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New U2 Song Exclusively On Facebook, Not MySpace

by Tim Stevens on November 16, 2007 at 03:55 PM

http://www.switched.com/2007/06/14/new-services-for-finding-new-music/If you want to hear the latest track from superband U2, you have one place to go. No, it's not your local CD shop or iTunes installation. Instead, head on over to Facebook, which, together with its hugely popular iLike application, has scored the exclusive rights to broadcast the song ahead of its release next week. The song will be included on a re-release of the band's iconic 'Joshua Tree' album.

Facebook includes the ability for users to install applications, little widgets that show up on your profile and let you share information with friends. iLike is one of the most popular of those widgets. It lets you indicate which artists you like and tell your friends which concerts you're going to. It's through this Facebook application that fans can access this new U2 track. Why is this news big? The band shunned the also hugely popular MySpace Music.

Why? Well, Facebook does seem to jive a little more with the style of the band as opposed to MySpace's largely angst-ridden music samples.

It also just so happens that one of Bono's business partners at Elevation sits on the board of iLike, but we're sure that has nothing to do with it.

From CNET

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Tags: Facebook, iLike, Joshua Tree, JoshuaTree, MySpace, U2

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