12 August 2005: Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA

From WikiColdplay

Setlist

1. Square One
2. Politik
3. Yellow
4. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
5. Speed Of Sound
6. Low
7. The Hardest Part
8. Everything’s Not Lost
9. White Shadows
10. The Scientist
11. ’Til Kingdom Come
12. Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash Cover)
13. Don’t Panic
14. Clocks
15. Talk
    Encore
16. Swallowed In The Sea
17. In My Place
18. Fix You

Reviews

Coldplay pleases Verizon crowd with a selection of tunes from its current album When a rock band of Coldplay's stature comes to town, it's reasonable to hope that every song will provide a memory.

The U.K. quartet came remarkably close to meeting that standard Friday at Verizon Wireless Music Center, where only "The Hardest Part" slipped past as a throwaway tune.

But the other 16 selections burst larger than life, from the confetti-filled balloons that fell during "Yellow" to the tender-then-torrential message of "Fix You."

The band's current album, "X&Y," is a collection of advices and encouragements, and "Fix You" towers above the rest with its chorus of "Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix you."

Vocalist Chris Martin called it a night on that note, and surely this song will become the biggest Coldplay hit to date.

Earlier, Martin dedicated "The Scientist" to Ben Fillenwarth, an Indianapolis teenager who died in a recent car crash.

For a band tagged as "insufferable" by The New York Times, Coldplay managed to present a valuable and healing side of rock 'n' roll.

Brotherhood between Martin and guitarist Jon Buckland could be seen when they embraced at the conclusion of "White Shadows," one of "X&Y's" more aggressive efforts.

"Low," another "X&Y" track, bettered the studio version by pitting Martin and Buckland on razor-edged guitars against bass player Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion on New Wave beats.

Credit the audience of 18,000 for creating an atmosphere at least a bit like the fantastic scenes Coldplay is accustomed to at home. There was clapping in rhythm, singing in unison and photographs taken on cue.

It may be true that "X&Y" is engineered for mass appeal and stands as a regression from the adventurous spirit of 2002 album "A Rush of Blood to the Head."

But Martin told no lie within "Politik's" impromptu rhyme: "This is a concert you cannot miss, it's Coldplay in Indianapolis."

Supporting act Black Mountain played trippy, expansive blues-rock that won't ever be mistaken for a corporate ploy.

The Canadian band, signed to Bloomington-based Jagjaguwar Records, impressed thanks to forceful drummer Joshua Wells and fuzz-toned guitarist Stephen McBean.

Source: http://www.indystar.com