Spring Break - Coldplay in New York

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We went to NYC on the way back from Miami cos we were going to see Coldplay and Richard Ashcroft on the Sunday night. The first two nights we stayed in a hostel on the upper west side in a tiny 10 person room, which was certainly an experience. Saturday night we went and had dinner with Tom (Austria) and Caitlin at Caitlin's place in Harlem. There was a really nice view over the west river of the George Washington Bridge. For the next 2 nights we stayed with Chip on the upper east side which was great, it was really cool to see him again.

Sunday night we got on the train(s) out to long island to the Nassau Memorial Coliseum to see the show. It was amazing, we had really good seats as well. The band were in a really good mood and were going nuts, after Richard Ashcroft had warmed up the crowd really well, with Drugs Don't Work, and Bittersweet Symphony obviously the highlights. Every song from Coldplay was awesome, from opening with Square One, to closing the encore with Fix You. For me, In My Place was probably the highlight, at the end of the main set. Chris climbed into the crowd to sing it. Two notable omissions were Amsterdam and Warning Sign. It was a fantastic night all round.

On monday night, we went down to the Brooklyn bridge to take some photos of lower manhattan at dusk. We liked them. let us know what you think.

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Photos

Yellow
chris bodyslammed one of the massive balloons, guitar and all, and gold glitter burst out everywhere

Yellow Close up
the balloons fell from the roof

Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge
taken from the Manhattan Bridge

Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge
taken from the Manhattan Bridge

Statue of Liberty through the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset
The small thing in the centre of the pic, with the light, is the statue of liberty, on liberty island, just south of the Battery at Manhattan

Manhattan by night
to get these pics we climbed some scaffolding on the Manhattan train and traffic bridge

Comments

[Melissa]

Manhattan Pic's
I love your pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge, they're awesome!!!

[vettori]

pictures
good pictures from the goats. definitely better then freo's current form

[tomandmike]

freo aren't goats. vettori is
don't worry, they'll get some form soon. and left arm offies will get carted for 6. only joking mate - about freo, not vettori. we'll probably be crap forever. although mundy and pavlich are superstars.

[Jimmy (Kerb)]

Hey Mike
Nice photos my man. You do have a good eye for photography, without a doubt. Can't wait to here about your trip face 2 face when you get back. Have fun in London with Scotty 'pizza with the lotty'. - Jimmy