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Coldplay unveiled a new song at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday (26.09.15).
The band's frontman Chris Martin curated the event in New York City at the weekend and the group were the first act to take to the stage in Central Park.
Although their set was hampered by a broken piano which meant they had to scrap fan favourites 'Clocks' and 'Paradise', Chris and co sent the crowd wild by debuting the track 'Amazing Day' - which they had only rehearsed at their soundcheck on Friday (25.09.15).
Lyrics contained in the song included "And the view / the whole Milky Way / In your eyes / I'm drifting away" and "In your arms / I just want to sway / Amazing day".
Coldplay were also joined on stage by Ariana Grande for a rendition of her song 'Just a Little Bit of Your Heart', which was written by One Direction star Harry Styles, and they had to quickly improvise the arrangement as they had previously only rehearsed it on piano, which was out of action for their set.
Messages posted on Coldplay's official Twitter account read: "Our piano broke 1 min before going onstage. No clocks, paradise+collaboration with @ArianaGrande rehearsed only on piano #wingingit ... Thanks @ArianaGrande for lighting up our stage. Your voice is a thing of wonder. Beautiful song by @Harry_Styles (sic)"
Ariana also tweeted about the special duet, writing: "thank you @coldplay it was an honor to say the least #GlobalCitizenFestival (sic)"
Despite their piano problems, the band were delighted with how their performance went.
Another Twitter post read: "Thank you New York City for making an incredible #GlobalCitizen festival & for the amazing feeling there all week. (sic)"
Following their set, Chris later joined Ed Sheeran on stage for a rendition of his love song 'Thinking Out Loud'.
As he introduced the track, Ed told fans: "When they asked me to play, they asked me what song fitted in my sort of vibe, I wanted to play a song with someone who I'm a massive fan and admirer of, so I might as well bring him on stage."
Other performers on the day included Beyoncé, Common and Tori Kelly, and there were appearances and speeches made by Leonardo DiCaprio, Olivia Wilde, Salma Hayek and Kerry Washington among others.
Chris is committed to curating the Global Citizen Festival - an annual concert rewarding attendees for their actions in promoting the goal of eradicating global poverty - for 15 years, with the weekend's event being his first one.
Discussing the 'Yellow' hitmaker's involvement, Global Citizen co-founder Ryan Gall said: "Chris didn't want to do just a one-off. He wanted to sink his teeth into it and really do some meaningful work."

One Direction want to collaborate with Little Mix.
Although the group are planning an extended hiatus next year, they have told Little Mix that they want to contribute to their new album.
Jade Thirlwall told The Sun: "We definitely want to collaborate with One Direction.
"We saw Liam [Payne] at the iTunes gig and he said he wanted to write with us for the next album, so that would be good."
Little Mix supported One Direction at their Apple Music Festival gig in London last week.
They also have plenty in common with Zayn Malik quitting One Direction and dumping Little Mix's Perrie Edwards this year.
Meanwhile, Little Mix have revealed that they have sexed up their sound for their third album.
The girl group's upcoming LP 'Get Weird' is packed with raunchy songs that discuss bedding boys and some tracks had to be censored to take out the explicit lyrics before they made the final cut.
Perrie admitted one song in particular left her dad embarrassed.
She said: "'A.D.I.D.A.S' is the most shocking one I think. It stands for 'All Day I Dream About Sex With You', but it's a 'shush' now.
"Literally when my dad heard it he was like, 'No, girls turn it off.' I said, 'Dad I'm sorry we are going to change it, it's just a demo.'"

Mark Ronson made 17 different versions of 'Uptown Funk'.
The chart-topping producer released the hit single with Bruno Mars in 2014 and Mark's revealed he has various versions of the tune featuring "different basslines, different hooks, different programming, different chops, different everything".
He reflected: "The song wouldn't have been as good if it wasn't for Bruno. I think people think I made 'Uptown Funk' and sent it to Bruno to do the vocal.
"But that song is very much his creation. I remember spending three days in Memphis slaving over that song and thinking that we finally had it. I then got a call from him two days later saying, 'No, it's not it.' And I knew deep down it wasn't it either."
The 40-year-old star also admitted his most recent album, 'Uptown Special', marked a landmark moment in his career.
He told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper: "It took me so long to figure out something really obvious.
"That if I wanted to make another album and I want anyone to care then I'd better do the thing that I'm really good at, or the thing that I understand. And that's black American music from the 70s and 80s."

Louis Tomlinson's grandma wears One Direction's perfume.
The 'Little Things' group recently released their new fragrance, Between Us, and it is already a hit with the female members of their families.
Louis said: "I tell you who is a surprising fan of the fragrance - my grandma. She wears it, which is pretty cute."
Asked who should wear the fragrance, Harry Styles said: "I'm gonna say my mum, I feel that's the right answer."
While they have a fragrance collection, the group are not really "into" aftershaves.
Asked who smells the best, Niall Horan said: "I don't think the rest of the band are into aftershave. I don't even think Harry wears it."
Louis added: "I'd probably say Niall. He's just a sweet-looking guy isn't he? I mean, he's irresistible."
The quartet believe their latest perfume has a more "grown up" scent than their previous fragrance.
Louis said: "It's quite personal for the fans and it's a progression from the last fragrance."
Liam Payne added: "This is different from our previous scents, it's more grown-up and evolved, as we and our fans have."

Pharrell Williams performed a career spanning set at the Apple Music Festival in London last night (26.09.15).
The 42-year-old singer and producer gave a rousing performance backed by girl-group The Baes and was joined by his N*E*R*D band mate Shae Haley at the Roundhouse in Camden, as part of the annual music event formerly known as the iTunes Festival.
The 'Get Lucky' singer belted out fan favourites with his old pal including 'Rock Star' and 'Lapdance' but played newer songs early on, such as 'Come And Get It Bae' and 'Good Morning' from his 2014 solo album, 'Girl'.
A hyped crowd were treated to a medley of tracks co-produced by the singer that included Nelly's 'Hot 'n Here', Busta Rhymes's 'Pass the Courvoisier', 'Just Wanna Love You' by Jay Z and 'Hollaback Girl' by Gwen Stefani.
'Blurred Lines' also featured however Robin Thicke's vocals were notably ommited.
Meanwhile, a back drop of stunning footage - in the style of his 'Freedom' music video - and pop-art inspired animated clips of Egypt's landscape played throughout.
Pharrell invited fans onto the stage, danced with a group of children and thanked women everywhere for being the foundation of his success.
He said: "Without women I wouldn't have anything to write about. Without you I wouldn't be here."
The multi-instrumentalist ended the show as he began, with a thunderous performance of his protest song 'Freedom' that made the audience stand and salute the singer during two encores.
1960s rhythm and blues singer Leon Bridges from Texas opened for the headliner and played his 2015 album's title track 'Coming Home' and 'River'.
Other artists to perform at the Apple Music Festival this week have included Carrie Underwood, One Direction and The Weeknd while Mumford and Sons are set to take tothe stage tonight (27.09.15) and Jame Bay and Florence and The Machine tomorrow.

Rod Stewart wants to release a book of poetry with Ronnie Wood.
The 'Maggie May' hitmaker has always had a "unique" relationship with his Faces bandmate, to the extent they have their own language, and he would love for them to publish a "hilarious" literary project they previously worked on.
He said: "It's a unique relationship. We have our own little language. Did he ever tell you about the book of poems and drawings we did when we were with Jeff Beck?
"It's his sketches and our poems and it's so funny. I can't even begin to describe it. It's just hilarious. I'd love for us to bring that out."
Rod and Ronnie first became friends when they were members of the Jeff Beck group, and the 70-year-old singer thinks the group leader was jealous of their close relationship so didn't pay them well and left them without food.
He told Uncut magazine: "I think what it was with Jeff - and I hope he takes this the right way and I'm sure he's changed now - he wasn't a good bandleader.
"He never looked after me and Ronnie. He may have just been a bit envious of Woody and my brotherly relationship. I think he fired Ronnie about three times and got him back again.
"There were some weeks where we weren't getting paid much. We would go days without food. Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend used to feed us."

Rihanna's singles used to be chosen by three-year-olds.
The 'Four Five Seconds' hitmaker found playing her music to youngsters was a good indicator as to what would do well because she knew it meant they had "great melodies".
She said: "I'd play my songs to my A&R's kids and see which ones they'd react to. They were three-years-old. Kids just love great melodies."
The 27-year-old singer compared her songs to tattoos because she can "never get away" from them, so will only make music she believes in, rather than doing it for anyone else.
She explained: "I can't make a song for a particular person or demographic. If I love it, I'm gonna do it. I have to perform it for the rest of my life.
"A song is like a tattoo - you can never get away from it. You can't stand behind something you don't believe in. You can pretend for a little while, but there's always going to be resentment. I can be who I am and sleep at night, knowing there's no pressure to be anything else."
Rihanna caused a stir at her record label with her 2009 LP 'Rated R', but even though executives such as L.A. Reid were concerned about her darker musical direction, they understood what she was doing.
She recalled: "[L.A.] told me, 'I'm not gonna lie, I'm really scared about this.' But he also said, 'You have to make this album.' He felt me bleeding through the music."

Will Young feels "more like a man" when he wears a dress.
The 'Joy' singer thinks people are growing increasingly more confident in experimenting and expressing themselves through their appearance and says it is a very "exciting" time for society.
He said: "I've been spending a fair amount of time at a great night called 'Sink the Pink'. There are so many different types of people. There are men that dress up. It's all about gender identity. So they're not pretending to be a woman dressing up in whatever outfit they want to wear. They're expressing themselves in how they want to express themselves.
"I mean I go round and I wear dresses. I bought something in Kos the other day from the woman's section and it was amazing! What I'm really interested in now and it's happening and I think there is a revolution now actually and it's really exciting.
"And I can be a bloke and wear a dress and I feel more like a man than I do when I'm dressed in more men's clothes because I feel like I'm really occupying the dress if that makes sense. You know like Scots people they're really manly and you're like 'oh a man in a kilt' there's no difference! I went to Kos and I bought a onesie, it looks amazing.
"I think it is really exciting time here in England, I think we're quite far ahead in our embracing in changing things."
The 36-year-old star has a huge admiration for transgender people and the way they deal with their situation.
He added: "People have been going through it for years and I can't imagine what it would be like to not feel like I am the person in this body, can you imagine what it feels like. I have two friends who have kids who are most likely transgender, it's great they just wonder around in dresses. I haven't ever, and I take my hat off to anyone who's gone through it. And I think it's cool because in this country we are really embracing it."

Ed Sheeran is one of the "realest" people in the music business.
The 24-year-old singer has established himself among the most in-demand names in the industry, but according to his long-time friend and music entrepreneur Jamal Edwards, Ed has hardly changed since achieving stardom.
Jamal - who recently visited Kibera, the largest slum in the whole of Africa, with Save The Children for action/2015 - exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "He is one of the most realest people. For example, like when I was speaking to him not so long ago and we were in a club and he was in the same club as the guy from 'Gangnam Style'. He was like, 'Yeah, this is sick!'
"So, as much as what's going on in his world, he's still excited by the people he gets to mingle with."
Jamal, who's also worked with the likes of Jessie J and Rita Ora, said humility is a common trait among chart-topping musicians.
He shared: "With all these people, they manage to keep it real, but they've come from humble backgrounds.
"They never forget where they've come from. I speak with Ed every now and again to catch up with him. He's smashing it."