Coldplay have revealed the sweet reason they brought Michael J Fox on stage at Glastonbury . On Saturday (29 June), the British band became the first act to headline the festival for the fifth time , surpassing a record they previously set alongside The Cure. During their performance, which The Independent hailed as a “spectacle of a lifetime” , frontman Chris Martin introduced several surprise stars , including Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna .
But it was the unexpected inclusion of Back to the Future star Fox that stole the show. The actor, who has Parkinson’s disease, received a rapturous response from the 100,000-strong crowd, and played guitar alongside the band for two tracks: “Humankind” and “Fix You”. Martin had teased Fox’s appearance earlier on in the show, referencing the song “Johnny B Goode”, which Fox’s Back to the Future character, Marty McFly, performs in the first film, released in 1985.
Addressing Fox’s involvement in Coldplay’s headline set, Martin said: “The main reason why we’re in a band is because of watching Back to the Future.” He thanked Fox, calling him :our hero forever and one of the most amazing people on Earth”. Coldplay also had an array of stars watching from the viewing platform on the side of the stage: Martin’s on-off girlfriend Dakota Johnson was present, as was Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg, who star together in the Mission: Impossible franchise.
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