The day came, and went~ Coldplay's 3rd concert in Singapore (2nd one which I watched) was fantastically awesome! After 2 years plus, the music, the band and audience were still in tip-top condition (even though they seemed more matured than before haha) . Chris Martin was still as energetic as before, and charismatic and being able to bring out the "wildness" of the audience (just like me hhHA)... HE STILL prances around the stage, still hops and skips around, still falls to the floor spontaneously and sings lying down just like 2 yrs ago, but this time plays and dances with the Japanese paper umbrella under the raining butterfly confetti during Lovers in Japan. One of my favourite songs and favourite moments. Other than the giant yellow balls that were done before, the butterfly confetti segment really made me very happy and touched. Other touching moments of course include singing the very big hits such as Yellow, Fix Me, In My Place, and chanting to the ooooohs of Viva la Vida in unison. That's the thing i love about concerts. These musicians really have the charm, power and strength to "conjure" the crowd of 1000s of people to sing in unison to their songs. Very Amazing haha...
Other interesting parts of the concert was when the whole band moved their instruments and mics and mic stands to the back of the side to sing amongst the audience. Why didn't they come to our side?! we were directly opposite them! *sad* haha.. I bet the audience there had a remarkable night haa.. the Grammy award-winners were just infront/behind./beside them......
Yeap this time luckily got friends go with me, then can scream together hehe... will definitely go for their next concert!
Wa! After just 1 day (13 hrs $88 and $158 tics are sold out!
Coldplay's popularity and "value" has increased so much just after 2 plus years! the other time i went the tics were like half the current ticket price now....
But great that i've found frens to go with me this time round - no need to cheer alone hehehe.... still remember that was my first blog post haha.....but.. pocket's bleeding... ah... so many concerts.....
COLDPLAY - The Viva La Vida Tour 23 Mar 2009 Mon, 8:00PM Approx 110 Mins Singapore Indoor Stadium Standard - S$248, S$188, S$158, S$88
Oooops... is it so coincidental? But I guess this always happens. There are only so few notes, how many different permutations/combinations can there be? Bound to be some similarities here & there. hahaha...
I thought the 2nd video was rather awesome haha...Again, it would be quite interesting if all 3 of them collaborated ahaha..
Sigh.. donno wat's wrong with me... can't focus at all.. doing things i'm not supposed to be doing... can't prioritise... can't help it.. sigh.. ok after this post.. will get back to wat i'm supposed to do...
Coldplay's new album, Viva la VIda, is really quite good. When I first listened, I disliked it, but after giving it a few spins, I thought the songs were quite "refreshing" for Coldplay haha... seems grander with stronger string arrangments, more "electronical", and another thing is it's a little "oriental". Still think they will sound really good live. Hope they'll come again.
Coldplay live at BBC Centre 1. Lovers in Japan 2. Viva la Vida 3. Violet Hill 4. Lost
I never thought that I would be having my own blog! Shucks man.. to think that I was quite cynical about blogs! Now I'm having my own! All becos I wanna share my Coldplay experiences with everyone!
Attended Coldplay's Twisted Logic Tour 2006 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night. It wasn't my first time attending a concert, but was the first English concert I attended, since the previous concerts were by Chinese artistes. The concerts I attended in the past were great because of fantastic artistes/musicians such as A-mei Zhang Hui Mei, Wang Lee Hom, Jay Chou and JJ Lin Junjie etc etc, but right now I think this was the best of all, albeit it was tooooo short..
It was my first rock concert ever, and it's so different from the previous concerts I attended. The stage was seriously just a platform with the drums set, keyboard, piano, and some guitars. No fanciful backdrops, just a rectangular platform. It started late, about 8.45pm. I entered the stadium at about 8, and there were still very little people. As time passed, the stadium filled up with people, and when the concert started, it was full house. Yes, the tickets were sold out, I think within a few days.
Also, there were no costume changes, unlike Chinese artistes who love to appear in different extravagant, & sometimes bizzare costumes. The 4 lads were in black throughout the whole show. However they did not forget the logo "Make Trade Fair" drawn on the back of the hands.
There was also minimal conversation made by the bandmates, and not a lot of interaction - was the Singapore audience not high enough? Ok Chris Martin did talk but I didn't understand him ahha..Save for one climax - Chris ran down from the stage, past the audiences seated at the sides, to the audience seated behind! He even stood amongst them and sang, allowing the lucky girls to hug him! That was rather unbelievable sight to me, because as far as I know, concerts in Singapore are so restricted as the security don't allow artistes to come off the stage. But I must say the situation is improving in Singapore. Because the whole stadium stoood up during the 3rd song, Yellow! I can't imagine this happening like 5 years ago - the security people would command people to sit down! Probably cos everyone's too high, there's nothing they can do haha..
Comparisions aside, I still think it was amazing, and super duper high and fantabulous, even after 24 hours. Never felt so high throughout a concert before. The only high moment was during Lee Hom's concert where everyone rushed to the front during encore. The rest of the concerts, lots of clapping & screaming & singing along. That was about it. For this, I actually stood up & moved! Rocked to the beat! ahha...& lots & lots of screaming & clapping, clapping to every song! Hands swollen already..
Chris Martin is another amazing performer. Why does this guy have so much energy? He runs, skips, hops, prances around,lies down on the floor and sing, teases his bandmates, and even does "yogalike stances"! I was in awe when he was on the piano stool and did a bridge backwards! His voice - strong, and had beautiful falsettos! The music - so penetrating, hypnotising, haunting and heart-wrenching at times, especially Fix You, Swallowed in the Sea, The Scientist. Love the camaraderie of the baNd. Lots of mo4 qi4, & could tell that they were very close. Loved the interactions (hu4 dong4) between the members.
Loved the lighting effects as well! They were so important in the concert - created the right atmosphere at the right times. The strobing laser lights, the strong spotlights etc. Very beautiful!
Loved the big yellow balloons that floated about as well during Yellow. Beautiful sight, when they burst and gold confetti poured out.
The crowd was wonderful, although I hoped it could have been better. At times, Chris had to ask if everyone's ok. haha..But loved the moments when everyone cheered & screamed together, & especially singing in unison together, during Yellow, Scientist,Fix You, In My Place etc. So touching! =)
Gosh! My first post is long! Hope it didnt bore u to death! FYI, didn't manage to take any pics or record any videos..The pic above was taken from another site haha..but what happened that night is really as shown in the pic haha...
Lastly,found this on youtube. Nice "clips of the best"~!
The day came, and went~ Coldplay's 3rd concert in Singapore (2nd one which I watched) was fantastically awesome! After 2 years plus, the music, the band and audience were still in tip-top condition (even though they seemed more matured than before haha) . Chris Martin was still as energetic as before, and charismatic and being able to bring out the "wildness" of the audience (just like me hhHA)... HE STILL prances around the stage, still hops and skips around, still falls to the floor spontaneously and sings lying down just like 2 yrs ago, but this time plays and dances with the Japanese paper umbrella under the raining butterfly confetti during Lovers in Japan. One of my favourite songs and favourite moments. Other than the giant yellow balls that were done before, the 
butterfly confetti segment really made me very happy and touched. Other touching moments of course include singing the very big hits such as Yellow, Fix Me, In My Place, and chanting to the ooooohs of Viva la Vida in unison. That's the thing i love about concerts. These musicians really have the charm, power and strength to "conjure" the crowd of 1000s of people to sing in unison to their songs. Very Amazing haha...
Other interesting parts of the concert was when the whole band moved their instruments and mics and mic stands to the back of the side to sing amongst the audience. Why didn't they come to our side?! we were directly opposite them! *sad* haha.. I bet the audience there had a remarkable night haa.. the Grammy award-winners were just infront/behind./beside them......
