U2 have defended their controversial album giveaway, calling the move "punk rock".
The group have been criticised far and wide from big names after their new LP 'Songs Of Innocence' was forced upon iTunes users, but Bono says it's good to "stir things up".
Speaking to Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2 he explained: "That's always been the way. It was the same on our first album. That was kind of why you got into a band, to stir things up and annoy people. That's the whole punk rock thing... the only thing that could have gone wrong would have been being ignored."
The rocker pointed out over 38 million people listened to the album in its first week of availability, so feels fulfilled by the decision he made.
"If you're a songwriter, if you're in a band, that's all you can ask for. Whether they take them to their heart is something else."
He brushed aside the criticism, and mentioned that "nobody has deleted more U2 songs in the last five years than U2!"