( CNN ) -- Note to the Grammys : You may not want to seat Sharon Osbourne anywhere near U2 at the next awards show . `` The Talk '' co-host and wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne went on a Twitter rant about the group 's recent free release of its new album on iTunes . `` U2 you are business moguls not musicians anymore , '' she tweeted . `` No wonder you have to give your mediocre music away for free cause no one wants to buy it . '' Ouch . In a deal that cost Apple a reported $ 100 million -- including fees to U2 and a marketing campaign for the album -- the Irish rockers released their first album in five years , '' Songs of Innocence , '' through iTunes to every subscriber to the Apple service . The group announced the freebie at the Cupertino , Califonia , press conference for the new iPhone 6 . `` The question is now , how do we get it to as many people as possible , because that 's what our band is all about , '' lead singer Bono said . `` I do believe you have over half a billion subscribers to iTunes , so -- could you get this to them ? '' Bono talks U2 's surprise album , 'Songs of Innocence ' Not everyone has been a fan of the giveaway and Apple released instructions on how to delete the album . Apple offers a way to 'return ' that free U2 album . Osbourne is clearly not a fan and shared her irritation with her Twitter followers . `` Guys nothing is for free , how much you making , '' she tweeted . `` PS , btw you are just a bunch of middle age political groupies ... . '' She went on to say `` Whose political a** are we going to pull you out of today ? Or are you front row at another tragic fashion show ? '' and finished her tirade with `` Jimmy Iovine , iTunes , U2 , you 're a bunch of megalomaniacs . F**K YOU ! '' Osbourne explained her strong feelings Tuesday on her CBS show `` The Talk . '' The problem , she said , is that U2 was helping to `` set a precedent that music is disposable , it 's just another piece of software and it 's nothing , you should give it away for free . '' `` There 's a whole new breed of artist coming up that need that money to survive to be able to continue to create , '' she said . `` We 're not all billionaires , we 're not all in your world . So stop with you 're 'doing us a favor by giving it away for free . ' Keep it to yourselves ! ''
Sharon Osbourne tweeted her feelings about the free U2 album . She called the band middle-aged political groupies . Osbourne later explained she felt it set a bad precedent .