Coldplay - Your Reaction

Tell us your opinion of Violet Hill

29 April 2008 - Violet Hill, Coldplay’s first single from their new album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, will be played for the first time on BBC 6 Music at 12.15pm today (29 April).

It will also be simultaneously available to download free exclusively from www.coldplay.com for one week (a full seven days ahead of its general digital release on 6 May).

Tell us

And we want to know what you think of the track. Is it as good as their previous singles?

Have the band and Brian Eno developed their sound?

Can the new album live up to the success of X & Y ?  Use the comments form below to get involved in the debate.

Free concerts

Coldplay will also be playing two free concerts, one at London's Brixton Academy on 16 June and one at Madison Square Garden in New York on 23 June.

Check coldplay.com for details of how to win tickets.

Please do not contact the venues as no tickets will be available to buy.

Meanwhile, the release of Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends has been brought forward four days in the UK to 12 June.


Kelly Stooke