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Muse have discussed plans to start work on their seventh studio album, following a handful of festival dates overseas.
The band, who are currently in California to headline two weekends at Coachella festival, were speaking to KROQ when they revealed that progress was being made on the follow-up to The 2nd Law and that they'd be retreating to the studio next month - suggesting their were absolutely no further live plans for the rest of the year.
"We're going to start this year," said drummer Dom Howard. "(Coachella) is our last two gigs, then we're completely done for touring this album. We're going to go back in May and start working on some new stuff, so I think we'll start making it this year."
He added: "If we can get something out this year, that would be great, but definitely next year."
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Last year, frontman Matt Bellamy has suggested that the band's upcoming seventh studio album could be ready by early 2015. Speaking to Triple J, Bellamy revealed work has already begun on the record, and that fans could see the first single some time this year.
"I've written some good tracks, actually," he said. "We haven't had a chance to rehearse them out yet. We'll take a break next year for a little few months and then we'll get in the studio. If it all goes very well, the new album could well be early 2015 or late 2015. Christmas 2014 might be [when we release] our next single."
Bellamy has previously said he wants to get back to basics on the album. "I've got a pretty good picture of what I'd like the next album to be like," he admitted to Rolling Stone. "It's the comedown and the sort of waking up the next day being like, 'What the fuck? What the fuck? That was crazy'...I kind of feel like it will be nice to reconnect and remind ourselves of just the basics of who we are."
Muse previously told Gigwise that they would not be playing any UK festivals this year,
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