16-Sep-2009: Hampden Park, Glasgow - Tickets, Previews, Meetups, Reviews/Photos - Page 20

dekyboy83 · 18-09-2009, 10:11 PM

My god, first coldplay gig and i was blown away! Seen them once before at T in the Park but that doesnt count! I wouldnt normally enlist them as one of my fave bands (hence this being only my 2nd post!!) But after hampden i would definitely reconsider! Great show, some funny bits, lost+ was my highlight! My missus is a bit of a short arse so couldnt really see them until they appeared about 5 feet away on the stage in the middle of the pitch so she was chuffed with that! Would love to hear the recording, anyone gonna do the honours and record off radio 1 tommorrow?

dekyboy83 · 18-09-2009, 10:12 PM

or has it already been on radio 1?

coldplay12 · 19-09-2009, 02:24 AM

Coldplay @ Glasgow 16-09-2009 BBC RECORD

siobhan6661 · 19-09-2009, 12:37 PM

Anyone have Jay-Z's setlistt btw ?

Was an amazing night (:

Everything'sNotLost · 19-09-2009, 04:55 PM

Great videos of Jay-Z!

Everything'sNotLost · 19-09-2009, 04:58 PM

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Oh. My. Gosh Coldplay's Hampden gig was my first experience ever of seeing the best band in the world live (my first proper concert too for that matter ) and it was officially the best night of my life. Ever. No exaggeration I have loved Coldplay with all of my heart since 4 years ago when my cousin played The Scientist for me on the piano and since then my admiration, love and just general addiction for Coldplay has just grown and grown and grown. And seeing them live, I can fully understand why they've been nominated for so many Best Live Act awards It was... fabulous, fantastic, incredible, amazing, and all the other words for great that I can't think of atm Well to put it simply, I didn't care about the stupid, off-their-heads drunk guys next to us, I didn't care about the bad Hampden sound (which I didn't actually think was that bad ) I didn't care about the fact that I could barely see over the 6ft people in front of me (I'm 5'2"/3"!!!) I just absolutely fell in love with Coldplay all over again after seeing them live. All the songs they played were just stunning, Chris Martin has a beautiful voice (cool falsetto too!) Guy Berryman is truly gorgeous Will Champion was putting his heart and soul (like in Politik!) into the drumming and Jonny Buckland was just incredible !!! I l-o-v-e-d their cover of Billie Jean (so funny when Chris was like 'she thinks that Will is the one'!!!) and... OMG, they were just pure dead class, OK!!! They are brilliant showmen, the butterflies were cool as were the big yellow balls () and ... what more can I say?! If they do a 2010 tour in the UK, there is no way anyone could stop me from going to see them. I've lived the Coldplay live experience and now have really severe withdrawal symptoms!!!!! Listening to a rerun of Jo Whiley's show now and it brings back such good memories Incredible. Just incredible... That is all
PS. Thanks for making The Scientist so brilliant, sentimental value coz it was the first Coldplay song I ever heard... Do a tour next year boys, otherwise I may just have to die!!!!

Agree with everything!

Jenjie · 27-09-2009, 02:16 PM

Coldplay came to town and I decided with 40,000 other Scots to go greet them.
The venue was Hampden which I have covered in a previous post...
http://glasgowtheday.blogspot.com/20...-scotland.html

but was good to go back and see it as a concert venue instead...

Once again despite all the rain we have been having Hampden Park was gleaming in the sunshine.
The stage was bathed in sunlight as the kit was set up for the support acts.

First support act up was White Lies. And they were really good. Someone to watch out for in the future.
As the sun began to set over the stadium and the crowd started to gather the second support act got going...
Jay-Z. Now Hip hop not really my thing but he certainly got the crowd going.

Night had fallen. The crowd had gathered.
Time for the show... and was a light and sound spectacular as you may have expected...
With big screen effects and laser shows Chris Martin and the gang had the crowd singing along to all the favourites like Clocks, Fix You, In My Place...
And as they played Yellow giant yellow balloons were launched across the crowd. Somewhat reminiscent of the bubbles that would chase Patrick McGoohan in the Prisoner tv series from the 60's!!
A one point the band did come off the main stage to a small stage in amongst the crowd to do some tracks like Trouble and also a cool cover version of Michael Jackson's Billy Jean!!
And in Viva la Vida Coldplay now have a genuine crowd chant on their hands!! A chant the crowd would break into at any moment throughout the night!!

As an encore, (after being brought back on stage by more Viva la Vida chanting) what else could it be but The Scientist.
And finish it all off with a fantastic firework display from the roof of Hampden!!
And with that it was all over. And with the crowd still chanting Viva la Vida all the way home.
I had forgotten just how much fun stadium gigs could be. And Chris Martin mentioned a few times how amazing it was to have 40,000 Scots singing along. Also great fun to be one of those Scots!! :-)
So thank you to Coldplay for coming to Glasgow and making a crowd happy at Hampden Park!! After the recent disappointment of not getting to the World Cup was good to have something to sing about!! :-)

Be well, be happy!!

http://glasgowtheday.blogspot.com/20...ll-yellow.html

Jenjie · 27-09-2009, 02:19 PM

The Live Experience – The music vs the show

Our intrepid reporter Mrs.Morrissey attended last nights Coldplay show at Hampden in Glasgow. We’re not carrying a review because it’s Coldplay and it doesn’t count. You know what Coldplay sound like and, in simplistic terms, you’ll know whether you would have enjoyed it or you wouldn’t have. They are Coldplay. They played all the Coldplay hits, and 50,000 people ohwoahwoahed to that one which sounds like ‘Walking on Broken Glass.’ Coldplay remain, like Snow Patrol, not as risible as Razorlight but still not worth actually listening to.

What did seem interesting – yep, Coldplay gig notwithstanding – was a little set-piece they did. Encouraging singing, Chris Martin said ‘let’s win the X-Factor’ and the crowd sang along, only to be greeted by the visage of Simon Cowell on the big screen, lambasting them in parodic style. This was then repeated, only this time he was full of praise for the second attempt. This pre-recorded segment went down a treat with the audience. Later on there was ticker tape and flashing canons. All the fun of the fair, it seems.

It’s about striking the balance. Coldplay were charging £60 a pop to watch, essentially, four fairly dull blokes batter out some tunes in a stadium. There was little chance of achieving the intensity a new band can generate in a packed, sweaty hall. So they decided to make it a bit more interesting. Who can argue with that?

But yet….it IS a music show. Is there a line where the visuals surpass the sound? It was a huge source of contention between Jagger and Richards as the Stones got bigger, with Jagger up for ever more pageantry and Richards being all about the music, maaaaan.

U2’s live shows are now gargantuan wanks, resembling more and more music theatre and less rock concert. Springsteen’s remain stripped down, all about the songs and how they are delivered. Frankly, many people would have been at both gigs and many would have enjoyed both gigs. You can’t blame a band for trying to at least justify the exorbitant ticket price by making it an experience. But who to say who is right?

Well, you are….let us know…..

http://extremelisteningmode.com/2009...c-vs-the-show/

QuestionsOfScience · 07-02-2010, 10:55 AM

that was a pretty epic night, they totally blew me away.
I was waiting for this concert for about 6 months before, and I loved it!!!!!!

Jonesey16909 · 30-06-2010, 01:33 PM

Best night of my life, will definatley be seeing them again when I can!

19-09-2009, 02:24 AM	#288
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19-09-2009, 04:55 PM	#290
Everything'sNotLost Coldplayer Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 60 My Mood: Location: In a telescope lens Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great videos of Jay-Z! __________________ http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturev...s/coldplay.jpg Those who are not dead are not dead, they're just living in my head.

19-09-2009, 04:58 PM	#291
Everything'sNotLost Coldplayer Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 60 My Mood: Location: In a telescope lens Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	: Quote: Oh. My. Gosh Coldplay's Hampden gig was my first experience ever of seeing the best band in the world live (my first proper concert too for that matter ) and it was officially the best night of my life. Ever. No exaggeration I have loved Coldplay with all of my heart since 4 years ago when my cousin played The Scientist for me on the piano and since then my admiration, love and just general addiction for Coldplay has just grown and grown and grown. And seeing them live, I can fully understand why they've been nominated for so many Best Live Act awards It was... fabulous, fantastic, incredible, amazing, and all the other words for great that I can't think of atm Well to put it simply, I didn't care about the stupid, off-their-heads drunk guys next to us, I didn't care about the bad Hampden sound (which I didn't actually think was that bad ) I didn't care about the fact that I could barely see over the 6ft people in front of me (I'm 5'2"/3"!!!) I just absolutely fell in love with Coldplay all over again after seeing them live. All the songs they played were just stunning, Chris Martin has a beautiful voice (cool falsetto too!) Guy Berryman is truly gorgeous Will Champion was putting his heart and soul (like in Politik!) into the drumming and Jonny Buckland was just incredible !!! I l-o-v-e-d their cover of Billie Jean (so funny when Chris was like 'she thinks that Will is the one'!!!) and... OMG, they were just pure dead class, OK!!! They are brilliant showmen, the butterflies were cool as were the big yellow balls () and ... what more can I say?! If they do a 2010 tour in the UK, there is no way anyone could stop me from going to see them. I've lived the Coldplay live experience and now have really severe withdrawal symptoms!!!!! Listening to a rerun of Jo Whiley's show now and it brings back such good memories Incredible. Just incredible... That is all PS. Thanks for making The Scientist so brilliant, sentimental value coz it was the first Coldplay song I ever heard... Do a tour next year boys, otherwise I may just have to die!!!! Agree with everything! __________________ http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturev...s/coldplay.jpg Those who are not dead are not dead, they're just living in my head.

27-09-2009, 02:16 PM	#292
Jenjie PA to SammyBeeBurns Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 5,810 My Mood: Location: at Coldplaying.com Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 35 Thanked 90 Times in 41 Posts	Coldplay came to town and I decided with 40,000 other Scots to go greet them. The venue was Hampden which I have covered in a previous post... http://glasgowtheday.blogspot.com/20...-scotland.html but was good to go back and see it as a concert venue instead... Once again despite all the rain we have been having Hampden Park was gleaming in the sunshine. The stage was bathed in sunlight as the kit was set up for the support acts. First support act up was White Lies. And they were really good. Someone to watch out for in the future. As the sun began to set over the stadium and the crowd started to gather the second support act got going... Jay-Z. Now Hip hop not really my thing but he certainly got the crowd going. Night had fallen. The crowd had gathered. Time for the show... and was a light and sound spectacular as you may have expected... With big screen effects and laser shows Chris Martin and the gang had the crowd singing along to all the favourites like Clocks, Fix You, In My Place... And as they played Yellow giant yellow balloons were launched across the crowd. Somewhat reminiscent of the bubbles that would chase Patrick McGoohan in the Prisoner tv series from the 60's!! A one point the band did come off the main stage to a small stage in amongst the crowd to do some tracks like Trouble and also a cool cover version of Michael Jackson's Billy Jean!! And in Viva la Vida Coldplay now have a genuine crowd chant on their hands!! A chant the crowd would break into at any moment throughout the night!! As an encore, (after being brought back on stage by more Viva la Vida chanting) what else could it be but The Scientist. And finish it all off with a fantastic firework display from the roof of Hampden!! And with that it was all over. And with the crowd still chanting Viva la Vida all the way home. I had forgotten just how much fun stadium gigs could be. And Chris Martin mentioned a few times how amazing it was to have 40,000 Scots singing along. Also great fun to be one of those Scots!! :-) So thank you to Coldplay for coming to Glasgow and making a crowd happy at Hampden Park!! After the recent disappointment of not getting to the World Cup was good to have something to sing about!! :-) Be well, be happy!! http://glasgowtheday.blogspot.com/20...ll-yellow.html __________________ "The fat lady has sung and the world's Vida has been well and truly Viva-ed." - R#42 14th March 2010 I've got my "I Heart Coldplaying.com, It's My Life" knickers in a twist!!! 2012: 9&10 June - Manchester Etihad; 2011: 4 Dec - MEN Arena 2010: 25 Nov - Boat Trip 2009: 30 Jan - Absolute Radio; 18 Feb - War Child; 19 Sep - Wembley 2008: 11&12 Dec - MEN Arena 2005: 4&5 July - Reebok Stadium; 19 Dec - MEN Arena 2003: 14 Apr - MEN Arena 2002: 20 June - Mountford Hall; 11 Oct - MEN Arena

27-09-2009, 02:19 PM	#293
Jenjie PA to SammyBeeBurns Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 5,810 My Mood: Location: at Coldplaying.com Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 35 Thanked 90 Times in 41 Posts	The Live Experience – The music vs the show Our intrepid reporter Mrs.Morrissey attended last nights Coldplay show at Hampden in Glasgow. We’re not carrying a review because it’s Coldplay and it doesn’t count. You know what Coldplay sound like and, in simplistic terms, you’ll know whether you would have enjoyed it or you wouldn’t have. They are Coldplay. They played all the Coldplay hits, and 50,000 people ohwoahwoahed to that one which sounds like ‘Walking on Broken Glass.’ Coldplay remain, like Snow Patrol, not as risible as Razorlight but still not worth actually listening to. What did seem interesting – yep, Coldplay gig notwithstanding – was a little set-piece they did. Encouraging singing, Chris Martin said ‘let’s win the X-Factor’ and the crowd sang along, only to be greeted by the visage of Simon Cowell on the big screen, lambasting them in parodic style. This was then repeated, only this time he was full of praise for the second attempt. This pre-recorded segment went down a treat with the audience. Later on there was ticker tape and flashing canons. All the fun of the fair, it seems. It’s about striking the balance. Coldplay were charging £60 a pop to watch, essentially, four fairly dull blokes batter out some tunes in a stadium. There was little chance of achieving the intensity a new band can generate in a packed, sweaty hall. So they decided to make it a bit more interesting. Who can argue with that? But yet….it IS a music show. Is there a line where the visuals surpass the sound? It was a huge source of contention between Jagger and Richards as the Stones got bigger, with Jagger up for ever more pageantry and Richards being all about the music, maaaaan. U2’s live shows are now gargantuan wanks, resembling more and more music theatre and less rock concert. Springsteen’s remain stripped down, all about the songs and how they are delivered. Frankly, many people would have been at both gigs and many would have enjoyed both gigs. You can’t blame a band for trying to at least justify the exorbitant ticket price by making it an experience. But who to say who is right? Well, you are….let us know….. http://extremelisteningmode.com/2009...c-vs-the-show/ __________________ "The fat lady has sung and the world's Vida has been well and truly Viva-ed." - R#42 14th March 2010 I've got my "I Heart Coldplaying.com, It's My Life" knickers in a twist!!! 2012: 9&10 June - Manchester Etihad; 2011: 4 Dec - MEN Arena 2010: 25 Nov - Boat Trip 2009: 30 Jan - Absolute Radio; 18 Feb - War Child; 19 Sep - Wembley 2008: 11&12 Dec - MEN Arena 2005: 4&5 July - Reebok Stadium; 19 Dec - MEN Arena 2003: 14 Apr - MEN Arena 2002: 20 June - Mountford Hall; 11 Oct - MEN Arena

18-09-2009, 10:11 PM	#286
dekyboy83 Coldplayer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My god, first coldplay gig and i was blown away! Seen them once before at T in the Park but that doesnt count! I wouldnt normally enlist them as one of my fave bands (hence this being only my 2nd post!!) But after hampden i would definitely reconsider! Great show, some funny bits, lost+ was my highlight! My missus is a bit of a short arse so couldnt really see them until they appeared about 5 feet away on the stage in the middle of the pitch so she was chuffed with that! Would love to hear the recording, anyone gonna do the honours and record off radio 1 tommorrow?

18-09-2009, 10:12 PM	#287
dekyboy83 Coldplayer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	or has it already been on radio 1?

19-09-2009, 12:37 PM	#289
siobhan6661 Coldplayer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Anyone have Jay-Z's setlistt btw ? Was an amazing night (:

07-02-2010, 10:55 AM	#294
QuestionsOfScience Bannana Juice Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,008 My Mood: Location: Wrapped Up In Books Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	that was a pretty epic night, they totally blew me away. I was waiting for this concert for about 6 months before, and I loved it!!!!!! __________________ M.M.I.X = Mr Martin is X-tremely cool. (thanks SuperFitz!) I'm sure you'll like my music... My facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ArionXenos1 My Soundcloud page: http://soundcloud.com/arionxenos My Standard Grades are over!!

30-06-2010, 01:33 PM	#295
Jonesey16909 I ain't no baddy Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 133 My Mood: Location: Scotland Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Best night of my life, will definatley be seeing them again when I can! __________________ "I'm nothing on my own" - Getting that lyric tattoo'd on 31/3/11. Keeper of that lyric ^ and the X-Factor audition @ Hampden Park in Glasgow! First ever Coldplay concert- 16/9/09 BRING ON THE 2011 TOUR!