Perhaps one of the most bashed bands of 2014, U2 gave their last word regarding the release of their "Songs of Innocence" album in Apple's new flagship, iPhone 6.

After the controversy U2 faced during the unsolicited release of their album "Songs of Innocence" in the new iPhone 6, Bono and the band sat with Rolling Stone to address the unpleasant reactions of iPhone owners towards their album.

"Lots of people, including me, don't read the instructions," Bono admits.

"When you select automatic download on iOS, you're signing up to be pushed free content. It's not exactly small print, it's just a box you tick or don't. I understand how and why people got annoyed. But really, with all that's going on in the world. . .come on. Apple and U2 were genuine about this whole thing. Apple were being generous and we were trying to do something different to get through the noise. There's always a few teething problems when you're in new territory. . .One of which was that people thought we were giving the album away, that we'd suddenly become all about free music, when the opposite is true. We fervently believe all artists should be paid for their work. But we, like every musician, have to look at other models of getting paid. We were in the position where we can take a chance like this and weather the storm.  There's some phrase about breaking eggs and omelets that's probably appropriate here."

Rolling Stone also reported that in a Facebook Q&A dubbed #U2NoFilter, the vocalist also addressed some iPhone enthusiasts who said U2 was really rude for including the album in their phones.

"Oops," Bono said. "I'm sorry about that. I had this beautiful idea and we got carried away with ourselves. Artists are prone to that kind of thing: [a] drop of megalomania, touch of generosity, dash of self-promotion and deep fear that these songs that we poured our life into over the last few years mightn't be heard. There's a lot of noise out there. I guess we got a little noisy ourselves to get through it."

Bono finished the interview with this statement: "If you don't want it, delete it."

Meanwhile, U2 released their tour date schedule for the month of May and June: (via YHM)

May

May 14 and 15- Vancouver BC, Canada (Rogers Arena)

May 18 and 19- San Jose, CA (SAP Center)

May 22 and 23 - Phoenix, Arizona (U.S. Airways Center)

May 26 and 27, 30 and 31 - Los Angeles, CA (Mark Taper Forum)

June

June 3 - Los Angeles, CA (Mark Taper Forum)

June 12, 13, 16, 17 - Montreal, QC, Canada

June 24, 25, 28, 29 - Chicago, Illinois