Solved: Bono sings “The First Time”
With great thanks to both Merrin and Raul, the previous post asking when and where Bono sang an acoustic version of “The First Time” has been solved: October 1992 while U2 was performing at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. (I was at the October 30 concert!) As you can read in the comments of that […]
Bono sings “The First Time” acoustic – When? Where?
Many months ago, a U2 fan named Tim sent me a clip of Bono singing “The First Time” on an acoustic guitar. Well, I assume it’s him playing (and not Edge) because he says, right in the middle of the clip, something about having a hard time singing when he’s playing guitar. Tim thinks this […]
U2-A Diary Available in Apple iBooks

If you’re a big iPad user, or iBooks reader on your iPhone, you may already know this. Me? I just discovered tonight that U2 – A Diary is available in Apple’s iBooks store. The cost is $14.99, which is probably a little higher than I’d expect — but less than the “new” price at most […]
Are You Up for a Group Reading Project?
In addition to three years of new material (2008-2010), the second edition of U2 – A Diary will have an appendix in the back with new information that was missed in the original book. That appendix will also include corrections of what was published in the first book. And I’m hoping to find some U2 […]
Dalton Brothers Accept 3 U2 Awards – When?
One of my big regrets from the first book is that I have no mention of this in it: I’m sure most (if not all( of you are familiar with that video of the Dalton Brothers accepting three awards on behalf of U2. But I have no idea what date it happened, what awards show […]
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