prefix (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Last week Carl Barat of Dirty Pretty Things slagged Coldplay for giving away their single “Violet Hill,” saying that only ...
David Emery Online (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
So last week I talked about the Coldplay free track giveaway . Since then it's gone on to be downloaded – for free – over 2 million times. This week they've stopped the free download, and started selling it on iTunes. So, you'd think that with over 2 million people having the song already – in essentially the same format as you get from iTunes – would dent the sales a bit,...
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Last week we issued a news release titled Coldplay's Free Single Propels Website to #1 Online Among Bands and Artists . We found that U.S. visits to Coldplay.com increased 19 fold on the back of the band's new single, Violet Hill, being released for free online. On April 29, 2008, the day the single was released on Coldplay.com, the website ranked...
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
So Coldplay, who are a large and famous band, have a new album coming out. The album has a long and fairly embarrassing title. You may have heard the free single. Or perhaps you're hellbent on snagging a ticket to their upcoming free show at MSG! Well, now Mr. Gwyneth Paltrow [...]
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Hate 'em or hate 'em, you guys love talking about Coldplay . EMI's bragging that 2 mililion people downloaded the first free single "Violet Hill," so feel good, you're not the only ones hate-listening. And Chris Martin knows this: On the new cut "Viva La Vida," he croons "revolutionaries wait for my head on a silver plate." So, one point for self-awareness, and another for turning...
AngryApe News (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The band get inspired by supermarkets
Hecklerspray (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Hey everyone, Coldplay are back! Finally, drearily self-important, emotionally hollow stadium rock for people who don't like music has a voice again! To mark their return, Coldplay recently decided to release their new single Violet Hill as a free download. And apparently Violet Hill has now been downloaded by two million people eager to hear Coldplay's Spanish-influenced,...
IndieBlogHeaven (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Radiohead might want to reconsider dropping this whole "free movement." Coldplay's free download of their single "Violet Hill" was downloaded two million times last week, which in the UK, if it had been chart eligible, would have outsold last week’s...
Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
U.S. visits to Coldplay.com increased 1,800 percent since the band's new single, Violet Hill, was released for free online, Hitwise said after comparing the daily U.S. visits for April 29, 2008...
MarketingVOX (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
US visits to Coldplay.com increased 1,800% since the band's new single, Violet Hill, was released for free online, Hitwise said after comparing the daily US visits for April 29, 2008 versus April 27,...
My Coldplay.com (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
‘In Rainbows’ was apparently not a sign of things to come So Coldplay have jumped on the free download wagon with their latest single ‘Violet'. It follows in the two-fingers-to-the-record-labels footsteps of Radiohead, who sold their album ‘In Rainbows’ last year for whatever the public was willing to pay (best one pence we’ve ever spent). But rather [...]
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Free shows, free single — Coldplay is just feeling so free right now! Well, that single will only be free for another few days, so you'd better head to their website and snap it up while you still can. Of...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
We’re seeing more and more evidence that there is something to this whole free music thing — at least if you're a popular band. Coldplay became the latest band to experiment with releasing music for free over the Internet when it launched its new single “Violet Hill” on its website last week. Within two days the [...]
Broken Kode (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Coldplay are on the free download bandwagon…but not as committed as Radiohead where. They're giving away the song ‘Violet Hill’ from their website; actually a pretty decent song as well.
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Coldplay, the famous English rock band, said it will make the first single from its new album available for a free download to fans who visit the band's Web site. The single, "Violet Hill," will be
