Coldplay in Glastonbury: Michael J. Fox, Little Simz and Palestinian star support band as historic headliner

June 30, 2024

Coldplay welcomed a number of special guests on stage during their historic performance at Glastonbury 2024.

The British band led by Chris Martin played on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday (June 29), one night after Dua Lipa impressed the audience with her own headline set – despite a sound problem during the BBC broadcast.

Coldplay last performed at the festival in 2016, when they were headlining for the fourth time. With their fifth set, they are now the band with the most headlining appearances.

To celebrate the occasion, Coldplay enlisted the help of other famous stars. Martin and his bandmates were initially joined by Spanish-American singer-songwriter Victoria Canal, who helped with vocals on “Paradise,” and they also previewed a brand new collaboration with Little Simz and Burna Boy, titled “And So We Pray.”

Little Simz, who had played the Pyramid Stage hours earlier, was present for the performance, as were Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna and the Bolton String Orchestra – but Burna Boy appeared in a VT behind them during their play.

The song will appear on Coldplay’s 10th studio album, Moon Musicwhich is scheduled to be released on October 4th.

Little Simz performed with Coldplay at Glastonbury 2024 (Getty Images)

Immediately afterwards, Elyanna sang Coldplay’s 2009 song “Arabesque” together with the band and Femi Kuti, while Laura Mvula led a rendition of the 2008 song “Violet Hill”.

Towards the end of their set they were joined by Back to the Future Actor Michael J Fox for two songs: “Humankind” and “Fix You”.

Michael J Fox was brought on stage by Coldplay at Glastonbury 2024 (BBC)

Coldplay also had numerous stars on the viewing platform: Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg, who star together in the Mission: Impossible series, were present – and in a video that The IndependentThe couple could be seen singing a rendition of “Don’t Look Back in Anger” by Oasis with the crowd before their performance.

Gillian Anderson was also there, as was Stormzy, who watched from the crowd.

Other stars who performed at this year’s festival include Cyndi Lauper, ambitious rock band The Last Dinner Party and 2000s pop group Sugababes, whose impressive performance was marred by overcrowding.

Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg wave to the crowd as Coldplay headlines at Glastonbury

Coldplay made their Glastonbury debut in the New Bands Tent in 1999 and headlined the festival in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016.

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Their performance clashed with the performances of Disclosure on the Other Stage, Jessie Ware on the West Holts Stage and Gossip on the Woodsies Stage.

An eclectic lineup will take to the sprawling festival’s various stages this weekend – but organiser Emily Eavis has put an end to any rumours of “big surprises”. Here’s the full lineup and set times for Glastonbury 2024.

One of the highlights on Friday was the Sugababes – but their performance on the West Holts stage attracted such large crowds that there were reports of fans fainting during their performance, while security denied others access to avoid overcrowding.

The festival will be rounded off on Sunday (June 30th) by SZA.

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