Apple is putting U2’s latest album out for free over iTunes.
U2’s Bono and Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that U2’s latest album, Songs of Innocence, will be free until “mid-October” via iTunes.
Check out the promotion here.
Users can download the album by going to the Music app on an iOS device, or via the iTunes music library on a Mac or PC, and search for “Songs of Innocence” under the artist or album tab.
The album can be found in iCloud and users can click or tap on the iCloud icon to download.
U2’s latest album is also available to stream via iTunes Radio and Beats Music from September 10.
Songs of Innocence is slated for a worldwide release on October 13th.
According to U2’s official website, the album will “explor(ing) themes of home and family, relationships and discovery, detailed liner notes fill out the picture with resonant stories, like one of the first gigs the teenage band got into.
“‘The 4 members of U2 went to see the Ramones playing in the state cinema in Dublin without thinking about how we were going to get in. we had no tickets and no money.. My best friend Guggi had a ticket and he snuck us through a side exit he pried open. The world stopped long enough for us to get on it. Even though we only saw half the show, it became one of the great nights of our life....’”
The eleven tracks in the album are:
1) The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
2) Every Breaking Wave
3) California (There Is No End To Love)
4) Song For Someone
5) Iris (Hold Me Close)
6) Volcano
7) Raised By Wolves
8) Cedarwood Road
9) Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
10) This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
11) The Troubles.
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