Coldplay - Dublin 2024 - Update Post 1 on Toutless

Whats the story with the blue glasses some people are wearing?

Amazing show, great music of course but it's a spectacle to be there and they really do make it an unforgettable experience.

The puppet was totally cringe but not too much cheese overall.

Great gig

The glasses ?

Cool ……

Same

I was at Sunday night's show. Arrived to the Cusack turnstiles about 7:40. I have been to many Croke Park & other stadium gigs/events, I've also worked in the events industry, and I have never seen so many people who clearly didn't have a ticket trying to 'break in' or force their way through.

Once inside we stood for maybe a minute and I was shocked at the amount of people being thrown out. Security looked understaffed and flustered as they waited for more to break in.

Just before the show started I was queueing for the toilets and there was a group of late teens boys/girls all remarking on how easy it was to get in and how they 'even got wristbands without a ticket'.

From my own experience and reading that of others it seems there were plenty of people in the stadium who had no right to be there.

Enjoyed the show last night.

Was in pitch B so had a great view.

Its a very polished show, looks great.

The setlist wasn't as good as 2017, too many weaker new songs, sound wasn't as good either.

The crowd was very young, and the scourge of people recording on their phones was present, I'm not sure what people further back would see.

Alot of backing tracks and prerecorded tracks, not really sure how much of the show is "Live".

Much better having concerts in August as opposed to June, it was dark for almost the whole concert, makes a big difference.

Agree with much of this. Don't get me wrong, U had a great time, but just not as good as their gig in July. Felt Chris Martin was not as energetic this time round (has he lost a yard of pace??!?!) and the setlist too.

Don't get me started on the crowd. In B on Friday, people were constantly on phones, it was quite annoying. Seems like it was less of a gig and more important to be seen to be there. Plus many around me didn't know Ride On….criminal, lol!!

Spectacular occasion though.

My nephew and a few of his mates bunked in last night. I've no idea how but his mum sent a video of him on the pitch saying that they did (to our family Whatsapp group). She also said at least 20 of his mates bunked in on Saturday night. The silence on the Whatsapp group was deafening. I got the impression SIL and his dad (my brother) knew he was going to try and bunk in. Clearly the rest of us disagreed with it - no one has replied. I'd say she's morto. Having said that teens will be teens and the security should have been tighter. It could he been a disaster with a crush or something.

If you're coming from Clonliffe Road onto Jones's Road, the first ticket "check" is a mere glance at your phone. Any old TM screenshot with a barcode from a past gig would have sufficed.

Second "check" is a very brief look inside your bag. Compartments not checked. No physical patdown.

Third was the turnstile, which was tight, and ticket was scanned correctly.

I can see how hurdles one and two could be easily bypassed (and refreshments brought in no problemo) but getting past the turnstile at hurdle three is perplexing.

My buddy had early Entry tickets and ended up in Pitch C.

Surely he should have been in Pitch A or B ?

He was drinking all day mind you so a good chance he wandered in the wrong gate.

Well the 2017 show was in the middle of a heatwave, it was a balmy night.

Only 1 date too so Chris was probably fresher, 4 gigs in 5 nights is hard going. He is 7 years older too.

Alot of the newer songs are EDM, it doesn't give Guy and Jonny much to do.

Look how active they are on this old video

Disappointed didnt get Charlie Brown, it was one of the highlights in 2017.

I FUCKIN LOVE THAT SONG. Honestly it's one of my favourite Coldplay tunes. What tour was that from? Edit: just saw it was 2012

They had leaf blowers blowing the confetti away off the stage/runway, usually into the faces of us in pitch A.

Fairly sure nobody around us knew “Everglow” on Thursday night.

It's my favourite Coldplay song. I had a sign asking for Ink, but I'm equally as happy Everglow was played. The fact it was dedicated to those we've lost made it more special.

2017 setlist was miles better i thought

Yes its a great song, and only 3 minutes long too, it will fit in well with their new stuff.

On Sunday night there were 2 ladies in front of us at the turnstile who only had one ticket between them.

I changed turnstile so I don’t know if they were let in or not.

I found security very helpful and friendly all evening

Feel so cheated as ours weren't hearts, they were crosses so as a glasses wearer was more like when it's raining at night on a windscreen or if you have astigmatism 🤣

Thankfully the crowd around me were great. I've had my fair share of concerts spoiled by obnoxious people in the crowd though, most recently at Kings of Leon when 3 people barged their way to the front at 10pm as if they were always there, and those of us who were there for 5 hours had to tell them to f off and it turned into a bit of a spat of them telling us to f off.

I made the mistake of going to the toilet after Maggie on the Thursday, people were fairly obliging as I made my way out away from the barrier.

Spent about 15 minutes in 2 different queues on the way back trying to get some drinks, a load of missed calls from herself and I'd to abort thinking she'd lost our spots. My God, absolute gridlock. The looks of disgust I was getting as I was pleading my case to get by people. Tried my best to take the same route back thinking I'd be somewhat remembered and be let through by some.

Only a hundred meters but it was the hardest walk and squeeze I've ever had. Had two separate instances where people made it their business not to let me through and I had to re-route. That was the poxy thing about that B section, there seemed to be no limit to the amount of people they let in. Sat there for hours, then ye get c#nts only after arriving due to their lack of a wristband blocking your way back. Manners seems to go out the window in such situations with some people.

Absolutely, I'd be skeptical about it myself though I think it's easy enough to spot chancers barging through at the last minute and someone explaining why they're trying to get through the crowd.

I wasn't referring to all I encountered but rather a couple of individuals that IMO, behaved like c#nts, and one who used her arse to try prevent me from getting by. She succeeded. It was absolute grid lock so there was no barging past people, I'd not do it anyway.

Anyone I encountered were politely asked to allow me to pass and I'd a pain in my hoop explaining myself but I did. Got back in the end thanks to those who allowed me to squeeze past, the ones that didn't and were only short of telling me to f off, weren't there hours like many of us, hence the label c#nts. It's a perfect word to describe c#nty behavior, nothing harsh about it.

Was going to say the same thing. It was actually hard to hear them at times due to the amount of talking noise around the stadium while they were being played.

Anything other than the big singles was probably unknown to most of the crowd.

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