Last week Coldplay lit up Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. And I was there for it. It’s been a while between concerts for me so I had forgotten how long you have to wait for the main act. And not just one support band, but two. Decoder Ring may just have gotten a new fan but I’m afraid the next band left me not just cold but stone motherless cold.
But I wasn’t there for the support bands anyway and Cold Play didn’t disappoint. It was incredible and amazing and fantastic! And so worth the wait.
Of course they played a lot of songs from Viva la vida, after all, that’s the tour. But we got some of their older hits too… Yellow, Clocks, Politik, Fix You, The Scientist. There were many highlights – the yellow balloons, the woman screaming behind me when they started singing The Scientist “I was scared they weren’t going to sing it, it’s my favourite!”, them running into the second tier and singing in the crowd, the songs… EVERY song. But the best part of all was falling in love with Lovers in Japan again and the thousands upon thousands of coloured butterflies that showered down on the crowd. It was magnificent!
Yes, I got a t-shirt (of course!). And no, I can’t stop listening to the album over and over.
The concert playlist:
Life In Technicolor – Violet Hill – Clocks – In My Place – Yellow – Cemeteries of London – Chinese Sleep Chant – 42 – Fix You – Strawberry Swing – God Put A Smile Upon Your Face – Talk – The Hardest Part – Postcards From Far Away – Viva La Vida – Lost! – Speed of Sound – Green Eyes – Death Will Never Conquer – Viva La Vida
Politik – Lovers In Japan – Death and All His Friends
The Scientist – Life in Technicolor – The Escapist
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