Coldplay Concert
Imagine the stress of having Coldplay tickets in your hand, but not knowing if you can actually make it the concert… Two of my boys were in district play-off baseball games Friday night and were putting our night out at serious risk. We even tried to sell the tickets, but luckily no one took us up on that spectacular opportunity. And, luckily, both boys won their games in timely fashion and we were off to the concert.
We are big Coldplay fans. We have all of their CDs. We know all of their songs (and probably all of the words). The concert was fantastic. Coldplay puts on an excellent, very engaging show. Lots of audience interaction, including a fantastic acoustic set where they came out and visited us poor folks in the general admission lawn seating. That set included a tribute to Michael Jackson with a cover of Billy Jean. Very well done. Chris Martin can hit those high notes 🙂 Not sure what my favorite song was. I have too many. Their closing set included “The Scientist” which I LOVE!!!
So, being such huge fans, the concert couldn’t disappoint. That being said, I think the Clark County Amphitheater is my absolute least favorite place to see a concert. We’ve had stellar seats in the reserved section before and it that was pretty good, but then why be in an amphitheater when you are under a cover and can’t see beyond the stage. Sitting in the lawn is a totally lame experience. The sounds is not good, not loud enough, and you can’t see a dang thing. We couldn’t even see the big screens until it got really dark and you could easily hold a conversation during the conert. That’s just wrong! I joked with my friend that if you took the binoculars and focused on the big screen, it was like you were really at a concert. I’ll never be excited to go that venue, but now I know that I will absolutely not sit in the lawn. Pay the money, honey. You’ve either gotta be close or not go. It’s such a different experience than the Gorge Amphitheater. That one rocks no matter wear you sit.
