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]

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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.

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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.

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The songwriter recently filed the lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court and is demanding the band stop playing the tracks and give him an unspecified amount of money.

This isn’t the first time Coldplay have been accused of copyright infringement in late 2008 musician Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit against the band claiming the bands single “Viva La Vida“, ripped of his 2004 song “If I Could Fly“.

Coldplay denied any wrong doing and Satriani later dropped the lawsuit.

Before the Satriani lawsuit Brooklyn band, Creaky Boards accused the British band of copyright infringement on a Youtube they posted in which they allege the melody for both their song and Coldplay’s new track sound very similar.

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.

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‘It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas’
‘My Girl’
‘All Over The World’
‘Viva La Vida/Domino Dancing’
‘My Girl’ (Our House Mix)

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘Guitar Hero 5′ setlist:

Band Of Horses
Bush
Darkest Hour
Blur
Kiss
Blink-182
Iron Maiden
Wild Cherry
Muse
The White Stripes
Jimmy Eat World
Bob Dylan
Gorillaz
Beastie Boys
The Raconteurs
Coldplay
Duran Duran
Tom Petty
Nirvana
Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Sword
AFI
Rush
Doors Down
Smashing Pumpkins
David Bowie
Mötley Crüe
Attack! Attack!
Dire Straits
Johnny Cash
The Derek Trucks Band
Sublime
Wolfmother
Rammstein
Beck
Garbage
Billy Squier
My Morning Jacket
Kaiser Chiefs
Brand New
Santana
Bon Jovi
Weezer
Billy Idol
Elliott Smith
A Perfect Circle
Sonic Youth
Kings Of Leon
The Bronx
Queen & David Bowie
Screaming Trees
The Killers
Vampire Weekend
TV On The Radio
John Mellencamp
Scars On Broadway
The Rolling Stones
Stevie Wonder
Face to Face
Peter Frampton
No Doubt
Iggy Pop
Spacehog
Thin Lizzy
The Police
Children of Bodom
Elton John
Arctic Monkeys
Thrice
Rose Hill Drive
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Deep Purple
Darker My Love
Jeff Beck
Love and Rockets
The Duke Spirit
Sunny Day Real Estate
King Crimson
T. Rex
Gov’t Mule
Eagles Of Death Metal
Grand Funk Railroad
Megadeth