A killer ending to a phenomenal weekend of music and art: Coldplay closes All Points West

The biggest Pop Rock band in the world will be headlining All Points West on Sunday August 2^nd. No, not the Jonas Brothers, it’s Coldplay! This Grammy winning band from London, England has dominated the charts since their debut album Parachutes, featuring “Yellow” in 2000. Almost a decade later, Coldplay continues to be one of the biggest names in music.

It’s not worth it to me to describe Coldplay’s music because you cannot avoid hearing “Viva la Vida” from their latest album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, everywhere. I have been a bit out of the loop because my crown was temporarily closed, but after this past 4^th of July weekend I must have heard “Viva la Vida” 100 times as people’s ringtones. I’m telling you, those cell phone speakers are just as good as those 80s boom boxes that used to roll through my head.

This may be a bit of a stretch, but I feel a bit connected to Chris Martin, Coldplay’s singer. His wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, went to The Spence School for high school in New York City. I used to watch her strut her stuff walking down those New York avenues, and I always knew she would be a star. 

Chris and Gwyneth must really love the Big Apple, considering they named their first born daughter after my great city. In fact, I recently learned that Apple Blythe Alison Martin is not the only apple in the Coldplay bushel. One of the band’s associates’ daughter is named Apple as well.

Coldplay’s magnificent live performances are filled with mellow rock songs that instill their audiences with a spiritual feeling. This show combined, with myself and Lower Manhattan in the backdrop, will surely be one of the most memorial experiences in my 200+ years of statuing. I just downloaded 9 of their songs for free from their website and am psyched for this show.

Coldplay is the icing on the cake for what will undoubtedly be the best weekend of summer 2009. Thinking about what I just said, this weekend will be one of the best events that end the first decade in the new millennium. Joined by legendary Tool and Jay-Z  with 60 other fantastic musicians and comedians, Coldplay will cement All Points West as the East Coast’s premier music festival.

How did I get so lucky that all of this is happening in my backyard? Patience truly is a virtue.

Miss L.