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The story is being picked up by respected newspapers around the world including the Sydney Herald and the Daily Telegraph.....doesn't look like this is fake, looks like there is some truth to this. Coldplay star to retire? November 19, 2008 - 11:34AM Sydney Morning Herald Chris Martin is planning to retire next year. The Coldplay frontman doesn't want to become an ageing rock star and is keen to quit music before he feels too old. He said: "I'm 31 now and I don't think bands should keep going past 33. "So we're trying to pack in as much as possible. Up until the end of next year, we'll just go for it in every sense. I don't believe in time off. "We've still got our own hair, we can still fit into our musical trousers and we've got to make the most of that." The 'Clocks' singer - whose last album 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends' topped the album charts in 36 countries - claim his band have only had such a successful year because their rivals have taken a break. He added: "The reason we're the biggest band in the world at the moment is because the others are on holiday. That's how you get your breaks. That's how the understudy gets his opportunity. "While U2 and Green Day are away, we've gotten to make the most of it." People: Coldplay frontman hints at band's breakup Compiled by Lori Spencer Smith Denver Post Updated: 11/20/2008 09:37:06 AM MST Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's latest comment about aging has prompted speculation that the Brit rockers may split. "I'm 31 now, and I don't think that bands should keep going past 33," Chris Martin, husband of actress Gwyneth Paltrow, told U.K. newspaper The Daily Express, hinting that the band's days are numbered. "We're trying to pack in as much as possible," he added. "Up until the end of next year, we'll just go for it in every sense." Martin's assertion is apparently based on some Seinfeldian desire to go out "with a blast" while the band is still on top, the Express suggested. "We've still got most of our hair," he added. "We can still fit into our musical trousers and we've got to make the most of that." Chris Martin reveals reason Coldplay's popularity Washington (ANI): Coldplay's vocalist Chris Martin has revealed the reason why their band is the biggest hit in the world right now, U2 and Green Day are on vacation. The leading man of the Brit rock band revealed the band's crowning place would soon be taken once U2 and Green Day were set to return with their new albums in 2009. "The reason we're the biggest band in the world at the moment is because the others are on holiday. That's how you get your breaks," Contactmusic quoted him as saying. "While U2 and Green Day are away, we've gotten to make the most of it," he added. Coldplay achieved worldwide fame with their hit singles, such as 'Yellow', 'The Scientist', 'Speed of Sound', 'Fix You', 'Viva la Vida' and the Grammy Award-winning 'Clocks'. Chris Martin says the band will have a busy 2009 and maybe call it a day… MTV.CO.UK Coldplay could call it quits at the end of next year- singer Chris Martin has hinted. He said: "I'm 31 now and I don't think that bands should keep going past 33. So, we're trying to pack in as much as possible. Up until the end of next year, we'll just go for it in every sense.” Although Martin is known for making funny tongue in cheek comments many have taken this to mean that multi-million selling Coldplay are set to split. He told the paper: "I don't believe in time off. We've still got most of our hair, we can still fit into our musical trousers and we've got to make the most of that." The group have previously hinted that their next (fifth) album will be their last. Their latest album Viva La Vida is one of the best selling records of 2008 worldwide. Talking to the Daily Express he said he didn’t want the band to end up as wrinkly rockers like The Rolling Stones. Clocks ticking for Coldplay By Jonathon Moran The Daily Telegraph November 23, 2008 12:00am CHRIS Martin has given himself a deadline. Despite selling millions of albums, packing stadiums the world over and winning countless awards, Martin is concerned about his legacy. At 31, the Coldplay frontman fears that he may be nearing his peak as a musician and a songwriter. "We feel we have to do a lot for 2010,'' Martin told Insider with a tone of urgency, almost as if he had to jump off the phone and get back to the studio to work on new songs. "We feel bands need to fill their first 10 years, so we have lots to do before the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2009. "I know it's kind of stupid, but that's kind of our deadline. We have to do something good by then.'' It's astounding to hear Martin speak with such little self-assurance. He's one of the world's most recognisable singers, and is married to Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, was released in June. This month, it was named top-selling album of the year at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. It went to number one in nearly 40 countries, including Australia, where it sat in the top spot for four weeks. From the outside, everything appears to be perfect. But Martin sounds anxious about the passing of time and is determined to achieve more. The musicians he most admires - most notably U2 - did their best work in their first decade together. "We've done some pretty good stuff, but there's something about the year changing to 2010,'' Martin explains. "I'll also be 33 in that year, and I always feel that marks a different phase of songwriting. "So I just try to keep as busy as possible till then. I can't explain it, but I guess most of my heroes did most of their great stuff before they were 33. "It's not that you can't do great stuff afterwards. You just have to have deadlines, otherwise you'll spend all day in the sauna.'' Martin was speaking exclusively from Atlanta to announce Coldplay's Australian tour for February and March. A notoriously difficult interviewee, he was uncharacteristically candid with Insider during our early-morning interview - perhaps because he felt guilty about the time difference and the fact the interview had been pushed back three hours. Coldplay are touring America before heading to Europe. They will have played 103 shows by the time they reach Australia next February. And they've upgraded from entertainment centres to stadiums and arenas. In Sydney, they will perform two shows at Sydney's Acer Arena. "It's a big show. Not as big as a Rolling Stones show, but not as little as a Tom Waits show. It's hopefully somewhere in between,'' Martin says. Creatively, Coldplay have gone for a military theme with their latest album. The band - Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, Will Champion and Martin - wear military attire for the album artwork, promotional images, video clips and concerts. "We had this idea about a year ago of trying to destroy our own thing and put something else in place so it was our own little inner band revolution,'' Martin says. "Then we started looking at the French Revolution and all the paintings from that time. We were just keen to do something we hadn't done before.'' Coldplay are undeniably one of the biggest bands of the decade. Since releasing their first album, Parachutes, in 2000 they've sold more than 30 million albums, not to mention four Grammys and six Brit Awards. But when it comes to talking about the band's successes, Martin jokes awkwardly. He clearly isn't comfortable with praise. "We're well aware we're the biggest band only because U2 are still on holiday,'' he says. "We think of ourselves as being not as bad as people who hate us say we are, but not as good as people who give us awards say we are. We try and keep it balanced.'' Coldplay are such big earners for record label EMI that the company's share price took a beating when they delayed the release of their last album, X&Y. Martin has spoken openly about the immense pressure that put on him, but appears to have relaxed about the financial side of the music business. "I tried getting wrapped up in it for a while and really thinking about business, but it really didn't fit me as a hat,'' he says. "If people are singing along and our record isn't in the bargain bin, I don't worry about anything. If I stop in a gas station and our record is free with a can of Coke, then I'll start to worry.''

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