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Coldplay’s touching tribute to Linkin Park

Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington tragically took his own life last month and now Coldplay have paid tribute to the singer at their concert in New Jersey.

Front Chris Martin took to the stage to perform a moving acoustic version of the hit Linkin Park song “Crawling”.

Chris Martin, pictured here in 2015, covered a moving version of Linkin Park's 'Crawling' at a Coldplay concert as tribute to Chester. Source: Getty
Chris Martin, pictured here in 2015, covered a moving version of Linkin Park's 'Crawling' at a Coldplay concert as tribute to Chester. Source: Getty
Linkin Park frontman, Chester Bennington, tragically took his own life last month. Source: Getty
Linkin Park frontman, Chester Bennington, tragically took his own life last month. Source: Getty

The packed audience fell silent as the singer performed the stunning heartfelt tribute which had been stripped right back and fatured only Chris' vocals and a piano.

The Coldplay singer, pictured here in 2015, performed a stripped-down version of the hit song 'Crawling'. Source: Getty
The Coldplay singer, pictured here in 2015, performed a stripped-down version of the hit song 'Crawling'. Source: Getty

Chester died after taking his own life on July 20, aged 41.

Chester's bandmates published an open letter as tribute to him last week. Source: Getty
Chester's bandmates published an open letter as tribute to him last week. Source: Getty

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Prior to his death, Chester had spoken openly about his struggles with drug and alcohol abuse, depression, and being abused as a child, and his bandmates understood his "demons" were always a part of him and something that made the group more "human".

In an open letter to their bandmate Linkin Park members – Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn and Rob Bourdon – said they’ve been left with a “void that can never be filled” after Chester’s death.

Chester was married to Talinda Bentley and had six children, three of them from a previous marriage.

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