Last week, Friday to be exactly, Coldplay came to San Jose. I went to the concert with Timber. We had pretty decent seats in the lower section toward the back. We were never blocked and had a good view of the stage, but we never got a really good close up view. We got there just as the first band was finishing up, so I can't say much about them. The second band, I think they were named Shearwater, was not my cup of tea. I just was not that interested in the kind of music they were playing. They were like a male twist of Coldplay and Enya but without any of the good melodies. Kind of harsh and I'm sure they have fans out there somewhere, but I'm certainly not one of them. After they finished it must have been 45 minutes or so before Coldplay started their part. Their mix of songs heavily favored the newest album "Viva la Vida" but they generally played most of their good songs. They even mixed it up a bit by moving around the stadium. Near the end of the concert they came out into the crowd, not far from where our seats were, and played a song where the drummer sang. They had lots of energy throughout the show and the lead singer frequently talked to the crowd and generally seemed to have fun at what he called a really big "sing-a-long". Overall I thought it was a pretty good show.
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