Chris Martin interrupted the concert on Wembley to pay tribute to Charlie Kirk, the recently killed conservative influence. His gesture, made while asking for the public “send love” to the family and to those who suffer from conflicts, generated reactions divided on social networks.
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Before interpreting the fixed piece, the artist stopped on stage and asked the spectators to “Send love wherever I want in the world”. Continued with a direct call: “You can send it to your brother or sister, to the families of those who have gone through terrible events, the family of Charlie Kirk.”
At the same time, Martin urged the public to show compassion “Even towards the people you disagree with”reminiscent of people affected by conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Sudan or Somalia.
Homage to Charlie Kirk, however, sparked reactions. Many Coldplay fans, a band that sold over 100 million albums, have expressed their dissatisfaction on social networks.
Since Kirk’s death, the emblematic figure of the youth, the US public opinion is strongly divided. Conservatives consider him a martyr, while a part of the left rejects the idea of crying a man with radical views.
Since the death of this figure of the youth, the public opinion is divided regarding the tribute to it. The conservative right raises it to the rank of martyr, while part of the left urges not to complain a man with radical ideas.
Charlie Kirk was shot with cold blood while organizing one of his events “Prove Me Wrong” (“Prove to me that I am wrong”) in a university campus in Utah. Within these meetings, organized in all corners of the United States, the young man invited his opponents to come and face his ideas. 31, he leaves a wife and two children behind.
