4 June 2011: Rock am Ring: Nürburgring, Germany
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Setlist
- MX or Hurts Like Heaven (live stream said MX at beginning of song & Hurts Like Heaven at end of song)
- Yellow
- In My Place
- Major Minus
- Lost!
- Singin' in the Rain
- Cemeteries of London
- God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
- Violet Hill
- The Scientist
- Us Against The World
- Politik
- Viva La Vida
- Charlie Brown
- Life is for Living
Encore - Clocks
- Fix You
- Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
Photos
Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Rock am Ring: Nürburgring, Germany . http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/
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=73854
Downloadable Multimedia
This concert was streamed live over the internet on 4th June, 2011. Audio and video download links are available at the Coldplaying messageboard - Multimedia forum[1].
Discussion
All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73854
Fan Reviews
All fan reviews have been submitted to us by the members of Coldplaying.com[2], unless stated otherwise.
You can scroll to the Coldplay part, if you want to. I'll not mention every band I've seen. Just the highlights/important ones.
Wednesay 4 am: I woke up, had a shower, some breakfast, packed the car, picked up a friend and off to the Nürburgring.
7 am: Building up the tents and pavillons. First Rock am Ring with all herrings in the ground (which made us survive Saturday night)
After a while our whole group (excluding some stragglers) arrived. So great to see them all again, since some of us only see each other once a year. It's a group whith a main body of about 15 people and always ca. 5 more people coming too.
After work was done, we turned the music up, got our records on and felt our hearts start beating to our favourite songs, freaked out and looked forward to hearing some of them live in the next couple of days. Unfortunately the player was broken but we had lots of fun anyway. And there's always music from the neighbours.
So, the rest of the Wednesday and the whole Thursday consisted of drinking, singing, relaxing, having fun. Over the years this has become a major part of the festival for us, just because this is like being on vacation. You shut the world outside. And everybody, despite their social status and positions in real life, can behave and live primitively. I don't mean picking up fights and getting drunk until you're completely knocked out (though I have to admit there's also a decent amount of alocohol involved). It's more about a certain easyness of the festival lifestyle.
Friday: First regular festival day with concerts. Btw this was the first RaR that I've watched every headliner on the main stage. Front area every day. Aaaand before the gigs started, I grabbed someone else's smartphone to listen to the new single :-D Liked it a lot and was relieved they didn't fuck it up. Hoped I'd still hear some more new songs the following day... Gaslight Anthem (quite catchy Punkrock): Very great. But the voice should have been louder during the first songs. They, espacially the singer, really enjoyed themselves and performed with a lot of passion. Looking forward to see them again some time. Mando Diao (unplugged): Thought my Mando time was over and this unplugged thing wouldn't be really good. And the two other RaR performances I've seen them doing were not really good ('though they can do a lot better). But this time they really convinced me again (and my friends were with me on Friday). Kings Of Leon: Audience only knew the recent hits. Quite few participation but also few interaction. Musically it was great. Probably better at own gigs.
Saturday The one I was looking forward to most, obviously. Morning Parade: Recommandation! Catchy, interestin, Coldplay influences. Ash: Quite nice. My mom saw me on the TV... Hurts: Before the show: I loved some of their songs, didn't like some of the others. Their performance absolutely impressed me. Fantastic, passionate singer with a great intensity. The Kooks: Alright. Used to like them, now I only like a few of their songs. Gig didn't really change that. Söhne Mannheims: Well... they were okay, but I don't really like them. Like most of the people that go to a festival like this. Coldplay: Lets's be honest. When you walked through the camping site, talked to other people, or communicated with people on the Internet, you could get the impression that not toooo many people would go and watch them. Nevertheless I was sure that there'd still be enough people to not make it be embarassing and that Coldplay would rock the Ring and make some new fans. But I always expected the weakest Coldplay audience so far. So, what I've seen really blew my mind. I was happy that all of my RaR-friends who wanted to see them was with me (even one who came later), so that we could enjoy it all together. But I expected more space around us! The front area was pretty packed, just like the rest seemed to be, according to what could be seen on the screens! Before the show started, people sang the famous Viva-"Oooohoooohooooh". Nothing too special you might think, but I haven't heard that prior to all of the Viva concerts and therefore I didn't expect that at RaR. I was wondering which song they'd start with and went for Yellow or In My Place. Politik is also a great opener, but I thought they should open with a well known single, if they'd do more of a Greatest Hits set. Also, I always hoped they'd do 2 or 3 new songs. But well, my broad grinning started to appear and decided not to disappear again too quickly and then the show started. Lovely light effects and visuals came along with... a NEW song!!! Not "Every Teardrop..." but a completely new one. Being in a state of excitement and joy, I soaked it all in. When I heard the line "It hurts like heaven", I immediatley knew the song title =) After that they did the songs I'd expected them to start with and the crowd danced, sang and enjoyed. The played more and more new songs and I was just freaking out (broad grinning still on, of course). There were even songs I never heard the title of! I loved all of them. Me and my friends came to the conclusion that this has to be a very very brilliant new album! After the Scientist we all continued singing the chorous. Astounding! And after all those sunny and hot days, we got real "Ring wheather" on Saturday evening but nobobdy seemed to care. In fact, that even seemed to make it better! The rain made the laser effetcs look even more beautiful. The climax of this was during "Viva La Vida", when the raindrops were a waterfall and the audience went absolutely nuts nevertheless. And then there were "COLDPLAY! COLDPLAY!" shoutings several times. My home festival's audience just celebrated my favourite band. That was more than I had dreamed of. The band seemed to enjoy it too and once again, Chris was a great frontman with a lot of interaction. Later, Chris started playing "Life Is For Living" and I was shouting "YEEEES! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!" A few people were turning their heads but I didn't mind. Never ever thought I'd hear this one live! So awesome! They finished with "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall". Quite scary that I could already sing along to most of it ;-) And at the end, when Chris sang "is a waaaaaterfaaaaaall" I was seriously wondering if he meant the teardrops or the raindrops... Me and my friends were overexcited and happy. But once the show finished, the rain was getting on our nerves. My foot swam in my shoes and I was praying for our tents to be dry. Luckily they were. Fantastic day, fantastic Coldplay concert, a lot of surprises (so good it was only the 2nd show, thus I couldn't spoil it for myself) and an extremely happy Coldplay fan =)
Sunday Sad that it was already the last day. Put all our stuff in our cars, said our goodbyes and hoped to see us again in the near future or at least at next year's Rock am Ring. Mastodon: My best friend (no metal fan either) likes them, so I gave them a try. Waaay to loud, shitty sound Avenged Sevenfold: Weird stage decoration... eeeevil... Went to the toilet (or waited for it...) but I was positively surprised by this band. Kind of got me, maybe beacuse it was not just heavy btu they also had some nice singing. Will listen to them again. Volbeat: Quite good. A little monotonous from time to time. Beatsteaks: What an atmosphere!!!!! Everyone went soooo crazy! Awesome concert, awesome live band! System Of A Down: They're weird but I kind of like them. Did a very good gig. Great final act.
So, I had a fantastic experience =)
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- HeyPrettyFace: #rockamring i almost cry watching coldplay
- @inesgamb: I may or may not have cried watching #Coldplay on #RockamRing. I got chills throughout the concert and the new songs are awesome! Amazing <3
- labrat2001: This livestream made me miss #coldplay all the more. Lolla here I come, even if i have to sleep on a park bench!
- Dany93: Every song was AMAZING! Thank you @coldplay! We also want to hear Princess Of China too next time! :P
- Diehko: @Coldplayvideo @coldplay All the show was excellent... My favorite new song, Charlie Brown #RockAMRing #Coldplay
- itslenaxo: @coldplay you did an amazing job at rock am ring. most beautiful performance I've ever seen.
- valypan: #coldplay What an amazing setlist! Loved Charlie Brown and Every tear was epic! LP5 MUST come out before the summer is over!
- kidwavekidz: They back!!! Lol RT"@kaj91: Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall sounds epic live! #rockamring #coldplay"
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- caitlynstrother: That was so great. I adore @coldplay. Absolutely beautiful return. #rockamring
- sarahelhayek14: Thanks @coldplay for making this Night unforgetable !!! Germany ♥s u guys so fucking much! :)
- laurabresser: @coldplay Rock am Ring was amazing!! Einfach der Hammer!
The Oracle on 4 June 2011: Rock am Ring: Nürburgring, Germany
June 7, 2011 - submitted by J, Germany
Q. Hi everybody,
thank you for that amazing (wet) gig on Saturday Night at the Rock am Ring Festival!
It was my first Coldplay show and it will be definitely not the last one.
Is it possible to get a live recording (Audio and/or Video) of this gig?
Greetz from Germany!
The Oracle replies:
As it was televised there are very good quality videos up on YouTube but there's no other source. No official recordings are available and we're only two shows in so that wouldn't be likely at this stage.
