Chance meeting with Chris Martin at pub led to 'night of their lives'

A CHANCE encounter with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin at an impromptu pub gig led to a group of disadvantaged young people being invited to see the band in Hull.

- By DEBORAH HALL

The students were given the opportunity to attend the second of Coldplay's concerts at Sewell Group Craven Park, on Tuesday, August 19.

Three staff members and volunteers of Ask The Question (ATQ), a community interest company (CIC) based in Hebden Bridge, were at the Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge, on the evening of A Level results day when Chris Martin surprised customers with a solo spot in the beer garden. Arron Sachdeva, Lorien Fitzgerald and Jago Hodges got chatting to the music star all about the work that ATQ does to improve the educational outcomes for vulnerable children and young people who have been affected by adverse childhood experiences and those whose education and confidence has suffered as a result of abuse, neglect or trauma.