Coldplay announce new album in a letter to a fan

Coldplay have quietly announced their first album in four years, by sending a letter to one of their fans.

“For the last 100 years or thereabouts, we have been working on a thing called Everyday Life,” said the band in the typewritten message.

It will be a double album, split into two halves, called Sunrise and Sunset, and released on 22 November.

The letter was signed by all four members of the band – but the recipient initially thought it was a hoax.

“Fake alert!” said Lena Tayara on Twitter, alongside a picture of the gold-embossed card. “Got this in the post this morning… Can’t see why anybody would send it.”