Kiersten’s Blog

I think I had been waiting for this one since February.  That’s when I found out that Coldplay was going to play a concert here in San Diego.  I thought that tickets for this even would probably be just about the perfect birthday present to give Taylor in April.  Plus, I assumed that if I gave him two tickets, he would take me and I wanted to go.  After all that waiting, we finally got to go on Thursday.  Since I’m a cheapskate, I bought lawn seats.  Maybe next time I’ll actually go all out and buy a seat, but either way, it was exciting to be there.  If you’ve ever been to the Cricket Wireless Amphitheater in Chula Vista, you know that the lawn seats are really far away.  Plus, the place was packed.  People were sitting for the opening groups but once Coldplay finally made it to the stage (2 hours after the concert started) there weren’t many people sitting anymore.  The bad news is, I’m short so it’s hard to see over people’s heads.  The good news is, people were moving around so much, trying to see better, that sometimes I actually got to see the band!  I was glad I brought my binoculars.

The band was great.  It was really exciting to be there.  The music was fabulous and the experience was fun (except the traffic jam trying to exit the parking lot after the show).  I noticed a few things.  There were a lot of people.  I kind of expected to see a lot of twenty-somethings.  I did, but I also saw a lot of older people and families with kids.  There was a guy I saw who was probably 70 years old.  Sitting right by us was a young family.  The couple had brought their son, who I would guess was about 2, and their daughter, who I’m sure is younger than Ashton.  I can’t even imagine taking my two kids to a concert like that.  I’m so glad Taylor invited me to come with him.  Coldplay is probably my favorite band.  I love their music.  It was fun to see them perform live.  Next time I’ll have to splurge for the better seats.