The music business is full of so many mind-bogglingly inexplicable occurrences that it's easy to become blase about them, but every once in a while there's a head-scratcher of such titanic proportions that it renews your sense of awe at the universe's unknowability. Jackpot!
You know that new, preconception-shattering U2 album-in-the-works No Line On The Horizon everyone's been jabbering about? Turns out it's been a red herring all along. The real news in Bonoville? How do the words "Spider-Man musical" strike you? The Edge has confirmed -- and you know he's not the type to kid around -- that he and Bono have "written a lot of the songs at this point" for a stage musical about the webbed wonder, adding "It's in a pretty good state, and I hope it'll open this year." Also working on the project are Kung Fu Panda writer Glenn Berger and Across The Universe writer/director Julie Taymor; Evan Rachel Wood is slated to play Spidey's gal pal Mary Jane. We suggest you don't try too hard to process this information, simply let it wash over you like a fine mist that leaves you damp but refreshed.
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