Coldplay performed at the Izod Center in East Rutherford on Sunday. As you all know, Chris Martin’s a ham, who’s all about chewing up the stage and the scenery and the iTunes commercials. In Jersey, as the Star Ledger reports, he even chewed up the cheap seats:
“Death Will Never Conquer” was part of a segment (also including “The Scientist”) where the band ventured into section 104 of the arena — located a long way from the stage — and played there. They stood shoulder-to-shoulder, as they did in another part of the show that took place on a small stage at the end of a ramp that extended onto the arena floor.
No surprise Star Ledger, they’ve been doing this as long as they’ve been into arm sashes (aka Pop Costume #4). We have video of the moment, though, as does the entire crowd standing behind the band.
Put down the cameras, girls … you’re on TV. Martin & the guys who stand behind him played SNL that night before, but EMI seemingly won’t let it live on Hulu or YouTube because copyrights are all they have left.
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This can explain why the nosebleed seats in the Honda Center show no longer qualify as “cheap seats”.
This follows the cheesiest, most overdone, ham-fisted musical performance ever on SNL.
Come on.
And where were all those string-section parts coming from? Have the boys drifted too far into Ashlee Simpson land?
wow they are the worst
even though i know its irrational i love coldplay
what up star ledger!
They did the exact same thing and the exact same songs when they performed here in Prague, Czech Republic
Haters be damned, Coldplay kick ass.
But I agree, people should put down their phones and learn to live in the moment. Instead of missing the moment, and then re-living it on a small screen with shit sound.
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They did this on the X&Y tour too. Same old.
I was there Sunday night. I was not a big fan before, I went because my son and husband love them. Well I thought they were great and for a concert in the NYC area the tickets were cheaper than most i have been to this year. We were near the stage. I have to say the man in front of me stood the whole concert so he could video it. Half the time it was so dark there is no way you can see anything on his video!!
Truly, Truly awful.
I just cannot believe these are the same guys who made Parachutes.
They have gone from bad to worse in a two step from X&Y to whatever the new album is called, and I agree that overblown pantomime performance on SNL is what sealed their fate for me. They no longer matter.
People are so detached nowadays.
If my favorite band, or at least someone I like enough to pay the considerable amount of money I’m sure those people shelled out, is playing right by my side, I’d want to shout alone, be mesmerize and make sure that every fiber of my being is into that one moment that will surely never happen again in my life… instead of doing a shitty video of the back of their heads.
I wish I could see the SNL performance now :/