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Sep 09, 2014 apple is giving away u2 s new album, songs of innocence, for free exclusively on its itunes store through oct. Apple has now posted an official procedure on how to remove the new, and at the moment free, u2 album songs of innocence from a users itunes music library and purchases. U2s new album, songs of innocence, shows up in itunes libraries as purchased, whether users have chosen to buy it or not. As part of their iphone 6 launch apple are giving away 500 million copies of the latest u2 album songs of innocence. U2s brand new album, songs of innocence is free on itunes. The free download of u2s latest album has caused a backlash from a minority. The album was distributed to itunes users via icloud, which means it appears in the music app on devices, but isnt physically stored on the. Through a combination of zealous righteousness and postpunk experimentalism, u2 became one of the most popular rock bands in the world equally known for their sweeping sound as for their grandiose statements about politics and religion.
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While bono told npr he was unaware of the automatic download option in. Im not sure how but the free u2 album got deleted off of my phoneitunes. The free download of the bands album was announced and happened virtually simultaneously when u2 performed at the apple iphone launch. Sep 15, 2014 apple u2 marketing ploy backfires after users complain. The news came in an announcement on stage with apple ceo tim cook and the band following. Sep 15, 2014 in a move to promote the new iphone 6, apple has automatically gifted all of their itunes users a free copy of the latest u2 album, songs of innocence. I have attempted to click on the album icon that will very briefly cause the album properties to change from purchased to free and attempt to prompt the download that way. U2 s bono apologizes to itunes users angry over a free download of the bands new album.
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Bono was one of the first major musicians to endorse the idea of an itunes music. The secret reason apple is giving u2s album away for free. To find it you need to go to your purchased music section on the itunes store and click download. The company made the announcement after the band performed at the end of the. Sep 12, 2014 user settings determined whether the songs would download or simply remain in the cloud on a list of albums purchased through itunes.
The free download of the bands album was announced and happened virtually simultaneously when u2 performed at the apple iphone launch event in cupertino, california on 9 september. The free u2 album songs of innocence was a debacle for. David levene for the observer u 2 have a new album and its all over the web. It still says purchased but i cant get to the songs anywhere and theres nowhere i can find that it says to download it, just the digital booklet. U2 apologizes for free itunes album filehippo news.
Songs of innocence is the th studio album by irish rock band u2, released on 9 september. Bands songs of innocence went to 500 million users. Your music, tv shows, movies, podcasts, and audiobooks will transfer automatically to the apple music, apple tv, apple podcasts, and apple books apps where youll still have access to your favorite itunes features, including purchases, rentals, and imports. U2 offer free downloads of new track invisible to help.
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U2s bono issues apology for automatic apple itunes album. There were many complaints about the automatic album download so apple launched a. Bank of america has promised to give one dollar for each. It is intended to be a companion release to 2014s songs of innocence. Keep up with appleinsider by downloading the appleinsider app for. Not only did bono and co show up and play their latest single for the gathered masses but they also had a gift for the half a billion itunes users in the world.
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The next studio album by u2, no line on the horizon, was released in february 2009. While most people enjoy getting free stuff, not everyone especially given that there are more than 800 million itunes users. All they had to do was decide to download it into their itunes library and the music was forever theirs, all for free. Sep 17, 2014 so the company negotiated with rock band u2 to make its new album, songs of innocence its first in five years free to apple customers. How to take this strange protest over apples giveaway of. Thats made a lot of people angry, as its nearly impossible to get. U2 s fifth album cemented their status as the greatest rock band to rise out of the 80s.
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U2s lead singer bono apologized for forcing every itunes user to download the songs of innocence album. Apple and u2 did not comment to reporters about the matter. Sep 21, 2014 the free download of u2s latest album has caused a backlash from a minority. Today, u2 made their new song invisible available as a free download on itunes. U2 says sorry for automatic download of album to all itunes. Apple creates tool for removing free u2 album from itunes library. U2 frontman bono has apologised for the bands decision to release their latest album free over itunes, admitting that he and his fellow musicians might have got carried away with ourselves. Free u2 album doesnt show up in music library, just ipod. Bono and apple announce the release of the u2s new album, songs of innocence, for free on itunes. In a move to promote the new iphone 6, apple has automatically gifted all of their itunes users a free copy of the latest u2 album, songs of innocence.
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