Coldplay Part 1

So I know Mary Margaret mentioned that we went to Coldplay last month, but we don't think we have done blog justice to the experience. Last November, we went to see them perform in Dallas on the first round of touring for Viva la Vida, prior to the release of their EP Prospekt's March. The show was in the American Airlines Center, and it was quite a show. The excitement built as we entered the arena, with massive jumbo screens outside reminiscent of the lights of Times Square or Tokyo. Opening with Life in Technicolor, the band stood behind a mystical black vale with lights beaming form behind casting their silhouettes and igniting the excitement in the crowd. The vale dropped as the song built and the show began.

Opening....Life in Technicolor

We danced and sang as the band dipped into their older stuff with a performance of In My Place. The show continued with references to Andy Warhol pop style projections of the show appearing on three screens dangling from the ceiling and these cool paper lantern style screens spinning above our heads with performances of Lost, Viva la Vida, and Strawberry Swing.


Viva la Vida......

Speed of Sound....

Cemeteries of London....

Perhaps the most dynamic portion of the show came as the band performed Talk and The Hardest Part in an unplugged style with the piano and a synthesizer. The band then made an attempt to draw the crowd in more, something unusual for a band of their magnitude by slipping into the back of the audience and playing an all guitar set with Death Will Never Conquer sung by Will, and Sweet Child of Mine, after Chris made a reference to the Dr.Pepper sign and kindly reminded everyone to pick up their free Dr. Pepper (http://www.nme.com/news/guns-n-roses/41267) with the long awaited, or perhaps not, new Guns N Roses album.


42 Part I....


42 Part II....

Talk...

The Hardest Part....

The Scientist.....


Death Will Never Conquer....

The show finished up with a definite must, a live performance of Politik, complete with synced up flashing lights and a riveting performance of Lovers in Japan, with a twenties' style film playing in the background and confetti raining down throughout each chorus. The encore consisted of a very yellow performance of Yellow and Death and All of His Friends. All and all, it was a great show and I don't think my words can do it justice.

Lovers in Japan....

Yellow...