As promised, here's the followup to the setlist from BPD member Ralfie21 last week:
Backstage, I asked Coldplay frontman Chris Martin if they still get jitters after all these years before a show. He said, "Ya know, we’re English, we’re very insecure. Also, I have to admit that it’s a strange time in a man’s life when he realizes he’s old enough to be Justin Bieber’s dad."
Coldplay, rounded out by guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion is touring in preparation to release its fifth studio album, the tongue-twisting-titled Mylo Xyloto on Oct. 24.
The show was also big on videos, laser lights, circular backdrops, and butterfly shaped confetti and most poignant moment occurred when Martin elected to open the band’s signature ballad Fix You, with a snippet of Amy Winehouse’s Rehab.
I found the crowd strangely subdued for a lot of the concert as about a half-dozen songs off Mylo Xloto were performed, the most promising new anthems being Paradise and Charlie Brown, in terms of inducing crowd singalongs, and the touching show ending ballad, Us Against The World, featuring Martin and Champion on lovely harmonies.
It was, as you might expect, older songs like Yellow, In My Place (with that special confetti), God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, Viva la Vida, The Scientist, and Clocks (their best song ever), that really revved up the audience.
That and Martin’s dance moves, including twirling his jacket wildly over his head like a rodeo champion fixing to lasso a calf during Fix You.
It was great to be with the guys backstage. As for the show itself, I'd give it a B grade.
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