The boys from Coldplay sure know how to work up a crowd. Indeed, the likeable and easygoing lads cashed in on their down-to-earth persona to draw rapturous feedback from the crowd when they performed in Singapore for the third time last Monday. Right from the opening, when lead singer Chris Martin and gang erupted on stage with some firecrackers dancing to a slew of tunes from their latest album Viva La Vida, the crowd went ballistic with their frolicking stage presence.

Martin, especially, is a ball of energy—either when banging away on the piano in greats such as “Clocks” or when he’s hitting all those rapturous falsettos during “Yellow,” arguably their biggest anthem to date. But the group was best when it did the unexpected: Martin and gang went up to the crowd to far left hand corner the Singapore Indoor Stadium and sang a couple of ditties in the middle of the crowd, and even lent drummer Will Champion (according to Martin, “the best singer” in the group) a chance to showcase his vocal skills. It’s antics like these that exemplify the group as of the people; for the people, and the crowd certainly lapped up such warm and close rapport.

The foursome only came back minutes later for the final act that ended all too soon, when other earlier favorites such as “The Scientist” and “Fix You” were belted, next to their Grammy-winning single “Viva La Vida.” While this indeed the Viva La Vida tour, fans knew that some of the concert’s best moments came from their early singles, but all in all, this was still a roclicking concert that only the boys from Coldplay could pull off. Viva La Vida alright.