Coldplay's incredible gesture for fan too sick to make it to their Manchester show

The daughter of a woman on ‘death’s door’ has shared the emotional moment that superstars from Coldplay dedicated a song to her mum – and made her a viral internet sensation.

Jackie Brennan was devastated when she came home to find her mum collapsed. The family were horrified to discover that their beloved mother, 79-year-old Denise, had life-threatening sepsis.

The family had been excited to watch Coldplay live for years and had all been looking forward to attending the band’s show in Manchester at the beginning of June. But the nightmarish ordeal began just days before they were due to attend their dream concert at the Etihad stadium.

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Jackie told the Manchester Evening News about the horrifying moment she walked into her Rochdale home to find her mother ‘almost dead’.

After a long time feeling unwell, Denise was rushed to hospital once her symptoms came to that dramatic head on Tuesday, May 30. But the concert was looming just two days later on Thursday, June 1 – Jackie could not help but wish for her mother to be well enough to make the show she had been so looking forward to.

“When they announced they were playing in Manchester about 10 months ago, I spent three hours on the phone getting my mum tickets for the accessible section. She’s wanted to go for 12 years, but I could never get her a disabled seat, and somehow I managed it this time, for me, my mum and sister, Tracey," said Jackie, 43.

"But then on Tuesday, I came home and found she had collapsed.

“My heart just dropped. We found out she had sepsis, she nearly died. If I hadn't come home, I don’t know what would have happened.

“My dad died from MMD two years ago, he died