WATCH: Better of Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox is a star onscreen and on the stage!
The “Again to the Future” actor made a shock look at Glastonbury Competition Saturday by becoming a member of Coldplay onstage through the band’s set.BBC Music/YouTubeMichael J. Fox performs with Coldplay on the Glastonbury Competition, June 29, 2024.
Fox, 63, who has been identified with Parkinson’s illness since 1991, was in his wheelchair onstage enjoying guitar through the band’s efficiency of their hits, “Humandkind” and “Repair You.”Michael J. Fox calls son Sam his ‘finest good friend’: What to find out about his 4 youngsters
Following the efficiency, the band’s frontman Chris Martin gave Fox a candy shoutout, crediting the actor for being the inspiration behind the band’s music profession.
“The principle motive why we’re in a band is due to watching ‘Again to the Future,'” the Martin mentioned. “So thanks to our hero eternally, one of the vital wonderful individuals on earth, Mr. Michael J. Fox, thanks a lot Michael, our hero.”BBC Music/YouTubeMichael J. Fox performs with Coldplay on the Glastonbury Competition, June 29, 2024.
Fox performed the position of teenager Marty McFly within the 1985 movie. Martin launched Fox to the Glastonbury viewers by referencing his character within the film.
“Along with his Chuck Berry riff and the way in which he punched Biff: women and gents, please welcome Michael J. Fox,” Martin mentioned.
Fox retired from appearing in 2020 because of the development of his Parkinson’s illness.
He based The Michael J. Fox Basis in 2000 and the muse has since turn into the most important non-profit funder of Parkinson’s illness analysis on the planet and has funded greater than $1.5 billion of analysis initiatives, in keeping with the muse’s web site.
This is not the primary time Fox has joined the band for a efficiency, the actor and Coldplay teamed up in July 2016 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey when Coldplay carried out “Johnny B. Goode,” the Chuck Berry music featured in “Again to the Future.”