Coldplay to release new album in November?

Coldplay will reportedly release their first album in four years next month.

The British rock band hasn't released a record since 2015's A Head Full Of Dreams, but according to an insider they are planning to drop an "experimental" record in November, followed by a "mainstream" studio effort next year, which will likely be followed by a huge tour.

A source told the Daily Star newspaper's Wired column: "The first album is the more experimental side of Coldplay, they probably won't tour until 2020 when the next one arrives."

Before releasing A Head Full Of Dreams, the Yellow hitmakers released the stripped-back LP Ghost Stories in 2014, which was believed to be inspired by lead vocalist Chris Martin's split from ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow in 2014.

In April, it was reported that band members Will Champion and Jonny Buckland had registered a new song titled Conscious Pilot.

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Whilst in November, Mat Whitecross - who directed the band's documentary A Head Full Of Dreams and has helmed many of their music videos - teased that the Grammy-winners were planning to drop new material in 2020.

He said: "They're on a sabbatical at the moment so they've been ruthlessly on holiday for a year.

"They've never done that before. I don't know if you can call Chris a workaholic because he loves what he does; he's in and out of the studio writing three or four songs a day."

He added that they've taken this year off and "haven't been doing anything" as far as he knows. However, he admitted that the group has plans for next year, though he isn't privy to it.