Another year, another Glastonbury — and another fresh round of what-ifs and maybes for the festival rumour mill.

This year the most-whispered tale involves two of the 2010 festival’s headliners – or, rather, one of the headliners and a band who were supposed to be topping the bill on the Pyramid Stage.

Saturday’s headliners Muse had hinted they were planning something special for their headline slot. On Friday, BBC 6 Music reported that the band might be joined by U2’s guitarist the Edge for their slot.

U2, of course, were supposed to be headlining the festival on Friday night but had to pull out after Bono underwent surgery, leading them to pull a series of dates on their world tour.

Festival organiser Michael Eavis had been asked by the station if the rumours were true, and did not deny the story – though he did not confirm it either.

Whether Matt Bellamy and company are joined by the veteran guitar great, only a time machine or patience will tell. Stay tuned.

- Spinner

As a faithful reader of the magazine who has purchased many DVDs, CDs and books based on the recommendations on that list, this is very high praise.

Bono’s back is also mentioned twice in the issue: poking fun at his recovery in the Hit List and reporting the facts in their Monitor section, which provides entertainment news updates.

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Rose Bowl DVD #1 for Entertainment Weekly

In most years, the Idol winner’s first single is a new song written specifically for the occasion. But Lee’s first single will be a cover of U2’s “Beautiful Day.” Like I said, I like Lee … but this song just isn’t right for him. And sadly, as you listen to the single below, it sounds at the beginning like they gave him a karaoke track to sing over. Sheesh. Poor guy.

See, that’s just not right. “Hallelujah” was much more up his alley. Oh, well.

Postscript, May 29: In an interview with MTV, DeWyze explains why his first single is a U2 cover:

Q: This season, you also have a cover song as your first single. How did you feel about that, and how did you choose that particular song?

A: I like that song a lot. It’s a really good song. Is it something that’s necessarily in my genre? No. But again, there were songs on the table, and that was the one I thought would represent the moment the best, because this year they didn’t have an original song written for this specifically. Whatever the reasons for that are — there’s reasons. [Laughs.] I don’t know all the ups and downs of the behind-the-scenes stuff. It’s just been a big game of “play by the rules.” If it was up to me, there were certain things I would have done differently.

In other words, it sounds like the folks at Idol didn’t give him too many choices.

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Lee DeWyze’s First Single: ‘Beautiful Day’ (AUDIO)

Simon Cowell has said that he is personal friends with Bono, and that he had received special permission for the one-time use of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” and Cook’s version was not available for download on iTunes. The following year, Lambert’s version of “One” was available for download. The use of “Beautiful Day” this year is a new step in U2’s song usage as it will be officially released as a single.

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Idol Days Ahead For U2

There are a couple lines I might’ve written differently, but also a couple good ones, too. And for those who don’t know, this Hitler parody video is a popular meme on the web. People have made similar videos for a variety of news/events, changing the subtitles to fit the subject of their parody.

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Hitler Learns About U2 360 Tour Postponement

ON THE BOOK: “[My story] lets the world look at Bono from a different angle….he’s a pair of sunglasses, a caricature of an idea, but actually he’s a really great person.”

ON BEING A MUSIC CRITIC: “I’m actually a kind critic because I used to be a musician myself.”

ON THE FILM: “I’m about to be immortalized as a failure…It’s a very funny odyssey through rock’n’roll.”

“They didn’t take ME to Cannes. No one takes the writer anywhere!”

ON BONO: “[He] has very strong root in his Christian faith. It allows him to play with this other character with the sunglasses.”

ON HIS TOP 5: “Stones, Beatles, Dylan, Oh, U2 of course!…and Joni Mitchell (let’s put a woman in there — she’s a great writer).”

He also went on to mention other bands and artists (Elvis Costello, etc.) until his interview concluded.

Those in the Pittsburgh area can also catch Neil on Pittsburgh Today Live tomorrow morning (5/26) at 9:00 a.m. local time.

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Neil McCormick on American Television