British artists Kate Bush, Iron Maiden, George Michael and Joy Division/New Order made the short list along with first-year eligible American artists The White Stripes and Missy Elliott. Matt met Jack White at the recent iHeartRadio ALTer Ego gig in Los Angeles last month. MUSE deserve to be recognized but may have to wait a few years to get on the ballot and be inducted perhaps sometime in the late 2020's or 2030's. Coldplay will likely not have to wait that long. You can vote for whom you think should be inducted in 2023 at the link below: https://vote.rockhall.com/en/

Over 5 Billion streams on Spotify for all MUSE tracks The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Soundtrack) 28.5M Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) Hullabaloo Over 30 million global Spotify audio streams of previously released B-sides on Disc 1 5M Map Of Your Head 4M Shrinking Universe 3.4M Hyper Chondriac Music 3.3M Yes Please 3.3M Recess 2.9M Nature_1 2.7M Forced In 2.7M Shine Acoustic 2.5M The Gallery 2.4M Ashamed

Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX) 18 million global Spotify audio streams of remastered and remixed tracks from the band's acclaimed second studio album 4.7M Citizen Erased 1.7M New Born 1.6M Plug In Baby 1.5M Megalomania 1.4M Bliss 1.3M Space Dementia 1.1M Hyper Music 1.1M Micro Cuts 1M Feeling Good 900K Darkshines 800K Futurism 800K Screenager

Simulation Theory (Super Deluxe) 475 million global Spotify audio streams of tracks from the album with alternate reality versions of many of its tracks and multiple producers 92M Pressure 70M Thought Contagion 60M Dig Down 49M The Dark Side 40M Something Human 25M Algorithm 19M Propaganda 15.5M Break It To Me 13.7M Get Up and Fight 13.5M Blockades 11M The Void 10.5M Something Human (Acoustic) 9M Algorithm (ARV) 8M Pressure (feat. UCLA Marching Band) 7.5M The Dark Side (ARV) 6M Dig Down (Acoustic Gospel Version) 5.6M Propaganda (Acoustic) 5.5M Break It To Me (Sam de Jong Remix) 5.1M Thought Contagion (Live) 5M The Void (Acoustic) 4.5M The Dark Side (ARV) [Instrumental]

The 2nd Law Approaching 630 million global Spotify audio streams of tracks from this diverse album and the second one self-produced by the band 265M Madness 76M Panic Station 71M Supremacy 47.5M Survival 40M Follow Me 28M Animals 18M Unsustainable 17.5M Explorers 16M Big Freeze 15M Prelude 13.5M Liquid State 12M Save Me 9M Isolated System

Drones Over 550 million global Spotify audio streams of tracks from the album which was awarded a Grammy for Best Rock Album in 2016 208M Psycho 74M Dead Inside 73.8M Mercy 53M Reapers 44M The Handler 28.5M Defector 18M Aftermath 17.8M Revolt 13M The Globalist 11M (JFK) 10.5M Drones 39K (Drill Sergeant)

Showbiz Over 205 million global Spotify audio streams of tracks from the band's debut studio album released in 1999 57M Unintended - Does not include the 1.7M streams of the acoustic and lullaby versions of this track on Matt's solo release Cryosleep 43M Sunburn 34M Muscle Museum 13M Showbiz 11M Cave 9M Uno 7.7M Filip 7.5M Falling Down 5.7M Hate This and I'll Love You 5.4M Sober 5.1M Escape 4.1M Spiral Static (Bonus Track) 4M Overdue

Absolution Over 645 million global Spotify audio streams of tracks from this brilliant top-tier album celebrating its 20th anniversary this year 201M Hysteria 173M Time Is Running Out 55M Stockholm Syndrome 39.5M Butterflies and Hurricanes 31M Sing for Absolution 24M Blackout 23M Endlessly 18M Apocalypse Please 16.5M Falling Away With You 16.4M The Small Print 15.7M Thoughts of a Dying Atheist 12M Fury (Bonus Track) 10.5M Interlude 10M Ruled By Secrecy 22K Intro

Will of the People Over 125 million global Spotify audio streams of tracks from the Devon trio's ninth studio album 38.5M Won't Stand Down 21M Compliance 16M Will Of The People 11.3M You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween 11.2M Kill Or Be Killed 6.5M Verona 6.3M Ghosts (How Can I Move On) - Does not include 2.2M streams of the Elisa version and the 850K streams of the Mylene Farmer version 6.2M We Are Fucking Fucked 5.4M Euphoria 4.7M Liberation

The Resistance Over 925 million global Spotify audio streams of tracks from the album which won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 2011 ceremony 496M Uprising 152M Undisclosed Desires 95M Resistance 32M Unnatural Selection 31.5M I Belong to You (+Mon Coeur S'Ouvre a Ta Voix) - Does not include 4M streams for the Twilight Saga New Moon Remix version 28.6M United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage) 28.4M MK ULTRA 17M Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption) 16.9M Guiding Light 16M Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture) 14M Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Pollination)

Origin of Symmetry Approaching 450 million global Spotify audio streams of tracks from the album considered a chef-d'œuvre by many fans and critics 123M Plug in Baby 122M Feeling Good 60M New Born 46M Bliss 19M Citizen Erased 15M Space Dementia 14M Hyper Music 12M Micro Cuts 10M Darkshines 9M Futurism (Bonus Track) 8.5M Megalomania 7.5M Screenager

Updated Box Office states for 21st century British break-through artists thru end of end of calendar year 2023 Coldplay* $1.6 Billion Career Gross (8 Headliner Album Concert Tours) 19.5 Million Career Ticket Sales MUSE* $500 Million Career Gross (Headliner Album Concert Tours) - The band has also earned more than $50 million from headlining over a hundred festivals during this span 7.5 Million Career Ticket Sales Harry Styles $650 Million Career Gross (2 Headliner Album Concert Tours) 4.8 Million Career Ticket Sales Ed Sheeran $1.2 Billion Career Gross 12 Million Career Ticket Sales One Direction $600 Million Career Gross 7.2 Million Career Ticket Sales *Both bands [Coldplay were the Special Guests] were on the same bill for two gigs at the Astoria club at Charing Cross Rd in London on 6 and 7 June 2000. Tickets were 9.50 quid. Mayhem ensued at the end of each show and Dom was nearly injured from Matt's guitar tosses on both nights. On the second night the drum kit was demolished and Matt fell on his amp and remained motionless for 17 minutes according to one eyewitness account. The venue was demolished in 2009 due to the CrossTrain Project at the Tottenham station. Honourable Runners-up: Adele, Arctic Monkeys and Florence + The Machine have each grossed in the $100-$250 million range from their concerts in the new century. These three artists along with Harry Styles, Coldplay and MUSE have all been nominated for Grammys in 2023. Adele, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Styles and MUSE have all won Grammys in prior years. The Rolling Stones, Elton John and U2 have each grossed over $2 Billion and sold 20-30 Million tickets in their careers dating back to the 60's in case of the Stones. Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Madonna are other artists who have grossed more than $1.5 billion from tours in their careers. Sources: Pollstar and Billboard Boxscore including estimates for the upcoming shows in 2023

2022 Year End Album Chart Performance Will Of The People #44 Spain - Top 100 Album Vinyl Sales - 18 weeks on chart (Promusicae) 17,000 tickets were sold for the 2023 festival gig in Santander, Spain in the first 30 minutes Drones has just been certified Gold in Denmark for 10,000 sales (IFPI) Uprising re-enters the Billboard Top Alternative Digital Song Sales chart at #17 after iTunes in America discounted many alternative rock tracks at $0.69 this past week Black Holes and Revelations Over 1.1 billion global Spotify audio streams of tracks from the best-selling studio album in the MUSE discography as of January 2023 407M Supermassive Black Hole 316M Starlight 188M Knights of Cydonia 48M Map of the Problematique 31M Assassin 28M Invincible 20M Glorious (Bonus Track) 19.5M Take a Bow 17M Exo-Politics 16M Soldier's Poem 15M City of Delusion 10.5M Hoodoo I will post cumulative-to-date track streams for the other albums in the coming days...

Will of The People has spent 21 consecutive weeks on the Album Sales charts in both the UK (#89 on the latest tally) and France (#48). Ghosts (How Can I Move On) feat. Elisa just achieved 2 million streams on Spotify and the official lyric video has passed 1 million views on YouTube. The version featuring Mylene Farmer has over 800K steams on Spotify and over 450K views on YouTube. The OG version meanwhile has over 6 million streams on Spotify and over 1.5 million views on YT. Reach Out I'll Be There by the Four Tops covered by Jaded Hearts Club is the first track to reach 2 million streams on Spotify. 2023 WOTP World Tour Estimated Ticket Sales North America Leg 360K (135K Mexico; 175K USA; and 50K Canada) USA Calculations: 7 venues x 12K Avg + 8 venues x 8K Avg + 4 venues x 6.5K avg European Leg 540K (220K France; 100K Italy, and 220K other markets including the UK and Germany) 900K Total Attendance $70-$75 Million Est. Gross Artists such as Taylor Swift, Elton John, Harry Styles, the Rolling Stones, Bad Bunny, Madonna and Beyonce with their world tours have average ticket prices around $125-$200 but MUSE appear to be averaging in the range of $65 to $100 depending on the market for their 2023 world tour. Legs could be added in South America, Asia and Australia for the 2nd half of 2023 and additional festival and arena gigs could be scheduled in selected European and North America markets in 2024. This is speculation only and is not official.

More Box Office Stats: Career Estimated Concert Ticket Sales Ranked by Market (1994-2023) - Excluding Festival Headliner Gigs UK 1.4 million+ USA 1.3 million+ (including California) France 1.2 million+ Italy 600K+ Mexico 500K+ Canada 360K+ California 350K+ (The fifth largest economy in the world after the USA, China, Japan, and Germany) Germany 250K+ Spain 240K+ Australia 180K+ (Does not include the 18 Big Day Out Festival gigs) Followed by other markets with over 100K ticket sales: Switzerland Belgium Netherlands Russia Portugal Followed by markets in no particular order with 5K-100K ticket sales: Japan Finland Ireland Poland Austria Hungary Ukraine Brazil Argentina Czechia Denmark Norway Sweden South Korea Hong Kong China Singapore Chile Greece Turkey Luxembourg Estonia Latvia Lithuania Iceland Monaco Colombia Peru New Zealand Croatia Serbia Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Festival only gigs were held in the following markets: Romania, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan

MUSE Box Office Stats Update Top Stadium Venues Ranked By Est. Career Total Attendance (2007-2023) Stade de France (Saint-Denis/Paris) 505,000+ at 7 shows as headliners Wembley Stadium (London) 270,000+ at 4 shows Foro Sol (Mexico City) 240,000+ at 5 shows San Siro (Milan) 195,000+ at 4 shows Stadio Olimpico (Rome) 160,000+ at 3 shows Orange Velodrome (Marseille) 105,000+ at 2 shows Emirates Stadium (London) 89,000+ at 2 shows Etihad Stadium (Manchester) 84,000+ at 2 shows Wankdorf/Stade de Suisse (Bern) 80,000+ at 2 shows RheinEnergieStadion (Köln) 78,000+ at 2 shows Matmut Atlantique (Bordeaux) 76,000+ at 2 shows London Stadium (London) 73,000+ at 1 show Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino (Turin) 63,000+ at 2 shows Groupama (Lyon) 55,000+ at 1 show Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles) 52,000+ at 1 show (L.A. Rising with RATM as co-headliners) Metropolitano (Madrid) 51,000+ at 1 show Old Trafford Cricket Ground (Manchester) 50,000+ at 1 show Parc des Princes (Paris-Saint Germain) 48,000+ at 1 show Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow) 46,000+ at 1 show Stade Charles Ehrmann/Palais Nikaia (Nice) 43,000+ at 1 show Estadio do Dragao (Porto) 41,000+ at 1 show Vicente Calderon Stadium (Madrid) 39,000+ at 1 show Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium (Barcelona) 33,000+ at 1 show Johan Cruyff ArenA (Amsterdam) 33,000+ at 1 show Album covers for Absolution and Black Holes & Revelations respectively featured in the above two referenced music videos

2022 Year End Album Chart Performance WOTP #32 Belgium-Wallonia #176 Belgium-Flanders MUSE have played shows in Brussels and Dutch speaking Flanders (Merksem/Antwerp and Werchter) but so far not a single gig in Wallonia (Charleroi and Liege being the two biggest cities in the southern French speaking region of Belgium). They have had several gigs however in Lille across the border in France. The just announced concert in Nancy will be the band's seventh gig in the Grand-Est region of France (Strasbourg, Nancy, and Amneville) including Lorraine and the concert in Santander will be their first ever show in this port city in northern Spain. It will also be the ninth different community/province/region in Spain where the trio has performed: Madrid; Catalonia; Basque Country; Andalusia; Valencia; Galicia;, Asturias, Balearic Islands; and Catabria. The photo shoot for the BHaR album cover took place at Bardenas Reales in a tenth province: Navarre Speaking of album covers, what Easter eggs related to MUSE can be found in two official music videos released last year by the following artists: Metro Boomin 'Superhero (Heroes and Villains)' Denzel Curry 'Walkin' Answers follow at the bottom of the next post.

UK Music Consumption 2022 National Album Equivalent Sales - 86% Streaming-Equivalent Albums and 12% Physical Sales and 2% Digital Sales MUSE Album Equivalent Sales - 94% Physical Albums and 3% Digital Downloads and 3% Streaming-Equivalent (Est.) Source: BPI MUSE at The Forum The April 2007 gig was the the trio's first sold-out arena concert in the United States with over 14,000 fans in attendance with an average ticket price of around $30. The band played a total of 20 songs including 10 from BHaR, 5 from Abso, 4 from OoS, and 1 from Showbiz. Not on the setlist: Exo-politics The upcoming concert at this venue on Saturday will be the band's third radio station sponsored show at this venue. They also played a gig there in 2019 with over 12,500 in attendance and grossing over $1 million. "For them to headline the Forum on their own is exceptional," says Gary Bongiovanni, editor in chief of Pollstar, which covers the concert business. "It obviously indicates huge popularity in Southern California." Bongiovanni compares Muse's success as a live draw in L.A. to Depeche Mode, whose KROQ-fueled popularity in the late '80s eventually led the group to a headline date at the Rose Bowl in 1988." - Los Angeles Times With the four scheduled hows in Mexico this month it is expected total attendance at the 19 MUSE career arena and stadium shows in Mexico will surpass 500,000 putting Mexico in fifth place after the UK, the USA, France and Italy with the highest number of concert-goers ranked by country. The band's first show in Mexico took place at the Sports Palace venue in Mexico City a few days after the Forum gig referenced above with over 18,000 in ticket sales. Dystopian prediction on the Simulation Theory album cover a year before the pandemic and the difficult decisions facing the PRC on how to deal with the crisis while maintaining economic growth and stability? 三 難 困 境

FRANCE Over 4 million estimated career album sales Year-End Album Chart Positions (SNEP) 2022 #43 Will Of The People (Includes streaming album equivalent units + physical and digital sales - Likely ranked in the Top 20 on just pure album sales) 2019 #118 Simulation Theory 2018 #50 Simulation Theory 2016 #128 Drones 2015 #16 Drones 2014 #141 Live at Rome Olympic Stadium 2013 #52 Live at Rome Olympic Stadium 2012 #8 The 2nd Law 2010 #8 The Resistance 2009 #8 The Resistance 2008 #50 HAARP 2007 #96 Black Holes and Revelations 2006 #22 Black Holes and Revelations 2004 #124 Absolution 2003 #62 Absolution 2002 #150 Hullabaloo Soundtrack 2001 #57 Origin of Symmetry

United Kingdom Will Of The People "Eight of the year’s Top 10 vinyl LPs were released in 2022, led by Taylor Swift’s Midnights, Harry’s House by Harry Styles and Arctic Monkeys’ The Car, which across the year achieved the three highest one-week sales for vinyl LPs this century. The vinyl Top 10 of the year also included 2022 albums by Liam Gallagher, The 1975, Wet Leg and Muse (Will Of The People)...Sales of cassettes, while still a very small part of the market overall, continued to grow in 2022, up 5.2% year-on-year to 195,000 units. The year’s top sellers included Dance Fever by Florence + The Machine, Muse’s Will Of The People and 23 by Central Cee." Year-End Album Chart Positions - MUSE Discography 2022 #85 Will Of The People (Includes streaming-equivalent album units and sales) - Top 20 Physical Album Sales 2018 #77 Simulation Theory 2015 #30 Drones 2012 #32 The 2nd Law 2010 #54 The Resistance #149 BHaR 2009 #25 The Resistance #151 BHaR 2008 #161 HAARP #165 BHaR 2007 #117 BHaR 2006 #26 Black Holes and Revelations #197 Absolution 2005 #171 Absolution 2004 #82 Absolution 2003 #70 Absoluton 2001 #74 Origin of Symmetry #179 Showbiz Sources: Official Charts Company and Music Week

Will Of The People 2022 Year-End Chart Performance #15 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) #96 Netherlands Albums (Dutch charts) http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2022/alben Weekly Chart Performance #58 UK Official Albums Sales -18 consecutive weeks on chart and counting #44 France Top Albums (#32 Physical Albums Sales) - 17 consecutive weeks on chart and counting Spotify Streams SMBH will cross the 400 million threshold this weekend while Uprising will join the 500 million club early in 2023

MUSE are on track to sell 800K+ tickets for their 2023 WOTP World Tour for the gigs announced so far in North America and Europe. The band also likely will have played in front of an estimated 1 million fans for their 27 festival dates in 2022 and 2023. Hysteria becomes the sixth MUSE song to surpass 100 Million views on YouTube. Top 5: Uprising (247M); Madness (180M); Starlight (170M); Resistance (122M); and Undisclosed Desires (110m). 2.7 Billion Total Views on YouTube according to the Official MUSE artist channel as of December 2022. $7 Million Revenue from YT at blended avg of $0.0026 per video stream view in addition to the estimated $25-30 Million from over 5 Billion career streams on Spotify and a possible combined $10-20 Million from other streaming platforms like Apple Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL, and Deezer at a higher per stream rate than Spotify's. WOTP Album tracks ranked by total combined audio and video streams on Spotify and YouTube as of December 2022: 1. WSD 50M 2. Compliance 25M 3. WOTP 19M 4. Halloween 15M 5. KOBK 14M 6. Ghosts 10M - Original + Elisa + Mylene Farmer versions 7. Verona 8M 8. WAFF 7M 9. Euphoria 7M 10. Liberation 5M

Ghosts (How Can I Move On) - MUSE and Matt Bellamy What common chord progression popular accross several genres of music does this piano ballad have in common with All Too Well by Taylor Swift which has received a 2023 Song of The Year Grammy nomination? Also, how many songs has Matt composed in his discography using this so-called Axis of Awesome pop-punk and country-bro progression? Answers below. Streaming Stats Comparison as of 19 December Original Version 5.6M streams on Spotify and 1.3M views on YouTube since its release in late August 2022 Featurng Elisa Version Top 20 on the iTunes Italy digital songs chart for the first 3 1/2 weeks of release including the first ten days in the Top 10 peaking at #2 1.5 million streams on Spotify and over 700K views on YouTube She collaborated on the bonus track Birds with Imagine Dragons several years ago and has covered Wuthering Heights and Zombie at her shows. Featuring Mylene Farmer Version #1 at iTunes France during its first three days of release and still in the Top 50 after its first ten days of release #99 YouTube France with 250K views of the lyric video during its first week of release and over 350K worldwide 500K streams on Spotify and counting She collaborated with Sting in 2015 on his song Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) including a music video shot in Paris which reached #1 and with Moby on his song Slipping Way which also topped the singles chart in 2006. She is a fan of Kate Bush and Depeche Mode. I - V - vi - IV Ghosts (How Can I Move On) B♭ F Gm E♭ (First Chorus) C G Am F (Final Chorus) Dead Inside E♭ B♭ Cm A♭ Map Of Your Head A E F♯m D Revolt G D Em C Other popular well-known songs with this same chord progression: Let It Be - The Beatles Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones With Or Without You - U2 (Throughout the song) So Lonely - The Police (Throughout the song) Someone Like You - Adele (Grammy Winning Performance) All Too Well - Taylor Swift (Around 20 other songs with this same chord progression in her discography) No One - Alicia Keys (Grammy Winning Performance) No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga Under the Bridge - RHCP Take On Me - A-ha Don't Stop Believin' - Journey Down Under - Men At Work Forever Young - Alphaville When I Come Around - Green Day Pork and Beans - Weezer Letter to Elise - The Cure Dammit - Blink-182 (Over 10 other songs with same chord progression or variation with a different sequence) Demons - Imagine Dragons Glycerine - Bush Cryin' - Aerosmith F**ckin' Perfect - P!nk Hey, Soul Sister - Train No Scrubs - TLC I'm Yours - Jason Mraz Cruise - Florida Georgia Line To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears (1958) And Many, Many Others... Of the the variations with a different ordering of the above progression the most popular among songwriters is probably the so-called 'sensitive female' chord progression: vi - IV - I - V Hello - Adele One Of Us - Joan Osborne Kids - MGMT The Scientist - Coldplay Despacito - Luis Fonsi No Apologies - Timbaland and One Republic Poker Face - Lady Gaga If I Were A Boy - Beyonce All Of Me - John Legend Another common variation: IV - I - V - vi Umbrella - Rihanna Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift Credits: YouTubers David Bennett Piano and Piano and Pies for the chord progression source material

Congrats Argentina! 2022 World Cup Champions 9 Career MUSE Gigs in Argentina: 5,000 fans attended the first two gigs in Buenos Aires at the Gran Rex theatre in July 2008 Map of the Problematique was the first ever song played by the band in Argentina 3 shows supporting U2 in 2011 at a stadium in La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires Province 3 additional shows including 1 festival date in Buenos Aires and 1 gig in Cordoba Unconfirmed rumours of MUSE shows in Argentina and Brazil sometime in the 2nd half of 2023

Ghosts (How Can I Move On) - MUSE and Matt Bellamy [feat. Mylene Farmer] Debut Peak Chart Positions iTunes: Top Songs Digital Downloads #1 France [#2 Rihanna; #3 Mariah Carey; #4 Madonna; and #5 Maneskin] #1 Belgium #2 Switzerland #3 Luxembourg #4 Cyprus #14 Czech Republic #23 Spain #81 Austria #92 Mexico #99 Netherlands #128 Canada [The version featuring Elisa was at #127] #193 Germany #210 United Kingdom [#13 Alternative] Deezer (Streaming): #38 Philippines #79 Romania #93 Ukraine YouTube: Over 175K views of the lyric video on the first two days of release Matt attended one of her 13 concerts in Paris at the Bercy Arena in January 2006 and praised her performance in a French interview later that year. It inspired the band to stage HAARP at Wembley in 2007.