The members of U2 discuss the first news stories they recall from their childhoods and Why They Released a Free Album on iTunes Everyone has a first memory of learning about a major news event as a child, and for U2, each band member’s personality is reflected in the specific moments that shaped and touched them while growing up. From Neil Armstrong landing on the moon to the death of Elvis, here’s a look back at history with Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr. and Adam Clayton. The band members tell TIME how they came up with the release of "Songs of Innocence" Bono doesn’t view his songs as children—they’re more like parents. “They tell you what to do, they tell you how to behave,” the U2 singer told TIME. “These songs, we worked quite hard on them over the years, and we really didn’t want—they really didn’t want them to be ignored.” The best way to get the world’s attention? Give the album, for free, to all 500 million iTunes users. The unique release of their latest album, Songs of Innocence, was announced at Apple’s event on Sept. 9. In the video above, the members of U2 explain how the first album release of its kind came about. http://time.com/3393297/u2-apple-new-digital-format/ http://time.com/3394842/u2-itunes-album-bono-news/ http://time.com/3394701/u2-free-itunes-album/ http://noticierou2.blogspot.com/

• published: 18 Sep 2014
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