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\n\tColdplay<\/a> can\u2019t seem to escape controversy of late, even when they\u2019re trying to preach love for all humankind<\/a>. There was the jumbotron \u201ckiss cam\u201d controversy<\/a> in July, which captured a tech CEO apparently cheating with his chief of human resources. Now, they\u2019re getting heat for telling fans they can \u201csend love anywhere,\u201d including to the family of Charlie Kirk<\/a>, the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was fatally shot on Wednesday. And the political divisiveness<\/a> continues to ramp up in the wake of Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \n\tIn footage captured <\/a>from the band\u2019s show at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium on Friday, frontman Chris Martin<\/a> beckoned fans to send some love out into the world before they performed \u201cFix You.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cFor the final time for a few years in London, let\u2019s raise our hands like this, and send love anywhere you wanna send it in the world,\u201d he said from the stage, raising his hands in the air (something the band has been doing throughout their recent tour). \u201cThere are so many places that might need it today. So here it comes from London. You can send this to your brother or your sister. You can send it to the families of people who\u2019ve been going through terrible stuff. You can send it to Charlie Kirk\u2019s family. You can send it to anybody\u2019s family. You can send it to people you disagree with, but you send them love anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe sending love out to people, places, and the overall universe really, is on-brand for Coldplay. In Rolling Stone\u2019s cover story<\/a><\/em> from December, he said, \u201cThat\u2019s really our mission right now: We are consciously trying to fly the flag for love being an approach to all things. There aren\u2019t that many [groups] that get to champion that philosophy to that many people. So we do it. And I need to hear that too, so that I don\u2019t give up and just become bitter and twisted and hidden away, and hate everybody. I don\u2019t want to do that, but it\u2019s so tempting.\u201d<\/p>\n