Yes, I was surprised to see this ad. A thing like that on 'La Repubblica' costs a lot of €€€€.
In Italy record companies buy ads spaces on daily newspaper only for HUGE artists and only after they have sold s@#loads of copies.
I've got a feeling that I've helped to pay for that ad, since at FNAC in Milan I've been charged 29 Euros for the double CDs edition...
btw, Moz was reading, or pretending to read, a copy of 'La Republica' in a Photo session in Rome, during the 'Ringleader Era'.

i can picture the italian pizza man from the simpsons reading this article

I happened upon a fine stash of the GH albums while killing some time waiting for a transfer flight, browsing in the record store in snow-covered Athens airport during the week. I smiled on seeing the familiar face in far-off places, like, oh, U 2?!

In a parked car
In a crowded street…

preferirei che fosse il nostro mondo sotterraneo a venerare l'idolo...purtroppo è stato dato in pasto alla plebe..inevitabile..il poeta ha cominciato a frequentare certi "record company...."?

spero di no!

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