I know not everyone’s cup of tea ( not even mine really) but going to see them at Wembley tomorrow. Anyone been to this series of concerts? Heard they out on a really good show and am interested in how the whole LED wristband light show thing works.
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I saw a clip with James Cordon on stage doing nothing compares. I'd seriously ask for some sort of a refund.
https://youtu.be/-M62zG51_UA
The wide screens followed the group as they made their way to the stage and the tension was huge. For the concert the dazzling lighting changed for every song and everyone had a wristband with colours which changed too. Selena Gomez made an appearance which sent the crowd wild.
Near the end of the show Chris Martin told the crowd that they were going to do something for those at the back, furthest from the stage. The band made their way through a tunnel to a small stage near the back and the band played three songs to the delighted crowd.
Chris Martin asked everyone to turn their phones off as he wanted everyone’s help with the next song. Half way through he stopped the song and told the crowd if you are singing, sing twice as loud. If you are jumping, jump twice as high.
Pasadena is about two hours drive from Palm Springs, where our couple stayed for a few days. Our daughter was surprised at how very ordinary (from the outside) was the house of Elvis Presley who lived there some years. The same could be said for Frank Sinatra’s house. Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and many others have or have had their house there.
I can then fast forward to 2005 when they released an album, the one with Speed of Sound and I think it had fix you on it as well and Oasis at the same time released an album neither of which I was overly keen on. At this time I got offered tickets by a guy I was working with to see this group of kids called the Arctic Monkies in Southampton (I liked this bloke, he got me tickets to see a band called Selfish C*** at the same venue) realised then that Coldplay and Oasis could be parked for now and space made for Kasabian, Arctic Monkies and all that followed at that time being a bit more interesting
They've kept doing their thing, its fair to say Chris Martin isn't afraid to roll the dice and they have gone full circle, back to brilliance
Seen bits of the opening U2 concert and looks amazing
Simon Pegg is obviously an old mate. His intro included a story of how he’d been with them at a gig there (Shepherds Bush) right at the start. It had been a great night and he and Chris walked across the green afterwards to use a checkpoint. Chris was taking the congratulations on their biggest gig to date but turned to him and said, “but what if this is it, the biggest we’ll ever get”.