Well, that's 2011 bloody ruined, then

Actually, we suspect that the basing of a claim that there won't be a new Coldplay album for five years on something someone claims they overheard Chris Martin saying backstage might make for a shaky story.

Apparently, he said:

"It's going to be a long, long time before you hear a new album from us," he explained. "We've done a few things, but we're all enjoying having families at the moment. If it takes five years for us to feel ready to record something new, then so be it. We need plenty of time to let it come together organically."

There is, even in what sounds to be a strangely verbatim quoye, quite a bit of hedging there.

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