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Face it, the Wu is back; following close on the heels of the December 11 release of their while-in-the-making 8 Diagrams LP, the RZA, the GZA, Inspectah Deck, etc. will take to the stages of this fair country on a full-bore Wu-Tang Clan tour.

They have eleven shows lined up right now, but more dates can be expected to follow-- and given the notoriously inexact way these guys do things, you'll want to re-check the venue website before you head out to any of these shows. Still, barring incident, all your guys (and, dollars to donuts, Cappadonna and some jokers from the Brooklyn Zoo) will reform like Voltron live onstage over the next couple months. And when that happens, it's always something to behold.

In other news from the Wu, Ghost's Big Doe Rehab seems to be shaping up quite nicely. Nicer than my throne of money, anyway. And speaking of Ghost, the rapper will soon blow meta minds with a cameo in the forthcoming filmic adaptation of the Iron Man comic book series, according to an MTV.com report.

Wu:

12-15 Chicago, IL - Metro
12-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
12-20 Denver, CO - Fillmore
12-23 Hollywood, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip
12-30 Seattle, WA - Showbox
01-03 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
01-10 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
01-12 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
01-18 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place
01-25 Miami Beach, FL - Jackie Gleason Theater
01-26 St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing