Coldplay has sold out stadiums around the world, but the band's lead singer has declared that he can't compete with Australian music legend John Farnham's voice.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin recorded a special song to be played at the concert called A Better Singer Than Me.
The song explained how Martin was introduced to Farnham's music during a trip to check in on bushfire-impacted communities in Victoria after the devastation of Black Saturday in 2009.
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Martin also referred to this in his song, with tongue-in-cheek lyrics saying singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia said Farnham would be the better choice to lead a relief show.
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Coldplay has sold out stadiums around the world, but the band's lead singer has declared that he can't compete with Australian music legend John Farnham's voice.
International and Australian performers came together to celebrate Farnham's music career at a charity concert in Melbourne last night, raising money for head and neck cancer.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin recorded a special song to be played at the concert called A Better Singer Than Me.
"I'm really sorry I can't be with you," he told a sold-out crowd at the Rod Laver Arena show.
"Shane Warne is the person that told me about how great you are."
Farnham's son, James Farnham, said in a social media post that the original song was a "wild" surprise.
The song explained how Martin was introduced to Farnham's music during a trip to check in on bushfire-impacted communities in Victoria after the devastation of Black Saturday in 2009.
Farnham performed You're the Voice, backed by Coldplay, at the Sound Relief concert at the SCG in 2009 to raise money for communities affected by the Black Saturday bushfires.
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