Husband of ‘Coldplay couple’ executive was at concert with a date

The woman at the centre of the Coldplay couple controversy was “not hiding” because her husband was at the same concert with a date, a source has revealed.

Kristin Cabot, the head of human resources at the technology company Astronomer, was caught on camera hugging Andy Byron, the company’s chief executive, and seen on the big screen at Boston’s Gillette Stadium in July.

Cabot quickly turned her back and Byron ducked out of sight, leading the Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to joke that “either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy”.

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Reports claimed that Cabot’s husband, Andrew, was in Japan at the time. But a source has told The Times: “He was in fact at the same Coldplay concert as Kristin.”