glasvegas (really?)

i kept hearing in 2008 that glasvegas were so greaat. and i never really listened. then they were on letterman a few nights ago:



now i read somewhere once that glasvegas had the pomp of u2 without the pretension. and then i see this dude dressed up like joe strummer and i'm like, oh no, that's not pree-tench-us. at all.

still, i bought their album. if i had illegally downloaded it, i could delete it, but buying it? man, that's serious. oh well.

unrelated: i am wondering if demented u2 will REALLY be demented.