20 May 2009: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
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Setlist
- Life In Technicolor
- Violet Hill
- Clocks
- In My Place
- Yellow
- Glass Of Water
- Cemeteries Of London
- 42
- Fix You
- Strawberry Swing
- God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (Partial Techno Remix)
- Talk (Partial Techno Remix)
- The Hardest Part (Chris Solo Piano)
- Postcards From Far Away (Chris Solo Piano)
- Viva La Vida
- Lost!
- Green Eyes (acoustic)
- Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic, sung by Will)
- I'm A Believer (Neil Diamond Cover - Acoustic)
- Viva La Vida (Remix Interlude)
- Politik
- Lovers In Japan
- Death And All His Friends
Encore - The Scientist
- Life In Technicolor ii
- The Escapist (Outro)
Photos
Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Virginia Beach. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1749
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=55522
Discussion
All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55522
Fan Reviews
All fan reviews have been submitted to us by the members of Coldplaying.com[1], unless stated otherwise.
I just came back from the Virginia Beach concert and it was truly amazing. The performance by the band was awesome, the atmosphere was great. Every living moment being at the concert was worth it and not even one time you felt bored, I really want to go again and again. In August I have tickets to see coldplay in Raliegh,NC CAN't WAIT lol =) Always and forever will be a coldplay fan, thanks alot!
[coldplayfan101]
I was in the pit last night also - we were right next to the little stage extension on stage right. Each time Chris and Johnny came out there (which was about 4-5 each) we could have reached out and touched them.
Awesome awesome show. Sounded like Chris might have had a cold, but that didn't hamper the performance at all.
Highlights for me were 'In My Place' and 'Lovers in Japan' - wow!
The setlist was the same last night, and I thought that would disappoint me a little, but it didn't. At all. I still wish they would play a few more songs during their shows, but what they did play was incredible. And I'd rather have quality over quantity.
When Chris wasn't behind the piano, he was all over the stage, I really don't know how he keeps that up over a long series of concert dates. Johnny was also all over the stage. During 'Lovers in Japan', Chris came onto the little catwalk right in front of us, dancing with a Japanese parasol - I tried to get a picture of that, but not sure yet how it turned out.
This was my first Coldplay show and I will definitely try to see them again. I'm not sure where this ranks on my all time concert list, but it's up there.
[Nails77]
Drove down from DC to see the show. Amazing as always. Lucked out with great pit location and cool neighbors. The setlist was the same. Chris messed up "Postcards..." and said that Will was mad about his mess up and would take it up with him after the show. At the end of I'm a Believer...Chris asked each of the band members individually if they were "in love ?" Will and Guy answered with a "ohhhhhhh" with Jonny giving the lowest of "ohhhhhh's". Because VA Beach houses a major naval base, fighter jets were flying over every 10 minutes which Chris made reference to it by saying it was their "transport". During their lawn set, Chris had VA Beach do their version of the "mexican cell phone wave". For their last encore, the guys wore their Grammy jackets.
Can't wait to get back home and see them tomorrow night in DC.
[jbarry5503]
Last night we went to the Coldplay concert at the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater. The weather was cool, the fans were chill and everyone was ready to hear and sing along to their favorite songs. They played all of their major hits including "Yellow" and "The Scientist", and of course their latest "Viva La Vida". The performers played in different spots in the venue, moving around every few songs so that fans in the front, the back, the sides could all catch a great view of the show. At one point we were in the front row because of it so I got to take some great photos. Incredible.
Even the theme of the whole show about living life was moving and inspiring especially after what 2009 has been for myself and my friends thus far. We've dealt with pain, grief and losses in what seemed like one notice of bad news after another. This job so far has allowed me to travel and do things I would have never done otherwise and I plan on continuing to keep living my life to the fullest until its over.
Catch Coldplay in a town near you. Next month I will be at the No Doubt concert. Paramore is the opening act. I can't wait!
http://turnonshuffle.blogspot.com/2009/05/coldplay-viva-la-vida-tour.html
Last night, I went to see a concert: Coldplay and Pete Yorn. I was almost going to decline as I am not really a fan of either but I decided against it. Who am I to turn down free tickets to anything? I'm glad I went on SO MANY levels!
First, I haven't been to a concert in YEARS. Mostly because Ithaca never really had them. Sure, musical acts came rather frequently but they either were people I seriously did not want to go see or I simply never had the time or the money. The really big shows, like the one I went to, were always held far away so not only did you have to spend money on tix, you spent money getting up there and what not. So yeah, this concert reminded me that live shows, no matter who they are, are always fun to go to. I mean, if a "lite rock" concert can be jammin like this one was, imagine all the others. Going to this concert made me realize that I missed out on so much not making an effort to go to the shows in Ithaca. That brings me to my second point.
This concert made me realize how much of a douche-bag elitist I had become in Ithaca. Like, why the hell would anyone turn down free, FREE concert tickets to a decent band just because they are "too mainstream." Seriously, that was a big factor in my almost refusal to not go. I listen to alternative music, little known artists, and make fun of bands like Coldplay, blah, blah, blah. Who gives a shit about all that!! Really. However, Ithaca makes people like that, I feel. The artistic diversity in Ithaca is pretty non-existant. Live music shows are usually townie folksy, upstart college rock-y, incoherent hippie-y, or, suprisingly, hardcore metal-y.
Sure, here and there different groups arise and I'm sure much more than I ever really made an effort to find but, that is precisely my point. In Ithaca, you had to put so much effort into finding alternatives and, frankly, when you did you'd mostly have to suffer hanging out with nothing but almostt/barely of age college kids. Bottom line, Ithaca latches too vigourously onto their little culture. It caters to a certain crowd of individuals and almost refuses to include anyone else into to it, especially of it even reeks a little of the mainstream.
Thirdly, I got a chance to ultimately break this psychotic menta image I had painted of Virginia. I couldn't help but invision it as this, almost backward, place where every single person was uber-christian or every single place was full of racial tension or I don't know, some place that offered no alternative lifestyle choices what-so-ever. I've gladly found out that is definately not the case. Just like any other large metropolitan area, it offers a little something for everyone. That is the true benefit of larger cities and that is why, ultimately, I had to return to one. I mean the place is rather segragated (a blog for another day) but it still offers up anything one might be interested in.
http://ear-full.blogspot.com/2009/05...rned-from.html
Media Reviews
School is just about out for the summer, but on Wednesday night, Coldplay gave a lesson at the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater on how to put on a fantastic show. Pencils sharpened? Fresh sheet of paper? Here we go.
1. Keep your show full of surprises. Secretly set up small stages in the middle of the crowd and even in the lawn seats, so that when the lights go low, you can run to your predetermined little island and sing a few songs. Do some covers too: something hip and fresh by a group like say, Arctic Monkeys, and then later, cover something totally dorky fun like “I’m a Believer,” so everyone can sing along. People love that stuff.
2. Be into it. Be like lead singer Chris Martin: totally present, totally immersed in what you’re doing, and have fun. Run and jump and slide across the stage. People will know you’re having a good time. They’ll think you’re deep too when you sing with your eyes closed.
3. Dazzle their eyes. Unleash giant saffron balloons filled with confetti for your song “Yellow.” (Note: if your song is “Blue” or “Red” adjust balloon color accordingly.) Set up giant spheres on stage, and project images on them. Multi-colored lasers? Now you’re thinking. Use varying film types for the jumbo screens, so they sometimes make you look like you’re on one of those HBO concert specials; or at other times just playing with the settings on your Mac. It’s all good.
4. Sound terrific playing hits both old – “Politik”, “Clocks” – and new, like “Lost” or “When I Ruled The World.” And then, just as people are leaving, and the anxiety about where their cars might be begins to set in, have someone hand them a CD to remember the magical night. Perfect. A+
Twitter Updates
- daysdifference: At the Virginia Beach Coldplay show. Jon and I met the band backstage! Chris Martin is tall. We gave their drummer our CD. Woooo. - Jeremy
- spencemancillas: Swallowed in the sea might be my fav coldplay song i swear if this was played
- CaraMandart Coldplay went out to the lawn to sing Green Eyes!
- tomluck Watching Coldplay live in Virginia Beach. The show is great, the fighter jets flying overhead every five minutes are not. Viva la vida!
- brinTONE: Coldplay is playing an acoustic set on the lawn. I think this is the best show i have ever been too and maybe ever will
- CaraMandart Mexican cell phone wave! #coldplay
- northernblur Just left the Coldplay show. Amazing set! Awesome Oxfam people! Got a handful of paper butterflies for my desk at work!
- rachelbeckman I think Pete Yorn and Nichole changed my life tonight. But not Coldplay. Sorry, Coldplay. I still don't get it.
- ericfadden @SaMi_Am agreed on the greatness of the show. We passed on the upgrade (comfy in the grass) but won't again. Coldplay does a hell of a job.
- Virginia beach show over. In vehicles, going to the airport. Great crowd tonight ; thanks everyone!..Guy http://twitpic.com/5lmyp
