4 June 2009: Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

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Videos

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I just got back home, the show is incredible and it was the same setlist. I was on the C-stage where they play The hardest part/postcards from far away. It was a dream come true seeing them like that. Between the 2 songs I screamed "I love you Chris" and he smiled at it and everyone at the C-stage laughed at me. I saw Coldplay live several times already and I'm always amazed by these guys. Viva La Coldplay

[macky]

Ok! Having just got back a little bit ago, my mind is STILL reeling from what I just saw! Setlist is more than likely the same from previous nights. I sat at the left side of the stage, FIRST ROW! I was so close that when they came down the steps to go to C-Stage I could smell them! They smelled pretty good! Like some kind of mint incense. There was a little girl about 8 or 9 in the seat right next to me, and when the guys came down, I put out my hand and she put out her hands. As Chris saw her, he took both her hands and said something to the effect of "hiya sweetheart!" Chris was pretty funny tonight! Referencing Cincinnati, the Reds/Cardinals series, Bootsy Collins and James Brown! I've never been so close in my life! You could how much they loved playing! Chris got us all to do the very first (from what he could tell) Mexican cell phone wave Halfway through, I caught a Mr. Phil Harvey right next to me! So I snapped a pic as he was only there for a few seconds. The audience was better than I've ever heard a Coldplay audience! We were loud, sang our hearts out and Chris said that it takes alot to impress them nowadays but we managed to do it (then he added "I bet you tell all the audiences that!") It was Pete Yorn's last show and he did really well. Alot of people seemed to know all the songs. Howling Bells held their own and probably gained a bunch of new fans (me and my wife included) THE best concert I've ever been too! One of the BEST nights of my life! Sorry if this is everywhere, but the whole night is a blur and I'm trying to add pics! I'm sure someone else to have a better detailed review than I.

[kmm1482]

When Coldplay was on their B stage on the other side of the crowd, I tried to go over there and security stopped me. They also stopped me again at the end of the show when I tried to go down to the stage for a picture. Also, two security ppl on bicycles in the parking lot came up to me twice and told me to go get in line or leave because there was no loitering, even though I was waiting on for my friends, so I wasn't happy with that. Coldplay came out through the crowd twice to perform on their B and C stages. The first time was on the opposite side, but the second time they came right up through our section, so I ran over and threw my hand out for a high five, didnt get one but I managed to tap Chris' arm as he ran by. Also, I had no problem getting a copy of the LeftRightLeftRightLeft cd, and I waited for the crowds to thin out to leave.

[timsalmons1982]

Hi Everyone! I drove four hours from Northeast Ohio to go to the concert with some cousins and a friend yesterday and just got back.

Now, I will say this, we got there at about 7ish. I went to the Cleveland show in the fall and was blown away as always (my third show overall was Cincy) having had a seat next to the left catwalk.

So to spare you, I split my review into two sections:

RIVERBEND REVIEW:

This concert I settled for lawn seats because I didn't want to force my cousins to pay too much either -- but I kind of regretted that decision.

Riverbend is a cool facility but we had to stand along the right railing (where pavilion ticket holders enter) for over four hours because the lawn was shielded by these enormously large rail/pillar/support things. Stupidest design ever -- kills a lot of views.

Also, we sat at a standstill at the end of the concert in the parking lot from 11:00pm until 12:10am before we got out of there.

You'd think the people who run Riverbend would have figured it out by now...

Finally, there were a lot of drunk and overly drunk people there and also waay too much cigarette smoke but that's not necessarily Riverbend's fault. I saw one guy who had to be taken out in a wheel chair because he was so drunk -- and the concert hadn't even started.

One final complaint. The crowd tonight at first seemed to be pretty lackluster -- for example, I was EXTREMELY disappointed that there was no Cell phone glowsticks during the Viva La Vida Remix -- even quiet ol' Cleveland did that. It was as if the crowd lived under rock because they even had video playing on the stage during that time with glowsticks being waved...

But, in the end, they redeemed themselves when we all started doing the Viva la Vida chant for the bands final Encore.

I honestly was fooled and thought they were done, but BOY did we chant.

Coldplay:

I was really excited for the show because I had seen them in Cleveland in the fall and knew that I could appreciate it more this time and even look for a few surprises.

They really did not disappoint. I was really excited to see Glass of Water make an appearance as well as The Neil Diamond cover... Chris seemed extremely playful tonight and I noticed that he was changing a lot of the lyrics in the songs (either on purpose or just forgetting).

At one point he said, "Someone told me the Cardinals beat the Reds -- but I don't know what the f--- that means..."

Pretty classic Chris right there.

I don't know why, but this night really grew on me. At first I felt disappointed in Cincinnati -- like we were letting Chris down, but at the end when he complimented us, it was really redeeming and felt good.

It was also different for me because I feel like I worked just as hard as the band. I stood for three plus hours -- cheered and sang my head off and was hanging on every word. So everytime he gave us props out on the lawn -- I really appreciated it.

Coldplay continues to put on the best show in the industry and it helps that they are a BRILLIANT band with a KILLER line-up.

[Piano Evan]

Hello there! Been awhile since I've posted 'round here. Lovely to see some familiar faces from when the album was dropping

Anywhooo, I was at the concert last night. Lawn seats. RIGHT in front of the acoustic set.

I attended the Cleveland show last fall and, aside from this show being better in some ways, the boys absolutely made my night when they showed up on the lawn to play for us.

And they played Green Eyes during the set. Amazing.

As for the rest of the show, the whole band was phenomenal. Chris was bouncing around like a mad man. He only played a few sour notes, but made up for it with The Hardest Part and Post Cards, both played beautifully. I can't remember exactly which song it was, but at the end of it he hit this ridiculously loud and straining high note that was held for at least 10-15 seconds. And then collapsed over the keys. The man is incredible. Will's drumming was perfect and powerful (especially on Yellow, the tempo speed-up was awesome). Jonny was adding some KILLER improv to his big guitar riffs, definitely more stand-out than the Cleveland show. And Guy was pretty much the only sane one on stage haha. During "I'm A Believer" Chris had a little crowd-involved section where he was asking everyone if they were in love. So when he gets to Guy he goes, "Guy Berryman, the only memeber of Coldplay most likely to be in a boy band, are you in love?" haha and of course we all lost it...

The crowd was actually A LOT better than I had anticipated, minus a couple let downs. Viva's "oh oo oh oh ohhh" part was freakin' killer. My only bummer was that we couldn't get the cell phone arm swaying going durning the VLV techno mix! It was so cool at Quicken Loans arena, like dancing stars...

And then of course only like three people around me joined in on Green Eyes last night so I don't know whether to feel proud of that or bummed that almost NO ONE got excited about that song haha

[eFlat]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Coldplay Concert Recap:

THE GOOD

The concert was kick ass for lack of a better description. Though my husband and I agree we liked the venue in Kansas City, where we first saw Colplay, much better, it was fun to be back in familiar territory at Riverbend Music Center. My husband and I have been here many times over the years for a variety of concerts - all day music festivals like Lollapalooza and Lilith Fair; the Cincinnati Pops and a variety of our other favorite bands.

We have NEVER seen the place as packed as it was last night. To quote a friend who sent me an instant message that said "Are you in the compound yet? Where are you? We are in this cluster fuct of people and the masses! LOL" I was thankful we spent money for Pavillion seats. MG and I chuckled because the pavillion was mostly full of the over 40 crowd and families. We decided that was for two reasons: 1. the old farts can't handle sitting on the ground without a seat back to lean against and 2. the younger crowd can't fork out the $$ for pavillion seats. Two concert tickets for us were well over $200 and we bought the "cheap" seats. Add to that our drinks and six hours of childcare and it adds up to quite a tab. (I realize you east and west coasters are probably thinking we got a great deal, but here in little ol' SW Ohio where the cost of living is good...well, you get the picture!) I can say this, the next time I see them, I will be forking out the money for the even better seats.

There is one thing for sure. Coldplay LOVES to put on a concert. They seem to genuinely have fun and they interact a lot with the fans. They had two different "small" stages set up right IN the crowd. The one was about ten rows in front of us, which was great. The other was out in the lawn with the "cluster fuct of people and the masses." So cool. When we saw them in KC, Chris Martin came right into the audience, almost within touching distance for me and found an empty seat, got up on it and kept right on singing. The fact that he was within touching distance of me and I cannot link you to an article or police report about some crazy fan tackling him to the ground to smother him with kisses is quite an accomplishment for me! I would do him in a minute. For that matter, I would probably do Gwyneth (for anyone unawares, Chris Martin is married to Gwyneth Paltrow) in a minute, too. I kept hoping I would run into her last night.

There were tons of families there. Lots of dads and daughters. And I mean 40-50 something men with their 8-13 year old daughters, not 60 something year old Sugar Daddies with their 20 something babes! I am thankful, though, none of those families sat near us. Lots of moms and sons. The age range for the concert goers literally ranged from about 3 yrs. old to late 60's. I saw a couple of women who really could have been my mother!

There were so many good looking people at this concert. And I saw someone who looked like Wes from The Bachelorette. He was with some blonde hottie, so we can all rest easily knowing that Jillian boots him off the show at some point.

So that's the good.

THE BAD

While there were lots of beautiful people to look at and admire, there is always the other end of the spectrum. My husband and I cracked up when we saw a balding man with a mullet walking around. Really? Don't people know that neither of those hairstyles is attractive and he is combining the two? My husband called it the "combover mullet." After laughing and making jokes, about 15 minutes later that man sat right in front of us with his girlfriend! I could KICK MYSELF for not having my phone with the camera on it. I tried to get the guy next to me to take a picture and e-mail it but by the time he got done taking his own pictures and videos, the combover mullet left. Just picture this with long stringy hair going down the back and add a bald spot at the crown. Oooohhhh.

THE UGLY

We had a blast. Concert over, we get to our car and the parking lot is not moving a bit. So what's one to do while just sitting there in a parking spot that you can't move from? My BFF will know what I am about to type, but for the rest of you, I will tell you. A little hanky panky in the back of the minivan. Stow and go seats were the best thing ever invented for mini-vans. I would have been quite embarrassed to have had to toss the back bench seat out of the back of the van into the parking lot. I'll leave out the details of me trying to find a private spot in the mass of cars to piss. I really needed this.

If you were hoping for a recap of the Howling Bells or Pete Yorn, I can say this. They were both good, though the Howling Bells only played for a 1/2 hour and we missed a good part of it. I don't know a ton about Pete Yorn and am only vaguely familiar with him and his music. He has only been on tour with Colplay for two weeks and last night was his last show. He is probably better to see in a much smaller venue/setting.

http://dailyinfluences.blogspot.com

What an amazing night! I got there around 6:30, but was extremely frustrated to learn that the lawn chairs had to be a certain height (I had lawn seats.) Me and my friend had to walk back to our car, and get something to put on the ground. That was the only negative thing about the night, though; we got inside around 6:45, and I bought drinks and a t-shirt.

I was really impressed with the Howling Bells. I had never heard their music before (or Pete Yorn), but I've since bought both their albums. They remind me a little of Radiohead, although with a female vocalist. Pete Yorn...yawn. Sorry Pete Yorn fans, I was completely unimpressed with this act. I didn't like it at all, and I was waiting for it to be over so Coldplay could go on. Coldplay started around 9, and at first I didn't realize they were starting, until the crowd started to cheer. Life in Technicolor was a fantastic opener, and I was completely blown away by Violet Hill and Glass Of Water. I really loved the version of God Put A Smile On Your Face that they did, I've never heard it done that way before, and I thought the strobe lights effects were really cool. The best part of the night was when the band came out on the lawn, and did a short acoustic set. I was having trouble seeing them before, but when they came up it was like I was sitting in the regular seats. The boyband and 'are you in love' parts cracked me up, and I loved it when Chris started the cell phone wave (that I participated in, too.)

I was really grateful that Chris acknowledged Cincinnati at the end, plus he dropped so many parts into songs about Cincinnati. I was just expecting one or two, but he did it quite a few times (like someone else said, I'm not sure if that was intentional or not.) The high note he held at the end of one of the songs was incredible! For a second, he seemed out of breath, and then he belted that note out.

I also thought the other people in the crowd were great. There was a bit too much drinking (I saw this older woman, in her 50s, falling down drunk a few feet up from me), but overall everyone participated and was enthusiastic. I sort of wish I had been up in the front, though, when they dropped all those butterflies. Last night just proved to me how nice all of the band members are (even my friend, who didn't know much about Coldplay before last night, said that they seemed like a bunch of nice guys), and reaffirmed why Coldplay is the best band in the world right now. Last night was my first concert, but I can't wait to see them live again.

[shipoffools]

Media Reviews

It had always made sense to think of Coldplay’s Chris Martin as a new-age Bono – both are skilled in crafting big, sweeping modern-rock anthems. As lyricists they differ. Martin goes for the sensitive-guy routine more than the U2 front man.

There’s a comparison that might work even better, and Martin himself, perhaps unaware of the connection, gave the clue during the British band’s Thursday-night show at Riverbend. When he and his band did a version of “I’m a Believer,” it was clear. No, not that Coldplay are the Monkees to Radiohead’s Beatles. Somebody crueler can say that. It’s that Martin is a modern-day version of the guy who wrote “I’m a Believer,” Neil Diamond. Each has his look (a jumpsuit for Neil, fake military jackets for Chris), each errs on the side of schmaltz as a songwriter, each has about 50 million female fans who swear by him.

And – most important as it pertains to a live performance – Martin, like Diamond, is all about being an entertainer. A big crowd, short of a sellout, was able to see Martin go all out. He was prancing on the stage. He collapsed at the end of a song in feigned exhaustion. He sat at his piano, getting all sensitive with it, hitting a final note in full throat, with a video shot right on cue zooming in on a bulging neck vein. Oh, the intensity. That sort of melodrama was balanced out with a few actual quality rock songs; lots of high-end production in terms of lights, lasers and sundries; and personalized “unplugged” moments.

The band – Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion – left the main stage to play a pair of mini-sets, one on a stage that was roughly 12 feet by 8 feet on the “house-right” side of the pavilion, the other on an even smaller stage at the front-and-center position on the lawn. On the lawn stage Martin sang “I’m a Believer” and an impromptu blues song with the line “I don’t know but someone said, the Cardinals got beat by the Reds.” The crowd cheered, and St. Louis beat the Reds 3-1 Thursday night.

http://news.cincinnati.com

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