The Eagles' "How Long" becomes Amazon's first digital download

The Eagles' new single "How Long" has become available as a free download on amazon.co.uk, as the online shopping site's first music download.

Julian Monaghan, the music manager for Amazon.co.uk, told uncut.co.uk, "The Eagles are quite simply one of the greatest rock bands of all time and we are delighted to have a... track from their forthcoming album as our first ever music download."

The digital download is only available to U.K. residents using computers with U.K. IP addresses.

The Eagles' first studio album in 28 years, called Long Road Out Of Eden, will be released October 30th. In the U.S. the two-disc set will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores, and at walmart.com.

Joe Walsh is proud of the band's new work and says that they managed to break some new ground on the album: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "It's good! It's got a bunch of Don (Henley) and Glenn (Frey) songs on (it), and it's got a couple of Timothy (B. Schmidt) songs, and some really, really, new different directions that just surfaced. It's hard to compare it with anything that I hear out there now. But it's a complete Eagles studio album of new stuff."

The Eagles and the Dixie Chicks will open Los Angeles' new Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on October 18th, with additional shows scheduled for the 20th, 21st, 24th, 26th and 27th. So far, those are the only dates the Eagles have booked for this year.
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