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Win tickets to Coldplay Live 2012 (Updated)

blog by Katie Costello • November 08, 2012 @ 9:59am

Update: Congratulations to the following winners! Christopher M., Kelly S., Kate, Tim B., Jerry G.,Tina, Gerry, Esurdel, Sue K.F. and Tiffany T. We will be in touch via email shortly.

Coldplay, a band that plays with intense emotion and captivating energy, brings their first concert film and live album in nine years to theaters for one night only. Coldplay Live 2012 documents their much-admired Mylo Xyloto world tour, which has been seen by more than three million people since it began in June of 2011.

Directed by Paul Dugdale, Live 2012 includes footage from Coldplay’s shows at Paris’s Stade de France, Montreal’s Bell Centre and the band’s triumphant Pyramid Stage headlining performance at Glastonbury 2011.

Lead singer Chris Martin explains, “The Mylo Xyloto tour has been the most fun we’ve ever had as a band. It’s felt very uplifting right from the start; partly because we are proud of the music, the LED wristbands, the pyrotechnics, the lasers and all of that stuff, but mainly because of the amazing audiences that we’ve been playing for. Over the years, our crowd has become more and more a part of the concert itself. They’re loud, diverse, full of soul, and make the songs sound much better than we can on our own. We wanted to try to bottle the incredible feeling that they give us, and hence our concert film.”

To win tickets to the screening of Coldplay Live 2012 at Dipson’s Amherst Theatre at 7 or 9 p.m. on Nov. 13, leave a comment telling us your favorite Coldplay song and why. We will randomly draw 10 winners today at 2:00 p.m. Winners will each receive a voucher good for two free admissions.

You can view the official trailer for Coldplay Live 2012 blow or visit Dipson Theatres online for more information.

Coldplay has 55 Million Records sold, 7 Brits Awards, 5 MTV Music Video Awards, 7 Grammys, 23 million fans on Facebook, 8.5 million followers on Twitter & 3.1 million fans on Google+.

The live film is rated PG-13 and run time is 96 minutes. Tickets are regularly $12.50 each.

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Comments

LinaV November 08, 2012 @ 11:29am

*Speed of Sound*

It was the Summer right before we would all start college and we were driving around Buffalo just blasting this song. The song was played several times in a row with my ears tingling from the vibrations of the music at max volume. It was an exciting time for all of us, feeling like “every chance that you get is a chance you seize” and it was also quite unclear—-” Where to? Where do I go? If you’ve never tried then you’ll never know ” So, even though we would all go off into different directions, on our different adventures, in that moment we were happily together listening to Speed of Sound. I will forever hear this song and feel nostalgic for that eternal fervor for the unknown that we all had possessed.
Tiffany Tcheng November 08, 2012 @ 11:31am

Favorite Coldplay song is Everything’s Not Lost from the live album in 2003. Love Chris Martin’s voice.
Tim Bristol November 08, 2012 @ 11:43am

Charlie Brown - In my opinion, the best song on Mylo and one of their top 5 best written songs. It’s positive energy can bring up a low spirited day because of its upbeat tempo, use of instruments and sounds, and lyrics and symbolism of light. I saw it performed live and, combined with the glow bands, was just incredible.
Tina November 08, 2012 @ 12:21pm

Clocks! Definitely my favorite Coldplay song.
Cherie Hall November 08, 2012 @ 1:17pm

Paradise- I think we (especially the people of New York and New Jersey) all need some of that nowadays
Jerry Bialaszewski November 08, 2012 @ 1:18pm

“Viva La Vida”........it is just AWESOME !!!!
Kate November 08, 2012 @ 1:42pm

“Clocks” for sure. Love the beat and how the piano & bass compliment each other. Never turn it off when I hear it on the radio.
esurdel November 08, 2012 @ 1:51pm

the Scientist - b/c it got me through a few breakups!
Sue Kortmann Friess November 08, 2012 @ 1:56pm

Viva la Vida - hands down. Have used it for end of season sports slide shows. Works great!
Kelly Stechenfinger November 08, 2012 @ 1:56pm

Clocks…it takes my mind to a happy place! Love the piano
Grace Wasacz Sagun November 08, 2012 @ 2:30pm

love them all
SuZanKNY November 08, 2012 @ 2:39pm

“Clocks” because it is a song that many generations can relate to!
Kimberly Stouth Miller November 08, 2012 @ 2:42pm

I love the song Fix you - and I love Coldplay!. I think it is their best song by far. Although for the most part, it is melancholy, the end result is very encouraging. Kind of like picking yourself up and dusting your self off. And getting back on the saddle. My eyes almost always water when I hear it.
Gerry November 08, 2012 @ 2:46pm

“The Scientist” because I love the lyrics “nobody ever said it was easy” because its not and I work in Science.
Gerry November 08, 2012 @ 2:48pm

“The Scientist” because I love the lyrics “nobody ever said it was easy” because its not and I work in Science.
Christopher M November 08, 2012 @ 2:56pm

*Fix You*
When I heard this song for the first time, it made me think about my brother who was going through a tough time. I called him and he told me that he had also just heard the song for the first time that week. This song gave my brother hope and he realized that I was there for him. The songs lyrics connected with us and brought us closer together as brothers.
BuffaloDotCom November 08, 2012 @ 4:07pm

Congrats to our winners listed above. Kate, please email me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). I was unable to reach you via the email you have provided. Thank you!
David Tytka November 09, 2012 @ 10:22am

My favorite song is Yellow because my daughter danced her ballet number to this song..everytime I hear it, it reminds me how graceful she is and how lucky I am to be her father!