Blog: When The Gramophone Rings

Coldplay | The Emirates Stadium 01.06.12 It was 5 th July 2005 when this writer last saw Coldplay. The group had just released X&Y , their plodding third album and had newly graduated to a stadium act off the back of its phenomenal success. They were supported by sound-alikes Morning Runner and Doves, and the two screens either side of the stage spent the afternoon blaring out messages and videos from Oxfam. The four men all wore black, stayed almost rooted to the spot and played infront of a black screen. The climax of the [...]