Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
On September 9, 2014, Apple forced every iTunes user to download a new U2 album for free.
Six days later, after the internet exploded with fury at this intrusion upon the world's digital music collections, Apple was forced to create a special page on their website to help people delete the free album.
Less than a month after that, Bono was forced to issue an apology during a Facebook Live Q&A session.
Relive the magic of Bono's humiliation–and celebrate International e-Waste day with the Museum of Portable Sound.
NEVER FORGET what Bono was forced to do.
(Video source materials courtesy CNN, Pop Trigger, ABC 5 Cleveland, Graham Norton, and Team Coco)
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On September 9, 2014, Apple forced every iTunes user to download a new U2 album for free.
Six days later, after the internet exploded with fury at this intrusion upon the world's digital music collections, Apple was forced to create a special page on their website to help people delete the free album.
Less than a month after that, Bono was forced to issue an apology during a Facebook Live Q&A session.
Relive the magic of Bono's humiliation–and celebrate International e-Waste day with the Museum of Portable Sound.
NEVER FORGET what Bono was forced to do.
(Video source materials courtesy CNN, Pop Trigger, ABC 5 Cleveland, Graham Norton, and Team Coco)
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