Coldplay's Chris Martin played a surprise show in a small Delhi bar

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LONDON -- It's not every day that you get to see Coldplay's lead singer performing a random jam in a small, ecstatic bar.

On Wednesday night people at the Summer House Cafe in Delhi had that experience, as Chris Martin played a set alongside Playback singer Vishal Dadlani and actress Frieda Pinto (yep that's right, Frieda Pinto was there as well).

This photo of Martin, complete with a gleeful Pinto photobomb, was uploaded to Dadlani's Facebook page.

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According to Dadlani's Twitter, Martin and Pinto had been in town to support Global Citizen (an international anti-poverty organsiation, which runs a festival Martin curates). They were having dinner together when Martin said: "let's go play somewhere" - the group then turned up at the Summer House Cafe and played the impromptu gig in front of an excitable Delhi crowd.

Here are some highlights posted on Dadlani's Twitter:

Last night was magic! Chris Martin & @BecauseImFreida support the Global Poverty Project. See http://t.co/UEHxIilJbN pic.twitter.com/w27SXXcCw8— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) July 2, 2015

Ok, I just got off stage from standing around while Chris Martin of Coldplay did an impromptu set. Holy wow!! pic.twitter.com/Yc0RWIv9Mr— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) July 1, 2015

Footage from the gig has also emerged on YouTube.

There are going to be a lot of people who went out in Delhi last now that are now cursing their decision not to go to Summer House Cafe.

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