Coldplay inspired by Kanye West

COLDPLAY have revealed that they are inspired by Kanye West's confident attitude.

Frontman Chris Martin said the rapper's self-belief that music could still be challenged using new instruments and sounds, was an inspiration to him.

Speaking to the Philadelphia Inquirer, he said: "That's what I really admire about Kanye. Because for all the flak he gets, I feel so inspired by his confidence.

"He knows that there's been all this history of music, but he still believes he can do something that no one else has done.

"That, for me, is a liberating idea."

In the interview, conducted while Coldplay toured the US, Martin said he was still hungry to write music, but expected the band to take a break before recording the follow-up to 2008's 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends'.

He said: "We spend an awful lot of time creating. Maybe it's because we're about to turn 33, but I just feel hungry to write all the time.

"I think at the end of this tour, we may not tour for a while. We may put out a record without quite so much fanfare.

"I think the next one will be quite stripped-down and based upon this story idea which I can't talk about because it might be bad."

The band are due to play the UK later this year, including two shows at London's Wembley Stadium with Girls Aloud and Jay-Z.