Coldplay’s Chris Martin falls through trap door during Melbourne gig

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin was injured when he accidentally fell through a trap door on stage during his final night at Marvel Stadium on Sunday, November 3. Melbourne fans were shocked.

In footage shared on social media, Martin can be seen walking backwards as he reads a fan sign before accidentally stepping into an open part of the stage and disappearing from view.

Martin disappeared instantly, and nearly 60,000 people gasped. However, he soon reappeared from the stage and assured fans with a smile: “This was not planned.”

Coincidentally, Martin isn’t the only artist to have fallen through a trap door on the Melbourne scene recently.

Olivia Rodrigo also fell through a trap door on October 18 while performing during her “GUTS” tour at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. Unfazed, Rodrigo joked with the audience as he reappeared, quipping: “Oh my God, this is so funny! I’m okay! Wow. Sometimes, there’s just a hole in the stage. It’s okay! Okay, where was I?” Already?

Rodrigo later admitted tonight show She was “shocked, it was really scary.”

Meanwhile, Coldplay’s four shows at Marvel Stadium saw another milestone, attracting an unprecedented 227,000 fans throughout their Melbourne run. Attendance broke AC/DC’s long-standing record black ice Tour, three shows in 2010 attracted 181,495 fans.

“Coldplay officially broke the Marvel Stadium record for the largest attendance by a band in history, attracting 227,000 people across four stadiums. celestial music World Tour at the Stadium,” the venue wrote on Instagram today (November 4).

According to the venue’s historical records, the current record for the most attended concert belongs to British musician Adele, whose performance on March 19, 2017 was attended by 77,327 people. Less than a year later, Ed Sheeran broke the record for the largest attendance for a single-artist concert series, attracting a total of 257,751 people to four shows in March 2018.

Coldplay’s Australian tour has been well-received, in part due to the band performing in the country for the first time since 2016. Number one on the list.

The band’s Australian tour continues with a performance at Sydney’s Accor Stadium in support of their tenth studio album, moon music, and their chart-topping The music of the sphere.