Earlier this year, five British nationals have died in a car crash in Sweden, including the four band members of indie group Viola Beach.
The accident occurred when the car in which the band were travelling in plunged more than 25m from a highway bridge into a canal.
The four band members, Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin, were in Sweden taking part in a music festival. It seems like a fitting tribute that Coldplay have just paid their respects to the band by performing one of their hits at one of the world’s largest festivals.
Coldplay took to the Pyramid stage earlier tonight and front man Chris Martin introduced the tribute.
“They just got taken away,” he said before explaining that the story affected the entire band.
Chris introduces a heartwarming tribute to Viola Beach at Glastonbury. #ColdplayGlastonbury | via BBC pic.twitter.com/GuAOj67TXX
— Coldplaying (@coldplaying) June 26, 2016
The band has given Viola Beach the chance to posthumously headline Glastonbury! #ColdplayGlastonbury | via BBC pic.twitter.com/wjjiosodbr
— Coldplaying (@coldplaying) June 26, 2016
Another clip from the band’s tribute to Viola Beach… #ColdplayGlastonbury | via BBC pic.twitter.com/CKzd5kr2R0
— Coldplaying (@coldplaying) June 26, 2016
Twitter users commended the band for the tribute.
Musical tastes aside, Coldplay playing a Viola Beach song on their #Glastonbury set tonight as a tribute is a beautiful thing.
— Neal Foulds (@fouldsy147) June 26, 2016
Great touch by @coldplay #Violabeach #Glastonbury
— Jason Robinson OBE (@Jason15Robinson) June 26, 2016
Wow massive respect goes out to @coldplay for playing a @Viola_Beach song in their memory! All class that!! #Glastonbury
— Kurt Gidley (@kurt_gidley) June 26, 2016
Nice touch from @coldplay
Viola Beach headline Glastonbury! #VIOLABEACH #Glasto2016 pic.twitter.com/XS0DiZ8Gg4— ScouseScene (@scousescene) June 26, 2016
Both very eerie and moving watching @Viola_Beach at #Glastonbury being performed by @coldplay… RIP ?
— Alex Walmsley (@engywalmsley) June 26, 2016
Wow… @coldplay honouring #VIOLABEACH is just beautiful. Bravo. ?❤️ #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/i6YJDl6eJF
— Caroline Millington (@ShowbizMillie) June 26, 2016
Say what you want about Coldplay but playing Viola Beach during there #Glastonbury set was a real touch of class! ??
— Trisha Flood (@trishaflood) June 26, 2016
