Coldplay and Natalie Imbruglia performed a cover of Olivia Newton-John’s song ‘Summer Nights’ Tuesday night (16 August) in London. The performance is a homage to the singer, who died at the age of 73.
The song “Summer Nights” is part of the soundtrack to the film “Grease” (1978), based on the 1971 musical of the same name. The film stars Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. Before it was released, Newton-John was only known as a country and folk singer – her role as Sandy increased her popularity considerably.
Now, Coldplay and Natalie Imbruglia have also paid tribute to the actress and singer. While Imbruglia took on Newton-John’s part in Summer Nights, Coldplay’s Chris Martin sang the part of John Travolta. British singer Jacob Collier accompanied the two in the chorus.
It’s not the first time Chris Martin has sung with Natalie Imbruglia
The show marks Coldplay’s third Wembley appearance as part of their Music of the Spheres tour. A total of 90,000 viewers watched the show. The band plans three more shows at the same location. Also supporting HER and London Grammar will be on stage.
Imbruglia and Coldplay have previously performed together. They performed Imbruglia’s debut single “Torn”, first recorded as “Burned” in Danish by Lis Sørensen in 1993, by Ednaswap in 1994 and finally by Trine Rein in 1996.
“Your influence was incredible”
Olivia Newton-John died on August 8, 2022. She did not survive her battle with breast cancer. After her death was announced, many of her friends and colleagues, including Kylie Minogue, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Dionne Warwick and John Travolta, spoke out. The latter wrote on social media: “My dearest Olivia, you have made all of our lives so much better. Your influence has been incredible. I love you so much”.
Others who have paid tribute to Newton-John include her husband John Easterling, ABBA, Mariah Carey, Rebel Wilson and The Chicks, who covered the Grease song Hopelessly Devoted To You at a weekend concert.
Watch Coldplay and Natalie Imbruglia perform live at Wembley Stadium below:
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