coldplay no more?

here's what chris said at the brits when accepting the award for Best Album: "This means so much to us, especially now. It's going to be a few years before you see us again."

he added: "People are fed up with us - and so are we."

funnily enough, on thursday afternoon (brit time), EMI's share price fell by 1.58%.

But a spokesman for the band said Coldplay were "not quitting" and would be starting work on new material soon. "Coldplay are on the road until July, when their 16-month X&Y World Tour ends in Japan," he said. "They will then continue working on new material."
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it doesn't seem right that they'd split, y'know? however, it does spin the rumour mill somewhat. call me prematurely paranoid, but i hope this isn't the beginning of the end for one of my favourite bands.