You know that story about U2 being offered $23 million by a car company to be able to use “Where the Streets Have No Name” in a TV commercial? The band have told the story many times over the years, including this 2004 interview. But something just occurred to me:
I have no idea when that [...]
1) Does anyone remember seeing the advertisement at right? It’s an ad for the Sony Walkman and it appeared in Hot Press and a couple other Irish/UK music magazines/papers. Sony failed to get U2’s permission to use the Joshua Tree in the ad, and U2 was upset that the ad gave the appearance U2 and [...]
The Simpsons episode that U2 appeared on is included on the Simpsons Season 9 DVD. That DVD apparently includes some video shot on the day U2 recorded their audio at Fox Studios, along with some commentary from Simpsons regulars about that day.
I’m thinking that might be helpful for the book, especially since I have no [...]
Bono and Gary Kasparov … did they ever face-off in that chess match?
Back in July, 1993, Paul McGuinness bid £15,000 at a charity auction in London and won a match against world chess champion Gary Kasparov. It was written about in newspapers. Bono gave quotes saying he thought he could win, and promised to [...]
Here are the still unresolved questions from the CALLS FOR HELP category:
1) When did Bono first meet Gavin? (I’ve got this in the book at around 1972-73.)
2) When was Dick Evans born? Where?
3) When did Bringing It All Back Home air on BBC/RTE? (Spring of 1991 is the best I can do so far.)
4) What [...]
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