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reviews:
Orourkebr: What a show...the guys were just
eating it up and loving the crowd so much...telling us how many times
he was surprised at the reaction. I was about 10th row, gosh it was nice...the
lights, everything and the energy is just something else by everyone.
Daylight was just amazing, probably my favorite all night. And we got
Amsterdam all because of the girl with the yellow balloon!! Thanks! It
wasnt on the setlist either, after IMP Chris said let's do another, so
the band left and he did Amsterdam and they all came back out when they
jump in at the end...'twas fantastic.
Percivale: The concert was amazing. I was so
happy they played "Amsterdam" even though the piano was messed
up. I was toward the back and had some amazon blocking my view (nothing
like a six foot chick swaying back and forth), so my pictures came out
crappy.
And, whilst it is my fervent hope that the lads make the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame (eventually), I do wish they'd come back to Cleveland before
that. Several times
Brokenvision: The Cleveland show
was amazing, the burst of energy the audience got with the opening song,
politik, was just amazing. I thought it was pretty cool it was their first
show in Cleveland and the merch counter after the show was freakin' packed!
but i got my two shirts, haha. did anyone else that went to the show see
that lady get hit by the cop on the way out? everyone was leaving the
show and a cop was coming thru the crowd with his sirens blarrin' and
when he was almost all the way thru the crowd he clipped some chick! and
then just drove off! that was bullshit. overall it was an unbelieveable
show and it definitely will not be the last one i go
too.
Poo: This was my first coldplay show!
I have no idea what row I was in, but I was close enough to see all the
band members clearly. I can't really make my mind up about which song
was my favourite last night, probably everything's not lost or daylight.
Oh, I managed to get to the third row halfway through the concert! I got
my sister to take some photos but it might be a week or so before I get
it developed. I'll try to post them once I do that.
By the time I got home it was 5:00 am, but the concert was worth the lack
of sleep!
Don'tUShiver?: I'm still reeling
about how great the show was...don't forget to add "Happy Birthday
Vickie" on the setlist
And yes, the yellow Amsterdam ballon was a great idea. My neck hurts so
much from dancing...well worth it, I can't believe they actually liked
Cleveland but they did.
I was 5th row, I'll never be so close to rock stars again.
Simplyjustin: That too was my first Coldplay show
and it was well overdue, I was amazed Politik was incredible (the lights
and all) I drove a good 4 hours to get there(by myself), so worth it.
by the way what the hell was up with that venue, you would think that
they would have figured out the simple fact that they need more than one
stairwell for the exit. ....
NorthernGirl227: The Cleveland show was awsome! My
friends and I drove from Erie Pennsylvania, about an hour away and got
to Tower City around 1pm, at that point there was only a handful of people
lined up so we decided to leave and check into our hotel and come back,
we arived again at around 3pm and our awaiting began. At first it was
nice, my friend and I peaked through the fence and saw Chris at the piano
during the soundcheck, it was nice to hear them play while we waited on
that damn hard pavement for 5 hours. I kinda felt bad because my friend
and I dragged our boyfriends and gave them no choice but to sit there
and wait with us and we got up and decided to kill some time in the Tower
City mall, aren't we bitches!? But we brought them back Playboy's and
Arby's so it wasn't a total loss for them. Then it began to rain around
6 or so, and it wasn't looking too good, but let me tell you if I would
have known how crowded and uncomfortable it was gonna be in that damn
"tent" I would have prefered the rain anyday!
so
finally, they began to let people in, but if my dumbass didn't try to
smuggle in my friends monstrocity of a camera, I probably would have ended
up in the front row, but when i tried to play the "large object"
of as a pack of cigarettes to the security guard, he sent me on my merry
little way back to the car 6 blocks away to get rid of my camera, that
jackass wouldn't even take the film. So needless to say, my waiting was
completly worthless. As you could imagine, I had a pretty hefty temper
tantrum on my way back to the car. So not only did I lose my place in
line, I lost some pretty good photo opporitunities. But all was not lost,
I made it back in time that it still wasn't overly crowded and I found
my friends up near the center-front of the stage.
In my opinion the venue was pretty
crappy. I probably wouldn't see another concert there if I could help
it. Chris put it well when he said it was a tent on a parking lot. The
smelly, dirty Cuyahoga river was quite a site and so were all the rusty
train tracks and what was up with those half bridges all over the place?
It wasn't the most impressive atmousphere, but I didn't really think of
it once the band came onstage. Eisley was suprisingly good...and Ron Sexmith
was okay, and I'm sure I would like him better if I wasn't standing in
a sardine can, impatiently waiting for the best band in the world to come
out 30 feet away from me. Halfway throught Eisley I thought I was going
to die of heat exsaustion/dehydration, but I kept thinking to myeslef,
"I made it through Rolling Rock surrounded by 40,000 sweaty, muddy
people for 8 hours, so I can do this! The anticipation was awful! But
my 3 months of waiting since the Pittsburgh show and my long gruling day
of extreme periods of time sitting and then standing paid off when Chris
smirked and giggled at the monsterous cheering at the very beginning of
Politik, did anyone else catch that? That was the best part! I was about
25-30 feet away from Chris, but its not easy being small with about 10
beefcakes blocking your view. All in all the show was outstanding, and
his energy was enourmous. The lighting of course was amazing as well,
and I was really pleased with Clocks and Amsterdam, and I liked all of
his whitty little comments, however I could feel the vibes of utter exhaustion
from the whole band, which is totally understandable, but it was still
an amazing show. I can't wait to see them again. Thanks LAWMAN for posting
those pictures, I'm glad some of you got some good shots you'll have to
give me your camera-smuggling secret! Did anyone get to meet the band
afterwards? There were too many people, so I didn't get to...but I got
to see a bunch of dumbasses climbing over barbed wire fenses and people
getting hit by police cars!! Anyone else have any interesting stories??
I hope they make there way to buffalo sometime and the next time they
are in the cleveland area, i would like to see them @ Blossom!
Mexican: man what a show ive been waiting
3 yrs for them to come here and it sure was worth the wait to top it off
i scored the setlist the soundman was using definately the best show ive
seen in 2 yrs
GabbylovesLleyton: OMG......that show
fuckin kicked ass!!! It was so awesome! I was like 4th row and Chris was
in plain sight and I got some good pictures and I am going to get them
developed today!!!! I even cried I was so happy........I was having an
out of body experience!!!
OffAxis: Cleveland show
rocked!! Glad to see a setlist and see the names of some of the new stuff,
even if there is some controversy. Good to Amsterdam, thanks to the girl
with the balloon! My brother and I were there in the front. My brother
was the guy with the red hair that got the water bottle after In My Place
and I was the one with the SKI shirt on. It was kind of weird like 10
people came up and asked my brother about the water bottle after the show.
He was like a mini celebrity for catching a water bottle.
I have to admit I was little upset not to hear Shiver and the fact they
never came out a talked to some of the people who were there ridiculously
early. U2 does that sometimes and I think it's class act thing to do.
ShadyKatie585: Wow, what a show!
I've been a fan since "Yellow", and absolutely loved the second
album, but what really got me hellbent on seeing them live was watching
their performance of "Politik" at the Grammys. I pretty much
secured tickets the next day! So, needless to say, as I'm standing there,
probably about 10-15 feet from the stage, I'm thinking it's going to be
a good concert..........it was absofuckinglutely incredible (excuse the
language, but I can't think of a more perfectly descriptive word!)! "Politik"
was awesome, "The World Turns Upside Down" was awesome...favorites
of the night had to be "Everything's Not Lost", "Amsterdam",
"and "Trouble"..."Trouble" killed me, I was crying
the whole song..."Clocks" was awesome too! "Everything's
Not Lost" was, at least for me, the best song of the evening....Chris
on the piano and the audience singing, it was incredible! The band, especially
Chris, seemed to really dig us and our response, and lord knows we loved
them! Gotta love Chris and the way he plays piano...my friend (who actually
disliked Coldplay, but thankfully was converted to a fan after the concert)
actually asked me how much I thought it would cost to buy that piano bench...
Thanks to the girls with the balloon - you guys rock! The only downside
to the evening was a) the drunk guy who spilled half a glass of beer down
the front of me during "Trouble" (jerk), and b) trying to get
out of the amphitheater...can't believe the cop car actually was pushing
through the crowd, that's insane....anyways, regardless of all that, it
was an INCREDIBLE concert. I am sure it will be my first of many visits
to see them live here in Cleveland and in Charleston (where I go to school).
u2fan: I've been a huge U2 fan for a long
time and just recently I've been getting into Coldplay. I was intrigued
when Rolling Stone called them "the next U2" and bought both
albums. I really enjoyed them, but to measure up to U2 you have to be
great live so I decided to wait till this Cleveland show to make any judgments.
I have to say, I was very impressed. I was not close or anything, but
they were on par musically with U2 live, which is saying a lot coming
from me. I really really enjoyed every song, particularly "One I
Love." I didn't know this song so I looked it up on here under the
posted setlists and downloaded it. Chris Martin isn't quite up to Bono-level
yet in stage presence, but not many are. Rolling Stone may be right. It's
difficult to compare bands, but I think Coldplay has a good chance of
matching U2's success. I am glad the British Isles have produced yet another
great band. Count me in as a new big Coldplay fan.
JenKan14: The Cleveland show
was amazing! The whole show took me to another world! (Besides the people
having conversations next to me). I was about 10 rows back, and the breeze
felt now and then was refreshing. I was so impressed with the show and
how great everything sounded....I didnt want it to end!
T2NAZx2: The show was fuckin
awesome. I was a Coldplay virgin...front row rocked...LEAH Rocked with
the Amsterdam balloon! Woohoo Leah! You inspired Coldplay and brought
joy to the concert...go girl! It was great meeting everyone...sad that
our time was short
Will definitely not be my last Coldplay concert. And Will was great...so
was Johnny and I got to
rub Chris's head!
Yayyyy!
Lexiee: hey i as there at the concert too...it
was just awsome, i was the one with the lighter..hehehe the orange one....thanks
to the dude with the group who borrowed it and let me share your goodies.....
i think i was the oldest person there but who cares.....about 7 rows back...i
was also there when that cop hit that person wtf was that about he didn't
even stop........my complaint is they need to figure out a better way
of streaming out people intead of those small stairs that was sheer madness
people jumping over the fences etc.........ah well hey post some more
pics pls i had never been there before and if i would of known it i would
of snuck in my digi too...boo hoo next time i will know better.....
thenryo2greeneyes: (My
plan of getting there that early didn't work) but I was definitely close!
It was an amazing concert! Hope you all enjoyed it!
Mariabell: I drove 6 hours
to Cleveland from baltimore last night to finally see Coldplay. I missed
the last two concerts in my area. It was well worth it, and they are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The crowd sucked, I didn't even think half those folks like Coldplay they
were just there because their friends and co-workers were there. But Coldplay
kicked ass and Ilove them more than before
coldplaylover_16: yea how close were
u to them.......i was about 3 or 4 deep.......i thought the crowd was
awesome.........the people in the front so didnt deserve to be their they
werent even that excited!!.......that was the only thing i was pissed
about o yea besides that i didnt get to meet the band!........i had my
autograph picture waiting and everything......this guy in front of me
was all over me........he was REALLY into it........lol..........jumping
on my feet and everything......i dont even think he realized he was so
close to me.....well we got some awesome pics......me and my sis gabby.....(gabbylovesllyeton).......i
had tears in my eyes for the first song politik.......i was going crazy
screaming i love you chris every 10seconds....lol!
incudorkus: OMG! i was there
too! (im excited can u tell?) well i was like in the rd row and i was
screaming my head off. i seen that blonde girl and her boyfriend, they
were right next to me. did you guys see all these people faint? like 3
ppl did! it was crazy! i thought it was the best live show ever! i took
pictures but they sucked oh well it was so worth it! when amsterdam came
on I started bouncing my head up and down and going crazy! best day of
my life! i was disappointed that they didnt play green eyes or warning
sign or shiver but oh well it was great!
Deny_you: I was there with
the balloon and i thought the crowd was great. I saw them in CT, and the
crowd there sucked. The MSG show was pretty good, but people around me
sat, which really pissed me off. Cleveland was the smallest of the venues
that i have seen them at, so i thought that it was a pretty good crowd.
Crazymary: Um well, Cleveland
was my 8th coldplay show and I traveled 6 hours at least to get there
and i got to the venue early that morning so I def. deserved to have front
row. But, I have had front row at every cp show i have been too, except
one but thats only because it was seating. I love Coldplay, obviously
and I thought the crowd was amazing. Being in front row you can feel the
energy from the whold crowd behind you, and for being a small venue, I
thought the crowd was great! I also got to meet Will before the show and
after, along with Chris and Jonny after, too. I have met them a total
of 5 times now and they are so nice, sorry you didnt get to, but with
an attitude like that, I am not surprised!
Ness28: The Cleveland show
was AWESOME! The weather was beautiful and the crowd was great - sold
out at about 6500 people. You could not have asked for a better night.
Coldplay was great, the sound and lights were remarkable to say the least.
I go to a lot of shows and this by far was one of the best. I am so glad
I did not miss it-I would be kicking myself for sure. I liked Coldplay
before, but now even more.
Percivale: once COLDPLAY hit
the stage, it was, quite simply, a breathtaking experience. The power
and intimacy of the band shone through, starting with "Politik."
The "new U2" followed with "God Put a Smile on Your Face"
and then "A Rush of Blood to the Head." Lead singer Chris Martin
then introduced "Trouble" as a ballad that Celine Dion passed
on; thank God, since it's still my favourite Coldplay song. The b-side
"One I Love" (which many people didn't recognise) and "Don't
Panic" were followed by an amazing performance of "Daylight,"
which until last night was one of my least favourite tracks off their
new album. They played a new song, "Moses," then "Everything's
Not Lost" with a verse of Satchmo's "It's a Beautiful World"
appended to it. Another b-side, "Crests of Waves" (which even
fewer people recognised) preceded a happy little moment, when Chris presented
their band assistant Vicki Taylor with a bouquet of flowers onstage and
led the audience in serenading her with "Happy Birthday!" Then
they got back to business with their first hit, "Yellow" and
then closed with my four favourite tracks from A Rush of Blood to the
Head, "The Scientist," "Clocks," and "In My Place"
including Chris' impromptu lyrics "And if you go if you go/and let
your mustaches grow/then I'll wait for you" aimed at guitarist Jonny
Buckland (cheeky bugger). For the encore, Chris brushed aside a baulky
piano to perform "Amsterdam," citing the small yellow balloon
floating near the stage on which someone had written "PLAY AMSTERDAM."
Lulu: I was there, front
row with my head rubbers....and we had a great time.
I think Chris actually liked the pile of crap. He and Jonny were sitting
up there during Ron Sexsmith. It was funny because when Jonny went to
sit down at the top of it, he kind of fell and slid down a little bit.
but the show was great. We got there at 8am and spent the entire day hanging
out. Met Will before the show, he was great, came out and talked to us.
Now the show...I was slightly left of middle in the front row and had
a perfect view. The only bad thing was the guy next to me, front row center,
who kept checking his text messages
Chris wasn't as energetic as I've seen him before (this was my 5th Coldplay
show), but he was still into it, very happy. Jonny with his 70s mustache
seemed to be in a good mood as well. Guy seemed to be also, although he
didn't come out afterwards. He was right backstage for most of Ron Sexsmith
drinking beer, lol. And he smiled a lot more than he usually does during
the show.
I was happily surprised to hear the World Turned Upside Down. I think
it's a great song. and it definitely was World Turned Upside Down. One
of my friends got a set list, and also the pictures on the screens, if
you looked at them, were spinning....get it?
during the Scientist...I cried, as usual.
Chris seemed really happy with the response from the crowd after Clocks
(I think, I can't remember), so he went and started Amsterdam while Will
and Guy went to smoke and Jonny did something, and then they all came
out once the full band kicks in in the song...I thought that was cool.
I was kind of disappointed there was no second encore, but getting Amsterdam
(we were the ones with the yellow balloon that said 'Play Amsterdam')
made it worth it.
Afterwards, there were sooo many people out to meet the band...everyone
except Guy came out. My friend Todd got to rub Chris's head hehe. Brilliant.
I also got my picture with Chris because I told him how none of the pictures
I'd gotten before turned out (he actually remembered me! ). Hopefully
it will turn out this time....*crosses fingers*
We left the venue at about 2am...all in all a wonderful day. Not the best
Coldplay experience I've had, though. A couple of things were missing
kitten_ohio: The show last night
- what can I say? I cried when they closed with Amsterdam! My God what
a show. The venue - Tower City Amphitheatre was "standing/club"
setting. An outdoor tent near the river.
I didn't mind waiting through Eisley & Ron Sexsmith. Chris Martin
was just unbelievable. I am still numb!
FROM THE ENTIRE CITY OF CLEVELAND - THE HOME OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL
OF FAME - THANK YOU COLDPLAY! WE LOVE YOU! WE WAITED 5 YEARS TO SEE YA
- DON'T TAKE SO LONG NEXT TIME.
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