“I came to meet you, to tell you I’m sorry.” Thus begins ‘The Scientist’, one of Coldplay’s most famous songs and perhaps many of their fans will listen to it moved after the surprise announcement made by Chris Martin, singer and frontman of the British band: his group intends to end the record production in 2025. “Maybe we will do some collaboration but the Coldplay catalog, strictly speaking, will end at that point,” added Martin. The singer told music site Nme in October that the band ‘britpop’ intended to stop after 12 albums and just in that month their ninth, ‘Music of the Spheres’ was released. “You have to think of everything to make them,” said the frontman, referring to the studio albums. “I love it and it’s great, but it’s also very intense.” The band was formed in London as far back as 1997 – while their first album is 2000’s ‘Parachutes’ – and has sold millions of records worldwide and received some of the most important musical awards. To be precise, we are talking about 100 million albums and the Sunday Times this year included Martin in its ‘Rich List’ with an estimated assets of 125 million pounds.
Meanwhile, fans discuss it on social media and a strong disappointment prevails. “They don’t have to stop,” says one of them. While another states: “Every album you release gives relief to someone, somewhere.” And yet another fan: “The news is heartbreaking.” There is no shortage of cynical comments: “They will return in 2030 to make more money with a new drummer or guitarist, just like all the other great bands before them”. Yet the band formed, in addition to Martin, by Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion, seemed to be projected towards an even longer and stellar career. Less than two years after ‘Everyday Life’, ‘Music of the Spheres’ was released, a sort of cosmic journey through the planets of the universe represented on the cover. Twelve pop tracks, five of which are indicated only by emojis, with waves of synths and airy melodies running through the record. If as Martin says from 2025 they will focus only on live shows, they will certainly do so in the name of the environment, given that they have embarked on a campaign to make their performances as eco-sustainable as possible. They announced plans for an eco-friendly world tour next year where fans will power the shows using “kinetic floors” and energy-producing exercise bikes.
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