6 December 2008: SECC, Glasgow, UK
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Setlist
- Life In Technicolor
- Violet Hill
- Clocks
- Yellow
- In My Place
- Speed Of Sound
- Chinese Sleep Chant
- 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 - Will lead vocals)
- Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
First Encore - Politik
- Lovers In Japan
- Death And All His Friends
Second 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 Glasgow. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1562
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=45471
Discussion
All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45471
Fan Reviews
All fan reviews have been submitted to us by the members of Coldplaying.com[1], unless stated otherwise.
That was one of te best shows I've ever been to! 5th time seeing them live. Twice at T, supporting U2 at Slane Castle and last time at Bellahouston Park. This was the first indoor gig so I've been looking forward to for months. When we took to our seats (section K) I noticed there was a bit boxed off in the section next to me. I was 90% certain that they would play there and they did. What a buzz!!! If I wasn't so financially tight with Xmas I would be there again on Tuesday night but I'll just have to wait for Hampden now instead. Pics & Vids ot follow but now I'm away to get some rest for Kings of Leon tomorrow. Its the Carlsberg weekend for me. They even paid a wee tribute to Travis during Green Eyes by singing 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me' in one of the lines! Nice! Have to say the oddest (and also the funniest) part of the night was the couple sat to my right who left after 6 songs. They were all tarted up. You could tell they hadn't been to a rock concert before lets put it that way. She had the fur coat and all the bling on her fingers and probably elsewhere too (I never asked lol) and was so pissed off cos folk were standing in front of her. They buggered off never to be seen again lol! Was cool cos we could move about a bit more. Who leaves a gig after 25 mins anyway?? Pair of fuds!
[kevvvy]
That was just the best I've seen them! Such a great atmosphere. Everyone was dancing and singing, really up for it. I'm just ecstatic they played Green Eyes...I won't even begin to tell you. Have sooo many videos but have pretty much broken my friend's puter trying to upload them so I'll hold off for when I get home! Chris was changing lyrics all over the joint. It's a bit of a blur....lol He said something about being away from Tunnocks Caramel Wafers compared to this song - the hardest part lol. there was a couple next to us sitting down for most of it but everyone else was up dancing and singing. Dancing in the aisles and everything....twas great!!
[fudge]
Tonight was really good. I got hand-slapped by Chris, Jon and Will when they came past me to do the acoustic bit. Would’ve handslapped Guy, but this drunk woman threw herself at him and he panicked so i thought best not to lol, but i got a smile off Jonny which was sweet. The set worked really well too. I’m a bit gutted I’m not going on tuesday but never mind. hopefully wont leave it 6 yrs again before i see them again.
[Vince]
What a fantastic night!!
The guys totally rocked. The crowd was completely up for it. The atmosphere was unbelieveable. The highlights for me were Yellow.... the whole place playing punch the massive yellow balloons back at Chris. The B stage set perform right in front of us. Lovers in Japan with thousands of luminous butterflies. The Scientist when Chris changed the words ...'Come up to Glasgow, dying to see you. Don't know how fucking awesome you are' ...superb. Not mentioned was that he sang the first verse and chorus of Take That's Back for Good. But perhaps the best thing was the crowd constantly singing the chorus from Vida La Viva even on the way to the train station....how cool is that!
[sg2006]
they never played Cemeteries of London
WHAT A NIGHT!
iv been waiting for this for so long and finally i got to see coldplay live! and boy it was wortth the wait, they were unreal last night!
every single song was played amazing.
i ran up to the front and i was so close i could see chris martins sweat running from his face!
BRING ON TUESDAY!
[Rodgers]
I was also there last night was suprised to see the center part all seating I seen Richard Ashcroft not so long ago & that was standing area.
Never the less the concert was amazing I also seen them at Bellahouston Park in July 2005 but prefered them in a small confind area.
[A9X SJ]
Media Reviews
COLDPLAY ****
SECC, GLASGOW
SO REVERED are Coldplay that they practically simply have to turn up at gigs to stoke their fans. Indeed, at times here it felt as if Chris Martin could have just knocked off early, in such good voice was his audience, to the point of almost drowningADVERTISEMENTthe singer out.
Yet this was a performance with surprising heart, soul, energy and even intimacy from a band often knocked for being expertly bland. We did get all the predictable arena rock tricks – giant balloons bouncing around during Yellow; an acoustic interlude which saw all four members appear on a podium at the back of the hall; coloured confetti falling from the ceiling come the encore.
But there were many more revelatory moments: old songs were tinkered with gleefully (God Put a Smile Upon Your Face and Talk got a ravey electronic makeover); new songs were played with a degree of heart that belied the drabness of Coldplay's fourth album Viva La Vida (or Death And All His Friends).
Martin is an endearingly hardworking and imperfect frontman live – his piano bashing was discordantly overeager at times; as the final chorus of Lovers In Japan kicked in, his vocals were way off-key, and with a frank laugh he admitted it: "F**k, I'm completely out of tune."
The show reached it's apogee following Viva La Vida, as the crowd continued to bellow the song's wordless melodic refrain long after it had finished, Martin lying prone on his back at the end of a runway, for once speechless.
Source: scotsman.com
Stomping their feet on the wooden boards.
Actually. I’m not sure they were wooden. That’s probably classed as a fire hazard. There was plenty of stomping on metal bars though. Fantastic atmosphere tonight. The Scots came out to party in Glasgow’s SECC. Coldplay were the life and soul. Soon enough the whole room was all, sort of.. yellow.
Tonight’s surprise was a bunch of yellow balloons, which the band kicked out onto the crowd at the beginning of that song. It was a great sight. I’m always facinated to watch people’s reaction when something like this happens. Some people completely stop watching the show, and concentrate every part of their body, on trying to touch one of those balloons. Then there are others, who don’t seem too fussed, and keep getting hit on the head by them, as they drift down. I saw one boy leaving the venue proudly clinging to his balloon. I guess it will proudly sit in his room, as a reminder, until it wrinkles and shrinks to little more than a yellow shower cap.
It went off in there tonight. The chanting and singing started with the first verse of ‘Violet Hill’, and went on well after the band had left the stage. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about returning to the same venue next Tuesday.. but i’m actually quite looking forward to it now. It was like the crowd had carried on singing after the Saturday football had finished earlier. I was happy to join them, because my team even won today!
Our brilliant 12 Oxfam volunteers set a new record again tonight. The Scottish record! It may be the first show in Scotland, but it still counts.. 805 more people have made the Health and Education For All pledge[2]. Great stuff. Well done to all of them. Thank you for giving Oxfam your time, and for coming along to join in with the stomping too. The volume really went up, when the band started clapping at the beginning of ‘Strawberry Swing’. Imagine if every one of the people at the show, put on an Oxjam gig [3] to raise money for Oxfam, by making some noise. It could be something pretty noisy.. erm.. I mean.. special.
We’re off to Liverpool tonight. Seems like a while since we have played two cities back to back. Through the window of this little office behind the stage, I can see the Stage Trucks reversing in, to be loaded full of cases. I’d better go and check that the Oxfam case makes it’s way on there. Pete
http://www.oxfamblogs.org/coldplay/?p=125
It's the stuff dreams are made of... one of the biggest musical superstars of this generation walks over to you at a concert packed with 10,000 screaming fans and hands you one of his personal possessions.
But for nine-year-old Euan Bruce, it’s a reality. The Ayr Grammar pupil couldn’t believe his luck when his hero Chris Martin clocked him sitting in the front row of Coldplay’s sell-out gig at the SECC last Saturday night. And before he left the stage, the singer songwriter walked over to Euan and handed him the harmonica he had been playing throughout the gig.
Euan’s thrilled mum Gillian told Ayrshire Post: “We couldn’t believe it. We were sitting at what we thought was the back of the floored seating area, but there was a small stage behind us and Coldplay came on to that stage to perform a couple of songs at the start of the concert. “We could see Chris Martin really staring at Euan when he came on to the stage. Then before they left he came over and handed the harmonica to him. Lots of people were trying to grab it so Chris pulled it back before placing it firmly in Euan’s hand.”
Starstruck Euan was speechless at the big-hearted gesture. Gillian continued: “He fell asleep on the way home clutching the harmonica, it was so sweet. But he hasn’t told any of his friends about it at school, Euan is really shy and has kept it to himself – I’ve been telling everyone though!”
Music daft Euan rates Coldplay, Snow Patrol and The Proclaimers as his favourite bands. He’s started guitar lessons and is learning to play the drums - and it’s only a matter of time before he’s mastered the harmonica too.
And what does Euan want to be when he grows up? A singer songwriter like his new pal Chris Martin of course.
Source: Ayrshire Post
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