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Concerning the footage of the gig:
I think at the time of the gig I had mentionned in a thread that the gig was going to be recorded for sure: I work at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and everything is filmed and kept (partly because it is part of Unesco's legacy). I work nowhere near the legal department of the festival though, so I don't know to which extent bands get to release the material themselves, or have to do so through the festival, etc.
All year round on the festival's website, and also during the festival on some ipads that are put on site, people can look through the archives and actually watch a lot of past concerts. Muse's 2002 gig is obviously available; however, I went through the catalog last year, and 2016's gig is listed but unavailable to watch, which means that the contract that was signed prevents the festival from broadcasting it. Again, I have no idea to which extent the band could do so themselves.
Now, yesterday, there was on outing/meeting for all of the festival's managers (which I am one of). It took place at a Montreux Jazz Café (which is a franchise that the festival have developped, and you can find them in various places across Europe, and I think a few outside as well). The one we went to, though, is at the EPFL, which is basically Lausanne's research institute and university. The team that is digitalizing and remastering the whole of the archives works from there, because as they explained yesterday, there is basically a legal loophole in Switzerland which makes copyrighted material available for research and academic purposes. They explained to us that the various Jazz Cafés have access to approximately 14% of the archives (gigs are constantly being shown through screens there), but, at this particular one at the EPFL, they can show 80% to the general public (and it's up to the user: they have a few ipads there, and an immersive room where you create your own playlist). So obviously, I checked to see if the 2016 gig was available. While it is not on the ipads, it is in the immersive room! Given that many people wanted to select their own gigs, I only watched 2 songs, but I intend on going back and watching the whole thing-- and it's open to the public.
So long story short: if you're ever in Lausanne, you can watch the whole gig at the EPFL's Montreux Jazz Café.
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Thanks for the Guardian info, good to know!
I noticed the 1 pm thing but if I get it too early (and it's some flimsy paper thing) I'll just be stressing about it the whole day... Will have to figure it out.
Ah yes, fair enough. I guess if you're not queueing you could get it at the time you're planning on entering the venue?
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After I voted there was a chance to submit comments. There weren't many, maybe 15-20 (?) when I voted, but if I had to quess, the selection will be something like
Showbiz
Muscle Museum
Micro Cuts
Space Dementia/Hyper Music
Bliss/New born(?)
EDIT:Also maybe SfA
I saw some mentions for CoD and Invincible, but based on that sampling they will probably not be picked.
Obviously, you never know if those who wanted to secure some more common favourites just didn't comment and we end up with Hysteria or whatever.
I'm really hoping the live vote will be decent, at least CE or something thrown in there.
Wouldn't mind hearing Thought Contagion live either.
If someone from here is going, what time are you planning on going to get the wrist band?
On the Guardian Q&A thing, Matt said they were going to play Thought Contagion for sure.
And no idea about the wrist band! But in case you're wondering, you can pick it up from 1pm.
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I don't think anyone is suggesting they should play these songs only for the next few tours.
No I know, and it sometimes seems like it actually boils down to heavier songs in smaller venues vs hits in arenas. I only meant to add given the band's current choices, I don't believe that bringing back these songs would solve much (but I do think that as is regularly suggested, bringing more rotation to the sets would be the most logical improvement to do).
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Unfortunately, I also think that if Muse started playing this same type of setlist on a more regular basis, the same complaints would inevitably come up as the songs become less and less rare. But that's sort of another argument.
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There's at least one bus service from Dublin airport to Belfast for something like 20euro return.
Just saw that, thanks! It's a bit more of a hassle this way but the price is almost half that of flights to Belfast, so definitely more doable.
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In case you can't find anyone then I'd recommend having a look at Bus Eireann and the Aircoach Belfast express. They both take about 2 hours to go from Dublin city centre to Belfast city centre.
Definitely don't take the train. Absolutely extortionate prices.
Cheers, will look into that! Direct flights to Belfast are super expensive right now, so I'm trying to find a way around that.
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Is there anyone driving from Dublin to this (that would have an available seat)?
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Does anyone know how to save snapchat stories? Some from last night are pretty good quality-wise.
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That was something I was a little unsure of as well. I'm in 'level 3 stalls-standing' but I've also been given a seat.
Am I right in thinking all of level 3 is unreserved seating/standing once all the seats are gone?
Yeah i have it too, ticketmaster have said it's so they keep track of how many are sold etc. So no need to worry, as long as it says stalls that's where you'll be! 🤘Thanks!
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I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but to people with stalls tickets: do you also have row and seats numbers on your confirmation email? It's making me a bit nervous.
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In case someone prefers to be seated, I would gladly exchange my ticket(s) for a stalls standing one. Please PM me if you're interested!
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No video makes me think they didn't record that gig like they told us.
The Montreux Jazz Festival records ALL of the gigs and the footage is part of Unesco's world heritage. The recording exists but I'm pretty sure it's not up to Muse to release it.
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Is anyone from here going to this one?
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Good on you! I tried to persuade my hubby to go to queue really early but he wasn't having it. I was happy with where we got though.
Good for you too! Yeah some people slept there, but on the actual day there weren't a lot of early queuers. I work there so it was different for me.
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Hahaha I didn't spot that, was checking only at the beginning! Were you on the barrier?
Yes I was on the barrier
I actually laughed out really loud because I was not expecting it at all and it was really sudden -
btw so far as I could tell from where I was Matt didn't do 'The Thing' in the intro to Uprising.
He actually did it
but in the middle, not the intro. -
Say they do start playing idk Spiral Static every few gigs. How long before someone starts moaning "that's great but I really want to hear Con-Science instead" - btw I looked it up and that one has never actually been played live at least not in the era when anyone cared enough to record it was played. Even with my 16 years in fandom I learned something today! Anyway, that says to me it's unlikely to ever be played. Or how about some gigs get Spiral Static but your gig gets Futurism but you like Spiral Static more. It's happened to me...songs I like have been played at gigs I wasn't at but equally I've heard stuff other people didn't necessarily get.
I feel like Muse can't actually win this one with everyone unless they do end up doing a one-off tour of request gigs. And even then I reckon there'd still be complaints if they had to bin off one or two because they're out of practice or don't really want to play that one for whatever reason.
This, really. I swear that yesterday after futurism (or micro cuts, can't remember), some people were yelling "DEAD STAR". Really?!
Also, not saying that they shouldn't try and include more rarities (whatever that means) at regular gigs, but saying that this was done on purpose to piss off everyone that went to the arena shows is just ridiculous. They actually wanted to do something special for Montreux, but were quite anxious/nervous about the reaction they would get from the crowd.
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Thanks Nikite, took your advice about getting in early, and where to stand, it was perfect for me. You say crowds are 'shit' in Switzerland but I would say the crowd was respectful of the people around them rather than shit. In the UK there's much more pushing and shoving.
You're welcome! Yeah I guess it's a matter of preference.
Also, two more things: the festival has a strict policy regarding videos/photos (as in they are forbidden). People still film, but I guess less than usual.
And the festival also records every gig because it's part of Unesco's immaterial heritage (hence the restriction).
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I've only skimmed through the latest posts about Montreux, but a few useful clarifications:
- it is NOT a regular festival. You buy tickets for each gig individually, like a series of arena shows. Besides, the tickets were super expensive (around 75£) and sold out in 3 minutes.
- crowd is shit because crowds are shit in switzerland.
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If this is the venue, it looks fantastic
...and again, for us who live in Antarctica and cannot attend the show... will it be streamed or broadcasted?
For a quality venue like that they could play a Zepp-quality show.
Yeah it is!
It will be recorded for sure, but I'm not sure about broadcasted: it's pretty rare but it happens sometimes. If so, it will be announced on the 2nd.
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Hiya! Do you know anything about the auditorium? Any good spots to stand?
Hm I think if you're not going for barrier, anywhere will be fine; the venue has great acoustics (supposedly, I don't know much about sound), and there are two screens on the sides of the stage. However, I would get there for the doors' opening because it's going to be pretty packed, and one hour between opening and gig is not much.
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Anyone on here going to this?
I am
but in the middle, not the intro.
‘By Request’ Show Suggestions
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For Paris, we had 5 votes, and, if I'm not mistaken, they only mentionned a top 5 as well. So they would actually have gone beyond what they "had" to.