Chris Martin’s ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow was hired by the tech company Astronomer as a “very temporary” spokesperson in the wake of a huge PR incident for the company.
The A-list actress appeared in a short video loosely alluding to the viral moment but mostly just promoting the company as the world continues to obsess over the moment their former CEO, Andy Byron, was caught in an embrace with a woman who was not his wife during a Coldplay concert.
The video was shared to the company’s social media accounts and was captioned, “Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.”
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“Hi, I’m Gwyneth Paltrow,” the “Avengers: Endgame” alum began as she smiled for the camera. “I’ve been hired on a very temporary basis to speak on behalf of the 300-plus employees at Astronomer.”
After her introduction, Paltrow explained that she would be answering the most common questions the company has received over the last two weeks, starting with, “OMG! What the actual f***?”
“Yes, Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow, unifying the experience of running data, ML and AI pipelines at scale,” Paltrow said.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve been thrilled that so many people have a newfound interest in data workflow automation,&#8221; she went on. “As for the other questions we’ve received …” she said, before the next question appeared on screen.
It said, “How is your social media team holding &#8230;”
“Yes, there is still room available at our Beyond Analytics event in September!” Paltrow said before the question finished, before further promoting the company. &#8220;We will now be returning to what we do best — delivering game-changing results for our customers. Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.”
The video, posted on Friday evening, has over 30 million views on X as of Saturday.
Astronomer has become a household name ever since the viral video clip of Byron embracing a woman identified by many as Kristin Cabot, the Chief People Officer for the company. After being spotted on the kiss cam, the two quickly stepped away from each other and out of frame after realizing they were being broadcast to the entire stadium at the July 16 Coldplay show in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
In the aftermath, Byron resigned as CEO and Astronomer is attempting to pivot the moment into good publicity for themselves.
Commenters on social media noted the tactic of using Martin’s ex-wife to do damage control on the company’s image. Many even speculated on whether the whole kiss cam viral moment was a publicity stunt, based on the outcome.
“You hired the Coldplay singer’s ex-wife. Extraordinary,” one commenter <a href="https://x.com/RobertMSterling/status/1948911701279343035">wrote</a>.
“Damn, this is a masterclass in PR and crisis control,” another <a href="https://x.com/tayoainafilms/status/1949009918154911885">said</a>.
“Wait was this one big Psyop to know where the best place to run Apache Airflow is?” a third <a href="https://x.com/ErikGroset/status/1948924105077784932">added</a>.

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Astronomer Hires Gwyneth Paltrow To Be ‘Temporary Spokesperson’ After Kiss Cam Drama

Astronomer Hires Gwyneth Paltrow To Be 'Temporary Spokesperson' After Kiss Cam Drama

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Heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76.
The musician died “surrounded by love,” his family said in a <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/23619758/ozzy-osbourne-dead-black-sabbath-parkinsons/">statement</a> shared with The Sun on Tuesday. The location of his death was not disclosed.
“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.”
The rocker’s death comes just weeks after his farewell concert with Black Sabbath called &#8220;Back to the Beginning.&#8221; The July 5 event in Birmingham, UK, featured a full day of performances by various artists and marked the end of an era for both Osbourne and the iconic heavy metal band.
Osbourne had Parkinson&#8217;s disease and had suffered other health problems in recent years, including complications from injuries received from a fall in 2019. This led to the singer being forced to cancel some shows.
In 2023, Osbourne predicted he had ten years left, “at best,” and expressed a desire to perform at least one more time, despite his ongoing health issues. 
“If I can’t continue doing shows on a regular basis, I just want to be well enough to do one show where I can say, ‘Hi guys, thanks so much for my life.’ That’s what I’m working towards, and if I drop down dead at the end of it, I’ll die a happy man,” Osbourne <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ozzy-osbourne-gives-health-update-at-best-ive-got-10-years-left?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Ozzy+Osbourne+Gives+Health+Update%3A+%E2%80%98At+Best%2C+I%E2%80%99ve+Got+10+Years+Left%E2%80%99">told</a> Rolling Stone UK at the time.
Osbourne was born John Michael Osbourne on December 3, 1948, in Birmingham, England, and received the nickname “Ozzy” in school. He’s considered one of the most iconic figures in heavy metal after rising to fame in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of Black Sabbath.
After being kicked out of Black Sabbath in 1979 due to substance abuse issues, Osbourne launched a successful solo career. This included releasing hits like “Crazy Train” and “Mr. Crowley.” Over the years, he became a well-known figure in pop culture.
Osbourne married Sharon in 1982. The couple has three children: Aimee, 41, Kelly, 40, and Jack, 39. Their lives were documented in the popular MTV reality show “The Osbournes.”

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The new CEO of Astronomer, the tech company at the center of a kiss cam scandal from last week, issued a new statement on the situation.
Pete DeJoy, who stepped into the role after the former CEO, Andy Byron, resigned on Saturday, noted the “unusual and surreal” amount of attention the company has received ever since a TikTok of the Coldplay concert incident went viral.
In the video clip, the former CEO, Byron, is seen embracing a woman when the camera lands on the couple. The two quickly stepped away from each other and out of frame after realizing they were being broadcast to the entire stadium at the July 16 show in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Online sleuths quickly identified the man as Byron and claimed the woman was Kristin Cabot, who is Chief People Officer for Astronomer. The company has not clarified the identities of either person in the video other than to say an investigation is taking place and to note that Byron has resigned as CEO.
&#8220;The spotlight has been unusual and surreal for our team and, while I would never have wished for it to happen like this, Astronomer is now a household name,&#8221; DeJoy wrote in the lengthy update <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moving-forward-astronomer-pete-dejoy-zygze/">shared</a> on LinkedIn.
The CEO and co-founder, who said he spent his entire professional life helping build Astronomer, noted that the company has faced “challenges” before, including financial struggles and “scaling from 30 to 300 people during a global pandemic.”
&#8220;And yet, we’re still here,&#8221; DeJoy continued. &#8220;We’re here because Astronomer is built by people who live to solve hard problems, stay late to fix what’s broken, and care deeply about doing things the right way. We’re here because our customers trust us with their most ambitious data &amp; AI projects. And, most importantly, we’re here because the mission is bigger than any one moment.&#8221;
He concluded the letter by saying the company’s “story is very much still being written” and thanking customers for their “trust.”
“We won’t let you down,” DeJoy promised.

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Astronomer CEO Addresses ‘Unusual And Surreal’ Attention Following Coldplay Kiss Cam Drama

Astronomer CEO Addresses 'Unusual And Surreal' Attention Following Coldplay Kiss Cam Drama

Celebrities, journalists, ordinary Joes, and <a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/phillie-phanatic-parody-viral-coldplay-kiss-cam-moment">even sports mascots</a> are making jokes about the viral kiss cam gone wrong at a Coldplay concert last week. That includes three major country stars who all referenced the viral moment that’s been captivating social media ever since. 
The drama occurred during a show in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Wednesday night. That’s when Andy Byron, CEO of the tech company Astronomer, was caught embracing the company’s Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot, who dramatically turned away from the camera once they realized they’d been seen.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin reacted to the couple’s suspicious behavior, saying, “Uh oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”
Country star Morgan Wallen <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tcmyth/video/7528690496730942751">joked</a> about the viral clip during a concert on Friday in Glendale, Arizona. The “Last Night” singer said from the stage, “Anybody in here with their side chick or whatever, I think you’re safe here,” as the crowd went wild.
“I don’t condone cheating… anymore,” Wallen added.
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Singer Jason Aldean also used the kiss cam scandal as a way to promote his own show, <a href="https://tasteofcountry.com/jason-aldean-jokes-coldplay-kiss-cam-scandal/">writing</a> in his Instagram Stories, “Bring your girl to the Aldean show before her CEO does. Just saying.” The post included the infamous image of Byron and Cabot embracing just before they realize they’re caught.
Luke Bryan also joked about the incident during his July 17 concert in Greenville, South Carolina. “Who’s with their secretary tonight?” the singer <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@cwtolson/video/7528453806326025486">asked</a> the crowd. 
“Hey, it’s got to be somebody way up there,” he said, indicating some seats in the distance. “Oh, yeah! There they are,” Bryan said. “Do not get caught tonight!”
The Coldplay kiss cam moment has dominated the news cycle since late last week, with social media users obsessing over the details and making a plethora of memes about it. Since the news broke, Byron has stepped down from his role as CEO at Astronomer. 
The company released a lengthy <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moving-forward-astronomer-pete-dejoy-zygze/">statement</a> on Monday that did not clarify any details about the incident, but a previous LinkedIn post confirmed that they were launching an investigation into the conduct of their employees.

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Country Music Stars Joke About Coldplay Kiss Cam Drama: 'You're Safe Here'

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Coldplay singer Chris Martin issued a playful warning to fans over the weekend during the band&#8217;s first concert since the viral kiss cam controversy.
&#8220;We&#8217;d like to say hello to some of you in the crowd,&#8221; Martin said from the stage of Saturday&#8217;s show in Madison, Wisconsin. Video footage of the event shows the crowd laughing and cheering at what the singer is implying. 
&#8220;How we&#8217;re going to do that is we&#8217;re going to use our cameras and put some of you on the big screen,&#8221; Martin added. &#8220;So please, if you haven&#8217;t done your makeup, do your makeup now.&#8221;
The Coldplay frontman didn&#8217;t specifically mention the kiss cam incident, which involved Astronomer CEO Andy Byron <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/20/us-news/kristin-cabot-coldplay-cheating-scandal-exec-married-into-bostons-wealthy-cabot-family/">reportedly</a> embracing a human resources executive from the company. The two quickly stepped away from each other and out of frame after realizing they were being broadcast to the entire stadium at the July 16 show in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Martin reacted to the couple&#8217;s suspicious behavior, saying, &#8220;Uh oh, what? Either they&#8217;re having an affair or they&#8217;re just very shy.&#8221;
The tech company announced it would investigate the incident after it went viral. Byron <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tech-company-ceo-resigns-after-coldplay-kiss-cam-debacle">resigned</a> from his position. 
&#8220;As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met,&#8221; a statement from Astronomer read. &#8220;Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.&#8221;
&#8220;The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO,&#8221; it continued.
Coldplay has not addressed what happened, other than to post a montage of videos and photos from that show, which has garnered more than <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DMN8RCBRWT_/?img_index=5">1.2 million likes</a> on Instagram. Notably, the slideshow does not include widely circulated images of the two embracing each other. 
&#8220;Nice, did anything else happen?&#8221; one popular comment says.
&#8220;What a memorable show, I feel like we were all there,&#8221; another person wrote.

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Coldplay Frontman Gives Fans A Warning At First Concert Since Kiss Cam Fiasco

Chris Martin Gives Fans A Warning At First Coldplay Concert Since Kiss Cam Fiasco

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Astronomer announced the resignation of CEO Andy Byron on Saturday, just days after a video showing the married tech executive cozying up to a colleague at a Coldplay concert went viral.
The company shared the news of Byron&#8217;s resignation in a post to X on Saturday afternoon, saying the CEO had failed to meet the company&#8217;s standards with regard to &#8220;conduct and accountability.&#8221;
&#8220;As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.&#8221;
&#8220;The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO,&#8221; it continued.
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The company announced an investigation into the situation on Friday, also dismissing rumors that another employee was in attendance at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, at the time the video was taken.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/coldplay-fan-who-posted-video-of-ceo-embracing-his-chief-people-officer-speaks-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">short video</a> shows Byron and Cabot embracing one another and then reacting with shock upon realizing they were on the kiss cam. Byron immediately lets go of Cabot and ducks out of frame, while Cabot hides her face and turned away from the camera.
“Oh look at these two,” Coldplay frontman Chris Martin said to the crowd. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy.”
Amanda Harding contributed to this report.

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Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham still know how to make a scene.
Earlier this month, the former lovers and Fleetwood Mac stars <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/07/18/stevie-nicks-lindsey-buckingham-fleetwood-mac-reunion/85269775007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caused a stir</a> when they posted complementary lyrics on their respective social media pages.
“And if I go forward,” Nicks posted, just as Buckingham shared “I’ll meet you there.”
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LOVE IS REAL <a href="https://t.co/VJwK2ATM5D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/VJwK2ATM5D</a>
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The twin halves form the refrain of the couple’s song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6sfWg386yg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Frozen Love,</a>” from the album “Buckingham Nicks,” which they recorded before joining the band that would make them famous.
Were they teasing that they would be releasing a remastered version of the album, as of yet not available on Spotify? Or were the famously on-again, off-again duo announcing that they were reuniting in their twilight years, as Nicks had once <a href="https://x.com/fleetwood_memes/status/1946160101259145418" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> they would do?
The fact is, it doesn’t matter what they were teasing. The world perked up when they teased.
Weirdly, today, that&#8217;s not entirely unsurprising.
Buckingham and Nicks rose to fame, not with their titular album, but when they joined Mick Fleetwood and John McVie’s blues rock band in 1974 — seven years after it formed — and lent their sound to the otherwise average project, propelling Fleetwood Mac into stardom.
After “Rumours” dropped in 1977, it was clear that Fleetwood Mac would forever be famous. By the time Bill Clinton replaced the Democratic Party’s theme of “Happy Days Are Here Again” — chosen by Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 — with the band’s “Don’t Stop,” it was clear that the Fleetwood Mac had made it.
But that’s not why people cared about Buckingham and Nicks’ posts. In recent years, the band — and its tumultuous lead duo — has become a bit of a phenomenon among millennials and Gen Z.
It started, perhaps, with a viral <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=dreams+cranberry+juice+tiktok&amp;oq=dreams+cranberry+juice+tiktok&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQABjvBdIBCDY3MjFqMGo0qAIAsAIB&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:23d42a8b,vid:OtzVKUCZE5w,st:0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 TikTok</a> in which Nathan Apodaca filmed himself longboarding down the road while drinking cranberry juice and listening to “Dreams.” It continued as denizens of “BookTok” fell in love with Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Daisy Jones And The Six,” a novel inspired by the band that became an equally popular Amazon Prime series.
Still, that’s not enough to explain the Fleetwood Mac renaissance among a generation whose parents grew up thinking of the band as a staple of classic rock radio. Really, the revival has to do with a single performance of a song the band never actually released.
“Silver Springs” was cut from “Rumours,” though contemporary fans of the song likely struggle to understand why. In it, Nicks chides a former romantic partner, “Time cast a spell on you, but you won&#8217;t forget me/I know I could have loved you/But you would not let me.”
It’s clear to anyone who knows the tangled romantic history of Fleetwood Mac that Nicks is singing to Buckingham, a point made abundantly clear by the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDwi-8n054s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now-viral clip</a> from the band’s 1997 concert film “The Dance” in which she stares down the guitarist, who almost fumbles his solo as she spits “you’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you.”
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It’s a striking scene, and an incredible performance. But why, one wonders, did this particular clip gain so much traction in recent years? For as long as Fleetwood Mac has been famous, it’s been known that its members had been cheating on each other — often with each other — and writing their romantic vicissitudes into their songs.
Why is it that, almost half a century after the release of a best-selling album that contained the  biting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozl3L9fhKtE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Go Your Own Way”</a> and the cheeky <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJo3Rq5Fubc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“You Make Loving Fun”</a> — a song that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/12-of-the-biggest-names-who-died-in-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">late Christine McVie</a> wrote about having an affair with the band&#8217;s lighting director and told her husband and bandmate John McVie was about their dog — a single music video ignited an entirely new fervor for the band with a generation that would have otherwise viewed these songs as their parents’ music?
At first glance, it’s easy to write the Fleetwood Mac revival off as another TikTok phenomenon. The cranberry juice-swilling longboarder lit the match, and the fire spread throughout social media.
But there is something about young people’s embrace of “Silver Springs” and the entire Fleetwood Mac oeuvre that makes it different from, say, the recent popularity of Connie Francis’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pretty-little-baby-singer-connie-francis-dead-at-87" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Pretty Little Baby.”</a> Teenagers who adopted the late crooner’s hit as a TikTok sound didn’t do so because they yearned for the chippy vibes of the 1950s — they did so because, like so many other social media trends, someone started it and they followed.
No, the re-embrace of Fleetwood Mac is more earnest. New fans delight not just in the music, but in the rawness of the performance, the expression of emotion performed by jilted lovers, yearning hearts, once and future friends,
Perhaps we should not be surprised that Gen Z embraced Fleetwood Mac for these reasons. After all, this is a generation that is <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/1254614599/carter-sherman-gen-z-sex" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not having sex</a>, <a href="https://time.com/7203140/gen-z-drinking-less-alcohol/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drinking</a>, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-drug-use-record-lows-study-alcohol-marijuana-2004327" target="_blank" rel="noopener">doing drugs</a>, or even <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-choosing-not-drive-1861237" target="_blank" rel="noopener">driving their own cars</a>. It’s understandable that they would yearn for something more real, more primal, more exciting than what they’re used to. Smothered by helicopter parents and numbed by antidepressants, it makes sense that young people today would latch onto a band known for its almost comical licentiousness, fueled by drugs meant to exacerbate emotions, not control them.
It helps, of course, that Fleetwood Mac is an incredible band. Stevie Nicks is a generational performer, her voice made for belting in an arena while doing a witchy dance. Lindsey Buckingham is one of the great guitarists, and his solos, both passionate and elegant, never distract from his vocal prowess.
And then there’s the rest of the band, who are made all the more likable by the fact that they exist in the shadows of their leaders’ steely glares and rocky pasts. As one fan <a href="https://x.com/lornashawty/status/1815371603321962995" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put it on X</a>, during the aforementioned performance of “Silver Springs,” “Lindsay stares at Stevie to get a rise and a also better performance out of her…Christine looks like she wants to murder them both and Mick Fleetwood is just like ‘I LOVE DRUMS!!!!!’”
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thinking again about the performance of Silver Springs where Lindsay stares at Stevie to get a rise and a also better performance out of her in a Dennis Reynolds kind of way, Christine looks like she wants to murder them both and Mick Fleetwood is just like &#8220;I LOVE DRUMS!!!!!&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/P0uzHZ4GN4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/P0uzHZ4GN4</a>
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That of course is to say nothing of John McVie, who plucks his bass guitar with a workmanlike fervor unencumbered by the fact that he’s standing just feet from his ex-wife.
It’s tempting to say that Buckingham and Nicks know what they’re doing. And of course, to a certain extent, they do. Whether they’re announcing a romantic reunion, a tour, a remaster, or some combination of the three, the pair is certainly aware of their image as a couple, and use it to their advantage.
Watch Fleetwood Mac perform, however, and it quickly becomes clear that the fiery core of the band that has spawned a new generation of fans has little to do with the band’s performative element. Of course Buckingham and Nicks glare at each other while performing “Silver Spring,” a song entirely about their breakup.
But watch their performance from the same concert of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBYHwH1Vb-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The Chain”</a> — the only song on “Rumours” for which the entire band is credited, a hodgepodge of various songs each member was working on at the time they recorded — and you’ll see why the memes have made such an impact.
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Nicks is glaring at Buckingham like she hates him. Christine McVie looks morose behind her keyboard, while her ex plucks the bass, emotionless. And all the while, Mick Fleetwood bangs on his kit with a wide-eyed, open-mouthed expression that really cannot be described better than “I LOVE DRUMS!!!!!”
True rockstars are dying. Most of those still performing, like the Rolling Stones, have become punchlines because they are so clearly superannuated. But not Fleetwood Mac.
Mick Fleetwood is 78. Stevie Nicks is 77. Lindsey Buckingham a sprightly 75. They’re not jumping around like Bruce Springsteen, nor are they aging into respectable rocker tenure like Paul McCartney.
No, the members of everyone’s favorite transatlantic blues rock pop band are simply doing their thing, musically and personally. It’s why a bunch of twenty-somethings are as excited about their coquettish trysts as they are about their now-classic tracks.
Fleetwood Mac is simply, unequivocally, unchangeably real. They began as a totem of a rollicking and troubled generation. They became a cautionary tale for the same cadre as they aged. And now, in their golden years, they are a beacon for a new generation removed enough to see their promiscuity as fascinatingly anachronistic as their honest instrumentation.
So, are Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham getting back together? It really doesn’t matter. They’ve been given a new life, and their music has inspired a new generation to go their own way. That’s a legacy that means more than any of their songs or personal squabbles. And boy does it still sound great.

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The tech company Astronomer announced on Friday that they were launching an investigation into the situation with their CEO Andy Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot after the two were spotted canoodling at a Coldplay concert.
“Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” the company said in a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/astronomer_astronomer-is-committed-to-the-values-and-activity-7352044359338373121-Fwe5">statement</a> posted to LinkedIn.
“The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.”
The statement also addressed rumors that another HR department employee was the woman captured on video standing beside the couple smiling widely.
“Alyssa Stoddard was not at the event and no other employees were in the video,” the LinkedIn statement added. “Andy Byron has not put out any statement, reports saying otherwise are all incorrect.”
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The update comes days after a video of the two company execs went massively viral online, racking up more than 55 million views on the original TikTok and being shared across all social media platforms.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/coldplay-fan-who-posted-video-of-ceo-embracing-his-chief-people-officer-speaks-out">short video</a> shows Byron, who is married, and Cabot embracing one another at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, when the kiss cam landed on them. The couple reacted immediately, with Byron letting go of Cabot and stepping out of frame. Cabot had a similar reaction as she immediately hid her face and turned away from the camera.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin called out their reaction. “Oh look at these two,” the singer can be heard saying. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy.”
The popularity of the video spurred many fake reactions, including a faux statement attributed to Byron and images of a fake social media post attributed to Coldplay saying, “Starting with our next show, we’re introducing camera-free audience sections for people and their sidepieces.”
Byron has served as CEO of Astronomer since 2023, and Cabot was hired nine months ago.
Byron’s wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, removed her last name from her Facebook account before deactivating it entirely. Byron was on LinkedIn, but appears to have removed his profile as of Friday. They reportedly have two children.
Ry Walker, Astronomer’s former CEO, addressed the situation with an X post.
“For those asking—I’m no longer involved in @astronomerio—yes I was co-founder and early CEO—not on the team or board since 2022, and have no information on ColdplayGate.”

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Tech Company Announces 'Formal Investigation' Into CEO After Kiss Cam Drama

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As the internet continues to obsess over the alleged affair between the CEO of tech company Astronomer and its head of human resources, the woman who initially shared a video of the two appearing to show a public display of affection at a recent Coldplay concert is defending her actions.
&#8220;I had no idea who the couple was. Just thought I caught an interesting reaction to the kiss cam and decided to post it,” New Jersey resident Grace Springer <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35903214/coldplay-cheating-concert-fan-filmed/">told</a> The Sun of her video clip, which amassed tens of millions of views and became the talk of social media after being posted in the early morning hours on Thursday. 
&#8220;A part of me feels bad for turning these people’s lives upside down, but, play stupid games… win stupid prizes,” she added. &#8220;I hope their partners can heal from this and get a second chance at the happiness they deserve with their future still in front of them.”
&#8220;I hope, for them, my video was a blessing in disguise,&#8221; Springer added.
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The viral video shows married Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and the company’s Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot embracing one another, as was shown on the big screen at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, when the kiss cam landed on them. The couple reacted immediately, with Byron letting go of Cabot and stepping out of frame. Cabot had a similar reaction as she immediately hid her face and turned away from the camera.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin called out their reaction. “Oh look at these two,” the singer can be heard saying. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy.”
As of Friday, the original TikTok video has more than 55 million views.
The popularity of the video spurred many fake reactions, including a faux statement attributed to Byron and images of a fake social media post attributed to Coldplay<a href="https://x.com/MikeBeauvais/status/1945865732748722537"> saying</a>, “Starting with our next show, we’re introducing camera-free audience sections for people and their sidepieces.” 
Byron has served as CEO of Astronomer since 2023, and Cabot was hired nine months ago. 
Byron’s wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, removed her last name from her Facebook account before deactivating it entirely. Byron was on LinkedIn but appears to have removed his profile as of Friday. They reportedly have two children together. 
Neither the exec nor the company has issued a public statement. Ry Walker, Astronomer&#8217;s former CEO, did address the situation with an X <a href="https://x.com/rywalker/status/1945894506160648514">post</a>. 
&#8220;For those asking—I&#8217;m no longer involved in @astronomerio—yes I was co-founder and early CEO—not on the team or board since 2022, and have no information on ColdplayGate.&#8221;

Coldplay Fan Who Posted Video Of CEO Embracing His ‘Chief People Officer’ Speaks Out

Coldplay Fan Who Posted Video Of CEO Embracing His 'Chief People Officer' Speaks Out

The Steve Miller Band recently announced that the rest of their tour is being canceled due to extreme weather events that have been happening around the country.
The band had 31 scheduled upcoming dates beginning August 15 in Bethel, New York, and concluding in Anaheim, California, in November. But now fans won’t have the chance to see the “Jet Airliner” recording artists in any of those cities.
“Dear Steve Miller Band fans,” the statement shared to social media says. “You make music with your instincts. You live life by your instincts. Always trust your instincts…”
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“The Steve Miller Band has cancelled all of our upcoming tour dates,” it says. “The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires make these risks for you our audience, the band and the crew unacceptable. So …You can blame it on the weather… The tour is cancelled.”
The statement concludes, “Don’t know where, don’t know when… We hope to see you all again. Wishing you all peace, love and happiness. Please take care of each other.”
Many fans shot back on social media, saying the cancellation of the whole tour seemed extreme. Some followers posted images of available seats for some of the tour stops, suggesting that it was because of low ticket sales.
“Are you serious? I’m a big fan and got tickets for this tour , but next time please find a [better] excuse,” one person <a href="https://x.com/marchenajr/status/1945662577012363533">wrote</a>.
“I am embarrassed FOR you…” another said.
“You’re canceling all tours …….. because of nature? That is matter-of-fact dumb,” a third <a href="https://x.com/NathanMirlywx/status/1945638489690722554">wrote</a>.
“Our ticket sales aren&#8217;t exactly buoyant, but at least we can get a little virtue signaling in,” another <a href="https://x.com/GlennisWil24642/status/1945818670426378677">said</a>.

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Steve Miller Band Cancels 31 Future Tour Dates: 'Blame It On The Weather'

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Pop singer Connie Francis, best known for her iconic single “Pretty Little Baby,” has died at the age of 87.
The celeb is also known for being the first female singer to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Besides “Pretty Little Baby,” Francis is known for the single &#8220;Who&#8217;s Sorry Now?&#8221; and for singing the theme song for the film “Where the Boys Are” (1961). She also acted in the movie.
Her death was announced via Ron Roberts, president of her label Concetta Records, in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ron.roberts.102977/posts/pfbid02CXrUcxAHfrbZ5EUy2N19u4WgsxMrqoy6YRtWguTH8ybPMwgsQSLzPuB43yJ3Dh9gl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> post. 
“It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness that I inform you of the passing of my dear friend Connie Francis last night. I know that Connie would approve that her fans are among the first to learn of this sad news,” the update said. “More details will follow later.”
Francis had previously shared a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ConnieFrancisOfficial/posts/pfbid0fv6cDaArP8WXBNkeDCaq4kXsyDgYsXj684t45Wfj5xrou3ebEuXuSbpyS9jTDYfGl">health update</a> with her fans in March, saying she was in a wheelchair &#8220;to avoid undue pressure on a troublesome, painful hip.”
Her last social media update was shared on July 4 when she said, &#8220;Today I am feeling much better after a good night.&#8221;
The singer was born Concetta Franconero in Newark, New Jersey, and later changed her name at the suggestion of TV host Arthur Godfrey, per <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/1238530020/connie-francis-dead">NPR</a>. Francis became massively popular at a young age, selling more than 40 million records by the age of 25.
Besides music, she had a short-lived acting career and appeared in several romantic comedies. The outlet also noted several major tragedies that happened to her over the years.
For example, Francis’ good friend was strangled to death in 1967, and her brother was murdered in 1981.
Francis had cosmetic surgery on her nose in 1967, which left her unable to sing. It would take three more surgeries over the years to correct the damage.
&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t sing in air conditioned rooms,&#8221; she told NPR in 1982. &#8220;Which presented great problems in Las Vegas. They had to shut the air conditioning off, and the people would wilt. And I would, and the band would.&#8221;
Then in 1974, the singer was raped at knifepoint at a Howard Johnson motel after singing at a music festival. She wound up receiving $2.5 million, the largest settlement for a rape case in history to that point.
&#8220;There was a doctor in New York who said that he could correct this,&#8221; she told NPR. &#8220;So I went for surgery, and two weeks before I went in for that surgery, I was recording an Italian album, and two weeks after the surgery, I went back to finish the overdub of the album, and that was one of the most terrifying moments of my life, because my voice was gone.”
She continued, “So, it wasn&#8217;t the rape that affected my voice. It was definitely the surgery. And I had a range of about seven notes. There was not one song I could sing from beginning to end. Oh, incidentally, two months after I&#8217;d lost my voice, my husband got up and left, and he just left. And that was the end of that.&#8221;
Francis has been out of the industry for years after retiring to Florida, but has become a household name among the youth after the song “Pretty Little Baby” went viral on TikTok recently.
The singer addressed the newfound popularity of the song. &#8220;My thanks to TikTok and its members for the wonderful, and oh so unexpected, reception given to my 1961 recording &#8216;Pretty Little Baby,'&#8221; she <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ConnieFrancisOfficial/posts/1259428432215110">wrote</a> on Facebook in May.
&#8220;The first I learned of it was when Ron called to advise me that I had &#8216;a viral hit.&#8217; Clearly out of touch with present-day music statistics terminology, my initial response was to ask: &#8216;What’s that?'&#8221;
“Thank you everyone!” she added.

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Recording artist Beyoncé suffered a prop malfunction during a recent concert in Houston, which caused fans to circulate the near-disaster on social media.
The incident occurred during her performance of the song “16 Candles.” During this part of the concert, the 43-year-old singer is meant to float over the crowd in a red convertible as she’s singing. But during the show over the weekend, the car tipped dramatically to one side.
“Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop,” Beyoncé could be heard saying into her mic as the music stopped. Then the car dropped slowly to the stage.
“If ever I fall, I know y’all would catch me,” she told the crowd once she made it safely back on the stage.
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The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer also posted photos of the concert later to her social media, including photos of the incident. “I love you Houston,” she wrote in the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DLeYqjIAO7r/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caption</a>.
The singer’s Parkwood Entertainment shared a statement on the incident later on as well. “Tonight in Houston, at NRG Stadium, a technical mishap caused the flying car, a prop Beyoncé uses to circle the stadium, and see her fans up close, to tilt. She was quickly lowered and no one was injured. The show continued without incident.”
Last fall, the singer raised eyebrows during Kamala Harris’ presidential bid when she disappointed fans who expected her to perform <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-fans-are-annoyed-she-didnt-perform-at-kamalas-rally">during a rally</a>. Instead, the 32-time Grammy Award-winner spoke briefly, but didn’t put on a show, which several other artists did to support the Democratic candidate.
“I’m here as a mother, a mother who cares about the world our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we are not divided, our past or present or future,” the singer said at the time.
Instead of being treated to a Beyoncé concert, Willie Nelson performed for the attending Harris supporters.

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