Coldplay to retire as band after 12th album
PTC News Desk: Chris Martin, the vocalist of the British band Coldplay, has revealed that the band could be retiring from recording new music after their 12th album. The musician revealed the news during an interview with Zale Lowe for Apple Music.
Notably, the band is currently promoting its 10th album, Moon Music, which will be released on October 4, 2024.
"We're only going to do 12 proper albums, and that's it. "Yes, I promise," Chris Martin replied. Explaining his reasons, the singer said, "Less is more," but added, "For some of our critics, even less would be even more! It's really important that we have that limit."
Chris Martin further stated that the decision to limit Coldplay's discography to 12 albums was motivated by some of the band's most important musical inspirations. "There are only seven Harry Potters. There's only 12 and a half Beatles' albums, there's about the same for Bob Marley, so all our heroes, and also having that limit means that the quality control is high right now, and for a song to make it, it;s almost impossible, which is great," he added.
"To make an album great as a band, it's such a lot of wrangling of people, and I want to give the others some of their lives for themselves."
Notably, in 2021, the British singer opened up on Coldplay's future. He claimed that they would release their final album in 2025, after which they would remain as a band but "only tour" rather than create new stuff.
- PTC NEWS
