Headliners 2016

[willutalk]

Was at the O2 last night for Muse, my 5th time seeing Matt and co!

You can give it to them. A sublime live act!!

They really do seem to be enjoying touring Drones, have obviously written an album that they play for their own entertainement and the crowd feeds off of that. 

Opening with the choral instalment Drones and finishing the regular part of the set with The Globalist suggest that they feel confident with the perhaps more niche pieces of Drones.

Though with no 360 degree stage (which was really quite stunning) at the Pyramid, come June, they're ready to smash it once again.

you can say as many things about Muse as you like but at the end of the day they'll put on a breathtaking show of music.

 

 

[shoptildrop]

3 hours ago, Will-2609 said:

Aye I'm going on Friday but not really that excited in all honesty. Glad I'm going as it makes seeing LCD on the Friday at Glasto an easier decision. Kind of hoping the gig isn't that enjoyable to make the decision even easier haha.

We're going Friday too and can't bloody wait. I'll still watch them at Glastonbury as well

Pleased with the support to as saw them last year at Leeds festival and think perfect warm up...

I'm really excited for Friday :)

[tevaburger]

5 hours ago, Finding leto14 said:

Muse broke the O2 record aswell for capacity crowd

 

5 hours ago, russycarps said:

oh right, fair dos. Didnt realise they were in their "copy u2" phase.

 

 

4 hours ago, Will-2609 said:

Well it's not as though Muse are going around claiming they got the biggest crowd; it was tweeted by the O2 Arena. Who is it who is copping out here?

only time I've seen a band 'going around claiming' an attendance record for a venue was when U2 did Giants Stadium in 2009 (the main music stadium venue in the NYC area, across the river from Manhattan) just before it was about to face the 'wrecking ball', on the first part of the Claw tour, mentioning to Springsteen (who was in the crowd) that they had just broken the Pope's record and that he hadn't come close, even tho he'd (Bruce) play 24 shows there before the tear down. funnily enough, Muse were support on that gig

5 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It’ll be interesting to see how Drone and the lads manage without all their inflatable Matt Bellamys.

they'd be better without them. for all the hack that Muse get on here - some of it quite deserved - put them up against any other band on the bill that we have with just the basics in say, the Bimble Inn, and tell them what they could/could not play and you'd be hard-pressed to find a better live act (minus some average tunes post 2004)

Edited April 4, 2016 by tevaburger

[Amy Lawn]

1 hour ago, willutalk said:

you can say as many things about Muse as you like but at the end of the day they'll put on a breathtaking show of music.

Worst misspelling of "lights" ever

[bennyhana22]

Have you seen the Muse setlists since beginning the tour? Bloody nora, they're poor.

OK, it would be unreasonable to expect them not to concentrate on Drones, of course. But peddling the same back catalogue old songs over and over and over again...

Have they really just become a 'new record and greatest hits/singles that people recognise' band? Starlight, SMBH, KOC, Madness, Hysteria...I could go on.

ANYONE who has previously liked Muse has seen all those older songs SOOO many times. And I'm genuinely a bit sad about that as they were, before becoming a Muse Karaoke band, pretty great in the Absolution and before days. And I'd actually love to have seen them headline the Pyramid, in one of those older incarnations. But now it's just all about turning the theatricals up to eleventy-stupid, without backing it up with decent material, and just rehashing riffs for new songs that weren't that great in the original slightly older songs! Are you listening, Uprising and Psycho?!

Ben

[willutalk]

What my Muse set would be:

 

(Drones)

New Born

Psycho

Bliss

Reapers

Space Dementia

 

(Intro)

Apocalypse Please

Super Massive Black Hole

Assassin

Dead Star

Citizens Erased

 

Resistance

MK Ultra

Hysteria

Invincible

Feeling Good

Plug In Baby

Unnatural Selection

Stockholm Syndrome

 

The Globalist

 

Uprising

Take A Bow

Supremacy

Knights of Cydonia

 

Edited April 4, 2016 by willutalk

[Spindles]

10 hours ago, bennyhana22 said:

But now it's just all about turning the theatricals up to eleventy-stupid

For the Glastonbury gig they are promising to take it right up to twelvety-insane.

[CaledonianGonzo]

is it true that he has a laser pointer that shines out of the end of his guitar?

[Spindles]

He has those shoes that light up so it really shows off how much he runs around.  Top class live act.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Excellent. Will need to get a top viewing spot for when they launch into Insania.  

[bennyhana22]

1 hour ago, Spindles said:

For the Glastonbury gig they are promising to take it right up to twelvety-insane.

Bloody hell! That would blow the roof higher off the Pyramid than even Kasabian managed...!

Ben

[Spindles]

That's going to take some doing.  Kasabian really pulled it off with that one that sounds like a 70s glam rock riff with meaningless rhyme shouted over the top.  I understand from the reviews he ran a greater distance than any other headliner previously.

I expect Matthew Bartholomew and the boys from The muse will have been training hard in expectation of a gruelling 105 minutes of playing some songs and occasionally talking.

[Justiceforcedave]

I saw Muse headline in 2004.....every show since has been a gradually less hungry band switching out songs I know and like for mediocre new ones. That's why I have no real desire to go see them again.

I'll just leave this here as a great example of all of the above...
 

 

[shoptildrop]

22 hours ago, bennyhana22 said:

Have you seen the Muse setlists since beginning the tour? Bloody nora, they're poor.

OK, it would be unreasonable to expect them not to concentrate on Drones, of course. But peddling the same back catalogue old songs over and over and over again...

Have they really just become a 'new record and greatest hits/singles that people recognise' band? Starlight, SMBH, KOC, Madness, Hysteria...I could go on.

ANYONE who has previously liked Muse has seen all those older songs SOOO many times. And I'm genuinely a bit sad about that as they were, before becoming a Muse Karaoke band, pretty great in the Absolution and before days. And I'd actually love to have seen them headline the Pyramid, in one of those older incarnations. But now it's just all about turning the theatricals up to eleventy-stupid, without backing it up with decent material, and just rehashing riffs for new songs that weren't that great in the original slightly older songs! Are you listening, Uprising and Psycho?!

Ben

Okay, meant to answer this the other day but you know what Muse fans do want to hear the same old songs with a few new ones & rarities added in. Current tour they are not always including Plug in baby and there is a lot of upset about that, so I think Muse are  just listening to their fans...

Personally I wish Starlight would just do one and glad to see Feeling good featuring less on the setlists, but people enjoy them..

I seem to be in the minority who likes the 2nd Law and Drones as the songs the do live are bloody fantastic IMO

Again with the theatrics, i think that adds to Muse's appeal as it's interesting to watch too. I didn't think they could top the last tour with their massive bloody robot but looking at the stills on the stage setup for this tour it looks amazing and I'm very much looking forward to gig on Friday

I know Muse don't get a lot of love here but outside they are still filling stadiums and popular, so why change something that works? they are not for everyone but then what band/artist is??

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm glad I saw Muse during the Origin of Symmetry glory years.

I mean, we wandered away bored, but at least we didn't see them when they were even worse....

[morph100]

Xyloband creator liked a tweet suggesting they would be used at Glastonbury......

 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

1 hour ago, morph100 said:

Xyloband creator liked a tweet suggesting they would be used at Glastonbury......

 

How would that even work? Send them in the post with the tickets? Have a basket by the merch stand where people can pick them up from? It's a non-starter.

[Crazyfool01]

12 minutes ago, Zac Quinn said:

How would that even work? Send them in the post with the tickets? Have a basket by the merch stand where people can pick them up from? It's a non-starter.

give them out with the wristbands on entry maybe ?

[Earthwindandfire2205]

2 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

give them out with the wristbands on entry maybe ?

Could be easily done and the locals who come on the Sunday would make it look amazing on the Sunday night. I was lucky to have one on their last tour and it was a fantastic spectacle 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

They'd fucking better not!!! That's nearly as bad as finding a free album in your iTunes account. 

its unlikely I guess but not impossible , or they could just put them in the tote bags on entry , but not sure how this would go down in the love the farm bit when they are littered all over the site

[dentalplan]

We did this discussion last year when they were TBA and maybe once since. It just wouldn't work and the range for the sensor wouldn't even cover the whole Pyramid field. Plus it'd cost hundreds of thousands to implement which would largely go to waste.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Queue binsbags, longdrops and urinals lighting up all over the site when c**tybaws and the lads arrive onstage. 

[stuartbert two hats]

On 04/04/2016 at 9:31 PM, bennyhana22 said:

Have you seen the Muse setlists since beginning the tour? Bloody nora, they're poor.

OK, it would be unreasonable to expect them not to concentrate on Drones, of course. But peddling the same back catalogue old songs over and over and over again...

Have they really just become a 'new record and greatest hits/singles that people recognise' band? Starlight, SMBH, KOC, Madness, Hysteria...I could go on.

ANYONE who has previously liked Muse has seen all those older songs SOOO many times. And I'm genuinely a bit sad about that as they were, before becoming a Muse Karaoke band, pretty great in the Absolution and before days. And I'd actually love to have seen them headline the Pyramid, in one of those older incarnations. But now it's just all about turning the theatricals up to eleventy-stupid, without backing it up with decent material, and just rehashing riffs for new songs that weren't that great in the original slightly older songs! Are you listening, Uprising and Psycho?!

Ben

I dread to hear these new songs. That playlist you did for me of the good stuff was utterly excruciating. I listened to it all, since you clearly out in a lot of effort picking out and describing the songs, bit fuck me, I did not enjoy it.

Maybe I'd actually enjoy these setlists more, but I guess we'll never know!

[Amy Lawn]

The Xyloband had caused so much hysteria on these boards over the past few years, everybody loses their mind at the mention of it. I hope Chris is happy with himself, this used to be a peaceful place.

[Crazyfool01]

Dont know how , but I must have missed these threads , sorry for the upset caused