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At the Forum, U2 had the 1990s — when Bono was MacPhisto — on its mind

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - What to do after reviving the 1980s? How about resurrecting the 1990s?

That's one way to look at U2's recently launched Experience + Innocence tour, which the veteran Irish band brought to the Forum on Tuesday night for the first of two dates.

Ostensibly designed to support U2's 2017 album, "Songs of Experience," the new road show follows the group's stadium tour last year marking the 30th anniversary of its landmark "The Joshua Tree," which came out in 1987.

It's that throwback

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