6 April 2006: China Club, New York, NY (Acoustic Set - WPLJ)
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Chris was very ill for the performance with a cold, congestion and throat problems…definitely did NOT want to be there, but bravo to him and Jonny for making a go of it, making us laugh and playing a few songs for the 95 of us that were there. Show started with Chris announcing he was ill, followed by a performance of Til Kingdom Come/Ring of Fire Medley.
The host of the show chose me to ask the first question during the first of three Q&A sessions (I had mentioned to her earlier that I’d be following the band to philly this evening) and asked, “Since Jonny has been singing Don’t Panic in concert lately, and you’re ill Chris, why not have Jonny sing the whole show…yeah, not as witty as I had intended.
My question might have been blown off had the very next song not been “Don’ Panic” which it was…with Jonny on lead vocals…after a line of the first verse, Chris cut him off and took over.
With his voice fading, a pair of very gutsy gals volunteered out of the audience to sing “The Hardest Part” with Chris and Jonny, and they did their best, albeit without a complete grasp of the lyrics and 100 or so fairly supportive COLDPLAY fans eyeing them.
A lengthy Q&A took place in which a NEW song was played on the fly…it was rather catchy for a “gag” song, and it was titled “Mariah Carey’s Boobs”….you had to be there I guess to get the joke. (The song musically wasn’t that bad!)
Chris, although ill, kept the humor lively and participated in the five question “Coldplay Trivia” section of the show by giving the answers to five lukcy audience members who all got signed copies of X&Y. Four out of five didn’t know the answers to the following:
1. Where did Coldplay meet? 2. X&Y is Coldplays ____album?(#) 3. What band/song inspired “Talk”. 4. How many grammy’s have Coldplay won? 5. Who played with Coldplay at the 2004 Grammy’s.
Chris helped them all out, very nice of him…
A very fine rendition of “In My Place”, the song Chris felt was easiest on him to sing, finished off the show. After a quick bow, he bolted for the door with Jonny in tow. My pics show a very sweaty Chris leaving the stage, perhaps indicative of a fever? I hope not…thus far no word on Coldplay.com about a canceled end to the tour tonight.
Not quite China Club 2003, but then again, different band and different circumstances three years later.
Setlist: (kind of)
1. Til Kingdom Come 2. Ring of Fire 3. Don’t Panic 4. The Hardest Part 5. In My Place
Cheers!
[Thanks sneezx & daphne75]
