Coldplay's Chris Martin made sure to give concertgoers a cheeky heads up about the "kiss cam" on Saturday during the band's first performance following the viral moment that took the internet by storm last week.
The concert at Wisconsin's Camp Randall Stadium was the band's first since its Massachusetts concert on Wednesday, where an embrace between Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and a blond-haired woman was captured.
Byron and the woman quickly hid when the "kiss cam" panned to them, and the moment went viral, with users claiming that he is a married man. However, NBC News has not independently confirmed this or identified the woman.
In video from Saturday’s concert posted to social media by @sonia.gogan, Martin appears to try to steer clear of controversy by introducing the "kiss cam."
"We’d like to say hello to some of you in the crowd," Martin said to cheers. "How we’re gonna do that is we’re gonna use our cameras and put some of you on the big screen."
Martin continued: "So please, if you haven’t done your makeup, do your makeup now." He did not expressly mention Wednesday's incident.
During Wednesday's performance at Gillette Stadium near Boston, a "kiss cam" was displaying couples in attendance on the screens. When it panned to one man and woman who were in an embrace, she turned around to hide her face, while the man quickly ducked out of the frame.
"Oh, look at these two. You’re all right," Martin said at the time, according to video footage from the concert that circulated widely online. “You’re OK. Oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”
The footage circulated like wildfire on the internet, and Byron was identified as the man embracing the woman. On Saturday, Byron stepped down from his role as CEO of the data company Astronomer.
Before his resignation, Byron was placed on leave from Astronomer. The New York-based company, which has under 500 employees according to its LinkedIn profile, appeared to address how the fanfare around the “kiss cam” incident had affected its reputation in its Saturday statement.
“While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not,” the company said.
