Watch Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones join Coldplay on stage at Cardiff gig

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Coldplay’s show in Cardiff were left surprised after Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones joined the band onstage.The gig took place at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium last night (June 6), and marked the first of their two sold-out performances in the city.The 23-song set saw Chris Martin and co take on all of their best-known hits, including ‘Yellow’, ‘Viva La Vida’, ‘Clocks’ and ‘The Scientist’, as well as renditions of their newer material, taken from their latest album ‘Music of the Spheres’, which arrived in 2021.The main highlight of the night, however, came in the latter half of the set, when the British rockers were joined onstage by Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones to the delight of his native Welsh crowd.The surprise guest appearance arrived after the band performed a rendition of ‘Green Eyes’, a song taken from their 2002 album ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’.

Here, the frontman joined the four-piece onstage for a rendition of Stereophonics’ hit track ‘Dakota’. Check out fan-captured footage of the moment below.The surprise cameo wasn’t the only nod to Wales during last night’s show.

Elsewhere, the frontman also tried his hand at some Welsh for the 74,000-strong crowd, saying: “Thank you for welcoming us to your beautiful country, everyone knows Wales is the best place for singing in the world.”Towards the end of the nearly-three hour performance, Coldplay were also joined onstage by the local Bridgend choir, who took centre stage and joined them for the track ‘Everglow’.

They also performed a rendition of Wales’ unofficial anthem ‘Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau’. Find footage from the show and the full setlist below.Bridgend male voice choir (and thousands of welsh people) with a rousing rendition of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (.