MUMBAI:UK band Radiohead has told its fans that they can pay as much or as little as they like for the band`s new album, In Rainbows. Radiohead is free to sell its album directly from its official website because it is no longer tied to a record label. The album`s release was announced with a short message from guitarist Jonny Greenwood on the band`s website, revealing that the new album, In Rainbows, would be available for download from 10 October 2007.

While loyal fans are likely to want to pay the band something, customers could opt to pay as little 45p - the credit card handling fee. The album is also available separately as part of a ?40 box-set which includes the album on CD, two vinyl records, a CD with additional songs, photos, artwork and lyrics. It is likely that many of its millions of die-hard fans will be unable to resist buying the box-set, available in December, while Radiohead will not be required to share its profits with either a record label or shops, say reports in The Telegraph and the Guardian. The band had resolutely refused to make their music available to the market leader, iTunes, because the Apple service insists on selling individual tracks and Radiohead wanted to sell their albums as complete works.