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To commemorate their forthcoming Canadian tour-- and, let's face it, because there's a lot of money in getting people to buy the same thing twice-- Queens of the Stone Age have whipped up a "Limited Tour Edition" of 2007's Era Vulgaris.

The bad news? It will be available in Canada and Canada only, April 15 from Universal.

The 11-track original Vulgaris album is bolstered by a Richard File remix of the title track, a live acoustic version of the album's "Make It Wit Chu", and covers of Brian Eno's "Needle in the Camel's Eye", Billy Idol's "White Wedding", and their unlikely take on Elliott Smith's "Christian Brothers". There's also a second disc containing nine songs recorded live at Amsterdam's Paradiso.

Man, the American dollar's already devalued enough. Now you go and make our record collections worth less, too?

The Queens are down in New Zealand at the moment, with gigs in Australia (including some V Festival shows) leading them to the Great White North. They'll hit Canada in late April and early May before taking off to Europe with all those suitcases full of Canadian currency.

Era Vulgaris "Limited Tour Edition" disc 1:

01 Turnin on the Screw
02 Sick, Sick, Sick
03 I'm Designer
04 Into The Hollow
05 Misfit Love
06 Battery Acid
07 Make It Wit Chu
08 3s & 7s
09 Suture Up Your Future
10 River in the Road
11 Run, Pig, Run
12 Era Vulgaris (Richard File remix)
13 Needle in the Camel's Eye (Brian Eno cover)
14 White Wedding (Billy Idol cover)
15 Make It Wit Chu (live acoustic)
16 Christian Brothers (Elliott Smith cover)

Era Vulgaris "Limited Tour Edition" disc 2, live at Amsterdam's Paradiso:

01 Monsters in the Parasol
02 Misfit Love
03 If Only
04 I Think I Lost My Headache
05 Into the Hollow
06 Go With the Flow
07 Regular John
08 Avon
09 Song for the Dead

Dates:

03-20 Wellington, New Zealand - TSB Arena
03-22 Auckland, New Zealand - Vector Arena
03-24 Christchurch, New Zealand - Westpac Arena
03-27 Brisbane, Australia - The Arena
03-28 Sydney, Australia - Big Top
03-29 Sydney, Australia - Centennial Park (V Festival)
03-30 Gold Coast, Australia - Avica Resort (V Festival)
04-01 Melbourne, Australia - Metro Palace
04-02 Adelaide, Australia - Entertainment Centre
04-04 Hobart, Australia - City City
04-05 Melbourne, Australia - Showgrounds (V Festival)
04-06 Perth, Australia - The Esplanade (V Festival)
04-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - PNE Forum
05-01 Victoria, BC - Save on Foods Memorial Center
05-03 Calgary, Alberta - Stampede Corral
05-04 Edmonton, Alberta - Northlands Agricom Arena
05-05 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Odeon Events Center
05-06 Regina, Saskatchewan - Conexus Centre of the Arts
05-07 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theater
05-10 Hamilton, Ontario - Copps Coliseum
05-11 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Civic Center
05-13 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Cunard Events Centre
05-17 Atlanta, GA - Centennial Olympic Park (SoCo Music Experience)
05-30 Madrid, Spain - Electric Weekend Festival
06-05 Skive, Denmark - Skive Beach Party
06-06 Nuremberg, Germany - Frankenstadion (Rock im Park Festival)
06-07 Strasbourg, France - Zenith
06-08 Nuremberg, Germany - Nürburgring Racetrack (Rock am Ring Festival)
06-14 Stockholm, Sweden - Where the Action Is Festival