U2 Album Leaked Onto Internet Two Weeks Ahead of Release

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 11, 2004 - 4:20am.

London -- Irish rock band U2's upcoming album "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" has appeared on Internet peer-to-peer file-sharing networks two weeks before its scheduled retail release, Reuters reported. An unfinished copy of the U2's forthcoming album was stolen while the band was at a photo shoot in France over the summer, prompting the band to announce that it might move up the album's release date if the tracks surfaced online, as well as immediately release the album through Apple's iTunes Store. A London spokeswoman for the band told Reuters on Monday that U2 was aware of the situation but had not yet made decisions regarding a new release date for the record.
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