U2 and Bono have won the dubious honour of being voted the world’s least influential people.
The Dubliners have been put top of the annual list published by American GQ magazine.
Bosses have given them the top spot after the disastrous iTunes release of their new album, Songs of Innocence.
It pushed the album to people regardless of whether they want it, with GQ annoyed they treated it like a “noble gift” rather than the marketing campaign it was.
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They say: “The Tom Friedman of rock and the rest of his band collaborated with Apple to strong-arm their new album into your iTunes library without your consent.
“You couldn’t even delete it! Apple had to send out specific instructions for how to wipe Songs of Innocence (God, that title) off your computer.
“The worst part was the way both Apple and U2 treated this, like it was some kind of noble gift to The People; in fact this was a $100 million marketing campaign.
“Yes, $100 million to turn U2’s socially conscious dad-rock into a piece of direct mail.”
They were followed in the list by Barack Obama, while Hollywood star Zach Braff also made the top five.
