Coldplay's New Single "Violet Hill" Downloaded by 2 Million People!

May 6, 2008, 07:04 PM

COLDPLAY’S NEW SINGLE “VIOLET HILL” HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED BY 2 MILLION PEOPLE SINCE IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE A WEEK AGO!

THE SINGLE, WHICH IS RELEASED COMMERCIALLY TODAY (MAY 6) WOULD HAVE OUTSOLD THE WHOLE OF LAST WEEK’S U.K. TOP 40 FOUR TIMES OVER!

Coldplay’s new single “Violet Hill” is now available commercially through regular digital outlets. For the past week it has been available free only through coldplay

In the past 7 days the single has been downloaded for free by a staggering 2 million people, meaning that it would have outsold the combined U.K. Top 40 singles in the chart four times over last week!

The group’s new album “Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends” is released on June 17.

Please keep checking www.coldplay.com for details of the two previously announced free shows that the band will play:

LONDON BRIXTON ACADEMY JUNE 16

NEW YORK MADISON SQUARE GARDEN JUNE 23

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