Coldplay frontman Chris Martin recently revealed plans to release a new album later this year.

In an interview with Globo.com the frontman said he hoped to release the follow-up to 2008’s ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends‘ before the end of the year.

“Hopefully this Christmas,” revealed Martin.

Martin also said the band have taken steps to prevent the album from leaking out early like previous releases.

“There’s only two people in the whole building who know how to open all the recording files,” revealed the singer.

“Even we don’t know how to do it. We couldn’t even steal our own music at the moment. You would have to be a computer genius and a great burglar to get into the building, and download it, and mix it,” he continued. [via NME]

Coldplay’s Chris Martin is set to appear on a forthcoming episode of The Simpsons.

The frontman will appear on the popular animated series on January 31 on the FOX network (8pm/7pm CST).

As we previously reported Martin will play himself on the episode in which the singer will play a private concert for Bart and Homer after Homer hits it big in the lotto.

In what is becoming a regular occurrence,  Coldplay have found themselves  in the middle of a lawsuit again.

This time the suit is being brought by songwriter Sammie Lee Smith who claims the band stole three of his songs, “Yellow,” “Clocks” and “Trouble“.

The accuser claims to have written all three tracks only to have the band steal all of them from him.

Pet Shop Boys are set to release an Christmas EP later next month.

Entitled ‘Christmas‘, the forthcoming EP will be released on December 14 and will feature a couple covers including a one of Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida‘.

The five-track EP is the band’s first release since their tenth studio album, ‘Yes‘, which was released earlier this year.

Late last year we told you about a plagiarism lawsuit brought against Coldplay by musician Joe Satriani, now we get word that that lawsuit has been dropped.

Satriani sued Chris Martin and Co. claiming the frontman plagiarized his 2004 song ‘If I Could Fly‘ for the band’s 2008 single ‘Viva La Vida‘.

Coldplay denied the allegations stating, “If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him.”

The lawsuit, which was filed in California District Court, was dismissed from court on Monday (September 14).

No exact reason was given as to why the suit was dropped but rumors suggest the band may have settled out-of-court.

Coldplay have announced the release of a free iPhone App based on the band’s latest single, ‘Strawberry Swing‘.

The video for the single was released a couple weeks ago exclusively on Babelgum and now Babelgum is releasing an app which includes the video for the track along with the Coldplay video catalogue, a Coldplay news feed as well as a game based on the video.

Fans can download the app for their iPhone/iPod Touch for free here.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is set guest on a forthcoming episode of ‘The Simpsons‘.

Martin will play himself on the long-running animated series.

In the episode the singer will play a private concert for Bart and Homer after Homer hits it big in the lotto.

Coldplay have premiered the music video for ‘Strawberry Swing‘.

The track is the latest single of the band’s most recent album, “Viva La Vida and Death To All His Friends“.

The music video was directed by Shynola.

The single is due out digitally on September 14.

Coldplay have announced support acts for the forthcoming European stadium tour.

The jaunt, which is set to kick off in August in Denmark, will see support, on select dates, from Bat For Lashes, Flaming Lips, and Girls Aloud.

Also opening for the band are White Lies, Howling Bells, and Datarock.

For all tour dates headover to coldplay.com.

The setlist for the forthcoming latest edition in the ‘Guitar Hero‘ franchise has been released.

White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Beastie Boys, and the Rolling Stones are among the bands to be featured on ‘Guitar Hero 5‘.

The new edition of ‘Guitar Hero‘, which is set to be released this autumn, will also include music by Bob Dylan, The Raconteurs, Muse, and Public Enemy.

The release of ‘Guitar Hero 5‘ will coincide with the release of “Rock Band: Beatles“.

The highly anticipated Beatles edition of Rock Band is set for worldwide release on September 9, 2009.

UPDATE: Partial tracklist reportedly revealed.