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Photos from Coldplay’s first Polish show

01.Jul.2011
We tagged along to Open'er last night, and took some pictures

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Good evening. Last night, we went along to see Coldplay’s first ever show in Poland. We didn’t do a live blog (the internet connection was terrible) but we did take a bunch of pictures which we thought you might like to see. And so here they are:


Poland, looking pretty from the sky


At the airport, working out exactly where we were


On the way to Open’er, which takes place in Gdynia


Coldplay soundman/producer Dan Green doing a bit of work before the show


Stern toilets


Open’er takes place on the site of an old military airport – and the various bunkers are put to good use


We’d probably rather have three soups than one portion of neck


Here’s Death, killing time


And here is trying to knock a chap into a pool of balls. As you do


A brisk trade at the stall selling Coldplay music


The rather lovely Open’er big wheel


This photo, we’re sure you’ll agree, is a bit "arty"


Wonder if she knows that’s there


Open’er’s portaloo promenade


A guard, guarding something


We had the borsch. It was lovely.


A chap on one of those motorised parachute things, getting a great view


Some fireman on their engine, also getting a great view


The National were on directly before Coldplay and they were excellent


Great to see so many fans in the crowd (considering it was Coldplay’s first ever Polish show)


The Polish label presented the band with some discs. As you can tell, spirits were high


Seconds before going on…


The moment they’d been waiting a decade for


And we’re off


From the first song, the response from the crowd was amazing


It was a very big crowd, too. And so onto some more live shots…


Little known fact: Coldplay are actually *from* Poland (not even the band know this)


Big thanks from the band for what was a genuinely wonderful crowd


Until next time, Poland


And with that, goodbye

Oh, and here’s a mobile phone video of that mighty crowd roaring along to Viva.

It was another top night, on what’s becoming a pretty special run of shows.

Anchorman