The band were performing 'Fix You' at Wembley
Andrew Trendell

09:35 20th June 2016

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A couple have become a viral internet sensation after they got engaged during a Coldplay gig at Wembley Stadium. Watch the video below. 

On the the opening night of their Head Full Of Dreams residency at the iconic London venue, Chris Martin and co were performing 'Fix You' when Brad Schofield got down on his knees and asked Marie Parlanti to marry him. 

- MORE: Read our review of the show and see our setlist here

The Brixton couple could had been engaged at the weekend instead, but Brad felt that Marie 'was onto her'.

"She caught wind that it was going to happen so I took the ring along to the concert and didn't tell anyone," he told ITV News. "It was a pretty special moment."

Meanwhile, Coldplay are set to headline Glastonbury this weekend - and are reported to be joined by a very special guest...

See Coldplay's full remaining  tour dates below. Get tickets and more information here.

Thursday, June 23 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, NL
Wednesday, June 29 Olympiastadion, Berlin, DE
Friday, July 1 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, DE
Sunday, July 3 Friends Arena, Stockholm, SE
Tuesday, July 5 Telia Parken, Copenhagen, DK

  • Exploiting his relative anonymity, Guy Berryman jogs around gig venues before the show starts - often right past the fans queuing outside.

  • Johnny Buckland had a cameo appearance in Shaun of the Dead alongside Chris Martin. The top pictures shows them as zombies, and below they play themselves on TV after the outbreak has been brought under control.

  • Will Champion had a cameo in Game of Thrones. He plays a drummer at the Red Wedding in the infamous Rains of Castemere episode. If you were upset about the Stark genocide in this episode, you can just blame Coldplay.

  • Guy Berryman is an avid photographer. Some of his pictures were featured in the sleeve of A-Ha's 2009 album Foot of the Mountain. Plus, the photos of Coldplay given out to audience members on the band's Twisted Logic tour were taken by him.

  • In 1999, Will Champion was sacked from the band by Chris Martin. However, he returned to the fold when they came to the conclusion that this was a massive mistake.

  • Johnny Buckland and Chris Martin worked together before their Coldplay days. They were previously in a band called Pectoralz.

  • According to The Sunday Times, Guy Berryman is estimated to be worth 25 million quid.

  • Will Champion has celebrated his birthday on tour many times, and each time the band have made the audience sing him Happy Birthday. In 2011, at Splendour in the Grass 60,000 people participated in front of a YouTube live stream to millions.

  • In 2008, Johnny Buckland said that he would give up the band to play for Tottenham Hotspur: "I wanted to be in a band from age 11, but I wanted to be a footballer from the age of five. But there's still time!"

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