Just read this, this morning.
U2 bomb
May 16, 2009
By Dan Wootton
NOT such a beautiful day for seasoned rockers U2 - their latest single
has become the lads' biggest flop in TWO DECADES . . . it didn't even
make the Top 40!
Despite being the standout track on their new album, Magnificent had a
chart performance that was anything but (sorry BONO).
It only managed to limp in to No 42 thanks to its paltry 5,157 copies
being sold and downloaded.
I don't mean to sound dramatic, folks, but that's a commercial
disaster of epic proportions that would send lesser bands to the
scrapheap.
The tune becomes their lowest single in 22 years, since God's Country
hit number 48 in 1987. Sadly, for Bono and THE EDGE, new album No Line
On The Horizon did no better - it was their worst-selling in the
band's long history.
Bet Bono wishes he could hide Where The Streets Have No Name.
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