When Chris Martin joked that two camera-shirking Coldplay concertgoers might be having an affair, he had no idea his shoutout would put now-former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron on the hot seat.

A tech company whose boss was filmed hugging a colleague at a Coldplay concert has said a purported statement from him expressing remorse is fake.

In July 2025, following a viral incident at a Coldplay concert involving Andy Byron, then the CEO of tech company Astronomer ( archived ), an alleged video statement made by his wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, began circulating widely on social media.