My Coldplay.com - A Coldplay Blog

Look what dropped on my doormat today! A signed pic from Coldplay!!

Thanks so much guys! I will treasure this forever!!

Luv Nettie xox

a.k.a. Everybody Nettie loves Chris…

I hauled ass over to Berlin early Sunday morning. The train ride on the ICE train only took 2 hours, but the ride seemed slow. We were in a little private compartment away from the noise, which was nice. I just put my ipod on and had 40 winks.

I was staying at a hostel [my first and last time. Never again...], which was bang smack near that train station, so I was able to dump my suitcase and get over to the O2 World arena, where I was met by the lovely Mel. We had a ball just messing about near the Beriln Wall [now called The East Side Gallery], which was a stones throw away from the Arena. There’s lovely artwork on it, plus slogans from that evil time that I imagine most people would rather forget. You can actually buy pieces of the wall to take home….

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a.k.a Hamburger anyone…?

I flew out to Hamburg on Saturday, to catch Coldplay’s gig at the Colour Line arena. As mentioned before, it was standing as well as seated, which appealed to me muchly. Plus, I wanted to see the whole of Coldplay’s new ’show’ before the December O2 dates [you really think I was gonna wait that long? Yeah, right...]. The flight was short at 1hr 20mins, but the descent was awful. The turbulence was fierce for most of the flight and the plane kept bobbing around as it was landing. I did start to pray under my breath [I have no desire to die in an air disaster anytime soon, thank you very much!] We landed ok - everyone started clapping when the Captain showed his face before we got off the plane. Why are BA flights so hair-raising?

So, I found my hotel and crashed out because I didn’t sleep the night before and had been up for 36 hours solid, so no sight-seeing for me, which was a pity because I did want to have a look around. From what I could see Hamburg is a lovely city, really spread out and very green/leafy, with some nice old buildings and a canal/river going through it. I wanted to see the harbour, just I just didn’t have the energy. I did do a recon to see where the Color Line Arena was. It’s bang smack next to Hamburg’s Nordbank Stadium, a bit like how Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena are next to each other, but their’s are much closer together, with a good transportation system. You could walk from the station about 1100 metres or take a free shuttle. When I got there, the footie had just finished and there were fans everywhere, plus DJ Bobo was rocking the house at the arena. Um, ok…

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I’ve just got back from Berlin. The concert was AMAZING! I was also at the Hamburg show. I’ll have more for you a bit later. Meantime - the setlist…

SETLIST
Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Speed Of Sound
Cemeteries Of London
Chinese Sleep Chant
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face [techno version]
Talk [techno version]
Trouble [snippet]
The Hardest Part
Postcards From Far Away
Viva La Vida
Lost!

The Scientist [acoustic]
Death Will Never Conquer [acoustic]
Viva La Vida Remix

Politik
Yes [Snippet for Nettie (yes, that's right! :))]
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends

Yellow
The Escapist [Outro]

Happy Birthday Mr Buckland.

Enjoy your day off…

See you on Sunday.

Nettie xox

A.k.a when a shitty day turns into a fabulous one!

I had to work today, which sucked loads. I was hoping to get the day off so I could get down to the BBC Radio Theatre in time to see Coldplay arriving, but alas due to work [and other bogus mishaps], I got there too late…

When I did get there, there were a few autograph hunters - you know, the ones that sell their signed pictures on eBay [shock, horror!] and two other diehard Coldplay fans [Hey Jeff and Maria!]. [Read more]

My pictures are here and here’s quick review..

Drove up to Creamfields yesterday afternoon and got there about 5pm and I just walked to the barrier. That was weird…

What peeps were doing was, as soon as the last band finished, they’d walk off to wherever. The front of stage was a bit of a mudbath, but not as bad as what was going on at last year’s Glastonbury.
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Um, just got back from Reading Festival, where Bloc Party and The Killers gave absolutely BLINDING sets. I’m off tomorrow to Creamfields to see Kasabian headline, so no updates until I get back…

As mentioned earlier, I went along to V Festival 2008 in Chelmsford. I drove this time, as it’s only 40 minutes away. The traffic on the A12 was horrendous and it took a while just to get into the campsite. However, the field I was staying in was quite close by, so setting up was a doddle…

They’ve changed the layout completely since last year. The 4Music stage was were the V Stage was and vice versa. It took a while for me to get my bearings. I had mates over in red camping [I was in yellow] and it took ages for me to find them, the area was so big and not very well marked out. They need to sort that out for next year…

On the Saturday I checked out Air Traffic, who were ok, but they much better when I saw them at Rock Werchter last year. I’d never seen Shed Seven before, so checked them out on recommendation of my mate. Now I see where Oasis got their sound from. They have totally ripped off this band, who have been around for ages and have some great tunes. I really enjoyed their set. [Read more]

Happy Birthday Will. Welcome to the club! Here’s a wee vid I made…

Love Nettie xox

Here are some fan clips of Coldplay singing happy birthday to will at the Toronto show.
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