Coldplay promise surprises

Coldplay are moving in a direction that is set to surprise people claim frontman Chris Martin, even suggesting that they may alienate longg time fans.

Speaking in a new interview, Chris Martin and Johnny Buckland said the they just let their creative juices flow.

Buckland explained: "We felt like the first three albums were a trilogy, and we finished that. So we wanted to do something different."

Martin continued: "Whether or not it's good, we certainly started to use more colours. It's impossible to please everybody, and it took us a while to learn that.

"It's just the freedom to say, 'Everyone might not like this. We're into it at the moment, so let's just get it done.'"

Coldplay have been one of the most commercially successful acts of the new millennium, selling over 30 million albums.

The album, the follow-up to "X&Y" produced by Brian Eno, is almost complete.