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10 Musicians with Uncanny Celebrity Doppelgangers

Here are 10 musicians who have us seeing double.  read more

Bono and The Edge Perform Song from Spider-Man Musical

During last night’s over-the-top American Idol finale, Bono and The Edge performed “Rise Above," a song from their long-delayed musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. The pair wrote the score for the rather unpopular production, which premiered earlier this year. Star Reeve Carney joined the U2 guys onstage for a bordering-on-corny performance of the rock ballad, featuring a high-flying stuntperson in a Spider-Man costume flipping all over the arena and threatening to topple into the audience at any moment. Eek. But, despite all of the kitsch of the act, the song is actually quite good. Carney is a talented singer...  read more

Bono Agrees with Negative Reviews of Spider-Man Musical

Bono reportedly agrees with the negative reviews of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, the musical for which he and bandmate The Edge wrote the score, in an upcoming edition of Nightline that will air tonight, May 20, at 11:35 p.m. EST....  read more

15 Great 'Hallelujah' Covers

“Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen is one of the greatest songs ever written. So it’s no surprise that leonardcohenfiles.com currently lists 2,040 covers of Leonard Cohen songs. And that doesn’t count all the YouTubers posting their “Cover of Jeff Buckley’s ‘Hallelujah‘."...  read more

Kanye West, Bono Collaborate On "SkyScrapers"

Kanye West adds Bono to his long list of collaborators, as the two have hit the studio to work on a track for rapper Swizz Beats....  read more

Five Charitable Organizations Started By Musicians

In Paste’s "Can Rock Save the World?" feature back in 2007, the staff highlighted musicians tackling some critical issues facing the earth. Today we shed some light on five more musicians who've used their platforms to start their own charitable organizations.  read more

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Musical Tops Wicked on Broadway

Despite the array of negative press attached to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the musical featuring music from Bono and The Edge of U2, it still took the top spot as the highest-grossing Broadway show last week....  read more

60 Minutes Offers First Look at U2's Spider-Man Musical

We’ve been following the developments of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the comic-book musical with music from Bono and The Edge, with a mixture of curiosity and terror....  read more

Danger Mouse to Produce New U2 Album

Just days after U2 manager Paul McGuinness revealed that a new offering from the band would be headed our way this spring, frontman Bono announced that the upcoming record will be produced by Danger Mouse....  read more

Bono's Daughter to Star in Movie With Sean Penn, Frances McDormand

She’s not exactly following in the family footsteps, but Bono’s daughter Eve Hewson is looking to make a name of her own on the silver screen, starring in the upcoming drama This Must Be The Place alongside Sean Penn and Frances McDormand (via NME.com)....  read more