Coldplay news incoming. Yeah. Word is the band are planning a number of UK dates to coincide with the release of the new album, which is currently pencilled in for May. The band’s drummer Will Champion has told fans they are "utterly petrified"
about going back on the road having not done a gig for 16 months.
In the band’s official newsletter he says: "I think we were in no hurry [to finish the album] because the prospect of touring again was so daunting that we felt we should take our time, and also we wanted to make sure that it was the best it could possibly be. But in the end, having no deadline became a problem because we never really felt the need to finish anything.
As soon as we gave ourselves a proper deadline we started to be much more productive and the stuff we were doing was miles better. It’s always the same with us, the best stuff comes when we start to panic."
On the record itself he continued: "It’s like a natural progression from the last record. The difference between ‘In
My Place’ and ‘Clocks’ on ‘A Rush Of Blood
To The Head’ represented the change between the oldest and the newest songs of that album and there are songs that kind of pick up where ‘Clocks’ left off, but also ones that have moved on a bit."