That Little Animal Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Oh, and whoever held up that Hyper Music sign, they saw it and it looked like Matt asked Dom if he wanted to play it. They laughed and then I guess decided not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Someone make a Reapers sign next concert. At least we can assume the other songs are still being rotated and not just dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Erased 01 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Think that's all there is to say. I'm not even going to any of the gigs next year but this is weird enough for me to be pissed off for any fans like myself who expect a rock gig with one or two pop songs thrown in. Staggering. At a loss for words :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn. Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm done. Only European gigs from now on. And Japanese, don't forget Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 And Japanese, don't forget Japan. Yeah, in Japan people are crazy, so you can play any weird rarity from your back catalogue. In the US people are more conservative, so as a band you have to be very careful and only play those songs that are easy to listen to. Smells like stereotyping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanp16 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Smells like stereotyping. Smells like tumblr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozza Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 "From the moment they were somewhat surprisingly announced back in November there was a fair amount of doubt surrounding Muse’s position as Download 2015 headliners. By the end of the first song, the rifftastic new offering Psycho, it was already very clear something special was going to take place. Muse had promised a special heavier setlist for Download. They delivered it in spades. Regular live staples such as New Born (brilliant) and Hysteria (even better) set the bar sky high early on but Messrs Bellamy, Howard and Wolstenholme didn’t drop their levels for a second. Muse Download Festival 2015 Muse: two middle fingers up to the doubters. Matt Bellamy spoke infrequently to the crowd, with the occasional thank you and “Come On Donington!” but he hardly needed copious amounts of stage banter. He let the music do the talking, and when Muse were unloading rarities like Dead Star and Micro Cuts mixed with enjoyable new songs like Dead Inside and Reapers, the music was all anyone needed. The encore is perhaps one of the greatest twenty minute musical periods in Download Festival history. The sight and sound of roughly 80,000 people bellowing the chorus to Uprising back at Matt Bellamy in Unison was one of THE moments of Download 2015. Then *that* riff to Plug In Baby was unleashed and Donington Park collectively lost it’s mind. The obligatory Knights Of Cydonia was saved for the close, and Download bounced along as one to one of the greatest songs of the last ten years. Coupled with an impressive fireworks display to finish things off, Muse hadn’t merely dispelled the doubts, they’d smashed them into a million pieces. Band of the festival status (at least in this reviewers mind) was theirs with a full day still to go." So while hits are important, it's important to pick the right ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAurelia Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 :LOL::LOL: You are right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn. Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 So while hits are important, it's important to pick the right ones And for the 90% of the crowd in America the right ones are the likes of Madness and Feeling Good. Is sad for the other 10%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Lol Bliss was on the set but was crossed out and replaced with PIB. Pretty much this exact thing happened during the T2L tour in the US, too. There were some rotations and songs in the set that existed for the first few shows, and then were completely dropped. Bliss/Resistance was the one I was most pissed about. Sadly, I predicted Bliss/CE/AP not making it past the opening gigs again; I just couldn't have anticipated Reapers loss. Apart from the broken drones, the screen projections broken on two sides during UD, which made it even more dull. I think this bugs me more than the terrible setlist. Technical problems happen, but should there be massive ones EVERY night? Do they not work with this stuff beforehand? Or were the late announcements for the US gigs because they knew they weren't getting shit together on time and were scrambling at the last minute? How many times did we hear about the flying stuff at gigs, and how many times has it actually worked at the gigs? Not to mention curtains being offline, guitars not working, gigs being rescheduled or late... Combined with the barely trying setlists it feels like we're just a warm up. And that if you're ever going to see Muse in the States, it better be one of the first few gigs if you want even something on the level of CE/Bliss (but not at the same gig.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyjackk Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I think this bugs me more than the terrible setlist. Technical problems happen, but should there be massive ones EVERY night? Do they not work with this stuff beforehand? Or were the late announcements for the US gigs because they knew they weren't getting shit together on time and were scrambling at the last minute? How many times did we hear about the flying stuff at gigs, and how many times has it actually worked at the gigs? Not to mention curtains being offline, guitars not working, gigs being rescheduled or late... Combined with the barely trying setlists it feels like we're just a warm up. And that if you're ever going to see Muse in the States, it better be one of the first few gigs if you want even something on the level of CE/Bliss (but not at the same gig.) I have to say it's getting ridiculous how many "un forseen" technical errors they're having with the shows. Drones not working, screens fucking up, guitars not working - kinda seems like everything that can go wrong with it is. Combine that with shite setlists and it makes you wonder whether they actually feel their shows are worth the money they're asking for at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozza Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I have to say it's getting ridiculous how many "un forseen" technical errors they're having with the shows. Drones not working, screens fucking up, guitars not working - kinda seems like everything that can go wrong with it is. Combine that with shite setlists and it makes you wonder whether they actually feel their shows are worth the money they're asking for at the moment. It's like a worse version of the TR Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 1. Psycho 2. Dead Inside 3. Hysteria 4. Plug In Baby 5. Isolated System + The Handler 6. Resistance (lol) 7. Supermassive Black Hole 8. Prelude + Starlight 9. Feeling Good 10. Madness 11. Undisclosed Desires 12. JFK + Revolt 13. Time is Running Out 14. Uprising 15. Globalist 16. Mercy 17. MWAH + Knights Worst Muse setlist in history. Well I want my money back. Worst set and only two drones worked. Lol Bliss was on the set but was crossed out and replaced with PIB. Oh, and whoever held up that Hyper Music sign, they saw it and it looked like Matt asked Dom if he wanted to play it. They laughed and then I guess decided not to. this fucking band (I shouldn't laugh really, it's actually pretty sad) Manchester Arena - 09/4/2016 | O2 Arena, London - 11/4/2016 + 12/4/2016 + 14/4/2016 + 15/4/2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halo eighteen Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm glad Muse are so obviously treating this US tour as the problematic warm up tour for the European tour that matters so much more to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monktbd Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I really did not check TR or T2L tour setlists in detail but most annoying to me is that there is 0 rotation once you hit Munich Jam and Madness. Especially topping that off with having both FG and Resistance in there. I mean I don't dislike these songs but trading them for a possible Bliss/Sunburn/SS and in addition Reapers getting axed not only once... But yeah once you hit the Jam you know what's coming. Not fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel_Tufnel Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Nono. Feeling fucking Good in the piano slot. I'm done. Only European gigs from now on. I stand corrected. The setlist that I saw online said FG initially then changed to USOE, then back to FG. This tour should have been epic but it's turning into something of a shitshow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi. Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 So glad that I didn't go to last night's concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel_Tufnel Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 To be fair, I'm still looking forward to seeing them next month and have no regrets about buying the tickets. It's just that a lacklustre set list and malfunctioning equipment in front of a half full arena will be disappointing however you look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanp16 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 You're all so ungrateful! You should be thankful just to have MUSE play for you! They don't owe you anything! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel_Tufnel Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 They don't owe you anything! ! 80 bucks a ticket....I'd say they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halo eighteen Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 80 bucks a ticket....I'd say they do. Hey, that $80 goes towards a gazillion lights and video screens, as well as missing props and instruments that don't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisF Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 80 bucks a ticket....I'd say they do. Sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel_Tufnel Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Hey, that $80 goes towards a gazillion lights and video screens, as well as missing props and instruments that don't work. Exactly. I'd rather pay the $80 to see a kickass, two and a half hour set under a few spotlights. I'll bring my own balloons and confetti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel21 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm glad Muse are so obviously treating this US tour as the problematic warm up tour for the European tour that matters so much more to them. Sadly as its sound , I think this is true , the us tour looks like let's see what can go wrong with the stage etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel_Tufnel Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) Sarcasm Fair enough. I don't know people here well enough to judge the tone of every post. There are plenty of fanboys/girls around who could make that comment without the sarcasm. Just not enough to fill arenas apparently. Edited December 16, 2015 by Nigel_Tufnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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