01 September 2008: Zenith, Strasbourg, France

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Strasbourg

Setlist

This setlist is currently being disputed as we have 3 different versions.

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Discussion

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Fan Reviews

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Pre-Show Updates

11.30 We're at the venue and spoke to a roadie, fuckin excited!
12.47 They came in but didn't stop, phil was there too
13.04 (Answer to mimi's question) I waved my banner, hope they read I screamed Phil and will Like mad when they got out the car, I think they both smiled yay
13.43 They're doing soundcheck right now, only playing Violet Hill, frustrating cause we can't get in
14.24 Just saw Guy cause he went out to smoke, bit hid behind a car, I'm a bit sad have to go back in the queue people are starting to gather
14.36 We can't get closer because of security tried to give flyers to roadies but wouldn't come and take em bummer!
15.27 Holy shit! they went back for souncheck and played CoL! they fuckin read my banner which says: 'play the amazing cemetries of london please' weeeeeeeeeee

The "try to meet the band" chapter : I had an amazing journey !! it was definitely one of the greatest things that had happened to me in my life so far ! Mariano (aka The_escapist) and me went to the venue as soon as we got to Strasbourg. We saw a roadie there and Mariano asked him where was Chris Martin. The roadie told us they werent there yet, they'd only be there in the afternoon. So we decided to go the back entrance. There we spoke to a security guy who knew nothing.. not even the band, he actually thought they were german. He wouldnt let us in obviously.. We went to grab some food. And then when we came back another security guy, the one who knows things, told us : YEAH THEY'RE COMING! So, we're like OMG ! 12:30 That's when we saw the big black cars .. I waved my banner on the "Play the amazing Cemeteries of London" side, and we started screaming names ! Haha i was so excited. They didnt stop.. but we saw them getting into the venue. Well, Mariano saw Jonny, Guy and Will. And I immediatly saw Phil who was waiting to take his stuff in the trunk. So the fangirl not so deep inside of me cant help but yell his name ! He seemed embarassed but flattered, I hope ! Then we screamed for Will. He waves. The others were already inside. I didnt get to see them.. Around 1pm (I think) Christopher (aka Christo670) texted me and said I should go to the main entrance because people are starting to get in line.. Dammit, it's too early ! So I go because I dont want to miss the first row. From outside we could hear the soundcheck. They played VH several times and then went on with 42 and Lost! Mariano, Marina (aka G o A) and me decided to go back because we thought they would go out for a break or something. and that's when I said 'Guy must come out of the building because he needs to smoke' .. no sign of them and Christopher is stressing me by calling and saying people are gathering and that I really should go.. So silly me went back, while Mariano and Marina stayed. But 10 minutes later Mariano called me and said 'You gotta come, Guy's outside smoking!!' HOLY SHIT ! I ran like hell ! I'm sure I wouldve beaten Guy in the marathon ! no serisouly, I was exhausted, my legs were burning.. But I saw him so it was worth it. Unfortunately he didnt come to us.. again! We went back to the main entrance for the last time to be in the line, when we heard Cemeteries of London !!!!!!!!!!! Did they really see my banner ? yeah I think they did, but I know that wasnt the reason why they played it. It was surely already planned. But I like to think that I have something to do with it ! haha ! so then bla bla bla.. waiting.. hours.. rain.. no umbrella.. etc etc..

The "waiting inside the venue and opening act" chapter : We got in at 6:30pm ! I was FRONT ROW as you all know ! It was a pretty good crowd I must say. Security guards just in front of us were giving out water bottles. Thank God because it was pretty HOT ! yuck, I hate being that close to strangers..

8:30pm : Albert Hammond Jr came on stage and was GREAT ! Awesome musician, really. I didnt know him before. Only looked up for a few vids on youtube. But it was pretty good! sadly, no one knew who he was so the crowd didnt really follow during the songs. But in between we did our best to give him great support ! till one girl asked him what was his name.. to which he replied 'I dont have one'.. he seemed gutted wondering what he was doing here, or maybe not I dont really know.

9:15pm, Coldplay's staff got everything ready. It was so exciting to see them putting everything in the right place, testing instruments and mics. The crowd got more and more PUMPED !

The LIVE REVIEW chapter : 9:25pm (or something) the curtains went down ! and 9:30pm (or something) the band came on stage ! OMG OMG OMG ! They all walked to their spots, Chris was jumping around, picked up their instruments and IT WAS ON !

Life in technicolor: my heart exploded just hearing the first note! I couldnt believe I was there. It was really intense, didnt expect that much adrenaline at once. They were so into it. It was even more amazing to them really enjoying it and playing for us, performing for a crowd!
Vh : I loved it ! I was so impressed to see them performing live. I was totally amazed. And having freaking GUY BERRYMAN just in front of me didnt help ! I thought the piano at the end was much better, but I changed my mind since last night. Chris is perfect at the guitar ! when the song ended I held as high as I could my banner on the "Nothing matters except life and the music Coldplay make' side. Jonny stopped to read it ! how cute ! I was excited because I saw him reading it, so I was jumping up and down when I noticed Guy was trying to read but couldnt because I was going nuts, so I stopped and he got to read it ! Yaay ! so then I put it down on the floor.
Clocks : OMG !!! I love the song so much, I love every single live performances they did, and this one was the best ! I'm biased I know. The crowd went bananas when Chris started on the piano. The lights effects were awesome, really cool !
CoL: SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ! HUGE HIGHLIGHT of the night ! The lalalalalalays were immense and how great was Guy on the piano ! what can i tell ? it was perfect !
CSC: Chris, Jonny and Guy gathered and played close to each others ! it was great because they stayed on the main stage when I thought they would go on Guy's catwalk.

God put a smile : Awesome version ! always loved the bassline of that song.

42 : I have blurred memory of that song.. I think it was great ! haha ! I know I was singing.. I know I got the lyrics at the end too early ! haha.. but nothing particular ! I believe it's everything about that part is gone because of the next song they played.
DONT PANIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME. And I requested it like a BILLION time ! I wouldve done ANYTHING to hear it and TADAAAAAAA ! THANKS COLDPLAY, I LOVE YOU ! Definitely the best moment of the concert for me. It was so special. Even more because they did the perfect version of it, which is the simple one, the old one, with Jonny's singing ! I almost had a heart attack when Chris said "Jonny Buckland"
Yellow : Chris started to speak French and Guy looked at him all smiling and giggling ! awwww he said their French was shit (which really isnt!!!!) and that it was the best place to start touring again.. (something like that).

so yellow is a classic, everybody was singing ! and it feels awesome to all get along and sing together !

THP : everybody turned around to Guy's catwalk to see the piano which was waiting for Chris. It was a great moment, but having heard it two days before on the BBC show. I wasnt so much into it. So I turned around back to the stage to take pictures of Guy ! HAHAHA ! He looked scared and I think he didnt understand why I wasnt paying attention to Chris nor the song. but then turned to Chris and listened to the song
In my place : Weeeeee ! Will on the drums always giving me goose bumps ! then Jonny came to our side and was fucking amazing ! the whole song was an epic Jon/Chris episod !

SOS : The song that made me fall in love with Coldplay ! really special moment !

Viva la vida : Finally, I can see Will better ! not so easy when you're front row. I barely saw him all night .. so it was a really awesome time ! and of course the song is amazing live, the crowd was perfect during the Oooh ooh Ooh ooH !
Lost! : I completely forgot Guy was doing the boom boom thing at the beginning ! it was GOOD, not my favorite song but I liked it very much !

That's when the band went to the back, and that's when Chris took his shirt off !!!!

The scientist acoustic : awwwwww ! Chris spoke French again, said he loved us but not in a sexual way. Asked us if we wanted a sexual song, and then added 'No I know you all want some looovee'. He dedicated the song to Albert Hammond Jr which was nice. It was weird to see the band so far but the song sounded great !
Death will never conquer : WILL IS THE BEST ! his voice is beautiful ! people were surprised, some of them (well the ones next to me) didnt know the song!

they went back to play Politik : SQUEEEE ! my second favorite ! they wouldve played White Shadows and I wouldve died for real! The song's so powerful live. it was so intense ! I freaking loved it, didnt want it to end !

Lovers in Japan : OMG ! the confettis are beautiful !!!!! when they come down and fly all over the crowd, it's gorgeous !! The song's another favorite of the moment. I was blown away !
Death And All His Friends: awwwww ! the ending is so close.. i'm enjoying every single piece ! and when they all sing together, Oh wooow !

They waved and went off stage.. yeah right I know they'd come back ! so I took my banner and held it up high again ! they came back and Will saw it this time. He was going to his spot and suddenly stopped to read it and smiled ! yaaaaay !!!!!!

The dubliners (sorry I didnt recognize it) : it was pretty cool ! they added new stuff to it ! not the last song I was hoping for but IM SURELY NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN !

so, they waved again and went off for good. Guy took a last picture of the crowd and left..

I asked the roadies for a setlist or anything else they could give me.. but they said no. and the security guys told us to get the hell out.. I took some confettis, as much as I could ! and left..

the "trying to meet the band" chapter part2: We went to the back entrance to see if the band's still here. Mariano said they were because there were policemen all around, and a car was driving all around the drive way to check the traffic. Surprisingly, we were only about 10 fans waiting for them.. they came out around 12:30.. Mariano saw Will getting in the car. And they took off........ Disappointing ! 10 minutes later the same security guy from this morning (the one who told us they were coming) said there was now only one member left backstage, having a few drinks with friends. WHO WAS HE ? we bet on Guy or Chris. Around 1:30am, we decided to leave because we called for a taxi. But then I saw the black truck. it was JONNY !! well that's what Mariano says, I'm not sure I only see a cap, so I guess it was Jonny ! We ran.. but the car left.. Time to go to the train station ... we took a taxi with some other girls who were waiting for them to get out with us. On the highway, Mariano starts screaming : "Chavi !!! Look !!" OMG, the black truck we opened the windows and showed my banner again. We screamed Jonny and everything, and then our cars went seperate ways ..

[Chavi]

Well, just one word about this show : it was H-U-G-E !! I didn't meet any of you guys, but whoo, I'll never forget this evening !!!! I never realized how GREAT Chris Martin's voice is... And I was standing in the first rows with a perfect view at the band ! And the butterflies, and the harmonica, and the little Gnossienne from Satie at the piano, and Chris being topless, and the not so bad French speaking, and the little jokes, and... and everything else ! I'm flying on a little cloud since, and it is really hard for me to focus on work right now ! It was worth every hour of wait, standing, feet hurting, thirst and tiredness. That was the best show I have ever seen !

[Eliness]

Sooo after 2 month of waiting and a hard night of excitment and a whole day waiting at the venue ,a finally saw Coldplay !! i arrived there at mitday and meet Chavi & The_Escapist at the Backstage area waiting for the band...but we didn't see them. i mean we saw the cars coming but we didn't see them get out of the car and go into the venue...so i decided to go waiting. after i met some cool fans and waiting with them all the afternoon (we've heard the soundcheck outside and around 3 PM i've recognized Cemeteries of London lol nobody believed me but i was like "YEAH I TOLD YOU IT'S CEMETERIES LISTEN CAREFULLY !!" and they recignized too and we became soo excited cuz we knew we will be the first crowd to hear it live ! at 6.30 PM we saw cameras for french television so we became even more excited ha ha.after i've been check,i ran towards the Stage and i was 1rst Row !!!! yay for that ! at 20.30 PM the opening band ;Sir Hammond jr came out and played few songs . i kinda enjoy their music but i was waiting for Coldplay. during their performence a girl yelled "What ir your namme ?" and he aswered "i dont have one" lol. at 9PM they say goodbye and member of the staff took the Coldplay's stuff on stage. at 21.30 PM the light turned off and everybody wents absolutely crazy ! after Life in Technicolor were everybody were Jumping and singing the "wouaaouaahoa" the band began to play Violet Hill...and Oh My Godd !! it's absolutely crazy live and actually i think that Chris is a lot better with his hair shaved x) after what,they played Clocks and Yellow were Chris said in French "sorry if my french is a bit Shit...and second thing i think Strasbourg is the BEST place to begin this tour !" and then, Light turn off again for few seconds and the band begin to play THE song everybody wanted...CEMETERIES OF LONDON Yey Baby !!!!!!! the song in live is absolutely Awesome ! and Guy is playing the piano at the beginning. anyway the show was absolutely fantastic. Chris was talking French during the whole Set ha ha. the only thing that sucked is that they didn't play Fix you...What the Fuck ??? but maybe it's because they put Don't panic instead of it. even if i will prefer Fix you. at the end of Death and all his friends ,They did a Unplanned Encore and Chris played of song "written for the people of Strasbourg" it's possible that it's "the Dubbliners" but i'm not sure....

[Christo670]

1. LIT Really good song to introduce the concert. Only at the end, we could see correctly the main scene and each member.

2. VH I was a bit sad because Chris had some problems when he began to sing. Moreover, it was quite difficult to hear his voice properly. Fortunately, the part which follows John's solo was better.

3. Clocks Always some trouble with the sound. But, the band, well Chris, was more at ease with this old song. Red lasers are enjoyable !

4. Cemeteries of London When I heart the first sounds, I didn't recognize anything... Maybe, it was just an intro for a song but actually, when Chris sang the first lyrics, I realized that it was an enormous surprise ! This song was played with 5 people (surely Phil played the piano). I think it was a success for this song which has never been played before...

5. Chinese sleep chant Nothing special

6. GPAUYF Very strange version. Strange sound and quick rhythm. Will makes an amazing job on this song. But the best version is still the normal version...

7. 42 Great live song. I prefer the live version to tha album version. The 3rd part give a yearning to dance

8. Don't panic Classic, nothing special, short... I'd prefer another song...

9. Yellow Classic too but more enjoyable

10. The hardest part Beautiful ! It's sure that I like this song but this version (with only Chris and Will at the end) might be better than album version or other live version (e.g. version 2005/6 where all members played it) Chris added on piano a wonderful transition between this song and IMP (http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ueMBN-Pu0wg)

11. IMP Classic, it gave a great atmosphere

12. SOS Classic too

13. VLV It was the best moment for me ! Amazing atmosphere thanks to the crowd ! It's really strange because this song, I like some parts and dislike other parts... But in live, it's not the same thing ! Really intense from beginning to end

14. Lost ! Great live song and even more from John's solo...

15. The scientist I have the confirmation that this song played in acoustic is a waste... Why? Just beacause it's shorter, played in a stage where all the band isn't at ease (small place, the crowd is really close to it and just before, they have to run to this place...) I'm sure that the classic version of this song is better and another song must be better for this acoustic set...

16. Death will never conquer Great song thanks to Will's lovely voice !

17. Politk As Violet hill, Chris had some problems...I've always liked this song but I don't know if it's because it arrived very late in the setlist but it was less enthusiastic... I think really that a change between VH and Politik might be very good...

18. LIJ Amazing shiver effects ! Great movie on the screen

19. DAAHF Perfect song to close the concert. Its 3 parts rised in a wonderful crescendo.

20. The Dubliners New, funny and rhythmic song. Thanks to the crowd, we got this song. As I've already said, this version was longer thant USA versions.

So, to conclude, it was my 3rd concert of Coldplay. I think, it was the best even if I precise that several things can really be improved...

Summary :

good things :

20 songs
1st performance of the song Cemeteries of London
a 2nd rappel
nice scenery (laser, magic balls, screen, lights)
the crowd
Stage B

bad or average things : - too many short songs (LIT, Don't panic, The scientist, Death will never conquer, GPASUYF, The dubliners)

The scientist in acoustic
Yes, Strawberry swing and fix you disappeared suddenly
problems with Chris' voice (technical and also him)

[coldjo]

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