Brit Awards 2017: Watch Chris Martin's George Michael tribute

The BRIT Awards 2017 were a generally uneventful affair, minus a few mishaps and awards here and there. However, there was was one beautiful moment that had everyone in tears: Chris Martin’s tribute to George Michael.

Michael's Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley, along with their backing singers Pepsi & Shirlie - Helen DeMacque and Shirlie Holliman - took to the stage beforehand to remember the singer.

The event marked the first time Ridgeley has publicly commented on Michael’s death, not including social media posts.

"On Christmas Day 2016, the greatest singer-songwriter of his generation, an icon of his era, and my beloved friend, George Michael, was lost,” he told the audience.

"A supernova in a firmament of shining stars had been extinguished, and it felt like the sky had fallen in. It started out ordinarily enough: In 1975, we were two boys that happened to share a mutual sense of humour, a love of life-affirming music, the records and artists it gave birth to, and a shared sense that we understood it.”

Following the three artists sharing memories they had of Michael in the early years of Wham!, Ridgeley concluded: "George's contribution to the great archive of contemporary music rests alongside the immortals. His is a legacy of unquestionable brilliance and one that will continue to shine and resonate for generations to come."

Ridgeley then introduced ‘one of the finest singer-songwriters of his generation,’ Coldplay’s Chris Martin, who took to the stage to perform "A Different Corner.” Midway through, archive footage of Michael also played, singing along with Martin, the Coldplay singer harmonising with Michael.

At the Grammys earlier this month, Adele paid tribute to Michael with a stripped-down, emotional version of his song ‘Fastlove’. Also Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway, Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors, and Beatrice Rana - Bach: Goldberg Variations