U2's free iTunes album surprises at Apple launch gala
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran Irish rockers U2 pulled off the largest album release in history at Tuesday's Apple Inc event to launch new products, after making its latest record available for free on Apple's iTunes online stores to half a billion iTunes users.
Stereogum — U2 pulled a combination Beyoncé/Jay Z just a few hours ago by dropping a surprise album complete with a big-budget endorsement deal. (They were paid for the albums that ... more info
Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran Irish rockers U2 pulled off a surprise at Apple Inc's event to launch new products on Tuesday, making its latest album available for free ... more info
Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran Irish rockers U2 pulled off the largest album release in history at Tuesday's Apple Inc event to launch new products, after making its lat... more info
LargeHeartedBoy — io9 shared an excerpt from John Darnielle's new novel Wolf in White Van. The new U2 album is available for free to iTunes customers. The Nervous Breakdown shared an excer... more info
L.A. Times - Entertainment — While the rest of the world was imagining the prospect of buying an even bigger iPhone that can pay for things, U2 released a new album. more info
The Telegraph — More than half a billion iTunes customers have received a free copy of the new U2 album, Songs of Innocence - and not all of them are happy about it more info