CHRIS MARTIN - MARTIN: 'COLDPLAY MAY NEVER RELEASE ANOTHER ALBUM'

CHRIS MARTIN has warned COLDPLAY fans their 2002 album could be their last - because his quest for perfection is threatening the band's latest recordings.

The CLOCKS stars have taken months longer than originally planned to record the follow-up to their critically acclaimed disc, A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD, admitting the arduous process pushed their sanity to the limit.

But despite Martin's confidence in the tracks, he admits his self-critical group may ditch all their hard work if they deem it unfit for record store shelves - as they previously did after early sessions.

He says, "Bear in mind you're talking to a group of people who are on the 25th mile of a race and we might just collapse or we might win. Similarly we could be in here for another year.

"I still say that our last album may be our last album."