Michael J. Fox Makes Surprise Appearance on Coldplay Stage

On stage Glastonbury while they were performing Coldplay he appeared, by surprise, Michael J. Fox. Singer Chris Martin he first greeted Michael Eavis, founder of the English festival, and then called the actor on stage Back to the Future: «With the Chuck Berry riff and the way he punched Biff, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Michael J. Fox.»

Coldplay, headliner of the evening of Saturday 28 June at the Festival Glastonburythey played two songs together with Michael J. Fox, Humankind And Fix Youwith a very excited and moved audience. The actor, who is affected by the Parkinson’s disease since 1991, he has arrived on stage in a wheelchair.

This is not the first time that Michael J. Fox has taken to the stage since he was diagnosed with the disease. Last February he participated in the Bafta and had already shared the stage with Chris Martin: the actor had already joined the English group during the 2016 North American tour and even before that at a fundraiser for the Parkinson’s Research in 2013. «The main reason we are a band is Back to the Future» said Martin after the performance. «So thanks to Michael, our hero».

Michael J. Fox on stage at Glastonbury with Coldplay

Beyond Michael J. Foxi Coldplay They also hosted on stage Little Simzwith whom Femi Kuti and Laura Mvula are planning a collaboration.

Coldplay are at home at Glastonbury: the rock band performed at the festival for the first time in 1999became a headliner in 2002, when she replaced the Strokes at the last minute and returned in 2005, 2011 and 2016. This is the Coldplay’s Fifth Time at Glastonbury and it’s a record for such an important band.

Banksy also participates in the Festival

In recent years Glastonbury has become one of the most popular music festivals in the world, for some even surpassing Coachella in terms of musical quality and surprises. Lots of emotions, multiple messages: and so, in addition to the appearance of Michael J. Fox on stage during Coldplay’s performance, while the Idles a rubber dinghy began to “sail” above the heads of the audience. Inside the dinghy there were seven inflatable mannequins depicting migrants, shaken by the waves of the audience. The author of the “performance” is Banksybut the band itself only discovered who was behind it after the concert.

Banksy launched the dinghy while the punk band sang Danny Nedelkothat says:

My blood brother is an immigrant, A beautiful immigrant, My blood brother’s Freddie Mercury, A Nigerian mother of three, He’s made of bones, he’s made of blood, He’s made of flesh, he’s made of love He’s made of you, he’s made of me, Unity. Fear leads to panic, panic leads to pain, Pain leads to anger, anger leads to hate.

(My blood brother is an immigrant, A beautiful immigrant, My blood brother’s Freddie Mercury, A Nigerian mother of three, He’s made of bones, he’s made of blood, He’s made of flesh, he’s made of love He’s made of you, he’s made of me, Oneness. Fear leads to panic, panic leads to pain, pain leads to anger, anger leads to hate.)