Coldplay debuts new song with Little Simz during Glastonbury headliner set

Coldplay brought rapper Little Simz as a surprise guest during their Glastonbury headlining performance on Saturday night to debut a new collaboration.

Rumor has it that the title of the song is “Supernova,” and the chorus mainly features the lines “and so we pray.”

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Simz’s surprise appearance came after she played the Pyramid Stage directly before Coldplay. Before Simz took the stage, the band played a series of their biggest hits, starting with “Yellow,” slowing down with “The Scientist,” and playing “Viva La Vida” with a live orchestra.

At the beginning of the set, Coldplay welcomed Victoria Canal for “Paradise.” The 25-year-old singer-songwriter supported the band as a singer and pianist.

Coldplay are Glastonbury legends – the rock band led by Chris Martin first performed at the festival in 1999 and headlined in 2002 (when they replaced the Strokes at the last minute), 2005, 2011 and 2016. This year’s performance marks Coldplay’s fifth time as top act and the band is the first to achieve this.

Saturday night’s show followed last week’s news that the band’s 10th album, titled “Moon Music,” is set to be released on October 4. The first single from the album, “Feels Like I’m Falling in Love,” was released on Friday. “Moon Music” was produced by hitmaker Max Martin, who has worked with everyone from Britney Spears to The Weeknd. The album will be the band’s first since 2021’s “Music of the Spheres.”

Coldplay is currently still on the “Music of the Spheres” tour and has made significant efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. So far, it has generated 59% less CO2e emissions than its last stadium tour. With revenues of over $810 million, the “Music of the Spheres” tour is the third most successful and second most attended tour of all time. The tour is scheduled to end in New Zealand in November.

Coldplay was formed in 1997 at University College London and currently consists of lead singer Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion. The band has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music acts of all time.

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