Coldplay's Time May Be Running Out

11/19/08 2:13pm

By the time athletes are playing in the cold at the winter Olympics in Vancouver in two years, Coldplay may not be a band.

The British group's singer, Chris Martin, may not be eligible to collect a pension until he's 65, but he's the latest musician to ponder an early retirement.

"I'm 31 now and I don't think bands should keep going past 33," Martin told the U.K.'s Daily Express newspaper. "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."

That attitude may explain why Coldplay are putting out the Prospekts March EP so soon after their Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends album.

But odds are Martin will continue to perform and record just like Jay-Z, M.I.A., DMX and all the others have after announcing their retirement from the music business.

Coldplay were honoured for being the biggest selling act in the universe at the World Music Awards earlier this month after Viva La Vida topped the album sales charts in 36 countries, but Martin humbly said he believes that's as much a stroke of luck as it is an indicator of his group's talents.

"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."

Hmm, this sounds suspiciously similar to what Kanye West said about Justin Timberlake last week.