Miscellaneous

Quick heads up for those of you who are on Twitter: U2 – A Diary is also on Twitter! You can follow progress on the book here: @U2diary. I’ll be sending out tweets when new blog posts are published here and generally using it to help keep you updated on how the work is going, […]

I should probably be flattered by this, and actually … I think I am. There’s someone on eBay selling this item advertised as a “U2 – A Diary Collectible Flip Top Lighter Promo.” You can see the auction on eBay. Only thing is … it’s not real. But you knew that. Right? I don’t know […]

There’s a wire service story running today about the death of Rob Partridge. It’s short, and I don’t think that URL will work forever, so I’m going to reprint it below in its entirety: Man who signed U2 dies from cancer The music PR who got U2 their first record deal has died after a […]

I’m not even sure this is their formal book review, but Goldmine magazine said some awfully nice things this week about U2 – A Diary: Painstakingly researched and lovingly compiled, as only a passionate fan like author Matt McGee could, “U2 A Diary” is a thorough, comprehensive look at the history of one of the […]

My friend Declan emailed this link to me: U2 *A Diary* Rare Promo Pack + PR* Yep, someone is selling a little press kit about U2 – A Diary on eBay UK. How crazy is that??!! I believe this is a press kit that Omnibus put together while taking the book around to the various […]