UK commercial radio body RadioCentre complained to the BBC at the time that its coverage of the Coldplay tour and the U2 album launch amounted to undue prominence for commercial products or organisations, and that several specific items (including the Radio 1 presents Coldplay website and the on-screen graphic "U2 = BBC") breached relevant BBC guidelines.
The Corporation’s complaints department said today that the Radio 1 / Coldplay website included direct links to the websites of ticket agents and was therefore not in keeping with the BBC's guidelines.
In addition, it concluded that “the use of the mathematical symbol for identity in the graphic ‘U2 = BBC’ gave an inappropriate impression of endorsement” and “a pre-recorded interview between Zane Lowe and Bono of U2 was for the most part appropriate, but a reference to Radio 1 being 'part of launching this new album' was not”.
However, complaints about an edition of Jo Whiley’s Radio 1 show and an online news report on the U2 concert on the roof of Broadcasting House were not upheld.
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