9 November 2008: Bank Atlantic Center, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA

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Bank Atlantic Center, Ft Lauderdale, FL - 9th November 2008

1 Setlist
2 Photos
3 Videos
4 Discussion
5 Fan Reviews
6 Media Reviews

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Setlist

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Photos

Photos from this show can be found at Coldplaying.com in the Gallery thread for Ft Lauderdale. http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1547

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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=46863

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Discussion

All post-show discussion for this show at the forum thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46863

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Fan Reviews

All fan reviews have been submitted to us by the members of Coldplaying.com[1], unless stated otherwise.

I guess third time's a charm with Coldplay and me! This was definitely my favorite of all the three times. Maybe because I was close, and the music was just louder and the atmosphere was just very excited.

Also, the people next to me left the show after the acoustic set! Did they think the show was over?! You paid all that money, and then you leave halfway through the show? Did anyone else see people leaving after that?

Highlights for me: -Chris changing the words to Politik (I love when he does that) and saying "15,000 Floridians on a Sunday night...Open up your eyes.." He said something before that, does anyone remember? He also said a few people in the crowd were up way past their bedtime! -I guess when they go up to the 'cheap' seats it really shocks everyone, because once again the biggest noise of the night came when they went up there. Chris said something like, "For all of those in the front, you can take a break from looking at us. For those of you back here...This is what we look like up close." Chris said "The Scientist" was written by Will after his football team ("that's soccer, by the way," Chris said) lost to Jonny's favorite football team. -Seeing this new version of "God Put A Smile..." up close! The runway stage wasn't too far from me, and man, Jonny really goes off on his whammy bar! Maybe 'cos I'm a guitar nerd, but it was so awesome to see his hands actually play the guitar and do that effect. You can't see that from the cheap seats. I've never wanted a Telecaster, but Jonny makes me want to go out and buy one, lol. -Chris just talking, talking, talking: During the start of the show he noticed a series of electronic Hooters advertisements that go around the arena, and I think he said he'd never seen so many Hooters signs in one place. He said that Coldplay doesn't endorse Hooters, because they're not the type of band that endorses Hooters. He said they WISH they were that kind of band, but they're not, lol. -When he was making his way up to the cheap sets, Chris said something like, "is it just me, or is every woman in Florida beautiful?" or something like that.

Overall, one of my best weekends ever with Coldplay Friday and Sunday. Now I have to get back to work, but how am I supposed to get back to work after a Coldplay weekend? Someone help me!

The Jonny sign looked great too, and your pictures are all so damn good! I have some video clips too, if you guys want me to put them up, I can. It looks like everyone who was there had a great time. The setlist stayed the same, so I guess those changes will be coming a little later. I was hoping, after reading Roadie #42's entry that it would be last night, but I guess not.

(Sorry this was long. I just want to re-live it one more time!)

[JustSpies84]

Show was great. When they played The Scientist and Death Will Never Conquer, they were about 20 feet away from me!!!! The show was AWESOME!!! I still have WHOOAAA OOOhhh oohhhh ohhhh in my head. People were singing it after the show was over walking out. When they played The Scientist and Death Will Never Conquer, they were about 20 feet away from me!!!!

[TwistedLogic88]

The show WAS amazing! I wish it was a bit longer, but I'm not complaining. The only thing that would have made it better for me was if they played Warning Sign, and Amsterdam. But man it was great. First time seeing them live and it has made me love them even more; they are great guys. Lover In Japan was definitely the high point for me, I love that song. SO GOOD. I can't wait to get in my car tomorrow and blast them when headin' to work. I will be listening to them for a week straight now. You're lucky that you were on the side they played at when they came into the audience, I was in the exact same position as them but on the opposite side of the arena that they were on.

[Longshot]

Jen - I apologize that this is waaaaaaaaaaay late but better late than never right?

We got home from the Orlando show on a total high. Everyone set out to get their pictures and video off their cameras and on to computers. We just sat with rapt attention watching what we had shot. And boy did we get some awesome footage. We made our plan to be in the car and heading to Fort Lauderdale by 9am.

Cue 9am. We have everything ready and are in the car roaring down the driveway. Given the right motivation we can mobilize with military precision. Banners? Check. Cameras? Check. Bail money? Check. Okay - kidding about the bail money. Maybe.

It took us about three and a half hours to drive there. We stopped to gas up more than half way there and get some snacks. We got to the venue about 12:45 or so I guess. There was one girl already there waiting with a sign. She said she'd been there since 8am. The security guy could've cared less about us being there but his boss was not happy so he had to tell us to move on. We stood at a corner down from the gate for a bit then Lori and I decided to go to will call to just check and make sure the tickets were there. As we walked around and through a tunnel we realized we were walking right next to the fenced in area where all the roadie buses and trucks were. We could see what catering was cooking for dinner - a big pot of chili!

So we go to will call where they have NO RECORD of our tickets. Lori is about to go fucking kung foo on someone.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Be careful of using ticketsnow.com people. Lori's information said the tickets would be at will call. After a few phone calls to ticketsnow it was clear that they were not. We were instructed to meet some random guy at a bar in the mall across the street to get our tickets!!! WTF??????????? They also said it would be sometime between 6 and 8. HELLO??? The show starts at 7:30. We were all fucking pissed off at this point. Lori talked to the guy who was supposed to have the tickets and he said he would be there at 6. So we drove over there at 6 and Lori and Angie went in together to get the tickets. The guy was there as promised and the tickets were legit, but damn. What words can I use? DODGY. UNPROFESSIONAL. And this is a site that is a branch of ticketmaster. BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THIS SITE EVERYONE.

OK, back to the story. So we go back to waiting but the security people are shooing us away. I go to put something in the car and just mosey up the hill to see if I can see anything. I find a spot up on a balcony that overlooks the entire fenced in area!!! I text down to Lori to come up to check it out with me. We have a perfect and clear view of the entrance - when the boys drive in they'd be coming right at us. So we gather up at the top...but security is seeing us and shooing us away. We are not in a restricted area so we stay but just sit so we can't be seen. This is REAL stalking!!! We waited for a while and then we heard some yelling. A few other people had gathered down at the corner and so we figured the boys were driving by. Lori and I popped up and ran with our sign and Union Jack waving and hanging over the balcony. They drove in so fast we weren't sure they even saw us up there...but probably. Hard to miss people running at full speed with a flag and a banner!! Then we saw Jasmine go out to the people waiting down at the gate - they all got tickets. But no worries (sort of - we didn't have our tickets in hand yet) - we weren't there for tickets. We wanted to see the boys!!! But alas, they drove in and that was that.

We went and picked up our tickets from the shady ticket guy and headed back to the venue. We had to stand and wait for the doors to open and then pray that our tickets were legit and would scan at the door. They did and we were in. We hit the bathrooms first and then headed to get something to eat. We were too excited to see our seats so we took our pizzas and nachos into the venue. When we got to our seats we nearly lost it. Mere feet from the Ramp of Love. We were in heaven. We were so stoked to all be sitting together in these awesome seats...and no sign of the people in front of us either - SCORE! (they did show up but SAT for most of the show - again SCORE!)

I can't remember if we flashed the Roadies banner or not - help me out Lori....but it was sitting folded in my lap when I realized I wanted to give it to them. We had seen Marta and said hi to her and she said she was so glad to see us and she walked on. Next time she came around I yelled out and held the banner out to her and told her we wanted them to have it. She hugged it to herself and said SHE was going to keep it! I told her not to let anyone take it from her. She thanked us and then we saw her walk down to the sidestage and whip the banner out and point in our direction. They waved at us and we waved back. A few minutes later Marta comes back with the banner and a sharpie and says she wants Lori and I to sign the banner!! So we do and she promises she will find the perfect place to hang that banner for the rest of the tour!! LOVE YOU MARTA!!! YOU ROCK!!

Sleepercar comes on and this is the third time I am hearing them and I am recognizing the songs and loving the sound. They finish and the roadies descend on the stage to get everything ready for the boys.

There is a security guy in front of us who is already being a douche so we are very concerned about being allowed to film. Angie suggests that we only take pics for the first few songs and then film during IMP and that maybe by then they won't be paying attention. Turns out no one gave a crap!! LIT, Violet Hill, and Clocks go by in a blur. We have our banner unfurled and at our feet ready to pop it up during IMP. I am standing next to Mich in the middle and I am filming so am not really holding the banner. My job is to film from beginning to end and to absolutely never leave Jonny. Jonny hops down from Guy's ramp to head our way and the girls throw the banner up - but wait - its too high and I can't see a damn thing!! So they bring it down a notch and as Jonny gets to the top of his ramp he looks our way and smiles. Not sure if he saw us or if he could just see a banner and didn't know what it said. So we hold it up and I nearly have a heart attack as cool boy Jonny who has perfected his "I-see-that-banner-about-me-but-I'm-not-smiling-at-you" look, turns his whole body as he gets to us. He reads the banner and then scans all of us holding it, all the while giving us the most KILLER SMILE I have ever seen!! THUD! We watched the Ramp Love from just feet away and it felt like Jonny was rocking out a little extra hard just for us - at least that's what I choose to believe.

To be honest, the rest of the show after that could have been pure shit and it wouldn't have mattered. But it wasn't - it was great. VLV and LIJ were spectacular and Chris dancing around 5 feet from us didn't hurt either!!

The C stage section was good but we had to rely on the big screens to see anything. Jonny was doing this crazy over the head tambourine shaking during DWNC! It was awesome and still haven't seen a great video of that...

The show ended way too fast and before we knew it the lights were up and it was over. We had to yell down to Marta to get just a few butterflies as none landed in our section. It was great on the way up the stairs and in the concourse to hear strains of "Wooaahhooo Wooooaaahhooo" being belted out by groups of concert goers.

We had not stopped by the Oxfam table yet so we headed that way to say hi to Pete, who kindly informed us that we had almost gotten Glass of Water - say what??? He pulled a setlist out of his pocket and gave it to us and sure enough it was a maybe on the setlist! DAMN! We showed Pete our huge Jonnyfest banner - I think he was impressed and possibly a little scared!

And then we had to get in the car for the heinous drive home. I was so glad to see my house and at about 3:30am we all got home and fell into bed...well I did...I think others were too busy watching porn they'd shot!

We all hung out for most of the morning and then went to have a nice farewell lunch before getting to the airport. The airport scene was excruciating and I don't wish to relive it.

However, I do want to say that I had the most fun with Mich, Lori, and Angie. They are all wonderful and going to the shows with them was ALMOST as good as the shows themselves!

[melanieau]

Matic and I are back from a quick jaunt down to Ft. Lauderdale to see Coldplay perform at the Bank Atlantic Center. There are really only two bands Matic and I will go out of our way to see and Coldplay is one of them. U2 is the other, but when U2 is on tour, Matic and I will typically chase them around the country seeing them multiple times in multiple places.

Coldplay is not quite at the U2 level and as such, we seek them in the closest possible venue. Sadly, they did not visit the Tampa area on this tour originally choosing Ft. Lauderdale as their sole stop in Florida. A show in Orlando was added later, but I had already bought tickets to Ft. Lauderdale, so the die was cast.

As for the show itself, the band certainly did not disappoint. This was our second time seeing Coldplay (once on their previous tour) and I was then as I am now struck by how strong a front-man Chris Martin is. He has an energy and enthusiasm that is only rivaled by Bono (in his younger years). As in the previous show, Chris was all over the stage working the crowd trying to interact with the entire audience, not just the front sections. His gyrations and flailing about can best be described as those of an out of control sock monkey.

About half way through the show, after finishing a song, all four members of the band jumped off the stage and ran towards the back of the arena eventually stopping at the top of the arena's lower bowl. They had a very small outcropping set up with four microphones and the band proceeded to play two songs from this perch "to give the people in the cheap seats a better view".

The three set show lasted just over 90 minutes and touched on most of the new album and all the hits off their previous albums. For fans this was a treat, for critics I am sure the band provided plenty of ammunition for their fodder.

Our drive from the Tampa area to Ft. Lauderdale took us down I-75 to Naples, then a quick turn to the East through Alligator Alley. Matic did not get what all the hub-bub was over the Alley, but a few minutes into the drive it all made sense. Laying along the waterway embankments that parallel Alligator Alley was a whole mess of Gators taking in the Florida sun.

http://donmoonsio.livejournal.com/36936.html

Me and My wife flew from Panama to Miami for the concert. We had seen Coldplay in their X & Y concert in 2005 in West Palm Beach and they had been Beyond!!!. I don't know what happened to them this time around. Maybe success has gotten to their heads and they feel like they don't need to give it their all for the fans. They only did one encore and only one song in it. What is the deal? Maybe they were tired? I can only say we are deeply disappointed with their performance and hope other concert goers have better experiences. The concert didn't even pass the 1 hour and 20 minute mark. Fans deserve better

[chevega]

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Media Reviews

Coldplay's Sunrise set shows band at best, worst

First came U2 to argue that profundity is not a cardinal sin or character flaw in rock music-making: It's cool to be grandiose if you write good hooks, reports the Sun Sentinel.

Enter Coldplay, who have worked even harder than U2 at building up a musical language to express ambition of design and largeness of feeling. To that end, frontman Chris Martin and his three band mates have absorbed many of the acoustic and melodic strategies for communicating rock majesty. Sunday's sold-out Coldplay concert for 15,000 people at BankAtlantic Center was an exuberant demonstration of the best and worst of those tricks.

One moment Coldplay were swimming in orchestral sound as effortlessly as Pink Floyd; the next they were making whale noises. One moment they were rising impressively on spires of sound; the next they were arpeggiating like John Tesh.

It was a frustrating night to try and lose oneself completely in the spirit of vague uplift that Coldplay provides. They kept interrupting the sublime with the ridiculous.

In the former category was the mostly instrumental Chinese Sleep Chant, a not-quite-hidden coda to a song called Yes on the band's new CD, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. The rough atmospheric beauty of Chant's two droning chords recalled My Bloody Valentine -- music with a skin that is both luminous and bruised.

There were too many bruises on one of the new CD's riper title tracks, Death and All His Friends, which sounded like Yanni with lyrics.

In its quest to perfect slow-motion arena rock, Coldplay has absolutely turned out exceptional songs. Clocks and its younger, dressier sibling Speed of Sound set elegant keyboard lines to a skipping rhythm. Martin sang both in a voice that seems to get its somber weight from congestion. It's as if he can close his sinuses on command.

The rhythm section of Guy Berryman and Will Champion, on bass and drums, respectively, played with a hard-hitting punctuality that put them in good company. They're less like U2's Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr., and more like AC/DC's rock-steady tandem of Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd.

A good, unpretentious backbeat goes a long way. In Coldplay's case, it didn't redeem every watery power ballad or mushy anthem. But it helped the band make the best of its good work and get away with everything else.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-coldplay1109,0,7839774.story

Last Night: Coldplay at BankAtlantic Center

Better Than: You’d Expect

Say what you will about Coldplay (and most folks do), but unlike a lot of so-called arena acts – nevermind their smaller setting counterparts – they’ve at least got sense enough to make a spectacle of themselves when they come to town, report Miami New Times.

Case in point: last night’s BankAtlantic sellout, which was perhaps the single most spectacular rock show to hit our stretch of the peninsula since the invention of the verilight.

Okay, so I hyperbolize. But when a band takes the time to thrill an audience with each and every component of their concert, hyperbole is the least I can do. I mean, live these guys go all the way and then some, from what they wear (think post-apocalyptic patriot) through the very air itself (a millions-strong Mylar butterfly drop). They have lights (from a rig that seemed positively anthropomorphic); they have camera (tracking the stage and beaming out on spheres and screen); and they have action, manic action (for that’s the only way to describe singer Chris Martin’s patented brand of mad dashing).

Mostly though, Coldplay has a vision -- a keen-eyed idea that big bands should put on big shows -- and last night that vision was realized. Of course when the tracks that back your big idea all happen to be even bigger hits, well, the vision a lot easier to see. It also gets to be grandiose, and from the moment the scrim rose to reveal a mammoth backdrop of Delacroix’s classic "Liberty Leading the People" it was clear that this was to be an evening as grand and as sweeping as grandiose can go.

“Life in Technicolor” launched the aural assault, and charged mightily into huge versions of “Violet Hill,” “Clocks,” “In My Place” and “Speed of Sound,” each larger and more powerful than its predecessor. These are the kinda bright and shiny bombasts Coldplay is best at -- and which they made most famous -- and live they take on the size they deserve.

Three lesser known Viva La Vida tracks quickly followed (“Cemeteries of London,” “Chinese Sleep Chant” and “42”), and I forgot them the minute they ended. But then came the collective hush of “Fix You” and fifteen thousand hearts could be heard singing as one and I remembered the reason Coldplay was so successful in the first place -- they encompass everyone.

After the anthem had gone, the band swung the single “Strawberry Swing,” adjourned to one of the stage-side extensions for bass heavy versions of both “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face” and “Talk,” and then left Martin alone at the piano to croon through “The Hardest Part,” which enabled them and us to brace for booming renditions of “Viva la Vida” and “Lost!”

But it was when Coldplay jumped stage, snaked swiftly down the side of the arena floor and set up in the theoretical cheap seats for “The Scientist” that the venue truly blew a fuse. In one fell swoop, the band proved its populism wasn’t just an angle, and that its populist appeal would never, ever be taken for granted. They came to play for all, and to give all a good night.

Yes, they followed that crowd-pleasing stunt with three more quiet roars (“Politik,” “Lovers in Japan” and “Death and All His Friends”), and it’s true that the fluttering of millions of multi-colored butterflies while the band played on transfixed everybody in attendance, but there still remained one move for Coldplay to make before they finally sealed the deal.

And that move of course was the very moving “Yellow.” Like the mega-hits for which this song seems to serve as a sort of blueprint, Coldplay’s first foray into chart-topping territory is not only anthem incarnate, it’s perhaps the only pop ditty in existence that can sway a swoon outta just about anyone. Last night was no exception, and a full house folded at last, full of big fun and utterly undone.

There’s nothing really revolutionary about Coldplay, despite the revolutionary trappings, and they know that as well as you do. Which means they’re completely at liberty to do what they set out to do from the get-go, and that is to write singalong songs and provide huge throngs a big night out every once in awhile. Is it gonna change the world? Of course not. But it might just cause a large part of the world to smile, and there’s nothing wrong with that at all.

Critic's Notebook

Personal Bias: I too sometimes have huge hopes and dreams.

Random Detail: Chris Martin did not remain still for a single instant throughout the entire 99 minute show.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2008/11/last_night_coldplay_at_bankatl.php

Coldplay's high energy show a hit with Sunrise fans

It was obvious that Coldplay -- on tour in support of its enigmatic fourth album, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, would focus on its new material. What was unexpected was how dynamic the British band could make the show, and how well the more recent songs would mesh with the classics, reports the Miami Herald.

Frontman Chris Martin -- equally charismatic sitting at the piano, strumming a guitar or roaming about with just a microphone -- has never been a wallflower. But the singer has truly evolved into a master showman.

Sunday night at the sold-out BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Martin and the rest of the band -- lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion -- offered 90 minutes of pure emotion and adrenaline, mesmerizing and uniting the crowd with its shout-out-loud anthemic rock.

Throughout the show, Martin was an unstoppable marvel of energy and precision. Over the first four songs, he jumped from playing guitar on Violet Hill, the first single from Viva La Vida, to rocking the piano on Clocks (and he literally rocked it, almost falling off his chair), to hopping around the stage's side catwalks on In My Place before returning to the piano for Speed of Sound. Wherever he wandered -- sometimes skipping, sometimes jerking around like a marionette, sometimes writhing on the floor -- Martin's voice rarely faltered or hit a sour note, whether howling Viva La Vida's chorus or finessing the tender falsetto of 42.

The visuals were as impressive as the band. Two high-definition screens flashed a mash-up of video from the stage, and other images were projected from inside six giant floating balls that were suspended from above.

Before the new Cemeteries of London, during which videos of the band's faces flashed on the floating balls, Martin looked up at the ads around the arena and cracked, ``Let me point out that we didn't pay for all those Hooters signs. Coldplay has nothing to do with Hooters, although we'd like to.

All of Coldplay's albums were well-represented except for its first. The band waited till the one-song encore to play Yellow from 2000's Parachutes. Microphone feedback -- the one chink in an otherwise flawless performance, temporarily flustered Martin, but he recovered quickly.

Highlights were abundant: Martin crooned the hymn-like Fix You while the crowd sang along bathed in soothing blue light. The new Strawberry Swing felt like a friendly, front-porch jam, with the line It's such a perfect day summing up the evening's mood. The forceful Politik and Lost! were even more powerful live.

The band didn't confine itself to the stage, either. Coldplay set up on the right catwalk for a medley of God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, Talk and The Hardest Part, and later thrilled fans in the cheap seats (if you can call $97.50 cheap) by venturing up into the back corner for an acoustic, bluegrass-style performance of The Scientist, with Martin adding capable harmonica solos.

No one seemed to mind that the concert was fairly short. As the crowd poured toward the exits, many sang Viva La Vida's Whoa-oh-ohh! at the top of their lungs in celebration. Like rowdy British football fans, only without the violence and vandalism.

http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/764888.html

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