Emotional scenes at Glastonbury as Coldplay introduce 'legendary' surprise guest

Glastonbury viewers were left emotional on Saturday night as Coldplay introduced a 'legendary' special guest to the stage. The band, led by Chris Martin, delivered their fifth Glastonbury headline performance on the Pyramid Stage, performing a string of hits including Yellow, Adventure of A Lifetime and Viva la Vida.

As the near two-hour set drew to a close, lead singer Chris Martin brought out an unexpected guest - Hollywood actor and Back to The Future star Michael J Fox. Despite living with Parkinson's disease, Michael joined the band on stage to play guitar for two songs, including the hit Fix You, leaving many viewers at home deeply moved.

Social media was abuzz with reactions, with @slinehan1 writing on X, formerly Twitter: "Awwwww wow Michael J Fox playing guitar with Coldplay is the most beautiful thing I've seen on all my years of watching #Glastonbury tbh. Fully crying."

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Other users echoed these sentiments, with @melcastle1875 adding: "Michael J Fox on stage with Coldplay. I'm not crying you are", and @afrobabeh stating: "Coldplay brought out Michael J Fox , i'm not crying you are."

Further comments included @PeteLinzey's: "So Coldplay bring out Michael J Fox and now this 39-year-old grown man is crying with emotion. Thanks a lot Coldplay. Thanks a bloody lot", and @paddyspants declaring: "Michael J Fox! Absolute legend", reports the Manchester Evening News.

Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman took to the Pyramid Stage following a packed Saturday line-up which included performances from Little Simz, Michael Kiwanuka, Keane, Cyndi Lauper and others.

They kicked off their performance with Yellow, a track from their 2000 album Parachutes, and followed it up with Higher Power, a song from their ninth album, Music Of The Spheres.

The BBC's coverage of Glastonbury will be accessible across iPlayer, BBC Sounds, TV, radio and online, including its non-stop Classic Glastonbury channel streaming round the clock from now until Sunday, June 30.