[10-Dec-2011] Under 1 Roof charity show @ O2 Arena, London, UK

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'CHRISTMAS LIGHTS' & 'LITTLE DRUMMER BOY' DUET w. ALAN PARTRIDGE @ O2 ARENA, LONDON 2011 - YouTube

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mimixxx]

Am utterly knackered. Two days of "working" for Coldplay doing wristbands has left me with a barely functioning left hand.

Awesome night though. Tonight was better than last night I think. Alan and Chris was amazing.

[Mimixxx]

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Originally Posted by Lauriane;5110387
They must be disappointed

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It was VERY close to being sold out though, I was a bit worried there would be loads of empty seats, but there weren't. It looked almost at capacity.

We did 16,000 wristbands plus a load more for VIPs and Kid Co children and that was with the whole back and part of the side section seats unavailable too. So it was pretty much sold out

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'PARADISE' UNDER ONE ROOF @ O2 ARENA, LONDON 10 DEC 2011 - YouTube

[a1999f]

COLDPLAY 'YELLOW' UNDER ONE ROOF @ O2 ARENA, LONDON 10 DEC 2011 - YouTube

[Rogersbfz]

Setlist?

[Rogersbfz]

Ok I have seen! but it anyway thanks!

[Pier62b]

Mylo Xyloto
Hurts Like Heaven
Yellow
In My Place
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
The Scientist
Up in Flames
Charlie Brown
White Christmas
(Bing Crosby cover) (With Rob Brydon)
Viva La Vida
Paradise
Fix You
Clocks
Encore:
Christmas Lights
Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy
(David Bowie & Bing Crosby cover) (with Steve Coogan)
Every Teardrop is a Waterfall

[Comicforce]

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Originally Posted by Mimixxx;5110726
Am utterly knackered. Two days of "working" for Coldplay doing wristbands has left me with a barely functioning left hand.

Awesome night though. Tonight was better than last night I think. Alan and Chris was amazing.

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Amazing.. amazing.. Are they taking you on full time? You must all be shattered!! I was tired after just a night watching!!

Wonderful videos thanks so much for sharing. Oh I feel all Christmassy now..

[teernabh5]

Legit saw Gwyneth, Apple and Moses backstage last night, Chris kept blowing them kisses from the edge of the stage awwww
20 hours ago
http://twitter.com/#!/heyneesam/stat...10589731577856

Molly Foy
@coldplay were absolutely amazing. Chris martin was insane and everyone else smashed it too! Can't believe gwyneth was right there as well..
11 hours ago


apparently the family was there yesterday!

[scusi]

Brilliant, aww poor Will "nobody knows his name"

[Jenjie]

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Originally Posted by a1999f;5110706
COLDPLAY 'CHRISTMAS LIGHTS' & 'LITTLE DRUMMER BOY' DUET w. ALAN PARTRIDGE @ O2 ARENA, LONDON 2011 - YouTube

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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that is amazing

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Originally Posted by Mimixxx;5110726
Am utterly knackered. Two days of "working" for Coldplay doing wristbands has left me with a barely functioning left hand.

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front row always comes with a price

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Originally Posted by scusi;5111276
Brilliant, aww poor Will "nobody knows his name"

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I just liked the reference: coldplay's little drummer boy

[Mimixxx]

I'll do a proper review in a little bit

[loveintechnicolor]

Last night was absolutely incredible!! I had the time of my life, was such a brilliant gig Going to do a bit of a rantish review... sorry if I go on a bit

I didn't really know what to expect from this concert because I'd heard they hadn't managed to sell all the tickets and with the guys having played the o2 the previous night as well I thought that a good deal of the most enthusiastic and dedicated fans would have been at the Friday gig rather than this one as it was announced a while before the other one. I only ended up going to Under 1 Roof because I lost out on getting tickets to Friday night and bought standing tickets to this last minute. Not being a proper fan of Tinie Tempah or either of the comedians I wasn't sure what the crowd would be like in comparison to a full Coldplay concert. The last stadium gig I went to was Wembley and after that Exeter which was a surreal experience but completely different to seeing them in an arena where the guys are really most comfortable and in their element. However I was absolutely blown away by the audience... the atmosphere was AMAZING Tinie Tempah was a great warm up act, he had the crowd going mental during his set, everyone was raving to his hits. Was so funny when he got us all to crouch down low and then jump up and go crazy I wouldn't mind seeing him live again actually!

This was my first proper MX gig (was at Little Noise with Jonny and Chris a few weeks back). I was lucky enough to get 3rd row on the right side of the walkway (which gave me a great view of a very handsome and very smiley Guy ). I was even closer at Exeter given the smallness of that gig but this was my first time properly standing and the closest I've been at a stadium concert having had level 1 seating at Wembley. The enthusiasm of the crowd around me was what made the gig really... the people surrounding me were mainly my age or younger so a pretty young standing audience and everyone seemed to know all the lyrics to the new songs - nearly everyone was singing their hearts out to every song and being very enthusiastic. I was with a few true fangirls which was fun since it meant I could join in with the screaming and general craziness... as I am a bit of a not-so-secret Chris and Guy fangirl in particular Me and my brother managed to get filmed by the camera guy who was shooting the front of the crowd during Yellow. First time that's ever happened to me

It was really great being with so many real fans of the band - it sort of ruins a gig for me if I'm with people who can't be bothered to stand up or make much noise because I feel like I can't enjoy myself properly! When Will walked onto the runway to go to the B-stage to play Up In Flames people were shouting 'GO WILL' and 'YOU CAN DO IT' And when Steve kept taking a dig at Coldplay by saying 'I'm a big fan of rock and roll - and Coldplay' we were booing and when he called Will 'the drummer' and declared nobody knows his name me and several others in front were shouting 'WILLLL. WE LOVE WILL' I hope he heard us from the back hehe

The bracelets work SO well in connecting the audience and getting everyone involved... I got very excited when we got to the front of the gates and saw the bags of them ready to be handed out. When the band came on to MX and they lit up everyone around me was screaming and squeeing in delight and looking around the stadium in awe... so great to see everyone so excited and with massive smiles on their faces... it really is a real spectacle and I saw Guy smiling and looking around in appreciation of it himself a few times. An amazing moment I'm going to remember for a very very long time When Hurts Like Heaven kicked in it was just absolutely euphoric Having watched all their summer festival gigs I've been so impatient to hear some of the new MX tracks live and they really are built for a stadium crowd. HLH, Charlie and ETIAW are such joyous poppy anthems and the bracelets just add to the whole experience. It was the most I've ever jumped up and down at a Coldplay gig, my legs are so sore today haha.

Chris was mental as per usual and made crazy eyes at us in the front several times He was performing all his ninja jump moves on the walkway and threw his guitar high in the air. You could tell he was kinda shy addressing the whole stadium when he came on to introduce the nights acts alone - bless him. It was really really lovely how the founder of Kids Company came on before introducing Coldplay to talk about child poverty and thank everyone for spending their money on a great cause. She thanked Coldplay several times for making the evening possible as it was their idea - the reception they got from the crowd when she asked the audience to show their appreciation was fantastic, I felt so proud and lucky to be there and to be a fan of such a generous, humble and genuine band

Me and the others in the front were really annoyed when Steve Coogan came on and interrupted Christmas Lights! I was really quite sad they didn't get to play the whole song as I was so looking forward to hearing it live! I am not a Steve Coogan fan AT ALL It was obviously pre-rehearsed but Chris was such a good actor at pretending to be surprised/pissed off that I genuinely believed for a few seconds that he wasn't expecting it. I'm so gullible The banter that ensued between him and Chris was worth them not finishing it though - very funny and everyone was laughing at Steve teasing Chris about religion and commercialism. Everyone cheered loudly when Chris said f-f-f*** you Rob Brydon's duet with Chris on a White Christmas was great too and had everyone singing along

All in all a wonderful gig even though I wished they'd stayed longer! I do agree with others that the release of the confetti for In My Place was a little random and the setlist for the two o2 nights could have included a few less greatest hits. I do hope that they are a bit bolder with the setlist for the summer UK stadium tour because as much as I love Yellow and Viva and Fix You etc. and they are a guaranteed great mass sing-along I think that because they insist on playing them at every concert their gigs end up feeling a little like a 'greatest hits' affair and I don't believe for a second that the real fans paying to see them on tour next year wouldn't be happy to hear other songs instead and more MX tracks. I was gutted they didn't play Daylight/What If/or Don't panic but was very happy to hear Up In Flames! Paradise live sounded a million times better than I thought it would - it's not my favourite track on MX by far and I thought I was pretty much sick of it but I love the strong baseline on the live version and it seems to be a real favourite with the crowd - especially the younger new generation of fans. Everyone got very excited when it started and loved singing along to all the Para-Paras

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Originally Posted by teernabh5;5111174
Legit saw Gwyneth, Apple and Moses backstage last night, Chris kept blowing them kisses from the edge of the stage awwww
20 hours ago
http://twitter.com/#!/heyneesam/stat...10589731577856

Molly Foy
@coldplay were absolutely amazing. Chris martin was insane and everyone else smashed it too! Can't believe gwyneth was right there as well..
11 hours ago

apparently the family was there yesterday!

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I guess they were there both nights then! I saw on the Friday o2 thread that someone said they were really near Gwyneth and the kids and Phil Harvey and his wife. Chris kept going to the end of the right side of the stage last night and standing on top of the raised bit and I saw him waving to people somewhere high up in the stands several times - Guy kept looking over that way too and grinning but I couldn't see exactly who they were looking at! Pretty sure it was all their friends and family

[Stephie]

An evening of rock'n'roll...and Coldplay.

I'm glad I ended up buying the ticket for this. Sure, it was just a short performance and Tinie Tempah was a bit hard for me to endure (I however admired how he got the crowd going crazy), but after Friday night I was glad to have another evening of dancing and singing. And I love the wristbands so much! On both nights I was standing there like a kid with huge eyes and open mouth admiring the lights everywhere. It really gives a great feeling of unity and being part of something big.

I seemed to have been in the Tinie Tempah fan block and the guys right next to me were not very excited about Coldplay, so that was a bit disappointing, but it did not really lower my fun. Rob Brydon and Alan Partridge were a nice little added touch and the lady running the charity actually made me a little teary with her speech (or maybe it was the crazy outfit, she seemed to have adjusted well to the Mylo Xyloto theme ). And I was really happy to hear 'Christmas Lights', or at least a part of it.