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# U2 Defends Radiohead In Letter To NME
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/u2-defends-radi/
- Published: 2008-06-30T01:27:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-06-30T01:27:00.000Z
- Description: "I wanted to set the record straight on behalf of the members of U2 on comments made to the BBC by our much-loved and valued manager, Paul McGuinness, regarding Radiohead’s. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/06/u2-defends-radi.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, Radiohead, U2, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

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"I wanted to set the record straight on behalf of the members of U2 on comments made to the BBC by our much-loved and valued manager, Paul McGuinness, regarding Radiohead’s decision to make the music of ‘In Rainbows’ available as a download, using the ‘honesty box’ idea for payment."

> We agree with our manager that this is a head-scratching and worrisome  
> time for many musicians who, unlike ourselves, are depending on royalty  
> or publishing cheques to pay the rent (particularly songwriters). We  
> also agree that it is disturbing to see internet service providers and  
> technology companies profit from the so-called ‘disintermediation’ of  
> the music business when so many music lovers are losing their jobs. And  
> while there is no doubt that it’s extremely difficult for a new artist  
> to get the kind of investment on which U2 depended in the first few  
> wobbly years of recording, we disagree with Paul’s assessment of  
> Radiohead’s release as "having backfired to a certain extent." We think  
> they were courageous and imaginative in trying to figure out some new  
> relationship with their audience. Such imagination and courage are in  
> short supply right now…they’re a sacred talent and we feel blessed to  
> be around at the same time."  
>  
> With respect,  
> Bono  
>  
> [NME](http://www.nme.com/home?ref=hypebot.com)