Coldplay and Katy Perry were amongst the stars who took time out of
their concerts on Monday to pay their respects to the victims of the Route 91
Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday,
and also to legendary rocker Tom Petty, who passed away
on Monday at 66 years old.
Coldplay
began their Portland, Ore., show a little different than they normally do. The British
rock band hit the stage to a roaring applause and instead of getting right into
their usual first song, frontman Chris Martin and the rest of the band solemnly stood by the
microphone to share an important message about tonight’s show.
Chris addressed his fans saying, “In a minute we
are going to play the best show we have ever played in our lives, but you know,
it’s a very strange thing to
consider about playing a
concert on a day like today. So we felt the best thing to do would be to
just send our love or your love into the world before we start the concert.
Because I know everybody’s probably got the same stuff on their minds that we
have on our minds.” He continues, “We thought what would be nice to
do would be to start by everybody turning on their lights on their cellphone
and just have a minute or so of silence just to send our love to everybody in
Las Vegas…”
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@coldplay opened with a moment of silence for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting and paid homage to Tom Petty’s passing by opening with “Free Fallin’ at their show in Portland. #PrayingforVegas pic.twitter.com/F3YRE35Fyo
— JC SWAG (@thatJCswag) October 3, 2017
Following the moment of
silence, REM guitarist, Peter Buck, joined the “Paradise” rockers on
stage for a moving performance of the late Tom Petty’s
“Free Fallin,'” which was one of Petty’s biggest hits from his 1989 solo debut,
“Full Moon Fever.” Chris and co. shared the touching video on their
Twitter page.
Following the minute of silence, Peter Buck joined the band for this wonderful rendition of Freefalling by Tom Petty.
R42 pic.twitter.com/KzRMHYGKwS— Coldplay (@coldplay) October 3, 2017
Katy Perry
stopped her show at Madison Square Garden in New York City to
share a message with her thousands of KatyCats
in attendance, “I
want to take this moment right now for Las Vegas tonight,” Perry said.
“Listen, I know it’s been a tough day, but music is special. It’s magic.
It’s something that unites us. There’s a community here that we need to take
care of, that we need to surround, that we need to lift up. I know that we all
feel very disconnected sometimes, but music brings us together and it should
never be a place of fear.”
Katy
then had her audience participate in “a little exercise” and
introduce themselves to the people to their right and left and shout out
“I love you!.” Katy continued her inspiring message, “No one’s
going to steal our joy. No one is going to wilt our flowers or clip our wings.
No one is going to take our power from us!”
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Here’s the video of Katy talking about Las Vegas tonight! Music is what brings us together ❤️ I LOVE YOU @katyperry pic.twitter.com/GgwYy72qLD
— Juliette (@julezdel24) October 3, 2017
Thank
you Coldplay and Katy Perry for making us feel more united!
— Kevin Zelman
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