Coldplay’s Chris Martin encouraged fans at a recent concert to “send love” to the family of the recently killed right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk.
During the band’s concert at London’s Wembley Stadium on Friday (Sept. 12), Martin paused before performing “Fix You” to give the audience a message.
“For the final time for a few years in London, let’s raise our hands like this, and send love anywhere you wanna send it in the world,” he told the crowd. “You can send this to your brother or your sister. You can send it to the families of people who’ve been going through terrible stuff. You can send it to Charlie Kirk’s family. You can send it to people you disagree with, but you send them love anyway.”
Martin added that love could be sent to “peaceful people in the Middle East, in Ukraine and Russia.”
In July, Kirk criticized Coldplay after the viral “kiss cam” incident saying, “I would rather be caught dead than be at a Coldplay concert. I would rather go to a WNBA game than go to a Coldplay concert. I couldn’t think of something more boring and banal and a waste of time.”
Kirk was shot and killed during his American Comeback tour at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. A 22-year-old Utah native named Tyler Robinson was arrested for the crime after a 33-hour manhunt.
After the shooting, President Donald Trump pledged that his administration would find out “each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity … including the organizations that fund and support it.” He also blamed the “radical left” for the incident.
Kirk’s memorial is set for Sept. 21.