Coldplay use NZ Herald's classified ads to reveal new album tracks

The band has revealed details of double album Sunrise and Sunset in our local paper. Photo / Getty Images

Coldplay has revealed the tracks of its new album by placing ads in the classified sections of newspapers around the world - including the NZ Herald.

The ad, which appeared in yesterday's edition of the Herald, reports that the new album will be split into two sections, called Sunrise and Sunset.

The ad was placed in yesterday's edition of the Herald, amid the adverts for resource consents and road closures.

A Coldplay classified ad, which has been placed in newspapers around the world Photo / Sydney Morning Herald

It reports that the new album will be split into two sections, called Sunrise and Sunset.

The band reportedly first put the ad in their own local papers in north Wales and Devon, but have since included Australia's Sydney Morning Herald and Le Monde in France.

They first announced they were releasing a new album earlier this week, in a letter to a fan which she shared on social media.

I once had a holiday job at the Daily Post, placing photos of houses for sale. I wasn't very good at it. JB https://t.co/tYquPUn8S4

— Coldplay (@coldplay) October 23, 2019

"For the last 100 years or thereabouts, we have been working on a thing called Everyday Life," the letter read.

According to the ad, upcoming track titles include Champion Of The World and When I Need A Friend.