Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark

I Read The News Today... For March 23, 2011

Tokyo Police Club are the final addition to the list of acts who will perform at this year's Juno Awards on Sunday. OOOOOOH! OOOOOH! Does that mean they're winning something? Guess we'll have to watch to see. City And Colour's March 18 set at Austin, Texas' St. David's Episcopal Church as part of South By Southwest is already available as a live...
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I Read The News Today... For March 9, 2011

Kid Rock was born free, y'all! Canadians obviously weren't, so he's coming up here in May to preaaaaaaaaaach! —MySpace Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings are heading north of the 49th parallel for a Canadian tour in May as well. Who would CHARTattack staffers and contributors rather see in May? Hmm... —MySpace The Acorn have done plenty of overseas...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 9, 2011

Kill Rock Stars is reissuing the self-titled compilation they originally released in 1991 just after founder Slim Moon formed the label. It features tunes by Nirvana, Melvins, Bikini Kill and others, and it'll be out on April 16 for Record Store Day. —killrockstars.com Toronto singer/songwriter Katie Stelmanis is in a new trio called Austra that...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 21, 2010

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's not even Superman! It's an actor in the Spider-Man musical falling 20 feet onto the stage and being taken to hospital! —CNN The soundtrack to Blue Valentine, the upcoming movie starring Ryan Gosling (Lars And The Real Girl, Half Nelson) and Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, "Dawson's Creek") features tunes...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 6, 2010

Feist has spoken to The Guardian about her new documentary, and how excited she was to meet Kermit The Frog at the Grammy Awards. Danko Jones want their fans to send them clips and photos of the band playing "Active Volcanoes" live during their upcoming U.S. tour. They'll use the best ones in a new video for the tune. You can send your material to...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 30, 2010

Slipknot are working on a new album, despite being unsure of their future earlier this year following the death of bassist Paul Gray. BillboardAlexisonfire will end their tour in support of Old Crows/Young Cardinals by playing a show in their hometown of St. Catharines, Ont. on Dec. 19. They'll perform at CAW Hall. Tickets go on sale through their...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 5, 2010

Hard Core Logo 2 will premiere in Whistler, B.C. at that city's Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 4. It features a cameo from Die Mannequin's Care Failure, who plays herself, claiming to have picked up Joe Dick's spirit. —The Globe And Mail DD/MM/YYYY, Sunparlour Players and Elephant Stone all have new dates. Girl Talk has announced an epically long...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 13, 2010

Broken Social Scene and Superchunk will play Toronto's Sound Academy on Dec. 9. —Collective ConcertsGang Of Four's first album in 15 years, Content, is out Jan. 25. Oh, and it comes with vials of the band members' blood. Biohazard, much? —Yep Roc tUnE-yArDs (fucking hell, I hate typing that out so much) has remixed the...
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U2 Spider-Man Album Possible

It looks like there could be two new U2 albums coming soon: A follow-up to this year's No Line On The Horizon and another disc based on Bono and The Edge's Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark musical. Bono and The Edge wrote the music for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, which will be previewed on Feb. 25 at Los Angeles' Hilton Theatre. U2 told Rolling...
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U2's Spider-Man Musical Back On

U2's Spider-Man musical resumed production on Wednesday after it was sidelined due to financial issues last month. Not all of those responsible for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark have been called back to work, as Variety reports that some, but not all, of the cash the musical needs has been acquired. The musical's capitalization costs are...
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Play Spider-Man In U2 Musical

If you have radioactive blood and can catch thieves just like flies while singing bombastic show tunes, you better get to one of the upcoming auditions for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. The Broadway musical directed by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor (The Lion King), written by Glen Berger and featuring music and lyrics by U2's Bono and The Edge...
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