Los Angeles  - British rockers Coldplay are giving away the first single from their new album over the internet, the band said on its Web site.

A note posted on www. coldplay. com says that fans can download Violet Hill, from the album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, free for one week starting Tuesday. The album will be launched in Britain on June 12.

Coldplay also announced free shows on June 16 at London's Brixton Academy and on June 23 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The giveaway campaign follows the success of Radiohead, which topped the album charts in Britain and the US after initially offering listeners the chance to pay what they wanted to download the album In Rainbows. (dpa)