Bono Calls U2's Spider-Man Musical 'Pop-up, Pop-Art Opera'

Bono has described the new U2 Broadway musical ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ as ‘Pop-up, Pop-Art Opera’.

The Broadway adaptation of Spider-Man, which features music by U2’s Bono and The Edge, previewed on Sunday (November 28).

"There's always been a thing with punk rock bands and comics. It's always been there. Even the Ramones, who are also from Queens [New York] like Peter Parker and Mary Jane, they covered the theme to Spider-Man," Bono said to MTV News.

He added: "It's like a graphic novel, but a three-dimensional one," Bono ventured. "I'm calling it a pop-up, pop-art opera, because I'm pretentious.’’

Meanwhile, the musical has received mixed reviews from both critics and fans who paid up to $275 a ticket.

(by Holly Frith)

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