th%20December%202011/th_VIDEO0003.jpg (http://s749.photobucket.com/albums/xx132/Long-Live-The-King/Coldplay%20Live/The%20O2%20-%209th%20December%202011/?action=view&current=VIDEO0003.mp4)

Charlie Brown (for the "innocent and wired" wristbands! (what a joke! :rolleyes:) and yes, I did film right to the end inc the piano bit)

http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx132/Long-Live-The-King/Coldplay%20Live/The%20O2%20-%209th%20December%202011/th_VIDEO0004.jpg (http://s749.photobucket.com/albums/xx132/Long-Live-The-King/Coldplay%20Live/The%20O2%20-%209th%20December%202011/?action=view&current=VIDEO0004.mp4)

[huds601]

Hey All! Good to be back and great to see some of you last night (although you'll not likely know it was me!)

Also good to see my setlist and hands making an appearance on the homepage ;)

Have I got a treat for you! I've had a quick look over some of my videos and WOW! I'll be posting a FULL review (seriously, it's gonna be long and detailed!) later today along with some videos and a few pics. On reviewing what footage I have I think I probably have enough for a mini-experience video (something I do enjoy cutting together). Might take a week or 2 but keep your eyes peeled for that soon.

Back later ;)

[boots]

Hey all, here are the pictures I was able to take. Hopefully you can see them all. I'm using Flickr for the first time to post pictures for others to see. So let me know if you can't see them. Otherwise, hope you all enjoy :D

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boots1991/sets/72157628358980571/

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto Tour, 9 Dec. 2011

[busybeeburns]

I added the slideshow feature hope you don't mind! :) :santa3:

[boots]

I added the slideshow feature hope you don't mind! :) :santa3:

Nope! I'm glad you did. Makes it easier to share the joy of Coldplay :D

[LFDianne]

I added the slideshow feature hope you don't mind! :) :santa3:

Wow, that slideshow feature is very cool. Thanks for doing that!

[Juanma]

Amazing gig. We were stood about 5 metres from Gwenyth, Apple, Moses, Phil and his wife for the entire show. Chris was so cute blowing kisses to them from the end of the runway and pretty sure he did a shout out to Moses during Charlie Brown when he was waving his wristband around.



:awesome:

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY CHRIS MARTIN SAYS THANKS/PLEASED TO BE IN LONDON 'MAJOR MINUS' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11 - YouTube

[a1999f]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcLXygYsQfI 'IN MY PLACE' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON 09.12.11

[norrish]

Great shots...u were close!

[maria_shiver]

I put about 75 pics up on my site...

LINK (http://www.originalprop.com/blog/2011/12/09/londonparisliverpool-concert-photojournal-coldplay-at-the-o2-arena-london-england-12092011/)

:)

Jason

Thanks Jason, wonderful pics, as always;)

[4everColdplay]

Flew in from Sweden to see my favorite band Coldplay at the O2 Arena last night, Dec 9.
Without a doubt, the best night of my life!

[katja]

Great pics, thanks!!:)

[coldplaymom]

Thx for all your reports, videos, and pictures. It sounds like another memorable night for most. July 2nd cant come soon enough.

[Eve81]

1st pics:

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl10.jpg

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl11.jpg

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http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl19.jpg

[Kyle-o Xyloto]

An absolute blinder. I hadn't expected to hear Don't Panic, so that alone was enough to put a stupid big smile on my face.

[Eve81]

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl18.jpg

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl20.jpg

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl21.jpg

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[jeremyy]

Ceren was your friend a man? Someone just behind us was telling someone on his phone EVERY song! LOL.. So it could have been you!? How strange if it had been... :laugh3:

no Row she was FixYou* (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/member.php?u=52955) (Ayse) as she answered previous pages :) :) she called me beginning of the concert then she put her phone in her pocket and i listened the whooole show, thank you again Ayse :huskyhug::huskyhug:

thanks for all videos & photos and reviews..

after little noise sessions gig, you were far far far away from the band Row :P :P

[Eve81]

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl25.jpg

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl26.jpg

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl28.jpg

[Eve81]

does anyone knows what the code on the writband mean? if we can download something?

[Comicforce]

LOL.. I was Ceren.. Last night I was a bit befuddled to be honest, LOL.. not sure WHO or what I was talking about.. but yes after Little Noise I was toooooo far away.. but it was still a good concert.. despite everything. Despite the people not standing up or joining in.. despite the strange people in front of me who left during the encore! Despite being so high up and not being able to really jump during Charlie brown for fear of death we were SOOO high.. LOL..

Next time I'm getting CLOSE again..

[Nikola]

thanks everyone for their reviews and pics so far, the wikicoldplay latest is:

http://www.wikicoldplay.com/09_December_2011:_O2_Arena,_London,_UK

:D

Oh God, looks like it was awesome. :awesome: Don't Panic. :dazzled:

:)
Coldplay-9.12.2011 [Leaving The Arena-VLV] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDNF1nwDR-U&feature=channel_video_title)

Coldplay zombie fans walking. :lol:

Amazing gig. We were stood about 5 metres from Gwenyth, Apple, Moses, Phil and his wife for the entire show. Chris was so cute blowing kisses to them from the end of the runway and pretty sure he did a shout out to Moses during Charlie Brown when he was waving his wristband around.

Aaaa, once in a lifetime opportunity.

I hope they'll come to my country, but for now it all seems surreal to me.
I don't have the feeling they're on tour really...

[Eve81]

my last pics:

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl29.jpg

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl30.jpg

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http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/coldpl47.jpg

[jeremyy]

^thank you!

too much light...!

[Philibob]

Added a few photos that I took to flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/71901424@N08/sets/72157628363910139/

[Inside_a_Bubble]

That was my 3rd and probably best Coldplay gig. Saw them with Jay-Z at Wembley and then saw them at the iTunes festival in Camden this summer. The crowd last night was the best by far and that's what makes it for me.

The wrist bands are an amazing idea and will take some beating! Can't wait to see what will come next. Paradise is a proper stadium anthem as is Charlie Brown.

Don't Panic was a fantastic suprise I never thought I'd see that song live - same with What If (even if everyone else decided that was the time to get the beers in...)

Overall a quality night and I can't wait for the Emirates in June:D

[mdridley]

Friday, 9th December 2011.

Edited snippets of Lost!, Major Minus, In My Place, Violet Hill, God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, The Scientist, Up In Flames, Don't Panic, Viva la Vida, Charlie Brown, Paradise, Clocks, Fix You and Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall.

Shot with a Flip UltraHD Video Camcorder. Cut on iMovie HD.

Coldplay (The O2 Arena, London) - YouTube

[Eve81]

intro + MX + Hearts Like Heaven

Intro + MX + Hearts Like Heaven - Coldplay @ O2 London 9-12-2011 - YouTube

What If (for me it's a beautiful song to hear in live)

What If - Coldplay @ O2 London - 9th December 2011 - YouTube

[l0wxo2]

Friday, 9th December 2011.

Edited snippets of Lost!, Major Minus, In My Place, Violet Hill, God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, The Scientist, Up In Flames, Don't Panic, Viva la Vida, Charlie Brown, Paradise, Clocks, Fix You and Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall.

Shot with a Flip UltraHD Video Camcorder. Cut on iMovie HD.

Coldplay (The O2 Arena, London) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEDLF1la-js&list=UUKcGO6QTNPvTwz3ESM6KoYA&feature=plcp)

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!

[נєѕυѕσηα¢нσρρєя]

Thanks so much for posting this, it helps get it all into perspective :) I used to listen to x&y with my mum when she was sick. One night we listened to it all night long on repeat (so, six or seven times!) and just talked and talked. It's the closest I think we ever were :) Very best wishes to you, and so glad your treatment is over and you are feeling better :sunny:
(((hugs))) Coldplay's music is very powerful in dark times, it helped me get through so much.
My Mum died on Christmas Day 2005 and I couldn't listen to Coldplay for a very long time after that, thus Viva La Vida passed me by totally.
My love was re-awakened this year at Glasto and all the other live shows they have done.
It was the first time I had heard Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall and for the first time in such a long time, it gave me this euphoric feeling.
Since then I can't get enough of them again, and am totally in love with all of the MX artwork.
Your review is brilliantly detailed and I can understand it leaving you feeling a bit flat if you loved VLV so much, I don't have that problem as VLV never even registered with me lol
Thanks for the fabulous review though and I hope your Mum's better now :pleased::sunny:

[Phools]

Coldplay - In My Place (LIVE O2 London 9.12.2011) - YouTube

Watch HD for good sound and image quality.

[נєѕυѕσηα¢нσρρєя]

:)
Coldplay-9.12.2011 [Leaving The Arena-VLV] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDNF1nwDR-U&feature=channel_video_title)Love, love, LOVE this video! Magical :love:

[Technicolour TX]

I put about 75 pics up on my site...

Jason

Your pics are GREAT !! Thanks for sharing. :D

[Vitamin Z]

What an amazing show - it was my first Coldplay concert, even my girlfriend who isn't really a fan thought it was amazing and was singing along. Them guys know how to put on a show!

I think the highlight for me was hearing MX start, then HLH...it was just surreal to me

[Comicforce]

Thanks so much for all your lovely photos and videos guys..

My iphone is fixed, but I lost my photos.. but here is one to remind me of the day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/depplynished/coldplay/Oli%20and%20Row%20DO%20Coldplay/7rk1e1.jpg

And some taken on my son's old digital camera..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/depplynished/coldplay/Oli%20and%20Row%20DO%20Coldplay/CIMG0062-3-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/depplynished/coldplay/Oli%20and%20Row%20DO%20Coldplay/CIMG0066-3-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/depplynished/coldplay/Oli%20and%20Row%20DO%20Coldplay/CIMG0057-4-1.jpg

[Eve81]

Don't Panic:

Don't Panic - Coldplay @ O2 London 9th December 2011 - YouTube

Us Against The World:

Us Against The World - Coldplay @ O2 London 9th December 2011 - YouTube

[yzachris]

Coucou Eve :)
merci pour les vidéos et pour tes photos qui sont superbes :thumbsup: ce qui n'est pas le cas des miennes : toutes ratées :confused:

[Karen_x]

Does someone maybe have a detail pic of the merchandise stand? :) I know Jason has one, but I can't see it very clear.. I saw a sweater, I hope they have sweaters in Antwerp! ^^
On their official shop there are just 2 things of tour merch for women, and those are just regular shirts :(

[Eve81]

Coucou Eve :)
merci pour les vidéos et pour tes photos qui sont superbes :thumbsup: ce qui n'est pas le cas des miennes : toutes ratées :confused:

merci :)
t'etais placée ou toi?

Does someone maybe have a detail pic of the merchandise stand? :) I know Jason has one, but I can't see it very clear.. I saw a sweater, I hope they have sweaters in Antwerp! ^^
On their official shop there are just 2 things of tour merch for women, and those are just regular shirts :(

there are 3 tee-shirts for women: a black, a grey and a pink: 30£...
I bought 2 of them, I'll try to take a pic for you later today :)
will you go to Antwerp??? me too! :)
do you have a standing ticket?

[Eve81]

Clocks:

Clocks - Coldplay @ O2 London 9th December 2011 - YouTube

Up In Flames:

Up In Flames - Coldplay @ O2 London 9th December 2011 - YouTube

[johkujii]

piccies! vids laterrr

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ahhh amazing night! doing the wristbands, DON'T PANIC and just perrrfect!

[Eve81]

piccies! vids laterrr
[SPOILER]

ahhh amazing night! doing the wristbands, DON'T PANIC and just perrrfect!

love your pics!!
and yes: Don't Panic was magic!

[4everColdplay]

I agree with everyone who mentioned that including "Don't Panic" was great! Such a wonderful surprise! :)

[4everColdplay]

Best night of my life.
Coldplay, I love you.

[Eve81]

Does someone maybe have a detail pic of the merchandise stand? :) I know Jason has one, but I can't see it very clear.. I saw a sweater, I hope they have sweaters in Antwerp! ^^
On their official shop there are just 2 things of tour merch for women, and those are just regular shirts :(

pics of the tee-shirts I bought:

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/ts_00110.jpg

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/ts_00210.jpg

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/ts_00310.jpg

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/16/86/12/00/ts_00410.jpg

[Clairounette]

^ I love the second Tee shirt ! :D

[Karen_x]

Thanks for the pictures! :)
I also thought I saw a sweater on a picture.. But maybe it is a sweater for men?

Yes, I'm also going to Antwerp! I have seating tickets though :)

[Eve81]

Thanks for the pictures! :)
I also thought I saw a sweater on a picture.. But maybe it is a sweater for men?

Yes, I'm also going to Antwerp! I have seating tickets though :)

the sweater is for men and women: 60£ if I remember...

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'IN MY PLACE' @ 02 ARENA, LONDON DECEMBER 2011 - YouTube

[LauCH]

the sweater is for men and women: 60£ if I remember...

Is the shirt red?! I love better the red but on the site there's only the pink one :(

I love their setlist, I love how they put back UATW, but I'll miss Life is for living :(

[Eve81]

Is the shirt red?! I love better the red but on the site there's only the pink one :(

I love their setlist, I love how they put back UATW, but I'll miss Life is for living :(

the shirt is grey

[Comicforce]

piccies! vids laterrr

http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac93/johkujii/CP%20O2%20friday/d7b0a07c.jpg
http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac93/johkujii/CP%20O2%20friday/4e548ada.jpg
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http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac93/johkujii/CP%20O2%20friday/201019e3.jpg
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ahhh amazing night! doing the wristbands, DON'T PANIC and just perrrfect!

Thank you for the amazing photos. What a day you had?! Something to remember for a long time! :D

[Mimixxx]

Ouch!

Coldplay, 02 Arena, London (2/5)

The Kraftwerk allusions, the Brian Eno productions, the “experimental” new directions: the propaganda which comes with each new Coldplay album would make you think they were a major rock band.

But as they break in their fifth, Mylo Xyloto, at the O2 Arena in front of 20,000 excited, adoring fans, it becomes obvious this is a category error. Chris Martin writes songs which Take That would kill for. The self-revelation and transformation of listeners some still expect of rock music never happens.
Coldplay are the lightest entertainment.

They are honest workers, though, and try so athletically hard. As “Hurts Like Heaven” opens the show, wristbands handed out with tickets glow in green, white and red, making the crowd look like Christmas lights. Two songs later, giant balloons drop from the roof, kicked open by singer Chris Martin to reveal confetti crosses. Two songs after that, they wheel out the confetti-cannons. Special effects are reinforced by physical ones. Martin makes regular running leaps down a gangway, looking posed for action photos in mid-air. But amidst this huffing and puffing, no excitement is actually coming off the stage. When Jonny Buckland and Martin circle each other on springy feet, they are equally ungainly and uncharismatic. Buckland’s lead guitar borrows U2’s sound, but does nothing with it.

Beneath the show’s eager to please bluster, what strikes me with increasing force is the repetition and weakness of Martin’s songs. From the solipsism of their first inescapable hit, “Yellow”, where the stars themselves “shine for you”, there is no lyric of mature realisation. Every song is other-directed, constructed for mass, mild elevation. Not a word suggests a real emotion of Martin’s as if, locked in a celebrity bubble early, he can’t locate them, and stopped learning long ago. “I will wait for you,” he sings on “In My Place”, straight from a Hollywood movie. “Nobody said it was easy,” he adds on “The Scientist”.
Nobody except Coldplay.

“Paradise” has their most inanely catchy chorus yet (“para-para-dise...”), and is a study of a woman who as a young girl believed in heaven, and, naturally, regains her dreams. But in Coldplay songs we’re always in heaven, where no suffering lasts. All they lack is the grit that makes artistic pearls. The crowd leave happy, because Coldplay have helped lower our expectations of pop. It’s got to be better than this.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/coldplay-02-arena-london-25-6275937.html

[LINNEAH]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/dPQZlJQzNwo

I'm really angry at myself that I was holding my fingers over the mic for some time..gahhhh. And all the other movies are upside down haha

Great concert, so worth the many many hours of queuing in the cold. I'd do it every day if I could ! <3

[teobonovox]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9238/foto1rey.jpg
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/1443/foto41m.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QNk1la4qmo&feature=player_embedded

[johkujii]

I've noticed on the photos something on Chris' right arm...like a bandage or something...what do you think it is ? :\

Pretty sure it was just covering up his G tattoo

[Christa42]

Ouch!

Coldplay, 02 Arena, London (2/5)

The Kraftwerk allusions, the Brian Eno productions, the “experimental” new directions: the propaganda which comes with each new Coldplay album would make you think they were a major rock band.

But as they break in their fifth, Mylo Xyloto, at the O2 Arena in front of 20,000 excited, adoring fans, it becomes obvious this is a category error. Chris Martin writes songs which Take That would kill for. The self-revelation and transformation of listeners some still expect of rock music never happens.
Coldplay are the lightest entertainment.

They are honest workers, though, and try so athletically hard. As “Hurts Like Heaven” opens the show, wristbands handed out with tickets glow in green, white and red, making the crowd look like Christmas lights. Two songs later, giant balloons drop from the roof, kicked open by singer Chris Martin to reveal confetti crosses. Two songs after that, they wheel out the confetti-cannons. Special effects are reinforced by physical ones. Martin makes regular running leaps down a gangway, looking posed for action photos in mid-air. But amidst this huffing and puffing, no excitement is actually coming off the stage. When Jonny Buckland and Martin circle each other on springy feet, they are equally ungainly and uncharismatic. Buckland’s lead guitar borrows U2’s sound, but does nothing with it.

Beneath the show’s eager to please bluster, what strikes me with increasing force is the repetition and weakness of Martin’s songs. From the solipsism of their first inescapable hit, “Yellow”, where the stars themselves “shine for you”, there is no lyric of mature realisation. Every song is other-directed, constructed for mass, mild elevation. Not a word suggests a real emotion of Martin’s as if, locked in a celebrity bubble early, he can’t locate them, and stopped learning long ago. “I will wait for you,” he sings on “In My Place”, straight from a Hollywood movie. “Nobody said it was easy,” he adds on “The Scientist”.
Nobody except Coldplay.

“Paradise” has their most inanely catchy chorus yet (“para-para-dise...”), and is a study of a woman who as a young girl believed in heaven, and, naturally, regains her dreams. But in Coldplay songs we’re always in heaven, where no suffering lasts. All they lack is the grit that makes artistic pearls. The crowd leave happy, because Coldplay have helped lower our expectations of pop. It’s got to be better than this.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/coldplay-02-arena-london-25-6275937.html


What a Scrooge!

[Comicforce]

Pretty sure it was just covering up his G tattoo

How odd... :thinking:

[Karen_x]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9238/foto1rey.jpg
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/1443/foto41m.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QNk1la4qmo&feature=player_embedded

The sweater is really cool! Do you know if it's unisex or really one for men and one for women? I don't really have any idea what £60 is in €..

[MrB]

Possibly the best concert I've ever been to! Great set - great performance and fantastic stage/light show (what the hell is that numpty from the independant on about!?) - a few vids I took...


http://youtu.be/PIXzf9TvaPE

http://youtu.be/-x3TULsQ47s

http://youtu.be/9OEJBy4Qj3k

http://youtu.be/ryHUC17Py0c

[Liam]

Cant believe they played us against the world and never in manchester :(

[huntsman]

Hi Guys

managed to get to the front of the barrier and take this footage of the last song (every tear) should of taken more but was too busy having a ggod time sorry !!


http://youtu.be/piwCVG7vvbs

[Tonsu]

Really glad so many people enjoyed the gig so much :sunny:

Many thanks for the videos everyone, it's like being at a different gig with that close up detail :) I think they really missed video screens - the circular screens are very arty, but there just didn't seem enough intimacy without seeing some of the close stuff properly.

(((hugs))) Coldplay's music is very powerful in dark times, it helped me get through so much.
My Mum died on Christmas Day 2005 and I couldn't listen to Coldplay for a very long time after that, thus Viva La Vida passed me by totally.
My love was re-awakened this year at Glasto and all the other live shows they have done.
It was the first time I had heard Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall and for the first time in such a long time, it gave me this euphoric feeling.
Since then I can't get enough of them again, and am totally in love with all of the MX artwork.
Your review is brilliantly detailed and I can understand it leaving you feeling a bit flat if you loved VLV so much, I don't have that problem as VLV never even registered with me lol
Thanks for the fabulous review though and I hope your Mum's better now :pleased::sunny:

Sorry for the late reply, and also so very sorry to hear about your mum :hug: I so relate to what you wrote - my mum passed away in Feb 2007, and Viva La Vida coming out the following summer was really what lifted me up into feeling truly happy once again for the first time. It gave me a lot of hope and inspiration. I am so glad you found your way back to Coldplay and that their new music and this gig have meant and helped so much - it's absolutely wonderful that they can touch people so deeply, isn't it? :sunny:

Thank you for your very kind words about my review. It's always a pleasure to have a different point of view from other people but to understand where they are coming from :)

I'll drop you a quick PM to make sure you see this very late reply :)

[Jason-DeBord]

Here is another video I shot at the show, which I just had a chance to upload...

Coldplay at the O2 Arena in London, England 12/9/11 - 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' - YouTube

Jason

[Vitamin Z]

Man, quite depressing that it was a week today - I'd love to experience it again, best night of my life!

[teobonovox]

MY VIDEO!
Coldplay Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall- O2 Arena-9 December - YouTube

[Tash]

Norwich College’s budding sound technicians go behind the scenes of Coldplay gig at the O2 arena in London

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/polopoly_fs/xxx_01_coldplay_students_this_has_been_used_before _1_1160160!image/3647708345.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/3647708345.jpg
Six Production Arts students from City College Norwich, who are more used to working in the College’s 250-seat theatre, will go behind the scenes at the 20,000 capacity O2 arena on Friday to see the fit up for Coldplay's sell-out concert. Pictured: Production Arts students Ashlie Mason, Evie Smith and Jonny Emery.

Students from City College Norwich received an inspiring experience that put their dreams into perspective.

Six production arts students went behind the scenes of the mission impossible operation that is the stage set up for a gig by a massive band in a massive venue, Coldplay at the 02 Arena in London.

On Friday December 9, Evie Smith, Ashlie Mason, Jonny Emery, Morgan Ellis, Harry Lackey and Rory Woodhouse met with people they aspire to be in future - sound and lighting technicians and tour production staff working on big jobs in the music industry.

They also met with and learnt from Coldplay’s tour manager, and the main stage managers for Latitude Festival and Glastonbury. And for the young, budding backstagers, who are more used to the college’s 250-seat theatre, to be given exclusive and rare access in a 20,000 capacity venue was an eye opener.

“It was really useful, it broadened my knowledge and gave me perspective,” said 17 year old Rory Woodhouse, from Thunder Lane, Thorpe St Andrew.

“Watching them rigging the stage and set up the lights was exciting, we do things on a much smaller scale. The speed they work is impressive, they are quite pressed for time.

“It inspired me to follow my dream of working as a followspot operator.”

Mr Woodhouse wants to work the spotlight for major bands, he’s in one himself.

“I would love to work at Wembley or the 02, that’s the dream and hopefully I’m working towards it,” he said.

The six were given the opportunity through the National Skills Academy Creative and Cultural’s Production Day Visits programme.

Evie Smith, 17 from Southburgh, said: “It was good to see what we are aiming for, now we have a target.

“It was amazing, we are so lucky, not even 02 staff are allowed to see the set up.

“We learnt so much, it was run totally different to how I expected. It was a few hours before the gig, I expected it to be manic but they were so organised.”

The group didn’t meet the band, but Miss Smith doesn’t seem too bothered.

“It was more beneficial to see the set up of the gig, without that there would be no show.

“It would have been cool to meet the band, but much more useful to meet the unsung heroes.

link (http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/norwich_college_s_budding_sound_technicians_go_beh ind_the_scenes_of_coldplay_gig_at_the_o2_arena_in_ london_1_1160161)

[LINNEAH]

Was looking at the pictures from the concert yesterday and found a really cool picture. Well it's not a good one but it has a very special effect.... my friend had some strange settings at her camera and this is the result. Can someone tell? ;-)

http://i41.tinypic.com/2dihjc5.jpg

[Coeurli]

Wow that's amazing :awesome:

[cleeson7]

Coldplay - O2 Arena - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - YouTube

[ah2k10]

Was looking at the pictures from the concert yesterday and found a really cool picture. Well it's not a good one but it has a very special effect.... my friend had some strange settings at her camera and this is the result. Can someone tell? ;-)

http://i41.tinypic.com/2dihjc5.jpg

hi

im going to the emerites gig.

what were your timing like??

how early did u get there to get that close to the front??

great pic by the way :)

thanks

[LINNEAH]

hi

im going to the emerites gig.

what were your timing like??

how early did u get there to get that close to the front??

great pic by the way :)

thanks

I was there around 10 and had only like 15-20 persons before us :) but I guess if you want a good spot you don't need to get there that early, there was no rush until maybe ~ 2-3...

[birdman987]

Can anyone point me towards Rob Brydon photos please?

[ColdplayerForever]

Ouch!

Coldplay, 02 Arena, London (2/5)

The Kraftwerk allusions, the Brian Eno productions, the “experimental” new directions: the propaganda which comes with each new Coldplay album would make you think they were a major rock band.

But as they break in their fifth, Mylo Xyloto, at the O2 Arena in front of 20,000 excited, adoring fans, it becomes obvious this is a category error. Chris Martin writes songs which Take That would kill for. The self-revelation and transformation of listeners some still expect of rock music never happens.
Coldplay are the lightest entertainment.

They are honest workers, though, and try so athletically hard. As “Hurts Like Heaven” opens the show, wristbands handed out with tickets glow in green, white and red, making the crowd look like Christmas lights. Two songs later, giant balloons drop from the roof, kicked open by singer Chris Martin to reveal confetti crosses. Two songs after that, they wheel out the confetti-cannons. Special effects are reinforced by physical ones. Martin makes regular running leaps down a gangway, looking posed for action photos in mid-air. But amidst this huffing and puffing, no excitement is actually coming off the stage. When Jonny Buckland and Martin circle each other on springy feet, they are equally ungainly and uncharismatic. Buckland’s lead guitar borrows U2’s sound, but does nothing with it.

Beneath the show’s eager to please bluster, what strikes me with increasing force is the repetition and weakness of Martin’s songs. From the solipsism of their first inescapable hit, “Yellow”, where the stars themselves “shine for you”, there is no lyric of mature realisation. Every song is other-directed, constructed for mass, mild elevation. Not a word suggests a real emotion of Martin’s as if, locked in a celebrity bubble early, he can’t locate them, and stopped learning long ago. “I will wait for you,” he sings on “In My Place”, straight from a Hollywood movie. “Nobody said it was easy,” he adds on “The Scientist”.
Nobody except Coldplay.

“Paradise” has their most inanely catchy chorus yet (“para-para-dise...”), and is a study of a woman who as a young girl believed in heaven, and, naturally, regains her dreams. But in Coldplay songs we’re always in heaven, where no suffering lasts. All they lack is the grit that makes artistic pearls. The crowd leave happy, because Coldplay have helped lower our expectations of pop. It’s got to be better than this.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/coldplay-02-arena-london-25-6275937.html
GO AWAY HATERS SHOULD NOT BE ON THIS SITE-****.

[ColdplayerForever]

That was my 3rd and probably best Coldplay gig. Saw them with Jay-Z at Wembley and then saw them at the iTunes festival in Camden this summer. The crowd last night was the best by far and that's what makes it for me.

The wrist bands are an amazing idea and will take some beating! Can't wait to see what will come next. Paradise is a proper stadium anthem as is Charlie Brown.

Don't Panic was a fantastic suprise I never thought I'd see that song live - same with What If (even if everyone else decided that was the time to get the beers in...)

Overall a quality night and I can't wait for the Emirates in June:D
TOTALLY AGREE,I LOVE WHAT IF BEAUTIFUL SONG,BUT YES MAGIC NIGHT,BEST BAND IN THE WORLD,AS I SHOUTED OUT,AT SOME POINT!

[ColdplayerForever]

Possibly the best concert I've ever been to! Great set - great performance and fantastic stage/light show (what the hell is that numpty from the independant on about!?) - a few vids I took...


http://youtu.be/PIXzf9TvaPE

http://youtu.be/-x3TULsQ47s

http://youtu.be/9OEJBy4Qj3k

http://youtu.be/ryHUC17Py0c
AGREED,I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS WHO'S AT THE TOP OF THE TREE RIGHT NOW,AND THEY'RE ON FIRE,AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET JEALOUSY,ENVY.AT THE END OF THE DAY,THEY ARE THE HARDEST WORKING,AND BEST BAND IN THE WORLD-TO WHOEVER DON'T LIKE IT FUCK EM!!

[ColdplayerForever]

^^ I wonder whether Pete has done what he threatened to do when he posted that he had a bag of rotten fruit and veg in case they played "What If" tonight!
WHAT AN ARSEHOLE-GREAT SONG