20 February 2007: Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
From WikiColdplay
Setlist
- Square One
- Politik
- Yellow
- Speed Of Sound
- God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
- What If
- Sparks
- Don't Panic
- White Shadows
- The Scientist
- Green Eyes
- Clocks
- Talk
Encore: - Trouble
- In My Place
- Swallowed In The Sea
- Fix You
Reviews
"Today it is very special for us because it is our first time in this beautiful city", said Chris Martin in Castilian in the beginning of his show in Big Rex, but also it it was for those three thousand followers of Coldplay that they could not be thinking about having to his idols so close. The emotion dominated the stalls from shortly before the ten of the night when it started the debut of the Englishmen in Argentine soil, until it finished an hour and twenty minutes later, without releasing any new topic, as it had promised in the previous one to the concerts. ' Square One ' was the song chosen to begin a setlist that covered his three discs of study. The peaks of the night were the hit ' Clocks ' and ' Green Eyes ', moment in which the band went towards the stairs that leads the Pullman of the theater. There, Martin with a microphone to the ancient one, the violero Jonny Buckland and the bassist Guy Berryman with acoustic guitars, and the baterista Will Champion with a harmonica, interpreted a version of the topic included in his second album, To Rush Blood to the Head.
The nakedness escenográfica, hidden with a powerful game of lights that was slipping in between four members (all black's garments) and the small piano of the husband of Gwyneth Paltrow, was allowing that Martin should exhibit this strange way of dancing with the one that seems that it goes away to disarm. After each of the songs chorused, the people began with " Olé, Olé, Coldplay, Coldplay " demanding, somehow, the return for give an encore. They opened the last part with " Trouble " and closed with " Fix You " so that the stalls begin again with the typical scream of Argentine breath to that the Englishmen will listen again in two nights that he has left in our country.
"Hoy es muy especial para nosotros porque es nuestra primera vez en esta preciosa ciudad", dijo Chris Martin en castellano en el inicio de su show en el Gran Rex, pero también lo era para aquellos tres mil seguidores de Coldplay que no podían creer tener a sus ídolos tan cerca. La emoción dominó la platea desde poco antes de las diez de la noche cuando arrancó el debut de los ingleses en suelo argentino, hasta que finalizó una hora y veinte minutos después, sin estrenar ningún tema nuevo, tal como se había prometido en la previa de los conciertos.
"Square One" fue la canción elegida para comenzar un setlist que recorrió sus tres discos de estudio. Los picos de la noche fueron el hit "Clocks" y "Green Eyes", momento en que la banda se dirigió hacia la escalera que conduce al Pullman del teatro. Allí, Martin con un micrófono a la antigua, el violero Jonny Buckland y el bajista Guy Berryman con guitarras acústicas, y el baterista Will Champion con una armónica, interpretaron una versión del tema incluido en su segundo álbum, A Rush Blood to the Head.
La desnudez escenográfica, disimulada con un potente juego de luces que se colaba entre los cuatro integrantes (todos vestidos de negro) y el pequeño piano del marido de Gwyneth Paltrow, permitía que Martin exponga esa manera extraña de bailar con la que parece que se va a desarmar. Luego de corear cada una de las canciones, la gente comenzó con el "Olé, Olé, Coldplay, Coldplay" exigiendo, de alguna manera, el regreso para los bises. La última parte la abrieron con "Trouble" y cerraron con "Fix You" para que la platea empiece nuevamente con el típico grito de aliento argentino que volverán a escuchar los ingleses en las dos noches que le quedan en nuestro país.
Source: http://www.rollingstonela.com
More on this at http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37946 and http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=23914
Do you forget where the U2 were on his second or third disc?? I am a fan of U2 since I was a boy, and they have evolved very much. The same hoped that it should go on to them to the Coldplay, and having seen them already two times, the evolution continues. And let's stop comparing band with band. We are so a River-mouth that it tires.
Te olvidas donde estaban los U2 en su segundo o tercer disco?? Yo soy fan de U2 desde que era chico, y han evolucionado muchisimo. Lo mismo espero les pase a los Coldplay, y habiendolos visto ya dos veces, la evolucion continua. Y dejemos de comparar banda con banda. Somos tan River-Boca que cansa.
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Translated Article
Great Coldplay in the Rex
The British group last night initiated its series of three presentations… in Argentina with their subject “Esquale one”, before more than 5 thousand people who overwhelmed the capacity with the Theater Great Rex and received them from exclente way.
Soon the band touched “to Politik” and first hit of its race “Yellow” that caused the first great ovación at night.
In means of the song, on the public giant plastic balls fell of diverse colors generating a roundtrip with the people who the band does not hope and by which was pleasingly surprised.
The grouping is integrated by Chris Martin in piano and voice, that is the main composer of the band; Jon Buckland, in guitar, creator of the sound characteristic of the band; Guy Berryman in low and by Will Champion in action.
In his first visit to Argentina, the group led by Chris Martin - husband of the American actress Gwyneth Paltrow- decided to appear in a theater to give shows more intimate and to settle down a direct bond with the Latin public.
The band published in the 2000 its debut “Parachutes”, in the 2002 successful “To Rush of Blood to the Head”, and in the 2005, “X&Y”, and in these shows is presented/displayed a summary of three discs.
Source: http://www.26noticias.com.ar/
Translated Article
Coldplay unfolded all its magic
Last night, before euphoria of Great Rex overwhelmed (and that will follow overwhelmed today and tomorrow, since the entrances were exhausted as soon as they were put on sale), the British band Coldplay appeared before Argentine his fans, with the premises of Brian Storming like teloneros. From its debut, the band anywhere in the world obtained a faithful base of followers that turned it one of greatest at global level. In this opportunity, they offered a brief but intense show. Although, recently, they insinuated to return: “this is a appetizer”.
Source: http://www.clarin.com/
Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina 20.02.07
Daniel Neilson Sunday March 18, 2007 The Observer
Nothing can dent the sensitive rockers’ reputation in Argentina. Not even a dearth of new songs, learns Daniel Neilson.
‘Ole, ole, ole, ole! Coldplay, Coldplay!’ The Buenos Aires audience is in fine voice. Half an hour before the band take the stage, the art deco Teatro Gran Rex is shaking like a football stadium.
At an earlier press conference in unbearable heat, the mood was less euphoric. The band arrived, seemingly cheerful enough, each dressed in black, wearing oversized shades and looking relaxed after a day spent by the pool on this mini-South American tour. ‘I don’t think anyone in London realises how fantastic it is here,’ says Chris Martin (pictured right after the press conference with guitarist Jonny Buckland). ‘Everyone in the UK is fucking miserable in February.’ But the smiles don’t last. Within 20 minutes the band glumly walk out. ‘We never said we would be playing new material here,’ insists bassist Guy Berryman. ‘We wanted this time to take a break and go back to the new stuff objectively. Don’t believe what you read in the newspapers.’ Or, evidently, their own website.
Further questions from the abrasive Argentine press about bad reviews of their Chile shows follow. ‘What did they say?’ Martin asks. ‘God, I’m depressed.’
By the time I ask about working with Eno on the album scheduled for later this year, the singer has his heads in his hands. ‘It will push us out of the comfort zone,’ says Berryman. We are still at the beginning of our career; it will be the next album that judges us.’
It is in Mexico a few days later that Martin will claim the band have ‘that one song’ on the record that ‘everyone has to hear’. The audience - who have paid up to £200 for a ticket to see the gringo superstars at one of three intimate shows - have made their judgment already. When the lights go down, a scream goes up as four silhouettes take position on the small stage. Martin, still hidden, croons the opening to ‘Square One’ until the chorus kicks in and bright lights illuminate the 5,000-strong crowd. ‘We are called Coldplay,’ Martin says in Spanish, needlessly adding, ‘we are not a heavy rock band,’ as he sits at the piano for ‘The Scientist’.
Throughout the show, Martin flails around the stage, collapsing to the floor at the finale of two songs and at one point crawling through Berryman’s legs. He gets in plenty more Spanish practice, too. Then, halfway through, there’s a fine diversion, when the band move to a smaller stage to play an acoustic version of ‘Love Me Tender’ around the same mic. There is nothing else unexpected: no new songs. Fortunately the crowd appear unperturbed, heartily singing their way through the entire set (’And I weel feex yoo…’).
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