I'm not sure where the Sunday Times got this October information, but for what it's worth:
Bono weaves Spider-Man a web of music - Times Online
From The Sunday TimesJuly 20, 2008
Bono weaves Spider-Man a web of music
The U2 singer and guitar ace The Edge have penned all 18 songs for a Broadway musical about the comicbook arachnid hero Eithne Shortall
HEARD the one about the spider and the fly? They got together and created a Broadway musical and album.
Having composed the music for the forthcoming Broadway production of Spider-Man, Bono and the Edge will release a U2 album based on their musical adaptation of the comic books.
The singer — who styled himself The Fly on U2’s Zoo TV tour — and the guitarist have written 18 tracks for Spider-Man: The Musical, a $25m (¤16m) production that is due to open in New York in October 2009.
The band will rework some of the musical numbers and include them on the album, which is due to follow their next release this October.
(sorry if this is posted somewhere..
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