After staffers at Universal Music Australia accidentally leaked the band’s twelfth studio album earlier this week, U2 has attempted to minimize the p2p damage by putting the 11-track effort up as a free stream via the band’s MySpace page.
According to Billboard.com, both Universal and U2′s management had taken extensive steps to keep Horizon under wraps, including inviting critics to listening parties, instead of sending out copies of the album for review. However, on Tuesday the Australian wing of Universal inadvertently made the album available as a digital download through Getmusic.com.au, resulting in a widespread leak.
Check back tommorow morning for our review of No Line on the Horizon.