(CNN) Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has announced that the band will put plans to tour on hold while the group considers how to make its concerts environmentally friendly.

Ahead of the launch of its new album, "Everyday Life," Martin said the group wants to take time over the next year or two to consider how future tours can be "sustainable" and also "actively beneficial."

"How can we harness the resources that our tour creates and make it have a positive impact?" Martin told the BBC.

Chris Martin has revealed that Coldplay has put touring plans on hold for environmental reasons.

Speaking from the Jordanian capital Amman, Martin said: "All of us, in every industry, have to just work out what the best way of doing our job is."

He admitted that "the hardest thing is the flying side of things."

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