(London) Chris Martin, singer and frontman of Coldplay, announced on the BBC on Thursday that the British group will stop producing new music after a final album slated for 2025.
“Our last real record will be released in 2025, and after that, I think we’ll just be touring,” the 44-year-old singer said in an excerpt from an interview with host Jo Whiley, which aired in full on Thursday. evening on the BBC.
“Maybe we’ll do a few collaborations, but the Coldplay catalog, strictly speaking, will end at that point,” added Chris Martin.
Asked about these statements on another program, Mr.me Whiley said Thursday morning that Chris Martin was “disarmingly honest” in an interview, but that she “never quite knew if he was joking or if he was deadly serious”.
However, when their ninth album was released in October, Music of The Spheres, the singer of Coldplay had already entrusted to the musical magazine NME that the band intended to make 12 albums – three more than now – before stopping.
After its launch on October 15, Music of The Spheres had risen directly to the first place of the British musical ranking 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.