While Coldplay decided to cancel its livestream concert event last night following yesterday’s terror attacks in Paris, the band instead performed a short, stripped-down set for fans who had travelled to the venue in Los Angeles.
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In an announcement, the band said they decided to postpone the show “out of respect for the terrible events in Paris”; and sent “our love and prayers to the people of Paris.”;
The band opened with a moment of silence to honour those who lost their lives in the coordinated attacks, and then performed a haunting acoustic version of John Lennon’s “Imagine.”; Watch: