Bono and The Edge recently spoke to Rolling Stone about the Spider-Man musical that the U2 members have been writing songs for. "We were open to the idea of musical theater, but Spider-Man, that’s a different thing again, because that’s comic books, and there’s a whole series of relations between punk rock and rock bands and comic books, that goes back years," Bono says, adding that he and The Edge were excited "to mess with all these aspects of pop culture, put them in a blender and see what comes out on the other end." The Spidey musical, subtitled Turn Off The Dark, officially opens on February 18, 2010, with previews of the show starting a month earlier.

After 19 Recordings inked deals with American Idol's latest winner and runner-up, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, the company has also signed fourth-place finisher Allison Iraheta. Her recordings have been licensed to Jive Records. "I think I'm still in shock that this is happening — getting to record my first album and this whole awesome experience is a dream come true," says Iraheta. This summer she will be a part of the American Idols Live tour, starting July 5 in Portland, OR.

Against Me! drummer Warren Oakes has left the Florida Punk band. While a recent blog post from band founder Tom Gabel infers that Oakes was fired, he told MTV News that it was a "really amicable" decision and still considers the other members of the band "more than friends - they're family." Oakes now plans on focusing on a burrito restaurant he recently opened back home in Gainesville.