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Article

24 Jan 2014

Author:
Aishling Phelan, Independent (Ireland)

Our new single will raise €10m for charity… but will be free

Rock superstars U2 will give away their new single for free during the American Football Superbowl final next month…The single will be made available for free on iTunes for the first 24 hours following the iconic championship games…For each download during that time, the Bank Of America will donate $1 (73c) to a maximum of $2m (€1.4m) to the Global Fund To Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria…‘‘One of the things that’s changing the landscape of poverty in Africa is that Africans are taking charge of all this, they’re telling us what to do,’’ [Bono] explained…The move is expected to generate more than €1m…The band, expected to release a new album shortly, will provide life-saving treatment to tens of millions of people in poor countries.