Friday is the New Music Tuesday, thanks to piracy

You’ll have to change your music-buying habits starting this summer, because new albums are going to be released every Friday at exactly 00:01, instead of Tuesdays like you’re used to. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents music labels worldwide, has just announced that Friday is now global album release day. Why? Well, the IFPI is hoping that it can help curb piracy: “An aligned global release day puts an end to the frustration of not being able to access releases in their country when the music is available in another country.”