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No More Free Albums, Says Radiohead

by Thomas Houston on May 1, 2008 at 08:04 AM



British band Radiohead announced that it won't be modeling future album launches after its name-your-own-price release of last year's 'In Rainbows.' In October of 2007, Radiohead bypassed releasing the album through a record label and allowed fans to set their own price -- yes, even $0.00 -- for the10-track set.

"It was one of those things where we were in the position of everyone asking us what we were going to do," lead singer Thom Yorke told the Hollywood Reporter, "I don't think it would have the same significance now anyway, if we chose to give something away again. It was a moment in time."

With Radiohead moving away from offering free music, we're wondering how the industry will respond now that Prince, Nine Inch Nails and Coldplay have all gotten in on the act of releasing albums for free in the past few months. [Source: AOL News]

Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, expire-images2009-5-1, free, music, radiohead

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