After Coldplay releases its 10th album, “Moon Music,” on Oct. 4, the band will only make two more, said frontman Chris Martin. "We are only going to do 12 proper albums and that's real. Yeah, I promise,

The band releases their 10th album, Moon Music, on October 4th. Coldplay Confirm They Will Retire After Their 12th Album

While 12 may sound like an odd number to stop at, the band has a reason for this that they revealed to CBS News. Originally, the band was going to release their final album in 2025. They are now asking for an extension but are still planning on stopping with a dozen albums.

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The Coldplay frontman joked to Apple Music's Zane Lowe that many of the band's "critics" would prefer they release "even less" albums

This isn’t the first time that Martin has suggested that Coldplay’s studio career has a limited lifespan, and speaking to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, he’s made that clear onc