{"id":69590,"date":"2025-08-15T19:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/69590\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:52:10","slug":"coldplays-chris-martin-plays-surprise-set-at-yorkshire-pub-ahead-of-hull-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/69590\/","title":{"rendered":"Coldplay\u2019s Chris Martin plays surprise set at Yorkshire pub ahead of Hull concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The band\u2019s frontman stunned regulars with a secret gig<\/p>\n

15:42, 15 Aug 2025Updated 15:42, 15 Aug 2025<\/p>\n

\"ChrisChris Martin of Coldplay performing on a stop of the band’s Music of the Spheres world tour(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

Fresh from Miami on their continuing sell-out world tour, Coldplay<\/a> landed back on home shores ready to perform the UK leg, which includes shows in Hull next week. But Yorkshire fans of the megaband were treated to a surprise taster on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin<\/a> popped up out of the blue for a pared-back performance at the Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge, near Halifax. The impromptu performance took place beneath a fairy-lit pergola in the pub\u2019s beer garden.<\/p>\n

On stage he told the audience he had cycled to the pub as he was staying nearby ahead of the band’s shows in Hull next week. The appearance was completely unannounced.<\/p>\n

In footage captured by one fan and now on YouTube<\/a>, Chris apparently had a bit of a problem setting up, saying he normally had a crew of about 250 people organising everything. After a heckle by a member of the pub audience, who booed and shouted \u201cboring\u201d, Chris retorted: \u201cI presume you\u2019re not coming on Monday, then\u201d.<\/p>\n

The little pub crowd, a far cry from the 23,000 people he will be playing in front of at the Sewell Group Craven Park stadium on Monday and Tuesday, August 18 and 19, were told by Chris: \u201cThe last time I got booed I was in Romania and it was by 60,000 people.\u201d The star, who had overheard a presumably disparaging comment when he said \u201cI like Hull, I disagree with you there\u201d, went on to perform an acoustic set of some of Coldplay\u2019s hits, accompanying himself on guitar or piano, including A Sky Full of Stars.<\/p>\n

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One of the songs was a cover of Elton John\u2019s Rocket Man. There were calls for him to play Yellow as a special birthday request and he obliged the onlookers with a slow and melodic version, on the piano.<\/p>\n

The whole performance lasted about an hour, after which Chris could be seen shaking hands with some of the stunned pubgoers and then sitting to one side of the beer garden. One person responded to the video of the surprise set that had been uploaded.<\/p>\n

They said: \u201cThis is so beautiful, he should do a mini pub tour! So grateful to see him still loving what he does whether it\u2019s in a pub or in a stadium, just goes to show that he never forgets the grassroots – see you at Wembley boys and girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another person said: \u201cI could hear it all from my doorstep, crazy\u201d, while another remarked: \u201cI’m so glad I was on shift today or we would have missed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

One jokily commented: \u201cPoor bloke only popped out for a swift one – hope his missus didn’t go mad at him.\u201d Another said: \u201cWhy was he doing this solo gig? How cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

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