Bono Bites the Spider-Bullet

You'd think with all the chaos surrounding Spider Man: Turn off the Dark that Bono and the Edge would cut and run from history's most expensive musical. It's not like they can't afford to write the $65 million fiasco off as a bad call.

But instead they have risen above the snide comments, accidents and getting shredded by just about every comedian and TV show host alive (and inanimate. Even Sesame Street has put the boot in) and tried to give the show a re-vamp, focusing on what they know best: the music.

They've added some new songs, gone ahead with an album release and arranged to have the lead appear on American Idol. Bono calls it "Doubling Down", and he's right. By aligning themselves so closely with the musical, any egg on the shows face is just as much on their own. But at least they've kept their sense of humour.

"Being in a band with Edge for all these years, to discover he's gay now is just wonderful" Rolling Stone quotes him as saying. "He's so into these dance routines. Who knew?"

The show opens tonight. Hopefully no-one breaks a leg.