Singer-songwriter Victoria Canal was invited by frontman Chris Martin to join the British band for a rendition of their hit Paradise, during the band’s performance at Worthy Farm on Saturday night. She told BBC Breakfast: “It’s just about now sinking in, days later. But I’ve been watching it back over and over again.
It’s like a dream come true.” The 25-year-old has released a number of singles and EPs, but is yet to release a full-length album of her own, having been signed to Parlophone Records in 2022 after she was introduced to the label by Martin. She was born in Munich without her right forearm due to amniotic band syndrome, but began to take classical piano lessons at the age of six, and quickly reached a high level of ability.
Canal said Martin, 47, first saw her music after she mocked up a Rolling Stone cover about her performing with the band as an April Fool, and they had kept in touch ever since. She said: “He’s a great guy and always looking out for me. So when this opportunity came up, he literally just FaceTimed me out of the blue.
It was 1am where I was and he was in a different timezone and I was a little bit tipsy. “He was like: ‘Do you know the song Paradise by Coldplay?’ And I was like: ‘Yeah,’ and then he said: ‘Would you like to play the piano part at Glastonbury?’ I said: ‘Sure.’ “The next day I had to call my friend and be like: ‘Was that a dream or did that actually happen?’ “Because I’ve had that dream befo.