Bono will reveal all about his deal with Apple in an interview with 2FM pal Dave Fanning.
The u2 frontman did a big sit down with the radio host, and talked all about the recent controversy with their new album.
The band were slammed by fans, after Songs of Innocence was downloaded to iPhones all over the world without permission.
“We were always the band to divide people, not to unite people. That’s it,” he said.
Controversial: Bono will tell all on Dave Fanning’s show
“To sing, ‘In the name of love/What more in the name of love’ – it was as uncool in 1984 as it is now and that’s why people came through the doors.”
“To sing about your faith: how uncool is that in rock ‘n’ roll? To sing about your mother; come on, shut up!”
“Except John Lennon did it, Kurt Cobain did it, Eminem has done it. What is the point in being in U2 if you can’t go to those other places?”
The Dubliner goes on to defend his decision to do a deal with Apple, telling Dave Fanning that Apple are the ones supporting artists.
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“There’s been some real deliberate misunderstanding of this relationship with Apple.”
“This is a company which has more than any other technological company, sought to get musicians paid,” he explained.
“There’s lots of other technology companies who’ve become very rich on musicians not getting paid. So it’s a perfect relationship to work with them.”
He added that people online slamming the deal were always going to hate.
Deal: U2 did a controversial deal with Apple
“Let people have their say. They’re the haters; we’re the lovers. We’re never going to agree.”
“People who would not normally be exposed to our music have got a chance to listen to it. Whether they hold that to their heart or not, we don’t know.”
“Whether those songs will be important to them, in a week’s time we don’t know. But they’ve got a chance and that’s gotta be exciting for a band who’ve been around as long as we have.”
“The hardest thing in the world as Bruce Springsteen said to me – and this was ten years ago – is to surprise your audience or to surprise yourself,” he said.
Bono’s interview with Dave Fanning will air 10am – 12pm on RTE 2fm this Sunday 21st September.
