Chris Martin, singer and frontman of Coldplay, announced Thursday on the BBC that the British band will stop producing new music after a final album scheduled for 2025. “
Our last real record will be released in 2025, and after that I think we will only do tours,
”the 44-year-old singer announced in an excerpt from an interview with host Jo Whiley, broadcast in its entirety Thursday night.
“
Maybe we'll do a few collaborations, but the Coldplay catalog, strictly speaking, will end at that point
,” added Chris Martin.
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Asked about these statements on another show, Jo Whiley said Thursday morning that Chris Martin was "
disarmingly honest
" in an interview, but that she "
never quite
knew
whether he was joking or whether he was joking. was deadly serious
”.
Last three albums?
However, during the release in October of their ninth album,
Music of The Spheres
, the singer of Coldplay had already told the music magazine
NME
that the group intended to make twelve albums - three more than now - before to stop.
After its launch on October 15,
Music of The Spheres
had climbed straight to number one in the UK music chart for albums. Recently, the pop rock group was also named in the group of the year and best rock / alternative group categories at the 2022 Brit Awards, UK pop music awards.
Formed in 1996 in London, Coldplay has released nine studio albums since their first
Parachutes
effort in 2000. Thanks in particular to the success of songs such as
Yellow
,
Clocks
and
Viva La Vida
, the group has sold over 90 million albums worldwide. .
