ColdPlay Concert

Marina and the Diamonds did a good job of warming up the crowd (it turns out that the Diamonds are not Marina's band but her fans - presumably her band is just something behind her). I'd recommend checking out her music.

ColdPlay, in front of 80,000 fans, at the huge StadeFrance stadium were excellent. Chris Martin their lead is the "main man" and is very much the heart of the band (although the drummer, Will Champion, made his presence known is some manic drum solos). This tour is built around their latest album (Mylo Xyloto - whatever that means, probably computer generated).

A big surprise was that Rhianna came on and sang (YES, to everyone's surprise, she actually did sing in the same key as the music) Princess of China and in the encore she was supported by Chris Martin as she sang Umbrella - she was appreciated by the Parisian crowd and proved all those Rhianna doubters wrong for once.
A novel feature of the concert was that everyone in the audience was given two wrist bands and, as you can see in the photo above, these light up at various times and pulsated in time to the music (or some other rhythm) which involved the audience much more in the performance.

I believe that this concert was filmed and will be released as a DVD. If so, I'll buy it.

One small useful note is that the StadeFrance stadium is in Zone 2 of the RER train system so your Metro ticket, or Navigo card (which is normally for Zones 1 and 2) will allow you free journey to the stadium.