"It's beyond imagination, really, because everybody's gone in the battalion at the same time, down to the lowest private, and there's a lack of information and clarity about what's happened to them for months and, in some cases, years."
But it’s exactly that largesse that sets Coldplay apart.Cynics might dismiss it as pandering to the lowest common denominator. I prefer to think of it as generosity. An act of community.
It also helps that they have an impenetrable arsenal of hits.Clocks, with its swirling piano hook, is a strangely paranoid stadium anthem (“”), while Sky Full Of Stars is a pure sugar-rush of pop perfection.
The urgent, propulsive Viva La Vida might tell the story of a deposed despot reminiscing about his glory days, but everyone knows it for the five note “” hook, that rings around the Pyramid Stage long after Coldplay have left.
But perhaps the most intriguing section came towards the middle of the set, when Coldplay briefly indulged in some new material and deep cuts.
It featured the live debut of the song We Pray, featuring Nigerian star Burna Boy and British rapper Little Simz; and a vibrant rendition Arabesque, from 2019’s underappreciated Everyday Life album, which included a blistering saxophone solo from African icon Femi Kuti.Her ex-partner Zac Pennell was convicted of both coercive control and intentional strangulation in January, with a sentence of 21 months.
"It was heartbreaking. I felt it was such a low sentence for how dangerous it is.""I think the new guidance will help people seek justice, that it'll be taken seriously and it's a positive step," she added.
She described strangulation as an "up close and personal attack" which can and does take lives.It comes after an earlier announcement that