Coldplay will make the first single from their new album available as a free download to fans who visit the British band's Web site, according to The Associated Press.
"Violet Hill," the first single from "Viva La Vida," will be available from 7:15 a.m. Eastern Time today, one week before it goes on sale at digital retailers.
It will be available as a free download from Coldplay's Web site for one week, a statement said.
The Web site will also give preliminary details about free shows at London's Brixton Academy on June 16 and at New York's Madison Square Garden on June 23.
Coldplay also announced Monday that the UK release of their new album has been moved up four days to June 12. That's the same day the album will be released in much of the world.
The 10-track album is produced by Brian Eno, who created ground-breaking music with David Bowie in the 1970s and has also worked with U2.
Coldplay's move follows the success of fellow British group Radiohead who invited fans to set their own price on its album "In Rainbows" when it was released online last October.
According to one survey, three in five people paid nothing at all. Unfortunately, the Radiohead album is no longer available for download, according to its "In Rainbows" Web site.
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