The kiss cam portion of a Coldplay concert now comes with a playful warning from frontman Chris Martin.
Martin made sure to give the crowd a heads-up that they were about to potentially be on the big screen during a Coldplay show on July 19 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.
The performance was the band’s first concert stop since a CEO of a data operations company resigned in the wake of a viral video from a Coldplay show on July 16 in Massachusetts. The clip showed a man and woman embracing on camera before they tried to duck out of sight.
During the concert in Wisconsin, Martin made sure to alert the crowd that cameras might be showing them on the stadium’s big screens.
“We’d like to say hello to some of you in the crowd,” Martin said. “How we’re going to do that is we’re going to use our cameras and put some of you on the big screen. So please, if you haven’t done your makeup, do your makeup now.”
A smiling Martin made no reference to the viral moment, which was followed by the data operations company Astronomer announcing on X that CEO Andy Byron had tendered his resignation.
Byron was identified by social media users as one of the people in the viral video from the July 16 Coldplay concert. NBC News has not independently verified that Byron was in the footage.
After the two people were seen evading the camera on July 16, Martin said onstage, โEither theyโre having an affair or theyโre just very shy.”
Three days later, Astronomer announced Byron’s resignation.
“As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,” the company wrote in its statement. “Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.”
The viral video also prompted several professional baseball teams to have fun with the moment over the weekend. The iconic Phillie Phanatic mascot re-created the scene at a Philadelphia Phillies game on July 18, while the Arizona Diamondbacks’ mascot did his own version the same night.
