Luck of the Irish?

U2 manager Paul McGuinness likes to blame those crazy longhairs in Silicon Valley for aiding and abetting music piracy, but perhaps he should be pointing the finger at his own boss. According to British tabloid The Sun, the four songs from the Irish rock band’s forthcoming album that are currently being shared on the Internet found their way there after band frontman Bono played them too loudly on his stereo at his villa in the south of France. Apparently, a vacationing U2 fan strolling past the singer’s estate heard the tracks, recorded them on his mobile phone and posted them to YouTube.