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Coldplay won’t tour their new album in an attempt to help the environment.
The band’s frontman Chris Martin said: “We’re taking time to see how our tour can be actively beneficial.”
“All of us have to work out the best way of doing our job,” he told BBC News .
Martin said he was was trying to work out how to make their future tours ”have a positive impact” on the world.
The band’s last tour, which coincided with their previous record A Head Full of Dreams , saw them perform 122 shows in four different continents.
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Martin said he wants the band’s next tour to “...be the best possible version of [one] like that environmentally,” adding: ”We would be disappointed if it’s not carbon neutral.”
Coldplay are about to release their new album, which is titled Everyday Life
“In a very gentle British way, this record is us saying we don’t feel different from any human on earth,” Martin said.
Coldplay will perform a one-off show at the Natural History Museum on 25 November, the proceeds of which will be donated to an environmental charity.
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