COLDPLAY - COLDPLAY FACE ANXIOUS FESTIVAL WAIT

COLDPLAY FACE ANXIOUS FESTIVAL WAIT

Rockers COLDPLAY, THE BLACK KEYS and ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN faced an anxious wait at the All Points West Festival in New Jersey on Sunday (02Aug09) as torrential rain threatened to cancel the whole event.
Ticketholders were held at the gates of Liberty State Park for four hours because of the heavy rainfall, which had turned the open field into a mudpit.
The skies began to clear at around 3.30pm (EST) and fans rushed into the festival grounds as soon as the gates opened an hour later.
Singer PT Walkley kicked off the day's live music when he opened the second stage with a two-song set - two hours behind schedule.
We Are Scientists, Silversun Pickups and Elbow helped to get the line-up schedule back on track, while bands including Steel Train and Kitty, Daisy & Lewis had their early performances scrapped altogether due to the time constraints.
As WENN went to press, Coldplay were on schedule to headline the main stage at 9.15pm and close the three-day festival on Sunday night, while MGMT and The Black Keys are the final acts to hit the second stage.