mercredi 26 Aoû 2009, 18h54m

Tue 25 Aug – Coldplay, White Lies, Kilians

we had a great time yesterday!

arrived at the venue at 1.30 pm and there weren't too many ppl there at that time. when the doors opened at 4.30 pm, it was sort of terrible, tho. everyone went a bit mad and was pushing their way through it was a bit unorganized from the security, methinks. i lost my whole group on the way to the stage, but luckily found them later.
when i entered the stadium, i was so impressed… omg, it was huge. and it just looked amazing, it really did.

anyway, we made it to maybe the fifth row in front of the stage (centre). for me it turned out to be a very nice spot and i had an awesome view.
liked the first support act (the kilians, a german band) very much. i saw them once back in 2007, but this time they were so much better. by the time they played, it had already started to rain and it wouldn't stop for about half an hour or so. but i didn't mind the rain too much, since i was already quite exhausted. but luckily it stopped when white lies played (didn't like them too much, although they do have some nice songs) and the rain didn't return the whole night.

soooo…
coldplay hit the stage at 9 pm. i so loved when the curtain fell on them ;D at first i was like "wtf" but it did look really funny… plus, it's sort of good to see that things can still go wrong at a coldplay-concert. it's not always good when everything is just perfect and well-organized, if you know what i mean - at least that's my opinion, so that was a bit of a change, heh. later, chris said they had sort of a "shitty start, with things collapsing on the band" you could tell he was a bit pissed at first, but took it with humour afterwards
it is true that they had some technical difficulties throughout the gig and chris apologized a lot… i think the screen in the middle wasn't working for the first three songs.
i have to say, i didn't like when chris suddenly left the stage for 2 or 3 minutes before fix you. it felt like an eternity until he returned and nobody knew what was wrong. the other band members seemed a bit lost, too. still no idea where he went, maybe sth was wrong with his mic or he had to go to the toilet ;D anyway…

one of my fav moments was definitely the c-stage <3 although i couldn't see the guys back there at all and had to look at the screens, i sooo loved green eyes, that song about the german audience (it finished with sth like "and just to give you and extra thrill, here's a song by our drummer will" ) and especially the billie jean cover!!! i hadn't heard it before and boy, it was SO amazing. everyone had their cell phones out and it just looked stunning… aww. the atmosphere was really great as well at that part of the show. so yeah, that was probably my fav moment. oh and i loved the little dance jonny and chris did during DWNC as well, that was so SO cute, heeeh…

other fav moments were of course lovers in japan, the scientist (i like the normal version a lot better than the acoustic version), politik, 42 and strawberry swing.
a few more changes in the setlist compared to last year would have been nice, but well… i didn't really expect that to happen anyway.

to conclude this little review, it was a great show with only a few downers. i have to say, i enjoyed myself very much, but not more than last year, although this time everything was much bigger. this again wasn't as special to me as maybe oberhausen back in 2005. but it was still amazing, of course it was.

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PS: what maybe spoiled it a bit for me, was that people behind me kept talking *very* loud during the whole gig, especially during the quieter songs (the hardest part, green eyes…) i mean, i don't mind people talking, but that was a bit too much - for me it ruined the atmosphere many times :(

Setlist:

Life In Technicolor (intro)
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Yellow
Glass Of Water
Cemeteries Of London
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (Partial, Techno Remix)
Talk (Partial, Techno Remix)
The Hardest Part (Chris Solo Piano)
Postcards From Far Away (Chris Solo Piano)
Viva La Vida
Lost!

Green Eyes (acoustic)
Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic - sung by Will)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover - Acoustic)
Viva La Vida (Remix Interlude)

Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends

The Scientist
Life In Technicolor ii
The Escapist (Outro)