The frontman joked, 'Holy s---, that was nearly a YouTube moment!' after tripping backwards into an open trap door Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an entertainment ...

Chris Martin almost saw a sky full of stars when he fell through a trap door while on stage at a Coldplay concert in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday 3. In the video, Chris, 47, was conversing with the fans on the floor level of the crowd while walking backward.

COLDPLAY fans were left shocked last night when frontman Chris Martin fell through an open trap door during a huge sold out show. The 47-year-old was walking backwards down a runway inside

Chris Martin fell through a trap door while performing with Coldplay in Australia. In video footage captured by fans who attended the band’s Melbourne, Australia, show on Sunday, Martin, 47, was seen walking backwards on a stage at Marvel Stadium when he accidentally stumbled through an opened trap door.

(CNN) - Coldplay’s frontman Chris Martin had an accident onstage in Australia. During Sunday’s show in Melbourne, Martin was walking backward and talking to the crowd when he fell through an open trap door. Some nearby crew members helped him back up. Martin joked that the accident was not planned.

Coldplay ’s Chris Martin fell through a trapdoor on the stage while performing in Melbourne. Martin was speaking to the crowd when he walked backwards and fell into a large hole on the runway on Sunday (3 November) as the British band was wrapping up its fourth and final show in Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium.

The startling moment left the crowd gasping as Martin briefly struggled to hoist himself up out of an unexpected opening.