That New Springsteen Song
Bruce Springsteen's next album is said to be a return to form, but The Boss is pursuing a new-fangled marketing plan with his first single, "Radio Nowhere," available today as a free download through iTunes.
Of course it's been leaked -- perhaps officially -- to various places. A station in Youngstown, Ohio, was reportedly the first to air the song last Thursday (Columbia Records immediately told the station to stop) and the tune also made its way onto YouTube. Some YouTube links work fine, like the one below, but at least one link was apparently halted by the RIAA. (Does that mean one link is officially sanctioned, but another wasn't? Or did the RIAA just give up?) In the UK, the newspaper The Guardian is offering it as a free download, but it doesn't work -- you can only stream it.
"Magic," Springsteen's first disc with the E Street Band in five years, is due Oct. 2 on Columbia Records. The group plays Oct. 9-10 at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ, and Oct 17-18 at Madison Square Garden. Tickets go on sale Sept. 10.
Here's the YouTube posting:
E-mail
Facebook
Digg
Delicious
