Good seats. Check. Enthusiastic crowd. Check. Humble and thankful band. Check. Spectacle-like visuals. Check. High quality sound. Check. Friendly company (J, K, Y). Check. Fantastic evening. Check.
People slag Coldplay for being thinly disguised versions of U2 or Radiohead. In two reviews I read today (1 and 2), their July 30th show at the ACC received glowing but qualified accolades. As in, great show, too bad Coldplay's musical legacy is and will always be insubstantial. All I know is that the crowd last night was wholly preoccupied with the band on stage, loving every minute of the energetic set and feeling no need to justify their enraptured state. (Wouldn't it be nice if critics saved the qualifiers and just embraced the band for a change?) The foursome indulged the audience by playing popular old hits, singing two songs among the crowd at the stage-opposite end of the building and changing up the static light and laser show commonly employed at stadium-sized venues. Instead, we were treated to music video-style editing of the concert on the enormous screen behind the stage - quick cuts, colour shifts - and on a series of large globes suspended from the ceiling, as well as butterfly-shaped confetti dropping from overhead. My one complaint - Reign of Love's omission from the set list - isn't fairly lodged. No concert features every song you want to hear. The above image comes courtesy of rainbow xperience on Flickr. More good shots can be found here.
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