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U2 launched its Vertigo tour this past week. If you've got tickets, you're either lucky... rich... or both. In the last decade, concert ticket prices have more than doubled. Reporter Karen Pelland looks at one reason.

Bono of U2 performs on stage on the first night of their "Vertigo//2005" World Tour at the San Diego Sports Arena on March 28, 2005 in San Diego, California. (Photo: Dave Hogan / (c) Getty Images)

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