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Coldplay's Chris Martin pays moving tribute to Manchester with iconic anthem that he hails 'one of the best of all time'

Coldplay are performing four huge gigs in Manchester this week - and paid a special tribute to the city on the opening night of their Etihad Stadium run.

The band's frontman Chris Martin took to the stage for a solo acoustic section of the show to explain that he wanted to play a very special Manchester anthem for the occasion. He earlier said: "Manchester is the home of music".

He explained that the song in question had become one of his own personal favourites from the moment he heard it back in 1990 and that he'd swiftly "bought the t-shirt".

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The song in question? Sit Down by Manchester indie legends James, of course.

Introducing the song, Chris said he chose it to remember the all-star One Love Manchester concert that the band performed at, which came in response to the Manchester Arena bombing of May 2017.

On that occasion, Coldplay memorably performed alongside both Ariana Grande to sing Oasis classic Don't Look Back in Anger, and then with Liam Gallagher on Live Forever.

On Wednesday night, Chris revealed that "a special guest" had been due to join him at the Etihad Stadium but had "unfortunately come down with Covid". It has left fans to ponder who exactly that might have been.

Many had guessed James frontman Tim Booth - but Tim himself has declared on Twitter it was: "Not me. I had a bug, but not Covid. I'm sitting here in Brighton" in response to a fan.

Chris then told fans on

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