Coldplay Internet Scare

Coldplay were thrown into panic after reports that their new album had been leaked on the internet.

The band would lose out on millions if fans downloaded the songs for free rather than buying the album in shops. They called in a team of lawyers to investigate the apparent leak, according to The Sun. But further inquiries suggested the leak was a fake.

WinMX, which allows web-users to fileshare, appeared to have six songs from the album available for download on its website. The tracks were The Hardest Part, Square One, Till Kingdom Come, X&Y, What If and Talk. But when fans tried to download the tracks all they could hear was static.

A Coldplay insider said singer Chris Martin would have been furious had the leak been for real. They said: "Everyone was extremely concerned. The tracks aren't finished yet and he wouldn't want the fans to hear anything until he thinks it is perfect. Thankfully everyone was able to breathe a sigh of relief by the end of the day."

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Source: Sky