Coldplay star Chris Martin paid tribute to late music icon Prince by performing one of his tracks at a charity gig in Santa Monica.

The singer ran through 'Raspberry Beret' with A-Side, a band of 14-15 year olds from the Crossroads School, on Monday (April 25).

The gig was taking place as part of Chords 2 Cure, which is raising money for paediatric cancer research.

Martin said: "Yesterday I said, ‘Let’s do this song. It’s a very famous Prince song.

"And they said, ‘We don’t know it. We’ve never heard of it. We’re like 14'."

The group also performed Coldplay's 'Twisted Logic' - the first time Martin has played the track live.

As previously reported, Prince died on Thursday (April 21) after being found unresponsive at Paisley Park in Minnesota.

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