Coldplay Drives Them Wild at All Points West’s Closing Night
An energetic Chris Martin bounces around the stage at APW 2009 Photo by: Leslie DJ
The members of Coldplay ran across the veiled stage with sparklers in their hands. They leaped and twirled like giddy school boys as the opening bars of “Life in Technicolor” played. Once the fire fizzled out the guys picked up their instruments and embarked on their two-hour set.
They performed tracks from every album including “Fix You,” (X & Y) “Yellow,” (Parachutes), “Strawberry Swing” (Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends) and “Green Eyes” (A Rush of Blood to The Head). In honor of Beastie Boy MCA who was recently diagnosed with cancer and therefore the Beastie Boys had to pull out of their All Points West performance Chris Martin dedicated a piano rendition of “Fight for Your Right” stating, “in honor of an absent friend, something Jay addressed on Friday” (referring to Jay Z’s cover of “No Sleep till Brooklyn”).
Coldplay perform "Billie Jean" at APW 2009 Photo by: Leslie DJ
In the middle of their set the entire band shifted gears and performed on a high rise platform in the middle of the crowd and performed an acoustic version of “Billie Jean.”
Afterwards Chris Martin acknowledged the crowd’s bravery for walking in the mud and thanked them profusely for sticking around to see them, “I have newfound appreciation for you guys after walking in that shit,” he said. Prior to that he stated, “This is by far the smelliest but awesomest show we’ve ever played.”
