Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses are releasing their new albums on MySpace.

MySpace users will be able to listen to Electric Arguments, the new album by McCartney's side-project group The Fireman, and Chinese Democracy, by Guns N' Roses, before the songs are in stores.

The tracks can be listened to for free but can't be downloaded.

The McCartney and Guns N' Roses albums are to be released in the United States next week.

MySpace has launched a joint music venture with several record labels this year to challenge Apple's iTunes music store.

The site has featured exclusives from other acts, but few as legendary as McCartney and Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose.

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