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Oh Boy! U2's re-issues fail to set charts alight
Adam Clayton, The Edge, Bono and Larry Mullen arrive at the Dublin International Film Festival for the European Premiere of U23D <b>Credit:</b> Getty Images
IT appears U2 fans can live with or without the much hyped re-issues of their first three albums.
The modern versions have bombed in the charts with one album falling out of the top 100 this week.
'War', 'Boy' and 'October', the Dublin band's first three studio releases, are plummeting down the hit-list just two weeks after going on general release.
It is believed that the availability of free music via the internet, combined with economic pressures on household budgets, are having a negative effect on CD sales.
And it is not just Irish fans that have decided not to part with their cash for the band's triple release.
In the UK, none of the re-issued albums broke the top 75 in the first two weeks, with each selling fewer than 2,000 copies in the first week.
And this weekend, none of the three albums appeared in the top 200 of the UK charts -- after just their second week on sale.
At home 'Boy', originally released in 1980, holds the highest position of the three at 85, down from the previous week's high of 36. 'War' is now at 90, and 'October' is not even listed.
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