Sinead O'Connor: 'U2's iTunes release was almost terrorism'
Sinead O'Connor has become the latest rocker to blast U2's decision to release their new album direct to iTunes users, calling the move a "badly judged" one.
Just days after she teamed up with fellow Ireland native Bono for the reworking of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? single, the Nothing Compares 2 U singer has gone public with her feelings about the unconventional debut of his band's new release Songs of Innocence.
Bono and his bandmates gave fans and critics alike a free download
of the record through an automatic iTunes add-on.
The release was slammed by many who didn't want to hear the new
album, prompting Bono to eventually admit the debut was a
mistake.
And now O'Connor is criticizing the rocker, stating, "What they did
with iTunes was a badly judged move. There was something almost
terrorist about it. I'm really not a U2 fan but it wasn't at all
kosher invading people's lives like that. It was bad
management.
"Funny thing is, the kid who devised the app that removed the U2
album from people's computers - he made a fortune apparently."