Coldplay’s Chris Martin made a surprise appearance in Dublin with Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna and TINI – watch the moment below.
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Martin turned up on Dublin’s Grafton Street last night (August 28) for an impromptu performance of the band’s new song, “We Pray.” The band performed the song live for the first time during their headlining set at Glastonbury 2024 in June, with Simz and Elyanna joining them for the performance.
The Coldplay frontman drew a huge crowd by singing the song alongside rapper Little Simz, Burna Boy, Palestinian-Chilean R&B musician Elyanna and Argentinian musician TINI.
Coldplay are currently in Dublin, where the group will play four sold-out shows at Croke Park as part of their ongoing “Music Of The Spheres” world tour.
Watch the moment here:
WE PRAY. Grafton Street, Dublin. Magical moment with @burnaby, @LittleSimz, @Elyanna, @TiniStoessel. Thank you to everyone who came and to TikTok for making this possible. pic.twitter.com/e6aCr5rUTp
— Coldplay (@coldplay) 29 August 2024
Earlier this month, Coldplay confirmed the tracklist for their upcoming 10th studio album, “Moon Music,” which will be released on October 4 (pre-order here). The band had already released the first single, “feelslikeimfallinginlove,” in June and presented another track, “Good Feelings,” on stage in Rome.
In other Coldplay news, Chris Martin and Maggie Rogers covered Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” on stage in Vienna last week, after the latter’s “Eras Tour” concerts in the Austrian city were canceled following a foiled terrorist attack.
“We never do anything like this, but today we have to do it,” Martin said last Wednesday evening (August 21).
“Of course, we didn’t mention that Vienna was in the news all over the world for all the wrong reasons. But what got through to us was the beauty and solidarity and kindness of all Taylor Swift fans.”
It was also recently confirmed that the band’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour is the highest-grossing rock tour of all time, having grossed around $950 million (£725 million) and sold 8.8 million tickets since it started in March 2022.
Their return to Glastonbury this summer also received rave reviews, with a four-star review of Worthy Farm’s record-breaking headline slot stating: NME wrote: “With a number of guest appearances, some dad banter and an emotional collaboration with Michael J. Fox, Chris Martin and Co. manage to make their fifth headlining set an unforgettable experience.”
“Will Coldplay top Glasto again? Five more times? Who knows? Martin announced a few years ago that the band plans to stop making music in 2025, saying: NME They planned to record 12 albums; now number 10, ‘Moon Music’, is coming in October. The future is a question mark, but tonight was a good attempt to make history with a set that felt like home.”