Coldplay’s headline performance at Glastonbury could be their swansong after Chris Martin confirmed the band’s next album will be their last.
The band are scheduled to appear at Somerset’s Worthy Farm in June alongside fellow Pyramid Stage performers Dua Lipa, SZA and Shania Twain.
But fans of the four-piece, who formed in 1997, remain uncertain about what the performance signifies after lead singer Martin revealed they will cease recording music following the release of their tenth studio album, Moon Music, in 2025.
Speaking to Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2 in 2021, he said: ‘Well I know I can tell you, our last proper record will come out in 2025 and after that I think we will only tour.
‘Maybe we’ll do some collaborative things but the Coldplay catalogue, as it were, finishes then.’
Coldplay’s headline performance at Glastonbury could be their swansong after Chris Martin confirmed the band’s next album will be their last
The band are scheduled to appear at Worthy Farm in June alongside fellow Pyramid Stage performers Dua Lipa , SZA and Shania Twain (pictured performing at Glastonbury in 2011)
Martin had previously admitted the band would be step away from the studio during an interview with NME, but gave their album haul a more generous estimate.
‘We’re going to make 12 albums,’ he said. ‘Because it’s a lot to pour everything into making them. I love it and it’s amazing, but it’s very intense too.
‘I feel like because I know that challenge is finite, making this music doesn’t feel difficult, it feels like, “This is what we’re supposed to be doing”.
‘I don’t think that’s what we’ll do. I know that’s what we’ll do in terms of studio albums.’
Formed in London, Coldplay released their debut studio album, Parachutes, in 2000, spawning the classic singles Shiver, Yellow, Trouble and Don’t Panic.
The debut was was a critical and commercial success on the heels of positive reviews.
Certified 9x platinum in the UK and 2x platinum in the U.S., Parachutes went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2002.
Coldplay will become the first band to headline Glastonbury five times when they perform over the summer.
Coldplay broke their Pyramid Stage duck in 2002 after replacing The Strokes as that year’s headline act
Chris Martin onstage at the Glastonbury Festival with Coldplay in 2005. The band will make history when they perform their fifth headline set at Worthy Farm in June
He was back onstage with the band in 2011, for their third headline set at the sprawling venue
Coldplay returned to Worthy Farm for their fourth headline set in 2016. The band also played in the New Tent in 1999 and on the The Other Stage in 2000
They previously headlined the festival in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016, while Martin has made solo appearances onstage in support of fellow headliners Kylie Minogue and Stormzy.
Overall, the band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling musical artists, and they’ve won seven Grammys out of 36 nominations.
Martin has written and performed with an array of artists during his career, which includes Michael Stipe, Jay-Z, Nelly Furtado, Kanye West, Brüno, Kylie Minogue, Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, Avicii, Beck, and The Flaming Lips, among others.
If the band does, in fact, make their final album in 2025, it will mark the band’s 25th anniversary.
Glastonbury 2024 will take place from Wednesday, June 26 to Sunday, June 30 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset.
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