We are only going to release 12 albums: Chris Martin on Coldplay's retirement

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says the British rock band as a unit plans to release 12 proper albums out of which it has already put out 10 including the upcoming Moon MusicThe fivemember group also comprising guitarist Jonny Buckland bassist Guy Berryman drummer and percussionist Will Champion and manager Phil Harvey is currently on its Music of the Spheres World TourIn an interview with Apple Musics Zane Lowe Martin said its important to set a limit to what Coldplay needs to do as a groupWe are only going to do 12 proper albums and thats real because less is more And for some of our critics even less would be even more Its really important that we have that limitTheres only 12 and a half Beatles albums Theres about the same Bob Marley so all of our heroes And also having that limit means that the quality control is so high right now and for a song to make it its almost impossible which is great the 47yearold saidHis comments hark back to a 2021 interview Martin gave to BBC Radio 2 in which he said that Coldplay will stop recording new music in 2025 adding the band will only tour then and maybe do some collaborative thingsColdplay known for songs such as Yellow The Scientist Clocks Fix You Paradise A Sky Full Of Stars and Magic was formed in London back in 1997In the new interview Martin said the members are trying to improve day by day instead of coasting at this stage of the bands careerThat will always continue in some way but theres something about the Coldplay thing I dont know where the songs come from I dont know where the ideas come from but thats just been coming to me for about four or five years nowLike You have to finish like this and I trust that just like I trust the songs So if we do something together after that creatively beyond touring then itll be something different or itll be a side thing or itll be a compilation of things we hadnt finished he addedAnother reason why the singer wants to retire from making albums is because he wants to give the others some of their life for themselvesI dont want to be when were 60 be like Will we need you Come on We can do better than thisAccording to Martin the quintet is having more fun now than everBecause of getting older because of COVID because of everything going on in the world because of how lucky we know we are because of the places we get to go because of the optimism that it gives us to see all different kinds of people gathering together because of songs that arrive from nowhere because we go at a slower pace All these things mean that we love it he saidColdplays Music of the Spheres World Tour which began in 2022 in San Jose Costa Rica will also come to India to perform three shows in Mumbai in January The tour will conclude on September 8 2025 with a show in LondonAlso Read Coldplay India 2025 13 crore fans logged in to book tickets on BookMyShow for Mumbai concert at DY Patil StadiumThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever