On Friday, Coldplay had planned a concert to promote their upcoming album A Head Full of Dreams, but after the horrific events that occurred in Paris, they decided to dedicate the show to the victims of the attacks.
“Tonight’s live stream for TIDAL & KROQ has been postponed out of respect for the terrible events in Paris,” the band wrote on their website. “We’ll play a short set of old material so that your journey isn’t wasted. We send our love and prayers to the people of Paris.”
At the opening of the show, the band held a moment of silence with the audience, and then started off the evening by singing John Lennon’s “Imagine.” They continued by playing acoustic versions of their most popular songs, such as “Fix You.”
Coldplay qui chante Imagine de Lennon en hommage au victimes c’est wow j’ai pas les mots #PrayForParis pic.twitter.com/VlZAylVjUZ
— KEY-YUHN! ¨̮ (@zainabziti) November 14, 2015
But Coldplay wasn’t the only group that gave tribute. Many other musicians and entertainers followed suit and honored those who lost their lives as well as the friends and family they left behind. The Foo Fighters reportedly cancelled their remaining tour dates in order to offer tribute, and Madonna gave a heartfelt rendition of her single, “Like A Prayer.”
Cecily Strong of Saturday Night Live and Stephen Colbert of The Late Show, both gave touching monologues before beginning their respective shows.