At a recent Coldplay concert from Gillette Stadium - home of the New England Patriots - lead singer Chris Martin offered a word of warning before cameras started zooming in on crowd members. "Now what we'd like to do is say hello to some of you.

A US tech company has placed its CEO on leave after a big screen embrace at a Coldplay concert - rumoured to involve two of its employees - went viral.

The identities of Mr. Byron and Ms. Cabot were confirmed by a spokeswoman for Astronomer on Friday night after the company issued a statement saying Mr. Byron had been placed on leave and that the co...