I'd find it maddening if after all this the "leak" they're referring to are the 2 sets of 30-second clips.
I know for fact that's not what Cross was referring to.
I just heard on my local radio station that they have copies of NLOTH to give away, BEFORE it comes out on March 3rd. I tried to call them but couldn't get through. I've emailed them to verify they have copies. If this is true, it's bound to leak any moment now. Since every really big station already has it. I would think.
"there has been some playing of the new album online"
This to me sounds as if it could mean the 30 second clips and not the full album. With the word "Some" not all.
I know for fact that's not what Cross was referring to.
This is all very amusing, even though I do not plan to indulge in any leak listening.
Carry on, then.
How can you be sure?
The only safe thing is to mail Cross and asked if he meaned the 30 sec clips.
i can confirm that the electrical storm video was played for the first time ever on vh1 this morning!!!!!!!!!!
A serious note may be allowed here: Our perspective and desire as die hard fans to listen as quick as possible is one side of the story (and I am no exception for this longing when it is out, it is out, and I also want to listen ...) – the other perspective (and in this case more important one) is the artists' one. U2 and all their (expensive) empire around have worked for the new album for years now, arranged dead lines, fixed dates for all the promotional campaign etc.
So I really do hope for them, that the album (e.g. the complete tunes) has not leaked yet. It would be much too early for their schedule and would mean not only a kind of creative theft for them, but a financial desaster – with not to calculate numbers of people, who will download it – without buying later a copy of it.
If us here waited another good two weeks, it wouldn't make that much of a difference really. But for our band a leak would be a catastrophy. And if somebody really had broken laws by illegally recording the album somewhere during a pre-listening party, I'm not on his side either. It would mean, that this somebody cheated and committed a crime – nothing more, nothing less. Hopefully this rumour is wrong ...
i definitely agree with you, but even if it is leaked i will still buy a copy
even without the leak im enjoying this thread very much
I'll download a leak when it appears. Also, I've pre-ordered the collectors edition, LPs, AND a regular edition so I have one I can beat up..... U2 won't lose any money from leaking to me!