CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) – You use iTunes, you get U2’s album for free. In fact, it’s already there waiting for you.

U2 made the surprise announcement at Apple’s unveiling event in Cupertino, California, yesterday.

More than half a billion iTunes accounts got the “Songs of Innocence” album free yesterday.

Don’t have iTunes? You can get the album the traditional way on October 14.

U2 has a long relationship with Apple. Their 2004 song “Vertigo” was used for an Apple iPod commercial and a special iPod was released with the band’s autographs on it.

The band’s fee went to charity.

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