Coldplay's concert at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday took an unexpected turn when a couple caught on the jumbotron sparked debate online.

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has released a public apology to his family following viral video of his alleged affair with colleague Kristin Cabot at a Coldplay concert. 👀 “I also want to express how troubling it is that what should have been a private moment became public without… pic.twitter.com/zlU6wTfth6

Coldplay found itself in the center of a storm when a camera panned to a couple in an embrace during a show on its “Music of the Spheres World Tour” at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on July 16, prompting frontman Chris Martin to say, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

The Coldplay concert kiss cam incident is the most viral moment of 2025. It’s also a video game now, sort of. Coldplay Canoodlers was thought up by Jonathan Mann, best known as the guy who has uploaded a new song to YouTube every day for over a decade (Remember “GTA: This Is Why We vVdeo Gaming?

After two audience members fueled cheating allegations with a … memorable appearance on the Jumbotron during a Coldplay show at Boston’s Gillette Stadium on July 16, online sleuths clocked in and discovered the pair appear to be co-workers at software company Astronomer.

Apart from congratulations to other-Andy (and a hearty how dare for the unearned burn on Coldplay), this is an example of how deflection and humor might come in handy. The immediate deletion is the double-click equivalent of Byron's physical drop to the ground. Conspicuous! An admission by omission!

Almost instantly, the clip went viral, racking up over 30 million views. The internet was transfixed and delighted in the schadenfreude: the wealthy, married chief executive of a tech firm being caught out canoodling with a colleague, the head of HR no less, in the most criminally uncool of contexts: a Coldplay concert.

Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions,” Chris Martin sings in the Coldplay song, “The Scientist.” Questions are definitely being asked about a viral “kiss cam” moment from a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts this week.