Radiohead Shock Announcement - New Album 'The King Of Limbs' To Be Released This Saturday!

Radiohead have shocked both their fans and the music industry today by announcing they will release their brand new album this Saturday.

Making the announcement this morning, Radiohead announced online that their eighth studio album, 'The King Of Limbs', will be available to download on Saturday February 19th. 'The King Of Limbs' will also be available to pre-order throughwww.thekingoflimbs.comaswell as being released via a newspaper on Monday 9th May. The“newspaper” album will feature two ten-inch records, a CD, artwork and a download. You can pre-order it for £30 with an MP3 download and £33 with a WAV download. The digital only release costs £6 for an MP3 download and £9 for a WAV download.

It has not been confirmed whether Radiohead will release the album with a label attached. The band's last album 'Rainbows' was released online with fans paying what they thought the album was worth. 'Rainbows' was later released on CD by UK label 'XL'.

A message on Radiohead's websitewww.radiohead.com/deadairspacesimply says“thank you for waiting” alongside a link towww.thekingoflimbs.com

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