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Bombay Bicycle Club frontman Jack Steadman has slammed U2's free giveaway of recent album Songs Of Innocence, saying that it shows how much they're 'disconnected from young people'.
Bono and co signed a deal with Apple for the album to be automatically downloaded for free to millions of iTunes users - receiving a mixed reaction from many. Among the critics, Sinead O'Connor described it as 'terrorist' while Tyler The Creator compared it to herpes.
Now Steadman has joined it, hailing it as 'pretty silly'.
"It just shows how disconnected they are from young people, because they obviously thought it was a great idea," he told Shortlist. "The reaction was predictable, but I did find it strange."
He added: "People pick on them because it's really fun to pick on U2. You don't see people complaining about adverts that pop up every three seconds on their Facebook page or album adverts before YouTube clips. People seem to accept that and it's kind of a similar thing."
Bombay Bicycle Club's full tour dates are below. Tickets are on sale now. For tickets and more information visit here.
DECEMBER
03 – LEICESTER DE MONTFORT HALL
04 – PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS 05 – BOURNEMOUTH BIC SOLENT HALL
07 – MANCHESTER O2 APOLLO
10 – WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL
11 – EDINBURGH USHER HALL
12 – NEWCASTLE O2 ACADEMY
13 – LONDON EARLS COURT
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