Martin spoke about taking the stage with Fox on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’
Chris Martin is in awe of Michel J. Fox!
While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, Oct. 3, the Coldplay frontman, 47, discussed how “trippy” it was performing with Fox, 63, at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival in England.
“I think there are certain things for people your age and my age that are so imprinted on us in terms of what made us dream of doing this job. And one of those was Micahel in Back to the Future,” Martin told host Jimmy Fallon in reference to Fox’s breakout 1985 film.
“It’s so trippy to me that we get to play with him. It just feels like being seven and being in heaven, that’s what it feels like,” he continued. “Of course, he’s so inspirational as a person and then he was Marty McFly.”
Fox joined Coldplay for a surprise joint performance during their headlining set at the Glastonbury Festival on June 29. While onstage, the actor played guitar along with the band to their two songs “Humankind” and “Fix You” in a special moment for fans.
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Martin shared on the show that he previously performed with Fox at a fundraising concert in another surreal moment for the singer.
“The first time I played with him was at a charity show and I asked him if he could do the two songs from Back to the Future and he was so sweet,” recalled Martin.
“And in the middle of “Earth Angel,” he was doing this with me, he started looking at his hand like it was disappearing,” he said, referring to the iconic scene from the movie. “That hand disappearing, you know, it’s everything.”:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)/chris-martin-michael-j-fox-glastonbury-festival-100424-1-a960d017d317473e9d1c6ffe4bf28f75.jpg)
Earlier in the show, Martin appeared in a hilarious skit as he sat with the audience disguised as an audience member named Nigel in a floppy brown wig, suit and glasses while carrying a keyboard.
In a reel posted on Instagram of the funny moment, Fallon asks Nigel to come down and join him onstage and to play some songs on his keyboard, including Coldplay’s “Yellow,” “Hello” by Lionel Ritchie and “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift.
“I’m a little nervous,” Martin, still disguised, says.
“Are you a fan of the show? Have you seen our show?” Fallon asks, as Martin replies, “No.” The singer goes on to perform the songs as he changes the lyrics completely, cracking up the audience.
Martin’s appearance on the show comes after he put on another surprise performance with Ed Sheeran at the 2024 Global Citizen Festival in New York City on Sept. 28.