Coldplay are currently holed up in a secret London studio working on their fifth studio release and the follow-up to the multi-award winning Viva La Vida. Despite claims from band members at the end of their mammoth world tour last September suggesting that although new material might be a work in progress, they clearly stated that was going to be no release date for the forseeable future. Chris Martin has apparently (much to my delight) had somewhat of a U-Turn and today declared in an interview that the new album will be out by Christmas if the band have their way.
However, EMI have already hit back and stated that this is not going to be a possibility. Yet with the severe financial trouble the label currently finds itself in, and the effect that their biggest artist has on their shares (value dropped by 16% after Coldplay delayed the release of their third album) you'd think that they'd be wanting to get the next Coldplay cash cow out as soon as possible. Ultimately, we'll just have to wait and see whether anything is released in ten months time, but with the band seemingly eager to release, EMI would be fools to try and delay.
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