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Coldplay’s Chris Martin cheekily warns audience after viral jumbotron moment

Jul 20, 2025

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin made sure to give concertgoers a cheeky warning that they may appear on their video screens during the ‘”Jumbotron Song” at their show Saturday night.

“We’d like to say hello to some of you in the crowd,” Martin said on stage at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, according to video footage posted on social media.

“How we’re going to do that is we’re going to use our cameras and put some of you on the big screen.”

Watch the video above.

Chris Martin gives Coldplay audience a cheeky warning about the jumbotron

Martin, still strumming his acoustic guitar, joked, “So, please, if you haven’t done your makeup, do your makeup now.”

The cheeky warning, which had the crowd laughing, comes after a now viral moment from their concert last week.

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When the ‘Jumbotron Song’ camera turned to a man and woman cuddling as they watched the stage, the two quickly separated and attempted to hide their faces when they noticed they were being shown on the giant screen at the venue.

“Whoa, look at these two,” Martin said, according to a clip of the moment posted on social media.

Coldplay Boston concert kiss cam

“Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

Fallout quickly ensued after internet sleuths were the first to identify the two as tech company Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and the company’s chief people officer Kristin Cabot, head of Astronomer’s human resources department.

Byron has since resigned, news the company announced on Saturday, and Astronomer’s cofounder and chief product officer Pete DeJoy is now serving as interim CEO.

“Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” an earlier statement, posted to the company’s LinkedIn page Friday, read in part.

Chris Martin of Coldplay performs on a stop of the band's Music of the Spheres world tour at Allegiant Stadium on June 06, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The company’s board of directors, it added, has also “initiated a formal investigation into this matter.”

Coldplay has yet to directly address the incident, which has flooded the internet with memes and comedic videos poking fun at the viral moment.

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