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Bono Moves to Preempt Thieves
Wired News Report
Irish rockers U2 will release its recently stolen album on Apple's iTunes music store if it shows up online, according to a report in the London Daily Telegraph.
An advance copy of U2's brand new album, which is not due in stores until November, was stolen last week at a photo shoot in the south of France.
The band is worried the new songs will be posted to file-sharing networks. If so, lead singer Bono has a plan:
"If it is on the Internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month," Bono told the paper.
He added, "It would be a real pity. It would screw up years of work and months of planning, not to mention fucking up our holidays. But once it's out, it's out."
The album, Vertigo, will be band's first release since the successful All That You Can't Leave Behind nearly four years ago. A rough cut of the disk disappeared from a recording studio in Nice during a photo shoot. The band was putting together the finishing touches. Most of the album had previously been recorded in Dublin.
French police have launched a major operation to find the disc.
"A large slice of two years' work lifted via a piece of round plastic," said lead guitarist The Edge on the band's site. "It doesn't seem credible but that's what's just happened to us."
Band manager Paul McGuinness said, "The band is so excited about (the album's) release. It would be a shame if unfinished work fell into the wrong hands."
Reuters contributed to this story
http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64310,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3
Wired News Report
Irish rockers U2 will release its recently stolen album on Apple's iTunes music store if it shows up online, according to a report in the London Daily Telegraph.
An advance copy of U2's brand new album, which is not due in stores until November, was stolen last week at a photo shoot in the south of France.
The band is worried the new songs will be posted to file-sharing networks. If so, lead singer Bono has a plan:
"If it is on the Internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month," Bono told the paper.
He added, "It would be a real pity. It would screw up years of work and months of planning, not to mention fucking up our holidays. But once it's out, it's out."
The album, Vertigo, will be band's first release since the successful All That You Can't Leave Behind nearly four years ago. A rough cut of the disk disappeared from a recording studio in Nice during a photo shoot. The band was putting together the finishing touches. Most of the album had previously been recorded in Dublin.
French police have launched a major operation to find the disc.
"A large slice of two years' work lifted via a piece of round plastic," said lead guitarist The Edge on the band's site. "It doesn't seem credible but that's what's just happened to us."
Band manager Paul McGuinness said, "The band is so excited about (the album's) release. It would be a shame if unfinished work fell into the wrong hands."
Reuters contributed to this story
http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64310,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3
That's becoming more and more appropriate with all the different news.
Well.....? The waiting begins, I suppose! Is it going to 'turn up on the internet? Or is that person just gonna sit on it? Hmm..maybe be evil and wait for a better opportunity? 
Hmmm!
