Music News: Coldplay Returns

Coldplay return with a great new single - Free To Download!

It's official - the internet age (and quite possibly the beginning of a Terminator 3 style computer take-over) is upon us!

First Radiohead made headlines by giving punters the option of "Pay What You Like" for their album "In Rainbows". Now, one of the worlds biggest bands - Coldplay - have gone one step further!

Coldplay's new single, Violet Hill, is now available as a free download exclusively from the Coldplay website. The site is already experiencing a huge amount of traffic, with the download available for free for only seven days.

However, it's not all about downloady goodness - the kind UK lads have also made the full song availible on Coldplay's MySpace player.

This is, of course, a full week ahead of the single's conventional paid-for digital release, on Tuesday May 6th.

But it doesn't end there!

On Wednesday May 7th, there will be a free limited edition 7-inch vinyl of Violet Hill on the cover of UK mag NME, backed by the exclusive B-side, A Spell A Rebel Yell.

But the genirosity doesn't end there. Free gigs in London and New York have just been announced with the website announcing preliminary details of two free shows which the band will play in June (one at London's Brixton Academy and the other at New York's Madison Square Garden). Full details of how to win tickets to both will be revealed on Coldplay.com in the next few weeks.

Album Release Details
Coldplay's fourth album, "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" is out in June. The release dates are as follows:

UK - June 12
USA & Canada - June 17
Japan - June 11
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Ireland - June 13
Australia/NZ - June 14
ROW - June 16

For those interested in "Gettin Some For Free" visit:

Coldplay's Official Website: www.coldplay.com

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