The distribution of eigenvalues of high powers of a matrix

Let $CL(N)$ denote a classical group of unitary $N\times N$ matrices. Andrew Granville asks for a simple proof of the fact that if $M>N$ then the eigenvalues of $A^M$ for $A\in CL(N)$ are uniformly distributed on the $N$-torus.

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