17 May 2009: Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA, USA

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17 May 2009: Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA, USA [Pic: Kspillers2]

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5 Fan Reviews
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Setlist

Photos

Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Atlanta. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1747

Videos

Videos from this show can be found in the first post of the Coldplaying forum live thread for this show at http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55521

Discussion

All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55521

Fan Reviews

All fan reviews have been submitted to us by the members of Coldplaying.com[1], unless stated otherwise.

[Pic: kspillers2]

Good morning Coldplayers! Last nights show was really fine. Twitter just sucked though. Everyone I asked up in the front of the pit was having a bitch of a time getting anything phone related to work at all. Very frustrating.

As for the show ...the setlist was indeed virtually the same- but Glass of Water sounded great. In fact the sound in general was really, really good. Chris's voice in fine form and good volume from the rest on harmonies. People went nuts for 'Georgia On My Mind' and it was really well sung.

I thought Chris seemed a little more 'in the moment' than some shows that have seemed like autopilot performances ... (Very chatty, a good bit of giggling, lots of grinning at Jonny, and LOTS of thanking the audience for coming out on such a rainy night.)...so I really enjoyed this one.

....and holy shit the rain. They came on and the skies opened up and it just poured for most of the show....& got cold. I was so proud of the crowd because they gave a ton of energy in the seats and lawn as well. At least it seemed that way from the pit.

I was a little worried that the boys might be a little road weary or uninspired but I think they really were focusedand having a good time.

Finally, on a personal note Chris grabbed my banner and propped it up on the piano..yay!

I'll post some inevitably mediocre pics / video shortly and in the meantime already excited for everyone going to the next show...I think y'all are going to have a great one.

[kspillers2]

The show was amazing. My girlfriend and I were front row in the PIT next to kspiller i believe. We were actually in the long line prior to the concert when some representative from BestBuy was going down the line asking if anybody was a best buy reward zone member, luckily I had signed up for the that before the last Atlanta concerts so we got upgraded to VIP entrance! We were one of the first people in the whole ampitheater! We got right in front of jonny which is where i wanted to be. The setlist was similar, but i enjoyed it nevertheless!!

It was the best Coldplay concert I have ever been too! It twas truely amazing. My girlfriend will put up all of her pics/videos when we get home. We managed to get a setlist, but neither of us came across any copies of LRLRL! Whatever. Stay tuned for some amazing shots of the band!

[gmalool]

[Pic: librahi]

the show was brilliant in my eyes. the set was very similar to the last time in atlanta but the guys were in top notch form and being 10 feet from the stage sure does help. here it goes:

getting into the show: drove in the pouring rain for 2 hours and it finally slowed to a drizzle by the time we parked. paid $20 to park and walked through the free parking lot on the way to the show (LOL). turns out we got out really fast after, well worth the $20. then came the chore of selling the tickets. my god, this was a royal pain in the ass. i had three extra tickets, all covered seats, and no one would buy them. i finally found two people who did not have seats and wanted to buy them. the guy wanted to pay me $60 each. face value was $97.50, more like $135 with fees. i told him $75 each and i'd do it. his gf or wife actually asked if i would take $200 total for 2. uh, sure? the guy looked as confused as me but she paid it and i walked away. so then i was about to give away my third after ruining my shoes in the mud and getting all wet from the drizzle. i was walking back in and some guy wanted a lawn ticket. i asked him how much he would pay for a lawn ticket. he said $40, so i sold it to him. $240 after an hour of trying to sell covered seats, IN THE RAIN! i lost $160 on the deal and was pissed, but oh well. i have 4 extra sets of 2 for charlotte. my god, i'm going to get killed on the losses.

show: sorry, had to vent about that. we missed the howling bells due to the above issues. pete yorn was very good but i couldn't understand him at all from the pit. the pit was unreal, so close, so NOT crowded. i turned around quite a few times to see just how lucky i was to have those seats. well worth any money paid in my mind. i honestly felt like i was in a club with 200 people watching the show, it was just an amazing experience. the setlist was similar to the past shows, but it didn't bother me too much. glass of water was awesome. i did notice that chris didn't have the extended "arms" on the stage which i really like, but it kept him closer to us . his voice was really nice too, he was on for sure. i won't do a song by song, but mention a few things i thought were worth it... the balls during yellow were killer. i caught one and flung it up on stage and chris kicked it out into the crowd again, i felt cool . that guy is my hero... lovers in japan was freaking great. the butterflies above were great once again. i looked up when they came down and spread my arms and felt like i was dreaming. i compare it to andy dufrain on the shawshank redemption when he crawls out the sewer pipe in the rain. great moment, great movie too... let's see, what else... georgia on my mind was cool, but so many people do that when they play in atlanta. put swallowed in the sea in it's place..... hardest part on piano was great, i'm a believer was neat also, did some great interaction with the band members which was funny as hell. all the other songs were great as usual. getting tired of the b stage techno songs, but still cool to see them. can't believe they went into the rain on the c stage, pretty crazy. that's about it guys...

after the show: we left the pit right when it ended to get on the road for a long drive home. contrary to greeneyes statement, there were two big gates on the sides to exit where you could leave and not wait in line to get the cd. we were out and got a cd each, it's good. some of the things he does on the cd were pretty much exactly the same as he did in the show, which makes me think he doesn't improv too much, just does the same things at each show since they get a good reaction. no big deal, like a comic doing the same acts over and over, you only have so much material. the cd is good though and we made it home safely. work is a drag today but at least i can type this and try to post pictures. as soon as someone tells me how to, i have a few....

[librahi]

Really great show tonight. Had tons of fun right in the front of the pit. Georgia On My Mind during the B stage set was really nice. I got a lot of great pics which I'll post probably tomorrow, right now i'm exhausted.

[Jimithing1]

OMG soooo good. I'm like freaking out because I've never seen them before. We were SO close to being under the roof but not quite, haha. Georgia's weather sucks... my shoes were soaked and my hair is also a mess but I really don't care. It was so worth it. I also got 11 of those paper butterflies. Chris sang Georgia On My Mind which was incredible, and then it went into Viva la Vida. Amazing night.

[reignxoflove]

the crowd was great...before the encore, the entire crowd starting chanting the viva la vida chorus "whoaaa aaaaaaaa" it was great.

and as we were leaving, (very slowly, b/c people were being handed one by one their free cd) it was a big mob...but people were chanting the viva la vida chorus again, as we were all waiting to file out...it was great! now im sorta sad its all over

[pennyroyal]

Amazing concert. Best by far. Mainly because my Boyfriend and I were in the FRONT ROW of the pit!!!! Only disapointment was leaving without a copy of leftrightleftrightleft. but we left with a setlist and I stuffed my pockets and clutch with butterflies. I also loved the confetti filled balloons for yellow. Greeat!!!!!!!

[chloejade10]

I just got home!!!

That was definitely the best Coldplay concert I've ever been to...and it was my 4th. Probably because it was outside?

Chris was really funny & talkative, adding new words to songs personalizing it for Atlanta, things like that. It was very awesome. He was so thankful towards everyone for coming, and said LeftRightLeftRightLeft was the most expensive album they've had since they're giving it to us for free.

For the remix set, I got really close, but tons of people were pushing & since I'm short, they didn't see me, and it was annoying, but I hopefully got good pictures and tried to get this lady to get one with Chris behind me, but for some reason she couldn't figure out my camera.. Then for the C stage, on the lawn, I again ran out there but being on a slope+short=can't see! And no one would let me leave the mob! And rain+butterflies=dead butterflies

I got a set list from this venue worker who was being a bitch about everyone being in their seats & stuff. before the concert started, she was talking to a roadie who was working the camera next to me (he was the one who danced onstage during the Jay-Z song), I saw her with a set list so I asked if after wards I could have it, and she bitched me out about how it wasn't a set list..but during Death and All His Friends, she came up & handed it to me!!

oh and how could I forget that I met a fellow Coldplayer, Mountanloafers! It is really awesome how we can do that!

[greeneyes1207]

When it comes to live concerts, it doesn’t get any better than Coldplay, reports SaportaReport.

I’m still energized from Coldplay’s concert at the Lakewood Ampitheater Sunday night — my second Coldplay concert in six months — with its combination of fabulous music, wonderfully artistic touches throughout the show and, of course, the magnetism of lead singer, songwriter, performer Chris Martin.

Martin and the band exemplify the best in rock-‘n’-roll artists. Numerous times during the performance, Martin thanked the audience for spending their money in tough economic times by coming to hear them play. And he wanted to make sure we got our money’s worth. We did. Probably the most impressive twist for me was that the band set up two satellite stages within the crowd. Coldplay had done the same at Philips Arena in November, so it was not a complete surprise. Except that one of the satellite stages was on the lawn, where diehard Coldplay fans were weathering a fairly constant drizzle with colder than normal temperatures for a May in Atlanta.

Martin seemed to relish being able to give those concert-goers a special, close-up treat. But that was not all. As a way of saying thanks, Martin told the crowd they would all receive a free CD of their music on the way out. The special touches didn’t end there. Several times, Martin would be singing one of the group’s top songs, and he would insert lyrics about Atlanta, the show and the fans.

Lastly, playing solo at the piano, Martin sang a wonderful rendition of “Georgia on my Mind” for the Atlanta crowd. I’ve been to hundreds of live concerts in my life, and it is rare for a performer to make such a personal connection with the audience. When Martin tells the crowd that he loves playing in Atlanta because the band is so well received, we believe him, even if he says that in every city the band plays.

Yes, the concert was absolutely fabulous and with great attention to detail to elicit maximum audience interaction — such as the large yellow bouncing balls being volleyed by the crowd while illuminating the ampitheater during the song “Yellow.”

The free Coldplay disc is in my car CD player with the songs giving the concert an afterlife that will last for many days to come. Yes, it was a night to remember.

http://saportareport.com

Coldplay Kick Off New “Viva la Vida” Tour With Grand Gestures

Confetti paper butterflies. Giant yellow beach balls (dropped during “Yellow” — get it?). Super high-definition live video. Friday’s opening night of the last leg of Coldplay’s Viva La Vida tour in West Palm Beach was an Olympics-esque spectacle, complete with five orbs dangling over the band’s heads that served as screens for more state-of-the-art camera work.

Coldplay are playing big sheds for this summer stretch — about 16,000 fans filled the Cruzan Amphitheater — and, despite their sad songs, grand gestures suit them. The quartet, dressed in their Sgt. Pepperesque jackets, want nothing more than to please. That’s why they twice made excursions to small ancillary stages in the middle of the venue, to show their “respect for the lawn,” as Chris Martin said in one of his many shiny, hammy comments (someone hire him a script doctor). He then choreographed the audience to hold up their lighted cell phones and perform what he called “the first ever Mexican phone wave,” before leading the band into an acoustic cover of the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer.” Believe.

One doesn’t go to a Coldplay show expecting shock rock or even anything more mildly challenging than having to commiserate with Martin over his bad haircut. With Martin’s piano riffs and falsetto croon, the band stops just shy of being alt-rock’s answer to smooth jazz. Their music is almost unnervingly tight; Jon Buckland’s Edge-walking leads rang out in the kind of perfect stage mix you rarely get at shed shows. They played long — almost two hours — and they played well, hitting all the bright spots of their catalog (though changing the song selection little from their earlier U.S. leg). “The Scientist” has been moved to an encore position, Will Champion’s high-hat fillip creating just the right dramatic tension. The butterflies rained down during “Lovers in Japan.” Gwyneth Paltrow was standing center front (not out in the lawn), singing along with hubby Martin.

Given how eager Coldplay are to please, they made a serious misstep with the distribution of free CDs that they touted would be available after the show. A few people handed out woefully insufficient quantities of LeftRightLeftRightLeft at only one of Cruzan’s exits, causing Coldplay’s heretofore-happy, polite fans to get ugly. (A more raucous crowd would have rioted or at least trampled someone for good measure.) Presumably, the band will have this sorted out at future dates — or they’ll just decide everyone who cares will have downloaded LRLRL already and give up on the idea (which Martin claimed as the band’s own original concept, even though Prince did it years ago).

Pete Yorn played before Coldplay, performing angsty ballads from his recent CD Back and Fourth. While Coldplay are practiced entertainers who know how to play to every corner, Yorn and his five-piece band with their earnest, indie songs sounded dwarfed by the venue. It’s nothing that a million or so bucks in audio and video technology and a movie-star wife couldn’t cure.

http://community.livejournal.com/ohn.../35352240.html

Coldplay is one of my favorite bands. I love them! Viva la Vida is such a fun album- and so many of the songs are just written to be heard live- in a very large crowd. Last summer Daniel and I were waiting at the computer at 10:00am, sometime in June, for the moment when Coldplay tickets went on sale. They were coming to Philips Arena in Atlanta- amazing venue to see a band like them. We clicked on ticketmaster at 10:01 am and got amazing tickets. But alas, the Lord called Daniel to China the exact week that we were supposed to go to Coldplay. ha. I will say, he hesitated for a moment when the trip came about- but we both thought he should probably say yes to a free trip to China to do earthquake relief work, and be able to play worship music there openly. It was an amazing trip- but he did miss Coldplay. So I went! with Sarah!

If you've seen this tour- you know they stop everything in the middle of the show, and walk out into the crowd and sing from a portable stage somewhere in the crowd. Well, they walked down from the stage and walked right up to our section!

Now, I do not think that the band members of Coldplay are some super heroes, and I would not swoon if they touched me or anything like that- but I do think it's fun to be able to see and hear a band you listen to all the time! So sadly, Daniel missed his second Coldplay show (they canceled in Birmingham several years ago due to illness- so they say). So Sunday night they came back to Atlanta- and we didn't have tickets this time- but we had to go anyway. We stopped by the atm and got out only the amount we were willing to spend. I even prayed for cheap tickets (God cares about the little things right?). We walked right up to some scaplers and offered $60 for two tickets (through ticketmaster it would have been close to $120 for two). He sold them, we walked right in and got some amazing spots on the lawn. They played at Hifi buys ampitheater, so if you had lawn seats you could just bring blankets and relax, and sit wherever you found a spot.

Not bad huh! The show was amazing! You could definitely tell they have been on tour for over a year because they were much more silly and laid back this time. Chris Martin even broke into a nice rendition of "Georgia on my mind" and changed lots of his own lyrics to fit to Atlanta and this crowd. He thanked the crowd over and over for spending money to see them, and standing in the rain (there was a steady drizzle the whole night- which i loved!). He even walked all the way back to the lawn seats and sang to all of us on the lawn. It's always fun to sing with thousands of other people too! During the song "yellow" they released huge yellow illuminating bouncing balls which were filled with confetti when broken. And of course they had huge gun like things that shot out their signature butterflies at the end.

http://theadventuresofdt.blogspot.co...a-la-vida.html

Media Reviews

When it comes to live concerts, it doesn’t get any better than Coldplay, reports SaportaReport. I’m still energized from Coldplay’s concert at the Lakewood Ampitheater Sunday night — my second Coldplay concert in six months — with its combination of fabulous music, wonderfully artistic touches throughout the show and, of course, the magnetism of lead singer, songwriter, performer Chris Martin.

Of course, niceties aside, Coldplay is one of the most talented acts in modern times. Martin’s obvious classical training as a pianist provides a instrumental depth to almost every song. And then there’s his voice — the way he can hit the high notes — and get the entire audience to join in song. Yes, the concert was absolutely fabulous and with great attention to detail to elicit maximum audience interaction — such as the large yellow bouncing balls being volleyed by the crowd while illuminating the ampitheater during the song “Yellow.”

The free Coldplay disc is in my car CD player with the songs giving the concert an afterlife that will last for many days to come. Yes, it was a night to remember.

http://saportareport.com

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