I reached my pinnacle of excitement, denn:
- Ich habe Chris gesehen.
- Welcher Chris?
- Martin!
Merkur Spiel Arena Düsseldorf is quiet far from City Center ~ circa 30 Minutes away. There were no dressed up people like when I was in Taylor Swift Concert, they only wear Coldplay shirt, everyone seems to know where their entrance located. I started a conversation with a girl, she thought I was looking for a ticket, I said “no, no, I have ticket, I just don’t know where to get in”, she’s also another solo rider fella 🙂 let’s explore the Stadion together, her seat is on block 42 at the corner while I’m on block 25 rather the side of the stage, we were kind of pretty much at the front. Lesson learned regarding no need to feel shy anymore, I asked if I can have her number just in case if we want to meet during the Pause in between two Vorband ~ Zoe Wees and Janelle Monae. Aha now I know the concept of opening band haha #Experienced concertgoer.
I “didn’t” know who are they until I heard Zoe sang ‘I don’t want to looooossseeee control’ whatt?? I heard this songs many times in the radio, now I saw who the singer is! Cool! By second act, nicht so meins.
Me and Alina decided to meet up in between Zoe and Janelle because we wanted to go on a bicycle ride or go to Kinetic dance floor. Too bad, none of the security knows about it. I thought there is this bicycle located at the back of the stage just like what I read from the monitor….. didn’t find it…. Pech…. Prior to getting back to our seat, we had a picture together before it gets dark!
On the way here, I had time in Ubahn to check how will I come back to Dortmund, Google Maps didn’t say there are Sonder-U-Bahn. It only shows I need to walk 2,2km to the next U-Bahn Station direction Düsseldorf Hbf. I set an alarm in my phone at what time I should leave. Luckily I informed Alina about it, texted her that I might not be able to see her afterwards due to train schedule, I need to leave earlier. She sent me a screenshot about Merkur Arena website, its written there will be Metro after the show, reconfirm it with the security person, informed Alina back as she also need to catch her train to Köln. Bottom line, we are safe!
Coldplay came out few minutes after 21:00, no epic entrance, they just walk slowly from back / under stage, to the side, going under again to the stage, kicking off with Higher Power. I’m very happy with my seat although still can’t see him haha only from Leinwand.
While he sang Paradise, there was a moment when he sang earlier than the music, he proceed with “Shit, I fucked up, sorry, repeat again paradiseee ooooo ooooo ooooo” Also on Human Heart when he just started “boys don’t cry” one audience screamed woooww, he was directly “stop stop, this song is not a cheering song, it should be a sad song, that took me off, sorry guys that was unprofessional from me, Guy whenever you ready”
Remember the alarm I set to leave early? forget to delete it, it rang during Hymn for The Weekend song. I said to my self, scheiß egal! wenn ich auf der Straße schlafen muss, dann schlafe ich auf der Straße, ain’t no way I’m missing this concert! I can see myself sitting + sleeping in a hotel lobby #Mentally prepared.
The interaction between Chris and audience is a lot. He read some signs then choose one of them, bringing them to the stage while singing Everglow. He was so funny saying to the girl who clearly still in shock “You don’t need to sing, that’s my job, you just need to be here with me”. When he sang Something Just Like This, he took the security guy to be on the stage. Next, cameramen pointed at some people: little daughter, little boy on his father’s shoulder, mother & daughter, a couple, Chris sing a song referring to them. It was amazing! His involvement was so real.
On one song we need to wear the 3D glasses where you can see love when the lights are on, just like stated on it “Look with Love”. Everybody went wild on The Sky Full of Stars. I’m sorry Chris, I know you wanted us to put our phone down but towards the end of the song I need to take out my phone, it was just so spectacular!
The concert finished around 23:15 ish, a total stupefying two hours indeed; balls, lighting, armbände, fireworks etc WOW WOW WOW!
My two cents: please try your best to watch Coldplay concert, you’ll guaranteed to have an adventure of a lifetime.
