Coldplay have been joined by a complete host of friends on their present Music Of The Spheres world tour, together with Kylie Minogue, Craig David and Natalie Imbruglia. However the band’s penultimate gig at Wembley Stadium featured a shock visitor that was barely extra leftfield.
Enter stage left Alan Partridge.
Steve Coogan’s comedy character rocked as much as lend his vocal errrm, skills to Kate Bush’s Working Up That Hill, a lot to the delight slash bemusement of the hundreds of followers packing out the stadium.
Alan, who was sporting a pink Snow Patrol jacket (superb), additionally handled everybody to a rendition of ABBA’s Understanding Me, Understanding You, clearly.
Addressing the stadium crowd, Alan mentioned: “Working up hills, up roads – it’s all cardiovascular. Unsure about working up buildings, except you’re Spider-Man – wonderful humour!
“Chris, what do you suppose the track’s about, as a result of it may well’t simply be about working?” he requested.
The Coldplay frontman replied it was about overcoming issues, to which Alan mentioned: “It’s a metaphor, acquired it.”
He ended his Wembley efficiency shouting: “Be sure you put on the proper footwear, goodnight and aha!”
Alan has usually referenced each Kate Bush and ABBA, and even carried out a medley of the singer’s hits in character for Comedian Reduction in 1999.
Understanding Me, Understanding You was the title of an Alan Partridge comedy sequence on the BBC, which included a number of ABBA songs.
