3 December 2008: NIA, Birmingham, UK
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Setlist
- Life In Technicolor
- Violet Hill
- Clocks
- In My Place
- Yellow
- Chinese Sleep Chant
- 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)
- Speed Of Sound (acoustic)
- Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will lead vocals)
- Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
First Encore - Politik
- Lovers In Japan
- Death And All His Friends
Second Encore - The Scientist
- Life In Technicolor ii
- The Escapist (outro)
Photos
Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Birmingham. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1559
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=45724
Discussion
All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45724
Fan Reviews
All fan reviews have been submitted to us by the members of Coldplaying.com[1], unless stated otherwise.
Was at the NIA gig last night; Fantastic! Only thing jon is that I didn’t think coming back from the upper teir acoustic set counted as encore 1! They played that slightly odd Viva la Vida remix while they ran back. I saw them in Toronto and they truly did do a second encore. It was lights up and everything but people were still going mental for ages, so they came out again and played Don’t Panic which Chris said they hadn’t rehearsed.
Crowd good last night too I thought. Chris said the best volume of all the 3 Birmingham gigs - ha! take that Dec 1 and 2! Speaking of Take That….Chris sang “I want you back” during the encore, creatively segwayed at the end of The Scientist, and carrying on with the same chords. Wow! Chris really showed his talent on the piano last night, he was doing all sorts! They were all great; what skills! Each played at least two different instruments. And the work they were putting in. Will is incredible to watch; honestly the drumming is the highlight of the show for me. They were all dripping with sweat by the end of it. Judging by that and the really good repartee from Chris between the songs, they are really trying to give everyone a great night. No arrogance, nothing taken for granted, and Chris getting a huge noise from the crowd.
Chris played The Hardest Part on his own on the little right hand stage, and said it was their “X-Factor” song - for anyone who auditioned and didn’t get on (which he said they wouldn’t have either). Fix you was awesome, and Lovers in Japan proves a brilliant live song, especially with the rapid changing video and buterfly shower. What a band. Slight gripe? Support bands. Juniors were OK and got people going, but who was this John Hopkins fellow with his weird synth and videos…I would rather have had nothing. It did not go down well! I had heard we might get Duffy!
[thanks Chris Fix You]
The concert was absolutely brilliant. My seat was right in front of Jonny’s ramp so I got to see a lot of Chris+Jonny action. The crowd was absolutely fantastic. A guy in the stands, before the concert started doing a ‘ola’ and it took a while to catch up, but when it did… boy it was beautiful to see the whole arena doing the ‘ola’ three times in a row (I got it filmed). The concert was brilliant and I was a bit afraid the band would be tired after 2 concerts in a row in the same venue but they were amazing!!! And the crowd singing was beautiful!! I think Chris and the band were quite impressed!!
They sang Green Eyes. Omg! And LiT ii live is just too good (I got a video!!)And I managed to get a bagfull of butterflies (Ok, I looked stupid throwing myself on the floor after the concert ended, but i don’t really care…)
[thanks Maniana]
Went to my first Coldplay concert last night (NIA, 3rd December), being a fan ever since Parachutes. Concert was great, sound was fantastic, band was really energetic. They played ‘Life In Technicolor II’ to end the show, my favourite track off the new EP. Will sang ‘Death Will Never Conquer’, I thought he was really good. They also tried ‘Speed of Sound’ acoustic…. it didn’t work. But everything else was brilliant. Chris was joking around with the crowd and they just looked genuinely happy to be out there. It was nice hearing ‘Green Eyes’ again, too. Brings back memories. ‘Viva La Vida’ and ‘Lovers in Japan’ were orgasmic.
Only complaint I could make were the people around me… I was the only one dancing and singing along! Everybody else was sitting down, stony faced. I was on the upper tier, left side when looking from the stage. I’ve definitely gotta go floor level next time! Oh, as for support, there was a band called ‘The Juniors’, they were average, not bad but nothing special either. The abstract/trance/psychedelic dance guy was absolute rubbish. Especially the videos he was showing, absolutely awful. I was laughing at them with a girl in the seat next to me, who I’d never met before.
[thanks Matt7895]
First concert for me. Wow! What an experience. Highlights: Acoustic Green Eyes, Politiks, Life in Technicolour 2 and Yellow. Junior were pretty decent too. Low points: Jon Hopkins (music was OK, but in the wrong context), some rotter making my tickets disappear in the post! Had a great night, thankful in the knowledge that the loony fortysomething women with flailing arms was four seats away so I was safe!!! She made me feel old!! Maybe I am being a bit trainspotterish, but does anyone know who the artist(s) was for the incidental music they played before the support acts? Some of it was good too.
[thanks 1bernes]
Media Reviews
The Oracle on 3 December 2008: NIA, Birmingham, UK
January 7, 2009 - submitted by Jason, United Kingdom
Q. I saw Coldplay in Birmingham on December 6th and during the concert Chris played a beautiful piece of classical music. It was piece I recognised but do not know the name of.......what was it? I would love to know cheers. Jason
The Oracle replies:
There were actually two classical/instrumental piano pieces played. One was after the stage b set and was an original composition Postcards From Far Away that is on Prospekt's March. As you say you recognised it, chances are that it was the equally beautiful yet haunting piece Chris plays at the end of Politik. It's the sublime Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie.
