22 September 2008: O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
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Setlist
- Life In Technicolor
- Violet Hill
- Clocks
- In My Place
- Speed Of Sound
- Cemeteries Of London
- Chinese Sleep Chant
- 42
- Fix You
- Strawberry Swing
- God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)
- Talk (partial - techno version)
- The Hardest Part (piano - Chris)
- Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)
- Viva La Vida
- Lost!
- The Scientist (acoustic)
- Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will singing)
- Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
First Encore - Politik
- Lovers In Japan
- Death And All His Friends
Second Encore - Yellow
- Fix You (second performance)
- The Escapist (outro)
Photos
Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Prague. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1531
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=45586
Discussion
All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45586
Fan Reviews
All fan reviews have been submitted to us by the members of Coldplaying.com[1], unless stated otherwise.
Hi there, thk setlist pretty the same as the nights before with one exception, from the begining upto Fix you the sound was increadibly crap. Even Chris noticed that his signing is totaly fucked up, so they really fixed it up during Fix you. To appologize for this messed up thing they added Fix you once again after Yellow, with new lyrics - "First time in Prague, we fucked up the sound". Thk there will be a video of this somewhere soon... Overall ok gig, although pretty all set up, planned, felt like puppets but I should have expected this. But pleased to get the repeat of Fix you (although we got exactly the same effects and lights with it as in the main set....)
[budvarka]
And talking about the concert in Prague i could say that it was amazing.I have just sung all the songs that they have played over there.And the best thing was that the day before the concert i have met Guy!I saw him walking on the Karlov bridge,very late in the evening.But i was so shocked that i couldn`t even say any word.That really surprised me. And the whole concert was really great.They played all songs so so good(except Fix You)but they fixed it too,and that song was really great then,and the strangest thing was that i was crying at that moment when Fix You sounded,because that was such a cute view.And of course Speed Of Sound,Clocks,Violet Hill,Live In Technicolor,Lovers In Japan and the butterflies which were falling on me,and all songs were amazing. So that is all.I can`t say everything here,what i have seen over there.But i think that you can imagine how pretty it was.Ohh i am so scared that i will never see them performing live again.But however i am really happy now!
[Agna]
On September 20th, 2008 the diverse inhabitants of Prague flooded the B-line to Ceskomoravska and came together for one very special event, to watch Coldplay perform live at the O2 Arena.
Stunned by the swarm of media attention and mass number of dedicated fans, I partook in the evening festivities expecting an entertaining show and a set filled to the brim with Coldplay hits past and present.
I am pleased to say that these Brits, as done with their previous tour, surpassed most of my expectations.
Performing for the first time in the Czech Republic, Chris Martin and his band of cohorts took to the stage attired in full, revolutionary-inspired wardrobe, suited perfectly for their stage backdrop taken right from their albums own cover art.
Opening with a track from their latest album, Viva La Vida.., the band spent the night connecting to their foreign fans, playing virtually all of their hit singles with incredible vigor and passion.
As for the aesthetics, this show was, in every way, visually pleasing with its array of ever-changing sights. From the electric, candy colored laser shows to the black and white, eerie stage shots, this show encompassed much more than I had hoped for.
For some, the greatest part of the evening came when the entire band retreated to the back of the arena to play a few tracks, including the beloved hit The Scientist, amongst their adoring fans.
My personal highlights, aside from the mesmerizing and display changing globes dangling from the ceiling, included subtle remixes of the band’s earlier songs, an adorable, potty-mouthed apology from Martin for messing up Fix You and, to top it all off, a confetti shower to blanket the crowd.
For their first time in Prague, Coldplay certainly left their mark.
http://prague.tv/city-beat/?p=647
Here's that guy's review:
I’d never had “backstage passes” before, so the Coldplay concert was an oddity by that measure: here I was, walking the corridors of superstardom rock’n'roll, where the roadies hung out emailing their friends back wherevertheylive, and stage managers moving through like rhinos on the warpath. And then there was Sarah, so British, so cute, leading us through the tumult and into the catering room, clouded with food mists and a cornucopia of aromas. This was also the first stadium concert I’d attended since the late ’90s, when the Rolling Stones played Wisconsin U (or was that last Chicago concert Page & Plant playing Zeppelin songs? Can’t remember, and sort of glad for that).The Czech crowd was large, young, and anxious. The O2 Arena (named for O2, the Euro telecommunications giant) is BIG, but very modern, and new. Lots of beer/food stalls, plenty of bathrooms, and a nice “press” entrance that Chris & I slipped through once we got our cool stick-on passes. The idea was to have dinner with Sarah, Chris’s girlfriend who works the catering operation for the tour, and then see the show in the stands with all those other people … the non-VIPs.
We had no chance to meet the band before the show, as they get into that band-only mindset before each show. I do hear that the lads are proper English boys, who are terribly polite to all the road crew (”Can I bother you for more orange juice?”, “Is there any tea?”), and make the on-the-road experience as easy as possible for everyone. Case in point: the buses that the road crew travel from city to city (Prague one night; Budapest the next; Vienna on the third) are completely decked out for sleeping, comfort, eating, entertainment, and easy transport. A computer hard-drive has dozens of HD movies available to play on the flat screen TVs; beer, wine and spirits are there for the wanting; munchies galore; music and dancing; strip monopoly and rooftop jacuzzies (okay, these last two are imaginative).
So Sarah collected us outside the press entrance. We went into the bowels of O2 areana, met a bunch of the crew, then went into the dining room. There we had a sheet of the day’s menu from which to choose: steak & roasted potatoes; grilled perch over rocket salad; a vegetarian dish; and something else. There were starters laid out buffet style, and fruit and pastries for dessert. I had the perch.
After we ate, and sat around shooting the breeze before “showtime”, I noticed one of the crew with a t-shirt that said “All access All the Time. Don’t Even Ask.” Now that dude was important. We made our way up to the main floor with our tickets; there was a bit of confusion in the translation between the Czech guard watching the main floor “corral” area and us trying to get close to the stage. Eventually, we figure out what he was trying to say. Here’s a rough translation: “What the fuck you want to stand with all these people for? The ticket’s you got are right next to the stage, you dumb shits.”
Me and Chris went outside, in through the turnstiles, and down to our seats. They were next to the stage on the right side, at the front end. I could have jumped the barrier and stood on stage. Chris and I took seats that weren’t ours, but we had a plan: if anyway came to “claim” the seats, we were going to flash our VIP backstage passes and shove our thumbs at the intruders: “Hit the road, Czesky! We’re with the BAND.” Fortunately, no one tried to kick us out. We were surrounded by gorgeous Czech teenage girls. Let me tell you about Czech girls: this country is filled with Little Miss Universes. Unfortunately, they’re all young enough to be my daughter, but then I’m only window shopping, right? Anyway, as the band … Coldplay … came on stage, the crowd went crazy and the party began.
Funny that I don’t really know any of the songs; I recognize them, but then the voice sort of sounds like a half-dozen other bands. You don’t get that feeling in concert though, when the spectacle, the crowd, the vibes, and the beer are all working together.
The light show centered around these giant balloons that dropped from behind the stage and over the crowd. They revolved as they projected video feeds from the inside — live feeds of the band members playing guitar, jambing the drums, singing — and had colors and other weird, psychedelic images going on as well. Very dramatic and graphic and all that.
So then me and Chris ran out for beers a few times. Two-fifty for a beer at a concert is a steal. So since when has America decided that the concessionaires would set the price for food & liquor at all sporting, concert, and fair events? In Prague, if you charge too much, there will be riots. Now that’s democracy in action, no?
I was “surprised” at how good Coldplay was, actually. I’d given up on rock & roll bands since the mid 1990s when record labels sought bands based on how closely they came to sound like the previously “best-selling” band that, of course, didn’t last, couldn’t write decent lyrics, and only were signed because the boys “fit the suit.”
Coldplay is in fact made up of quality musicians who not only play well together, but LIKE TO ENTERTAIN their audience, give a good show, and leave people with the feeling that what they had just seen was a memory worth holding.
After the show, we hit the tour bus for an apré-concert beer, then jumped in Chris’s VW cruiser van for a harrowing ride back to my Suchdol apartment using his i-Phone GPS guide. At one point we found ourself riding on tram rails up by Hradcany Castle. But all was good. We made it safely into the arms of a Canadian whiskey nightcap.
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