Due to BEAST's new mini-album being illegally leaked onto the internet earlier today, Cube Entertainment has announced that its release will be moved forward. Details after the jump. Unlike in the West, it's uncommon for Korean albums to leak before their set release date - BEAST are one of the few exceptions. To remedy this emergency and prevent more illegal downloads, Cube Entertainment has moved the release date to tomorrow, March 1. According to a Cube Ent. representative, "On the 2nd [of March] we were planning to release 'Shock of the new era' offline, online and through mobile. But we found out that their title song "Shock" and (album track) "Special" had been leaked on the 28th." The representative further explained that the songs were first seen on popular video site YouTube and that Cube will apparently "take appropriate actions against that person" if they manage to track down the source of the leak. Cube insists that the leak and the change in release date is not a publicity stunt, saying, "This is not noise marketing. We're upset that we can't do everything as planned."