U2 frontman Bono has released a statement regarding the band's decision to offer their new album Songs Of Innocence for free to all iTunes users.
"You'll have noticed the album is free to U2.com'ers from the band. It's also free to everyone on iTunes thanks to Apple," the statement, posted on U2.com reads.
"To celebrate the ten year anniversary of our iPod commercial, they bought it as a gift to give to all their music customers. Free, but paid for. Because if no-one's paying anything for it, we're not sure 'free' music is really that free. It usually comes at a cost to the art form and the artist, which has big implications, not for us in U2, but for future musicians and their music."
Bono also hinted that Songs of Innocence might be followed by another studio album, Songs of Experience.
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