Dying Man Mentions U2 in His Final Plans

What if you had just months to live and you had not reached your 29th birthday?

That’s the tragedy New Zealand’s Simon Toomey is enduring as he battles a rare cancer in his shoulder, neck, back, lungs and liver.

In this recent article about Toomey, it is mentioned that he’s writing an online diary to share his thoughts on death, and the life he will lead up until his passing, which he’s been told will be within the next year.

No funeral plans have been solidified, but Toomey made a point of saying “there will be some U2 played.”

My heart goes out to this fellow fan, who is facing so much.

This is a post from the @U2 Blog.

Dying Man Mentions U2 in His Final Plans

Selling Well on Amazon UK

This seems pretty cool: U2 - A Diary is currently #2 in sales on Amazon UK in the U2 category. That gets updated regularly, so here’s a screenshot in case it changes soon:

amazon screenshot

Number one is U2 Show, which is on a clearance price of only £5 UKP - no wonder it’s at #1.

I suppose this is all relative. If UK book buyers aren’t buying many U2 titles, this may not indicate good pre-orders whatsoever. But it still looks cool. )