Romantic moment turns awkward at recent Coldplay concert
During a recent Coldplay concert, lead singer Chris Martin unintentionally spotlighted an awkward moment in the crowd that quickly went viral.
The tech CEO who went viral after being caught on camera at a Coldplay concert has resigned, according to his now-former employer.
Data tech company Astronomer released a statement Saturday, July 19, on social media platform X and on job networking site LinkedIn, saying that “Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.”
“As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,” Astronomer’s statement reads. “Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.”
According to Astronomer, its board will begin searching for Byron’s replacement as “Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete Dejoy continues to serve as interim CEO.”
“Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI,” the company’s statement reads. “While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not. We’re continuing to do what we do best: helping our customers with their toughest data and AI problems.”
What happened at the Coldplay concert?
On the night of July 18, Astronomer identified the couple in the video as Byron and the company’s chief people officer, The New York Times reported.
Previously, Astronomer had issued two statements on X, including that Byron had been placed on leave and the company was conducting an investigation.
The video from July 16 that went viral shows a man and a woman quickly letting go of each other when a “Kiss Cam” shows them on the giant screen at the concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
“Uh oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy,” Coldplay frontman Chris Martin joked.
Over 76.5 million people have viewed the video of the incident at Gillette Stadium.
USA TODAY has not confirmed the identities of the man and woman in the video and has reached out to the company for comment multiple times since the video popped up.
Contributing: Michael Loria, USA TODAY
Jonathan Limehouse covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at JLimehouse@gannett.com.
