Chris Martin says performing with Michael J Fox at Glastonbury was like 'being seven and being in heaven'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin praised 'Back to the Future' actor Michael J Fox for being 'inspirational' and added that it was 'trippy' to play with him at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival in England.

Martin appeared on 'The Tonight Show' starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, October 3, and spoke highly of Fox. He said that it felt 'like being seven and being in heaven' on his collab with Fox, per PEOPLE.

Chris Martin praises Michael J Fox on 'The Tonight Show'

Chris Martin said during the show, "I think there are certain things for people your age and my age that are so imprinted on us in terms of what made us dream of doing this job. And one of those was Michael in 'Back to the Future'."

He added, "It’s so trippy to me that we get to play with him. It just feels like being seven and being in heaven, that’s what it feels like. Of course, he’s so inspirational as a person and then he was Marty McFly."

On June 29, Fox joined Coldplay for a surprise joint performance during their headlining set at the Glastonbury Festival. The actor played guitar along with the band on 'Humankind' and 'Fix You' during the special gig.

Martin earlier performed with Fox in fundraising concert

During the interaction with Jimmy Falon, Martin revealed that he earlier performed with Fox at a fundraising concert. He recalled, "The first time I played with him was at a charity show and I asked him if he could do the two songs from 'Back to the Future' and he was so sweet."

He added, "And in the middle of 'Earth Angel', he was doing this with me, he started looking at his hand like it was disappearing. That hand disappearing, you know, it’s everything."

Martin also appeared in a skit earlier in the show as he sat with the audience disguised as an audience member named Nigel in a floppy brown wig, suit, and glasses while carrying a keyboard.

Fallon asked him to come down and join him onstage and to play some songs on his keyboard, including Coldplay’s 'Yellow', 'Hello' by Lionel Ritchie, and 'Blank Space' by Taylor Swift. 

Martin earlier put on another surprise performance with Ed Sheeran at the 2024 Global Citizen Festival in New York City on September 28.