Coldplay: Not Livin La Vida Loca

Coldplay have announced that their upcoming fourth LP will be called 'Viva La Vida'.

Translated as 'Long Live Life', the band took the title from a painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Chris Martin speaking to Rolling Stone, was at pains to stress that the title had nothing to do with Ricky Martin.

He said: ""Everyone thinks it comes from Ricky Martin, which is fine. I have absolute respect,"

"I've been through this before, naming something or someone and everyone saying that 'That's a terrible name'.

"But then saying, 'Well, fuck you, that's what it's called, and I'll be proved to be right eventually'.

Frida Kahlo was born in a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City in 1907. After her death in 1954, her vibrant paintings began to rise to prominence. Most of her works are self-portraits, expressing the pain she was going through. And 'Viva La Vida' was a painting that expressed her battle with polio and back pain, something that impressed the eye of Martin.

"She went through a lot of shit, of course, And then she started a big painting in her house that said 'Viva la Vida'. I just loved the boldness of it."

The album, Coldplay's fourth, described as "rougher and edgier" by the band, is expected on 17th June 2008.