Coldplay's Chris Martin was the 'not that big a' surprise guest at the One Big No anti-war gig on Saturday – he dueted with Ian McCulloch on a version of 'Walk On The Wild Side' as well as performing 'In My Place' and 'Yellow'.
The show, organized by Emily Eavis and raising funds for CND and the Stop The War Coalition, included performances from Evan Dando, Faithless, Beth Orton, Paul Weller and Fran Healy, video messages from Yoko Ono, Elton John and Michael Moore, plus a screening of the Moore directed video for System Of A Down's 'Boom!' which was filmed on recent anti-war protests across the world.
In his video address Moore told the audience: "Let’s keep these demonstrations going, its the only hope we have. George Bush, I don’t know what to say. On behalf of the majority of Americans who ever elected this guy I apologise. We’ll do our best to remove him from office as soon as possible. Thank you again for being there in London from all of us Americans. If it wasn’t for you out there demonstrating I don’t know what we would have done but it’s given great hope for all of us."
Even Ronan Keating performed a couple of numbers, telling the NME: "I’m not a political person, but I do have strong views on this subject. We all feel the same way. So last week when I was in London I was asked and said I’d love to come along and play. It’s a very delicate matter and it’s our duty to stand up and say something. I think the people that have turned up to play, all really believe in this. And I’m here to support them as much as I’m here because I believe in it too."
On the anti-war bent, don't forget James Lavelle's night at Fabric also in aid of CND on 20 Mar – among other things there will be a rare live performance from Ian Brown and UNKLE. Tickets are on sale now.