18 June 2008: Coldplay Live at the BBC

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Coldplay do some busking at the BBC!

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2 Photos
3 Fan Reviews
4 Media Reviews
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Setlist

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Photos

Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for the BBC. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1502

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Fan Reviews

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

A short gig, thought they'd play one or two extras off camera, but they've had a very tiring few days so fair enough (so have I!)

I was still very tired and achy from my typical dancing spectacular on Monday, and the set was taken from the same songs (no Politik STILL?!) so I just chilled at the back and took it all in (until LiJ when I couldn't stop meself )

First off I hooked up with Kash (the guy I gave a ticket to on Monday) and guess who he met right there in the line? Coldplaying's very own Kara (duckette)! Well that was not a bad omen at all for the entire evening, and things pretty much carried on perfectly from there. Stephie showed up all the way from Poole and was just as lovely as the rest of us hehe, Lucas and Kala (really sorry if I spelled that wrong) and two friends joined our little soiree next, and it briefly became a firendly competition of who had seen the band the most times (I think quite a few of us tied with six each!)

The soundcheck through the gates was so close by, you could hear it perfectly even if you didn't wander over to look, but me and my little sis (first timer ) did just that and hooked up (via a quick refresher at the pub!) with another delightful member from here, Sandi, who had come all the way from Brum just to have a look and say hi. I'd missed her except for a brief hello on Monday, so it meant an awful lot to have a chat. She rocks.

Right, onto the gig! We all got in early and were two or three back from the front. I stayed with the group until 6:15 when I heard a call to arms from the toilet. I went to the toilet, still I heard something calling me....? Aha, it was the BBC bar after all (bless you BBC bar!!)

Back down the steps to the tiny stage, and I took up my position right at the back, and my exhausted face away from the cameras The MC (reminded me a lot of Bill Bailey) did the usual Radio 1 stuff of getting everyone jumping in time etc. I did my usual trick of looking glum and inactive so they wouldn't pick me as someone to close-up on (it worked too - only the back of my head came into shot apparently )

The band were on and a much better, tighter musical start than Monday I thought, they are learning this quick. It was lovely to see them all perform so close, and Guy seemed much more involved which I was happy about. Chris' voice was much better than Monday, he hit a lot more notes, and there were some good exchanges with all the BBC staff on the various terraces, the people outside the gates (not too many there at all and I think almost everyone, if not everyone, witth a ticket got in) and most hilariously the builders on the site well over the road who were very amused and gave a hearty wave.

The sound really was loud and good, impressive. And the rain held off thank goodness. The set? LiT's a spine-tingling opener. Violet Hill absolute rocks live, but such a short song alas that blink twice and it's over. Lost sounded better again live than on the album, slightly less cluttered, but still too much. Perhaps the acoustic's ruined the full version for me forever? I guess they like to play it because the whole band's involved and doing something different (except Chris)? Guy on drums etc - for me the set-up's far more refreshing than the actual song.

42 was relatively error-free this time - Chris only messed up the start! - and for me a great live track already. Trouble played again, I hope they'll at least alternate that with Don't Panic on the main tour (and Shiver too much to ask?), but the helicopters bit was fun, the Chris we know and love (and sometimes tear our hair out too lol).

Yellow acoustic again seemed popular (and I absolutely loved it!) Will is a great guitar player it must be said, very steady. By this point the crowd seemed a bit more interested in the celebs around and about than the band, which was a real shame. 'Oh look there's Jo Whiley'??? 'OH LOOK THERE'S COLDPLAY PLAYING TO SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE AND THREE METERS IN FRONT OF YOU'!!! (I wanted to shout hehe)

Again, lovely that Fix You wasn't the end (though I miss the light). Lovers in Japan is a special song for me and to see it twice in three days as the closer was something else. It finally got my aching limbs and brain-starved sleep into the Perfect Motion that Sunscreem made famous all those years ago. Chris introduced it as saying 'let's see which way the wind's blowing' and it turned out it was blowing towards TV Centre, with the entire front garden area and many of the onlookers enjoying our shower of butterflies

All was over, everyone happy. It was a mixed crowd again, and I'm sure that many of the best folk were from here, so many of us managed to get tickets somehow! I'd chilled (by my standards!) at the back, but after the exertion and sheer emotion of Brixton I didn't have much more to give. The brain wasn't willing, and the body wasn't either, but the whole thing was magical.

The icing on the cake was meeting Ron Burgandy at the end, and finally saying hello to and shaking the hand of a chap who's been my partner trying to get tickets for these last few weeks on here. Perfect.

With one newly-impressed younger sister, and new friends and old (Kara and Kash the latter, having met them at Brixton a long two days ago!!) we set off for a drink in Shepherd's Bush, and toasted to everything that life has to offer.

Thank you so much to everyone I shared tonight with, directly or indirectly, to the incredible band, and to Coldplaying.com for helping to make these incredible last three days of my life possible.

[kimchi baka]

Butterflies!

Coldplay were rather ace last night I have to say. Got in the queue about 2pm, met some nice lads, 2 Steves' from Brum and a guy from Chicago and mate, completely forgotten their names! Got to watch the soundcheck which was cool, Chris kept saying they felt under pressure with so many watching They did a new edit of Clocks, the piano was a bit different, not sure if they did it in the actual gig. Got a wave off Jimmy Carr too as he walked past :LOL:

Got inside just after 5pm and went straight for the right side as we'd seen them go over to the little stage on that side in the soundcheck. Got on the barrier at the far side (and small stage) too which is always nice.

Really enjoyed the gig, yeah it could have been longer, but it was free so can't complain! Thought Chris's voice wasn't too bad apart from a couple of times, thought they all seemed quite up for it.

Yellow on the 2nd stage was amazing, I was literally right in front of them on the barrier, they were in touching distance! It felt like they were playing just to us at the front, we didn't need the speakers to hear them, could hear them just fine as they were so close!

[kvnw24320]

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Media Reviews

Coldplay play open air gig at BBC

Coldplay showcased several tracks from their new album in an open air concert at the BBC Television Centre in London.

The gig - broadcast live on BBC Two - featured new material such as Violet Hill and 42, alongside old favourites including Clocks and In My Place.

Coldplay's new album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, topped the charts at the weekend.

The band were dressed in military-style jackets, and opened the 45 minute set with new track Life In Technicolor.

"How many of you are only here because you couldn't get tickets for the Weakest Link?" joked frontman Chris Martin to the audience of several hundred.

Introducing the song Trouble, Martin said: "This is a song we wrote when we first came to the BBC - and never did we think we'd ever play it in such a helicopter-viewed, television extravaganza."

He then altered the opening lines while singing to the sky: "Oh no, I see a helicopter's filming my friends and me/ I turned and stared - don't film the bald spot on the top of my head."

The band left the main stage briefly to perform an acoustic version of Yellow against the backdrop of the Television Centre building.

The gig ended with a rousing version of Lovers in Japan that involved showering the crowd with thousands of paper butterflies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7462168.stm

Coldplay Play New Album Tracks At Open Air Concert

Coldplay played songs from their new album 'Viva La Vida or Death and All is Friends' during an open air concert in London last night (June 18th).

The gig, broadcast live one BBC television, was the second time that the band have played the capital this week.

Dressed in their Military outfits, the band began their set with 'Life In Technicolor', the song that opens their new album.

The concert once again saw Chris Martin on jovial form, at one point asking how many of the crowd had come to see Coldplay because they couldn't get tickets to the Weakest Link.

http://www.gigwise.com/news/43969/coldplay-play-new-album-tracks-at-open-air-concert

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