27 October 2008: Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ, USA
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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 (techno remix)
- The Hardest Part (dedicated to Jennifer Hudson)
- 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
- Reign Of Love
- Lovers In Japan
- Death And All His Friends
Second Encore - Yellow
- The Escapist (outro)
Photos
Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for New Jersey. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1625
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=47356
Discussion
All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47356
Media Reviews
Exciting, colorful, engaging, and thoughtful, the British rock band Coldplay showed New Jersey its rainbow last week. The group played East Rutherford’s Izod Center (home to the New Jersey Nets) before a crowd of 20,000 people as part of their Viva La Vida Tour on Tuesday. The tour began in New York City’s Madison Square Garden in June with a free concert for fans who won tickets. Though this concert was far from being a giveaway, the New Jersey concert was just as impressive.
Chris Martin, lead singer of the band, claimed they aren’t used to playing in such large venues, but with the band’s increase in popularity, arenas have become inevitable. Nevertheless, Coldplay created the illusion of an intimate environment, which was achieved with spectacular lighting that reached all areas of the stadium. From the ceiling hung large spheres on which images were reflected, and during the performance of their song “Death and All His Friends,” metallic confetti shot down, wowing the crowd.
The band played their most famous songs from all three albums and made an effort to satisfy their audience. They used a variety of odd instruments and altered the hits. For example, “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face” was performed using an eerie mix of string instruments. In addition, the band members actually joined in singing with the audience for their acoustic performance of “The Scientist,” and they left their most famous single, “Yellow,” for the encore, as requested by the crowd.
Martin’s onstage banter was also fairly dynamic. When he muddled the lyrics, he stopped the song, asked the crowd whether he had made a mistake, and started over. He spoke to an audience of thousands as if there were no more than a dozen people in the room. “Recently in Ohio there have been terrible problems with drainage because a lot of the plumbers have been busy doing interviews around the world,” he joked before the song “The Hardest Part.” He dedicated it, deadpan, to those with “drainage problems.”
Coldplay pulled out all the theatrics at the end. A large flag with the word “Viva” dropped down behind the band as they finished playing their last song. The cheering went on for at least ten minutes until the band finally came out for an encore. “Yellow” is always a crowd-pleaser, so the wait was worthwhile.
While Coldplay’s energy impressed, the opening act was lackluster. British soul singer Duffy was unable to rally enough enthusiasm from the crowd, and although she admitted to never having played for such a large audience before, she was still awkward. The performance was average, the lights were lacking, and the listeners were uninterested.
In all, though, that night in Jersey was an exhilarating whirlwind from America’s favorite chart-toppers.
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/56656
Fan Reviews (Part 1)
27-Oct-2008
OK guys-- I'm home, and I'm not going to post a full review or photos tonight (will do tomorrow-- promise) but i just want to give a brief overview of who I am and what tonight was like.
So yeah, I'm from NYC, I've been a Coldplay fan since the AROBTTH days, and tonight was my third time seeing them live (Twisted Logic Tour, Izod Center, 3/25/06, Viva La Vida Tour, TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, 8/4/08). I have been checking reading this site, and lurking on the forums religiously for about a year now, and finally decided to get around to setting up an account during the Today Show special performance contest. I know I don't post a lot, but I read pretty much all the threads, and am a HUGE fan, so that is my intro.
Now on to tonight. As I said, I'm not writing a full review, but after the show, comparing it to Boston on this tour, I think that while both were utterly astounding and near-perfect, Coldplay are tired, as they are reaching the end of this tour, and it shows. I think that the energy level and enthusiasm shared by both the band and the audience was noticeably higher, but at the same time, Coldplay are always awesome live, and to anyone who hadn't been to a show on this tour before (my friend that I went with) this would have been a jaw-dropping experience.
28-Oct-2008
Terrible day today-- my voice is half gone from screaming and I feel like I will die of sleep deprivation at any given moment, but, as promised, here is my review of last night's show!
So yeah, I think I've said this before, but I have seen Coldplay twice before, Once on the Twisted Logic Tour (3/25/06) at the Izod Center (at that time it was the Continental Airlines Arena), and August 4th of this year, in Boston (needless to say, it was on the VLV tour.) I am going to just go ahead and state up front that all of them were absolutely mind-blowing; from the music, to the lights, to the confetti, to their stage presence, to Chris' bad jokes, I totally and completely loved every minute of all three of them. Seeing as the Boston show is the only other one I've been to on this tour, that show will be my reference point, or the show that I'll be comparing this one to.
Coldplay did an amazing job last night. The guys played really well, and everything just captured the feel of an amazing Coldplay show 100%. What you have to take into account, however, is that they are nearing the end of a long and tiresome tour, and I think its showed. Now, before I go on, allow me to restate how much I loved the show, and would do anything to see one more; it's just that I think the difference between seeing them towards the beginning of the tour and towards the end is quite noticable. I think that in Boston, the band had the excitement and energy of kicking off a world tour, and at this show, it seemed a little of that was lacking. I also think that the crowd wasn't as energetic or enthusiastic last night. Other than that, however, the show was flawless. They still sound amazing, and Chris never ceases to crack you up. One of the best lines from the night was "Now this song is by the Jonas Brothers; it's called The Scientist". Chris also took the time to thank us for tivoing whatever was on TV and coming to the show, because "unfortunately, you can't tivo concerts". On a more serious note, Chris expressed his wishes to Jennifer Hudson before dedicating his piano version of The Hardest Part to her, which really struck me as amazing, and showed how much they care.
The show started out like every other show has, with the background music getting louder and louder, and the four clusters of lights in the back of the stage glowing brighter every minute, finally ending in a total blackout and Life in Technicolor coming on. From here they went straight in to Violet Hill, during which I think Chris might have been just a tad off key. Then came "Clocks", with the amazing lazer light show. From there the band ran directly into In My Place and Speed of Sound, before playing Cemeteries of London, which for some unexplained reason, they didn't play at all on the first North American leg. Chinese Sleep Chant was then recieved with a lukewarm response; several people in my section sat down and took a breather. 42, which is one of my least favorite songs on VLV, was performed flawlessly last night, with sweat visibly dripping off of Chris' chin whenever the camera was on him. Then came the anthemic Fix You, and then Strawberry Swing (no graphics on the screen, odd?) before the band walked out onto the b-stage for shorter, techno versions of God Put a Smile Upon Your Face and Talk. After that was a chilling, beautiful piano rendition of The Hardest Part, with Postcards from far Away tacked on at the end. Before Chris even had time to get back to the main stage, Guy, Jonny, and Will had already started Viva La Vida. I can only wonder how tired they must be getting of performing this song night after night after night (plus countless tv appearances and other gigs). They then performed Lost! (no Jay-Z), before cheerfully jogging off stage, and into a platform in the audience which was RIGHT UNDER ME!!! Unfortunately, there was a security guard standing right in front of out section, partially blocking our view. When people asked him to move (first nicely and then not-so-nicely ) he just laughed it off . After The Scientist, Will took vocals for Death Will Never Conquer, and I must say, I was blown away. I guess I never realized how talented he actually is . After this, Coldplay left, while the Viva La Vida dance remix played, which was then interrupted by the throbbing, pulsing sound of Politik, which in my opinion was one of the best performances of the night. Then, just as I was ready for the confetti butterflies of Lovers in Japan (my favorite song off of VLV), Chris started messing around with the piano, and my friend and I both scratched our heads and thought of what he could possibly be doing. Soon, it became clear that he had started playing "Reign of Love", which i've always thought of as boring, but it sounded really good last night. Then, of course, came Lovers in Japan, which was arguably the best of the night, and Death and All his Friends. There really is no way to describe watching that VIVA banner come down, it was amazing. Then, of course, they left and we cheered them back on for one last song-- Yellow. This was done so beautifully, it is really hard to describe. The band then said their goodbyes for the last time, and soon the lights were back on and 15 people on stage, already breaking down the set for the trip to Boston.
All in all, last night was an amazing experience. I realize that many people said that the Boston show I was at was perhaps the best one on this tour, so it was a very hard act to follow. The bottom line is that Coldplay gives an amazing show at any time, and never disappoints, and last night, 10/27/08, at the Izod Center, was no exception.
[zodiac192]
The show was amazing. I got to the arena with my signs and met Christa and then later Noelia (cooky). Going in i almost got my signs taken away by a security gaud but after he told me to go to an office to drop them off we just went straight on the escalator. close call. Duffy was allright didnt like her as much as santogold. After duffy me Christa and Noelia started passing out signs. They covered most of the floor section and i covered most of the side 100's. Then it started. I swear when lit came on i nearly fainted i was soo excited. Every song was nailed. Chris was soo into the crown on every song more than ive ever seen before. Then during lost, chris looked at me rfrom like 10 feet away and gave a thumbs up because of my sign!!! Then before they did Yellow he said thank you for all these beautiful signs!!!!!!! He knew about them!!!! my mission in life is completed lol
[professa95]
Just got home and read what everyone else had to say so here goes...
I was there last night to and sorry to the Sunday night crowd, but tonight was a FAR better vibe. I wouldn't say the guys played any better, but the place just erupted much more often and louder right from the start.
Highlights:
Chris played Reign of Love
"dreaming....of the Barak Obama sun...."
He dedicated The Hardest Part to Jennifer Hudson. Unbelievably wonderful of him
When he was in the upper section before the Scientist, Chris said, "I think I smell a bit of the ganga up here". It was hilarious! He said he didn't think it was legal under the Bush administration but we'll see what happens when McCain or Obama is elected.
The Hardest Part was better tonight, or maybe my seat was better, but it was really nice and so was the piano piece after it (can't remember the name)
No Gwyneth tonight. Instead Christy Turlington and Ed Burns
I agree with Roadie 42, Yellow has a new life to it and it shows. The guys seem to love it all over again.
My seats were sick! I was right by Guy's side of the stage, just at the top of his ramp, first row. I had a bird's eye view of Guy the whole night and well, a lot of Chris because he tends to favor that side in these latest shows. Chris and Guy would genuinly look into the crowd at faces. I was screaming "hi Chris" "hi Guy" at the top of my lungs and waving! It's incredible to see the guys up that close while they perform, especially Chris. I could also see right down into the roadie pit. I saw all the usual suspects and saw the guy's guitars up close while they were being put away in the cases after each song was over. I got several pictures I will try to upload tomorrow. And at the very end, that sweet older roadie that looks a bit like Jerry Garcia gave me a set list AND a stinking pick, right off one of the guitars!!!!!!!!!
Amazing night! I couldn't love the guys any more. Their music ignites me, inspires me and just plain makes me happy!
[ccsg]
For more fan reviews see page 2 27 October 2008: Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ, USA (Fan Reviews)
