Forbes StaffChris Martin revealed that Coldplay will retire after their 12th album, and also explained their decision to limit the band’s discography.
Coldplay, which is gearing up for a series of concerts in the upcoming months in Australia, New Zealand, UAE, the UK, and even India (to happen on January 18, 19, and 21, 2025, in Mumbai), has decided to retire from making music. Frontman Chris Martin revealed that the band could be retiring from recording new music after their 12th album.
Chris Martin reveals about retirement plans of Coldplay after 12th album.
The singer shared in an interview with Zale Lowe for Apple Music that Coldplay will retire from recording new music after their 12th album. The band is currently on a promo trail for their 10th album, Moon Music, which will be released on October 4, 2024. Chris Martin said, “We are only going to do 12 proper albums, and that’s real. Yeah, I promise.” He explained the reason behind it, saying, “Less is more,” and added, “For some of our critics, even less would be even more! It’s really important that we have that limit.”
Coldplay’s decision to limit discography to 12 albums.
Chris Martin explained their decision to limit the band’s discography to 12 albums, saying that it was inspired by some of the band’s greatest musical influences. He explained, “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. To make an album great as a band, it’s such a lot of wrangling of people, and I want to give the others some of their lives for themselves.” In 2021, the British singer spoke on the band’s future and revealed they would release their final album in 2025, after which they would continue as a band, but likely “only tour” and not create new music.
Fans react to Coldplay’s decision to retire from making music.
Most of the fans were sad to know this decision from their favorite band and with the fact that Coldplay is only two albums away from their retirement. However, some others found the revelation bizarre, as one user wrote on X, “Why are they announcing it years in advance?” One more wrote, “End of an era… BTW why they are announcing already?”
