Download U2's New Song and $1 is Donated to RED

Photo: Ros O'Gorman

The band U2 has partnered with Bank of America and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to make a donation to RED's fight against AIDS. When the Super Bowl starts later today, "Invisible" will be a free download on iTunes. For every download it receives between now and 11:59 pm tomorrow (February 3rd) Bank of America will donate $1 to RED.

The total commitment to RED through this partnership is $22 million to date. Bank of America has committed $10 million and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation matched that. $1 million was donated by SAP and South Africa's Motsepe family.

RED was founded in 2006 by Bono (of U2) and Bobby Shriver to direct funds to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria and has already generated more than $240 million. 100% of the funds raised go to the Global Fund as there are no overhead charges on donations.

There will also be a Super Bowl commercial featuring the video for Invisible during one of the ad breaks later today. If you're not watching the game, you can see the 60-second video of the track on YouTube.