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Excitement is building among Norwich music fans as one of the world’s largest pop bands prepares to play an intimate concert at the University of East Anglia.
Coldplay performed at the apprentice union at lunchtime today (Thursday) as part of BBC Radio 1’s Apprentice Tour, which sees DJs Fearne Cotton and Zane Lowe broadcasting live from four university towns and cities.
The band’s morning performance was be aired to a national radio audience from in the Live Lounge part of the morning show hosted by Fearne Cotton.
Just 100 students were given the chance to see the chart-topping band while others peered through the windows to catch a glimpse.
Lucy Dale, 20, who studies film and television at the UEA, was one of the fortunate fans to get the chance to see the Live Lounge set.
She said it was “like a dream”. “It’s been absolutely incredible, I can’t describe it,” said Miss Dale, who has seen Coldplay twice previous to.
Politics apprentice Thomas Shaw, 20, who was with his supporter Adam Speak, said: “It’s been incredible. The atmosphere in the room has been incredible. The fact that we got to see them with so modest people is incredible.”
The show raised the curtain for Coldplay’s evening gig at the UEA – one of the largest in the venue’s history – which will be broadcast in Zane Lowe’s show from 7pm tonight.
A spokesman for the UEA said: “This is a very rare opportunity to see a hugely well loved band, who are more used to headlining festivals, but to see them up close and personal in a excellent small live music venue.”
Coldplay performed at the apprentice union at lunchtime today (Thursday) as part of BBC Radio 1’s Apprentice Tour, which sees DJs Fearne Cotton and Zane Lowe broadcasting live from four university towns and cities.
The band’s morning performance was be aired to a national radio audience from in the Live Lounge part of the morning show hosted by Fearne Cotton.
Just 100 students were given the chance to see the chart-topping band while others peered through the windows to catch a glimpse.
Lucy Dale, 20, who studies film and television at the UEA, was one of the fortunate fans to get the chance to see the Live Lounge set.
She said it was “like a dream”. “It’s been absolutely incredible, I can’t describe it,” said Miss Dale, who has seen Coldplay twice previous to.
Politics apprentice Thomas Shaw, 20, who was with his supporter Adam Speak, said: “It’s been incredible. The atmosphere in the room has been incredible. The fact that we got to see them with so modest people is incredible.”
The show raised the curtain for Coldplay’s evening gig at the UEA – one of the largest in the venue’s history – which will be broadcast in Zane Lowe’s show from 7pm tonight.
A spokesman for the UEA said: “This is a very rare opportunity to see a hugely well loved band, who are more used to headlining festivals, but to see them up close and personal in a excellent small live music venue.”
