== COLDPLAYING ==

The time of my life!!

I’m sitting here still thinking of what to say. For I still cant believe that I was there.

COLDPLAY LIVE at Greenpoint Stadium, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA!! One night only!

It’s been a month and no words can truly express how I feel and felt at that time. Yes dramatic you may think. But the power this band has is phenomenal. I never thought that I would come across fans more hardcore than myself. Mistaken! Haha Just thinking of that spectacular night, gives me goosebumps! I took a good friend of mine with. She was just as excited. And oddly enough, I didn’t get hyped up until the day of the concert . I was literally surfing the net looking for twitter updates and news. Posting pictures online. And just well, catching up on old Coldplay chunes and news etc. I did what I normally do, Wiki'd them :) And to my surprise, found out that back in 1996, they went with the name Starfish haha. Luckily in 1997 they switched to Coldplay. Good thing they did there. For who would have listened to “Yellow” by Starfish.

Anyhoo, back to the concert... As we got there, the stadium was still practically empty.

We sat in the middle section. Having a clear view. I remember telling my brother, when he booked the tickets online, that it doesn’t matter where I sit, as long as I can hear Chris Martins voice! And I think Mandy would actually agree with me. We had a pretty good seat. As time went by, the stadium started to fill up. It was my first true international concert experience. No, Chris Rock doesn’t count haha. All sorts of people attended. The spoilt little rich kids in hoards being loud as ever (who don't really give a hoot about the band and who’s just attending to say that they attended), the mellow “boem roekers” aka stoners, hardcore fans (who dressed the part), the closet rockers ( I think that’s where I fit in haha) and then the oldies. I was surprised at the amount of old people there were. It just shows. This is a quality band :D

Alas, the atmosphere was electric and I was counting down the minutes until the show really started. I was Blessed enough to also see The Parlotones. They opened. Wasn't bad at all. But the dude sounds the same in all the songs. And he started to bore me. And like any other public show, they were behind schedule which just made me more psyched up. This was my all time favourite band. A band whom I have been following since FOREVER. Have all the albums, love ALL the songs on each of them, and well a band that I've been praying for to come to SA. I remember telling my brother, that the day they come, I'll sell my kidney to get a ticket!!! That’s how important Coldplay is to me.

The clock finally struck 8! And the whole stadium went dark. An acoustic guitar started playing and my heart skipped a beat. For I immediately knew what the song was. Even got up before everyone hehe And boom! The whole stage went YELLOW! My goosebumps got goosebumps I tell you! Pure bliss! To be part of something so epic! I wanted to cry. For I knew every song, word for word. And sang with from the heart. The only song I didn’t know was “Paradise”. Its from their latest album Mylo Xyloto. But even when they did that song, I was in awe of their greatness!!! The way they planned the concert was beautiful. Using pyrotechnics and lighting. Every song had a theme and colour. I might not have been in the golden circle, but where I stood, my one dream came true. And I will never forget 2011-09-05!

They played all the greats. Yellow, Shiver, Politik, Lost, Till Kingdom Come, Violet Hill, Clocks, In my place and more... I was sitting there, patiently waiting for my number one hit of theirs. They then did a stunt. Where they said thanks and went off stage. And I knew, any time now, its coming. And like people are, STUPID, some of them actually started leaving. Haha. I told Mandy nope. They're not done. And as expected. They came back for an encore. Yes you guessed it. They saved the best for last. “FIX YOU” taken from their third album X&Y. Brilliance. I remember still making a video for my friend Naaz. And I forgot that I was singing with haha. She commended me on the vocals. 

Eventually when they were done, ending off with “Every tear drop is a waterfall”. That’s when it struck me. I was here! I was part of it! Heehee I didn’t have a voice the next day. But it was all friggun worth it! And I wouldn’t mind doing it all over again.  To this day, I still thank God and my Brother, for without them, it would not have been possible.

Hopefully one day, before I leave this earth, I will be able to see them perform once more :)

Love Peace and Chicken Grease yall!