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    Song with descant/polyphony counterpoint melodies above a main melody with vocals only and no instruments - Rearranged version of a late Renaissance mass.

    "It's a lament for the victims, it ends on this ghostly chorus of the forgotten, they will never see justice, and they have been killed by a robot, there's something inherently tragic about humanity there". - Matt

    Source:  https://www.nme.com/features/muse-interview-on-modern-warfare-the-conspiracies-that-drive-new-album-drones-and-matt-bellamys-nigh-756715?recache=2&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=muse

    Killed by drones

    My mother, my father

    My sister and my brother

    My son and my daughter

    Killed by drones

    Seven World Central Kitchen Aid Workers in Gaza - April 2024 

    A farmer in Syria - May 2023 

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/2/us-acknowledges-syria-air-strike-killed-farmer-rather-than-al-qaeda-leader

    Ten civilians in Afghanistan during U.S. withdrawal - August 2021 

    ...It's time for something biblical... - 'Apocalypse Please'

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/benjamin-netanyahu-amalek-israel-palestine-gaza-saul-samuel-old-testament/

    Over 34,000 includng 13,000+ children killed in Gaza - October 2023 thru May 2024  [Unguided 2,000- pound 'dumb' bombs and drone strikes by the IDF approved by American politicians and funded by U.S. taxpayers

    Over 1,200 killed in Israel by terrorists - October 2023 

    800-1000 innocent civilians killed by American drone strikes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia during the Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations

    Over 10,000 civilians including 589 children in the Ukraine conflict as of February 2024

    Over 600,000 killed in the Syrian Civil War - 2011 thru 2024

    What a sad and tragic commentary on the human condition in the 21st century...

    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    The official music videos that have surpassed 50 million views on YouTube:

    Uprising 

    277,625,776

    Starlight 

    193,996,461

    Madness

    173,649,121

    Resistance

    130,051,285

    Undisclosed Desires

    118,525,575

    Hysteria 

    117,093,653

    Knights of Cydonia

    89,478,659

    Time Is Running Out 

    87,917,733

    Psycho

    81,063,294

    Supermassive Black Hole]

    79,031,688

    Feeling Good 

    70,250,208

    Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) 

    56,068,792

    Dead Inside

    55,319,902

     

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    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    MUSE tracks that have crossed the 100 million streams threshold on Spotify:

    Uprising

    606,469,271

    Supermassive Black Hole

    561,663,386

    Starlight

    400,491,543

    Madness

    299,252,149

    Hysteria

    274,196,086

    Psycho

    239,290,098

    Knights of Cydonia

    227,423,702

    Time is Running Out

    219,425,949

    Undisclosed Desires

    182,354,277

    Plug in Baby

    161,075,880

    Feeling Good

    148,636,812

    Resistance

    110,009,616

    Pressure

    105,036,620

    Hysteria has just been certified Gold in Italy by FIMI becoming the band's 10th track to be certified in that market compared with 11 certified by BPI in the UK.  

    Platinum:  TIRO, Starlight, Uprising, Madness (Italy);  SMBH, Starlight, Uprising (UK)

    Gold:  Hysteria, SMBH, UD, NSC, Psycho, Dead Inside (Italy);  PIB, Hyper Music/Feeling Good, TIRO, Hysteria, KOC (UK)

    Silver:  UD, Madness, Psycho (UK)

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    Audible book „1984“ - music by Matt

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    https://matthewbellamy-ilaneshkeri.probitymerch.com/bundles/1984-exclusive-box-set-na

    Box set includes the OST on vinyl and cassette, an art booklet, a signed lithograph, and a T-shirt. The album contains over 45 minutes of the score.

    The 1984 audiobook has been the #1 best selling dystopian book at Amazon this past week ranking in the Top 30 among all audible books and originals in the UK and in the Top 150 in the USA.

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    MUSE debuts on the Billboard charts in the States for the first time on the two tallies below both dated 10 April 2004:

    Alternative Airplay

    #38 'Time Is Running Out'

    Heatseekers Albums [Ranking below Billboard 200]

    #13 Absolution

    Which MUSE song written in 3/4 time with synth arpeggios ascends by fourths anti-clockwise on the circle of fifths moving through every key except for E and A and features 10 augmented triad chords and 36 unique chords in total and was influenced by Philip Glass?  Answer below

    Multiple Instruments Played:

    Harpsichord, Organ and Violin by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at age 8 in April 1764 at the Buckingham House in Westminster, London for King George III and Queen Charlotte

    Harpsichord, Piano, Keyboards, and Guitar by Matt Bellamy at age 22 in early 2001 at Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England during the recording of Origin Of Symmety 

    Organ by Matt in 2001 at St. Mary's Church in Bathwick, Somerset, England during the recording of 'Megalomania' for OOS  and at The Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London playing 'Megalomania' at a charity concert there in April 2008 

    'Take A Bow'  Indictment of corrupt world leaders and politicians

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    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    “April the 4th, 1984

    To the past, or to the future. To an age when thought is free. From the Age of Big Brother, from the Age of the Thought Police, from a dead man - Greetings!”

    - George Orwell, 1984   [Diary Entry by Winston Smith]

    '...Kill your prayers for love and peace
    You'll wake the thought police..."

    - Matt Bellamy, 'Resistance' 

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    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    United Kingdom

    BRIT Certified/BPI - 22.03.2024

    MUSE Black Holes & Revelations Helium 3/Warner Records Platinum 4x Album 1.2 Million EQ Units Sold

    France

    SNEP Certified - 29.02.2024

    L’album Will Of The People de MUSE est certifié Platine 100 000 équivalents ventes

    Bravo!!

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    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    Over two million people have watched MUSE perform at headlining concert and festival gigs in 2022-23:

    1.2 million at stadiums and open air fields/arenas/theatres (60 x 20K rounded avg attendance)

    1.1 million at festivals (27 x 40K rounded avg attendance including five massive festivals in Germany)

    Estimated Breakdown by Region:

    1.450 million - Continental Europe (300K+ in both France and Germany and 100K+ each in Spain and Italy)

    550K - North America (Including four festivals in the US and Mexico)

    250K - British Isles (England, Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Wight)

    50K+ - Asia (Malaysia)

     

    HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!

    Hiatus for the band presumably but Matt has been in the studio recording new music possibly a score/theme for a video game or a movie soundtrack.  In the past Matt collaborated on The International movie end title in 2009 and he composed 'Pray' for the Game of Thrones.

    Tumult and uncertainty in geopolitics

    Best Wishes

    Peace and Joy

    Cheers

    السلام عليكم

    Fin

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    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    Christmas Day No. 1 Songs in the USA

    Billboard  Charts

    Madness / MUSE  (2012) - Alternative Airplay - 19 weeks at the summit

    Uprising / MUSE (2009) - Alternative Airplay - 17 weeks topping the chart

    Telstar / Tornados (1962) - Hot 100 - 3 weeks leading the pop chart

     

    Will Of The People re-enters the Top 200 Albums chart in France at #194 in the week before Christmas.  It has spent a total of 49 weeks on this tally.  The album has also now spent the past 70+ consecutive weeks on the Top 200 Albums Physiques list in France according to SNEP.  Its current position is #126.

     

    The most played MUSE tracks on the SiriusXM satellite radio/streaming platform in North America in the past month are:

    Starlight

    TIRO

    SMBH

    Uprising

    Madness

    Hysteria

    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    First MUSE headlining arena concert in the UK took place where?  

    Which album world tour did the Devon trio play the most number of shows?

    In which calendar year did the band perform the most gigs?

    Answers below.

    Career MUSE Touring Stats

    Top Venue:  Stade de France (7 shows) 498K Estimated Tickets Sold  US$40.5 Million [€33.8 Million] Gross

    Number of different countries/nations/markets by continent where the band has played gigs:

    34 in Europe  [Including England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland; Ukraine; and Russia]
    10 in Asia  [Including Mainland China, Hong Kong S.A.R and Taiwan; Japan; Republic of Korea; Singapore, Malaysia; Indonesia; Thailand; and the UAE]
    5 in South America
    3 in North America
    2 in Oceania
    1 in Africa

    55 in total

    London Docklands Arena on 13 November 2001

    Black Holes and Revelations Tour - 195 shows from 2006-2008

    2000 - 149 gigs

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    Pollstar  reported their top 2023 year-end tours today. Their tracking period runs from mid-November 2022 thru mid-November 2023.

    35.  MUSE  $64.9 Million Gross  676K Tickets Sold  Reported Shows 39  Unreported Stadium Shows 10  (France, Italy, Netherlands, Malaysia, Spain)  $40 Million Est. Gross 450K Est. Tickets Sold   

    Note:  Pollstar made estimates for Taylor Swift since her team has not reported stats from any of her 60+ shows she has performed in 2023.

    UPDATE

    Highest-Grossing Concert Tours of all time:

    $2.2 Billion (Est.) - Taylor Swift  - Eras Tour (2023-24) - Assuming USD 14.5 million avg gross per show x 151  10 Million Tickets Sold 

    $1.1 Billion (Est.) - Coldplay - Music of the Spheres Tour (2022-24) - Assuming USD 6.5 million avg gross per show x 175  10 Million Tickets Sold

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    Billboard Boxscore Top 2023 Tours

    MUSE  WOTP World Tour  $92.7 Million Gross  1 Million Tickets Sold  45 Reported Shows  

    Tracking Period November 2022 thru September 2023

    Note:  The earnings from the two O2 arena gigs ($4M) in London and from two other shows ($7.5M) during the summer were not reported.  Billboard does not make estimates for unreported shows.  

    The top six British artists in the Top 20 sold 13 million tickets and generated over $1.4 billion in ticket sales revenue during this period:  2. Coldplay; 3. Harry Styles; 5. Ed Sheeran; 9. Depeche Mode; and 20. MUSE. 

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    WOTP Tour Estimated Box Office by Year 

    2023

    $104 Million Gross - 1.1 Million+ Tickets Sold - 49 Shows (Arenas, Stadiums, Open Air Parks  in North America, Europe and Asia)

    2022

    $4 Million Gross - 46K Tickets Sold - 11 Shows (Theatres in North America and Europe + Stadium in Vigo, Spain)

    Avg Ticket Price:  $93

    Number of Festival Headliner Shows in 2022-23

    27

    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    Below is a break-down of attendance and ticket sales revenue for MUSE shows at the AO arena in Manchester, England by year:

    2003   14,663   $366,076      £219,945  (1 show)

    2006   29,053   $1,561,258  £798,957  (2 shows)

    2012   18,754   $1,500,368  £931,888  (1 show)

    2016   37,777   $3,276,303  £2,280,325  (2 shows)

    2023   14,584   $1,637,472  £1,298,460  (1 show)

    Total  114,831  $8,341,477  £5,529,575  (7 shows)

    Sources: Pollstar and various promoters

     

    TOP BRITISH VENUES FOR MUSE SHOWS RANKED BY CAREER ESTIMATED USD GROSSES

    $20.9M  Wembley Stadium London [#2 £12M] - 4 shows

    $20.7M  O2 Arena London [#1 £14.8M] - 13 shows

    $8.3M  AO Arena Manchester - 7 shows

    $7.4M  Emirates Stadium London - 2 shows

    $7.0M  Etihad Stadium London - 2 shows

    $6.7M  Olympic Stadium London - 1 show

    $5.8M  National Bowl Milton Keynes - 1 show

    $3.4M  Old Trafford Cricket Grounds Manchester - 1 show

    $3.2M  John Smith's Stadium Huddersfield - 1 show

    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    Updated Sales in the UK:

    Black Holes & Revelations - 1,194,410 units (Approaching Quadruple Platinum)
    Absolution - 994,137 units (Triple Platinum)

    Sources:  Official Charts Company, Music Week and BPI

    Album Chart Positions in other Markets:

    Absolution XX Anniversary*

    #16 Spain (Top Vinyl Albums) - Reentry

    #27 Belgium Wallonia (Top 200 Albums) - Reentry

    #31 Netherlands (Top Vinyl Albums) - Reentry

    #53 Germany (Midweek Album Top 100) - Reentry

    *Limited Quantities Deluxe Box Set Remastered

    Chart Stats & Trivia

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    Supermassive Black Hole becomes the 2nd single to surpass 500 million streams on Spotify.  Uprising currently has over 550 million on this platform.

    MUSE, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & The Papas, Blondie, and Dolly Parton are among the artists who have recorded iconic songs and albums at this recording studio located at 6000 W Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, California. Details below:

    Absolution (Overdubbing/Mixing album and finish recording tracks Intro, Endlessly and Falling Away With You)

    Pet Sounds 

    Good Vibrations and California Girls

    Monday, Monday and California Dreamin'

    The Tide Is High and Rapture

    9 to 5 Soundtrack

    San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie

    Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire

    Recorded at Studios Three and Five at Cello Studios (Current Name EastWest Studios and Former Name United Western Recorders from 1961-1984)

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    Absolution (XX Anniversary + OG)

    UK Album Chart Positions per the Official Charts Company

    #2 Rock & Metal Albums 

    #5 Vinyl Albums 

    #20 Physical Albums (CDs+Vinyl)

    #21 Album Sales, Downloads

    #26 Scottish Albums (Highest chart position since February 2004)

    #27 Albums Top 100 - Midweek Update

    #74 Albums Top 100 - Full Week (Matches its last chart appearance position in July 2010)

    „Absolution XX Anniversary“ box set

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    I purchased the box set and enjoyed the very informative interview with the band and the producer, the photos, and the extras and demos especially B&H, RBS, and the live versions of SfA and Blackout recorded at the Ancient Theatre of Vienne in France in 2004. That venue was constructed by the Romans in Gaul between 40-50 A.D.

    An overview/synopsis below of the album and why it deserves to be considered one of the magnum opuses of the MUSE repertoire: 

    https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/absolution-muse-album-story/

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    UK Albums Chart Update

    "Muse’s Absolution looks to return to the Top 40 for the first time since 2004 thanks to a 20th anniversary reissue."

    It currently occupies position #27 based on weekend sales and streams.  It sold several hundred copies at the Amazon retailers in the UK and the States.

    Source:  Official Charts Company

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    Absolution XX Anniversary

    First Days of Release Album Peak Chart Positions

    Apple Music - Streaming

    #22 Lithuania

    #25 Latvia

    #26 Netherlands

    #35 Luxembourg

    #35 Switzerland

    #36 Norway

    #37 Finland

    #37 Laos

    #39 Oman

    #39 Tajikistan

    #42 Bolivia

    #47 Ireland

    #47 Malta

    #49 Portugal

    #53 United Kingdom

    #57 Maldives

    #58 Spain

    #58 Indonesia

    #60 Austria

    #61 Ukraine

    #62 Malaysia

    #62 Sweden

    #64 Mexico

    #65 Qatar

    #70 Italy

    #76 Turkey

    #77 Serbia

    #78 France

    #78 Bulgaria

    #80 Greece

    #81 Belgium

    #90 Estonia

    #93 Poland

    #93 Ecuador

    #94 Peru

    #95 Singapore

    #96 South Korea

    #97 Chile

    #97 Croatia

    #98 Israel

    #107 Argentina

    #108 Denmark

    #126 Germany

    #131 Colombia

    #139 Australia

    #146 Romania

    #177 Thailand

    #188 Brazil

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    Absolution XX Anniversary

    First Days of Release Album Peak Chart Positions

    Apple iTunes Digital Downloads

    #1 Chile

    #2 Netherlands

    #2 Romania

    #4 Singapore

    #4 South Africa

    #7 United Kingdom (#3 Rock Genre)

    #9 France

    #10 Thailand

    #11 Mexico

    #12 Turkey

    #12 Uzbekistan

    #16 Australia

    #17 Belgium

    #26 Italy

    #48 Canada

    #49 Germany

    #63 United States (#11 Rock Genre) - $29.00 

    #65 Romania

    #93 Japan

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    Your post on 20 June in the Gigs thread

    "It was almost sold out I think, 20.000 people were there."

    You made a very good estimate of the number of concertgoers at this venue.  The Wiener Neustadt show was the highest-attended and highest-grossing gig for MUSE in Austria surpassing the number of fans who attended arena shows in Graz  (14,365)and Vienna (15,304) in 2019 and 2016 respectively.

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    More 2023 WOTP  Tour Box Office reported by promoters to Pollstar:

    24,952  Attendance at Bernexpo, Bern, Switzerland  $4,181,971/CHF 3,672,156  Gross  -  Gadget ABC Entertainment Group AG - Avg Ticket Price $167.56

    19,217  Attendance at Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Austria  $1,704,436/€1,590,921 Gross  -  Barracuda Music GmBH  - Kudos to Claudia!!

    11,959  Attendance at 3Arena, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  $1,145,774/€1,058,384 Gross   -  Live Nation / Gaiety Investments (MCD Productions)

     

    Some Notable Socio-Political Songs by MUSE, Green Day and RATM:

    Collateral Damage   (A cold term used by politicians and the media to trivialise the killing of completely innocent people in war)*    

    Drones

    Intro + Apocalypse Please

    Take A Bow

    Uprising

    Resistance

    Animals

    Thought Contagion

    Propaganda

    Will Of The People

    Compliance

     

    American Idiot

    Holiday

    The American Dream Is Killing Me

     

    Township Rebellion

    Sleep Now In The Fire

    Bulls On Parade

     

    *This outro features a somewhat altered rendition of Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in Eb by Frédéric Chopin and additional sounds such as children laughing, sounds of machine guns, explosions, and ending with the sound of a jet fighter flying overhead. In an interview with Absolute Radio, Matt said during the recording of United States of Eurasia + Collateral Damage, they wanted to have a lot of warfare-type sound effects in addition to the kids playing and the jet taking off. "We wanted to go record sounds of real warfare... we wanted to go to the Middle East but it turns out that's not a good idea is it?".

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