Coldplay To Retire As Band After 12th Album, Reveals Chris Martin

Chris Martin, frontman of British band Coldplay, has revealed that the group could be retiring from recording new music after their 12th album. The singer shared the news in an interview with Zale Lowe for Apple Music. Notably, the band is currently on the promo trail for their 10th album, Moon Music, which will be released on October 4, 2024.

"We are only going to do 12 proper albums and that's real. Yeah, I promise," Chris Martin said. Explaining his reasoning, the singer jokingly said "Less is more," before adding, "For some of our critics, even less would be even more! It's really important that we have that limit."

Further, Chris Martin explained that the decision to limit Coldplay's discography to 12 albums was inspired by some of the band's greatest musical influences. "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 explained.