Each loving fan will receive a pretty “Violet Hill” from
British super group Coldplay, as a taste of what is to come: their feverishly
awaited fourth studio album, “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.”
One only has to enter Coldplay’s official website, type in
their email address, zip code and country of origin and the song “Violet Hill”
is promised to come free of charge. The special offer is only available for one
week, starting at 7:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday, April 29, before it goes on sale at
digital retailers, the Associated Press reports.
Additional information will be available on the website
regarding Coldplay’s free shows at the
The band also announced on Monday that the British release
of “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends” has been advanced four days, to
June 12, when the album will be released around the world.
The stream of gifts continues, as a free 7-inch vinyl single
of “Violet Hill” will also be given away on the cover of music weekly NME on
May 7. The vinyl version will also include the track “A Spell A Rebel Yell,”
which will not be available anywhere else, BBC News reports.
“Viva La Vida” is being released via Capitol in North
America on June 17 and EMI in the
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin told Billboard.com earlier
this month that “Viva La Vida” stays true to the band’s ideal of making music “that
can be sung to the rafters.”
“We’re still obsessed with making songs that can be sung to
the rafters. We just wanted to present them differently,” Martin said.
And for this, he and band mates Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman
and Will Champion enlisted the help of Brian Eno and Markus Dravs, who
co-produced the album and “adorned it with grandiose embellishments the likes
of which have never been heard before on a Coldplay album,” notes Billboard.
Drummer Will Champion added that working with Eno, best
known as the father of modern ambient music and having associated his name with
the likes of Roxy Music, Talking Heads and U2, had the best of influences.
“Brian has this amazing ability to demystify wonderful music
and make it seem very achievable. We weren’t afraid to try anything.”
How very promising that must sound for fans famished for another Coldplay album!