Coldplay was a different spectacle to the others, whereas those venues were trad venues, this was an arena, the MEN Arena to be specific, and it was more of a show.
Sophie and I had awesome seats, which was nice because standing up through The Low Suns, Marina & The Diamonds and Coldplay sets would have been torturous! Set with hot-dog, wine gums and beer, we watched a really nice outfit, The Low Suns, whose lead singer was very Jarvis Cocker in style. Then Marina was fantastic, we're not sure about her new silver/grey hair.......
but for performance she was superb- played some more emotive, less full-on songs, Obsessions and her new one Starring Role were stand-out.
Coldplay were a different class though. For starters, the crowd were given remote control wristbands at the start of the gig, as soon as they came out, each one lit up different colours and the whole arena looked like a mini galaxy. The most incredible vibe.
It was incredible, the whole thing. Something I'd recommend anybody does - go and see a gig like that. Chris Martin is one of the most exciting and unpredictable front-men I've ever seen for a band, during one song he just stopped playing and said he needed to change his guitar, it didn't sound right! haha!- what a maverick.
Can't get over how good Mylo Xyloto is, went out and bought it the day after the gig. Paradise is still stand-out song, purely because I love the happy elephants.
