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  WATCH: U2 Debut 'Spider-Man' Song

  October 4, 2010 – The cast of Broadway's upcoming Spider-Man musical recently premiered "Boy Falls From the Sky," the lead song from the show that was penned by Bono and The Edge. But last night, U2 unveiled their own take on the anthemic song at a Portugal stop on their 360° Tour. Check out footage of the performance below. In related U2 news, the band has hinted that they will headline England's 2011 Glastonbury Festival. …
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  U2's '360' Openers, Dee Snider on B'Way + More

  October 1, 2010 – U2 have announced the openers of their upcoming 360° tour when it hits the states next May. The Fray, Lenny Kravitz, Florence and the Machine, Snow Patrol and Interpol will join the band for various dates. U2 were forced to postpone the tour earlier this year after Bono underwent emergency back surgery. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  September 11, 2010 – This week, Kings of Leon debuted the video for their new song "Radioactive," the xx took home Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize, and Metallica revealed plans for a new live album. Meanwhile, SPIN.com brought you a rundown of the 20 Best Songs of Summer, got an inside look at Of Montreal's over-the-top fall tour with Janelle Monáe, and caught up with Maynard James Keenan about upcoming Puscifer and Tool projects! …
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  Hear New Song from U2's 'Spider-Man' Musical

  September 10, 2010 – Bono and the Edge's Spider-Man musical won't hit Broadway until December but the U2 members offered a better glimpse of their new material this morning on Good Morning America. Castmember Reeve Carney-who plays Peter Parker in the musical-performed "Boy Falls from the Sky" with his band. …
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  U2's 'Spider-Man' Musical to Open December 21

  August 11, 2010 – After three years of anticipation and several false starts, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark -- the Broadway musical featuring music from U2's Bono and the Edge -- will finally open on December 21. The show, directed and co-written by Broadway veteran Julie Taymor (The Lion King), will take over NYC's newly-named Foxwoods Theater (formerly the Hilton Theater), with previews beginning November 14. …
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  U2's 'Spider-Man' Musical Finally Rehearsing

  July 23, 2010 – After a year full of financial woes and struggles, initial rehearsals for the new Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, featuring music by Bono and the Edge, are finally underway and producers are hoping for a November opening date, the New York Times reports. The Julie Taymor-directed (The Lion King, Across The Universe) Spider-Man is one of the most expensive musicals ever staged, costing a whopping $50 million, the Times r …
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  U2 Reschedules North American Tour

  July 13, 2010 – U2's North American tour, sidelined earlier this year by Bono's serious back injury, is back on track for next year, with all tour stops rescheduled. The tour kicks off May 21, 2011, in Denver, hits the West Coast, then scoots across the country, wrapping July 23 in Minneapolis. All tickets from the postponed 2010 shows will be honored at the 2011 dates. …
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  Bono Has Emergency Surgery, U2 Postpones Tour

  May 25, 2010 – U2 frontman Bono underwent emergency spinal surgery in Germany on Friday, and while the procedure was a success and he's been released from the hospital, the band has been forced to postpone the upcoming North American leg of their 360 Tour until 2011. Bono was admitted to a Munich hospital last week "in severe pain with partial paralysis in the lower leg," one of his doctors said. …
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  U2's Rose Bowl Concert Comes to DVD

  March 31, 2010 – U2's October 2009 stop for 97,000 fans at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, streamed in HD to the entire world via YouTube, and now it's being released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 3. Watch a trailer below! Filmed by 27 cameras and directed by Tom Krueger, who helmed the band's 3D concert movie that screened in theaters last year, the gig was U2's largest ever in the U.S. …
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  Rockers Help Haiti All Weekend Long

  January 25, 2010 – In an effort unmatched since 2005's Hurricane Katrina, stars of the music scene turned all weekend long to raise funds for victims of Haiti's devastating earthquake, where more than 150,000 have already died. Friday night's Hope for Haiti Now telethon proved to be the most effective television fundraiser of all-time, raking in upwards of $57 million for the island nation's rebuilding and relief efforts. …
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