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The finale to This season’s finale of American Idol, which crowned 17-year-old Scotty McCreery after tallying an unprecedented 122 million votes, included a number of guest performers, including Bono, The Edge and Reeve Carney singing “Rise Above” from “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the Broadway musical set to open on June 14th.Near the end, another performer dressed as Spider-Man dropped from the ceiling, and Idol judge Jennifer Lopez started to take off his mask, apparently intending to kiss him, but she changed her mind.
Whatever else you can say about Spider-Man, 1. Reeve Carney is good-looking, 2. Bono is famous, 3. The show sure knows how to get publicity.

Vocalist Bono and guitarist The Edge of U2 fame got caught in the ‘American Idol’ web on tonight’s season finale, performing a song from the beleaguered Broadway musical ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.’ (We won’t even go there and detail all the injuries, permit problems and stops and starts the show has endured over the past few months!)
Reeve Carney, who stars in the Broadway show, joined the rock legends on he stage, which was covered in — what else? — webs. While the trio performed, an actual Spiderman swung from the ceiling and then tried to plant a kiss on the lips of judge Jennifer Lopez a la a recreation of a key scene from the first movie. How sassy.
At first, we were surprised that iconoclasts like members of U2 would actually perform on show like ‘Idol,’ but it was a smart move to help promote the Broadway show for which they wrote music. It’s simple marketing and even the likes of Bono (who didn’t remove his signature shades) realize the value of promotion through a vehicle like ‘American Idol.’