[17-Apr-2012] Coldplay @ Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB, Canada - Page 19

MX&Yellow · 18-04-2012, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Estefaniapc;5278155
WHAAAAAT? A DLIBYH video??? :O

I mean #DLIBYH Live from Edmonton

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Originally Posted by Tash;5278159
Charlie Brown

Coldplay Live - Charlie Brown (Edmonton) - YouTube

THANK YOU FOR THIS

TracieMorgan · 18-04-2012, 06:52 AM

Another tweet:

https://twitter.com/#!/vwayner/statu...980352/photo/1

Plug_in_coldplaying · 18-04-2012, 06:57 AM

Brilliant pictures,thanks for sharing.

Tash · 18-04-2012, 06:58 AM

Coldplay brings good vibes

Lead singer Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at Rexall Place in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Edmonton was the first stop on the band's North American tour.

It’s flattering when a world famous band chooses Edmonton to launch a world tour. Either that or it’s “paid rehearsal” — because if they screw up in Edmonton, who cares?

The Coldplay concert Tuesday night was no place for such negativity. This was a happy, shiny offering of British pop-rock goodness of the highest order. We are blessed. There was little sign this band was ironing out its show for more prestigious gigs in Los Angeles or Prague or wherever.

Sure, singer Chris Martin screwed up the intro to God Put a Smile On My Face, but he glossed over it gracefully and from there was in fine, often ferocious form, spinning himself dizzy at every opportunity. The rest of the show was a slick display of pure Coldplay hit power. The band sounded great — spine-tingling and powerful when required, sensitive when called for (and they called for it a lot) and at times too perfect when you noticed there were lots of sounds coming from the stage with no live musicians creating them — just a little pet peeve of mine about allegedly live rock concerts, but no matter.

The show looked amazing, too. Bonus points were awarded before Coldplay even played a single note, having offered every one of the 14,500 fans at Rexall Place a free — free — electronic glowing wristband, remotely activated to light depending on the songs. Wow. Eat that, gouging glowstick merch-men at Selena Gomez concerts.

The sight of 14,000 glow-bands going off all at once in the brisk opening song Hurts Like Heaven was spectacular. Some fans demurred, perhaps fearing it to be a brain-controlling device: All Hail Coldplay. Too late. Resistance is futile.

As way of introduction, Martin shouted, “Is there anybody out there?!” — thrice, got the expected response (thrice) and led the band into the first of the massive power ballads of the evening, In My Place. Ba-bam! Confetti cannons blanketed everyone in the floor seats with paper snow. A little later, in Yellow — the second of the massive power ballads and the hit that launched the band’s career — 100 giant balloons floated down from the ceiling. All sang along, “I wrote a song for you, and all the things you do, and it was called Yellow.”

Twenty minutes in and the place looked like Cirque du Soleil had exploded.

This was basically a stadium show packed into an arena. Each song was a grand singalong anthem of U2-ian proportions, each ending was a potential show stopper, each musical climax was more dramatic than the last — right down to the impossibly sensitive last encore ballad, Fix You. All sang along, “I will try to fix you.” Not sure that’s a healthy emotion.

Here and there, Martin brought the energy level right down and sat behind his day-glo graffitied piano, as on the delicate not-so-power ballad Scientist and again during a centre stage interlude, but the band shifted back into its feel-good arena-rock anthems with ease. Later came the heavy hitters like Viva La Vida — which almost demands to be heard in an outdoor stadium. Likewise Clocks.

During the encore set, Martin acknowledged Edmonton being the launchpad of the tour, thanking the crowd for “cheering in all the right places and forgiving all the mistakes” — before promptly going off the rails in the Celtic strummer Us Against the World and having to start it over again. How ironic.

Expectations are high when it comes to the world famous band’s opening acts, too. Coldplay did not disappoint here. The Pierces, a band of New York sisters who sound like (young) Stevie Nicks to the power of two, impressed a very sparse crowd — where was everybody, in the parking lot getting lit up? — with its powerhouse neo-folk sound, superb vocals and songs about various kinds of self-destructive behaviour. Deadly combination.

To name the next act is to know them: Metronomy, the British electro-disco band whose crisp metronomic grooves gave a new wave-Brian Eno-Talking Heads-like shape to their unusual songs. Call it “new rave.” So weird, in fact, was this band that its more “conventional” songs — that is, songs that sounded like songs — came off as dull. They were at their best in zany arrangements, some completely instrumental — and some completely, jaw-droppingly off the wall — rich in squeaking, blooping, wheezing vintage synthesizers and chord changes not found in nature. There is no understanding the British. That’s part of why we love them so.

Four out of five Suns

link

TracieMorgan · 18-04-2012, 07:00 AM

Another from vwayner on Twitter. Thanks, Mate!

https://twitter.com/#!/vwayner/statu...296704/photo/1

MosesTheMarshmallow · 18-04-2012, 07:06 AM

What is this recorded Rihanna thing??

Escapist99 · 18-04-2012, 07:07 AM

Metronomy is God-awful, by the way.

MosesTheMarshmallow · 18-04-2012, 07:10 AM

AMAZING setlist by the way. My best friend is seeing them in Houston..

Escapist99 · 18-04-2012, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MosesTheMarshmallow;5278172
What is this recorded Rihanna thing??

Its was pretty much Rihanna on each of the screens singing her part of the song...looked like it could also be in a music video for the song.

l0wxo2 · 18-04-2012, 07:17 AM

I tried to not learn what the set list was until I see them next weekend but that just did not happen lol. Thrilled that Warning Sign was played because it's one of my favs and i've never heard it live before. Also so happy that they finally played DLIBYH, it's my favorite song from MX and I think that it will be just brilliant live. Counting down the days until I see them....

MosesTheMarshmallow · 18-04-2012, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Escapist99;5278176
Its was pretty much Rihanna on each of the screens singing her part of the song...looked like it could also be in a music video for the song.

But with the band playing it live...? That sounds a little gimmicky to me, unless I'm not understanding it right.

fakfak · 18-04-2012, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by l0wxo2;5278180
I tried to not learn what the set list was until I see them next weekend but that just did not happen lol. Thrilled that Warning Sign was played because it's one of my favs and i've never heard it live before. Also so happy that they finally played DLIBYH, it's my favorite song from MX and I think that it will be just brilliant live. Counting down the days until I see them....

Warning sign is my favorite song. By ANY band. They better keep it in till chicago!

Escapist99 · 18-04-2012, 07:20 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by MosesTheMarshmallow;5278182
But with the band playing it live...? That sounds a little gimmicky to me, unless I'm not understanding it right.

Yeah, they played it live, I was really hoping Chris would sing the whole song himself, but it sounded like Rihanna's vocal track was played with the video...although it didn't sync up very well.

fakfak · 18-04-2012, 07:22 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by MosesTheMarshmallow;5278182
But with the band playing it live...? That sounds a little gimmicky to me, unless I'm not understanding it right.

It's actually fairly well established as a technique (if a little hokey.) U2 did it so they could "duet" with Lou Reed on ZooTV, and again to sing along with some astronaut guy on 360. I think other people have used it too. It is a gimmick, but Coldplay love their gimmicks.

Tash · 18-04-2012, 07:22 AM

I found this on eBay:

Blue and yellow ColdPlay light up bracelet used at their first stop on their mylo xyloto tour.
Price: $50.00

$50

18-04-2012, 06:52 AM	#271
MX&Yellow Ladder To The Sun ♫ Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 447 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 668 Thanked 27 Times in 17 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Estefaniapc;5278155 WHAAAAAT? A DLIBYH video??? :O I mean #DLIBYH Live from Edmonton Quote: Originally Posted by Tash;5278159 Charlie Brown Coldplay Live - Charlie Brown (Edmonton) - YouTube THANK YOU FOR THIS

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18-04-2012, 06:58 AM	#274
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,428 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 233 Thanked 4,009 Times in 1,871 Posts	Coldplay brings good vibes Lead singer Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at Rexall Place in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Edmonton was the first stop on the band's North American tour. It’s flattering when a world famous band chooses Edmonton to launch a world tour. Either that or it’s “paid rehearsal” — because if they screw up in Edmonton, who cares? The Coldplay concert Tuesday night was no place for such negativity. This was a happy, shiny offering of British pop-rock goodness of the highest order. We are blessed. There was little sign this band was ironing out its show for more prestigious gigs in Los Angeles or Prague or wherever. Sure, singer Chris Martin screwed up the intro to God Put a Smile On My Face, but he glossed over it gracefully and from there was in fine, often ferocious form, spinning himself dizzy at every opportunity. The rest of the show was a slick display of pure Coldplay hit power. The band sounded great — spine-tingling and powerful when required, sensitive when called for (and they called for it a lot) and at times too perfect when you noticed there were lots of sounds coming from the stage with no live musicians creating them — just a little pet peeve of mine about allegedly live rock concerts, but no matter. The show looked amazing, too. Bonus points were awarded before Coldplay even played a single note, having offered every one of the 14,500 fans at Rexall Place a free — free — electronic glowing wristband, remotely activated to light depending on the songs. Wow. Eat that, gouging glowstick merch-men at Selena Gomez concerts. The sight of 14,000 glow-bands going off all at once in the brisk opening song Hurts Like Heaven was spectacular. Some fans demurred, perhaps fearing it to be a brain-controlling device: All Hail Coldplay. Too late. Resistance is futile. As way of introduction, Martin shouted, “Is there anybody out there?!” — thrice, got the expected response (thrice) and led the band into the first of the massive power ballads of the evening, In My Place. Ba-bam! Confetti cannons blanketed everyone in the floor seats with paper snow. A little later, in Yellow — the second of the massive power ballads and the hit that launched the band’s career — 100 giant balloons floated down from the ceiling. All sang along, “I wrote a song for you, and all the things you do, and it was called Yellow.” Twenty minutes in and the place looked like Cirque du Soleil had exploded. This was basically a stadium show packed into an arena. Each song was a grand singalong anthem of U2-ian proportions, each ending was a potential show stopper, each musical climax was more dramatic than the last — right down to the impossibly sensitive last encore ballad, Fix You. All sang along, “I will try to fix you.” Not sure that’s a healthy emotion. Here and there, Martin brought the energy level right down and sat behind his day-glo graffitied piano, as on the delicate not-so-power ballad Scientist and again during a centre stage interlude, but the band shifted back into its feel-good arena-rock anthems with ease. Later came the heavy hitters like Viva La Vida — which almost demands to be heard in an outdoor stadium. Likewise Clocks. During the encore set, Martin acknowledged Edmonton being the launchpad of the tour, thanking the crowd for “cheering in all the right places and forgiving all the mistakes” — before promptly going off the rails in the Celtic strummer Us Against the World and having to start it over again. How ironic. Expectations are high when it comes to the world famous band’s opening acts, too. Coldplay did not disappoint here. The Pierces, a band of New York sisters who sound like (young) Stevie Nicks to the power of two, impressed a very sparse crowd — where was everybody, in the parking lot getting lit up? — with its powerhouse neo-folk sound, superb vocals and songs about various kinds of self-destructive behaviour. Deadly combination. To name the next act is to know them: Metronomy, the British electro-disco band whose crisp metronomic grooves gave a new wave-Brian Eno-Talking Heads-like shape to their unusual songs. Call it “new rave.” So weird, in fact, was this band that its more “conventional” songs — that is, songs that sounded like songs — came off as dull. They were at their best in zany arrangements, some completely instrumental — and some completely, jaw-droppingly off the wall — rich in squeaking, blooping, wheezing vintage synthesizers and chord changes not found in nature. There is no understanding the British. That’s part of why we love them so. Four out of five Suns link __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

18-04-2012, 07:00 AM	#275
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18-04-2012, 07:06 AM	#276
MosesTheMarshmallow Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 721 My Mood: Location: Strawberry Swings Forever Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 20 Posts	What is this recorded Rihanna thing?? __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by kover;4892162 y=mx+b

18-04-2012, 06:57 AM	#273
Plug_in_coldplaying 5:2 Hurts Like Heaven Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 25,633 My Mood: Location: Grays, Essex Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 65 Thanked 31 Times in 19 Posts	Brilliant pictures,thanks for sharing.

18-04-2012, 07:07 AM	#277
Escapist99 confidence in High Speed Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 60 My Mood: Location: Edmonton Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Metronomy is God-awful, by the way. __________________ Oh they say you could see your future, inside a glass of water, the riddles and the rhymes, will I see heaven in mine?

18-04-2012, 07:10 AM	#278
MosesTheMarshmallow Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 721 My Mood: Location: Strawberry Swings Forever Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 20 Posts	AMAZING setlist by the way. My best friend is seeing them in Houston.. __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by kover;4892162 y=mx+b

18-04-2012, 07:15 AM	#279
Escapist99 confidence in High Speed Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 60 My Mood: Location: Edmonton Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by MosesTheMarshmallow;5278172 What is this recorded Rihanna thing?? Its was pretty much Rihanna on each of the screens singing her part of the song...looked like it could also be in a music video for the song. __________________ Oh they say you could see your future, inside a glass of water, the riddles and the rhymes, will I see heaven in mine?

18-04-2012, 07:17 AM	#280
l0wxo2 I Saw Sparks Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,559 My Mood: Location: the city by the bay Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 5 Thanked 43 Times in 26 Posts	I tried to not learn what the set list was until I see them next weekend but that just did not happen lol. Thrilled that Warning Sign was played because it's one of my favs and i've never heard it live before. Also so happy that they finally played DLIBYH, it's my favorite song from MX and I think that it will be just brilliant live. Counting down the days until I see them.... __________________ 04/29/05 Las Vegas,NV 08/20/05 Irvine,CA 02/03/06 Las Vegas,NV 07/19/08 Las Vegas, NV 11/22/08 SLC, UT 7/16/09 Chula Vista,CA 07/18/09 Carson,CA 07/19/09 Irvine,CA 08/05/11 Lollapalooza Chicago,IL 09/15/2011 ACL Taping 09/16/11 ACL Festival 09/23/11 Iheartradio Festival Las Vegas, NV 10/17/11 Ellen Taping Burbank, CA 04/27/12 and 04/28/12 San Jose, CA 05/04/12 Hollywood Bowl 05/05/12 KROQ Weenie Roast Irvine, CA 06/22/12 and 06/23/12 Dallas, TX

18-04-2012, 07:18 AM	#281
MosesTheMarshmallow Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 721 My Mood: Location: Strawberry Swings Forever Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 20 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Escapist99;5278176 Its was pretty much Rihanna on each of the screens singing her part of the song...looked like it could also be in a music video for the song. But with the band playing it live...? That sounds a little gimmicky to me, unless I'm not understanding it right. __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by kover;4892162 y=mx+b

18-04-2012, 07:19 AM	#282
fakfak Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,914 My Mood: Location: Illinois Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 142 Thanked 94 Times in 79 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by l0wxo2;5278180 I tried to not learn what the set list was until I see them next weekend but that just did not happen lol. Thrilled that Warning Sign was played because it's one of my favs and i've never heard it live before. Also so happy that they finally played DLIBYH, it's my favorite song from MX and I think that it will be just brilliant live. Counting down the days until I see them.... Warning sign is my favorite song. By ANY band. They better keep it in till chicago!

18-04-2012, 07:20 AM	#283
Escapist99 confidence in High Speed Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 60 My Mood: Location: Edmonton Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by MosesTheMarshmallow;5278182 But with the band playing it live...? That sounds a little gimmicky to me, unless I'm not understanding it right. Yeah, they played it live, I was really hoping Chris would sing the whole song himself, but it sounded like Rihanna's vocal track was played with the video...although it didn't sync up very well. __________________ Oh they say you could see your future, inside a glass of water, the riddles and the rhymes, will I see heaven in mine?

18-04-2012, 07:22 AM	#284
fakfak Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,914 My Mood: Location: Illinois Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 142 Thanked 94 Times in 79 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by MosesTheMarshmallow;5278182 But with the band playing it live...? That sounds a little gimmicky to me, unless I'm not understanding it right. It's actually fairly well established as a technique (if a little hokey.) U2 did it so they could "duet" with Lou Reed on ZooTV, and again to sing along with some astronaut guy on 360. I think other people have used it too. It is a gimmick, but Coldplay love their gimmicks.

18-04-2012, 07:22 AM	#285
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,428 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 233 Thanked 4,009 Times in 1,871 Posts	I found this on eBay: Blue and yellow ColdPlay light up bracelet used at their first stop on their mylo xyloto tour. Price: $50.00 $50 __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42