When U2 releases their first new studio album since 2009’s No Line on the Horizon, there will be at least one song that most of their fans already own.
During a Super Bowl commercial, U2 offered the single “Invisible” for free on iTunes, with Bank of America pledging $1 to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for every download.
According to U2 frontman Bono, the campaign isn’t just a way to revive interest in his (Red) campaign—which has raised more than $240 million for the Global Fund since 2006—it’s a way of thanking American fans for fighting AIDS, even if they weren’t aware of it. (Red) has estimated that at least 7 million lives were saved by the United States’ donations to the Global Fund and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.