Michael J. Fox makes shock look with Coldplay at Glastonbury Festival

Video shared by CBS News partner BBC confirmed Chris Martin directing the highlight to the retired “Back to the Future” actor as he appeared on stage. Fox, in a wheelchair, performed a guitar in his lap. 

Martin then told the crowd Fox had been key in Coldplay coming collectively.

“The predominant cause we’re in a band is due to watching ‘Back to the Future,'” he mentioned. “Thank you to our hero without end and one of the vital superb individuals on Earth, Mr. Michael J. Fox. Thank you a lot Michael, our hero.”

This is not the actor’s first look alongside the band. Fox previously made an appearance with the rock band in 2016, enjoying “Johnny B. Goode.” 

In 2022, Martin told Kelly Clarkson that watching Fox play the Chuck Berry track from the 1985 film impressed him to develop into a musician. 

“That’s what made me wish to be in a band, you understand? That scene,” he mentioned.

Fox additionally posted a tribute to the band saying, “This is @coldplay’s time.” 

“Glastonbury all of the love and due to the @coldplay group who took such nice care of us. And many due to Chris, Will, Johnny, Guy and Phil,” he wrote on Instagram. “Oh yeah in case you have been questioning…it was f*cking thoughts blowing.”

Fox was recognized with Parkinson’s illness in 1991 at age 29. The star has been vocal about his battle, lately telling Variety concerning the accidents he has gotten from dropping his stability. 

The neurological dysfunction causes unintended stiffness, shakiness and problem with coordination, and worsens over time, in accordance to the National Institutes of Health.

Fox additionally spoke about his experiences in a current interview with CBS “Sunday Morning,” through which he mirrored on how lengthy Parkinson’s has been a part of his life.

“It’s been 30-plus years; not many people which have had this illness for 30 years,” he mentioned. “It sucks having Parkinson’s.”

Since going public about his sickness in 1998, Fox has labored to lift cash for Parkinson’s, a illness he realized was underfunded for analysis and therapy improvement. The nonprofit Michael J. Fox Foundation, which was based in 2000, has raised greater than $1.5 billion for Parkinson’s analysis, according to its website.