Coldplay Live In Singapore 2009, originally uploaded by poisoned ivy.

Wow. Coldplay last night was… Wow.

My experience was nothing short of amazing. It was exactly what I’d always believed every concert should be like and to me, this is precisely how music should be enjoyed.

From the moment the band came onstage, I just knew it was gonna be awesome. And the guys certainly did not disappoint. In fact, after Clocks, only their third song of the night, I’d already declared to Nessa that this was without a doubt the best concert I’d ever been to. Watching Chris Martin perform with such raw energy and heart was needless to say, breathtaking. In My Place sounded better than it already is. Yellow was a massive crowd-pleaser. Fix You became this gorgeous anthem. The guys did a cool techno remix of God Put A Smile Upon Your Face/Talk (video not taken in Singapore but it was the same version) and as expected, Viva La Vida was freakin’ awesome live. I developed a new love for Lovers In Japan, and was moved by the heartfelt and tender performance of The Scientist.

And as though listening to their already gorgeous songs live wasn’t enough, there was the spectacle. Lasers! Balloons! Confetti! Rotating globes that doubled as screens! Beautiful backdrops! More confetti! But that’s not all, cos the band decided to be just a little bit more awesome and walked right into the crowd and performed a mini acoustic set AMONG THE AUDIENCE.

Audience participation/engagement was high as everyone sang along, chanted the “oh” refrain from Viva La Vida and was clearly there to enjoy the awesomeness of Coldplay. We even got to try the Coldwave (only the second venue to do it, after Auckland) which was pretty cool until it died down after the fifth or sixth round.

The energy from the concert lingered for a long time after I got home. Only thing was, I was on such a high that I found it hard to sleep cos I kept re-living the entire experience and I couldn’t get the “oh” refrain out of my head. And even this morning, when I got up, I woke up with a big, stupid smile on my face.

If anything, this experience has given me a whole new level of love and respect for the band and you can bet I’ll be at every one of their shows in Singapore from now on. While the videos I’ve posted certainly don’t do any justice, I hope it’ll be enough to convince you that you should do yourself a favour, and catch Coldplay live. Cos seriously? Not many bands in this world are gonna be as good as this.