Coldplay new album may surprise

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

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

Speaking in a new interview, Chris Martin and Johnny Buckland said the group decided to explore their freedom with the currently untitled LP.Guitarist 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.'"

There is currently no fixed release date for the album, although it is due for release in 2008.

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Radiohead WON'T be at Glastonbury 2008

Yorke says they are doing as much as they possibly can, short of not going on tour at all.

He says they are only flying when they have no choice and they have "crazy solar-powered generators that cost us a fortune."

The biggest contributor of carbon emissions, however, are the fans who travel to the shows. Yorke says Radiohead has chosen to play in places that have public transportation systems or where they could talk the promoter into helping with transportation. “What we’re trying to do is only play in areas that have a public transport infrastructure in place. So that rules out Glastonbury for this year.”

Radiohead is taking measures to lessen its own carbon footprint on tour. "The band has two lots of equipment and we are keeping one in Europe and one in America, so we never have to fly our kit around the world again," Yorke says.

He says he's not preaching that fans have to share cars or walk to shows, nor will he use the stage to push the global warming issue.

In his words, "I think the band might eventually whack me around the head if I did it too many times."

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The Kooks 'Always Where I Need To Be' single released

First single 'Always Where I Need To Be’ is a tumbling rocker with a 'do-do-do, do-do-do-do’ refrain that might just be the catchiest thing they’ve ever done.

The eagerly awaited new album 'Konk’ from The Kooks is released on the 14th April.

It is their second album, and the follow-up to their hugely successful 2006 debut 'Inside In/Inside Out’ which sold some two million copies worldwide.

Explaining how he came to suggest the new album title, guitarist Hugh says, 'I just started thinking how cool the studio is, and how much of a part of our sound it is.’

'Always Where I Need To Be’ Release date: 31st March 2008

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Pete Doherty headlines Glastonbury

Pete Doherty will headline one of the stages at the Glastonbury Festival this summer, it has been claimed.

The Babyshambles star and former Libertine will be the main draw on the new Park Stage, which was first introduced last year.

CSS will also top the bill on the same stage during the course of the 2008 gathering, according to the NME.

As previously reported, Doherty plays a solo show at the Royal Albert Hall in London on April 26.

Glastonbury 2008 takes place on June 27+28+29 and will be headlined by Kings Of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve.

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