U2's Bono Responsible For Leaked Music

In an interesting twist of fate, Bono is said to be responsible for the recent unauthorized release of 4 tracks from U2's upcoming album. According to this article in The Sun, Bono was blasting the tunes at his villa in the South of France when an alert passerby heard and recorded the music. The clips made it to youtube but it seems as though they have since been removed. Interestingly, U2 manager Paul McGuinness has been an outspoken opponent of tech companies like Apple and of some record labels saying "through lack of foresight and planning allowed a range of industries to arise that let people steal music."

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U2 3D Better Than The Live Concert?

Eliot Van Buskirk author of Wired's Listening Post Blog appears to have been blown away by the Imax 3D concert U2 3D! "Chalk it up to the impossible camera angles, the breathtaking close-ups and panoramas, or the convincing nature of the latest 3-D technology, but I was really there: watching guitarist-keyboardist The Edge play a Fender Rhodes from a vantage point 4 feet above his head, seeing lead singer Bono's hand reach out to the crowd, and flying through a massive stadium lit up by thousands of cellphones waving in unison like a school of glowing sea creatures."

Now that's a review that makes you want to check it out in person! Not living near an Imax theater will make it tough to take this show in, but I'll be keeping an eye out for showings in other Provinces just in case business or pleasure takes me close enough to catch it.