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Just Announced The egos land: U2 takes an expensive, LED covered dump in Colorado

u2 Man, we miss these guys.

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U2 is back with yet another monstrosity of a tour, all 360 degrees of one. According to the band’s press release, this year’s showcase of excess will include a “cylindrical video system of interlocking LED panels, and a steel structure rising 150 feet from the floor over a massive stage with rotating bridges.” We’re assuming all of this hoopla is in an effort to cover up the fact that U2 hasn’t put out a decent album since 1993’s Zooropa, and even that record wasn't the band's best. Plus, with tickets topping out at $250, something just doesn't feel right. The recession may be an after thought for Coloradans, but $250 is a car payment, a month's worth of groceries, or if you were to donate five bucks a piece, 50 shows at Rhinoceropolis.

More announcements:

Nov. 22, Speakeasy Tiger, Walnut Room

Dec. 2, Bruce Hornsby And The Noisemakers, Paramount Theatre

Dec. 16, Brothers O'Hair, Bluebird Theater

Dec. 23, Super-Seed, Bluebird Theater

Jan 1, Vices I Admire (CD release show), Bluebird Theater

Jan. 20, Between The Buried And Me, Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom

Jan. 30, Brand New (reschedule),  Fillmore Auditorium

Mar. 1, Los Lonely Boys, Boulder Theater

Mar. 8, Bon Jovi, Pepsi Center

Apr. 6-7, Taylor Swift, Pepsi Center

Jun. 12, U2, Invesco Field At Mile High

Weekly vid pick: Remember these guys? Yeah, we don't either.

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