The big U2 article in this month's Vanity Fair mentioned that U2 were in talks with an "information technology" company about sponsoring their tour, and there's a new article on MacCentral about the iTunes tv ad featuring "Vertigo" (it'll hit tv tonight) which includes this little teaser: "You will hear more about Apple and U2 working together in the coming weeks."

Could Apple be sponsoring the next U2 world tour? And if so, might U2 be contemplating releasing some, or even all, of the concerts on iTunes? Remember a couple of years ago, Pearl Jam released cds of all their US concerts. It would be even more profitable, and in keeping with their pro-technology stance, for U2 to release concerts exclusively to iTunes. These would naturally be high quality versions, and if they are going to have more varying set lists on this tour (as is also rumoured), fans would be enticed to buy several different concerts from the tour.

Personally, I'd love it. There is nothing musically on this earth that compares to live U2, and having such easy access to high quality concert bootlegs would be a dream come true.