Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

As Kappy mentioned previously, Coldplay is coming out with a new album entitled Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. The album is set for release on June 16th in the States. I think this album title and artwork is cool as hell. Viva la Vida takes its name from a painting by Frida Kahlo, the acclaimed 20th century Mexican artist. The album's artwork features the classic painting Liberty Leading the People (La Liberté guidant le peuple) by French painter Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830. Here's some information I found on the album.
While the band was recording, Coldplay's web site included notes on sessions with producers and musicians, Eno and Markus Dravs, stating that the lyrics are "much more abstract, much more visual than before," and that the music is "less straight-forward, more oblique." In July 2007 Coldplay revealed that the album was shaping up with Hispanic influences after having recorded in churches and other areas in Latin America and Spain, such as Barcelona. However, it was stressed that the influence was not in any specific sound but a general feel to the songs taken as a whole. On their website, the band also described taking acoustic guitars and basic recording equipment to churches and experimenting with particular sounds.
On 10 April, a new journal entry appeared on Coldplay.com announcing the track list and release date, as well as hinting at new tracks to be released prior to the album's release. "Violet Hill" has been confirmed as the first single from Viva la Vida, with a video filmed in Sicily, Italy and a purported release date of 5 May 2008. "Violet Hill" will premiere exclusively on the British radio BBC6 Music, during the George Lamb's Show, on Tuesday, 29th April.

Coldplay also released that FREE concert dates have been added at Brixton Academy, London on Monday 16 June as well as a free show at Madison Square Garden on Monday 23 June. Holy crap.

So, I hope you all are looking forward to this album as much as I am... I think the work they've put into the release, recording and artwork creativity will all show through in the music.

Peace.