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Coldplay is currently always in political controversy – even if they are trying to spread a message of love. Only in July there was the discussion about the jumbootron “Kiss Cam”, which exposed an affair of a tech CEO. Now an appearance in London makes headlines: Front man Chris Martin asked the audience to “send love everywhere” – Also expressly to the family of the murdered right-wing activist and trump allied Charlie Kirk.
Coldplay’s mission of love
During the concert in the Wembley Stadium, Martin asked the fans to raise their hands and send positive energy out of them: “You can send them to your brother or sister. You can send them to the families of people who have went through bad things. You can send them to Charlie Kirk’s family.
The concept of carrying love and energy out into the world runs through Coldplay’s career. In a Rolling-Stone interview in December, Martin said: “This is our mission: We consciously want to keep the flag up for love for everything. There are not many bands that can pass on this philosophy to so many people. So we do it.” He also needs this attitude so as not to end “embittered and hidden”.
On the other hand, Country singer Gavin Adcock, according to Fox News, led “Charlie Kirk” response choirs at his concert. Adcock has long been a dispute with Charley Crockett about questions of “authenticity” in the country.
Kirk’s ridicule via Coldplay
Charlie Kirk himself was an explanatory Coldplay opponent. In a video that referred to the Viral Kiss cam affair, he said: “I would rather be dead than going to a Coldplay concert. I would even go to a WNBA game. I can’t imagine anything more boring and banal.”
Kirk was a co-founder of Turning Point USA, an organization that wanted to spread conservative values on US campuses. On Wednesday he was shot in Orem during a speech at Utah Valley University. The alleged perpetrator, 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson, was arrested on Friday.