Bono leaks his own tracks accidentally

by Mathew on August 16, 2008 · View Comments

If a story in the British tab The Sun is to be believed, U2 singer Bono (aka Paul Hewson) is responsible for leaking new tracks from the band’s upcoming album — by playing the new songs so loudly at his French villa that someone walking by heard them and recorded them. The Sun being the kind of newspaper it is, it’s difficult to tell whether this report is 100 per cent true or not. There are no links to any actual files, and no quotes from this alleged passer-by, nor are there any details about what he or she recorded the music with (a cellphone?). And as TorrentFreak notes, the sound quality of the files is likely terrible. But if true it’s more than a little ironic, given how vocal U2′s manager Paul McGuiness has been about copyright violations and the like.

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  • Pau Gasoft

    What's ironic about it?

    Between you and that “rain on a wedding day” chick, I think Canadian schools maybe need to update their teachings on the subject of irony…

  • http://www.mathewingram.com/work mathewi

    Sweet Jesus, not another irony pedant. Don't you people ever give up? I'm an English major — i know it doesn't fit the classic definition of either literary or non-literary irony. It's just another way of saying “it's a funny coincidence.” If that bothers you, I can't help that.

  • Pau Gasoft

    What's ironic about it?

    Between you and that “rain on a wedding day” chick, I think Canadian schools maybe need to update their teachings on the subject of irony…

  • http://www.mathewingram.com/work mathewi

    Sweet Jesus, not another irony pedant. Don't you people ever give up? I'm an English major — i know it doesn't fit the classic definition of either literary or non-literary irony. It's just another way of saying “it's a funny coincidence.” If that bothers you, I can't help that.

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