Irish rock band U2 have announced an arena tour, after backlash from their free iTunes album.

Frontman Bono has confirmed the band will bring the album "Songs of Innocence" to venues including London's O2 arena in 2015.

The album is set for an official release on 13th October, after 500 million iTunes users received it as a gift earlier this month, to coincide with the launch of Apple's iPhone 6.

Many music fans were angered at the decision to install the album directly into subscribers' iTunes libraries, but Bono has since admitted that it was meant to "stir things up and annoy people".

U2 first partnered up with Apple for the U2-branded iPod in 2004.

Tour dates are yet to be announced.

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