When youâre Moses Martin, the child of Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplayâs Chris Martin, you can pretty much get whatever you want. Want your dadâs band to play some songs from your (and his) favorite film, Back to the Future? Sure, no problem Moses. Wait, you also want Michael J. Fox to play with them? I donât know, weâre a long ways from 1985, but ok Moses, anything for you.
Last night at New Jerseyâs MetLife Stadium, as Spin reports, Martin heeded his sonâs request and brought Marty McFly on stage to play a couple tunes from the movieâs famous “Under the Sea” dance. In some fan-shot footage (below), Martin plays a recording of Mosesâ plea and then dives into the Penguins âEarth Angel,â the less provocative song played at the high school dance. Halfway through, Martin invites Fox onstage. The actor joins Coldplay by rocking some harmony on a Les Paul.
Fox then opens Chuck Berry’s âJohnny B. Goodeâ by shredding the iconic opening riff that makes everyone at the dance lose their shit. Word on the streets is, during the performance, one of the instrumentalists could be heard backstage on the phone calling his cousin Chuck with âthat sound [heâd] been looking for.â
Coldplay is still on tour for their latest record, A Head Full of Dreams, and Michael J. Fox is still the coolest cat on the globe.
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