Archive for September, 2007
Your Expectations for U2 DIARY
I find it very easy to get lost in the details of this book. I can spend an hour or two hunting down some obscure date or fact before realizing … It’s okay if you don’t solve that mystery. It’s not that important. I force myself to limit those wild goose chases by focusing on […]
Thank You, Brian Eno
My account of 1995 just improved tenfold thanks to Brian Eno. I’m in the midst of reading all the old Propaganda magazine articles that we have in the @U2 news archive, and I just got done with this: Eno’s Dear Diary It has a lot more detail on the phone calls and visit from Luciano […]
Bono/U2 and Luciano Pavarotti
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 […]
Propaganda magazines?
Does anyone have all of the Propaganda magazines? It occurred to me a little while ago that I should at least make a brief mention in the book of the month & year when every edition of U2 Magazine and Propaganda was published. The book, U2 – The Best of Propaganda has a nice spread […]
U2 and Commercial Endorsements
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 […]
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