Abu Dhabi Du Arena 2024 (gig)
| Muse show | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Du Arena (Etihad Park)[1] (Yasalam F1 Post-Race Concerts[2]) |
| Date | 8th December 2024[3] |
| Location | Yas Island, Abu Dhabi |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| Songs | 20 |
| Support | None |
| Start (UTC+4) | TBA |
| Capacity | 25.000 |
| Price (AED) | 295[4] |
| Sold out? | |
| Gig nav | ||||
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| Hell & Heaven Festival | ← | Formula 1 Grand Prix | → | Soundstorm Festival |
The first of two gigs that took place in 2024.
Information
Announced on April 23rd, 2024, Muse performed at Abu Dhabi's Du Arena/Etihad Park, as part of the Yasalam F1 Post-Race Concerts, on December 8th, 2024. This was Muse's second time performing at the venue and at the event itself, with their first Yasalam post-race concert taking place in 2013.
The Show
Staging-wise, the setup remained more or less the same as the festival production from the previous year but with some alterations; the burning "WOTP" sign was not present during the opening song, the flamethrowers were notably smaller than before, and the b-stage truss was much shorter. Will the Hacker was present however and was revealed during Complicance, the same way as during the arena shows of the Will of the People World Tour. Also notably, Matt used his Manson Chrome FR guitar for the majority of the show.
While the length of the setlist echoed the previous festivals one, there were lots of changes to the order of the songs:
- Simulation Theory Theme / JFK opened the show. The final line of the speech was edited (persumably by AI) to say "Women will be what she was born to be" instead of the original line. It was followed by Won't Stand Down which hadn't been played as the first song of a show since May 2022
- Resistance, Madness, and Plug in Baby were all played earlier in the show than usual, while Will of the People was played later than usual.
- Matt returned to playing the end of Compliance on guitar, something he's not done since January 2023.
- Pressure was played for the first time since March 2023.
- Hanging in Victory Square (from the Nineteen Eighty-Four score co-composed by Matt) was played live for the first time before Time is Running Out
- Behold, The Glove was not played as an intro to Uprising for the first time since October 2022
- The main set closed with Knights of Cydonia. Afterwards an unexpected encore was played consisting of Isolated System, Undisclosed Desires and Starlight. Matt wore his LED jacket during the whole encore, and confetti and streamers were released during the last chorus of Starlight.
Media
You can watch individual songs which were fan-recorded with the links below.
Setlist
- Simulation Theory Theme (shortened)
/JFK + Won't Stand Down [watch]
(Manson Oryx, satin graphite finish Status Stealth headless 5-string) - Interlude + Hysteria + Back in Black outro
(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Resistance [watch]
(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Drill Sergeant (robot voice) + Psycho
(Manson Matt Black FR, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Kill or Be Killed (Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation)
- Compliance (w/ guitar ending)
(Manson Chrome FR, satin black Fender Jazz Bass) - Madness
(Manson TronCaster, Status Kitara Doubleneck Bass Mk2) - Thought Contagion
(Manson Chrome FR, satin black Fender Jazz Bass) - Pressure
(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Plug In Baby (extended)
(Manson Mirror, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Hanging in Victory Square [watch]
(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Time Is Running Out [watch]
(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Will of the People (extended) [watch]
(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Supermassive Black Hole [watch]
(Manson M1D1 Stealth, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor intro + You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween [watch]
(Manson Chrome FR 2.0, satin graphite finish Status Stealth headless 5-string) - Uprising (extended)
(Manson Fire Red, woven chrome finish tricolor-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass) - Man With a Harmonica + Knights of Cydonia [watch]
(Manson Chrome FR, aqua blue finish white-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)Encore
- Isolated System (shortened)
- Undisclosed Desires [watch]
(graphite finish Status The KingBass Mk-II) - Prelude + Starlight [watch]
(graphite finish blue-LED Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature Bass)