Coldplay’s concert two years ago was absolutely fantastic, so I wouldn’t expect anything less for the 2009 tour. Being a bit cash-strapped, I decided not to go. So I watched the sections on the sistic website turn red one by one. Within a day or so, all tickets were sold out.

Weeks went by, and I suddenly felt a pang of regret for not getting myself a ticket. So I resorted to listening to their music on my ipod all month, in hopes I’d get so sick of their songs I wouldn’t feel so bad missing their show.

To cut the long story short, I got a call from Danli 1.5hrs before the show asking if I’d like to go to Coldplay, because C+1 couldn’t make it.

“Hell yeah! I’m there!”

Showered and dressed in record time, I picked up Danli, Evan and Karen from Bugis and we all headed to the Singapore Indoor Stadium together.

The best part? Only found out when we saw the tickets, we got row 2 seats! OMG ROW 2! We were so close to them, it felt almost surreal.

It was undoubtedly the best concert I’ve been to.

All in all, it was a fantastic evening, they played all their greatest hits and new songs from their Viva la Vida album.

I especially love how they keep the crowds engaged throughout the evening, either through gimmicks, videos, visuals but also their use of stage space.

My favourite moment would have to be the butterfly confetti shower.

I wish I had a better camera to take better photos. All these photos were taken from my canon point-and-shoot.

Posted here are all the best shots I got, the rest were very “noisy” due to the high ISO. Tough compromise.

So would I pay to see them again in 2 years time? Definitely.

Here’s a video compilation of my amazing night with Coldplay.