Spider-Man sings on American Idol tonight

Yesterday (May 24th), U2’s tour manager mentioned that the band’s next stop was the American Idol finale.

After some confusion that the band would be performing on the popular TV talent show, U2 posted an announcement on their website:

“U2 are not performing on American Idol this Wednesday. Bono and Edge will appear alongside Reeve Carney, who plays Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark which is set to open on Broadway, June 14.”

The grand finale of the 10th season of American Idol airs tonight on the U.S. Fox network.

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a rock musical with music and lyrics by U2’s Bono and The Edge and a book by Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

The ambitious musical includes highly technical stunts, such as actors swinging from ‘webs’ and aerial combat scenes, and has regularly made ??headlines with production cost overruns, and numerous accidents and postponements.