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It has been reported...
U2 frontman Bono could be set to join Andrew Lloyd Webber's new talent show as a judge.
The musical composer is reportedly looking to hire Bono to join the search for the star of Jesus Christ Superstar.
A source told The Sun: It's definitely a long shot, there's no doubt about that,” said a source who was definitely not someone working the nightshift on the paper’s newsdesk,
“But Andrew is keen to get Bono on board and if anyone could pull off something like this, then it is him.”
Meanwhile, The U2-scored musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, has broken Broadway to become the highest single-week gross of any show in Broadway history.
The musical as grossed almost $3m over nine performances last week, which has broken the previous record held by Wicked, which grossed $2.2 million (1.4 million) over eight shows in 2011.
U2 Through The Years In Defining Photos
A mullet haired Bono on tour supporting 'War' in 1983. The band's third album, following 1981's 'October', was overtly political and featured some of their defining moments in 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'New Years Day'.
A promo photograph from the 1984 Unforgettable Fire Tour. The year long jaunt, supporting U2's acclaimed fourth studio album of the same name, saw the band's live fan base expand significantly. New tracks like 'Bad' and 'Pride (In The Name Of Love)' quickly became huge anthems.
Bono reaching out to the crowd at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium on July 13, 1985. One of the defining performances of the historic day, U2 performed two songs, 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'Bad' – the later of which was interspersed with snippets of 'Satellite Of Love', 'Ruby Tuesday', 'Sympathy For The Devil' and 'Walk On The Wild Side'.
The Edge and Bono (complete with cowboy hats) on the 1987 Joshua Tree tour. The epic record, released in March of that year, was immediately hailed as a masterpiece and spawned the mammoth hits 'With Or Without You', 'Where The Streets Have No Name' and 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For'. It has sold a whopping 25million copies to date.
The seminal Anton Corbijn photograph featured in the sleeve of The Joshua Tree. The shoot took place in Death Valley, California in 1986.
The iconic front cover photograph from the tour documentary and album 'Rattle and Hum'. Released on October 10, 1988, the film documents U2's Joshua Tree tour in America and features both on and off-stage footage of the band.
A backstage photo of U2 as featured on the 'Rattle and Hum' film.
Following the release of U2's seventh record 'Achtung Baby', they headed out on their most ambitious live spectacle yet - The Zoo TV Tour of 1992-93. Featuring hundreds of video screens, upside down cars and array of other bewildering features, extravagant is an understatement. Their eighth studio album 'Zooropa' (originally intended as an EP) was released mid-tour.
Bono in his leathers and dark glasses – his definitive look on the Zoo TV tour.
In support of their dance-tinged eighth album 'Pop', in 1997 the band headed out on the PopMart tour – an unprecedented jaunt and one that amazingly dwarfed the Zoo TV Tour four years previous. A 100ft tall golden arch, a 150ft video screen and a giant rotating lemon were just some of the features of the gargantuan stage set-up.
Adam Clayton's signature orange boiler suit and mask combo on the PopMart tour.
Bono's god-awful muscle man shirt he debuted on the PopMart tour.
U2 appeared on the 200th episode of The Simpsons 'Trash Of The Titans' in March 1998. Larry Mullen was the only member of U2 not to speak throughout the episode.
Live on the Elevation tour in 2001 supporting 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'. The record was a deliberate return to their early days and the tour reflected this, with the band performing at arenas instead of stadiums for the first time in a decade.
The Edge and Bono up close on the Elevation tour.
On top of the Clarence Hotel in Dublin waiting to perform live on Top of the Pops in the summer of 2001.
To promote their eleventh studio album 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb', the band famously performed aboard a truck in Manhattan, New York City.
A still from the Apple iPod advert which featured the U2 track 'Vertigo' and gave the band priceless publicity.
U2 performing live in the grounds of the BBC for Top Of The Pops in 2004.
Performing live at Madison Square Garden in New York as part the North American leg of the 2005 Vertigo Tour.
The Edge strutting his stuff at Twickenham Stadium, West London.
Bono busts a groove at the Live 8 Concert in Hyde Park, London.
Larry Mullen looking out onto the crowd at the San Siro Stadium, Milan in late July 2005
Bono proves that the sun really does shine out of his behind at the Chicago Center
. The band at the launch of their book 'U2 By U2' in Dublin September 2006. Much to the band's amusement, Larry has drawn a moustache and beard on Bono.
U2 performing with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong at the reopening of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, September 2006
Bono and his wife Ali Hewson shortly receiving his honorary knighthood from British Ambassador to Ireland David Reddaway in Dublin.
Wearing 3D glasses the band attended the première of the innovative 'U2 3D' at the Cineworld, Dublin, Ireland: February 2008.
U2 open the 2009 Brit Awards ceremony at Earl's Court in London with 'Get On Your Boots'. The track is the lead single to the band's twelfth studio album 'No Line On The Horizon', released on March 2.
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