Coldplay is jumping onto the free download bandwagon, for a limited time at least, to promote the first track from its upcoming new album.
Starting Tuesday morning, the hit British band's new song, Violet Hill, will be offered as a free digital download from its official website for one week. The song will be released on a conventional, for-pay basis starting May 6.

British fans can also pick up a vinyl copy of the single for free in the May 7 edition of U.K. music weekly NME.
Violet Hill is the first song off of Coldplay's new 10-track album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, which will hit stores June 12. The album is the band's fourth studio effort, a followup to 2005's smash X&Y.
The Grammy Award-winning band also announced on Monday plans for two free shows in June timed for the new album's release: one at the London Brixton Academy (June 16) and a second at New York's Madison Square Garden (June 23).
Details about the upcoming shows will also be revealed on the band's website. Credit CBCNews.