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I’ve been doing a lot of research and have determined this could very well be the set list for Coldplay’s show at The Saddledome in Calgary tonight.  This should be a pretty special show…1 year ago today Coldplay released Viva La Vida or Death and all his friends.  See you at the show!

1. Life In Technicolor
2. Violet Hill
3. Clocks
4. In My Place
5. Yellow
6. Glass Of Water
7. Cemeteries Of London
8. 42
9. Fix You
10. Strawberry Swing
11. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (Partial Techno Remix)
12. Talk (Partial Techno Remix)
13. The Hardest Part (Chris Solo Piano)
14. Postcards From Far Away (Chris Solo Piano)
15. Viva La Vida
16. Lost!
17. Green Eyes (acoustic)
18. Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic, sung by Will)
19. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond Cover - Acoustic)
20. Viva La Vida (Remix Interlude)
21. Politik
22. Lovers In Japan
23. Death And All His Friends
Encore

24. The Scientist
25. Life In Technicolor ii
26. The Escapist (Outro)

Seriously anytime I try and be cool, it back-fires.  Does that ever happen to you?

So I went to the Sasquatch Festival this past week at the MOST beautiful venue in the world The Gorge (pic below).  Over 60 bands played over 3 days including Kings Of Leon, NIN, Janes Addiction…sounding pretty cool by this point eh?  I know.  This is actually my 3rd time going to this festival, and it’s likely the coolest thing I do every year.  Despite the coolness level, ever year something terrible happens to me. 

The first year someone rolled a big steel garbage can down a hill and it slammed into me. 

The second year I took a shower at the provided campground showers beside someones poop.

This year I was running from one stage to another and stepped in a pot-hole on the first day, only to sprain my ankle..causing me to hobble around for the rest of the weekend.  I figured I hobbled about 5 miles all together.

I mean if I was doing something cool, like back-flipping off of an RV to impress a series of super hot girls only to eventually take them all back to my tent and I sprained my ankle, that would be a cool story..but not me.  Nope I was running and it was dark..that’s all I got.

The price you pay to rock I suppose.

The Gorge:

My Foot:

Coldplay will be giving away an exclusive live CD, titled LeftRightLeftRightLeft to all fans attending the Viva La Vida summer tour beginning May 15, the first date of the band’s North American tour and at every remaining live show in 2009. The CD will also be available as a free download during the same time period through their website http://www.coldplay.com.

“Playing live is what we love,” say Coldplay. “This album is a thank you to our fans – the people who give us a reason to do it and make it happen.”

The current hit single/video from the seven-time GRAMMY® and two-time JUNO Award winners is “Life In Technicolor ii,” off of the Viva La Vida - Prospekt’s March edition. Coldplay have most recently been nominated for three awards at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards, the prestigious event which honours “excellence in British music writing.” The band are up for Most Performed Work and Best Selling British Song, both for “Viva La Vida,” as well as the Album Award for Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. The winners will be announced on May 21.

Coldplay have seven Canadian dates on their upcoming North American tour - beginning in Winnipeg on June 15 and then finishing off as headliners at this year’s Osheaga Festival in Montreal on August 1. Viva La Vida was the Top Selling Global Album of 2008 according to IFPI, the body that represents the recording industry worldwide.

The track listing for LeftRightLeftRightLeft is as follows:

1. Glass of Water

2. 42

3. Clocks

4. Strawberry Swing

5. The Hardest Part/Postcards From Far Away

6. Viva La Vida

7. Death Will Never Conquer

8. Fix You

9. Death And All His Friends

What a show Lethbridge!  After all these years the man still has it.  To be honest I was lucky enough to see him in Calgarya couple months back.  Never thought I’d be able to see him twice in 6 months!!  The opening band Everest was fantastic as well, you really need to get their CD!

You may have heard some new Neil Young songs that were played on Saturday, they are on hisnew album Fork In The Road.  You can buy it now!

Set list from the Neil Young show in Lethbridge: 

1. Love And Only Love

2. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)

3. Fuel Line

4. Are You Ready For The Country?

5. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

6. Pocahontas

7. Spirit Road

8. Cortez The Killer

9. Cinnamon Girl

10. Mother Earth

11. The Needle And The Damage Done

12. Light A Candle

13. Heart Of Gold

14. Four Strong Winds

15. Old Man

16. Speakin’ Out

17. Tonight’s The Night

18. Cowgirl In The Sand

19. Get Behind The Wheel

20. Just Singing A Song  

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21. Rockin’ In The Free World

Classic Rockers KISS is looking for fans to Demand they come to their city.  Imagine if the Greatest Rock N Roll Band EVER came to Lethbridge Alberta.  We can make it happen!  DEMAND IT Here: http://tinyurl.com/d5p7g7

GOOD TIMES were has last night at Suede as Finger Eleven hit the stage. I saw these guys play my college and if there’s one thing that noticed is how slick this band has become. You can tell they know thses songs inside out and could play them backwards if they had to. Rich Beddoe was a pleasure to watch as he played drums, in fact they were all pretty electric. They played all the songs I wanted to hear and hung out with people at the club after the show. Thanks to Lee and everyone at Suede for making us feel at home.

Here’s some photos I took at the show. If you like what you see, check out my photo-blog: www.scottmcgregor.ca

Helix is going to be at Suede on November 28th! See ya there!

Metallica. Calgary. December 4th.
Yes.

I went to the Sasquatch Festival at The Gorge in Washington for the second time in a row this year. “Amazing” is not a big enough word to describe it. It’s one of the most beautiful venues to experience music, in fact Dave Matthews loves it so much he does 3 shows there a year! Saw some great bands and we sure met some crazy people. We were camping beside a guy who claimed to be a Shaman, and he said that he could get you down from an LSD high with just the shake of his hand…oh and for $5 will FreeStyle Rap for you about any topic you chose. You Can’t Make That Stuff Up!!

If you ever have a chance to go to a concert festival, do it. It may change you life…in fact here’s a list of things to add to your Bucket List:

1) See The Flaming Lips
2) Pay a 6′7 tall Jewish guy to freestyle rap for you.