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Free U2 album accessed by 33 million iTunes users

4439 days ago
The Telegraph — Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue described the figure as 'record breaking' more info

Sharon Osbourne to U2: 'You give your mediocre music away because no one wants to buy it'

4439 days ago
NME — Manager and TV personality also brands U2 'middle-aged political groupies' more info

Daniel Lanois releasing a new LP, curated 'ANTI-Thesis' NYC show w/ Antlers, Tinariwen & Lonnie Holley (dates, video)

4439 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — The Antlers at Rough Trade in June (more by Amanda Hatfield) Producer/musician Daniel Lanois (known for work with Brian Eno, U2, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel and others) has teamed up with ANTI- Records to curate a concert called ANTI-Thesis happening..... more info

Entertainment Retailers Association call U2's album giveaway 'as damaging as piracy'

4439 days ago
NME — The trade organisation have called the giveaway 'a dismal failure' more info

Apple releases tool to remove U2 album 'Songs of Innocence'

4440 days ago
NME — The LP was given away for free and automatically downloaded onto users' devices more info

Apple Launches U2 Removal Website

4440 days ago
Stereogum — When Apple hijacked every functioning iPhone on the planet and added U2′s new Songs Of Innocence to those phones’ iTunes libraries, the company probably expected some backlash, but I can’t imagine they envisioned what they got: enough outrage, ... more info

Apple creates special button to get U2's album off your iTunes

4440 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — U2 surprised the world last week when they announced their new album, Songs of Innocence, was ready to be heard and being given away by iTunes. What iTunes users soon realized is they were getting whether they wanted it... more info

U2 returns to iTunes Top 100 -- 26 times

4440 days ago
L.A. Times - Entertainment — U2’s invasion of iTunes libraries with the group’s new album “Songs of Innocence” may not have put the Irish band back on top of the sales chart, but that doesn’t mean the impact of last week’s stunt can’t be seen. more info

U2 returns to iTunes Top 100 -- 26 times

4440 days ago
L.A. Times - News — more info

Nine U2 albums re-enter iTunes Top 100 after release of 'Songs Of Innocence'

4441 days ago
NME — Some 24 of the band's titles have reached the top 200 of the iTunes chart globally more info

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