The Broadway adaptation of Spider Man is having difficulty getting into the Great White Way but thats not stopping U2s Bono from giving away details about what the show is supposed to be like, including describing what kind of character the superhero would be. The singer said Our Peter Parker is much morenot Kurt Cobain, but a kind of slacker, a more kind of shy sort of guy. Bono also said that the show will touch both opera and rock n roll. Its not surprising considering its a musical of a different kind. What is surprising though is Bonos praise for actress Evan Rachel Wood, saying She’s the greatest actor of her generation, she’s the one to watch. She happens to sing like a bird, it’s like a true voice. She’s a very pure spirit and a very bright mind and she brings the part of MJ to life really.
Bono and The Edge have used their background as rock ‘n’ roller kids on the outside, looking in, to write the score for the upcoming Spider Man Turn off The Dark,.
“We were open to the idea of musical theatre but Spider Man – thats a different thing again,” Bono told Rolling Stone. “Because thats comic books and theres a whole series of relationships between punk rock and rock bands and comic books. That goes back years.”
Then U2 frontman then added: “But to mess with all these aspects of pop culture, put ‘em in a blender and see what could come out at the other end …
The Edge said the film’s hero Peter Parker was like any kid who was a geek and got bullied at school. “He’s not from another planet. He’s not been constructed out of some strange substance. He’s a human being, he’s a kid who came up through a regular high school and got bitten by a spider. It could happen to anyone!
“He’s sort of like every rock and roll star’s story in a weird way. In parallel. Every rock and roll star probably started out as the geek who was bullied in school and eventually their form of revenge was to write songs and play guitar. Or to sing and play drums. And some of us ended up in big bands.”
Bono countered that he was more of a green goblin, saying: “Edge is the nerdy guy.”
The Edge said the audience for rock music and for comic books is the same. It’s “kids like ourselves” at 15 or 16 out in the suburbs. He said: “In in our case [it was] Dublin city but it could be any city in America or in Europe. It seems at that moment in your life that there’s this world out there you just can’t get access to and the only way you can connect with it is through music or comic books or movies.”
A lot of celebrities showed up to give their support to President Barack Obamas inaugural festivities in Washington DC. Beyonce and Bono were the headliners for the group of entertainers who kicked off the celebrations. Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen were just some of the performers who helped keep the parties going. Beyonce also sang the song to which Barack and his wife Michelle danced to. It seemed like everyone was in DC for the events that have gone on over the weekend up to the actual inauguration on Tuesday. Congratulations to the new President!
More and more celebrities are using their fame and money to do some good. The latest artist to join the giving train is Juanes. The Latino singer is joining fellow rocker and humanitarian Bono as well as several other artists in Japan to help make a stand against world poverty. Juanes took part in two concerts while visiting overseas in support of the ?One for All Demonstration? which is tied to the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. The goal is to remind the government about keeping the promise of helping people living in poverty. It looks like the Japanese have become Juanes fans too as his single ?Me Enamora? has become a top 5 radio hit there.
