Coldplay has thrilled crowds with old hits and previewed music from their upcoming album during a record-breaking fifth headline slot at the Glastonbury Festival.
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The British band first headlined on the Pyramid Stage in 2002 and overtook The Cure, who have headlined four times, on Saturday night.
Frontman Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman's set saw them joined by surprise stage guests like Hollywood star Michael J Fox.
According to reports, Tom Cruise was among the celebrities watching the band's set.
Martin told the audience, who were wearing LED bracelets that change colour in time with the beat of music: "I look around and I just see amazing, wonderful people from all over the place and that's what makes Glastonbury the greatest city on Earth".
Their set featured lasers, fireworks aplenty and hit songs like The Scientist, Yellow, Clocks, Viva La Vida and their Chainsmokers collaboration Something Just Like.
The band were also joined by on stage by British rapper Little Simz with a cameo from Burna Boy, to debut a new song, reportedly called We Pray, from their upcoming album Moon Music.
Nigerian music legend Femi Kuti, who earlier had performed on the Pyramid Stage, then joined for a rendition of the song Arabesque, with Elyanna also singing.
The Coldplay frontman made up a small song, telling Fox: "We just want to thank you, as humans go you're the best of all sorts, you're a musical charmer, you're the world's greatest farmer. Whoever got knighted wearing shorts? Thank you Michael, we love you."
Back To The Future star Michael J Fox was brought on to the stage in a wheelchair and played the guitar for the song Fix You alongside the band.
The Hollywood actor, 63, was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease a year after Back To The Future Part III was released in 1990.
He announced his on-screen retirement in 2020 and in 2023 starred in the Apple+ documentary Still: A Michael J Fox Movie, exploring how Parkinson's affected his life.
Coldplay's performance followed a busy Saturday line-up on the Pyramid Stage which featured performances from Michael Kiwanuka, Keane, Cyndi Lauper and more.
Little Simz performed tracks from her Mercury Prize-winning album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert and her latest studio record No Thank You, as she made her Pyramid Stage debut on Saturday.
During Lauper's set she opened with her 1980s track The Goonies 'R' Good Enough, going on to play hits like Time After Time, Money Changes Everything, True Colours and I Drove All Night.
Indie rockers Kasabian, who headlined the Pyramid Stage in 2014, performed on the Woodsies Stage, formerly known as the John Peel Stage, following days of speculation they were the "secret show".
Other performances on Saturday also included actor Russell Crowe's Indoor Garden Party on the Acoustic Stage.
Dua Lipa was the headline act on the stage on Friday night, and on Sunday night American singer-songwriter SZA will headline.
Celebrities photographed enjoying the festival included actress Anya Taylor-Joy, and Oasis star Noel Gallagher.
Australian Associated Press
