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Bands : Coldplay
Where : Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View CA
When : Monday 7/13/09 7:30 PM

This was probally the best concert I have ever been to so far and I have been to quite a few concerts. Not only was Coldplay great musically when Live but they also were interesting and actually put on a SHOW rather than just sining songs. They were very interactive with the crowd, but didn't talk too much so that it became annoying. In fact whenever they talked it was usually describing a crowd activity they wanted us to do.

One such actuvuty was performing the wave but using our cell phones instead of our bodies. This and several other event kept the show interesting and a blast. I never sat down. Not once.



The show started off like the begining of their CD with the playing of Life in Technicolor. After this the next songs that included key event were the following:

During the song Yellow, Large yellow ballons were thrown about the large croud like beach balls. These eventually made there way to the stage. But as ballons poped they showered the crowd with yellow confetti.

During ever song howvere I found myself looking at the large screen more than the band. And I will be honost. The cariography of the big screen looked like a music video everytime and was very interesting.

Half way through the show Coldplay actually left the stage and played in the crowd on 2 platforms. The first platform they played on was in fact one that was only 5 or 6 rows infront of my own. There they played 3 songs and returned to the stage and played Viva La Vida.

Later they moved to a 2nd platform in the back crowd near the grass. Here the drummer played a song, and the band play a Micheal Jackson song in the memory of his passing. This is also when the crowd performed the cell phone wave.

After they returned to the stage the played a handful of more songs. The next act to stick out was the performance of Lovers In Japan. In this song the crowd was literally showered with tons or rainbow confetti in shapes of butterflies (as seen in the songs music video). This was the most amazing thing I have ever seen at a concert and it was amazing.

After the encore the band finished off the show with Life in Technicolor ii, letting us leave to the very same tune that we had walked into.

All in all the concert was a amazing and I beleive was worth its pricey tickets.