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That's it, no tour in the US.
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Apart from the US result, this will have exceeded all of their expectations.
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And now if they pop over to the U.S. and do a major promo swing, they could see a boost of sales here as well. I would hope they would pair it with a big radio push for EBW, and do it as smartly as possible. Maybe even better to wait til mid November when people can purchase it on iTunes as well.
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Great to see SOI number one in my country! (Netherlands).
What is new in Netherlands for U2 (as far as I know) is that they have been actively promoting the new album last week. Lots of advertisement in the commercial breaks on the main radio stations and many posters about the new album and it's release date on the streets everywhere. They will have to sell many albums to earn these investments back?
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Here are the sales figures for U2's #6 debut in the UK. (From Music Week)
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I am a bit surprised by the 16K figure, as that is about 25% less than U2's sales in France.
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I am confused. is SOI available on iTunes right now? if so is it still available for free or is it actually for sale?
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In regards the reported $100M from the Apple deal, I still do not understand if this is cash money for Universal/U2 or more likely as seems to have been reported it is the value of advertisement Apple will give to the band?... So Apple will spend $100M promoting SOI.... but whats the use in advertising something which has been given away for free and therefore will not generate any meaningful financial returns! Otherwise are Apple going to spend the money advertising something else for U2, e.g. back catalog, a future album or the upcoming tour? but again, why bother when albums no longer sell and the tour is a guaranteed sell out anyway whether promoted or not? :S
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However, the only version of SOI available on iTunes at this moment is just the regular album, not the deluxe version/bonus disc. That one will be released on iTunes on November 18. Though I believe that if you preorder the bonus disc (called Songs Of Innocence +) that you will already have the acoustic songs.
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No, it is not
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Love the way the uk press are reporting the low sales but fail to mention how many the others sold
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