Top show left me happy to be alive
Back on home soil after 80 dates away, the mighty Coldplay served up few setlist surprises in new songs for the second night of the UK leg of their Viva La Vida tour - but Trouble from the first album Parachutes, was added for British fans.
Coldplay
Birmingham NIA
By Catherine Roche
Back on home soil after 80 dates away, the mighty Coldplay served up few setlist surprises in new songs for the second night of the UK leg of their Viva La Vida tour - but Trouble from the first album Parachutes, was added for British fans.
Other songs included Violet Hill, from latest album Viva La Vida, Clocks, In My Place, Fix You from X&Y, a techno version of God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, Viva La Vida itself and Postcards From Far Away, with frontman Chris Martin singing solo with just a piano instrumental.
Another surprise was an acoustic version of The Scientist with a sample of Take That's Back for Good at the end.
Once the crowd got going, the atmosphere was electric and the band drew two standing ovations. With Martin urging the audience to "sing like you're auditioning for X Factor," the stadium was on a high.
Martin didn't just play and sing, he became one with the instruments, throwing himself around the stage belting out hit after hit.
With neon confetti, dazzling lights, a walk around the auditorium and some one of the best effects I have seen in a long time, the gig actually made me feel happy to be alive.
The band have firmly cemented their place at the top spot.
