5-Mar-2009: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia - Tickets, Meetups, Reviews/Photos

busybeeburns · 02-12-2008, 06:45 PM

COLDPLAY have announced a third Melbourne concert - before the first two have even gone on sale.

The British band will now perform at Rod Laver Arena on March 3, 4 and 5 next year.

All tickets go on sale at 9am tomorrow from Ticketek, priced between $120 and $140.

Promoter Michael Chugg said seeing the intense demand from an early pre-sale of selected tickets prompted the multiple shows.

"We decided that we needed to add these extra shows now so that the fans know there will be tickets available for them tomorrow," Chugg said.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...1-2902,00.html

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

One thread one concert - should hopefully keep everyone organised and up-to-date with Coldplay on the road.

Did you get tickets?
Are you looking for tickets?
Are you looking for ticket swaps?
Need help/directions on getting to the concert?
Not sure what the arrangements and rules are for the particular venue is?
Are you just bloody excited?
Do you have a review for the concert?
Did you take any pictures... share them here!

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Setlist

Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Yellow
Cemeteries Of London
Glass Of Water
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)
Talk (techno version)
The Hardest Part (Chris piano, Will)
Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)
Viva La Vida
Lost!
Speed Of Sound (acoustic)
I'm A Believer (acoustic)
Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will vocals)
Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
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Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
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The Scientist
Life in Technicolor ii
The Escapist (outro)

Photos

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gal...y.php/cat/1658

Wiki reviews

http://wiki.coldplaying.com/index.ph...e%2C_Australia

Videos

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...lbourne+5&aq=f

1. Life In Technicolor

YouTube - Coldplay - Start of Concert & Life In Technicolor

YouTube - Intro Life in Technicolour Violet Hill Melbourne 05 03 09

2. Violet Hill

YouTube - Coldplay 'Violet Hill' Melbourne 2009

3. Clocks

YouTube - Coldplay Clocks Melbourne 05 03 09

4. In My Place

YouTube - Coldplay Melbourne March 5th 2009 - In My Place

YouTube - coldpay live in melbourne (5/3/09)

5. Yellow

YouTube - Coldplay - Yellow (live in Melbourne)

6. Cemeteries Of London

YouTube - Coldplay Cemeteries of London Melbourne 05 03 09

7. Glass Of Water

8. 42

YouTube - Coldplay - 42 (live in Melbourne)

9. Fix You

YouTube - Coldplay - Fix you (live in Melbourne)

10. Strawberry Swing

11. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (partial techno remix)

12.Talk (partial techno remix)

YouTube - Coldplay - Talk

13. The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)

YouTube - Coldplay - The Hardest Part (live in Melbourne)

14. Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo piano)

15. Viva La Vida

YouTube - Coldplay - Viva La Vida Live at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne

16. Lost!

17. Speed Of Sound (acoustic)

YouTube - Coldplay - Speed of Sound

18. I'm A Believer (acoustic)

19. Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic, sung by Will)

20. Viva La Vida (remix interlude)

21. Politik

YouTube - Coldplay - Politik & Piano Solo by Chris Martin

22. Lovers In Japan

23. Death And All His Friends

YouTube - Coldplay March 5th Melbourne 2009 - Death And All His Friends

Encore

24. The Scientist

YouTube - Coldplay - The Scientist & Life In Technicolor ii

25. Life In Technicolor ii

26. The Escapist (outro)

Merchandise

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

Check out the shop for more items and other colours.

Cobalt · 03-12-2008, 02:03 AM

SQUEE!!

Now to hope my other friend can go... otherwise I'll have nobody to go with

givelovesolong · 03-12-2008, 03:30 AM

So happy.

Cobalt · 03-12-2008, 10:09 PM

GOLD STANDING!!

I really wanted to go on the 4th though but still!!

Cobalt · 03-12-2008, 10:30 PM

Anyone else got tix for this?

Recycled Revenge · 03-12-2008, 11:29 PM

This'll be my first trip to Rod Laver, what's it like as a venue, pretty good viewing all round? The Adelaide Ent Centre can be a ratshit in the seated area's due to the corporate boxes that are beneath them, I'm hoping laver will be better.

givelovesolong · 03-12-2008, 11:42 PM

Got my tickets -- gold standing, too! Super, super happy. Got tickets to all three shows.

I love Rod Laver, and being fairly small in size, I would say it's good viewing all 'round. Back in 2006, I was literally in the last row, right up the top for Coldplay, and the view was still pretty fantastic.

christineluvschris · 06-12-2008, 11:14 PM

I'm going - so excited!!! It will be a dream come true to see these guys. !GOLD STANDING! - see you there on the night! (I will be the noisy one jumping up and down singing every word to every song).

foreverdizzy · 20-12-2008, 12:10 PM

yayyyy....so glad CP are coming to oz. i have tix for this show for my whole family....there is 5 of us....we can't wait! our seats are in the lower section.

been to Rod Laver several times for concerts and it's a great venue. we had lower section for CP in 2006 and the view (and the concert) was great.

givelovesolong · 22-12-2008, 11:57 AM

That's great, foreverdizzy. Are you all fans?

Glad to hear that the view from the lower section is great -- not that I really doubted it. Rod Laver is a great little venue.

foreverdizzy · 01-01-2009, 07:50 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovealias4ever;2703154
That's so great for you and your family, foreverdizzy. Are you all fans?

So glad to hear that the view from the Lower Section is great (though, I didn't doubt it!). And I agree, Rod Laver is a great little venue!

yes we all love CP!

there is no way i could have gotten tix for only a couple of us w/o someone being extremely disappointed....so, we're all going.

i'm just hoping the crowd will be into it on the night...last time we saw them in 2006, Chris had to stop and encourage everyone to get up on their feet.

i was really glad he did that b/c when they came out at first, i naturally stood up only to be told to sit down!

needless to say after he did that, i felt rather smug when i looked at the peeps that had told me to sit down in the first place.

hopefully that doesn't happen this time.

we all can't wait!

givelovesolong · 02-01-2009, 03:41 AM

Yeah, I remember that. I can't stand it when people ask that you sit down, especially if you're seeing your favourite band. You've paid to be there, too -- I think that entitles you to the right to watch the show however you'd want. Be that sitting, standing or jumping around.

Feeling pretty certain this will be a pretty great one.

riffmeister76 · 13-02-2009, 05:24 AM

SSSection 17 lower cant wait!!!

Cobalt · 13-02-2009, 05:43 AM

22 days...

givelovesolong · 13-02-2009, 10:33 AM

Massively excited! Seriously YouTube obsessed at the moment -- can't stop watching live videos.

Only eighteen days until the first concert and even that is feeling like forever away right now.

03-12-2008, 02:03 AM	#2
Cobalt OH SUCH THE SHAME! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 18,343 My Mood: Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 87 Thanks given: 164 Thanked 178 Times in 124 Posts	SQUEE!! Now to hope my other friend can go... otherwise I'll have nobody to go with __________________ my quotes are old and my body is weary this space for rent

03-12-2008, 03:30 AM	#3
givelovesolong Coldplay Lover Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 664 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	So happy. __________________ "Be a cartoon heart..." Last edited by givelovesolong; 29-06-2011 at 08:43 PM.

03-12-2008, 10:09 PM	#4
Cobalt OH SUCH THE SHAME! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 18,343 My Mood: Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 87 Thanks given: 164 Thanked 178 Times in 124 Posts	GOLD STANDING!! I really wanted to go on the 4th though but still!! __________________ my quotes are old and my body is weary this space for rent

03-12-2008, 10:30 PM	#5
Cobalt OH SUCH THE SHAME! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 18,343 My Mood: Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 87 Thanks given: 164 Thanked 178 Times in 124 Posts	Anyone else got tix for this? __________________ my quotes are old and my body is weary this space for rent

03-12-2008, 11:42 PM	#7
givelovesolong Coldplay Lover Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 664 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Got my tickets -- gold standing, too! Super, super happy. Got tickets to all three shows. I love Rod Laver, and being fairly small in size, I would say it's good viewing all 'round. Back in 2006, I was literally in the last row, right up the top for Coldplay, and the view was still pretty fantastic. __________________ "Be a cartoon heart..." Last edited by givelovesolong; 29-06-2011 at 08:46 PM.

03-12-2008, 11:29 PM	#6
Recycled Revenge Unknown Old Painter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 81 Location: Adelaide Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This'll be my first trip to Rod Laver, what's it like as a venue, pretty good viewing all round? The Adelaide Ent Centre can be a ratshit in the seated area's due to the corporate boxes that are beneath them, I'm hoping laver will be better.

06-12-2008, 11:14 PM	#8
christineluvschris Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm going - so excited!!! It will be a dream come true to see these guys. !GOLD STANDING! - see you there on the night! (I will be the noisy one jumping up and down singing every word to every song).

20-12-2008, 12:10 PM	#9
foreverdizzy Coldplayer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3 My Mood: Location: Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yayyyy....so glad CP are coming to oz. i have tix for this show for my whole family....there is 5 of us....we can't wait! our seats are in the lower section. been to Rod Laver several times for concerts and it's a great venue. we had lower section for CP in 2006 and the view (and the concert) was great.

22-12-2008, 11:57 AM	#10
givelovesolong Coldplay Lover Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 664 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That's great, foreverdizzy. Are you all fans? Glad to hear that the view from the lower section is great -- not that I really doubted it. Rod Laver is a great little venue. __________________ "Be a cartoon heart..." Last edited by givelovesolong; 29-06-2011 at 08:47 PM.

01-01-2009, 07:50 AM	#11
foreverdizzy Coldplayer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3 My Mood: Location: Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by ilovealias4ever;2703154 That's so great for you and your family, foreverdizzy. Are you all fans? So glad to hear that the view from the Lower Section is great (though, I didn't doubt it!). And I agree, Rod Laver is a great little venue! yes we all love CP! there is no way i could have gotten tix for only a couple of us w/o someone being extremely disappointed....so, we're all going. i'm just hoping the crowd will be into it on the night...last time we saw them in 2006, Chris had to stop and encourage everyone to get up on their feet. i was really glad he did that b/c when they came out at first, i naturally stood up only to be told to sit down! needless to say after he did that, i felt rather smug when i looked at the peeps that had told me to sit down in the first place. hopefully that doesn't happen this time. we all can't wait!

02-01-2009, 03:41 AM	#12
givelovesolong Coldplay Lover Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 664 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah, I remember that. I can't stand it when people ask that you sit down, especially if you're seeing your favourite band. You've paid to be there, too -- I think that entitles you to the right to watch the show however you'd want. Be that sitting, standing or jumping around. Feeling pretty certain this will be a pretty great one. __________________ "Be a cartoon heart..." Last edited by givelovesolong; 29-06-2011 at 08:49 PM.

13-02-2009, 05:24 AM	#13
riffmeister76 Coldplayer Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 My Mood: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	SSSection 17 lower cant wait!!!

13-02-2009, 05:43 AM	#14
Cobalt OH SUCH THE SHAME! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 18,343 My Mood: Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 87 Thanks given: 164 Thanked 178 Times in 124 Posts	22 days... __________________ my quotes are old and my body is weary this space for rent

13-02-2009, 10:33 AM	#15
givelovesolong Coldplay Lover Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 664 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Massively excited! Seriously YouTube obsessed at the moment -- can't stop watching live videos. Only eighteen days until the first concert and even that is feeling like forever away right now. __________________ "Be a cartoon heart..." Last edited by givelovesolong; 29-06-2011 at 08:58 PM.