04-Aug-08: Boston - Tickets, Preview, Meetups, Review/Photos [originally 03-Nov]

busybeeburns · 16-05-2008, 01:38 PM

Welcome to the thread for the above show which can be used for all discussion prior to, during and after the show.

One thread one show - 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 show?
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 show?
Did you take any pictures... share them here!

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Setlist/Reviews

Photos

Videos

Life In Technicolor
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eaFiFzL7Bs[/media]
(includes Violet Hill)

Violet Hill
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqCPvn3PdMc[/media]

Clocks
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP5-T2Yyalc[/media]

In My Place
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HlY1vZOiM[/media]

Viva La Vida
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hq7Vy2i_50[/media]

Yes
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FrIIJI2BOc[/media]

42
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzfq47AJRzM[/media]

Fix You
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1PeIO2oWiM[/media]

Strawberry Swing
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0LG8CzFauU[/media]

Chinese Sleep Chant
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldyw2uXPGEI[/media]

God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg1V1-Aj7hs[/media]

Speed of Sound
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNWRQqTFGzk[/media]

Yellow
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7KsxHM7kd8[/media]

Lost
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv0NTghO9HU[/media]

The Scientist
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxEfPrWUAmE[/media]

Death Will Never Conquer
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUBXVg4Kh4c[/media]

Politik
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONJcRm53ccE[/media]

Lovers In Japan
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wABVtLbN9g[/media]

Death And All His Friends
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3sfS6ESjP8[/media]

Coldplaying Charity Club Tour Merchandise. All proceeds go to Oxfam Unwrapped.

Check out the shop for more items and other colours.

BostonSportsTD · 19-05-2008, 04:53 AM

definately going to this show. i looked at our school schedule for next year and although this show is on a monday night we don't have school the next day for some reason. i'm so pumped. even though i got pretty good seats for hartford i want to get even better seats for this show just because i care more about a show in my hometown. ive never seen them in boston either because when i saw them in 06 the closest one was in manchester, NH so thats where i saw them.. ahh im soo excited for this but it's still so far away!!! who else is gunna go??

TracieMorgan · 19-05-2008, 04:57 AM

THe first time I ever saw them was in Boston on '01 at River Rave. Still one of the best days of my life!!

BostonSportsTD · 19-05-2008, 05:02 AM

what's river rave??? a festival? a venue?? never heard of it!

TracieMorgan · 19-05-2008, 06:21 AM

It was a festival in Foxboro. I'm not sure if it's even still going since I haven't seen anything about it on XFN's site this year. It was one HELL of a line-up...Live, Coldplay, Lifehouse, Greenday, Aerosmith, The Cult, Tantric, System Of A Down, American Hi-Fi, Dropkick Murphey's, SEvendust, Everlast, The Black CrowsNewfound Glory, Eve 6, STabbing Westward, and Maralyn Manson was the headliner...it sucked because they were running late, so they cut Aerosmith's set to 4 songs so Manson could do his full set. Great day though.

BostonSportsTD · 26-05-2008, 03:51 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by TracieMorgan;2342508
It was a festival in Foxboro. I'm not sure if it's even still going since I haven't seen anything about it on XFN's site this year. It was one HELL of a line-up...Live, Coldplay, Lifehouse, Greenday, Aerosmith, The Cult, Tantric, System Of A Down, American Hi-Fi, Dropkick Murphey's, SEvendust, Everlast, The Black CrowsNewfound Glory, Eve 6, STabbing Westward, and Maralyn Manson was the headliner...it sucked because they were running late, so they cut Aerosmith's set to 4 songs so Manson could do his full set. Great day though.

this is a late response but... holy crap thats a ridiculous line up. yea i've never heard of that festival so i dont know if it's still going. there are never any good festivals around here really. last year we had download fest which had modest mouse, guster and yeah yeah yeahs but thats still not GREAT. but im dying for tickets to go on sale for this show. im so nervous i won't get good seats. i neeeed to have amazing seats for this show.

zitherglow · 05-06-2008, 05:26 PM

looks like this date has been changed to august 2 now.

Collee · 05-06-2008, 05:57 PM

I'm not even seeing a Boston date on the Offical Coldplay site anymore.

Please someone, tell me I'm mistaken!!

^Edit^

**whew**

I must have been looking in the midst of all the date changes. Can't wait now to see them August 4th!

uwwedoogie · 11-06-2008, 01:14 PM

Living in Boston for the Summer so i'm mega happy right now to see this!!!

ticketmaster say there isn't a GA floor and its all seats.. can anyone confirm this?

Mug Costanza · 14-06-2008, 06:06 AM

^ I'm not too sure what to make of that. My friend just got himself and I two floor seats (he can get pre-sale tickets through some Best Buy thing?), so I can assure you there ARE floor seats if that's what you're asking...

BostonSportsTD · 15-06-2008, 11:35 PM

so... who else ended up getting tickets? i kept getting really crappy seats but eventually i got club seats so i settled for those. this was much harder to get a good seat at than hartford. where is everybody sitting?

guitarplay3r · 16-06-2008, 12:22 AM

yea well the website was giving me a lot of rubbish and then eventually blocked me... so i used my buddies computer and once it was "sold out" i gave it one last shot and wound up with loge seats in section 15.. so i was pretty pleased... but it was tough.

Collee · 16-06-2008, 12:54 AM

Not happy with 'em , but I got tickets.
Section 301, row 9, seats 3 & 4, nosebleed seats.

Ticketmaster was not playing nice. I was online waiting and as soon as they were available I put in for tickets. First set up were crap, upper section 320, 1/4 way behind the stage. I'm thinking, WTF, that's best available at a minute into the ticket sales? I know they release tickets in waves, but geesh.

Next two time I got none available ( I was searching specifically floor and loge). Then the site got wonky, firefox kept saying the connection timed out. I guess ticketmaster servers were loading down.

Fourth time I actually got in I got some balcony seats decided to try again because they were way at the far end.

Everytime I tried for a specific level I got " no tickets available". Hell, twice when I clicked best available I was behind the stage.

So finally, when sec 301 came up I just sighed and bought them. I was getting nervous they would sell out.

Between the crappy way they handled pre-sale and the changing dates this has been the most stressful concert experience to date.

LaurenVA624 · 16-06-2008, 01:13 AM

I really wish coldplay would have sold tickets on THEIR OWN site..I am so fed up with ticketmaster, as i'm sure everyone else is also. I should have just kept the tickets i originally got in the pre-sale (even though they were not the ones i clicked on, so i got my money back) i wrote about it in the pre-sale discussion post. ANYWAYS, i was finally let back onto the ticketmaster website today bc they blocked my ip on the 15th after trying too many times...sooooo now when i click to search for tickets, it says "the tickets you are looking for are not available", no matter what i put in!

I don't know what to do now.

BostonSportsTD · 16-06-2008, 01:15 AM

i just checked and i'm in section 137 (club) row B. they are OK but i don't care because i'll be on the floor 2 days before this in hartford. so i can't really complain!

ps. did anyone else notice there is no seperate seating chart for coldplay? on the other concerts (hartford chicago etc) coldplay have their own seating charts that show their different stage setup. but for boston it's just the generic 'endstage' seating chart. do you think boston will still have the cool stage setup?

16-05-2008, 01:38 PM	#1
busybeeburns mr coldplaying himself Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 46,331 My Mood: Location: test Gender: Country: Seen CP: 20 times Fav. CP album: X&Y Fav. CP song: GPASUYF Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 4 Thanks given: 1,547 Thanked 932 Times in 418 Posts	04-Aug-08: Boston - Tickets, Preview, Meetups, Review/Photos [originally 03-Nov] Welcome to the thread for the above show which can be used for all discussion prior to, during and after the show. One thread one show - 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 show? 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 show? Did you take any pictures... share them here! -------------------------------------------------------------- Setlist/Reviews Photos Videos Life In Technicolor [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eaFiFzL7Bs[/media] (includes Violet Hill) Violet Hill [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqCPvn3PdMc[/media] Clocks [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP5-T2Yyalc[/media] In My Place [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HlY1vZOiM[/media] Viva La Vida [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hq7Vy2i_50[/media] Yes [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FrIIJI2BOc[/media] 42 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzfq47AJRzM[/media] Fix You [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1PeIO2oWiM[/media] Strawberry Swing [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0LG8CzFauU[/media] Chinese Sleep Chant [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldyw2uXPGEI[/media] God Put A Smile Upon Your Face [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg1V1-Aj7hs[/media] Speed of Sound [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNWRQqTFGzk[/media] Yellow [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7KsxHM7kd8[/media] Lost [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv0NTghO9HU[/media] The Scientist [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxEfPrWUAmE[/media] Death Will Never Conquer [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUBXVg4Kh4c[/media] Politik [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONJcRm53ccE[/media] Lovers In Japan [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wABVtLbN9g[/media] Death And All His Friends [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3sfS6ESjP8[/media] Coldplaying Charity Club Tour Merchandise. All proceeds go to Oxfam Unwrapped. Check out the shop for more items and other colours. __________________ The early bird catches the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese!

19-05-2008, 04:53 AM	#2
BostonSportsTD If you can hold on.... Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,334 My Mood: Location: Washington DC Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	definately going to this show. i looked at our school schedule for next year and although this show is on a monday night we don't have school the next day for some reason. i'm so pumped. even though i got pretty good seats for hartford i want to get even better seats for this show just because i care more about a show in my hometown. ive never seen them in boston either because when i saw them in 06 the closest one was in manchester, NH so thats where i saw them.. ahh im soo excited for this but it's still so far away!!! who else is gunna go?? __________________ Until you're fully grown, You've got a real good shot! Don't grow too old inside, Keep it real, keep it real, shout out!

19-05-2008, 04:57 AM	#3
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,720 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	THe first time I ever saw them was in Boston on '01 at River Rave. Still one of the best days of my life!! __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*

19-05-2008, 05:02 AM	#4
BostonSportsTD If you can hold on.... Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,334 My Mood: Location: Washington DC Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	what's river rave??? a festival? a venue?? never heard of it! __________________ Until you're fully grown, You've got a real good shot! Don't grow too old inside, Keep it real, keep it real, shout out!

19-05-2008, 06:21 AM	#5
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,720 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	It was a festival in Foxboro. I'm not sure if it's even still going since I haven't seen anything about it on XFN's site this year. It was one HELL of a line-up...Live, Coldplay, Lifehouse, Greenday, Aerosmith, The Cult, Tantric, System Of A Down, American Hi-Fi, Dropkick Murphey's, SEvendust, Everlast, The Black CrowsNewfound Glory, Eve 6, STabbing Westward, and Maralyn Manson was the headliner...it sucked because they were running late, so they cut Aerosmith's set to 4 songs so Manson could do his full set. Great day though. __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*

26-05-2008, 03:51 AM	#6
BostonSportsTD If you can hold on.... Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,334 My Mood: Location: Washington DC Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by TracieMorgan;2342508 It was a festival in Foxboro. I'm not sure if it's even still going since I haven't seen anything about it on XFN's site this year. It was one HELL of a line-up...Live, Coldplay, Lifehouse, Greenday, Aerosmith, The Cult, Tantric, System Of A Down, American Hi-Fi, Dropkick Murphey's, SEvendust, Everlast, The Black CrowsNewfound Glory, Eve 6, STabbing Westward, and Maralyn Manson was the headliner...it sucked because they were running late, so they cut Aerosmith's set to 4 songs so Manson could do his full set. Great day though. this is a late response but... holy crap thats a ridiculous line up. yea i've never heard of that festival so i dont know if it's still going. there are never any good festivals around here really. last year we had download fest which had modest mouse, guster and yeah yeah yeahs but thats still not GREAT. but im dying for tickets to go on sale for this show. im so nervous i won't get good seats. i neeeed to have amazing seats for this show. __________________ Until you're fully grown, You've got a real good shot! Don't grow too old inside, Keep it real, keep it real, shout out!

05-06-2008, 05:26 PM	#7
zitherglow Coldplayer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13 Location: east coast usa Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	looks like this date has been changed to august 2 now.

05-06-2008, 05:57 PM	#8
Collee Yes Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 730 My Mood: Location: NH Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm not even seeing a Boston date on the Offical Coldplay site anymore. Please someone, tell me I'm mistaken!! ^Edit^ whew I must have been looking in the midst of all the date changes. Can't wait now to see them August 4th! __________________ Yellow is my favorite color, it must be a sign. Official member of the ♥ WILLUV ♥ & ♥ Coldplaying Charity Clubs ♥ “It’s funny when you realize you’ve become one of those people that you always used to imagine lived on Mars.” [Chris Martin] Mansfield, MA - Aug 6th 2005 & Manchester NH - April 3rd 2006 Boston, MA - Aug 4th 2008 & Boston, MA - Oct 29th 2008 Mansfield, MA - Aug 3rd 2009 Boston, MA - June 30th 2012

11-06-2008, 01:14 PM	#9
uwwedoogie I'm swallowed in the sea Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 163 Location: Cork, Ireland. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	August 04 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Arena - WHOS COMING??? Living in Boston for the Summer so i'm mega happy right now to see this!!! ticketmaster say there isn't a GA floor and its all seats.. can anyone confirm this? __________________

15-06-2008, 11:35 PM	#11
BostonSportsTD If you can hold on.... Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,334 My Mood: Location: Washington DC Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	so... who else ended up getting tickets? i kept getting really crappy seats but eventually i got club seats so i settled for those. this was much harder to get a good seat at than hartford. where is everybody sitting? __________________ Until you're fully grown, You've got a real good shot! Don't grow too old inside, Keep it real, keep it real, shout out!

16-06-2008, 12:22 AM	#12
guitarplay3r Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yea well the website was giving me a lot of rubbish and then eventually blocked me... so i used my buddies computer and once it was "sold out" i gave it one last shot and wound up with loge seats in section 15.. so i was pretty pleased... but it was tough.

16-06-2008, 12:54 AM	#13
Collee Yes Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 730 My Mood: Location: NH Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Not happy with 'em , but I got tickets. Section 301, row 9, seats 3 & 4, nosebleed seats. Ticketmaster was not playing nice. I was online waiting and as soon as they were available I put in for tickets. First set up were crap, upper section 320, 1/4 way behind the stage. I'm thinking, WTF, that's best available at a minute into the ticket sales? I know they release tickets in waves, but geesh. Next two time I got none available ( I was searching specifically floor and loge). Then the site got wonky, firefox kept saying the connection timed out. I guess ticketmaster servers were loading down. Fourth time I actually got in I got some balcony seats decided to try again because they were way at the far end. Everytime I tried for a specific level I got " no tickets available". Hell, twice when I clicked best available I was behind the stage. So finally, when sec 301 came up I just sighed and bought them. I was getting nervous they would sell out. Between the crappy way they handled pre-sale and the changing dates this has been the most stressful concert experience to date. __________________ Yellow is my favorite color, it must be a sign. Official member of the ♥ WILLUV ♥ & ♥ Coldplaying Charity Clubs ♥ “It’s funny when you realize you’ve become one of those people that you always used to imagine lived on Mars.” [Chris Martin] Mansfield, MA - Aug 6th 2005 & Manchester NH - April 3rd 2006 Boston, MA - Aug 4th 2008 & Boston, MA - Oct 29th 2008 Mansfield, MA - Aug 3rd 2009 Boston, MA - June 30th 2012

16-06-2008, 01:13 AM	#14
LaurenVA624 Coldplayer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 35 Location: Virginia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I really wish coldplay would have sold tickets on THEIR OWN site..I am so fed up with ticketmaster, as i'm sure everyone else is also. I should have just kept the tickets i originally got in the pre-sale (even though they were not the ones i clicked on, so i got my money back) i wrote about it in the pre-sale discussion post. ANYWAYS, i was finally let back onto the ticketmaster website today bc they blocked my ip on the 15th after trying too many times...sooooo now when i click to search for tickets, it says "the tickets you are looking for are not available", no matter what i put in! I don't know what to do now. __________________ 9/29/05 VA beach 3/02/06 MCI center DC <--chris' b-day concert! 4 rows from the stage-- AMAZING. 8/04/08 BOSTON -LOGE 1 5/20/09 VA beach in the pit NOTHING ELSE COMPARES.

16-06-2008, 01:15 AM	#15
BostonSportsTD If you can hold on.... Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,334 My Mood: Location: Washington DC Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i just checked and i'm in section 137 (club) row B. they are OK but i don't care because i'll be on the floor 2 days before this in hartford. so i can't really complain! ps. did anyone else notice there is no seperate seating chart for coldplay? on the other concerts (hartford chicago etc) coldplay have their own seating charts that show their different stage setup. but for boston it's just the generic 'endstage' seating chart. do you think boston will still have the cool stage setup? __________________ Until you're fully grown, You've got a real good shot! Don't grow too old inside, Keep it real, keep it real, shout out!