Do you remember that photo of a big sign advertising U2 and The Blades at the Baggot Inn on August 21, 1979? You probably saw it in the U2 LIVE book.
Well, the things you stumble on while researching a book on U2’s history:
The Blades have a MySpace page.
If you’ve ever wondered what they sound like, [...]
I won’t be able to use this in the book, but it’s kinda interesting nonetheless: I’m re-reading some old articles, looking for dates/events for the book, and there’s a mention in a Rolling Stone article that the original inspiration for “With or Without You” was a 1977 punk/electronica song called “Cheree” by a duo called [...]
You probably know about the Achtung Baby recording sessions being bootlegged after early recording tapes were stolen in early 1991. But did you know that Zooropa was also stolen before it was released, too?
I had no idea. But there’s an article about it in this wonderful book of clippings that Teresa C. (@U2’s podcast [...]
Here’s a list of the resolved/answered questions I’ve posted so far in the CALLS FOR HELP category here on the blog:
1) Yes, Allen Ginsberg was at the PopMart Tour news conference in 1997. MTV even recorded Ginsberg reciting the lyrics to “Miami.” Sherry L. from @U2 helped on this one.
2) With your help, I’ve placed [...]
We all know that U2 spent about a week in the Hershey, PA, area doing rehearsals for the Zoo TV Outside Broadcast Tour in August, 1992. That much is common knowledge.
But up until last night, for that 7-day period, U2 Diary only had two entries: One for August 1st, the day the band arrived; [...]
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