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Coldplay Taping at ACL Live
They felt lucky. You could tell. The full house at ACL Live witnessed pop sensations Coldplay playing an intimate venue, free of charge, since it doubled as a taping for the “Austin City Limits” show.
William Johnson and Marianna Kovars
A New Year’s Eve episode, by the way, with confetti and black-light effects. Kind of unsettling in brutally hot September. That’s how television production works, however, and the noisy crowd go into the spirit of the theme.
Jay Herman and Marni Jade Evans
Coldplay’s charisma cuts across age brackets. Pretty sure that I spied from my upper-balcony perch Texas Tribune publisher Evan Smith rocking out mildly. Not far away was “The Voice” contestant and Austin stalwart Nakia Reynoso, shaking with more conviction.
Lance Mixon and Sameen Ahmad
It seems that everything KLRU does with its ACL brand rewards. The name graces the city’s second-largest festival and its newest concert venue. Both are mega-hits, though booked by fiercely rival teams, which is, in itself, interesting. Enough of ACL love to go around, I guess.
(How does Stubb’s, ACL Live, Long Center, Emo’s, Bass Concert Hall and Paramount Theatre manage to divide up the acts and still remain friends — and in the black?)
Dork that I apparently am, I loved the Coldplay set, though, perhaps because of an ear-blasting I’d received at an earlier event, Chris Martin’s vocals kept fading out for me. Didn’t mind. And now I can choose Kanye West tonight at the ACL Fest, instead of Coldplay.
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By Nakia
September 19, 2011 1:19 PM | Link to this
Yep, that was me... Shaking and swaying! I was very impressed with the Coldplay performance. My first time seeing them and they exceeded my expectations. Good seeing you at the fest this weekend too!