Coldplay’s upcoming sixth album, Ghost Stories, has been made available to stream for free via iTunes.

Hosted at iTunes.com/Coldplay, listeners can hear the album in full, a week before its worldwide release on Monday (19 May).

The album stream is accompanied on iTunes by a full-length animation of Mila Fürstová’s Ghost Stories artwork, directed by Alasdair + Jock at Trunk Animation.

Fans who pre-order the album from iTunes will immediately get the singles Magic and A Sky Full Of Stars, as well as the album track Midnight.

The band’s current ...