$251 well spent

So Coldplay had their second concert here in Singapore yesterday night. Ya Coldplay, only my favourite band and we bought only the most expensive tickets so no biggie la eh.

We got there early and encountered our first upset of the day. Our seats were located damn far away from the stage la. Considering the price we paid, it really wasn't what we were expecting. And I was in fact hoping that they would remove the seats for a free standing area because I cannot emphasize this enough, you CANNOT sit in a Coldplay concert.

This was our view. Upset la got lots of matnung krempers in front of us

Second upset of the day was when Mercury Rev, some druggy band from impressyourfriendswithunknownbands.com, opened the concert. To be fair though, the music was good and the lead singer did some nice Suff impersonations. But they were too much in their own world playing their seemingly neverending songs and everybody in the stadium except themselves wanted them to stop. By then, the crowd was getting too restless.

When the lights were finally dimmed and the first familiar sounds of the band were heard, it sparked total chaos in the crowd. They opened with Life in Technicolor and it was the most surreal feeling having heard them on my earphones all these while. That moment right there was exactly what I've been waiting for.


From then on, it was one glorious song after another. From Violet Hill to Clocks to Yellow to In My Place to Fix You, the list is endless. And they had the nerve to play Viva la Vida and Lost! back-to-back. Omg everybody just lost it there, if they hadn't already. And just as you think they cannot get any better they upped their game at the very next song. There was barely a chance for the crowd to catch their breath. Together with all of the visual effects, lasers, bouncing balloons,confettis incorporated into their song, it was truly a beautiful spectacle.

Yellow

This was as close as we could get to them. They actually went into the crowd and played some mean acoustics. Brilliant showmanship

Lovers in Japan.
Notice Chris at the bottom left singing with an umbrella in hand. Kau class la Chris.

The crowd I must say was brilliant. When Chris & gang first left in what we thought was the end of the show, the whole stadium went Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh ooooohhhhhhhhhh (Viva la Vida style). It was so loud that even if they hadn't planned on coming back to stage, they would after hearing that. Chris did eventually returned to thunderous applause and started his piano solo on The Scientist before being joined by the rest of the band. They then ended superbly with Life in Technicolor II. I was literally overwhelmed at this point. They could not have ended it any better.

Will Champion, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Chris Martin.
Thank you for the beautiful music.

Three very happy losers

For the record, Chris omg Chris Martin is the consummate musician cum showman. On top of the brilliiant (I've run out of adjectives) piano and guitar skills, he was spontaneous, charismatic, entertaining, endearing and engaging all at the same time. Definitely a crowd pleaser. And his voice omgggggggggg, just how I imagined it to be. It gives me the chills just thinking back on the whole experience