After the news broke on Monday that their newest album would only be available online, Radiohead fans in the UK rushed to preorder the new record from the website.

The website it seemed had a little trouble dealing with the numbers but allegedly completely crashed when the US awoke to the news yesterday morning. First it was the east coast, who in turn were followed by the groggy west coast making their own mad dash to Radiohead.com to secure their copy, bringing the site creaking to a halt.

Engineers have since ironed out the site’s problems and everything seems to be back on track and running smoothly.

For those of you interested in the progress of the band’s decision to let the fans choose what they pay for the album, most fans are opting to pay retail price for the album with only a few cheapskates trying to buy the album for a penny.