U2 vs. Coldplay | NYC Small (& Big) Shows Wrap-Up

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Posted in music on May 22, 2005

U2 vs. Coldplay | NYC Small (& Big) Shows Wrap-Up

Coldplay & U2 were both in NYC last week. Both played some small shows for lucky fans and TV cameras. U2 played (and filmed at) a small club on the Lower East Side (in Manhattan), some stadiums (in NJ and Manhattan), and appeared on Good Morning America. Coldplay filmed for VH1 in Brooklyn, for AOL Music in Manhattan, and for Saturday Night Live (also in Manhattan).

"U2 have taken a break from their sell-out US tour to provide backing to revered crooner LEONARD COHEN in a tiny Manhattan, New York club.

The group were filmed recording Cohen classic TOWER OF SONG at erotic cabaret lounge The Slipper Room yesterday (19MAY05) for an upcoming documentary about the torch singer"

U2 Sign Up as Leonard Cohen's Backing Band
U2Log has pictures

Billboard reviews a stadium show: U2 / May 17, 2005 / East Rutherford, N.J. (Continental Airlines Arena)

And it ends up the U2 performance on Good Morning America Friday morning was filmed in Chicago. ABC News has that story.

Coldplay

I started the Coldplay story the other day (with a link to a review of the VH1 Storytellers show at BAM @ Stereogum).

The Modern Age also went to the BAM show.
And The Modern Age was at the Beacon Theatre show which was being taped for AOL Music.
Productshop was there too.
Fashionably Late has photos @ Flickr

Then Coldplay played SNL last night. "...it seems they decided to play only the traditional two sets instead of the five we were led to believe we would see. Coldplay performed their instant smash-hit single, Speed Of Sound, and followed it up with Fix You" - Nothing Much

Someone already posted MP3s FROM THAT PERFORMANCE.

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