The Charlatans' new album is available for free via the recently relaunched Xfm website right now. If you want it go to http://www.xfm.co.uk. The band announced last year that new long player 'You Cross My Path' would be given away via the radio station's website. Speaking to the station as it went live the band's Tim Burgess said yesterday: "We always knew this album was going to be given away for free, even before we started writing so we wanted to make it the best album we've ever made. This isn't a case of left over tracks and b-sides, we wanted to give our fans a quality record".
A physical version of the album will be released on 19 May, for those that prefer their Charlatans tunes to be embedded in plastic. There will also be a deluxe version of the album available to anyone who buys tickets to one of these Charlatans gigs from this URL: http://www.recordstore.co.uk/charlatans.
10 May: Leicester University
11 May: Liverpool Carling Academy
12 May: Oxford Carling Academy
13 May: Bristol Carling Academy
15 May: London Forum
16 May: Southampton Guildhall
17 May: Lincoln Engine Shed
20 May: Glasgow Carling Academy
22 May: Newcastle Carling Academy
23 May: Sheffield Carling Academy
24 May: Manchester University