Coldplay have quietly announced their first album in four years, by sending a letter to one of their fans.
“For the last 100 years or thereabouts, we have been working on a thing called Everyday Life,” said the band in the typewritten message.
It will be a double album, split into two halves, called Sunrise and Sunset, and released on 22 November.
The letter was signed by all four members of the band – but the recipient initially thought it was a hoax.
“Fake alert!” said Lena Tayara on Twitter, alongside a picture of the gold-embossed card. “Got this in the post this morning… Can’t see why anybody would send it.”
After fans reassured her it looked authentic, she changed her mind, writing: “If I’d known that card was genuine I would have put on a nicer tablecloth before I took the pics.
“But thanks for the card – I’m AMAZED and very touched.”
Coldplay are the biggest-selling British band of the 21st Century. According to the Official Charts Company, they have three of the top 20 best-selling albums of the Millennium, led by 2002’s A Rush Of Blood To The Head.
