Archive for the 'Book Samples' category

Book Sample: U2 at Live Aid

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Anyone up for a sample diary entry from the book?
I thought I’d post the diary entry for July 13, 1985 — U2 at Live Aid. This is one of the longer diary entries, I think. (The album entries are all pretty long, too.)
In addition to the text I’m writing, I hope to have [...]

Book Samples | 12 comments

Bono/U2 and Luciano Pavarotti

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

You’ve probably heard the news that opera legend Luciano Pavarotti died Thursday morning at home in Italy. I thought I would share the U2 DIARY entries that mention Pavarotti; together, they paint a picture of the friendship U2, and particularly Bono, developed with the star tenor.

September 12, 1995
Bono and Edge are joined by Brian Eno [...]

Book Samples | 7 comments

Sometimes, It’s the Small Victories…

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

I like when little things come together perfectly. Here’s an example of what just happened, and how it helped fill a small hole in the book:
1.) I’m reading this article to get some background about U2’s deal with ESPN for those World Cup soccer/football commercials last year. The article mentions that Bono and Paul McGuinness [...]

Book Samples | 1 comment

Subscribe to the U2diary.com RSS feed

You are currently browsing the U2Diary.com archives for the 'Book Samples' category.

Meta