JadeLovesMuse Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Muse Live Review Kerrang! Magazine - 05/01/11 MUSE PLUS: BIFFY CLYRO ACER ARENA, SYDNEY 09.12.10 K K K K K Words: Rob Yates, Photo Martin Philbey BRITISH TRIO CLAIM SYDNEY AS THEIR OWN IF YOU want an indication of just how popular Muse are in Australia, look not to the face that they're playing two dates in this 18,000-seat arena in Sydney, but to the range of people currently flooding through it's turnstiles. Parents chaperone children; goths walk alongside punk rockers; business suits stand next to stiletto-heeled glamazons. It's a cross section of society so broad that only the rarest of bands can hope to appeal so widely, but as they demonstrate again tonight, Muse have long belonged in this category. When Biffy Clyro stroll onstage at 8pm, they do so to a half-full arena. I'm such an environment theirs is a thankless task, but one the Scots take to do with typical vigour, despite a rough mix doing them no favours. Tonight, Muse come in any colour you like, so long as it sparkles, flashes and shoots laser beams across the arena, blips and bleeps. Brandishing the most spectacular stage show this side of a U2 concert, the trio unleash the opening salvo of Uprising and Resistance perched 20 feet above the stage on individual platforms that shoot video projections to all corners of the arena, as do giant rectangular screens hanging above their heads. As onstage arrivals go, it resembles a UFO landing more than a rock show, with frontman Matt Bellamy's silver suit and glowing blue glasses completing the effect. As always Muse keep the talking to a minimum, save for Matt dedicating Citizen Erased to "a true Australian hero" in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and it's to Muse's credit that songs such as Time Is Running Out, Stockholm Syndrome and Supermassive Black Hole remain the focal point above the bells and whistles of their stage show. The spectacle finally winds down two hours after it began with a triumphant Knights Of Cydonia, Muse's most unusual single, sending this most disparate of audiences into the balmy evening dazzled and, no doubt, just a little bit dazed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackparker Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 That's one awesome review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazy-Babie Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Great review, I was at that gig, had a ball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elise<3sMuse Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Great review, I was at that gig, had a ball! This!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazy-Babie Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 This!! Although I will admit that I was one of the "stiletto-heeled glamazons" lol, I still managed to jump up and down like a crazy person though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saracene Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Parents chaperone children; goths walk alongside punk rockers; business suits stand next to stiletto-heeled glamazons. That's so true, the audience at the Muse show I went to was the most hilariously random crowd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_invincible_dude Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 A great review, thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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