Turn Off the Dark, the Spiderman musical Bono and the Edge have written songs for looks to be finally getting it’s act together. The production cost already is rumored to be around $50 million dollar for the Broadway show that features Spidey swinging from NYC buildings while belting out rock ‘n roll. Reeve Carney will play the role of Peter Parker has been lauded for his big voice and charisma by Bono and The Edge. While Bono is trying to recover from his emergency back surgery, the show goes on and a October preview date is scheduled. Finiancial difficulties, cast member departures, and production set backs has delayed the mega-musical for some time. The show will play at the Hilton Theater on 42nd Street in New York City. Live Nation chairman Michael Cohl could perhaps be Spiderman’s Broadway savior providing much needed funding into the show at Bono’s request. Theater fans will keep their eye on the preparations for Shut Out the Dark in the coming months.

Reports look promising for record producer Daniel Lanois after his serious motorcycle accident last weekend. The Canadian musician helped U2 produce The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, All That You Can’t Leave Behind, How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, and No Line on the Horizon. Reports are coming out that Lanois is expected to moved out of intesive care, but it will take a number of months of rehabilitation to recover. Lanois was forced to cancel his scheduled dates with most recent project Black Dub Collective. The 58-year-old Canadian has worked with other artists like Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, and Sinead O’Connor. We wish Daniel and his family all the best in his recovery.

U2’s highly underrated track “Tryin to Throw Your Arms Around the World” isn’t a bad title for the band’s mission statement over the last three decades. The Daniel Lanois/Brian Eno produced track off of the magnificent 1991 album, Achtung Baby, has both a seductive and ambitious tone. The lyrics point to struggle between one’s balance of accomplishing one’s grand dreams and loving your partner. The song’s lesson on the surface is that one cannot be so consumed with one’s own might deeds, and ignore the one who they love they most. Bono almost is almost pleading for a woman to give him one more chance as he sings the chorus of “I’m gonna run to you…woman be still”. The enigmatic often brings a woman from the audience up on stage whenever they play “Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World”. I’d love to hear a Bono and Edge rock out a acoustic version of this song. Maybe some day!