Remember the music industry? College kids killed it a few years ago and the top acts are now starting to notice.
U2, covered brilliantly by New York area band 2U, is reportedly thinking about severing its relationship with Universal Music Group. Either 2004’s “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” (which wasn’t too bad at all) or last year’s re-master of “The Joshua Tree” (good. quite good.) completed the band’s contract with the record label, and now it’s looking to hook up with some concert promoter to handle the release of its future albums.
They could always go the Radiohead route, but judging by comments made by the band’s manager, they don’t seem too hip to technology. Why would they be?
U2 May Be Next to Leave Record Biz [Fox News]
It is said that U2 us haveing this entrupunuer heading their next album http://www.myspace.com/ogsays
MAKE POVERTY HISTORY- MAKE LIVE8 HISTORY THEY ARE THE REAL PROBLEM GIVE YOUR MONEY TO CHARITY INSTEAD OF GIVING IT TO FATCAT MILLIONAIRE MUSICIANS. THEY ARE FAR TOO GREEDY ALL THEY WANT IS MORE OF YOUR MONEY. HOW CAN INDIVIDUALS HOARD OVER £100 MILLION IN PERSONAL WEALTH EACH AND THEN PREACH TO OTHERS ABOUT ENDING WORLD POVERTY- THEY ARE GREEDY SICK B**TARDS IN MY OPINION. HAS IT EVER OCCURED TO THESE FATCATS THAT A SLOWDOWN IN SALES COULD BE DUE TO PEOPLE WISING UP TO THE SHIT MANY ARTISTS HAVE SOLD TO THEM OVER THE YEARS AND THE LACK OF VALUE FOR MONEY CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING WHILST LINING THE POCKETS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. I WILL BUY ANY MUSIC I LIKE BUT IF ITS SHIT OR OVER- PRICED I WONT BOTHER. IT DOESNT MEAN I WILL DOWNLOAD IT ILLEGALLY. IT MEANS I DONT BUY AS MUCH AS I USED TO DO BECAUSE I DONT BUY CRAP, BUT I DOWNLOAD IT EITHER!
THESE FATCATS HAVE HAD IT TOO GOOD FOR TOO LONG. PEOPLE ARE DYING ACROSS THE WORLD BECAUSE MONEY HAS GONE TO THEM INSTEAD OF TO THE NEEDY AND STARVING. THEY WONT CHANGE AT ALL.
IF PIRACY IS OUT OF CONTROL WHY NOT GIVE THEIR MUSIC AWAY FOR FREE. MORE PEOPLE WOULD LISTEN TO IT AND THEY WOULD MAKE EVEN MORE ON TOURS AND MERCHANDISE ETC. THEY WOULD STILL MAKE BILLIONS.
BY THE WAY IVE SEEN U2 LIVE A FEW TIMES THATS WHAT THEYRE BEST AT WHY NOT GIVE THE MUSIC AWAY OR SELL IT A LOT CHEAPER AND JUST MAKE MONEY FROM TOURS. THEYRE NOT EXACTLY OUT OF POCKET NOEL GALLAGHER SLAGGED U2 OFF FOR CHARGING TWICE AS MUCH AS THEM TO PLAY THE SAME VENUE IN 2005
SORRY FOR SHOUTING BUT FATCATS DONT LISTEN TO THEIR CUSTOMERS
theyre too far behind when it comes to the internet and the changes in technology and markets