oh what a night

last night was pretty awesome. about a month ago, i heard that coldplay was putting on a free concert at madison square garden. the only way to get tickets was to enter on their website and there would be a random drawing to see who would get them. about 2 weeks ago, i got an email saying i won 2 tickets! so, matt and i hypermiled up to nyc to go and it was totally worth it. our seats were dead center in the back. the hour and 10 minute set included favorite such as clocks, yellow, fix you, and a lot of songs from their new album. i was really excited to hear those cause i've been listening to it constantly the last week. you can really tell they think through how to make it a great show. the lighting was amazing. matt got so distracted by the lights, he forgot about the music. and instead of having one big video backdrop, they opted for six hanging oversized lightbulbs onto which images and closeups of them playing were projected. it was fun. chris martin was so relaxed he even messed up a few songs and said, 'this is the first time we're playing this in concert...we have to get it right' and did it over again. they came to the back arena at one point, very close to us, and played some songs acoustic. they really put on a good show and if you ever get a chance to see them, go. our trip that included kate martin, an almost fist fight on the train, crazy jersey girls, molly sims, a 3 minute intense thunderstorm, and beef jerky was totally boss. thanks to hubs for taking me.

let's go bucs!