coldplay, 5 feet away........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The morning started with a quick episode of a mere heart attack when i almost couldnt check out books from the library due to an outstanding debt of 3 pounds from overdue books. i quickly pretended to search my book bag for money (cuz i didnt bring my wallet with me) and somehow, by God's grace and sheer awesomeness, i pulled out 3 pounds!? wooooooooh. that was a great start to the day i would go see my favorite band ever COLDPLAY in concert in LONDON. a dream of mine for quite some time!!!

Barbel and i left eastbourne around 3:30, and arrived in london at 5. made great time on teh train, too. so, we took the 'tube' and got off near parlaiment, searched thru a couple restuarants before deciding on a Latin one that was just amazing! I got some kind of beef curry/casserole thingy with fried plantains.......DELISH!! we both had long islands to prep for the awesomeness that awaited us. little did we know it was going to be one of the craziest, greatest nights ever. (i mean, we could have guessed, but not for what actually happened...........;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDv7G0d6Mqs
actually, this link is better. this is seriously about how close we were....only imagine straight behind them, not to the side....and that's what it was like! CARAAAAAAAAAZYYYYYYYY.
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pa8gFeFH38&feature=related

this was taken by the guys next to us!! so really, this is how far/close they were to us!!!!

oh man. so afterward. we were floating all the way home. im still processing what just happened! it was an unbelievable performance, yet again. and i cant wait till the next album comes out!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE.

We arrived at the O2 areana and found our seats. they were VERY good! much closer than i thought they would have been. and we had 2 free seats next to us, which was nice cuz we had more room to jump around, flail our arms, and go nuts (that may have been more me than her, but we still both rocked it out). the concert started with the first song of their album "life in technicolor" which is just insrumental, but totally amazing (and i called that that's what theyd open with...man in so good!). then it was "violet hill" and after that i really cant remember. to enthralled with being in england/londong/seeing coldplay for a 2nd time!!!!!!

so, rewind a bit, to before the band actually started performing. there was a little platform like, 5 rows ahead of us that was covered in a black cloth. and some security guys were telling the people around there that the band was going to come out of it/come sing on it....we were a bit skeptical. does this stuff really happen??!

sure enough, about 1/2 way thru the concert. there was a quick pause on the stage, and then they started running off and over to where we were sitting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the four of them got on the little platform and talked to the crowd, and then Chris introduced some guy who they had play along with them on the platform with his harmonica. Once he said his name, the crowd erupted....it was Simon Peg!!!!!! you may not know him, but he's the English actor who starred in 'sean of the dead' and 'run fat boy run'. very funny! He is very short and small in real life. so we saw him up close as well as the band. and you know what the cherry on the top was?! WE DIDNT BRING OUT CAMERAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:o

Afterwards, we both exchanged emails with the two people next to us who videoed/photoed almost the entire concert. so im reallly hoping/praying that he comes thru for us!? anyways, at least we actually go to see them so close up! it was crazy. and i thought the seats were gonna be bad. pshhhhhhhh.
here's also a pic of the O2 arena. very cool. http://www.theo2.co.uk/inside/the-o2-arena.html

here is a link of a video someone took of the band near our seats. if you figure about 4-5 rows up from where they are standing, that's where we were!!!