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Post by coolplay on Apr 24, 2015 18:19:48 GMT
Tomorrow it will be one year ago since Coldplay played their first show for their album Ghost Stories that was yet to come. It's been my first Coldplay concert and I'd like to celebrate its anniversary with a couple of pictures I took while I was on my way to Cologne (and which I would have liked to upload that day but I couldn't make it work). There will be a video of one of the encore songs which I couldn't resist to record (it's not ASFOS but you can have a guess whether it is The Scientist or GPASUYF ) and we can have a nice chat in the chatroom tomorrow while listening to the recording of the concert. I hope you will enjoy that little theme day Feel free to throw in your ideas Does anyone know if the radio concert is up on youtube? If not, I will upload it for tomorrow
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Post by LdySpace on Apr 24, 2015 21:28:07 GMT
I can't believe it's been a year already since the GS tour started! What a cool time. It's also uber cool that it was your first CP show and that it was great for you, Dustin! Of course, add any pictures or memories you want. As I said in a thread somewhere, Saturdays are difficult for me, and especially tomorrow since we are celebrating my son's (and other people's) birthdays. But for those able to attend, I hope you have a great time remembering the beginning of GS!
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Post by coolplay on Apr 25, 2015 0:09:47 GMT
Yeah... time goes by I hope you will have a nice birthday celebration tomorrow, Sharon It's early in the morning in Germany and I have just uploaded the song from the encore. It is... God Put A Smile Upon Your Face!!! (that was pretty clear, wasn't it? - one of my favourite songs ever)
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Post by coolplay on Apr 25, 2015 8:39:38 GMT
It's the 24th April 2014. I have just tried to get a ticket for the Cologne gig again. Refreshing the page, trying to add a ticket to the basket... waiting... Holy cow, there it is! (without the confetti of course lol) Time to print out the booking confirmation (pic below) and the ticket to tell myself that this is true, time to jump around like a kangaroo and time to call my dad and tell him that I'll be ca 600km away from him tomorrow Ok. now I still need to book bus tickets and a hotel room for one night and collect a few things I want to take on my way to Cologne (camera, a big piece of selfmade pizza (because we still had some left LOL) my mobile phone etc...) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25th April 2014 Ok, let's go! We (yeah, you and me ) are taking the train to the station where the central bus station is located. The weather is beautiful and after a little walk, we arrive at the central bus station in Berlin. Here we go! Looks a bit umm... silent but yeah we are on time! Let's get in and have a look at the timetables. We don't want any surprises right now, do we? My bus will departure at 9:30. We still got some time.... Ok so let's listen to some (Coldplay) music We go through the door and to gate 28 where our bus should come in a couple of minutes. and there it is!!! It's starting guys, it's starting!!! The bus is getting full.... ... and we are on time!
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Post by prissieb on Apr 25, 2015 8:42:58 GMT
I am a day out. The season with the babd is starting. I am goibg to watch them at the flower parade. I will be back at dinner time. Will share some thoughts after that. Let's listen the gig tomorrow night together. Say at 8 UK time? Who will join?
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Post by chipotle on Apr 25, 2015 9:58:28 GMT
Roadtrip!! You are so good at writing these stories, Dustin! I remember last year well, how we wondered if you were getting to the venue in time. Oops that's skipping ahead. Now I'll have a nap on the bus. If we listen and chat tomorrow, I'll join any time. Tonight I might be out til around 9-10 but pop in and say hi after if it's tonight. Happy anniversary!
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Post by coolplay on Apr 25, 2015 10:48:51 GMT
Oh right, let's do it tomorrow then Sunday, 8 pm UK time. Save the date
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Post by coolplay on Apr 25, 2015 11:24:54 GMT
We are going to see Coldplay!!! We will get autographs, shake hands with the band members, exchange phone numbers... Damn. I just woke up again. We are in a bus seeing green grass, trees, lakes, cars and windmills... ... and we wonder what Cologne looks like. Just fields? Will they perform on a farm? Does the bus driver REALLY know the route? Oh well... we are going to find out and I thought Brandenburg (in Germany) was boring.... So the view out of the window is not really entertaining. But fortunately, the crowd in the bus is all excited to see Coldplay in Cologne! Can you see it? No? Oh right, I am the only excited person then Nothing much happening here... Let's all log into Coldplayers.boards.net and post some updates The bus has Wi-Fi! We see lots of IKEAs and McDonald's restaurants and now we are stopping for a little break... (Shhhhh....... this is the McDonald's where they have Chicken curry burgers )
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Post by spiderman on Apr 25, 2015 13:59:38 GMT
It's so beautiful there Dustin!
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Post by barbamama on Apr 25, 2015 14:29:03 GMT
Hey Dustin, what a great memory we all have of that time! I liked your trip and your constant updates a lot , and I remember I was really excited for you! It's good to do it all over again, one year after :-) thanks!
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Post by coolplay on Apr 25, 2015 14:35:58 GMT
Hey that break was really nice! It won't be long before we are in Cologne We make a stop in Wuppertal where new people come into the bus while others leave. Wuppertal is where they have these weird monorail trains ^^ The weather is still great and we will arrive on time if we don't get stuck in a... ... traffic jam! (and a dirty windscreen LOL) We are late and but fortunately, the traffic jam dissolves and we can see the Cologne Cathedral !!! We are almost there! And here we are! We are in.... well.... umm.... somewhere in Cologne... That is the last photo I took from that journey. I had to check in to the hotel where I arrived at 6:30 pm. Entrance for the concert was at 7pm, so that was quite a rush and I didn't know where to go to. One couple who checked in before me, were asking for the fastest way to the E-Werk at the reception. LOL I think I know what they wanted there However, it was still not very easy to go there but the people in Cologne (no matter if Turkish or German) were really helpful and guided me the way to the E-Werk. When I wanted to purchase a ticket in the bus, the machine didn't work, so I got that little bus trip for free haha. When I went out of the bus and had to go on walking, I remember a person saying that the E-Werk is so very far away when in fact it was just 20 minutes or so (being from Berlin, I might have another view of what is a big distance LOL ). I still didn't know where to go to until I met two students who studied in Cologne and who had the possibility to take me with them on train for free. Super awesome. . It was such a wonderful day and an experience in life I don't want to miss.
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Post by coolplay on Apr 25, 2015 16:32:41 GMT
I am sorry to say that this is my last idea for today's theme day. I filmed another part of "Midnight" that you haven't seen before and which is online now. It's basically Chris dancing to it I hope you liked it and will join us in the chat room to listen to the radio recording tomorrow.
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Post by prissieb on Apr 25, 2015 17:46:05 GMT
I will be there Dustin! Like Carina said, I loved to read your posts. A big part of the day I was doing nothing. Checking if you had posted anything and if you were able to make it, while I actually had to work. I now I had a rehearsel tgat night. And because it was the day before a performance, I had to go. I missed out the first part, but once the rehearsel was over I rushed into my car and listened to the rest of it and chatted with the others. I sat there for 30 or 45 minutes in my car.
I wonder what the members of my band would have thought...
It was really great to experience the start of Ghost Stories with all of you. Like you Dustin, was a GS gig my first. Hope many will follow!
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Post by comicforce on Apr 26, 2015 9:39:58 GMT
I'll be there! Fantastic memories Dustin.
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Post by LdySpace on Apr 26, 2015 14:45:07 GMT
I'm going to try to be there; lots of birthdays going on, but I will try to be here for sure!!
I LOVED reading your account again, Dustin. It brought back all of the familiar butterflies in the stomach feelings of that time period. And Midnight....faeoiewfehfehwu3eh3. I love, love that part.
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