--- description: The band covered John Lennon’s “Imagine” and dedicated it to Paris title: Watch Coldplay's Moving Tribute to the Paris Attack Victims With image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Coldplay Pays Tribute to Paris Attack Victims With Moving 'Imagine' Performance by [Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2015 2:08 PM CUT by [Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2015 2:08 PM CUT Coldplay was due to livestream a concert of new material from their [forthcoming album _A Head Full of Dreams_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/06/coldplay-head-full-dreams "undefined") via Tidal and KROQ this weekend, but after the attacks in Paris, the band stripped down the show and only played older, acoustic versions of songs from their vault. “Tonight’s live stream for TIDAL & KROQ has been postponed out of respect for the terrible events in Paris,” [the band wrote on their website](http://coldplay.com/live-stream-for-tidal-kroq-postponed/ "undefined"). “We’ll play a short set of old material so that your journey isn’t wasted. We send our love and prayers to the people of Paris.” Among fan favorites like “Sparks” and “Fix You,” the band covered John Lennon’s “Imagine” and dedicated it to Paris. Watch some fan-shot footage of the performance below. > [](https://twitter.com/zainabziti/status/665537558898675712) [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/16/coldplay-imagine-paris?hootPostID=4c0dd501ea62f24cf41cf8aa23eaa135 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4114257/paris-attacks-coldplay-imagine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4114257/paris-attacks-coldplay-imagine/"},"headline":"Coldplay Pays Tribute to Paris Attack Victims With Moving 'Imagine' Performance","datePublished":"2015-11-16T14:08:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:39:28.180Z","description":"The band covered John Lennon’s “Imagine” and dedicated it to Paris","url":"https://time.com/4114257/paris-attacks-coldplay-imagine/","keywords":["France","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4114257/paris-attacks-coldplay-imagine/","name":"Coldplay Pays Tribute to Paris Attack Victims With Moving 'Imagine' Performance"}}]}] ```