Chris Martin has garnered backlash from some fans after he halted his concert at Wembley Stadium to send love to Charlie Kirk’s family.
The 48-year-old Coldplay singer – whose band is ‘set to make history with record-breaking 225-date world tour’ – encouraged fans to raise their hands for the late political activist during the group’s final tour concert at Wembley Stadium on Friday.
Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday when he was fatally shot in the neck while speaking to students at Utah Valley University.
In a now-viral clip on X, Martin could be seen addressing the crowd of 80,000 people and said, ‘For the final time in a few years in London let’s raise our hands like this and send love anywhere you wanna send it in the world.’
The Viva La Vida hitmaker then placed his hands into the air, with most of the audience doing the same.
‘And there are so many places that might need it today. So, here it comes from London. You can send this to your brother or sister, you can send it to the families of people who’ve been going through terrible stuff. You can send it to Charlie Kirk’s family.’
Chris Martin has garnered backlash from some fans after he halted his concert at Wembley Stadium to send love to Charlie Kirk’s family; seen in June in Las Vegas
Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday when he was fatally shot in the neck while speaking to students at Utah Valley University; seen in 2024 in Milwaukee
The star continued, ‘You can send it to anyone’s family. You can send it to people you disagree with, but you send them love anyway.
‘You can send it to peaceful people in the Middle East and Ukraine and Russia. Azerbaijan and Sudan and Somalia. Anywhere you think might need love from London.’
Martin then began to count down from five as the crowd held their hands up into the air before beginning to play another song from the band’s set.
Fans jumped to the comment section of the reel to offer their differing thoughts on the singer asking the crowd to ‘send love’ to Kirk’s family.
Some applauded the performer with one penning, ‘Wow. I’m actually impressed,’ and another said, ‘Coldplay with the W recently.’
‘It’s nice to see Coldplay be rational and show kindness towards Charlie Kirk and his family. I know they are leftists, but at least they aren’t vile,’ a fan wrote.
Another added, ‘Chris Martin’s gesture puts the focus on compassion,’ while one typed out, ‘So glad he said that.’
‘Respect!’ an X user shared, while another commented, ‘That’s powerful. When someone like Chris Martin pauses a massive show to call for compassion, it reminds us that grief should unite us not divide us.’
‘You can send this to your brother or sister, you can send it to the families of people who’ve been going through terrible stuff. You can send it to Charlie Kirk’s family,’ the singer said; seen in July in Toronto
Fans jumped to the comment section of the reel to offer their differing thoughts on the singer asking the crowd to ‘send love’ to Kirk’s family
Some applauded the performer with one penning, ‘Wow. I’m actually impressed,’ and another said, ‘Coldplay with the W recently’
However, other fans weren’t happy with the singer’s actions and one shared, ‘LMFAO guess I’m done with coldplay.’
‘Time to cancel Coldplay,’ another commented, and a social media user also added, ‘We lost another real one… chris why on earth would you give that man any grace.’
One said, ‘yeah, because nothing says ‘humanity’ like a millionaire telling people to send love to someone else’s family while he’s up on stage making bank.’
