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[[File:Muse_WOTPTourPoster.jpg|thumb|right|Official tour poster]]
| Name = City of Delusion
[[File:MuseWOTPMexicoFullPoster.jpg|thumb|right|Mexico dates poster]]
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[[File:Muse WOTPTourUSPoster2.jpg|thumb|right|U.S. dates poster]]
|[[Black Holes and Revelations (album)|Black Holes and Revelations]] <small>(9)</small>
[[File:WOTPTourEUSupports.jpg|thumb|right|Europe dates poster]]
|[[H.A.A.R.P. (live)|H.A.A.R.P.]] <small>iTunes pre-order only (15)</small>
[[File:MuseWOTPMalaysia.jpg|thumb|right|Malaysian show poster]]
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[[File:WOTPWorldTourMexico.jpg|thumb|right|Mexico shows stage design]]
| Length = 4:48
[[File:WOTPWorldTourIndoorSetup.jpg|thumb|right|U.S./Indoor arena stage design]]
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| First = [[San Francisco Design Center Councourse 2006 (gig)|18th July 2006]]
| Previous = [[Will of the People Theatre Tour]]
| Latest = [[Guadalajara Auditorio Telmex 2008 (gig)|18th July 2008]]
| Current = [[Will of the People World Tour]]
| Recorded = [[Officine Meccaniche Studios]], Milan - 2005/2006<ref>Black Holes & Revelations Sleeve Notes</ref>
| Next =  
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]], Mauro Pagani <small>(strings)</small>
| Producer = [[Rich Costey]]
| Chart position = -
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{{AlbumNav
The '''Will of the People World Tour''' is the current headlining tour, set to take place in until the summer of this year.
| Previous = [[Exo-Politics (song) | Exo-Politics]]
 
| Current = City of Delusion
== Information ==
| Next = [[Hoodoo (song) | Hoodoo]]
 
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The first gigs of the tour were announced on August 19th, 2022. Four gigs were announced in total, all in the UK and all outdoor stadium gigs. As expected, more tour dates were announced throughout the following months, leading up to the tour itself. Bellamy mentioned, in an interview with Zane Lowe in August of 2022, that the tour is planned to take place between January and July of 2023, starting in Mexico, continuing in the U.S. and Canada, and finishing in Europe.<ref>https://youtu.be/AMvtyphl9rA?t=2297</ref>
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{{AlbumNav2
=== Mexico ===
| Previous = [[Absolution (album) | Absolution ''(2003)'']]
 
| Current = [[Black Holes and Revelations (album) | Black Holes and Revelations ''(2006)'']]
Mexican dates were announced on October 7th, 2022. The tour included stops at [[Monterrey Estadio Banorte 2023 (gig) | Monterrey's Estadio Banorte]], [[Guadalajara Arena VFG 2023 (gig) | Guadalajara's Arena VFG]] and Mexico City's Foro Sol, spreading over two dates, on both [[Mexico City Foro Sol 2023 - 22nd (gig) | 22nd]] and [[Mexico City Foro Sol 2023 - 23rd (gig) | 23rd]] of January. The additional date in Mexico City, on 23rd, was announced on October 27th, 2022.
| Next = [[The Resistance (album) | The Resistance ''(2009)'']]
 
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The short Mexican leg took place before the U.S. legs.
 
=== United States & Canada ===
 
Taking place after the short Mexican leg, U.S. and Canada legs exclusively featured indoor shows, with the only exception being the gig at [[Atlanta_Central_Park_2023_(gig)|Shaky Knees festival]] in Atlanta. Most tour dates were announced on September 29th, 2022. Two additional gigs in [[Montréal Centre Bell 2023 - 15th (gig)|Montreal]] and [[Quebec City Centre Vidéotron 2023 - 12th (gig)|Quebec]] were announced on October 6th, while additional gigs in [[St. Louis Chaifetz Arena 2023 (gig)|St. Louis]] and [[Oakland Oakland Arena 2023 (gig)|Oakland]] were announced on October 17th.
 
The tour featured two legs and one "lone" show. The first leg began at [[Chicago United Center 2023 (gig)|Chicago's United Center]] on February 25th, and ended at [[Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 2023 (gig)|Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center]] on March 19th. The second leg started with the show at [[Phoenix Desert Diamond Arena 2023 (gig)|Phoenix's Desert Diamond Arena]] on April 2nd, ending with a gig at [[Salt Lake City Vivint Smart Home Arena|Salt Lake City's Vivint Smart Home Arena]]. The final show in the U.S. took place on May 6th, at the afforementioned Shaky Knees festival.
 
=== Europe ===
 
As mentioned above, the first gigs of the tour that were announced were the UK gigs. These will take place in [[Plymouth Home Park 2023 (gig)|Plymouth's Home Park]] on May 27th, [[Huddersfield John Smith's Stadium 2023 (gig)|Huddersfield's John Smith's Stadium]] on June 20th, [[Glasgow Bellahouston Park 2023 (gig)|Glasgow's Bellahouston Park]] on June 23rd and [[Milton Keynes The National Bowl 2023 (gig)|Milton Keynes's National Bowl]] on June 25th. The rest of the tour was announced afterwards. Additional European dates have been announced on January 20th, 2023, including the first show of the tour in Spain, in [[Santander Campos de Sport de El Sardinero 2023 (gig)|Santander's El Sardinero]] on July 4th, and a gig at [[Nancy Zénith de Nancy 2023 (gig)|Nancy's Zénith amphitheatre]] on July 6th, where they'll be playing a headlining show, as part of the Nancy Open Air festival.
 
The rest of the European dates were announced soon afterwards. The European leg will feature Muse's first shows in the cities of [[Wiener Neustadt Stadion Wiener Neustadt 2023 (gig)|Wiener Neustadt, Austria]] and [[Santander Campos de Sport de El Sardinero 2023 (gig)|Santander, Spain]]. Additionally, the show at Milton Keynes's National Bowl is going to be Muse's first live show at the site. The last time Muse were at Milton Keynes was during the rehearsals for [[The Resistance Tour|The Resistance stadium tour]], in 2010. Additionally, Muse are set to go back to [[The Hague Malieveld 2023 (gig)|The Hague, Netherlands]] after almost 23 years, and [[Lyon Groupama Stadium 2023 (gig)|Lyon, France]] after about a decade.
 
The European tour will feature all outdoor productions, and will include both stadium and festival shows.
 
==== Travel packages ====
 
Three travel packages are available to buy for three dates off of the European leg of the tour; Cologne (June 9th), Paris (July 8th) and Milan (July 22nd). Each travel package includes, together with two tickets, a two-night stay at a hotel (king or twin bed rooms options are available). Hotels which are included are Cologne's Pullman, Paris's Marriott Ambassador and Milan's Marriott. An optional third night add-on is also included in each package, for additional cost. Additionally, two exclusive posters, commemorating Muse's performance at each venue in the city (RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Stade de France in Paris and San Siro in Milan) are included in each travel package, as are on-site hosts, and, for the Cologne gig, a roundtrip fare on the metro to the stadium.
 
More on the travel packages can be seen [https://www.musetravelpackages.com/ here].
 
=== Asia ===
 
After being teased on February 16th by the band on social media, the band announced the only Asian gig of the tour in [[Kuala Lumpur Bukit Kiara Equestrian Resort 2023 (gig)|Kuala Lumpur]] in Malaysia, on February 22nd. The open-air gig will take place at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian Resort.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMk5jDBxEG/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/muse/status/1628321276896112641</ref>  It will be the band's first time in the country since 2007.
 
The gig will take place at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian Resort.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMk5jDBxEG/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/muse/status/1628321276896112641</ref>  It will be the band's first time in the country since 2007.
 
== Supporting acts ==
 
Thje first support act to be announced were [[Royal Blood]]. They are set to support Muse during the open-air/European leg (exceptions being the Nancy and Glasgow gigs, aswell as festivals). For the U.S. shows, [[Evanescence]] were announced as the main opening act. Additional support acts for U.S. shows were announced on November 9th, 2022; [[One Ok Rock]] supported Muse during the first half of the U.S. leg (between Chicago and Philadelphia gigs), while [[Highly Suspect]] will be supporting Muse during the second half of the U.S. leg (between the Phoenix and Salt Lake City gigs).<ref>https://twitter.com/muse/status/1590403848077803520/photo/1</ref> On January 13th, 2023, [[The Warning]] were announced as the support act for the Mexico gigs.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXcXiNNSFy/</ref>
 
On March 22nd, both The Warning and One Ok Rock were announced as additional support acts for select European dates. The Warning will support Muse on the U.K. leg (plus one stop in Lyon, France), while One Ok Rock will be supporting Muse on the rest of the European leg (excluding festivals, and the Glasgow gig). Joining the two is [[Twin Atlantic]], who are set to support Muse together with The Warning on the afforementioned [[Glasgow Bellahouston Park 2023 (gig)|Bellahouston Park gig in Glasgow]].<ref>https://twitter.com/muse/status/1638587091020914713/photo/1</ref>
 
== Production ==
 
As with the previous large headlining tour, the [[Simulation Theory World Tour]], this tour features indoor, outdoor and festival shows. The stage set-up in general is a hybrid between the [[Will of the People Festivals Tour|2022 festivals tour]] and the [[Will of the People Theatre Tour|autumn theatre tour]] setups. It includes an inflatable rotating figure of Will the Hacker as a backdrop, together with a grid of light fixtures, similar to the one from the theatre tour. Joining Will the Hacker is a new inflatable figure, nicknamed "Baph".
 
Compared to the rest of the tour, the Mexican leg of the tour stage set up bore more resemblance to the 2022 summer festivals set up, with the only major difference being an addition of the light fixture grid, replacing the LED strip lights behind the band. The North American leg recieved a more notable updates to the show. These include updated setlists, aswell as an addition of visual elements to the stage; An addition of six moving glass/light panels above the band, more lights on the back grids, under-lit stage and B-stage, and a second inflatable figure, nicknamed "Baph", which gets erected during the second encore, after Will the Hacker gets put down.


'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv-cni9Sjpk |Listen]]'''
Pictures and videos of the stage being set up for the first European outdoor gig in [[Plymouth Home Park 2023 (gig)|Plymouth]] surfaced on social media, beginning on May 20th<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CsZn26TSifb/</ref> when production rehearsals began. The full outdoor set up was finally revealed on Muse's Instagram<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/Csuf6rlqKCS/</ref>, a day prior to the gig, on May 26th. It shows the stage with the same core of elements as the North American leg of the tour had, with an addition of two stage wings on either side, aswell as larger LED screens on both sides of the stage, equipped with light fixtures. It also features a longer runway to the B-stage, with the B-stage itself being slightly bigger than it was for the indoor shows. "Will" was now also equipped with a LED screen inside of his mask.


==Description==
== Short tour documentaries ==
Features an orchestral part written whilst the band resided in Italy. Has a mixed folk & Eastern sound.


Acoustic guitar, and a bit like a Mexican song with trumpets, akin to a Balada.  
Muse got a new photographer and videographer, Johann Ramos (who is perhaps most known as "The Work of Jar") onboard the tour, replacing their long-time photographer, Hans Peter van Velthoven. A series of short documentaries is set to be released throughout the tour itself, shot and edited by Ramos himself, posted on Muse's YouTube channel.  


==Additional information==
So far, there have been three such documentaries. [https://youtu.be/Au-OjJ5O5lQ The first one] is a recap of the first leg of the tour in Mexico, the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZVMH87_XTs second one] goes over the rehearsals, which took place in California's Ontario, aswell as the Chicago show, while the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nrQiQ1WbEo third one] looks back at week one of the U.S. leg of the tour.


Along [[Soldier's Poem (song)|Soldier's Poem]], City of Delusion is one of the oldest songs from the album, as it was finished in France.<ref>{{cite/eq200703}}</ref><br/>
== Average Setlist ==
The song was entirely acoustic at one point but when the band started playing it together, it turned out heavier and more layered. Originally, the song had more of a Latin rhythm to it.<ref>{{cite/undertheradar20060720}}</ref>


Muse didn't intend to put strings into the song, but they eventually did. The strings were recorded in Italy at Officine Meccaniche Studios by Mauro Pagani after Muse asked him to do a string arrangement on it.<ref>{{cite/eq200703}}</ref><br/>
During the January leg in Mexico, the setlist remained relatively unchaged from the shows off of the 2022 festivals tour. This changed with leg 1 in the U.S., starting in [[Chicago United Center 2023 (gig)|Chicago]], in February, when the show was updated, in turn bringing in a new setlist format. This first indoor leg in the U.S. brought in live premieres of [[Verona (song)|Verona]] and [[The Dark Side (song)|The Dark Side (Alternate Reality Version) (Instrumental)]]. STT Interstitials 1 and 3 returned as [[Simulation Theory Theme (Matthew Bellamy song)|Simulation Theory Theme]], which was played from tape, mashed up with [[JFK (song)|[JFK]]], acting as an intro to Kill or Be Killed. Additionally, [[Kill or Be Killed (song)|Kill or Be Killed]]'s Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation version was played from tape, as an interstitial, before Compliance. Also returning after several years were [[Resistance (song)|Resistance]], [[Undisclosed Desires (song)|Undisclosed Desires]] and the shortened version of [[Isolated System (song)|Isolated System]]. [[Assassin (song)|Assassin (Grand Omega Bosses)]] was also played, making this the second big headlining tour to feature Assassin, played in full since the [[Black Holes And Revelations Tour]], with it previously being only played during [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]].


This song has the same lyrical theme as [[Assassin (song)|Assassin]] - an individual prepared to commit brutal acts in order to get their views and opinions noticed by the corrupt powers that be.
=== Mexican shows set ===


[[Dan Newell]] the trumpet man and [[Brian Switzer]] have been known to play the trumpet solo on this song when it is performed live
* [[Will of the People (song)|Will of the People]] ''(extended intro)''
* [[Interlude (song)|Interlude]] + [[Hysteria (song)|Hysteria]]
* [[Drill Sergeant (song) | [Drill Sergeant]]] ''(robot voice)'' + [[Psycho (song)|Psycho]]
* [[Pressure (song)|Pressure]] / [[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]] / [[Bliss (song)|Bliss]]
* [[Won't Stand Down (song)|Won't Stand Down]]
* [[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]] / [[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]] / [[New Born (song)|New Born]]
* [[The Gallery (song)|The Gallery]]
* [[Compliance (song)|Compliance]]
* [[Thought Contagion (song)|Thought Contagion]]
* [[Time Is Running Out (song)|Time Is Running Out]]
* [[You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween (song)|You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween]]
* [[Madness (song)|Madness]]
* [[We Are Fucking Fucked (song)|We Are Fucking Fucked]]
* [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]
* [[Plug In Baby (song)|Plug In Baby]] ''(extended outro)''
* [[Behold, The Glove (Matthew Bellamy song)|Behold, The Glove]] ''(Matthew Bellamy song)''
* [[Uprising (song)|Uprising]] ''(extended outro)''
* [[Prelude (song)|Prelude]] + [[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]
'''Encore'''
* [[Kill or Be Killed (song)|Kill or Be Killed]]
* {{Man with a Harmonica}} + [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]


==Live==
=== U.S. shows set ===


City of Delusion was performed sporadically in 2006 with no clear pattern to its performances. This continued in 2007, although with fewer performances. Alongside several other album tracks, City of Delusion made only several appearances and was not played outside of the Black Holes and Revelations Tour.
* [[Will of the People (song)|Will of the People]] ''(extended intro)''
* [[Interlude (song)|Interlude]] + [[Hysteria (song)|Hysteria]]
* [[Drill Sergeant (song) | [Drill Sergeant]]] ''(robot voice)'' + [[Psycho (song)|Psycho]]
* [[Bliss (song)|Bliss]] ''(extended outro)'' / [[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]] / [[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]] / [[New Born (song)|New Born]] / [[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]] / [[Pressure (song)|Pressure]] /  [[Assassin (song)|Assassin]] ''(Grand Omega Bosses version)''
* [[Won't Stand Down (song)|Won't Stand Down]]
* [[Kill or Be Killed (song)|Kill or Be Killed]] ''(Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation) (played from tape)''
* [[Compliance (song)|Compliance]]
* [[Thought Contagion (song)|Thought Contagion]]
* [[Verona (song)|Verona]] / [[Liberation (song)|Liberation]]
* [[Time Is Running Out (song)|Time Is Running Out]]
* [[Isolated System (song) | Isolated System]] ''(shortened)''
* [[Resistance (song)|Resistance]] / [[Undisclosed Desires (song)|Undisclosed Desires]]
* {{Toccata and Fugue in D Minor}} intro + [[You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween (song)|You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween]]
* [[Madness (song)|Madness]]
* [[We Are Fucking Fucked (song)|We Are Fucking Fucked]]
* [[The Dark Side (song)|The Dark Side]] (Alternate Reality Version) ''(instrumental)''
* [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]
* [[Plug In Baby (song)|Plug In Baby]] ''(extended outro)''
* [[Behold, The Glove (Matthew Bellamy song)|Behold, The Glove]] ''(Matthew Bellamy song)''
* [[Uprising (song)|Uprising]] ''(extended outro)''
* [[Prelude (song)|Prelude]] + [[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]
'''Encore'''
* [[Simulation Theory Theme (Matthew Bellamy song)|Simulation Theory Theme]] ''(Matthew Bellamy song)'' ''(shortened)'' with [[JFK (song) |JFK]] + [[Kill or Be Killed (song)|Kill or Be Killed]]
* {{Man with a Harmonica}} + [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]


[[City of Delusion (live) | More here]]
=== Notes & Exceptions ===


==Lyrics==
* During the four Mexican shows, rotation slots got swapped around the setlists. Generally, the setlists for these shows were more or less the same to these of the [[Will of the People Festivals Tour]].
{{lyrics
* With the start of the U.S. tour, the production was updated, in turn also changing the setlists - Scrambling songs on the setlist and changing its template, replacing [[The Gallery (song)|The Gallery]] with [[Kill or Be Killed (song)|Kill or Be Killed (Felsmann + Tiley Remix)]] and adding songs like [[Verona (song)|Verona]], [[The Dark Side (song)|The Dark Side (Alternate Reality Instrumental)]] and [[Isolated System (song)|Isolated System]] to the sets.
|Stay away from me
* A few gigs into the U.S. leg, [[Undisclosed Desires (song)|Undisclosed Desires]] was put into rotation with [[Resistance (song)|Resistance]].
Build a fortress and shield your beliefs
* Starting with the Canadian gigs, [[Liberation (song)|Liberation]] was added into rotation with [[Verona (song)|Verona]].
Touch the divine
* The Shaky Knees Festival gig featured a shorter setlist with a few changes compared to the indoor gig setlists; [[Thought Contagion (song)|Thought Contagion]] was played earlier in the set, [[Isolated System (song)|Isolated System]] was played before [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]] and [[The Dark Side (song)|The Dark Side (Alternate Reality)]]'s instrumental version and [[JFK (song)|JFK]] / [[Simulation Theory Theme (Matthew Bellamy song)|Simulation Theory Theme]] intro were ditched from the set.
As we fall in line


Can I believe
=== Stats ===
When I don't trust
All your theories turn to dust
I choose to hide
From the all seeing eye


Destroy this city of delusion
{| class="wikitable"
And break these walls down
|-
And I will avenge
! Album
And justify my reasons with your blood
! # of songs
! Songs played
|-
| style="background: #42E1E3;" |'''[[Showbiz (album) | Showbiz]]'''
| -
| -
|-
| style="background: #FFDB12;" |'''[[Origin of Symmetry (album) | Origin of Symmetry]]'''
| 4
| [[New Born (song)|New Born]], [[Bliss (song)|Bliss]], [[Plug In Baby (song)|Plug In Baby]], [[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]]
|-
| style="background: #D7D7D7;" |'''[[Absolution (album) | Absolution]]'''
| 4
| [[Interlude (song)|Interlude]], [[Hysteria (song)|Hysteria]], [[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]], [[Time Is Running Out (song)|Time Is Running Out]]
|-
| style="background: #F59C1C;" |'''[[Black Holes and Revelations (album) | Black Holes and Revelations]]'''
| 5
| [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]], [[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]], [[Starlight (song)|Starlight]], [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]], [[Assassin (song)|Assassin (Grand Omega Bosses)]]
|-
| style="background: #42E1E3;" |'''[[The Resistance (album) | The Resistance]]'''
| 3
| [[Uprising (song)|Uprising]], [[Resistance (song)|Resistance]], [[Undisclosed Desires (song)|Undisclosed Desires]]
|-
| style="background: #000000;" |'''[[The 2nd Law (album) | The 2nd Law]]'''
| 3
| [[Prelude (song)|Prelude]], [[Madness (song)|Madness]], [[Isolated System (song)|Isolated System]]
|-
| style="background: #ABABAB;" | '''[[Drones (album) | Drones]]'''
| 3
| [[Drill Sergeant (song)|Drill Sergeant]], [[Psycho (song)|Psycho]], [[JFK (song)|JFK]]
|-
| style="background: #580045;" | '''[[Simulation Theory (album) | Simulation Theory]]'''
| 3
| [[Pressure (song)|Pressure]], [[Thought Contagion (song)|Thought Contagion]], [[The Dark Side (song)|The Dark Side (Alternate Reality Version)]]
|-
| style="background: #FF7024;" | '''[[Will of the People (album) | Will of the People]]'''
| 9
| [[Will of the People (song)|Will of the People]], [[Kill or Be Killed (song)|Kill or Be Killed]], [[You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween (song)|You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween]], [[We Are Fucking Fucked (song)|We Are Fucking Fucked]], [[Won't Stand Down (song)|Won't Stand Down]], [[Compliance (song)|Compliance]], [[Verona (song)|Verona]], [[Kill or Be Killed (song)|Kill or Be Killed (Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation)]], [[Liberation (song)|Liberation]]
|-
| '''Other'''
| 3
| [[The Gallery (song)|The Gallery]], [[Behold, The Glove (Matthew Bellamy song)|Behold, The Glove]], [[Simulation Theory Theme (Matthew Bellamy song)|Simulation Theory Theme]]
|-
|}


You will not rest
== Gigs ==
Or settle for less
Until you guzzle and squander what's left
Do not deny
That you live and let die


Destroy this city of delusion
<small>''The list will be updated as more gigs are announced''</small>
And break these walls down
And I will avenge
And justify my reasons with your blood


Destroy this city of delusion
{| class="gigtable sortable wikitable"
And break these walls down
! Date || Venue || Location
And I will avenge
|-
And justify my reasons with your blood
| 2023-07-29 || [[Kuala Lumpur Bukit Kiara Equestrian Resort 2023 (gig)|Bukit Kiara Equestrian Resort]] || Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
}}
|-
| 2023-07-22 || [[Milan Stadio Giuseppe Meazza 2023 (gig) | Stadio Giuseppe Meazza]] || Milan, Italy
|-
| 2023-07-18 || [[Rome Stadio Olimpico 2023 (gig) | Stadio Olimpico]] || Rome, Italy
|-
| 2023-07-15 || [[Marseille Stade Orange Vélodrome 2023 (gig) | Stade Orange Vélodrome]] || Marseille, France
|-
| 2023-07-12 || [[Bern BernExpo 2023 (gig) | BernExpo Areal]] || Bern, Switzerland
|-
| 2023-07-08 || [[Paris Stade de France 2023 (gig) | Stade de France]] || Paris, France
|-
| 2023-07-06 || [[Nancy Zénith de Nancy 2023 (gig) | Zénith de Nancy]] (Nancy Open Air) || Nancy, France
|-
| 2023-07-04 || [[Santander Campos de Sport de El Sardinero 2023 (gig) | Campos de Sport de El Sardinero]] || Santander, Spain
|-
| 2023-07-01 || [[Werchter Festivalpark Werchter 2023 (gig) | Festivalpark Werchter]] (Rock Werchter) || Werchter, Belgium
|-
| 2023-06-29 || [[Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 2023 (gig) | Matmut Atlantique]] || Bordeaux, France
|-
| 2023-06-25 || [[Milton Keynes The National Bowl 2023 (gig) | The National Bowl]] || Milton Keynes, UK
|-
| 2023-06-23 || [[Glasgow Bellahouston Park 2023 (gig) | Bellahouston Park]] || Glasgow, UK
|-
| 2023-06-20 || [[Huddersfield John Smith's Stadium 2023 (gig) | John Smith's Stadium]] || Huddersfield, UK
|-
| 2023-06-18 || [[Neuhausen ob Eck Flugplatz Neuhausen 2023 (gig) | Flugplatz Neuhausen]] (Southside Festival) || Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
|-
| 2023-06-17 || [[Scheessel Eichenring 2023 (gig) | Eichenring]] (Hurricane Festival) || Scheessel, Germany
|-
| 2023-06-15 || [[Lyon Groupama Stadium 2023 (gig) | Groupama Stadium]] || Lyon, France
|-
| 2023-06-11 || [[Hradec Králové Park 360 2023 (gig) | Park 360]] (Rock for People) || Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
|-
| 2023-06-09 || [[Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 2023 (gig) | RheinEnergieStadion]] || Cologne, Germany
|-
| 2023-06-07 || [[The Hague Malieveld 2023 (gig) | Malieveld]] || The Hague, Netherlands
|-
| 2023-06-03 || [[Wiener Neustadt Stadion Wiener Neustadt 2023 (gig) | Stadion Wiener Neustadt]] || Wiener Neustadt, Austria
|-
| 2023-06-01 || [[Århus Eskelunden 2023 (gig) | Eskelunden]] (NorthSide) || Århus, Denmark
|-
| 2023-05-27 || [[Plymouth Home Park 2023 (gig) | Home Park]] || Plymouth, UK
|-
| 2023-05-06 || [[Atlanta Central Park 2023 (gig) | Central Park]] (Shaky Knees Music Festival) || Atlanta, GA, USA
|-
| 2023-04-20 || [[Salt Lake City Vivint Arena 2023 (gig) | Vivint Arena]] || Salt Lake City, UT, USA
|-
| 2023-04-18 || [[Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 2023 (gig) | Climate Pledge Arena]] || Seattle, WA, USA
|-
| 2023-04-16 || [[Portland Moda Center 2023 (gig) | Moda Center]] || Portland, OR, USA
|-
| 2023-04-14 || [[Oakland Oakland Arena 2023 (gig) | Oakland Arena]] || Oakland, CA, USA
|-
| 2023-04-12 || [[Anaheim Honda Center 2023 (gig) | Honda Center]] || Anaheim, CA, USA
|-
| 2023-04-10 || [[San Diego Pechanga Arena 2023 (gig) | Pechanga Arena]] || San Diego, CA, USA
|-
| 2023-04-08 || [[Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena 2023 (gig) | T-Mobile Arena]] || Las Vegas, NV, USA
|-
| 2023-04-06 || [[Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 2023 (gig) | Crypto.com Arena]] || Los Angeles, CA, USA
|-
| 2023-04-04 || [[Denver Ball Arena 2023 (gig) | Ball Arena]] || Denver, CO, USA
|-
| 2023-04-02 || [[Phoenix Desert Diamond Arena 2023 (gig) | Desert Diamond Arena]] || Phoenix, AZ, USA
|-
| 2023-03-19 || [[Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 2023 (gig) | Wells Fargo Center]] || Philadelphia, PA, USA
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| 2023-03-17 || [[New York City Madison Square Garden 2023 (gig) | Madison Square Garden]] || New York City, NY, USA
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| 2023-03-15 || [[Montréal Centre Bell 2023 - 15th (gig) | Centre Bell]] || Montreal, QC, Canada
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| 2023-03-14 || [[Montréal Centre Bell 2023 - 14th (gig) | Centre Bell]] || Montreal, QC, Canada
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| 2023-03-12 || [[Quebec City Centre Vidéotron 2023 - 12th (gig) | Centre Vidéotron]] || Québec City, QC, Canada
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| 2023-03-11 || [[Quebec City Centre Vidéotron 2023 - 11th (gig) | Centre Vidéotron]] || Québec City, QC, Canada
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| 2023-03-09 || [[Toronto Scotiabank Arena 2023 (gig) | Scotiabank Arena]] || Toronto, ON, Canada
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| 2023-03-07 || [[Columbus Nationwide Arena 2023 (gig) | Nationwide Arena]] || Columbus, OH, USA
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| 2023-03-05 || [[St. Louis Chaifetz Arena 2023 (gig) | Chaifetz Arena]] || St. Louis, MO, USA
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| 2023-03-03 || [[Fort Worth Dickies Arena 2023 (gig) | Dickies Arena]] || Fort Worth, TX, USA
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| 2023-03-02 || [[Houston Toyota Center 2023 (gig) | Toyota Center]] || Houston, TX, USA
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| 2023-02-28 || [[Austin Moody Center 2023 (gig) | Moody Center]] || Austin, TX, USA
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| 2023-02-26 || [[Minneapolis Target Center 2023 (gig) | Target Center]] || Minneapolis, MN, USA
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| 2023-02-25 || [[Chicago United Center 2023 (gig) | United Center]] || Chicago, IL, USA
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| 2023-01-23 || [[Mexico City Foro Sol 2023 - 23rd (gig) | Foro Sol]] || Mexico City, Mexico
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| 2023-01-22 || [[Mexico City Foro Sol 2023 - 22nd (gig) | Foro Sol]] || Mexico City, Mexico
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| 2023-01-20 || [[Guadalajara Arena VFG 2023 (gig) | Arena V.F.G.]] || Guadalajara, Mexico
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| 2023-01-18 || [[Monterrey Estadio Banorte 2023 (gig) | Estadio Banorte]] || Monterrey, Mexico
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Official tour poster
Mexico dates poster
U.S. dates poster
Europe dates poster
Malaysian show poster
Mexico shows stage design
U.S./Indoor arena stage design



The Will of the People World Tour is the current headlining tour, set to take place in until the summer of this year.

Information

The first gigs of the tour were announced on August 19th, 2022. Four gigs were announced in total, all in the UK and all outdoor stadium gigs. As expected, more tour dates were announced throughout the following months, leading up to the tour itself. Bellamy mentioned, in an interview with Zane Lowe in August of 2022, that the tour is planned to take place between January and July of 2023, starting in Mexico, continuing in the U.S. and Canada, and finishing in Europe.[1]

Mexico

Mexican dates were announced on October 7th, 2022. The tour included stops at Monterrey's Estadio Banorte, Guadalajara's Arena VFG and Mexico City's Foro Sol, spreading over two dates, on both 22nd and 23rd of January. The additional date in Mexico City, on 23rd, was announced on October 27th, 2022.

The short Mexican leg took place before the U.S. legs.

United States & Canada

Taking place after the short Mexican leg, U.S. and Canada legs exclusively featured indoor shows, with the only exception being the gig at Shaky Knees festival in Atlanta. Most tour dates were announced on September 29th, 2022. Two additional gigs in Montreal and Quebec were announced on October 6th, while additional gigs in St. Louis and Oakland were announced on October 17th.

The tour featured two legs and one "lone" show. The first leg began at Chicago's United Center on February 25th, and ended at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center on March 19th. The second leg started with the show at Phoenix's Desert Diamond Arena on April 2nd, ending with a gig at Salt Lake City's Vivint Smart Home Arena. The final show in the U.S. took place on May 6th, at the afforementioned Shaky Knees festival.

Europe

As mentioned above, the first gigs of the tour that were announced were the UK gigs. These will take place in Plymouth's Home Park on May 27th, Huddersfield's John Smith's Stadium on June 20th, Glasgow's Bellahouston Park on June 23rd and Milton Keynes's National Bowl on June 25th. The rest of the tour was announced afterwards. Additional European dates have been announced on January 20th, 2023, including the first show of the tour in Spain, in Santander's El Sardinero on July 4th, and a gig at Nancy's Zénith amphitheatre on July 6th, where they'll be playing a headlining show, as part of the Nancy Open Air festival.

The rest of the European dates were announced soon afterwards. The European leg will feature Muse's first shows in the cities of Wiener Neustadt, Austria and Santander, Spain. Additionally, the show at Milton Keynes's National Bowl is going to be Muse's first live show at the site. The last time Muse were at Milton Keynes was during the rehearsals for The Resistance stadium tour, in 2010. Additionally, Muse are set to go back to The Hague, Netherlands after almost 23 years, and Lyon, France after about a decade.

The European tour will feature all outdoor productions, and will include both stadium and festival shows.

Travel packages

Three travel packages are available to buy for three dates off of the European leg of the tour; Cologne (June 9th), Paris (July 8th) and Milan (July 22nd). Each travel package includes, together with two tickets, a two-night stay at a hotel (king or twin bed rooms options are available). Hotels which are included are Cologne's Pullman, Paris's Marriott Ambassador and Milan's Marriott. An optional third night add-on is also included in each package, for additional cost. Additionally, two exclusive posters, commemorating Muse's performance at each venue in the city (RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Stade de France in Paris and San Siro in Milan) are included in each travel package, as are on-site hosts, and, for the Cologne gig, a roundtrip fare on the metro to the stadium.

More on the travel packages can be seen here.

Asia

After being teased on February 16th by the band on social media, the band announced the only Asian gig of the tour in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, on February 22nd. The open-air gig will take place at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian Resort.[2][3] It will be the band's first time in the country since 2007.

The gig will take place at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian Resort.[4][5] It will be the band's first time in the country since 2007.

Supporting acts

Thje first support act to be announced were Royal Blood. They are set to support Muse during the open-air/European leg (exceptions being the Nancy and Glasgow gigs, aswell as festivals). For the U.S. shows, Evanescence were announced as the main opening act. Additional support acts for U.S. shows were announced on November 9th, 2022; One Ok Rock supported Muse during the first half of the U.S. leg (between Chicago and Philadelphia gigs), while Highly Suspect will be supporting Muse during the second half of the U.S. leg (between the Phoenix and Salt Lake City gigs).[6] On January 13th, 2023, The Warning were announced as the support act for the Mexico gigs.[7]

On March 22nd, both The Warning and One Ok Rock were announced as additional support acts for select European dates. The Warning will support Muse on the U.K. leg (plus one stop in Lyon, France), while One Ok Rock will be supporting Muse on the rest of the European leg (excluding festivals, and the Glasgow gig). Joining the two is Twin Atlantic, who are set to support Muse together with The Warning on the afforementioned Bellahouston Park gig in Glasgow.[8]

Production

As with the previous large headlining tour, the Simulation Theory World Tour, this tour features indoor, outdoor and festival shows. The stage set-up in general is a hybrid between the 2022 festivals tour and the autumn theatre tour setups. It includes an inflatable rotating figure of Will the Hacker as a backdrop, together with a grid of light fixtures, similar to the one from the theatre tour. Joining Will the Hacker is a new inflatable figure, nicknamed "Baph".

Compared to the rest of the tour, the Mexican leg of the tour stage set up bore more resemblance to the 2022 summer festivals set up, with the only major difference being an addition of the light fixture grid, replacing the LED strip lights behind the band. The North American leg recieved a more notable updates to the show. These include updated setlists, aswell as an addition of visual elements to the stage; An addition of six moving glass/light panels above the band, more lights on the back grids, under-lit stage and B-stage, and a second inflatable figure, nicknamed "Baph", which gets erected during the second encore, after Will the Hacker gets put down.

Pictures and videos of the stage being set up for the first European outdoor gig in Plymouth surfaced on social media, beginning on May 20th[9] when production rehearsals began. The full outdoor set up was finally revealed on Muse's Instagram[10], a day prior to the gig, on May 26th. It shows the stage with the same core of elements as the North American leg of the tour had, with an addition of two stage wings on either side, aswell as larger LED screens on both sides of the stage, equipped with light fixtures. It also features a longer runway to the B-stage, with the B-stage itself being slightly bigger than it was for the indoor shows. "Will" was now also equipped with a LED screen inside of his mask.

Short tour documentaries

Muse got a new photographer and videographer, Johann Ramos (who is perhaps most known as "The Work of Jar") onboard the tour, replacing their long-time photographer, Hans Peter van Velthoven. A series of short documentaries is set to be released throughout the tour itself, shot and edited by Ramos himself, posted on Muse's YouTube channel.

So far, there have been three such documentaries. The first one is a recap of the first leg of the tour in Mexico, the second one goes over the rehearsals, which took place in California's Ontario, aswell as the Chicago show, while the third one looks back at week one of the U.S. leg of the tour.

Average Setlist

During the January leg in Mexico, the setlist remained relatively unchaged from the shows off of the 2022 festivals tour. This changed with leg 1 in the U.S., starting in Chicago, in February, when the show was updated, in turn bringing in a new setlist format. This first indoor leg in the U.S. brought in live premieres of Verona and The Dark Side (Alternate Reality Version) (Instrumental). STT Interstitials 1 and 3 returned as Simulation Theory Theme, which was played from tape, mashed up with [JFK], acting as an intro to Kill or Be Killed. Additionally, Kill or Be Killed's Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation version was played from tape, as an interstitial, before Compliance. Also returning after several years were Resistance, Undisclosed Desires and the shortened version of Isolated System. Assassin (Grand Omega Bosses) was also played, making this the second big headlining tour to feature Assassin, played in full since the Black Holes And Revelations Tour, with it previously being only played during The Drones World Tour 2015/16.

Mexican shows set

Encore

U.S. shows set

Encore

Notes & Exceptions

Stats

Album # of songs Songs played
Showbiz - -
Origin of Symmetry 4 New Born, Bliss, Plug In Baby, Citizen Erased
Absolution 4 Interlude, Hysteria, Stockholm Syndrome, Time Is Running Out
Black Holes and Revelations 5 Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, Starlight, Knights of Cydonia, Assassin (Grand Omega Bosses)
The Resistance 3 Uprising, Resistance, Undisclosed Desires
The 2nd Law 3 Prelude, Madness, Isolated System
Drones 3 Drill Sergeant, Psycho, JFK
Simulation Theory 3 Pressure, Thought Contagion, The Dark Side (Alternate Reality Version)
Will of the People 9 Will of the People, Kill or Be Killed, You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween, We Are Fucking Fucked, Won't Stand Down, Compliance, Verona, Kill or Be Killed (Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation), Liberation
Other 3 The Gallery, Behold, The Glove, Simulation Theory Theme

Gigs

The list will be updated as more gigs are announced

Date Venue Location
2023-07-29 Bukit Kiara Equestrian Resort Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2023-07-22 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Milan, Italy
2023-07-18 Stadio Olimpico Rome, Italy
2023-07-15 Stade Orange Vélodrome Marseille, France
2023-07-12 BernExpo Areal Bern, Switzerland
2023-07-08 Stade de France Paris, France
2023-07-06 Zénith de Nancy (Nancy Open Air) Nancy, France
2023-07-04 Campos de Sport de El Sardinero Santander, Spain
2023-07-01 Festivalpark Werchter (Rock Werchter) Werchter, Belgium
2023-06-29 Matmut Atlantique Bordeaux, France
2023-06-25 The National Bowl Milton Keynes, UK
2023-06-23 Bellahouston Park Glasgow, UK
2023-06-20 John Smith's Stadium Huddersfield, UK
2023-06-18 Flugplatz Neuhausen (Southside Festival) Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
2023-06-17 Eichenring (Hurricane Festival) Scheessel, Germany
2023-06-15 Groupama Stadium Lyon, France
2023-06-11 Park 360 (Rock for People) Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
2023-06-09 RheinEnergieStadion Cologne, Germany
2023-06-07 Malieveld The Hague, Netherlands
2023-06-03 Stadion Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt, Austria
2023-06-01 Eskelunden (NorthSide) Århus, Denmark
2023-05-27 Home Park Plymouth, UK
2023-05-06 Central Park (Shaky Knees Music Festival) Atlanta, GA, USA
2023-04-20 Vivint Arena Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2023-04-18 Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, WA, USA
2023-04-16 Moda Center Portland, OR, USA
2023-04-14 Oakland Arena Oakland, CA, USA
2023-04-12 Honda Center Anaheim, CA, USA
2023-04-10 Pechanga Arena San Diego, CA, USA
2023-04-08 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV, USA
2023-04-06 Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles, CA, USA
2023-04-04 Ball Arena Denver, CO, USA
2023-04-02 Desert Diamond Arena Phoenix, AZ, USA
2023-03-19 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA, USA
2023-03-17 Madison Square Garden New York City, NY, USA
2023-03-15 Centre Bell Montreal, QC, Canada
2023-03-14 Centre Bell Montreal, QC, Canada
2023-03-12 Centre Vidéotron Québec City, QC, Canada
2023-03-11 Centre Vidéotron Québec City, QC, Canada
2023-03-09 Scotiabank Arena Toronto, ON, Canada
2023-03-07 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH, USA
2023-03-05 Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO, USA
2023-03-03 Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX, USA
2023-03-02 Toyota Center Houston, TX, USA
2023-02-28 Moody Center Austin, TX, USA
2023-02-26 Target Center Minneapolis, MN, USA
2023-02-25 United Center Chicago, IL, USA
2023-01-23 Foro Sol Mexico City, Mexico
2023-01-22 Foro Sol Mexico City, Mexico
2023-01-20 Arena V.F.G. Guadalajara, Mexico
2023-01-18 Estadio Banorte Monterrey, Mexico

References

  1. ↑ https://youtu.be/AMvtyphl9rA?t=2297
  2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMk5jDBxEG/
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/muse/status/1628321276896112641
  4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMk5jDBxEG/
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/muse/status/1628321276896112641
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/muse/status/1590403848077803520/photo/1
  7. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXcXiNNSFy/
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/muse/status/1638587091020914713/photo/1
  9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CsZn26TSifb/
  10. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Csuf6rlqKCS/


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