Coldplay took a second throughout their newest live performance to pay tribute to Darius Campbell Danesh following his loss of life aged 41, with Chris Martin honouring their ‘previous buddy’.
This week, it was confirmed that Campbell Danesh, who completed third on Pop Idol in 2002, had died after being discovered ‘unresponsive’ at his condominium in Minnesota, US, on August 11.
A press release launched from the Colourblind musician’s household learn: ‘We ask that you just kindly respect our needs for privateness at the moment while we come to phrases with the tragic lack of our son and brother.’
Tributes have come pouring in for the late artist, from people together with media mogul and former Pop Idol decide Simon Cowell, presenters Ant and Dec and Campbell Danesh’s ex-wife, actress Nathasha Henstridge.
On Wednesday night, Coldplay carried out the most recent leg of their Music of the Spheres world tour at Wembley Stadium, with the tour set to be happening all through to November, with rescheduled dates additionally added for 2023.
Earlier than ending final night time’s live performance, Chris stated: ‘We're going to ship love from Wembley out to the world. We're going to ship to Darius’ household – our previous buddy Darius – and to Ukraine,’ in line with MailOnline.
Confetti canons had been then set off earlier than the top of the present, with one concert-goer tweeting: ‘Beloved Chris Martin giving a nod to Darius’s passing tonight 💔 at @coldplay.’
Precisely 20 years in the past, Campbell Danesh topped the charts along with his hit Colourblind, which has soared to primary on iTunes within the wake of his loss of life.
It’s been reported that within the weeks main as much as his loss of life, he was ‘in talks’ to participate in a Pop Idol reunion to mark the twentieth anniversary.
A supply stated he was ‘actually excited’ to take part within the particular, which was to be ‘stuffed with nostalgia for the hundreds of thousands of Pop Idol followers’.
Throughout an look on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, former Pop Idol decide Pete Waterman revealed that simply earlier than lockdown, he and Campbell Danesh mentioned doubtlessly working collectively on music.
The file producer shared that they met up ‘and we had been speaking about me going to work with him within the States to mentor him as a result of he wished to get again into music’.
‘Darius wished to do an excessive amount of. He had an excessive amount of expertise. I do know that sounds foolish however generally it's a must to concentrate on what you actually really need,’ Waterman stated.
The 75-year-old additionally said that in his opinion, ‘Darius might have gone on to be larger than Michael Bublé as a result of he’d obtained that expertise’.
Campbell Danesh’s household stated of their assertion that ‘the native police division have confirmed that there have been no indicators of intent or suspicious circumstances’, as the reason for the singer’s loss of life stays ‘unknown at this stage whereas medical examinations proceed’.
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