{"id":1889,"date":"2014-09-04T09:25:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T14:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/u2act.com\/?p=1889"},"modified":"2014-09-05T13:33:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T18:33:04","slug":"no-u2-apple-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/u2act.com\/blog\/no-u2-apple-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"No U2 Apple Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p>UPDATE: The independant.ie article referred to in this blog post has since been retracted. So, maybe U2 will be involved in the Apple iPhone launch after all. <\/p>\n<p>I still don&#8217;t think Apple will bundle the new U2 album on every iPhone. That makes no sense. <\/p>\n<p>But maybe there will be a U2 designed iPhone. Or maybe U2 will use this event to release their first single and announce that Apple is sponsoring then next tour.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll know for sure on Tuesday September 9th.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>What??? No U2 Apple Deal???<\/p>\n<p>According this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/irish-news\/u2-quash-iphone6-rumours-30561793.html\">article<\/a>, a U2 spokesperson has cleared up the U2 \/ Apple rumors.<\/p>\n<p>She was quoted saying &#8220;They [U2] are not releasing their album on the iPhone, and they are not performing at the iPhone launch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This makes sense. While there are millions of U2 fans around the globe, there are also tens of millions of people that are not fans (hard to understand, I know) who would not want their new iPhone preloaded with a U2 album.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/u2act.com\/coffeeisfreakinawesome\/wp-content\/uploads\/u2_iphone.jpg\" alt=\"u2_iphone\" width=\"250\" height=\"204\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1890\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like the U2 iPod in 2005, a U2 iPhone would have been cool, but alas it was not meant to be. <\/p>\n<p>Okay everyone, now that the excitement is over it&#8217;s time to get back to the U2 album\/tour rumor mill.<\/p>\n<p>Peace!<br \/>\n-CS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The independant.ie article referred to in this blog post has since been retracted. So, maybe U2 will be involved<a href=\"http:\/\/u2act.com\/blog\/no-u2-apple-deal\/\">&#8230; [read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No U2 Apple Deal - U2&#039;s next record will not be pre-loaded on millions of new iPhone 6 devices. 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