Coldplay, what to expect?

[addicted2noise]

I saw them in 2011 and enjoyed it (theres no denying their music works well with large crowds of people) but I'm going to give them a miss this year, especially if LCD are on the other stage.

[guypjfreak]

wot ever you say thell put on a great show ....no sure if were seeing them as have seen them twice before but there good when you think of some headliners ....

[Finding leto14]

They are a beige headliner as it feels they camp their and play every year but ultimately the masses will be very happy. They'll have a few new songs to play too; sky full of stars, magic, hymn for weekend etc.

[Hugh Jass]

They haven't released anything decent since Vida la Vida. And that only had a couple of good songs on it. Recent stuff of theirs I've heard has been awful.

[Finding leto14]

8 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

They haven't released anything decent since Vida la Vida. And that only had a couple of good songs on it. Recent stuff of theirs I've heard has been awful.

 

 

In my opinion viva la vida is actually a turd album, probably their bottom 2. If their most recent album was their debut then it would get rave reviews. 

[McCor]

I've not seen them since they toured A Rush of Blood, so looking forward to seeing them on the Pyramid. 

For sentimental reasons, if they play Everything's Not Lost, my best pal & I will be very pleased, drunk, and tearful 

[cowmadiddy]

Does anyone else think Chris Martin sounds like kermit the frog or is that just me?

[arcade fireman]

They've released mediocre stuff for a very long time, but Hymn for the Weekend and Up and Up are so bad they make me want to hurt people. 

[SilverLining87]

The guy that creates Xylobands for the tours confirmed at the start of May that they will be used at Glastonbury. Pyramid field should be a great spectacle on Sunday night :-)

 

[budvar]

Having headlined the festival 3 times already and given that they're doing a stadium tour ahead of it this year, I think it's fair to say we'll have a pretty clear idea of what to expect.

The tour started in Barcelona last night and this was the setlist:

A Head Full of Dreams

Yellow

Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall

The Scientist

Birds

Paradise

Everglow

Ink

Magic

Clocks

Midnight

Charlie Brown

Hymn for the Weekend

Fix You

"Heroes" (David Bowie cover)

Viva la Vida

Adventure of a Lifetime

Kaleidoscope

Don't Panic

See You Soon

Amazing Day

A Sky Full of Stars

Up&Up

[kaytee...]

18 hours ago, Anderson19 said:

Seeing them in Manchester next Saturday!

Same. Shame I can't stand anything off their new album

[Yokel Again]

Know less of those than I thought I would. I guess lots off the last x2 albums - massively lost interest. 

Watching Eurovision a couple of weeks ago reminded me that they seemed to be on a crusade just to sound like everybody else.

[kaytee...]

4 minutes ago, budvar said:

Having headlined the festival 3 times already and given that they're doing a stadium tour ahead of it this year, I think it's fair to say we'll have a pretty clear idea of what to expect.

The tour started in Barcelona last night and this was the setlist:

A Head Full of Dreams

Yellow

Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall

The Scientist

Birds

Paradise

Everglow

Ink

Magic

Clocks

Midnight

Charlie Brown

Hymn for the Weekend

Fix You

"Heroes" (David Bowie cover)

Viva la Vida

Adventure of a Lifetime

Kaleidoscope

Don't Panic

See You Soon

Amazing Day

A Sky Full of Stars

Up&Up

What a terrible setlist. Cant say I'm thrilled to be seeing them next week

[Hugh Jass]

That Bowie cover is going to hurt.

[SirDaniel]

I have no strong feelings either way when it comes to Coldplay, but I stumbled across a video of their Heroes cover last night and couldn't listen to more than about thirty seconds. Absolutely dreadful stuff - they some how managed to make it sound vaguely like the Only Fools theme song.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, SirDaniel said:

 they some how managed to make it sound vaguely like the Only Fools theme song.

Alright Dave

[djdavejohnson]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

That Bowie cover is going to hurt.

 

1 hour ago, SirDaniel said:

I have no strong feelings either way when it comes to Coldplay, but I stumbled across a video of their Heroes cover last night and couldn't listen to more than about thirty seconds. Absolutely dreadful stuff - they some how managed to make it sound vaguely like the Only Fools theme song.

Just had a listen to the Heroes cover, and that hurt. And this is coming from somebody who doesn't hide the fact that I like Coldplay!

Ultimately I'll have to judge it on the night, but Chris Martin's vocals sounded awful. Didn't even sound like he was singing in the correct key. Who knows, maybe it was the vid, but do you know who I love more than Coldplay? Bowie.

You have four weeks to sort it out. Don't fuck it up Martin.

[Sawdusty surfer]

For my mate's birthday last year I bought him a T Shirt , on which was printed in small letters 'Make Coldplay History'. He was very happy with it. 

 Four months later was my birthday. He bought me a T shirt, on which was printed.... etc etc. I was happy.

 Did see them at Pilton Party donkey's years ago and they were OK, even quite good and then at Glastonbury soon after that but then just got a bit bored of them.

Edited May 27, 2016 by Sawdusty Surfer

[reflekting]

On the bbc red button now in answer to the OP. 

[reflekting]

This actually is very good. The new songs are pretty terrible but they still put on a hell of a show. 

[Spindles]

I've got to confess, I'd been considering going to see them, but on the strength of the opening 2 minutes of their radio 1 gig I changed my mind.

[reflekting]

2 minutes ago, Spindles said:

I've got to confess, I'd been considering going to see them, but on the strength of the opening 2 minutes of their radio 1 gig I changed my mind.

The new songs are very poor with the exception of Up & Up though I think most people would agree. 

[Alcatraz]

Just sat through the R1BW show out of curiosity

I have to give them their dues, they are a very cunning band. Given they're all nearly 40, they had a very young crowd eating out of their hands, with well over a decade old tunes going down a storm and then splicing in dance mashups. Chris Martin just about avoids coming across as a fun dad. 

I have no interest in seeing them at Glasto, but I have to give them credit

 

[DJ Cull]

I quite liked the Raspberry Beret cover

[Madyaker]

Ugh that setlist is about the best we can hope for I suppose. Don't Panic followed by See You Soon was probably nice. I just wish they'd play Spies, it's one of their greats and they never play it.