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When Bono and Ali were Engaged

Friday, August 20th, 2010

I love finding little nuggets of information that can be added to U2 – A Diary … if and when we ever publish an update.
Like today, Bono did an interview on 2FM (I wrote about it here on @U2), and near the very end, host Ryan Tubridy asked Bono if he remembered the day [...]

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U2 1979 Baggott Inn Confusion = Solved

Friday, December 21st, 2007

This makes me so happy, you have no idea.
You may recall back in October that I had questions about the August 21, 1979, show where several record company executive came to see U2 play, and the guys from EMI Records supposedly left in the middle of the show to go watch a band [...]

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U2 Fans are Amazing: A Story

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Many weeks ago, I asked you for your best guess on what the first entry in U2 Diary will be. You may have noticed that I never gave you the answer. I will below.
But telling you that information is not the main point of this post; the main point is to show you something you [...]

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This Would’ve Been Cool to Know…

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Do you all know the super-old U2 song called “Be There”? It’s appeared on a couple bootlegs, I think. Good song.
From what I’ve been able to find, U2 finished that song in March, 1982, during a studio session with Blondie producer Jimmie Destri. I’d never heard anything about how/when the song first came to [...]

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Bono & Farm Aid II

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Who knew?
Scott Cleaver, a U2 fan in New Zealand, sent me an article about Greg Carroll that appeared in a Maori magazine. The article is recounting Carroll’s story, which I thought I knew pretty well, until it says this:
Bono was in Texas to appear in concert with American country star Willie Nelson when the sad [...]

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