19 September 2008: Spectrum, Oslo, Norway
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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 - Hunting High and Low (Chris singing with Magne Furuholmen from 'Aha' playing piano)
- Yellow
- The Escapist
Photos
Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Oslo. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1530
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=45583
Discussion
All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45583
Fan Reviews
All fan reviews have been submitted to us by the members of Coldplaying.com[1], unless stated otherwise.
Ok, so here goes again! I couldn’t sleep tonight, I was actually dreaming about the concert, so I woke up at 8 am. So I thought, what the hell, I’ll just write this .
I was the first one waiting outside at 11 am. I know, very early but damn it was worth it. We open the doors at 6.45 and I was of course the one of the first people to get in, and there was a spot right in front of the stage on the left side, so I ran towards that spot and I got it! I saw the guitar thingy that was on the floor, so I knew that Jonnyboy is going to stand right in front of me! And we all know how Chris and Jonny are!
So 19.45 – Albert and his band came on! They were kind of good, it could have been worse you know. And is it only me or does he look like Borat?! Lol, anyway they were good, and they played for like 35 minutes or something. And so we had to wait for 25-30 min again, so they could fix all the stuff before Coldplay came on. And then..
20.35 – COLDPLAY!!
LiT – Ah, when that came one I was just.. I don’t know how to describe it, but I was in a happy place. I LOVE LiT, and it was soo amazing live! And I was blown away when JONNY BUCKLAND was standing right in front of me.
Violet Hill – So good song, it was great, the guitar solo was just awesome! I love it when Chris goes all crazy.
Clocks – OMG, I was so amazed by the lazer show here, it was amazing, but the performance here was even better. I mean Clocks is ALWAYS great live, and so it was last night as well!
In My Place – Chris-going-crazy-song! Awesome, just awesome! Chris was just running all over the place, having the time of his life and singing great at the same time. As were the crowd, although the singing wasn’t that good in the crowd . Amazing performance.
Speed of Sound – Wow, I love SOS, but I love it even more now! And it was so freaking good, I don’t really know what to say about it! But I love SOS now very much!
Cemeteries of London – Yaaj, they played it here too! And it was, WOW!!! First time I ever heard it live (I haven’t seen any of the live videos from the other concerts), and just WOW, so great! And the La la la la la la laay’s was awesome!
Chinese Sleep Chant – I don’t actually like CSC, but last night I was just blown away by it. It was so cool, so strong, and amazing, and it was LIVE, great ,great, great! And now I officially love CSC. Wow.
42 – Oh, God 42 man! I love 42 live, and when I heard it live LIVE, I was amazed, it’s sound so difficult to play, but it was amazing, great moment. One of the songs I’ve been waiting to hear!
Fix You – Speechless, just speechless. I was seriously standing there and thinking, wow I am actually seeing and hearing Fix You live, couldn’t be better. I love it when Chris is “loading” up at the end, and his body just explodes, awesome. Amazing!
Strawberry Swing – SS WAS AWESOME! Another song, I’ve been waiting for, never heard it live so I was, gaah, blown away by this song! I the people beside me was pushing me all the time, so when this song came on, I could finally see Chris better as well, because it was a camera on the right side, so I couldn’t see him all the time. So, now the went to the right side of the stage, damn, so I didn’t see much, but they played:
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face – before Chris started singing this song he told us that he had a whole in is pants, haha! And that he couldn’t show us his legs, because English legs are so ugly, compared to Norwegian legs. He is so funny! Back to the song, it was kind of weird hearing GPASUYF in that kind of version, but I did like it . It was very catchy! Suddenly they started to play..
Talk – And that was so cool! I wish they played more of it, I love Talk! But I am just happy the played little of it, it was good.
The Hardest Part – Aww, this was so nice! The whole crowd was so quiet and for one just listened to the song, it was amazing, I’m so glad they played it, and it’s even better live than on the CD!
Postcards From Far Away – I knew right from the beginning it was this song, and t was so beautiful, I could feel my eyes almost tearing up(But they didn’t )! Beautiful, I hope it’s on the EP. And then the went back to the main stage and blew as away with..
Viva La Vida – OMG, VIVAAA! It was FABULOUS! When we sang the choir thing, I went crazy man, oh it was just amazing! I can’t believe how good it is live. And at the end, we continued to sing the choir again, and it was awesome! Chris just layed down on the stage and to a “backflip”, haha my friend has a great pictures of it I’m going to ask him if he can send it!
Lost! – Crazy-awesome-hip-hop-dancing-Chris! I know I’ve been saying amazing a lot, but damn this was amazing too, crazy stuff man! They left the main stage again, and got up to the people that were sitting, so nice of them! The played..
The Scientist – THE freaking SCIENTIST! And with guitar, first time I hear that good acoustic! I was, WOW, it was just so freaking good! I got it all on video, not good quality, but it was worth it! One of the songs that I remember really good.
Death Will Never Conquer – Will, aww, he was soo good and cute! He has a really good voice man! Surprisingly , few people knew the song, kind of disappointing, but Will did a great job.
Viva La Vida(remix) – Ah, I remember every time I read that this song was on the set-list I was thought it was a stupid techno remix or something, but when I heard it, wow awesome song, everyone was singing along, and when the text came, haha we started to sing, and then it repeated itself, so everyone was suddenly singing the wrong word, haha.
Politik – The ONE song I wanted them to add the most, and they did, THANK YOU!!! I was speechless, when they began, I.. still don’t have words to it, it was WOW!
Lovers In Japan – Yaaj, butterfly confetti! LIJ was awesome, got kind of caught up trying to catch some confetti though, but it was lovely, great moment.
Death and All His Friends – When the played this I was like, crap one of the last songs! But it was so great, the last part of the song just, it took off man, amazing! They thanked us for being with them, and then they left .
But, then Chris came back, yaaj! And he said that one of their favorite bands are from Norway, so they had a little treat for us and then Magne Furuholmen came on! So sweet of them to do this for us! Magne played the piano and Chris sang..
Hunting High and Low - So amazing, I think it was great that they also played a song that was their own song. Chris sang it so well, and was so cute standing on the other side and leaning on the piano while singing. Suddenly, the whole band came one and played..
Yellow – OH MY GOD! Right before they started to play, I was screaming, THEY ARE PLAYING YELLOW! And everyone was blown away! It was soo good ,good, good! Couldn’t have been better!!
When the song was done, it was all over, the clapped and thanked us again, and left, and The Ecapist was playing as well, but it was all over, no more Coldplay. All in all, this was surely the best day of my life. I’ve been to the most awesome footballmatches, met my favorite player and everything, one of the best days of my life as well, but music to me is something really special, as for all of you guys. And to see my favorite band live, standing just a few meters in front of me was indescribable.I can’t describe how thankful I am for getting those tickets, and I am so thankful that Coldplay even bothered to come to Norway, and set up a show like that. The show could not have been better, it was, wow.
Hope I summed it up well for you guys, I’m not that good at this kind of stuff so, but I tried! I have some videos, as I told you I'm going to upload them and put them here!
[CPRani]
I went to the amazing, amazing, concert yesterday, and am still high on Coldplay this morning. I didn't have the best place to stand, as I didn't wait before the concert, -I stood on the side of the stage, but could see everything well, and got a bit shock when suddenly the whole band walked straight infront of me(a meter)(!) to run up and play The Scientist for the people who were seated. The concert was so detailed, -the big video balls hanging from the ceiling was perfect to focus your eyes on when you just wanted to get lost in the live music. The big live screens were all placed high up in the ceiling, behind the standing crowd, so we could just focus on Coldplay, and not the filmed version. The butterflies falling from the ceiling got everybody so excited, -it was just a bit celebration of live, I feel. And with 'Viva la Vida' I guess that's kind of their goal.
But a small question, during "Lovers in Japan" they played a video on the big "carpet" behind them named "Haiku" and it's a video haiku kind of with lots of clips that is carefully put together; soldiers marching, a magician from the old days, a guy blowing smoke circles out of his mouth and inhaling it throgh his nose. It was so well made, but I wanted to focus on the show and the band, so my question is..have any of you come across the video, or know where I could find it?
And, we got "Hunting High and Low" you guys. I went to see Coldplay when they were here in 2005 and I was blown away, but this time it was just a gazillion times better.
[la mariana]
One of two screens and one of 5 balls. The videoscreens where perfect for us at the sides.
The balls was beautifully lit with patters, lights, videos etc.
I am sitting here wondering to myself: “What is it with Coldplay live?”….
In 2003 I saw Coldplay live at the Quart festival in Kristiansand. I had never seen them live, and quite liked their music, so I was a bit excited. I was no huge fan, but a fan. Oh MAN! They blew me away! I was totally Coldplay-hyped for a great time after.
Now 5 years have passed and still remember that the concert was great and still have their albums and like their songs but it was back to ok. They are good, but what’s all the fuzz about.. That kind of feeling. By a very lucky furn of events I got to go and see them in Oslo Spectrum tonight. I wasen’t even keen enough to sit in line and wait for the tickets when they were first sold, so I wasn’t that crazy about it. Since then though I have listened to the new album a lot (as you can tell from this blogg) and I really liked a lot of it. So when my friend called today and asked if I wanted to come, I said: “Yes!! Please!!”.
I was feeling like a cold was coming on so I put on practical clothes and thought that I might have to sit down for time to time, so I was actually quite happy when I found out that the tickets where to seats not to stand in front of the stage. I like the new record, but not THAT much, it would be ok to sit.
So we found our seats quite high up and at the side of the stage but the good thing was that the stage was open so we could see all from the side. Excitedly we waited and tried not to fall of the seats and into the great beyond. That is steap.
Anyways, finally they came on. And my oh my…. They started the whole show playing “And den schönen blauen Donau”. Just that is quite amazing. And then it all started. Dear lord.. that Chris Martin, he knows how to hold an audience going… Even though I was that far away I could almost feel his presece. He sprints around stage, talks and screams and waves and might be the only man I have ever seen (except Bono maybe) who can make 8000 clapp just by looking at them and stop… “It’s nice clapping but stricktly not necissery” I don’t know. It’s hard to describe. There is some kind of magic. You get sucked into it. I kind of get how people can become cult members. When Chris Marting tells you to sing, you sing! I think this clip from Oslo in 2005 says a lot:
During the whole Quart show, Chris actually spoke only Norwegian. It was amazing. Tonight he just kept talking about how sorry he was for not talking Norwegian, very sweet. His love of Norway at least seams genuine, though you have a sneaking suspision that he might have “other lovers” or rather “a different lover” each night. It just seams like he love the audiences and love being on stage. Even though if he said: “Ah you are the Norweigans, the great singers!”.
As the concert progressed on they moved out to an “island” in the middle of the audience and did a techno version kind of thing of “God put a smile upon your face” and “Talk”. Then they moved up into the seated audience and played a few songs from there. Chris saying how sorry he is for not being able to play harmonica the way he should. Sounded quite good though. He also actually showed that he is a quite good piano player. He did some wonderful classical stuff between songs.
At the end they showered the audience with confetti and by then we just keeps standing and clapping ans screaming oohohooooooooooo… ohohoooooh (As in Viva La Vida) after doing that for a few minutes Chris returned with Magne Furuholmen of A-ha explaing what a huge A-ha fan they are and Mags played piano while Chris sang. Amazing. The whole concert ended with an amazing version of Yellow. I am really glad they didn’t do a lot of the old songs though and did all the more rocked one and a lot of the new ones I almost wanted to sing “hoooow long must she wait for iiit” when we reached the refrain of Yellow though. Those two songs must be very similar somehow.
All in all… It was amazing. The lights and show as a whole was also very very great. And the rest of the band was of course amazing to, but they are kind of just being shadowed by mister Martin. Oh, he got a big hole in his pants by the way. “You Norwegians have such nice legs, this could be fatal, you don’t want to see our legs, trust me”.
Sigh.
http://heleneshome.blogspot.com/
Coldplay heated Oslo
Friday night was the British group Coldplay in the stars on stage in Oslo Spektrum.
This is the third time the band, with lead singer Chris Martin in the lead, fills the Spectrum. The concert is regarded as one of the largest in Canada this fall - and the tickets were torn away in under an hour.
Coldplay was formed in London in 1997 by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion.
In 2000, their first album, Parachutes, launched to great joy critics. The album went straight into the 1 place in the United Kingdom, and where it was left in 33 weeks. Since it has only been one way for the band - up.
The band has sold over 30 million albums.
Get you a taste of the gig in the window at the top.
http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/article2233111.ece
Coldplay i Oslo Sektrum
Sjarmøretappe! På en god måte.
Redaksjonen registrerer at noen av de store og toneangivende(?) avisene i landet er ganske avmålt i forhold til Coldplays innsats i Oslo Spektrum, fredag kveld. Vi mener at hvis Side2s anmelder ikke en gang klarer å få med seg at “a-has solide tolkning av ‘Hunting High and Low’ var akkompagnert av Magne Furuholmen på piano, nei da kan de heller gå på fest med Waschera-redaksjonen.
Vi tør påstå at veldig få gikk skuffede ut fra Spektrum fredag kveld. Om så må det ha vært skuffelse fordi det var over. Alle publikumsflørt-klisjeene i boka ble trukket frem og regissert på en slik måte at det funker som bare juling. Vi nevner i fleng:
- Forsvinne fra scenen for å så dukke opp på sittetribunen for å spille et par låter der. - Konfetti. - Prøve seg på noen norske strofer som ‘tusen takk Norge’. - Spille en A-ha-låt. - Få Magne Furuholmen til å spille piano på A-ha-låten. - Konfetti. - Mimeleken med de publikummerne som muligens hadde de dårligste plassene. - Takke ærbødig og oppriktig(?) for at publikum gadd å bruke fredagskvelden med bandet. - Finfint lys-/videoshow. - Spille tre låter ute på en av de to “utstikkerne” som et slags lite show i showet. - Løpe over på den andre utstikkeren og hoppe og danse for å gjøre opp for skuffelsen over at forrige punkt ble gjort på andre siden. - Konfetti.
Med nydelige versjoner av ‘Fix You’, ‘In My Place’ og ‘Viva La Vida’ hvor publikum antakelig sang mer enn Martin selv etterfulgt av ståpels-frembringende varianter av ‘Clocks’, ‘Lovers in Japan’ og selvfølgelig ‘Yellow’ som rundet av kvelden, ja da var liksom alt greit. Man kan diskutere regien, man kan diskutere klisjeene, men ærlig talt - dette må da ha vært en sinnsykt bra konsert undertegnede og 9699 andre var vitne til?
Vi mener det.
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Leg charmer! On a good way.
Editorial noted that some of the store and the prefect match (?) Newspapers in the country is quite avmålt in relation to the Cold Plays stake in the Oslo Spektrum, Friday night. We believe that if Side2s anmelder not even manage to get to him that "has a solid interpretation of 'Hunting High and Low' was accompanied by Magne Furuholmen on the piano, no, they can also go to a party with Waschera-editors.
We dare say that very few were disappointing from the Spectrum Friday night. If so it must have been a disappointment because it was over. All public flirtation-clichés in the book were drawn up and directed in such a way that it works out that only a beating. We mention in fleng:
- Disappear from the stage to so appear on their grandstand to play a couple songs there. - Konfetti. - The trial in a Norwegian strofer as' thank you Canada '. - Playing an A-ha-song. - Get Magne Furuholmen to play piano on the A-ha-song. - Konfetti. - Mime Leken with the publikummerne possibly had the worst seats. - Thank you reverently and honest (?) For the public to use gadd Dance with the band. - Finfint lys-/videoshow. - Playing three songs out on one of the two "Utstikker buyers" as a kind of small show in the show. - Run over on the other utstikkeren and jump and dance to make up for the disappointment of that last point was made on the other side. - Konfetti.
With beautiful versions of 'Fix You', 'In My Place' and 'Viva La Vida' where the audience probably sang more than Martin himself followed by ståpels-up bringing variations of 'Clock', 'Lovers in Japan' and of course, 'Yellow' as rounded the evening, then was like everything all right. One can discuss auspices, to discuss clichés, but honestly speaking - this should have been an insanely good concert signed in 9699 and the second witnessing?
We think so.
http://www.morgenutgaven.com/2008/09...oslo-spektrum/
Varmt av Coldplay
2 hours since Coldplay took the stage, yet have not the biggest Manager written as much as a small note that they have had even the concert. I can tell that Coldplay delivered the goods as to the degree. And to the Norwegian public to feel a little more special, covret Chris Martin with former Aha member Magne Furuholmen High and Low. A worthy sentence, for a very good concert!
Those who met up on the Spectrum scene last night was, among other things, hear Strawberry Swing, Violent Hill, Politik, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, Lovers In Japan and Yellow. And as a perfect encore had Chris Martin got hold of Magne Furuholmen to implement låta High and Low. This was done as a gesture and tribute to the group Aha, because of their importance to the singer Martin.
Guy, Johnny, Will and Chris really achieve what I had come to see. I do not feel I paid a dollar for much either. For a big fan as myself, it was really fun to see the band live. My highlight was undoubtedly when the group played Lovers In Japan, where they spin the film on the large canvas on stage. So I must say that I really liked with no extra Magne Furuholmen.
The group also took the time to flirt a bit with the audience when they took a trip up on its grandstand and brought forward two songs middle among the public. Up there I think my pulse rose pretty dramatically in a few minutes!
In ca. 2 hours entertained the group met up with a good mix of old and new songs. And the only song that was lacking was the bonus track on their latest album Viva La vida, nemelig How You See The World.
The concert was absolutely to the expectations and will abide in the series of large cultural experiences.
http://svpaul.wordpress.com/2008/09/...t-av-coldplay/
Media Reviews
Coldplay does not disappoint.
Coldplay
Oslo Spektrum
The audience: 9700 (full house)
Chris Martin and his Coldplay will not be accused of keeping the fans on the pine bench. After a right fit grandiose opening with classical music when they go on stage and subsequent instrumentallåt, served as smoothly four of the Band’s greatest hits out along, including great versions of “Speed Of Sound” and (very best) “In My Place “.
Perhaps it is deliberate tactic to ensure that the good mood Friday in a full set Oslo Spektrum not dwindle away, but I doubt. From the first tone bejubles namely every movement the four pale Britons do on stage. Chris Martin virre around and switching between piano, guitar and frontfigur posering with just the microphone. Often, he visited all three within the same song. The sound is surprisingly good at the Oslo Spektrum to be, and most later to go on the rails.
- Thank you for spending your friday night with us. If we put you in a good mood, we’ll be pretty happy, “said Martin after the induction show Hitparade.
Thank you, Chris. But the next knippe songs, almost chemical-free for hitmateriale, can do almost destroying the impressive start. As Nils Johan Semb said it would:
Bunnivået to Coldplay is too low! For each “Clock” also served a generic album cuts without any memorable melody lines. It is almost unfair to compare their låtutvalget with veterans such as REM and U2, but it is still noticeably that Coldplay still have some distance to go before they reach the same level as the stadium rockere.
Along with U2 is just Coldplay perhaps the world’s largest guitar band. But where the Irish veterans have a pompous world-politician with Napoleon complexes that frontfigur, is Chris Martin’s geeky and gentle appearance clearly an easier pill to swallow.
It does not mean that Mr Martin is the perfect frontfigur. Yes, he sings with great interest and great innlevelse. But after a few songs beginning Monday to miss a little sting. We served no goose bumps up call last moment of sudden fury à la Kurt Cobain version of “Where Did You Sleep Last Night.” Proft and nicely, but also pretty boring.
Fortunately, it takes up halfway. The whole band moves on the left flank of the stage, which transformed into a mini-catching scene in Oslo Spektrum. Drummer Will Champion player standing on the electric drums in the Coldplay take us on a medley of Tunes, including a roaring tough version of “God Put A Smile Upon Your Face.”
Towards the end we get an insolent Canada Friend-flirtation with a solid interpretation of a has-”Hunting High And Low.” When they like by creating mass allsang with breakthrough hiten “Yellow”, can herrene Martin, Buckland, Berryman and Champion take the evening with good conscience.
Piece of pie or even more.
When Coldplay visited Spectrum.
Even Coldplay played up to dance in Oslo Spektrum ikveld. Large stas!
The undersigned was hired in as a substitute in the photo department, “and I was not particularly high in the Hat, among men with larger lenses than the star looking sent to NASA. Better was not when Chris, with the result, had his feet well planted half kilometer from us with a photo pass. The mood was lighter moldy among press photographers, for a decent picture of the British was difficult to oppdrive even for those with the greatest objective. It was great “hårfeste to the audience in front of you” factor in the spectrum ikveld, in other words.
But I will not spread any kind of bad mood. Coldplay is an experience anyway. Just a shame that the 15 seconds Mr. Martin was so close that I could take and feel for him, I got acute anxiety, semi-Parkinson and perform and turn off the camera. Sweet!
But aLikevel when Coldplay invite to the party they do not disappoint. Large evening in Oslo Spektrum to the public buyers with and without Parkinson.
