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Slava Ukraini!
MUSE have played three career gigs in Kyiv, Ukraine: 1 at the Olympic National Sports Complex stadium in 2016 headlining the two day U-Park rock festival with RHCP and 2 at the Palace of Sports arena in 2011 and 2007 in front of a combined audience of over 40,000 fans for the three shows.
The last three times 'Soldier's Poem' was performed live by the band were shows in Ukraine and Russia in May 2011. Originally composed as a political song against the war in Iraq.
"...How could you send us so far way from home when you know damn well that this is wrong..."
Comments from three notable B's about the current situation:
"Won't Stand Down is a song about standing your ground against bullies...'' - Bellamy
"America stands up to bullies. We stand up for freedom..." - Biden
Silence - Blavatnik
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Latest Billboard Rock Charts in the USA:
WSD reaches a new apex at #8 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay tally this week after spending the last two weeks hovering at #10. Several songs above it are losing plays so it should move up a few positions in the coming weeks.
The song remains in a holding pattern at Alternative Airplay spending the last four weeks at either #5 or #6. It may move up to #4 in the next week or so.
RHCP, Foo Fighters and MUSE this week all have songs in the Top 10 on these two airplay charts at both Billboard and Mediabase. These three bands now have had 71 different songs in their career which have reached this upper tier at Alternative: RHCP achieved their first Top 10 in 1989, FF in 1995, and MUSE in 2004.
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Triva questions to pass the time until the 2nd single and studio LP9 release dates and first gigs in America are announced on social media
What song from Absolution entered at #10 on the first official UK Singles Download chart published in September 2004?
What song from The Resistance entered at #14 on the official UK Physical Singles chart in May 2010 based on 500 vinyl import sales from the single release in America?
In what original key was both the first single Plug in Baby to chart in France and Switzerland and the most recent single WSD to chart in those same two markets?
How many charted singles have MUSE in the UK, France, USA, Switzerland, and the Netherlands?
What musical instrument did Dom start to teach himself to play last year during the holidays?
Three MUSE and Anna Kendrick connections through the years?
What football club supported by Chris currently tops the 24-team EFL League One table in the UK?
On whose private jet did MUSE return to England after their Australian gigs in December 2010?
What Russian ballet composed in 1935 did Matt recommend everyone listen to opining "it is one of the heaviest pieces of music you'll ever hear?"
What Austrian classical composer did Matt say he hates as quoted in a 2009 interview with Prog #2?
Which band member as quoted in the same above archive interview said "To call us [MUSE] genius is an insult to other artists who've done stuff way more challenging than us. It worries me when people perceive this band at the level of genius. People that are genius, I don't know where they are these days."
Answers:
Apocalypse Please
Exogenesis: Symphony
B minor
UK: 53 (38 singles in the Top 200 and 15 tracks that did not enter the official singles chart but did enter other singles charts (downloads, streaming, and physical sales)
France: 33 in the Top 200
USA: 25 (22 on the rock airplay charts including Reapers at Mainstream and 3 other tracks (Survival, Supremacy, The Dark Side) which entered other rock songs charts
Switzerland: 19 in the Top 100
Netherlands: 18 in the Top 100
Piano
2008 Twilight - Supermassive Black Hole; 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 - Uprising (cover); and 2022 Hollywood Hills
Rotherham United FC
U2
Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [Mozart is one of my personal favourite composers]
Matt showing his humility [IMO if not summa cum laude genius at least magna sum laude near-genius level of excellence in the band's musicianship and live performances] Incidentally, Matt attended Exeter College from 1994-96 and reportedly received only a C-grade in the A-level music course he took there.
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Update as of 20 February 2022
'Won't Stand Down'
Over 10 million global streams on Spotify and an estimated additional 3 million global streams on other music platforms like Deezer and Amazon
8 million global views on YouTube for the official music video
Over $100,000 estimated song royalty revenue from audio and video streaming, download sales, airplay, and sync fees
Mediabase Alternative 6-Week Chart Run for WSD in America: #6, #5, #7, #8, #15, #33 (Rankings based on number of weekly plays)
Mediabase Active Rock 6-Week Chart Run for WSD in America: #8, #9, #9, #13, #23, #37 (Rankings based on number of weekly plays)
Billboard Rock and Alternative Airplay 6-Week Chart Run for WSD in America: #6, #7, #7, #6, #13, #18 (Rankings based on rock radio audience)
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China and The Olympics
Notable British artists who have played the most career gigs in Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan):
Suede (24)
Elton John (20)
Sarah Brightman (19)
James Blunt (16)
Sting (9)
Pet Shop Boys (8)
MUSE (6) - Shows in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei
Duran Duran (6)
The Rolling Stones (5)
Ed Sheeran (4)
Oasis (4)
Wham! (4)
David Bowie (3)
The Police (3)
Harry Styles (3)
Iron Maiden (2)
Depeche Mode (2)
Blur (2)
One Direction (1)
Avril Lavigne, Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Linkin Park, Celine Dion, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Taylor Swift are among the other Western artists with the most concerts in Greater China. Rock bands Eagles and Metallica have also played several shows in those markets, while K-pop boy band BTS has had 15 shows.
Songs by MUSE which have been featured in recent Olympic Games:
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in China - Butterflies and Hurricanes - Men Figure Skating by Australian Brendan Kerry
Note: Russian women skaters Kamila Valieva and Alexandra Trusova had programs which featured Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 and Pray (High Valyrian) respectively in recent national and world championships competitions and American skater Vincent Zhou also had Algorithm in his program at recent past men's single skating national and world competitions. Zhou and Valieva (pending further investigation) have already won medals in the team competition and Valieva and Trusova are heavily favoured to win medals in the women's single skating competition this week. UPDATE: Trusova placed second and won the Silver Medal while Valieva finished fourth.
2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics in The Republic of Korea - Exogenesis: Symphony Parts 1, 2, and 3; Butterflies and Hurricanes; and Ruled By Secrecy - Ice Dance Figure Skating programs by skaters from Great Britain, Italy, and OAR (Russia) while Canadian pairs skaters Duhamel and Radford had previously skated to Neutron Star Collision, I Belong To You and Uprising in their recent past national and world competitions before switching to a song from Adele at PyeongChang. Also, Americann skater Ashley Wagner and Russian skaters Mikhael Kolyada and Maxim Kovtun have featured Exogenesis: Symphony and I Belong To You respectively in their programs during various national and world skating competitions.
2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia - Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 - Men's Figure Skating by American Jeremy Abbott
2012 London Summer Olympics - Survival Official Song and Closing Ceremony - Map Of The Problematique and Uprising in the Opening Ceremony
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WSD continues its upward trajectory at rock radio in America this past week and should reach new heights at #4 at Alternative and #8 at Active Rock later this month. Black Summer by RHCP has leapfrogged it slowing its ascent however.
Over 3,000 weekly combined plays for WSD at alternative (60%) and active rock (40%) radio stations tracked by Mediabase for the week ending 13 February which represents a 13% increase from the previous week.
The top rock acts ranked by radio audience for current singles on the Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay tally:
Red Hot Chili Peppers [Alternative, Mainstream Rock, and Triple A radio stations]
Jack White
Maneskin
Imagine Dragons [Alternative radio stations - Crossing over to Top 40 Pop and Hot Adult Contemporary radio stations this week]
Foo Fighters
twenty one pilots
MUSE [Alternative and Mainstream Rock radio stations]
Korn
Three Days Grace
Bring Me The Horizon
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MUSE, Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers this week all have tracks on both the alternative and active rock radio airplay charts in America with the recent release of the first single from RHCP's new album out 1 April ahead of their global summer stadium tour.
Songs from these three artists already rank in the Top 10 of the Billboard Rock and Alternative Songs chart which ranks tracks by airplay audience impressions. This is the the first time these three bands have entries in the upper tiers of these radio airplay charts concurrently.
Latest Billboard Chart Positions
Won't Stand Down #5 Alternative, #10 Mainstream Rock (Selected lyric references: Gaslighting, Vicariously, Counter Attack, Psychological War)
Love Dies Young #12 Alternative, #5 Mainstream Rock (Selected lyric references: Resuscitation, Regeneration, Reanimation)
Black Summer #14 Alternative, #22 Mainstream Rock - Notable debut after only two days of airplay (Selected Aussie lyric references: Bushfires in 2019-20, Platypus, Kangaroo) Flea was born in Melbourne
All three bands were on the same bill at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy arena concert in France on 16 November 1999 and also played 14 gigs together in the USA in March and April 2000. MUSE and Dave Grohl had a karaoke party night out in Dayton Ohio on 30 March 2000 after one of their shows
MUSE and RHCP have current or have had past relationships with Warner Records, Q-Prime, Guy Oseary and Rick Rubin
WSD has just surpassed 9 million global streams on Spotify and 7.5 million views on YouTube and has sold several thousand digital downloads worldwide
WSD - Top Singles chart positions elsewhere this week:
#7 Canada Rock
#95 Germany Single Downloads - 3rd week on this survey
#3 Spotify and Deezer - SMBH and Uprising are the top 2 MUSE tracks on both of those streaming platforms
#3 KROQ-FM in Los Angeles
#12 KYSR-FM in Los Angeles [DJ and radio personality Stryker recently joined the afternoon lineup at that station after spending 22 years at KROQ. He has conducted several memorable interviews with the band over the years which can be found on YouTube]
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'Won't Stand Down'
Enters the Top 10 at #8 at Alternative radio in America on both the Billboard and Mediabase airplay charts and climbs to #13 at Mainstream/Active Rock radio in its third week of release
Artists who first charted in the 21st century with the most career Top 10 hits on the Billboard Alternative airplay tally in America
17 MUSE
17 Linkin Park
15 twenty one pilots
15 Cage The Elephant
14 Coldplay
13 Imagine Dragons
12 The Killers
11 Bastille
10 The Black Keys
9 Thirty Seconds To Mars
9 Kings of Leon
9 Rise Against
9 Mumford & Sons
8 The Lumineers
7 Silversun Pickups
6 Billie Eilish
6 The White Stripes
6 Panic! At The Disco
6 Fall Out Boy
6 My Chemical Romance
6 AJR
6 Nickelback
5 Paramore
5 Foster The People
5 Korn
Veteran acts with the most Top 10 hits at Alternative are Foo Fighters (28) followed by RHCP (26), Green Day (24), U2 (23), Pearl Jam (19), Weezer (19), and the Offspring (18).
WSD chart movements in other markets:
#15(+8) Canada Rock - Billboard
#18(New) Hungary Singles Top 40 - Magyar Hits List
#24(+26) Germany Download Singles
#19(-18) UK Official Rock & Metal Singles
#69(-58) UK Official Singles Sales/Downloads
#126(-20) Dutch Single Tip
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Chart Positions in the United States - 2nd week of release
'Won't Stand Down' MUSE
#13(+5) Rock and Alternative Airplay (Songs ranked by audience)
#14(+13) Alternative (Songs ranked by plays)
#19(+15) Mainstream Rock (Songs ranked by plays) - Fastest MUSE song to reach the Top 20 on this tally
#3(+17) Hot Hard Rock Songs (Sales+Airplay+Streams)
#7(+4) Hard Rock Digital Song Sales (Downloads)
#20 Alternative Digital Song Sales (Downloads) - Debut
#25 Hot Alternative Songs (Sales+Airplay+Streams) - Debut
#27 Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Sales+Airplay+Streams) - Debut
Fastest MUSE songs to reach the Top 10 at Alternative Airplay (Billboard)
Madness - Debuted at #8 and eventually topped the chart for 19 weeks
Dead Inside - Debuted at #11 and ascended to #7 in its second week and eventually hit the summit for 5 weeks
Uprising - Debuted at #16 and rose to #9 in its second week and eventually spent 17 week as chart champions
Won't Stand Down - Debuted at #27 and leaped to #14 in its second week and to #8 in its third week
Thought Contagion - Debuted at #30 and jumped to #13 in its second week and to #10 in its third week and eventually spent one week at the summit
Dig Down - Debuted at #27 and climbed to #12 in its second week and to #10 in its third week and eventually peaking at #3
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'Won't Stand Down' MUSE
Chart Debut/Peak Positions
#1 UK Official Rock & Metal Singles (OCC) [#21 'Supermassive Black Hole' with 498 weeks on chart]
#11(+10) UK Official Singles Sales/Downloads (OCC)
#56 UK Official Singles Top 100 (OCC) [Highest debut chart position for a single since 'Psycho' peaked at #55 in 2015]
#7 Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)
#5 France Digital Song Sales (Billboard)
#118 France Top 200 Singles (SNEP)
#7 Switzerland Digital Song Sales (Billboard)
#46 Switzerland Top 100 Singles (Schweizer Hitparade.ch)
#23 Canada Rock (Billboard)
#41 Canada Digital Song Sales (Billboard)
#50 German Download Singles Top 100 (Offizielle Deutsche Charts/MTV)
#106 Dutch Charts Singles (#6 Single Tip) [The last single to enter the Top 100 in the Netherlands was 'Psycho' at #58]
#30 New Zealand Hot 40 Singles (RMNZ) [Fasted-moving new tracks]
I will update when singles charts from other markets are released in the coming days. Since these charts are heavily skewed towards streaming and some are limited to 50 listed songs, WSD may not enter on several of these tallies (e.g., Australia, Belgium and Portugal).
WSD received over 4.3 million streams on Spotify and almost 4.5 million views of the official music video on YouTube during the first week of release (13 January-20 January) and collected over ten million audio and video streams combined on the various music platforms during the first ten days of release.
YouTube Rankings For Week Ending 20 January
#27 Finland
#47 United Kingdom (268K views)
#54 Netherlands
#56 Belgium
#57 France (447K views)
#69 Switzerland
#76 Australia
#76 Canada
#77 Norway
#96 New Zealand
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Billboard
Chart Debuts in the United States
'Won't Stand Down' MUSE
#18 Rock and Alternative Airplay (Songs ranked by audience)
#27 Alternative (Songs ranked by spins/plays)
#34 Mainstream Rock (Songs ranked by spins/plays)
#11 Hard Rock Digital Song Sales (Downloads) - First ever appearance for the band on this chart
#20 Hot Hard Rock Songs (Songs ranked by sales, airplay, and streams) - First ever appearance for the band on this chart
Impressive debut chart positions for WSD because they measured airplay from Thursday thru Saturday or Sunday instead of a full week for other songs on these tallies. More than 100 Alternative and Mainstream rock radio stations in America have now added the track to their playlists this week per Mediabase.
Spotify
WSD took the #5 spot on on the Global Debut Song streaming chart this past weekend (January 14-16, 2022).
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UK Official Charts Update:
Won't Stand Down is on track to enter next week's Official Singles Top 100 chart. It occupies position #39 on the midweek chart covering sales and streaming for the past weekend.
In the UK, WSD still ranks in the Top 20 at iTunes on Tuesday and on Monday it placed at #173 at Spotify with an additional 53K streams for a cumulative total of just under 350,000 total streams to date in their homeland and approaching 3 million plays worldwide.
The WSD official music video has just passed 3.5 million views worldwide averaging about 600,000 daily views since Thursday.
Plug In Baby has now crossed the 100 million streams threshold at Spotify.
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On 1/15/2022 at 2:27 PM, Jobby said:
look at muse samuse still going in 2022! god, I love this place
Thanks for the shout-out. Much appreciated!
WSD has accumulated over 243,000 streams at Spotify in the UK over the past three days ranking at #137 on Saturday.
Worldwide the new track now has over 2 million streams during this short time span at the world's largest music streaming service provider.
While Tyler Joseph was singing 'Ride' last night at the Forum in Los Angeles at the iHeartRadio ALTer EGO concert and Matt was dancing and perhaps unintentionally upstaging the frontman, both songwriters had something to celebrate at radio in the United States:
Mediabase Alternative Chart
#1 'The Outside' - twenty one pilots (Replacing The Lumineers song 'Brightside' at the summit)
#33 'Won't Stand Down' - MUSE (Debut with 367 weekly spins from Thursday to Saturday and most added song this past week at that format)
Mediabase Active Rock Chart
#37 Won't Stand Down - MUSE (Debut with 162 weekly spins from Thursday to Saturday and tied for most added song this past week at that format with the new track 'Brother The Cloud' from Eddie Vedder)
Coldplay also performed earlier at this gig and among the songs on the band's setlist were at least three which were somewhat inspired or influenced by MUSE: 'Clocks' and 'Fix You' and 'Pride Of The People'
Tyler played a snippet of 'Yellow' before 'Ride.' He has cited both MUSE and Coldplay as influences on his musical career.
Other artists who have current songs playlisted at Alternative radio and who also performed at this concert: Imagine Dragons, Kings of Leon, All Time Low, Maneskin, Cannons, and WILLOW
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'WSD' Updates
Apple iTunes (Downloads) - Chart Positions on Saturday
#1 Switzerland and Mexico
#2 France and Chile
#3 Belgium
#4 United Kingdom and Italy
#6 Netherlands
#8 Sweden
#10 Germany
#28 United States
Amazon Music (Best Sellers in Song Downloads) - Chart Positions on Saturday
#2 United Kingdom
#14 United States
Spotify (Streaming)
#116 Global with 1,000,919 total streams worldwide on Friday in some notable markets below
#29 Finland
#36 Belgium
#42 United Kingdom with 116,976 streams
#48 Switzerland
#53 Estonia
#55 Netherlands with 58,801 streams
#56 Russia
#70 Iceland
#75 Latvia
#88 France with 74,833 streams
#97 Portugal
#111 Norway
#113 Austria
#114 Lithuania
#133 Ukraine
#154 Hungary
#175 Bulgaria
#183 Greece
#192 South Korea
#193 Ireland
#200 Sweden
YouTube (Streaming)
Official music video will pass 2.5 million total worldwide views this weekend
Mediabase (Airplay in the United States)
#37(+8) with 287(+110) spins at Alternative on Friday
#43(+5) with 130(+42) spins at Active Rock on Friday
WSD will likely debut at slightly higher positions on the weekly published charts released by Mediabase on Sunday despite only 3 days of airplay. Billboard's tracking week ended on Thursday so the song may have to wait another week before debuting on its airplay charts.
Deezer (Streaming) - Debut Peak Chart Positions
#4 Ukraine
#7 Israel
#9 Portugal
#13 South Korea
#15 Russia
#19 Switzerland
#19 Latvia
#23 Poland
#24 Finland
#24 Slovenia
#30 Canada
#31 Ireland
#32 Romania
#42 Belgium
#43 Czech Republic
#43 Japan
#46 Estonia
#47 United Kingdom
#48 Indonesia
#51 France
#52 Spain
#56 Netherlands
#59 Lithuania
#76 Chile
#89 Austria
#90 Sweden
#95 Norway
#100 Malaysia
Shazam (Most seached songs rankings)
#61 Switzerland
#66 Belgium
#66 Sweden
#72 Austria
#93 Finland
#97 Netherlands
#123 Italy
#200 New Zealand
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'Won't Stand Down' MUSE
1.2 million global views on YouTube for the official music video 24 hours after release, trended as high as #17 worldwide
Official Charts Company - Weekly Charts Debut Position
#21 United Kingdom - Singles Sales (Downloads on Thursday from 3 PM to Midnight GMT)
Spotify Streaming Charts Debut Positions
#121 United Kingdom (63,787 streams on Thursday)
#144 Belgium
#151 Netherlands
Mediabase Daily Airplay Tracking Chart Debuts
#45 United States (177 spins at Alternative radio stations on Thursday) Audience Ranking #23
#48 United States (88 spins at Active Rock radio stations on Thursday) Audience Ranking #25
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'Won't Stand Down' MUSE
Matt says the first single from LP9 is about "standing your ground against bullies anywhere [on the playground, at school, at work, domestic partners/spouses, politicians/governments] and protecting yourself from coercion and sociopathic manipulation [gaslighting] and facing adversity with strength, confidence, and aggression."
Debut peak chart positions in various markets during the first two days of its official release on Thursday 13 January 2022
Top Songs at Apple iTunes (Downloads) - All Genres
#1 United Kingdom
#1 Austria
#1 Switzerland
#1 Mexico
#1 Finland
#1 Lithuania
#1 Luxembourg
#1 Bulgaria
#1 Mozambique
#2 France
#2 Belgium
#2 Italy
#2 Netherlands
#2 Chile
#3 Slovakia
#3 Egypt
#4 Germany
#4 Ukraine (Music video was filmed in Kyiv)
#5 Ireland
#5 Hungary
#6 Spain
#6 Canada
#6 Denmark
#6 Sweden
#6 Greece
#6 Israel
#7 Portugal
#9 New Zealand
#9 Colombia
#9 United Arab Emirates
#10 Singapore
#11 Australia
#11 Peru
#15 United States (#1 Alternative)
#20 Norway
#23 Turkey
#24 Russia
#24 Poland
#30 Malaysia
#35 Brazil
#35 Czech Republic
#35 Indonesia
#43 Taiwan
#47 Hong Kong
#48 South Africa
#70 Belarus
#78 Thailand
#98 Japan
Top Songs at Apple Music (Streaming) - All Genres
#24 Finland
#29 Iceland
#44 Netherlands
#49 Switzerland
#50 Luxembourg
#64 Belgium
#79 Norway
#79 Sweden
#83 Portugal
#88 Venezuela
#110 Belarus
#110 Maldives
#112 Malta
#128 Austria
#136 Denmark
#147 United Kingdom
#169 Mexico
#177 France
#177 Lebanon
#184 Poland
#195 Greece
#199 Ireland
#200 Spain
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Won't Stand Down could become the band's 17th Top 10 on the Alternative Airplay chart and the 4th Top 10 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in America. If the first track from LP9 receives around 200 plays/spins on the first day of release on Thursday 13 January 2022, it could debut in the Top 40 on the Alternative National Airplay surveys released on 18 January by MRC Data/Billboard and Mediabase.
Various tracks from the last four studio albums have all hit #1 including Uprising, Resistance, Madness, Dead Inside, and Thought Contagion. Starlight from a fifth studio album just missed the top spot peaking at #2 in 2007. Four singles released from Simulation Theory all reached the Top 10 on that tally as well.
Reapers is the band's biggest hit at Mainstream Rock peaking at #2 after spending 23 weeks on the chart.
A music video for the 'intense' WSD will also drop on Thursday per Jesse Lee Stout who is the band's creative director for this project.
Top 4 Attendance (estimated) for all MUSE concerts held at arenas and stadiums worldwide ranked by calendar year [excluding festival gigs]:
2013 - 1,378,000 (78 shows)
2019 - 1,316,000 (55 shows)
2010 - 1,158,000 (65 shows)
2016 - 965,000 (67 shows)
Total Career Estimated Concert Attendance (1994-2021) - Over 7 million tickets sold
Attendance (estimated) for all MUSE concerts held at clubs and arenas in the United States ranked by album era and calendar years (excluding festival gigs and shows supporting other bands such as U2, Rage Against The Machine, My Chemical Romance, The Cure, and RHCP/Foo Fighters):
2019-2021 159,000 (17 shows)
2015-2018 361,000 (32 shows)
2012-2014 341,000 (36 shows)
2009-2011 359,000 (35 shows)
2006-2008 134,000 (32 shows)
2004-2005 47,000 (45 shows)
2001-2003 - 0 -
1998-2000 1,000 (21 shows including three record label auditions and showcase gigs)
TOTAL 1,402,000
First radio interview in the United States including an acoustic performance of seven tracks from Showibiz:
3 August 1999 KCRW in Santa Monica, California
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Chaos and Protests
Turmoil and Uncertainty
The Age of Irrationality
Disinformation and False Narratives
'Psychological War'
Can't wait for the 'counter attack' to begin with WSD and LP9!!
Top British groups ranked by total number of video views on YouTube:
Coldplay
One Direction
Queen
Clean Bandit
Little Mix
Gorillaz
Arctic Monkeys
The Beatles
Oasis
MUSE
Radiohead
The Police
Bastille
Mumford & Sons
The Rolling Stones
The top British solo artists on YouTube are: Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris, Adele, Dua Lipa, and Sam Smith
Top songs ranked by total number of streams combined on Spotify and YouTube as of end of 2021:
Uprising 640 million-plus
Starlight 433 million-plus
Madness 415 million-plus
Supermassive Black Hole 379 million-plus
Hysteria 269 million-plus
Knights of Cydonia 261 million-plus
Psycho 254 million-plus
Undisclosed Desires 236 million-plus
Time Is Running Out 235 million-plus
Resistance 191 million-plus
Plug In Baby 162 million-plus
Feeling Good 153 million-plus
Dead Inside 117 million-plus
Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) 110 million-plus
New Born 100 million-plus
Mercy 97 million-plus
Supremacy 97 million-plus
Pressure 94 million-plus
Thought Contagion 84 million-plus
Panic Station 81 million-plus
Dig Down 73 million-plus
Bliss 72 million-plus
Unintended 72 million-plus
Reapers 64 million-plus
Stockholm Syndrome - 60 million-plus
The Handler 56 million-plus
Follow Me 55 million-plus
Map Of The Problematique 52 million-plus
The Dark Side 50 million-plus
Something Human 47 million-plus
Sunburn 44 million-plus
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Earliest releases of a MUSE lead single/studio album in a calendar year:
'Thought Contagion' - February 2018 'Dig Down' had been released much earlier in May 2017 a year and a half before Simulation Theory came out in November 2018
'Plug In Baby' - March 2001
'Psycho' and 'Dead Inside' - March 2015
Other singles released in the month of February such as 'Sunburn' in 2000 and 'Resistance' in 2010 were the fourth and third singles released from their respective albums Showbiz and The Resistance
Drones - June 2015
Origin of Symmetry - June 2001
Black Holes and Revelations - July 2006
Unofficial Speculation:
The first single(s) [perhaps nu-metal 'Won't Stand Down' and/or a more radio-friendly track] from LP9 may follow the same timeline release marketing schedule as those from Drones since festival gig dates are scheduled for the band in June and July 2022. They could also surprise us and release a promo single in January 2022. Remember a snippet of 'Psycho' was shared with fans on 8 March 2015 and the track was available to download a few days later on 12 March along with a lyric video on YouTube.
The new album could be released sometime either in the May/June/July period or the August/September/October period assuming arena gig dates are scheduled in the last quarter of 2022 and the first half of 2023. A few promo club gigs may also be scheduled before the official album release date announcement. Everything is subject to change depending on the status of the pandemic and the protocols in effect in particular countries when the festivals take place next summer.
Arctic Monkeys are also planning to release a new album in the new year and play festivals in August and September 2022 in Europe and America.
Most downloaded MUSE albums on the Apple iTunes Top 200 Alternative Rock Genre charts in various markets during the the past few days from 24-27 December 2021:
France (11 total MUSE albums including HAARP + Live at Rome Olympic Stadium) - #28 The Resistance is the best-seller on the tally
Italy (10) - #8 The 2nd Law
Spain (10) - #9 The Resistance
Portugal (10) - #7 The Resistance
Mexico (10) - #5 Drones
Netherlands (9) - #12 Drones
Belgium (9) - #13 The Resistance
Russia (9) - #6 Drones
Hong Kong [China] (9) - #7 Drones
Norway (8) - #5 The Resistance
Finland (8) - #2 The Resistance
Latvia (8) - #5 The 2nd Law
Turkey (8) - #11 Drones
Switzerland (7) - #10 The Resistance
Austria (7) - #12 The Resistance
Greece (7) - #9 The Resistance
Argentina (7) - #18 Drones
Chile (7) - #28 Drones
Colombia (7) - #17 Drones
United Kingdom (6) - #58 Black Holes and Revelations
Czech Republic (6) - #15 Drones
Hungary (6) - #22 The 2nd Law
Estonia (6) - #19 The 2nd Law
Peru (6) - #28 Drones
Germany (5) - #29 The Resistance
Denmark (5) - #7 The Resistance
Sweden (5) - #11 The Resistance
New Zealand (5) - #25 The Resistance
Canada (4) - #73 The Resistance
Ireland (4) - #42 The Resistance
Poland (4) - #26 Drones
Japan (4) - #38 Drones
Australia (3) - #33 The Resistance
Singapore (1) - #99 Drones
Ukraine (1) - #16 Drones [All Genres]
Israel (1) - #82 Drones [All Genres]
United States (1) - #91 Black Holes and Revelations
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Christmas Anniversaries:
26 years ago on 19 December 1995 MUSE played a college Christmas party at Cavern in Exeter, Devon. 24 songs were on the setlist including reportedly a very early version of Muscle Museum.
17 years ago a colleague of mine at work gave me an Absolution CD as a Christmas gift.
Absolution was released in the UK and most markets in September 2003. However, it was not released in the United States until March 2004.
Absolution spent 68 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart debuting at #13 in April 2004 and made its last appearance in July 2005 at position #40. It also spent 28 week on the Billboard 200 albums chart peaking at #107 in May 2004. It was the first MUSE album to be certified GOLD (500,000 units sold) by the RIAA in America in early 2007 and was later certifed PLATINUM (1 million units) in June 2016.
The band's first single 'Time Is Running Out' debuted at #38 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart in April 2004 spending 21 weeks on this tally peaking at #9. It was certified GOLD (500,000 units) by the RIAA in early 2015. It is also the group's second highest charting single in the UK at position #8. 'Supermassive Black Hole' reached #4.
MUSE played a total of 69 gigs (several supporting The Cure] in the USA during 2004 and 13 gigs [Campus Invasion Tour] in the first half of 2005 promoting the album and singles including 'Hysteria' which spent a total of 28 weeks on the Alternative Airplay survey and also peaked at #9. The first two singles from the album also were playlisted at MTV2.
What two albums inspired Matt to feature a bass clarinet in 'I Belong to You' on The Resistance?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pet Sounds
'When I'm Sixty-Four' by The Beatles and 'You Still Believe In Me' by The Beach Boys both include a bass clarinet in their song instrumentations
Tchaikovsky also featured the bass clarinet in 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' from the Nutcracker Suite
Social and political commentary songs written by George Harrison and Matt Bellamy which address corporate and bankers greed, class divisions, excessive risk taking by stock brokers and hedge fund managers, anti-competitive company acquisitions and mergers to form monopolies, corruption by bankers and politicians, ecological damage, and warmongering:
'Piggies' and 'Taxman'
'Dig Down' and 'Thought Contagion' and 'Propaganda'
'Psycho' and 'Reapers' and 'Drones' and 'The Handler' and 'Globalist'
'Animals' and 'Explorers' and 'Supremacy' and 'Unsustainable'
'Uprising' and 'Resistance' and 'United States of Eurasia/Collateral Damage' and 'Unnatural Selection'
'Take A Bow' and 'Soldiers Poem' and 'City of Delusion' and 'Knights of Cydonia'
'Stockholm Syndrome' and 'Time Is Running Out' and 'Hysteria' and 'Sing For Absolution'
'Citizen Erased'
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Number of career MUSE gigs in the following cities hosting upcoming Round of 16 club football matches in the 2022 UEFA Champions League knockout phase:
113 - London (Chelsea) England
49 - Paris (Paris Saint-Germain) France
27 - Manchester (Manchester City, Manchester United) England
19 - Milan (Internazionale) Italy
16 - Madrid (Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid) Spain - Another gig at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid is scheduled for 8 July 2022
14 - Munich (Bayern Munich) Germany
11 - Lisbon (Benfica, Sporting CP) Portugal
10 - Amsterdam (Ajax) Netherlands
5 - Turin (Juventus) Italy
5 - Lille (Lille) France
4 - Liverpool (Liverpool) England - Birthplace of The Beatles
3 - Villarrreal (Villareal) in Castellon Province, Valencian Community, Spain - MUSE have played 3 festival gigs at nearby Benicassim
1 - Salzburg (Red Bull Salzburg) Austria - Birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MUSE have performed at five of the team stadiums in the above cities (Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam; Etihad Stadium in Manchester; Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid; Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) in Milan; and Parc des Princes in Paris.
Chris has also attended a 2016 UEFA CL semi-final match at the Estadio Santiago Bernebeu in Madrid, while Matt has attended an EPL match at Stamford Bridge in London in 2011. Matt and Chris also both watched the England v Denmark Euros match at Wembley in July 2021. Lastly, Chris attended the FA Cup final match won by Chelsea v Manchester United in May 2007 at Wembley shortly before MUSE played two sold-out nights at the same venue the following month.
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Supermassive Black Hole is the second MUSE (band) song to reach 300 million streams on Spotify after Uprising which has now surpassed 400 million streams on that platform. Streams for all MUSE tracks on Spotify now total over 3.5 billion generating between an estimated $10 million to $15 million in royalties for the record label, band, songwriter (Matt), music publisher, and various middlemen (performance rights organisations, distributors, and music licensing companies). The songwriter share is only about 16% for streaming royalties.
MUSE (instrument) recently discovered the closest pair of supermassive black holes to earth in a galaxy in the constellation Aquarius. Astronomers studied the spectra of the bright stars around each of the black holes using the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on a very large telescope (VLT) in Chile. These two black holes are on a collision course and will eventually merge into one supermassive black hole. A visitor noticed artwork from Black Holes and Revelations on the stairwell leading to the MUSE platform and European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescope.
The five most listened to official audio streams of songs from Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX) on YouTube are:
Citizen Erased
New Born
Megalomania
Micro Cuts
Space Dementia
In a 2012 interview which early MUSE gig did Chris say only about 3 people were in attendance which made them feel like maybe the band was going nowhere and they were wasting their time? One of those in attendance however was Dennis Smith the owner of Sawmills in Cornwall who offered the Devon trio time in his studio to record an EP for release on his label. Oasis had worked on their debut album Definitely Maybe at this same studio in 1994. A music journalist at the show declined to write a review saying the band was 'boring.'
11 October 1995 at the Berkeley Centre in Cambourne, England
A rare cassette tape with a recording lasting about 44 minutes of MUSE performing at this Cambridgeshire venue was listed for sale at OMEGA Auctions on 30 November 2021. The vendor in Devon valued this item at 1,000+ GBP but reportedly received no bids at the auction so it remains unsold.
How to spell MUSE in Greek?
Mu
Omicron
Upsilon
Sigma
Alpha
Recent social media posts appear to indicate the first single from studio LP9 may be on the horizon with the release of the album perhaps later in 2022
Below are some album chart numbers for MUSE and Adele for their discography over the years. Streaming appears to have negatively impacted traditional pure album sales in the past five or six years.
First week album sales in the UK as reported by the Official Charts Company
800,307 25 (2015) - Over 3.6 million sold to date
261,000 30 (2021) - About 175,000 pure album sales in its debut week [Not including track streams]
208,000 21 (2011) Over 5.2 million sold to date
148,161 The Resistance (2009) - Over 800,000 sold to date
115,144 Black Holes and Revelations (2006) About 1.2 million sold to date
108,536 The 2nd Law (2012) - About 400,000 sold to date
73,000 19 (2008) - Over 2.4 million sold to date
72,863 Drones (2015) - About 200,000 sold to date
71,577 Absolution (2003) - About 950,000 sold to date
45,652 Origin of Symmetry (2001) - About 700,000 sold to date
45,276 HAARP Live at Wembley Stadium (2008) - About 200,000 sold to date
44,320 Simulation Theory (2018) - Over 100,000 sold to date
16,384 Hullabaloo (2002) - About 200,000 sold to date
10,509 Live At Rome Olympic Stadium (2013) - About 25,000 sold to date
5,000 Origin of Symmetry XX Anniversary RemiXX (2021) Estimated
2,901 Showbiz (1999) - Over 500,000 sold to date
1,000 Origin of Muse (2019) Estimated
First week album sales in the USA as reported on the Billboard 200 chart
3,480,000 25 (2015) - Over 9 million sold to date
839,000 30 (2021) - About 700,000 pure album sales in its debut week [Not including streaming and track equivalents]
352,000 21 (2011) - Over 12 million sold to date
128,000 The Resistance (2009) - Over 1 million sold to date
102,000 The 2nd Law (2012) - Over 500,0000 sold to date
84,000 Drones (2015) - Over 300,000 sold to date
48,000 Black Holes and Revelations (2006) - Over 1 million sold to date
36,000 Simulation Theory (2018) - Over 200,000 sold to date
25,000 HAARP Live at Wembley Stadium (2008) Estimated
20,000 19 (2008) - Over 3 million sold to date
5,000 Live at Rome Olympic Stadium (2013) Estimated
3,500 Origin of Symmetry (2010) Estimated
3,000 Origin of Symmetry XX Anniversary RemiXX (2021) Estimated
2,500 Absolution (2004) - Over 1 million sold to date
1,000 Origin of Muse (2019) - Estimated
<1,000 Showbiz (1999) - Estimated
<500 Hullabaloo (2001) - Estimated
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The just announced festival gig in Odense in 2022 will be the band's second ever festival performance on Funen the third largest island of Denmark. The first festival show there took place at Ringe in 2002. They have played twelve gigs in Copenhagen beginning in late 1999, five Roskilde festival gigs and one show in Aarhus.
Trivia Questions:
What gig in Japan did Matt play a few bars from two Rachmaninoff preludes as intros to 'Sunburn' and 'Screenager'?
One of these pieces [Prelude in C Sharp Minor] was also performed by what American singer-songwriter in 1998 who described it as 'Punkrockmoninoff'?
What 'Wannabe' audio engineers/mixers/producers for the Spice Girls in 1995 later went on to win the GRAMMY Award for Best Rock Album (2010) for The Resistance with MUSE as performing artists and producers?
Answers:
Osaka - IMP Hall on 2 December 2001 Check out the footage on YouTube for their tour in Japan that year in which they also celebrated Chris Wolstenholme's birthday
Elliott Smith in the Strange Parallel film in 1998 There is also a clip of his performance on YouTube
Adrian Bushby and Mark Stent
Mr. Bushby won his first Best Rock Album GRAMMY for Foo Fighters' Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007) and has also worked on several other MUSE recordings ('Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever]' and The 2nd Law album with Tommaso Colliva and 'Dig Down' on the Simulation Theory album. He reportedly worked on LP9 with MUSE at Abbey Road Studios this summer and posted a pic with Dom while drum tracking. Some of his other notable clients: U2, Depeche Mode, Smashing Pumpkins, Placebo, Jamiroquai, and Feeder
Mr. Stent has won GRAMMYS for his mixing work on albums with Madonna and Beyonce and has been nominated for albums with other notable artists Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay.
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Two venue one-night attendance records set by MUSE on the band's worldwide Drones concert tour:
21,000 at the O2 Arena - London in April 2016 Total attendance for 5-night stand at this venue: 92,000+
16,669 at the Barclaycard [WiZink] Center - Madrid in May 2016 Total attendance for 2-night stand at this venue: 33,000+
These records were later broken by Metallica during their Worldwired concert tour in 2017 [22,122 at the O2] and 2018 (17,000 at WiZink]. Both Q-Prime managed clients used 360 degree center stages for their tours.
First week sales for fifth studio album The Resistance in September 2009:
148,000 - United Kingdom [Over 800,000 sold cumulative release to date]
128,000 - United States [Over 1 million sold cumulative release to date]
53,000 - France [Over 800,000 sold cumulative release to date
500,000 (Est.) - Worldwide [Around 4 million sold cumulative release to date]
By comparison with first week sales for recent 2021 UK chart-topping albums by the following artists:
261,000 - 30 Adele [839,000 equivalen album units on th US Billboared 200 album chart]
204,000 - Voyage ABBA [82,000 equivalent album units on the US Billboard 200 album chart]
139,000 - = (Equals) Ed Sheeran [118,000 equivalent album units on the US Billboard 200 album chart]
101,000 - Music Of The Spheres Coldplay [57,000 equivalent album units on the US Billboard 200 album chart]
First Club, Festival, Arena and Stadium Gigs in America:
31 October/Early November 1998 - Mercury Lounge in New York City (CMJ music marathon conference and record label showcase for up-and-coming artists) Reps from Maverick and Columbia Records spotted them and invited the trio to audition for them later in the year
25 July 1999 - Woodstock Festival in Rome NY [MUSE opened their set with 'Sunburn' and RHCP closed their set with 'Fire']
24 March 2000 - Target Center in Minneapolis MN [Support for Foo Fighters and the Red Hot Chili Peppers]
23 September 2009 - Giants Stadium in East Rutherford NJ (Support for U2's massive 360 degree worldwide concert tour]
MUSE have played a total of 72 gigs in California which would rank the state as the fifth most played market behind the UK, USA, France and Germany and just ahead of Australia in the number of career performances. If California were its own nation, it would be the fifth largest economy in the world behind the USA, China, Japan, and Germany and larger than the UK's (GDP) Gross Domestic Product and those of India, France, Italy , Canada and South Korea as well.
Number of Stadium Gigs (80) Ranked by Nation/Market:
12 England [Headliners at seven stadiums in London, Manchester, Coventry and Bristol from 2007-2019]
10 France [Headliners at five stadiums in Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux and Nice from 2007-2019]
10 United States [Support for U2 for nine shows in eight cities in 2009 and for RATM for one show in Los Angeles in 2011]
7 Italy [Headliners at three stadiums in Milan, Rome and Turin from 2010 to 2019]
5 Russia [Headliners at four stadiums in Moscow and St. Petersburg from 2007 to 2019]
4 Spain [Headliners at four stadiums in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao from 2010 to 2019]
3 Mexico [Headliners at Foro Sol for three shows in 2010 and 2019]
3 Germany [Headliners at stadium shows in Cologne, Munich and Gelsenkirchen in 2015 and 2019]
3 Brazil [Support for U2 at one stadium for three shows in 2011]
3 Argentina [Support for U2 at one stadium for three shows in 2011]
3 New Zealand [Big Day Out at one stadium in Auckland for shows in 2004, 2007 and 2010]
2 Switzerland [Headliners at one stadium in Bern for shows in 2010 and 2013)
2 Japan [Headliners at the Saitama Super Arena for two shows in 2013]
2 Singapore [Headliners at the Indoor Stadium for two shows in 2010 and 2015]
1 Netherlands [Headliner at Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam for one show in 2013]
1 Portugal [Headliner at Estadio do Dragao in Oporto for one show in 2013]
1 Scotland [Headliner at one stadium in Edinburgh for a festival gig in 2006 with My Chemical Romance]
1 Ireland [Headliner at one stadium in Dublin for a show in 2008 with Kasabian]
1 Finland [Headliner at one stadium in Helsinki in 2013]
1 Norway [Headliner at one stadium in Bergen in 2013]
1 Denmark [Headliner at one stadium in Copenhagen in 2009]
1 South Korea [Headliner at one stadium festival gig in Seoul in 2013]
1 Monaco [Headliner at Stade Louis II stadium in 2007]
1 Sweden [Support for Depeche Mode at one stadium gig in Stockholm in 2006]
1 Chile [Support for U2 at at one stadium in Santiago in 2011]
Chart Stats & Trivia
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Matt on Instagram:
"Humbled and inspired by the brave people of Ukraine fighting for their right to live free and in peace. Respect also to the people of Russia wiling to protest and stand up to their deranged and corrupt government. We stand for liberal democracy, freedom and power to the individual over state oppression and authoritarianism."