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Spider-Man Broadway album to launch June 14

One of the most troubled and expensive musicals in history, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, a new rock musical based on the comic book super-hero, is finally ready for its official premiere on Broadway.

The cast album of 14-tracks will also makes its debut the same day as the official Broadway opening on June 14. 

Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the songs will feature Reeve Carney in the role of Peter Parker, Jennifer Damiano as Mary Jane, T.V. Carpio as Arachne, and Patrick Page as the Green Goblin, backed by a 20-piece orchestra.

The first single Rise Above 1 was released this week with a debut performance on the finale of American Idol.

Music and lyrics were written by U2’s Bono and The Edge, with a book by Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

The ambitious musical faced many technical challenges and accidents, which caused several lengthy delays. One of the creators, director Julie Taymor was recently replaced by co-director Philip William McKinley, and with additional changes to script and music, the show recently resumed after a three-week hiatus. 

 

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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.

 

 

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Bono and The Edge play American Idol finale

Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 25, American Idol will continue its tradition of inviting major musical artists to perform at its grand finale.

Now in its tenth season, the singing talent contest will host Irish rockers, U2 frontman Bono and guitarist The Edge, for a performance on the finale. At the end of the evening, viewers will discover whether constestants Scotty McCreery or Lauren Alaina will take the top honors this year.

In an interview with Billboard after the Sunday’s award show in which the band picked up the award for Top Touring Artist, band manager Paul McGuinness, confirmed the band’s next stop was the season finale rehearsal for American Idol.

An announcement posted on the band’s website confirms that “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 two musicians wrote the music and lyrics for the rock musical based on the comic-book hero.

 

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Mode et accessoires

Collaboration between Louis Vuitton, Bono and the missus

Louis Vuitton’s Core Values ad campaign started in 2007 and highlights important values and journeys promoted by the company.

U2’s legendary lead singer, Bono, and his wife, Ali Hewson, star in Vuitton’s latest campaign.

The couple have long been vocal advocates in the fight against poverty in Africa. They created the ethical fashion line, Edun, in 2005. It is a collection of fair-trade clothing produced in Africa by Africans.

Louis Vuitton and Bono were on the same wavelength. The slogan of the new campaign is "Every Journey Begins in Africa."

The campaign was shot by famed photog Annie Leibovitz. The famous couple wore clothing from their Edun line and were photographed on the African plain.

In the ad, Ali Hewson carries a bag jointly designed by Louis Vuitton and Edun, an embossed Monogram Revelation Keepall 45 made of brown leather. Bono carries a guitar case and a waterproof Monogram Keepall travel bag.

The couple donated their appearance fee to charity, including the TechnoServe organization in Africa, the Conservation Cotton Initiative and the Chernobyl Children’s Project International.

 

 

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Musique

U2 play brand-new track in concert

U2 played a new track, Breaking Wave, on August 21 of this year at their show in Helsinki, Finland, reports Relaxnews.
 

This song, which can now be heard on the web, should be the first single from the forthcoming album, Songs of Ascent.

Earlier in August, at the first show of the European leg of the 360° Tour in Turin, Italy, U2 already had Glastonbury, North Star and Return of the Stingray Guitar, three new songs from their forthcoming album, on the setlist.

Having having played Every Breaking Wave, a slow acoustic song, U2 frontman Bono told the audience: "Nobody has heard this yet, not even us."

Bono had explained that he wanted the track on U2’s previous disc, No Line On The Horizon, which they launched in 2009, but instead, it’ll be the first single from Songs of Ascent, which will be released by the end of 2010.

 

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Mode et accessoires

Bono losing on his fashion collection

Business hasn’t been brisk for U2 frontman Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, according to a report on Coco Perez.

In 2005, the couple launched their own collection of ethical clothing, Edun, to raise funds for Africa.

However, rather than raise money, it seems that the company has lost a lot of it.

The brand had already weathered a financial crisis in 2008, but 2009 has been even more dismal: The couple’s collection has incurred a loss of 9 million U.S. dollars, or 90% more than last year.

Edun, based in Dublin, was set up by the couple to promote trade with Africa.

Financial records show that the brand has borrowed approximately $ 11.4 million from shareholders without even offering them  securities or interest.

Even the fact that Louis Vuitton bought a large portion of Edun last year hasn’t helped the brand stay viable.

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Jay-Z on tour with U2

The rapper Jay-Z, 41, will be part of U2’s new tour, reports Billboard.

The members of U2 hit the road earlier this month after singer Bono recovered from spine surgery to correct a herniated disc and severe tearing of the ligaments.

The Irish supergroup has decided to add dates to their 360-performance tour. Dates have been announced for the end of 2010 in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth. They will also stop in Auckland, New Zealand. A source at Live Nation has also confirmed that Jay-Z will join them as a special guest.

The Australian leg of the tour kicks off with a concert on November 25, 2010 at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland and ends on December 10 in Perth, where U2 had performed the first date of their first Australian tour 12 years ago.

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New U2 club album

The September issue of Rolling Stone magazine has an interview with U2 lead singer and frontman Bono. It appears the band is making up for lost time and working on not one, not two, but four different projects.

Bono’s emergency back surgery in May forced the band to cancel their North American tour and put other projects on hold. Now he is back on his feet, fit as ever and raring to go.

U2 is working on a "club-sounding album" and also plan to release a rock album. Then there’s Songs of Ascent, a set of tracks from the recording session of 2009’s No Line on the Horizon. As if that wasn’t enough, Bono and guitarist The Edge are writing the score for the upcoming Spider-Man musical.

U2 are presently on tour in Europe. They resumed the 360° tour on August 6 in Turin, Italy. Fans camped outside the stadium there got a treat when they heard the band rehearsing an unreleased song.

 

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Bono is out and about

U2 lead singer Bono is back on his feet and seems to be recovering well from emergency surgery he underwent last month, Orange News reports.

The musician was spotted dining out in the south of France where he is recuperating.

U2 was forced to postpone the North American part of its 360o tour after the singer was rushed to hospital for emergency back surgery.

U2 also had to cancel its headlining performance at the 40th Glastonbury Festival on June 25.

Bono is now recovering at a luxurious villa in France. He proved Tuesday (June 8) that things are going well health-wise by driving himself to La Voile d’Or hotel in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat to share a meal with friends.

It was his first public appearance since the surgery.

Bono is supposed to take eight weeks to recuperate, until July 19. All U2 concerts up to this date were postponed until sometime in 2011.

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U2 postpones North American tour

Bad news for hundreds of thousands of U2 fans this morning (May 25). The band has postponed the entire North American leg of its 360o tour following lead singer Bono’s back operation last week.

The singer will be in full recovery mode for the next eight weeks. This means that all shows originally planned between June 3 and July 19, 2010 are not happening. Tour promoter Live Nation announced these concerts will be rescheduled for some time in 2011.

Four Canadian shows are affected. Fans should cross the following dates off their calendar: June 23 at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, July 3 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, and July 16 and 17 at the Hippodrome in Montreal. Redeveloping that location to add additional seating will cost the group around $3 million.

U2 also had to bow out of participating at the Glastonbury Festival. It was supposed to headline the 40th edition of this festival on June 25. Coldplay is rumoured to be a possible replacement.