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Coldplay And Alan Partridge At Wembley Is The Guest Appearance Nobody Saw Coming

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Coldplay have been joined by a whole host of guests on their current Music Of The Spheres world tour, including Kylie Minogue, Craig David and Natalie Imbruglia. But the band’s penultimate gig at Wembley Stadium featured a surprise guest that was slightly more leftfield.

Enter stage left Alan Partridge.

Steve Coogan’s comedy character rocked up to lend his vocal errrm, talents to Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill, much to the delight slash bemusement of the thousands of fans packing out the stadium.

Alan, who was wearing a red Snow Patrol jacket (amazing), also treated everyone to a rendition of ABBA’s Knowing Me, Knowing You, obviously.

Addressing the stadium crowd, Alan said: “Running up hills, up roads – it’s all cardiovascular. Not sure about running up buildings, unless you’re Spider-Man – excellent humour!

“Chris, what do you think the song’s about, because it can’t just be about running?” he asked.

The Coldplay frontman replied it was about overcoming problems, to which Alan said: “It’s a metaphor, got it.”

He ended his Wembley performance shouting: “Make sure you wear the correct footwear, goodnight and aha!”

Alan has often referenced both Kate Bush and ABBA, and even performed a medley of the singer’s hits in character for Comic Relief in 1999.

Knowing Me, Knowing You was the title of an Alan Partridge comedy series on the BBC, which included several ABBA songs.

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James Newman Was Contacted By One Of Music’s Biggest Stars After Eurovision Disappointment

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James Newman may suffered crushing disappointment at this year’s Eurovision, but it seems his consolation prize wasn’t too bad. 

The Embers singer has revealed he received a call of support from none other than Coldplay’s Chris Martin after picking up the dreaded “nul points” at Saturday’s Song Contest. 

Speaking to Radio 1′s Newsbeat, James said Chris FaceTimed him on Monday morning to give him some words of encouragement. 

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James Newman represented the UK at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

“He told me to not take the result personally, said I was amazing and told me to keep my chin up,” James revealed. 

“I’ve grown up listening to him, he’s an amazing songwriter so it made me feel so much better.”

In the interview, James also stood by his Eurovision performance, saying he “couldn’t have done any better”.

“The dancers nailed it every time and I think it looked great,” he insisted. 

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Chris Martin contacted James after Saturday’s disappointing Eurovision result

The United Kingdom languished at the bottom of the leaderboard as Italy romped to victory during Saturday’s event.

James scored zero points from the jury vote and from the public vote and was the only entry to do so poorly.

The last time the UK scored “nul points” was in 2003, when Jemini infamously picked up nothing for their rendition of Cry Baby. 

James had previously broken his silence on Saturday’s result, insisting he is focusing “on the positives of this amazing experience” instead. 

In a lengthy statement on social media, James wrote: “I want to focus on the positives of this amazing experience. I stood on a stage and sang to hundreds of millions of people with a song that I wrote and love.”

He added: “The thing about writing songs is that there is no guarantee that a song you think will connect with people, will connect with an audience.”

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