[Muse tour too much]

I should say I didn't by any means hate the more recent albums, they just didn't excite me quite as much. Still good though. My comment about T2L probably is over-the-top - I quite like some of it

 

I was kinda just suggesting that perhaps they are more motivated by touring than record making. That's just the feeling I get, but I can also understand why that would mean nothing to younger fans or people that really love the newer stuff

 

personally i think the touring and traveling is the best part of it to them, so it wouldnt surprise me at all if they did things simply for that motivation

[Muse tour too much]

I think Muse has lots of artistic momentum going on between albums still. All of their albums always have a common "theme" to them whether it be lyrically, musically, what have you. Saying something like " The 2nd Law felt more like 12 songs that enabled them to go out on the road again, rather than an album they desperately needed to get out of their system" I think does disservice to them. The 2nd Law is about energy consumption (for the most part), if you ask me, that's not something a band just "gets off their chest" for the sake of making music. I'd imagine a lot went into it.

 

It sounds like for the most part you're just jaded about their musical direction over the last two albums, and a lot of fans would agree with you on that part. But with that topic, that's a to each his own situation.

 

On the topic of timing, there's no right/wrong way or time to produce/write and tour. Considering their global presence and what i think is still very high quality touring (the inclusion of more "oldies" and continued superb visual effects on this tour has really reinvigorated them it seems) they do just fine.

 

You can never please everyone and your opinion is totally fine and probably common, but it just is what it is.

 

and for the record id be totally fine with getting new songs more often, but hey. Whatcha gonna do.

[Speculation on future gigs/tours]

Maybe the new stuff will get a first airing at those festivals

 

always possible. but theyve never really done that before have they?

[Your Perfect Muse Setlist]

based on what weve seen on the US leg

 

1. Unsustainable

2. Supremacy

3. Supremassive Black Hole

4. Map of the Problematique

5. Panic Station

6. Plug in Baby

7. Resistance

8. Knights of Cydonia

9. Sunburn

10. Follow Me

11. Invincible

12. Liquid State

13. Madness

14. Time is Running Out

15. Assassin

16. Agitated

 

17. Isolated System

18. Uprising

 

19. Starlight

20. Survival

[Interview with Chris Wolstenholme by MyRock]

great interview. always fun to get inside their thoughts when it comes to set selection and the amount of thought put into each song. they definitely have very specific guidelines when it comes to what they want to perform

[An informal chat with Matt]

very interesting. always nice to hear perspectives. ever more curious about this 20th anniversary tour. it seems its definitely not 100% yet, but unforutnately does seem apparent that unless you live in England you're gonna have to travel far to make it. i imagine if its hyper selective members on the .mu boards will have first access, with maybe some type of contest to determine winners.

[LP7 Tour]

yeah tad early. we dont even know when theyll finish touring. all guessing games at this point. id wait until the last date to start

[MUSE songs you've heard live]

The thread was always going to be a bit of a status thing though. Really no way to avoid it.

 

probably the most logical thing that takes place on the boards

[If Muse did a 20th Anniversary Tour what 7 songs would you want played]

May sound like a shit idea but they could start playing HCM and have it become Hyper Music by the end of it

 

now that would be cool. have it HCM "transform" into HM as the song goes on

[Which Muse song have you recently discovered or rediscovered the awesomeness of?]

Animals. i was one and done with it when i heard it on the album, slightly bigger fan of it live. but after downloading the SBE gig and listeing to the outro riff over and over, its grown on me A LOT

[Speculation on future gigs/tours]

All the 2005-2006 US gigs were fantastic.

 

Then something happened to their setlists in the country...

 

yeah, America found out about them so they had to play all their radio hits

[Another live album?]

With this stage and with these performances a live dvd/blu-ray will be awesome.

 

absolutely. i STILL hold out hope that HAARP will be re-released in Blu Ray one day

[Another live album?]

if they are indeed doing a live release soon i think itd be cool to do a combo of songs being played from The Resistance Tour and the current tour. lots of goodies to be shared.

[Which Muse song have you recently discovered or rediscovered the awesomeness of?]

Undisclosed Desires...but not the album version, the Thin White Duke Remix. the vocal solo they do to Bellamy's voice is so fantastic. i could listen to that 2 minute clip of the song over and over

[Which Muse song have you recently discovered or rediscovered the awesomeness of?]

piano outro is still miles better.

 

yeah the hullabaloo one is fantastic but i also love the live guitar outro when attached with knights.

[Which Muse song have you recently discovered or rediscovered the awesomeness of?]

Space Dementia. mmm. just delicious. excellent song. and totally just discovered how truly amazing that guitar outro is. love it

[Time for American stadium gigs]

Given all your facts, it makes a stadium tour in the summer for America very plausible. I think the demand in the big markets would definitely be big enough for places like LA, NY and maybe Vegas or another area or two. Plus when you look at the way they play their stadium tour now they play 4 shows in the UK, 3 in Italy and France and most other countries only get 1 or 2 gigs.

 

If they were to tour for stadium gigs here i imagine something like playing 4-5 shows in the US, one in Mexico and 2-3 in Canada. I think that would absolutely be profitable (unless like you said the transportation is really expensive).

 

I think the fanbase here has been growing and with another album release that has a song with "Madness" like popularity, could really get it going. We'll just have to wait and see.

 

Regardless, I'm planning on going to Europe on the next tour to see them there to get in on this madness

[MUSE songs you've heard live]

Sunburn x3

 

Newborn x3

Feeling Good x3

Plug in Baby x4

 

DEAD STAR

 

Time is Running Out x6

Stockholm Syndrome x5

Hysteria x5

 

Supermassive Black Hole x6

Knights of Cydonia x6

Starlight x6

Map of the Problamatique x4

 

Uprising x6

Resistance x5

Undisclosed Desires x6

MK Ultra

Unnatural Selection

Exogenesis Overture x2

United States of Eurasia x3

Guiding Light x2

 

Supremacy x4

Madness x4

Panic Station x4

Survival x4

Follow Me x4

Animals x2

Explorers x2

Liquid State x4

Unsustainable x4

Isolated System x4

[GA/pit vs Seats: know what to expect!]

Does any one have any information on how to get great seats? I am bringing my 2 daughters to this one and would love for all of us to get a good view, of course.

I did the pre sale with the las vegas concert in march and took the first seats they gave me, and they were so-so. Is there a trick to getting good seats besides paying $320 to a scalper?

Is the presale the way to go or are their just as good as or better seats during the public sale? or is it the luck of the draw?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated. TIA

 

the pre sales seem to give out only certain sections. i usually buy seated tickets in a way many would consider dicey but its always worked. i wait until 5 days or so before the concert and keep track of how much the seats cost on stubhub.com as people will get desperate to sell and drop their prices considerably, then you swoop in and get them

[GA/pit vs Seats: know what to expect!]

Hey guys! Long-time Muser, first time concertgoer here! I'm 17, female, and I've never been to a concert, Muse or otherwise, but my rockin' mom, and maybe my adult sister, and I are going to go to the September 4th Muse concert at the Arena at Gwinett in GA. We're SO EXCITED, but I'm nervous about pit vs assigned seating. The layout of the Arena, to me, seems pretty weird for a concert--it's like a football field with the stage at one end, GA/pit where the field would be, and then seating around the pit area. I'm worried about getting close enough to get a good seat if we do assigned, but I'm also worried about surviving the pit--I'm about 5'7" and pretty slim, plus being a first time concertgoer. Do you guys have any suggestions for which seating we should do? Thank you so much. ^^'

 

any muser would definitely reccomend the pit, but there are multiple experiences you can have in there. you can try to be at the barrier in the thick of things, in the middle where people stand and jump a little or hang toward the back where you can just stand and enjoy.

 

being 5'7 offers a nice advantage, youll be able to see over a good amount of people. if you plan to be in the pit (which would invole waiting on line during the day) i would definitely reccomend 1) being well hydrated and eating a meal high in carbs for energy 2) CLOSED SHOES 3) dont have any bags or anything to carry 4)be prepared to have people shoved into you

 

Muse crowds, even at their most intense and closest to the stage dont get THAT out of control. id say the heaviest moment ive experienced was being at the barrier in Chicago and during Hysteria a lot of people were leaning and jumping so it got a tad rocky. id say it was a 7/10 in terms of "how crazy it was".

 

if you take those precautions and skim the thread and read others i think youll be well prepared, and personally i think a pit experience for a muse concert would be an excellent first time

[Speculation on future gigs/tours]

well, maybe they won't play the album in full, but maybe they will play the festival anyway, Fall US 2nd Law Tour, remember?

 

yeah they can definitely play the festival regardless. im sure the festival execs know how much more revenue they could bring in if they got an "absolution show" so theyll try to get that

[Speculation on future gigs/tours]

as much as id like to be positive about that chance i have to say it is highly unlikely. unless they were holding an "Abso Concert" in the US and UK (since Abso actually was well received here whereas OOS was only officially released here like 2 years ago). even then, small chance

[Recommended FX Settings]

has anyone worked out good settings for the tremolo solo at the end of Easily? been fiddling around with it this morning to no avail

[GA/pit vs Seats: know what to expect!]

Quick question about that. I really don't want to be a dick and line jump BUT my friends are arriving at 7 AM to line up, I can't get there that early, and I really really don't want to end up being by myself. The doors open at six so do you think it would be bad if I got there at 4 and cut in?

 

ya that shouldnt be too bad. i arrived at a show with a friend and people that we didnt know invited us on to the line cause they were all trying to stay warm so we joined them. no one said anything so we just stayed there. but if anyone ever speaks up, just apologize and move to the back to avoid hostilities

[Speculation on future gigs/tours]

Muse don't even sell out arenas in the US, what's the point in performing to half-empty stadiums?

 

muse has never headlined a show like that though I believe? id be curious to see what would happened if they played in a giants areana like metlife or texas stadium