Coldplay - Glastonbury FLAC

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The Saturday night headliners selected a rather random yet brilliant, well for me any way, entrance tune as they casually strolled on stage to the Back to the Future theme tune. Could this have represented the fact that this is the greedy bands headlining slot for the third time in nine years? Perhaps, yet I saw this as a good sign and hoped that I would not be disappointed and regret my decision for choosing them over The Chemical Brothers who were now playing on the Other stage. And I am more than happy to say that I was not disappointed, they knew what we wanted and they delivered: creating a moving and uplifting atmosphere which only increased throughout their performance. Chris Martin’s recognisable voice carried far across the fan infested crowd only drowned out when well known favourites such as ‘The Scientist’ and ‘Politik’ were played. Their songs were no doubt accompanied with an impressive laser show, added strength and power to their meaningful songs or there just to literally represent the lyrics: such as ‘Yellow’ unsurprisingly spurring on a mass of yellow lighting radiating over the crowd.

Even though their passionate performance was consistent, I felt like something was missing. Perhaps a surprise guest or an unexpected cover was needed just to give it that extra edge and transform their commendable performance into an unforgettable one. However towards the end of their set the band acknowledged the crowd and the legendary location to the tune of Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a wonderful world’ causing cheers to spread through the never ending crowd. ‘Clocks’ and ‘Fix You’ were the highlights of the night; with not one person in sight standing still: showing us that Coldplay were indeed worthy of headlining once again.