Coldplay's seemingly harmless use of a live performance kiss cam on their Music of the Spheres World Tour inadvertently turned probably the most viral moments of 2025.
On the band's July 2025 present at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, married Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was caught on the jumbotron together with his arms wrapped round his firm's chief folks workplace, Kristin Cabot. After Coldplay singer Chris Martin puzzled on stage whether or not he'd simply caught the pair having “an affair,” footage of the incident went viral and it wasn't lengthy earlier than the 2 Astronomer staff have been recognized by web sleuths.
Byron was initially placed on go away from Astronomer inside hours of the footage going viral, earlier than it was introduced days later that he'd resigned from the corporate solely. Different main artists on tour — together with Morgan Wallen, American Idol choose Luke Bryan and Nickelback — poked enjoyable on the kiss cam scandal at their very own reveals over the subsequent few days.
“Anyone in right here with their sidechick or no matter, I feel you're protected right here,” Wallen joked on stage on July 18.
Preserve scrolling for a glance again at a few of most of the musicians who made mild of the kiss cam scandal:
Morgan Wallen
The nation music celebrity — who isn't any stranger to controversy on his personal — mocked Byron and Cabot's predicament throughout his July 18 present at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
After assuring anybody with a “sidechick” that they have been “protected” at his present, Wallen clarified: “I don't condone dishonest … anymore!”
Nickelback
The “{Photograph}” band's frontman Chad Kroeger took day out of their headlining set on the Summer time of '99 and Past Competition on the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in Troy, Wisconsin, to offer some useful advice to any mischievous concert-goers.
“Simply duck,” he inspired anybody frightened of his go-pro digicam.
Large Sean
Large Sean performs in October 2024. Jerritt Clark/Getty Pictures for Amazon Music
At Mansfield, Massachusetts's Xfinity Heart, the “Bounce Again” rapper supplied his own practical advice for anybody who might probably get caught in a compromising place by his kiss cam.
“You don't wish to find yourself just like the mother-f***ers on the Coldplay live performance,” he warned. “I hope none of y'all out listed here are f***ing up proper now. Do what you wanna do however have some respect!”
Russell Dickerson
Dickerson had followers in Doswell, Virginia, howling with laughter when he put his hit “Yours” in model new mild.
“If anyone has walked down the aisle to this track, [or] if any CEOs have been to a live performance, dishonest with HR to this track,” he teased.
Dickerson even proposed changing one key lyric — “I got here to life once I first kissed you” — to “I got here to life once I first kissed-cam'd you.”
Luke Bryan
The American Idol choose was halfway by means of his set on the Bon Secours Wellness Area in Greenville, South Carolina, when he warned attendees that it was time for the kiss cam.
“We're gonna shine our cameras on anyone,” Bryan quipped. “Who's right here with their secretary tonight? Hey, it's gotta be somebody method up there.”
When Coldplay switched on its Kiss Cam earlier this week, the band unintentionally opened up a complete can of worms. The Jumbotron captured footage of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron together with his arms wrapped round coworker Kristin Cabot. As quickly as they realized they have been being blasted throughout the screens, they tried to evade the cameras. […]
Bryan went on, “Don't get caught tonight! Don't get caught tonight.”
Jason Aldean
Aldean used the Coldplay controversy to advertise his personal 2025 summer time tour. Writing through Instagram, he urged his followers to “carry your lady to the Aldean present earlier than her CEO does.”
