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Videos: Jay-Z & Coldplay's NYE Concert At Barclays Center
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 1, 2013
Modified Jan 1, 2013
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Besties Jay-Z and Chris Martin celebrated the New Year together at their joint New Year's Eve concert at Brooklyn's Barclays Center last night/this morning.
Billboard reports back that "Jay-Z took the stage at 11:59 p.m. on New Year's Eve Monday night and rang in 2013 with Coldplay's Chris Martin singing along to 'Auld Lang Syne.' The singer and the rapper hugged, and then the stage was Jay's. In a double-bill show that took place half in one year and half in another, Coldplay—who had the night's first set—had been a riot of color and movement all over the arena, while Jay, in a dark tux, stood mostly alone on stage putting a laser focus on his rapid-fire rhymes."
Here are some videos:
Jay-Z and Coldplay counting down to 2013, with Jay-Z starting "Run This Town":
Coldplay, "Yellow" (and this person was close):
Jay-Z, "Hard Knock Life":
Jay-Z and Coldplay, "Heart of the City":
Jay-Z, "99 Problems":
Coldplay, "Fix You":
Jay-Z and Coldplay and "Lost":
Coldplay, "The Scientist":
And Jay-Z wishing the concertgoers a great 2013:
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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