Mentioned new songs for fifth album

In an interview on 13 January 2011, Coldplay mentioned that two new songs would be included on their upcoming fifth album, ” Princess of China ” and ” Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall “. In a February interview, Parlophone president Miles Leonard told HitQuarters that the band were still in the studio working on the album and that he expected the final version would appear “towards the autumn of this year”. On 31 May 2011, Coldplay announced that “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” was the first single for the fifth album. It was released on 3 June 2011. The band presented five new songs at festivals during the summer of 2011, ” Charlie Brown “, ” Hurts Like Heaven “, “Us Against the World”, “Princess of China” and ” Major Minus “.