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coldplay is great!! the lights are awesome!!!!
Venue/Date:
Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT)
Concert Date: April 2nd, 2006
Reviewer: admin
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9.51
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No One Was Left Out In The Coldplay
By Ben Johnson
Best. Lighting. Ever. That was probably the most memorable thing about the
sold-out Coldplay show that crowded Mohegan Sun Arena Tuesday night.
After a short set by Richard Ashcroft, the former lead man of The Verve,
it was obvious things were getting serious. Rope ladders descended from
the giant arena's rafters and hordes of grips and lighting folk scrambled
to erect a complicated apparatus that would soon have the audience on
their feet.
Sneaking onto stage in the dark, Coldplay burst into “Square 1,” their
silhouettes laid starkly against the giant explosions of primary colors on
the video screen behind them. What seemed like multitudes of girls aged 15
to 25 screamed as lead man Chris Martin bounded around the stage, his face
obscured by a healthy coiffure of blond curls.
A quartet who has become world-famous in the past several years for its
heavily affected Brit Pop, Coldplay has a repertoire that includes a
healthy number of rockers as well as softer tunes, and both kinds are part
of their live show.
Tuesday's set list started out with several of the band's harder-hitting
songs, with Martin running from his various rock star poses on stage to
the centered upright piano to pound out choruses of songs like “Politik.”
Will Champion attacked his drum kit with panache, and Jon Buckland swung
his body and guitar as if in a trance. During the band's break-out hit,
“Yellow,” giant yellow balloons filled with confetti dropped from the
ceiling, to be popped by audience members and the top of Martin's
rocket-shaped guitar.
The teeming crowd stood throughout Coldplay's performance, even during the
band's quieter songs (one of which they turned into June Carter Cash's
“Ring of Fire”), and cheered with abandon at slight cues from the band and
some of the more spectacular lighting changes. Did I mention the lighting?
I mean, at times I felt as if I was about to be abducted by friendly,
melodious aliens. It certainly riled up the crowd.
“For a Tuesday, you guys seem pretty up for it,” said Martin in his
jovial, non-threatening way. “They told us that you were a tough crowd,
but ...” and the rest was cut off by more cheering.
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