21 April 2012: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Setlist
- Mylo Xyloto
- Hurts Like Heaven
- In My Place
- Major Minus
- Lovers In Japan
- The Scientist
- Yellow
- Violet Hill
- God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
- Princess Of China
- Up In Flames
- Warning Sign
- Don't Let It Break Your Heart
- Viva La Vida
- Charlie Brown
- Paradise
- Us Against The World
- Clocks
- Fix You
- Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
Photos
Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Vancouver. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1936
Videos
Videos from this show can be found in the first post of the Coldplaying forum live thread for this show at http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91190
Discussion
All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91190
Fan Reviews
All fan reviews have been submitted to us by the members of Coldplaying.com[1], unless stated otherwise.
Another amazing show!! Definitely more energy than last night.....Im so sad its all over now [thanks rstarz86]
Same setlist as last night and calgary. Fucking awesssome concert. I don't like MX, and barely tolerate VLVDAAHF, but it was amazing. [thanks Prospekt.]
oh man what a night this show was also a great show both nights i went to are equal cant say one is better than the other will post some pictures and video for tonights and tomorrows show [thanks VIVA.42]
GREAT SHOW! I wasn't going to go, however I just decided I couldn't miss them. Went and bought a behind the stage seat, ended up being the first row just to the side of Jonny. I was pleased, considering last time I got upgraded. The wristbands are an amazing idea, and when Bono sees them will be cursing himself. Its one thing to see them in video's but live, its out of this world. Set list was strong, I still feel they need to play more songs. Talk would be amazing on this tour and fit right in. Also, if any song leaves the set at all, it will be DLIBYH. Not much crowd reaction, and if it were anywhere else would kill the show. Charlie Brown, worth the price alone, to hear and see it. Amazing. Also they seem to be doing a better job interacting from the last time I saw them. I was very surprised. Also, Chris came out on the catwalk at the back, looked at me, had a weird look on his face then smiled and gave a slight wave. Must recognize me from the last time going through the video. He did give me the Parasol. Good job Coldplay. [thanks Malcolm-Edge]
Media Reviews
Coldplay in Vancouver: When you give 119 per cent, you don't need nuance
Few acts these days could sell out two shows at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, but Coldplay, easily one of the hottest in the world, boasts cross-generational appeal. (Not to mention sweeping choruses that inspire loud sing-alongs – always the mark of a collective good time.)
The U.K. band has sold in the order of 55 million records and is sitting with another new hit album in Mylo Xyloto. Frontman Chris Martin promised Friday night’s crowd that they’d give “119 per cent,” and the band delivered on that rather random promise with a visually compelling and dynamic 90-minute performance.
The production was all about clever tricks and crowd-pleasing spectacles. One of the most impressive of these was the multicoloured LED light wristbands handed out to fans upon arrival. The radio-controlled lights lit up in dramatic unison once the band launched into the new album’s title track, and they were used throughout, turning the room into a giant Lite-Brite and the audience into part of the production.
Coldplay works hard, plays solidly, writes lovely, magnanimous songs with big, joyous melodies, and understands its audience, which means they are not above playing older hits, this time including In My Place, Yellow, The Scientist, Viva La Vida, Fix You, alongside invigorating, chest-walloping renditions of new tracks like Paradise and Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall, the fittingly dramatic show closer. And while Martin might not be the most natural performer, he makes the most of what he’s got.
Only a truly skilled showman can successfully play to a big room, and navel-gazing behaviour just doesn’t do. While Mick Jagger plays to the very back of the hall with the campy moves of a drag queen doing Tina Turner, Martin, who is superbly fit, opts for the utilitarian moves of a calisthenics instructor. If he’d dropped and given us 100 push-ups, it would not have been out of place.
The band – including guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion and bass player Guy Berryman – generously moved between the main stage and a B-stage connected by a catwalk. Martin covered all of it thoroughly, frequently praising the crowd, and stopping to catch a red bra thrown to him from a clearly diehard fan. In an effort to reach everybody, the foursome even squeezed into a row at the rear of the room during the encore for a rendition of Us Against the World.
Like its predecessor, U2, the band is not one to be accused of subtlety, which is a good thing in an arena, where the sound will never be fantastic, and the group will always be a speck to at least half the audience. And so, being literal wins out against nuance. On Clocks, Martin sang “Tides that I tried to swim against,” and made a swimming motion across the top of his piano. When a song was particularly inspirational, he’d fall to his knees, and then to the floor, in an act that at times came dangerously close to self-parody.
As the show went on, giant balls bounced among the crowd, the band’s clothes glowed with drabs of fluorescent paint and a piano rose from the B-stage on cue. We were covered with giant confetti, and dazzled by Spirographs, red lasers and overhead clouds of swirling colour. On the Rihanna duet, Princess of China, a projection of the Barbadian songstress appeared onscreen, while Martin, his T-shirt drenched, rocked the hell out of his piano seat and, voice breaking, sang his part.
By show’s end, he triumphantly collected his trademark jacket and bowed to the cheering audience, clearly pleased with their reaction. And he’d earned it. [2]
Twitter Updates
- @jendrec: Excited for the @coldplay concert in Vancouver tonight!
- @HannahBananaa10: In Vancouver! Super pumped to see @coldplay tonight!
- @lightboxgallery: Chris martin of @coldplay just arrived at rogers arena in vancouver
- @cityandcolour: Sound checking @RogersArena in Vancouver for @coldplay show tonight instagr.am/p/Js8agBsd4t/
- @MeganRendell: Dressed for @Coldplay #Vancouver from my head to my toes!! #coldplayfilm instagr.am/p/Js-qawBAR7/
- @alasmylove22: Not bad seats, I must say. Will try pics later. This is gonna be a SHOW. #Coldplay #Vancouver
- @jasonmortgages: City and Colour are opening for #Coldplay in #Vancouver. Great show so far!
- @DanielleRomey: Time to put those wrist bands on! @coldplay #Vancouver Great set by @cityandcolour pic.twitter.com/xOsexDpR
- @kerche: My view from where I am tonight at #Coldplay Vancouver!!! Not too shabby for where I'm working pic.twitter.com/AZMo9XD1
- @alasmylove22: UPGRADED TO THE FRONT CATWALK!!! #Coldplay #Vancouver
- @kerche: I love a good confetti, but #Coldplay Vancouver takes the freaking cake!! pic.twitter.com/EYd1RZFm
- @jackmadrid: Now confetti is shot off all over arena as Chris and @coldplay promises crowd tonight will be better than Friday's show #Vancouver
- @Jacobholt1021: Coldplay just put "im pretty sure you guys are going to beat the kings" into a song. Crowd went nuts ohh vancouver.... #hockeyfanatics
- @bensigston: #coldplay #vancouver they're tearing the roof of Rogers Arena.
- @CortneyLessard: At Rogers Arena for Cold Play concert. Best band/performance ever!!! Thanks for visiting Vancouver #coldplay #coldplayfilm
- @CockiMamiSongz: #coldplay goin ham tonight in #vancouver
- @Shabz_9: If you're in vancouver and didn't go to @coldplay you missed out on something phenomenal.
- @lisagladue: @coldplay put on THE greatest show I have ever seen in #vancouver
- @bertasteph: Amazing!!! That is all I have to say :') @coldplay totally made the 14 hour drive to #Vancouver worth it <3 pic.twitter.com/CdF5LK9n
- @JamieKelowna: Without #question the #best concert I've #ever seen!! #coldplay #vancouver pic.twitter.com/eJyJ6mcl
- @jenniferreid_: Absolutely the most amazing concert I've ever been too @cityandcolour @coldplay #vancouver
- @harpgosal: one of the best concerts ever!!! #Coldplay #vancouver instagr.am/p/JtiiIlnwHz/
- @rororose: Beyond awesome. #coldplay #vancouver #chrismartin @ Rogers Arena instagr.am/p/JtkEbdMyx0/
- @jasonmortgages: Chris Martin rocked it tonight in #Vancouver ... Great energy! #Coldplay was awesome @RogersArena yfrog.com/obaplyrj
- @reclaim_this: amazing @coldplay show in #Vancouver, well done boys pic.twitter.com/4sui0nAu
- @Gothic_Spice: Thanks @coldplay for a truly amazing and unforgettable show in Vancouver.
- @Ciaran_Boyle: Just saw Coldplay in concert in Vancouver... amazing show!
- @HughsieBoy24: @coldplay Loved tonight in Vancouver thanks for the great show Chris, Will, Johnny, and Guy. #BestNightEver
- @TrevSchultz: @coldplay Thanks for two great shows in Vancouver! Also a big thanks to CM for this picture! pic.twitter.com/lde9dN2a
- @kerche: Well, waiting for #Coldplay after the 2nd Vancouver show didn't work out. Stayed with some people for almost 2hrs! Oy
- @Sonyaeskoy: @coldplay you were fantastic tonight in Vancouver!
- @iheardeadtweets: @coldplay in #vancouver, played in the crowd 2 ft from our seats. pic.twitter.com/yhYNL1OI
- @Jayreg1969: last night was great -- the crowd were loud !!! Hope everyone had a great time !!! it was beautiful in vancouver last night :) xx
