By james art 
The 47-year-old could be seen chatting to fans in the crowd at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on the final date of his band’s Music Of The Spheres tour on Sunday before falling backwards through the hidden door, in footage posted on social media.
After the incident, Martin can be heard telling fans that “it wasn’t planned” before thanking a member of production staff for catching him as he fell, adding: “Damn, that was almost a YouTube moment. “
The moment Chris Martin fell through a cover right in front of me in the #Coldplay concert tonight. pic.twitter.com/qIdzMEGG0s
— Greg Briggs (@greg__briggs) November 3, 2024
The singer continued with the show after the incident and appears to be unharmed.
It came after the band secured the biggest debut week for a UK act in three years with their 10th studio album Moon Music last month.
The album became the band’s 10th consecutive chartbuster, reaching 237,000 units in the UK charts.
The London-born group are now level with Abba, Michael Jackson and Queen, all with 10 number one albums.
Their previous number one albums were 2000’s Parachutes, 2002’s A Rush Of Blood To The Head, 2005’s X&Y, 2008’s Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, 2011’s Mylo Xyloto ., 2014’s Ghost Stories, 2015’s A Head Full Of Dreams, 2019’s Everyday Life, and 2021’s Music Of The Spheres.
Coldplay and Chris Martin have been reached for comment.