Coldplay came to town and I decided with 40,000 other Scots to go greet them.
The venue was Hampden which I have covered in a previous post...
http://glasgowtheday.blogspot.com/2009/07/o-flower-of-scotland.html
but was good to go back and see it as a concert venue instead...
Once again despite all the rain we have been having Hampden Park was gleaming in the sunshine.
The stage was bathed in sunlight as the kit was set up for the support acts.
Now I know the Scots have a reputation for drinking but I thought this guy was taking it too extremes coming to the gig with his very own tank of beer. Now that is a serious drinker!!
Turns out this is the people you buy your beer from!!
First support act up was White Lies. And they were really good. Someone to watch out for in the future.
As the sun began to set over the stadium and the crowd started to gather the second support act got going...
Jay-Z. Now Hip hop not really my thing but he certainly got the crowd going.
Night had fallen. The crowd had gathered.
Time for the show... and was a light and sound spectacular as you may have expected...
With big screen effects and laser shows Chris Martin and the gang had the crowd singing along to all the favourites like Clocks, Fix You, In My Place...
And as they played Yellow giant yellow balloons were launched across the crowd. Somewhat reminiscent of the bubbles that would chase Patrick McGoohan in the Prisoner tv series from the 60's!!
And in Viva la Vida Coldplay now have a genuine crowd chant on their hands!! A chant the crowd would break into at any moment throughout the night!!
As an encore, (after being brought back on stage by more Viva la Vida chanting) what else could it be but The Scientist.
And finish it all off with a fantastic firework display from the roof of Hampden!!
And with that it was all over. And with the crowd still chanting Viva la Vida all the way home.
And showing some appreciation for the Scottish crowd always goes down well... :-)
Night had fallen. The crowd had gathered.
Time for the show... and was a light and sound spectacular as you may have expected...
With big screen effects and laser shows Chris Martin and the gang had the crowd singing along to all the favourites like Clocks, Fix You, In My Place...
And as they played Yellow giant yellow balloons were launched across the crowd. Somewhat reminiscent of the bubbles that would chase Patrick McGoohan in the Prisoner tv series from the 60's!!A one point the band did come off the main stage to a small stage in amongst the crowd to do some tracks like Trouble and also a cool cover version of Michael Jackson's Billy Jean!!
And in Viva la Vida Coldplay now have a genuine crowd chant on their hands!! A chant the crowd would break into at any moment throughout the night!!
As an encore, (after being brought back on stage by more Viva la Vida chanting) what else could it be but The Scientist.
And finish it all off with a fantastic firework display from the roof of Hampden!!
And with that it was all over. And with the crowd still chanting Viva la Vida all the way home.
I had forgotten just how much fun stadium gigs could be. And Chris Martin mentioned a few times how amazing it was to have 40,000 Scots singing along. Also great fun to be one of those Scots!! :-)
So thank you to Coldplay for coming to Glasgow and making a crowd happy at Hampden Park!! After the recent disappointment of not getting to the World Cup was good to have something to sing about!! :-)
Be well, be happy!!
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