PHOTOS: Coldplay @ ACL Fest 2011 (DAY ONE)

was an unbelievable cool band to get to shoot. Seeing the band play “Yellow” and really kick up their stage theatrics was exactly what I had hoped to see and it came out in the second slot of the set. The crowd really ate it up and it was a clear juxtaposition to the Kanye West set that was about to start on the other side of the field about 15 minutes after the first notes from were played.

Chris Martin is an absolute ham, too.

Read on for the full set. (click the thumbs to go big; use left and right on your keyboard to scroll through the set.

September 17, 2011 |  by  |  Photo Galleries
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Justin Ward is the Editor at Live Music Blog and has been with the site from the very beginning. He currently lives in San Francisco and regularly tweets other stuff over @justinpward.

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