Chris Martin took a nasty plunge after falling in a hole onstage while performing with Coldplay in Australia over the weekend. On Sunday, the 47-year-old singer was speaking to the crowd when he accidentally fell through an open hatch onstage during a show with the British rock band at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium. In a clip shared on X (formerly Twitter), the Coldplay frontman is seen walking backwards on the stage when he suddenly plummeted through the hidden entrance.
The startling moment left the crowd gasping as Martin briefly struggled to hoist himself up out of the unexpected opening. After picking himself up, Martin told the audience: “That’s not planned!” He then quipped, “Holy shit, that was nearly a YouTube moment!” before expressing gratitude to one of the crew members for “catching” him amid the plunge. The rocker didn’t appear to sustain any visible injuries in the fall.
HuffPost has reached out to Martin’s reps for comment. The moment Chris Martin fell through a trapdoor right in front of me at the #Coldplay concert tonight. pic.
twitter.com/qIdzMEGG0s Martin isn’t the only musician that’s taken a public tumble onstage recently. Last month, pop star Olivia Rodrigo shocked fans when she fell through a hole while running onstage during a performance in Melbourne, Australia.
While recently appearing on “ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, ” host Fallon applauded the “Vampire” singer for handling the awkward moment “like a pro.�.
