The U2 frontman said he was pleasantly surprised by the online criticism of his group's new album 'Songs of Innocence', which was given away free to Apple iTunes users, reported Contactmusic.
"Somebody said to me the other day, he said 'You'll have to check out some of these U2 sites,' and I'm normally afraid to go there because rarely anything we do pleases them (but) they're really on fire with this," he said.
The 54-year-old rocker said his eldest child has warned him about the 'upset' the LP has caused online, but he has dealt with her informative emails by feigning ignorance.
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