Martin, Photographer Tangle
Chris Martin will appear in Byron Bay Local Court in Australia this
fall to answer charges of malicious damage after an alleged
altercation with a photographer yesterday.
Coldplay performed in Melbourne on Friday night, and Martin and
a small entourage visited Byron Bay’s Seven Mile Beach in New South
Wales on Sunday to surf before playing the Splendour in the Grass
festival. Freelance photographer Jon Lister reportedly snapped some
pictures of the Coldplay frontman, who left the water and demanded
that the digital pics be erased. According to Lister, Martin
smashed the winshield of his car and let the air out of his tires.
Coldplay will play in Auckland, New Zealand, on Thursday, before
leaving for the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan on July 26th, a show in
Thailand next week and festival appearances in the U.K. next month.
Martin is scheduled to appear in court on October 8th.