Coldplay make bold kiss cam warning at first show since CEO cheating scandal
At their first show since accidentally outing a CEO’s affair on their kiss cam, Coldplay gave a bold warning before turning the camera on the audience again.
At their recent Boston show, Coldplay’s kiss camera focused on Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot, the CEO and Head of People, at Astronomer. “Either they’re having an affair, or they’re very shy,” Coldplay frontman Chris Martin commented as they both frantically ducked when they noticed themselves on the main screen.
When Coldplay took to the stage in Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, many of the fans in attendance expectantly waited for the kiss cam segment. When it came, frontman Chris Martin made no explicit reference to the viral moment, but did make a cheeky remark before they began focusing in on new couples.
Laughing to himself, Martin began, “We’d like to say hello to some of you in the crowd and put some of you on the big screen.”
He continued, “How we’re going to do that is we’re going to use our cameras and put some of you on the big screen. Please, if you haven’t done your makeup, do your makeup now!”
The fair warning was met with laughter from the crowd, and the segment went ahead with no more trouble. Coldplay then finished their set, rounding out with hits such as ‘Fix You’, ‘Good Feelings’ and ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’.
Things did not go so smoothly for Byron. On July 19th, Byron tendered his resignation from his company, Astronomer. Since the announcement and the official internal investigation, Byron has not released an official statement addressing his actions. However, Astronomer were forced to address a fraudulent apology from Byron that used the lyrics from ‘Fix You’ partly to express his guilt over his affair.
There has also been no word from Byron’s wife, but she removed his name from her social media accounts within 24 hours of the video going viral.
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