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| Coldplay - Live in Toronto 2008 |
Old songs, new songs, neon butterflies, and angry old people: this show had it all. Opening with Life in Technicolor was a given, but when Chris Martin first stepped up to the microphone to sing the short vocal part, I could tell it was going to be a good night. While I wasn’t that impressed with song number two – Violet Hill – drummer Will Champion then went immediately into the intro of In My Place and the sound of his simple drum beat in the gigantic arena was astonishing. They played that song flawlessly along with quite a few more of their classics. Despite some hidden help, (Lovers in Japan and Yes – samples?) Coldplay is obviously a real band playing real instruments. Martin even adds his own ad-libs to certain songs which makes for a more unique performance. It was clear that the band had put some thought into how to put on a memorable show. At one point the whole band walked along a catwalk onto a small lit up platform where they performed the second half of Yes and a weird techno-esque version of God Put A Smile Upon Your Face. Even more exciting than that, they later ran off stage and up onto the lower balcony to play an acoustic version of The Scientist amidst an awestruck audience. Will then performed an acoustic song by himself which was pretty interesting and was very well received. It was good to have the spotlight off of Chris Martin for a few minutes. The last time Coldplay played in Toronto they had large yellow balloons flying from the ceiling during their 3-chord song Yellow. This time round they had neon-coloured, confetti butterflies sprayed over the audience near the end of their set. The effect was pretty cool, especially combined with the special lighting that really highlighted the colours. My favourite song was the encore performance of Death and All his Friends. The beginning of that song was perfectly performed by both Martin on piano, and Johnny Buckland on guitar. They walked off stage to the ending of their album (“…in the end”) which was suitable for obvious reasons. After the ACC staff put on the house lights, the band decided to come out for a surprise encore which included the Parachutes highlight: Don’t panic. Unfortunately this encore was pretty much ruined for me by an elderly couple who decided to pick a fight with me because I was standing in the aisle…how was I supposed to know they would do a surprise encore? Oh, and why not tell the other 10,000 people to get back to their seats? Apparently Coldplay does anger old people. Despite this minor setback I still had a good time. The songs were good, the performance was solid, and they delivered just what I was expecting. The only other downside for me was that my seat was located at the side of the stage so I couldn’t see what was on the huge video-screen. Oh well, it’s the music that counts. Would I go to another Coldplay show? Yes. Yes I would.
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